Events And Programs
Art Exhibitions
Awbury Arboretum regularly hosts free public art exhibitions featuring local artists, both within the parlors of the Francis Cope House and outside in the Arboretum’s landscape.
The Cope House Galleries are regularly hung with revolving shows and are open Tuesday through Thursday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, (Please see our Hours and Admission page for holiday closings, etc.)
Now on View:
Interconnected
On view until February 26th, 2023
featuring artwork by Artessa Alliance members Brenda Howell, Colleen Hammond, Elena Drozdova, Julia Way, Karen Hunter McLaughlin, Kimberly Mehler, Megan Raab Greenholt, Nancy Agati, Nathalie Borozny, and Rebecca Schultz, reflecting each artist’s relationship with the more-than-human world.
Some works are based on close observation of nature; others are inspired by natural forms and systems. Many incorporate foraged and natural materials. Through a variety of styles and media, Interconnected is a creative meditation on the web of life.
Past Exhibitions:
The Beauty of the Birds – with Ron Tarver, Bill Reaume, Tom Kelly IV, Troy Bynum and Robert Fry
Forager – with Katie Van Vliet
Monotypes – with Stephan Kennedy (2022)
Verdant Visions – with Betsy Batchelor, Iman Jones, Julie Kring, Richard Metz (2022)
Wild Gardens and the Birds That Love Them – with Julie Zahn (2022)
Up Against a Wall – curated by Susan Breitsch (2021)
Blackberry Winter – with Jonathan Eckel (2021)
When I Am Among the Trees – with Julie Kring (2020)
Recent Works by Andrew Christman (2020)
Papercuts – with Jonathan Greenberg (2019)
Regressive Continuities – with Charles Emlen (2019)
Making Space @Awbury – with The Colored Girls Museum (2019)
From Cotton to Quilts – with Sharon Tindall (2019)
Photographs with Iman Jones (2018)
Garden Life Through a Lens – with the Awbury Pollinator Habitat Gardeners (2018)
The Mythic Moth Menagerie and A Night in the Enchanted Woods – with Richard Metz (2018)
Botanically Inspired and Found: Pollinators at Awbury Arboretum – with Karen Singer (2018)
Nature Transformed – with Carol Philips (2017)
Northwest POST Artists (2017)
Creature Comforts – with Arcadia University and Wissahickon Charter School (2017)
Botanical Illustrations – with Marylyn Waltzer (2016)
Alaska and Maine Painting – with Cathy Hozack (2016)
Centennial Shine – with Jared Wood and Rachel Ehrgood (2016)
A Retrospective – with Lucretia Robbins (2015)
Curious Creatures – with Arcadia University and Project Learn School (2015)
Flora Fantastica – with MF Cardamone (2015)
Meditative Mediations – with Carole Loeffler & Maryann Worrell (2015)
Heteromorphic Botanicals – with Kathleen Kelly (2013)
Are you a local artist interested in featuring your artwork at Awbury? Contact our Arts Advisory Committee at artcommittee@awbury.org.