First Friday

Join us for the opening of Fictions & Realities by Matt Allyn Chapman. Storytelling is foundational to our collective experience. It’s in the bedrock of human communication, and serves many purposes. Stories can help us make sense of the world we navigate, and by design, they entertain & mesmerize. A story allows a brief respite […]

Then & Now pairs photography from two Lancaster-based artists, exploring everyday moments in city life. Through portraiture, the artists capture the people they meet and their stories in captivating light. With a shared medium, Wormley's and Yescalis' work together documents a half century of the people and places that make Lancaster a remarkable community to […]

Like many artists, throughout his lifetime Charles Demuth explored portraiture. His subjects ranged widely from friends and family to fictional characters in his literary illustrations, and his style included representational works and his pioneering poster portraits conveying likenesses in an abstract concept. For the 2023 Demuth Invitational exhibition, more than 60 local artists submitted work […]

The loneliness of the current American landscape motivates my work. I am drawn to off-center compositions in urban settings. When choosing locations to paint, I look for ways the sun and technology move through and across the buildings.  The traffic lights and telephone wires strung over the empty buildings show a world being swallowed by the reality […]

The Souls Shot Portrait Project began in Philadelphia and their mission is to bring attention to and memorialize the lives lost and tragically altered due to gun violence. This traveling exhibition features portraits of 18 individuals lost to gun violence. The organization pairs artists with families or friends of gun violence victims for the artists […]