This Lecture will be available for in-person registration and online.
Please join us, Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 10:00 am Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
Deirdre Murphy, Solace, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2024
This Lecture is hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy and will be available in-person and online.
Zoom and FB Live links will be available this summer.
Please join us, Monday, Jun 30, 2025 7:15pm Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
Rachel Rickert, Eagle Ridge, handmade rock pigment and oil on panel,12 x 12 inches, 2024
This Lecture is hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy and will be available in-person and online.
Zoom and FB Live links will be available this summer.
Please join us, Wednesday, Jul 2, 2025 10:00 am Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
Martha Armstrong painting class at the Heights Community Building, Summer 2023
Lou Schellenberg, Drokes and Rocks, oil on panel, 8 x 10 inches, 2024
This Lecture is hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy and will be available in-person and online.
Zoom and FB Live links will be available this summer.
Please join us, Monday, Jul 7, 2025 7:15pm Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
Timothy King, Tyler Creek, Wing Park, oil on canvas 42 x 54 inches, 2018
This Lecture is hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy and will be available in-person and online.
Zoom and FB Live links will be available this summer.
Please join us, Wednesday, Jul 9, 2025 10:00 am Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
Martin Dull, Gnar, canvas, caran d’ache and acrylic on wood, 10 x 7 1/4 inches, 2023
This Lecture is hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy and will be available in-person and online.
Zoom and FB Live links will be available this summer.
Please join us, Monday Jul 14, 2025 7:15pm Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
Matthew Mann, Tongue Tie, oil, acrylic, silkscreen and collage on canvas, 50 x 40 inches, 2023
This Lecture is hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy and will be available in-person and online.
Zoom and FB Live links will be available this summer.
Please join us, Wednesday, Jul 16, 2025 10:00 am Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
Neil Callander, Diurnal Heads, Large and Extended, oil on linen on multiple panels, 54 x 48 inches, 2017-2024
This Lecture is hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy and will be available in-person and online.
Zoom and FB Live links will be available this summer.
Please join us, Monday, Jul 21, 2025 7:15pm Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
Friar Pedro Shoots El Maragato as His Horse Runs Off
c. 1806
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
The Art Institute of Chicago
Xico Greenwald, Fruit Basket, oil on canvas over panel, 39 1/2 x 33 3/4 inches, 2025
This Lecture is hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy and will be available in-person and online.
Zoom and FB Live links will be available this summer.
Please join us, Monday, Jul 28, 2025 7:15 pm Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
Stanley Lewis, Porch Steps, Trees and Snow, oil on canvas, 18 5/8 x 14 inches, 2009
This Lecture is hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy and will be available in-person and online.
Zoom and FB Live links will be available this summer.
Please join us, Wednesday, Jul 30, 2025 10:00 am Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
Amy Erickson, Norman Regional Vortex, 2024, Acrylic on Panel, 36 x 48 inches
Liam Corcoran, Jacob's Ladder, woodcut print on paper, 34 x 48 inches, 2025
This Lecture is hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy and will be available in-person and online.
Zoom and FB Live links will be available this summer.
Please join us, Monday, Aug 4, 2025 7:15pm Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
Paulina Swietliczko, “Run Rosie Run,” oil on canvas, 30x30 inches, 2020
Lindsay Mueller, “Trunk,” oil on wood panel, 24x18 inches, 2023
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SwBrJyMRRU_-0723WL2g59lBT3gyvxUb/view?usp=drive_link
Catherine Lepp, “Mosh Pit,” oil on canvas, 42x48 inches, 2022-23
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BFnGB0vTLMXAjIQwRPkmgBpWUJ52LQVG/view?usp=drive_link
Vera Iliatova, “A Trance, Reversal,” oil on canvas, 40x50 inches, 2024
Please join us during the upcoming summers for an opportunity to meet student artists, view & buy art at our Annual Student Art Show.
Edmond Praybe, “Gloves,” Oil on Linen, 48x36 inches, 2022
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1amROMTLZWc7bI2JUh7Jy0FWQtW__AeST/view?usp=drive_link
Kamini Avil, “October,” Oil on Canvas, 40x40 inches, 2023
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11EWoQ5aTDnAfKyWlZVJpRyapNnhMw9Gn/view?usp=drive_link
John Goodrich, “Schoodic Trees,” oil on paper, 12x16 inches, 2022
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yZdH6JsY7f1P5FbMfM3ysgGjNz8ZBucY/view?usp=drive_link
William H. Johnson, North American; American, 1901-1970, (Artist),. Up with the Sun. ca. 1942-1944. Florence County Museum.
William H. Johnson, North American; American, 1901-1970, (Artist),. Chapel of Notre Dame de la Protection, Cagnes-sur-Mer. ca. 1942-1944. Florence Museum of Art.
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rBw8fbll3U3y_a25-KBb0bOF1xWjcnqp/view?usp=drive_link
EM Saniga, “Kurt with imperial moths,” oil on wood, 10x12 inches, 2015
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IhTe2Y7X0c_ORSkeQn25YWU739FvEawS/view?usp=drive_link
Barbara Grossman, “Red Geranium,” oil on linen, 56x50 inches, 2022-23
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b_DfZgyM0rKddaKBoqZOnn2Vx0XjQa82/view?usp=drive_link
John David Wissler, “Rising Reflected,” oil on panel, 12x27 inches, 2023
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yr7WgFTEj2W862mtom0UV4en-VKmTcXE/view?usp=drive_link
Thank you to everyone who visited our working studio and artworks in process. Please join us in the upcoming summers for a fun chance to meet students and see the space they use for figure drawing and independent projects. (Artworks are not for sale during open studios. Artwork may be purchased at our annual student show. See calendar for dates and details!)
