Wayne Art Center

Too much of the same green? Discover the importance of using a range of greens to make your landscapes more impactful.
Begin with creating a variety of color swatches of your chosen landscape, pushing some warmer or cooler or lighter or darker. Work on balancing these with other colors in your piece to create a harmonious and balanced composition. Various examples of paintings will be shared a short demo as well in color mixing from a limited palette of color.

You can choose to work on smaller landscape studies or a larger finished piece.

Wayne Plein Air 2026 Closing Reception and Meet the Artists Gallery Talk.
June 20, 2026 · 2pm-4pm
$10 per person
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May 10 – June 20, 2026
Davenport, Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith, Radnor Township, Vidinghoff Galleries

The Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival is one of the longest-running and most popular outdoor painting events in the country. Founded in 2008, the Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival has welcomed over 500 artists to paint the splendor of the Philadelphia area and has become one of the most eagerly anticipated cultural events in the region.

The 18th Annual Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival kicks-off on May 3, 2026, with the arrival of 32 juried, nationally recognized, and emerging artists who have ventured to Wayne, Pennsylvania to capture the exceptional beauty of the Delaware Valley.

Waynepleinair.org
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SUMMER ART CAMP! We are half way through Week 2 of 11 for Camp! We are heading into Week 3 and we are still open for registration for next week!!! Join the fun this summer!!!

FINAL WEEK!
Give the Gift of Art this Fathers Day!

Featured works are on view during the final week of the 18th Annual Wayne Plein Air Festival!

Closing Reception for the exhibition is June 20th. Link to Attend is in our Bio!

Apply Today from June 1 - July 1
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Exhibition.
July 14 – August 14, 2026
Davenport Gallery, Vidinghoff Gallery

Reception & Awards Ceremony, Thursday, July 16 4-6pm

The Wayne Art Center Student Works 2026 exhibition features artwork created by WAC students 18+ who enrolled in a class or workshop at WAC during the 2025-26 academic year.

Works included are painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, stained glass, fiber, jewelry, photography, works on paper and mixed media.

Eligible artists should register online between June 1-July 1, 2026.

All eligible work will be included in the exhibit. This exhibition is juried only for awards.

Student Works 2026 Juror of Awards: Deirdre Murphy

May 10 – June 20, 2026
Davenport, Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith, Radnor Township, Vidinghoff Galleries

The Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival is one of the longest-running and most popular outdoor painting events in the country. Founded in 2008, the Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival has welcomed over 500 artists to paint the splendor of the Philadelphia area and has become one of the most eagerly anticipated cultural events in the region.

The 18th Annual Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival kicks-off on May 3, 2026, with the arrival of 32 juried, nationally recognized, and emerging artists who have ventured to Wayne, Pennsylvania to capture the exceptional beauty of the Delaware Valley.

Waynepleinair.org
Link in Bio

Wondering what Water Mixable Oil paints are all about? Known for blurring the line between watercolor and oil paintings, Beth Bathe's unparalleled style evokes feelings of nostalgia, like an old sepia-toned photograph. Beth uses unconventional tools including squeegees and Q-tips, along with her brushes focusing on composition, values, edges, and drawing rather than color.

During this one-day intensive workshop, Beth shares her unique technique with students. In the morning Beth will do a demo and show how she uses photography and simple apps on her phone to simplify forms enhance value and emphasize composition. In the afternoon students will work from photos (either bring your own on your phone/iPad, or Beth will have prints to share).

Students are encouraged to use water mixable (soluble) oils to get the most out of the workshop. Beth will have paint for her students to try as well as one of her prepared painting panels, brushes and other supplies for you to use during the workshop.

Come discover the surprising history of how landscape painting, once confined to the artist’s studio, moved out into the open air. This talk will consider the work of artists, some forgotten today, responsible for transforming landscape painting from a minor, marginal genre subject to a platform for personal expression. Explore this fascinating story with Bill Perthes and celebrate its ongoing impact in the Wayne Art Center

William Perthes is an educator, author, and curator. He is the Bernard C. Watson Director of Adult Education at the Barnes Foundation. Bill has a background in philosophy and art history and is the author of “The Barnes Method” included in the recently published The Barnes: Then and Now. Much of Bill's work focuses on how experiences with works of art, both short and long term, can impact and inform fields as varied as business, medicine, law enforcement. and restorative justice. Bill is the curator of Faces of Resilience a traveling exhibition of original works of art created by currently and formerly incarcerated artists at the State Correctional Institute Phoenix. In addition, his scholarship has focused on American Modernism with a special concentration on the Abstract Expressionist painter Robert Motherwell. He is the former Director of Education for the Violette de Mazia Foundation.