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Artessa Alliance Artessa Alliance: we are a tessellation – each single member made stronger by our combined power.

Artessa Alliance is an Award–Winning Cooperative in the Arts whose members have won numerous honors, including -
Grants: Leeway Foundation for Art and Change, Cultural Alliance (PA Council on the Arts), Delaware Division of the Arts,Rivers Merging, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Carnegie Institute
Fellowships: Fulbright Fellowship, Temple University FellowshipAwards: Best in Show- Abington Art Center & Best of Philly. Member artists are also authors, educators, business owners, art editors, international workshop leaders, designers, curriculum developers, jewelers, painters, photographers, muralists, and bloggers. Their work is collected, published, and exhibited worldwide, and shown in such publications as Trends, Country Living, Philadelphia Stories and more. Members have been profiled on NPR, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsworks.org, PHL Channel 17, and many local publications. These artists work in a variety of mediums including acrylic, oil, encaustic, collage, casein tempera, photography, watercolor, fabric, printmaking, metalsmithing, wire, digital media, and paper mache.

Artessa member Colleen Hammond has a new collage piece to be shown in Small Works: A Group Show Seven Arts Framing Seven...
10/26/2026

Artessa member Colleen Hammond has a new collage piece to be shown in Small Works: A Group Show Seven Arts Framing
Seven Arts Framing.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary of professional framing in Old City, Seven Arts will host an artists reception on First Friday, November 6th from 5-8pm
Located at 225 N. 3rd St.
The exhibition will be on view thru January 9, 2027

Colleen Hammond


Announcing a solo exhibition by Artessa member Elena Drozdova. FIELDS OF REMEMBRANCEopens at PII Gallery in the Old City...
10/23/2026

Announcing a solo exhibition by Artessa member Elena Drozdova.
FIELDS OF REMEMBRANCE
opens at PII Gallery in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia on
First Friday, November 6th located at 242 Race St. Philadelphia 19106

Elena will be exhibiting recent acrylic paintings on canvas including the two works featured here:

Image 1
“Unfounded Reflection”
26X26 acrylic on canvas

Image 2
“Multiplicity of Oneness”
26x26, acrylic on canvas

Drozdova says of her work and process that “Painting opens a door into the imagination, inviting me to glance beyond the veil of the ordinary… the never-ending game of hunting the mystery, is what fuels my curiosity and desire to paint.”

A show not to be missed!
November 6-28, 2026


Artessa Artist Brenda Howell has selections of her encaustic work on exhibit at Parallax Modern in Chesterfield, NJThe g...
10/18/2026

Artessa Artist Brenda Howell has selections of her encaustic work on exhibit
at Parallax Modern in Chesterfield, NJ

The group show entitled
‘Earth/Sky and in Between’
features nine artists exploring perception, place,
and memory through abstraction and the human experience.

See it now by appointment through November 14th.
Contact Karen Brown
267-912-1046
PARALLAX modern is located at 68 Margerum Rd
Chesterfield, NJ 08515

Image 1
Ma Mere
encaustic on board
24”x 24”

Image 2
A Bruised Reed (diptych)
encaustic on panel
12”x 24”

Douglas Howell
Artessa Alliance

Artessa artist Nancy Agati will be exhibiting  “Terzi (3rds)”  in an upcoming 3 person exhibition  - MAC. This work on p...
05/14/2026

Artessa artist Nancy Agati will be exhibiting
“Terzi (3rds)”
in an upcoming 3 person exhibition - MAC.

This work on paper was first displayed in the Artessa Biennial 2023 at CCA.
Agati is excited to be showing work alongside two amazing fellow artists Nathan Pankratz and Kate VanVliet.
The exhibition, Affinities opens Friday May 22nd and runs through July 2nd.

Please join us for opening reception on Friday, May 22nd from 6-9pm.



Artessa members Karen Hunter McLaughlin and Megan Raab Greenholt's recent work is featured at the Goggleworks 18th Annua...
05/05/2026

Artessa members Karen Hunter McLaughlin and Megan Raab Greenholt's recent work is featured at the Goggleworks 18th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition. The exhibit opened last Friday and runs through July 12th. It's an incredible showcase of national artists and the galleries are 😍

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Cheltenham, PA
19012

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