Jordan Wolfson, “Interior with Director’s Chair,” oil on linen, 28x25 inches, 2023
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e7TcPaCEesDuMCZvMXRTwFldpz9rBh8K/view?usp=drive_link
Elisa Jensen, “Across the River,” oil on wood panel, 30x22 inches, 2023
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wqevpa9bgqX32FFsCawIRrW7w_ZVyJ3-/view?usp=drive_link
Quinn McNichol, “and so this garden grows,” acrylic, collage, graphite, matte medium, colored pencil, tissue paper & tape, 58x82 inches, 2023
Maggie King Johns, “Primary Objects (Piano House 1), air dry clay, epoxy, flashe & acrylic on foam and wood panel, 33x38x3.5 inches, 2024
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lMzZhqUyDc_QFSzxIDSVLgAH1-KZmXdv/view?usp=drive_link
Our 7th annual Edible Landscape event!
Mount Gretna School of Art’s annual gala & fundraiser.
Sunday, October 15th, 2023
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Hall of Philosophy, 212 Gettysburg Avenue, Mount Gretna, PA 17064
RSVPs by September 28th so we can let the chef know how much food to prepare.
Click the green button below to register, learn more and see the menu.
Ben Frederick, “Afternoon Living Room,” Oil on Canvas, 14x18”, 2022
Emily Manning-Mingle, “Fissure and Fade,” Monoprint, Acrylic, Crayon, Fabric Dye, Organza & Silk Sewn on Canvas, Cotton, Velvet, Repurposed Clothing, used Tarlatan & found Fabric, 34x29 inches, 2022
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WhhbY9n5U9esmK4yxSsA58vc_Y-1kXO9/view?usp=drive_link
Four Pillars Artist Emily Manning-Mingle workshop will help increase student’s sensitivity to the many attributes of color (hue, value, tone, saturation, contrast, temperature, intensity, etc.). Through a series of hands-on exercises, students will explore the richness and magic of the visible light spectrum and gain an awareness and appreciation of color’s malleability
Read more on Emily’s workshop description and materials list .pdf*
Tim Kennedy, “Tevin Fishing,” oil on canvas, 36x30 inches, 2021
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy:
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o7kis_ARk975TBA93rh_DaeZzHfL2xnJ/view?usp=drive_link
Eve Mansdorf, “Sideyard,” Oil on Linen, 62x68 inches, 2022
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy:
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18zEG9Irma_9pqcypu_I2gGnJdnWSF7jy/view?usp=drive_link
Your chance to purchase student work and show your support and encouragement as they enter their 5th of 7 weeks in our residential intensive program.
The show is open to the general public from 12:30-5pm at the PA Chautauqua’s Hall of Philosophy, 212 Gettysburg Avenue, Mt Gretna, PA 17064
A Donor Brunch is from 11-12:30pm, Anyone who has donated to the school in the past year is welcome to attend to get a first look at atwork for sale and to meet the students they have supported.
Four Pillars Artist Ben Frederick explore the process of utilizing simplified forms and what that means for creating an image or developing abstraction.
Read more on Ben’s workshop description and materials list .pdf*
CLICK HERE for information on MGSoA’s Workshops and how to Register this Summer!
Brian Rego, “School Day,” oil on linen, 48x54 inches, 2022
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy:
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oUbCD7BxbOsmsDgIonWQ0OLPF9Q9A6Uw/view?usp=drive_link
Michael Amendolara, “Dreaming,” acrylic mounted on linen, 12x16 inches, 2023
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy:
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14YNlBcorZrc2pShJ7Ze1I5q9ypZ-HLqn/view?usp=drive_link
Glenn Goldberg, “OP-236,” Acrylic, Ink and Pencil on Canvas, 12x9 inches, 2023
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy:
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YBdzsFfUiYHPU_WqBDxSBPulCx_oSgzf/view?usp=drive_link
Amber Scoon, “Three Bags with Rocks Visible and Letter” from the project, “Barbarian Mother,” Letter, Rocks, Shells, Cotton & String, 6x6 inches, 2023
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy:
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c6s5hTFR_qTLX5eLzmdFaUqgidTkeans/view?usp=drive_link
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy:
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gZGUTJLH7WrHKzgygNSwFfYiuQyB5xnf/view?usp=drive_link
Four Pillars Artist Sarah Ransohoff will reveal how to use space to inform and build.
Read more on Sarah’s workshop description and materials list .pdf*
CLICK HERE for information on MGSoA’s Workshops and how to Register this Summer!
Our annual Open Studio event was held at the Heights Community Building where visitors could view our working studio and artworks in process. Artwork is not for sale at this event. Rather this is a fun chance to meet students and see the space they use for figure drawing and independent projects. We host an open studio each summer, so stay tuned for this Summer’s Schedule!
View a recording of our open Studio from Summer 2023:
