The Chester County Art Association recently received a $5,000.00 contribution from Exelon Generation in Kennett Square, PA.   The funds will be used to support our artREACH program offered at the Garage Community & Youth Center in Kennett Square, PA.  A three week free summer art camp was offered for the third consecutive year at the Garage for children and teens.  There are also free Saturday art classes offered throughout the school year at this location.

For the second year in a row, CCAA sponsored and organized the "Street Chalk Art Contest" as a component of the West Market Street Block Party. The event was held in conjunction with an annual bike race on Saturday, July 5th.  Chalk was provided by our volunteer artists and the event was open to all ages. 

For the third year in a row, Chester County Art Association has participated in a competitive class division in the Philadelphia Flower Show. This year the art association won a Blue Ribbon!

As part of the ongoing collaboration between Starbucks Coffee Company and the Chester County Art Association, local artists had a chance to enter their work for display consideration at a local Starbucks.  The first jurying session, which took place in February, resulted in dozens of applicants but only a few were selected to display their work in the new Starbucks store at High and Gay Street in West Chester. 

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On a Thursday morning in August, 2008, the Chester County Art Association’s summer art camp was visited by the Philadelphia Zoo’s outreach program.  Over one hundred children were treated to a presentation by the “zoo on Wheels” on Thursday morning at the CCAA facility on Bradford Avenue in West Chester.

Many enjoyed painting a block in the larger-than-life exclusive Jeff Schaller painting at Chester County Art Association's Exton Square Studio. 

Link to photos (be patient).

We've heard of Haggerty's fans, but… At the opening reception in the Allinson Gallery

Dennis Haggerty’s retrospective drew hundreds of visitors. It also captured the attention of the Philadelphia Inquirer, where longtime art reviewer Victoria Donohoe, described the exhibit as a “handsome show.”

Artist Dennis Haggerty is a link between New Mexico and West Chester.
By Helen I. Hwang, for The Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer recently ran a story on the Haggerty Retrospective. About 35 years ago, Haggerty held his first solo art show, at the Chester County Art Association. Now he's back. Here's a cature of what the story looks like at the Inquirer website.

The Golden Ticket Found…
Thanks to a partnership with West Chester University and Chester County Art Association, thousands of young students enjoyed a private showing of Willy Wonka, an original Kennedy Center musical based on Roald Dahl's children’s novel. The performance, held in May at the university campus, was an one-time only event and gave students a rare opportunity to see a popular Kennedy Center production that is now on its second national tour.

Exhibition : Laura Barton: Continuum

March 3 - March 30, 2007
Huston Gallery, Chester County Art Association

Artist Laura Barton's exhibition Continuum is a conceptual exhibit of where she's been, where she is now and where she's heading.

It's a rare sight to see an art center compete in  a flower show, rarer still to earn a mention in the New York Times.  For the second time, CCAA entered the "container" display at the Philadelphia Flower Show, and earned top honors with two sets of judges (a 2nd and 3rd place, with both giving the highest points to "design and originality") .