Wayne Art Center

Wayne Art Center Dedicated to enriching our community through the arts, Wayne Art Center offers education, exhibitions, and outreach. Welcome to the Wayne Art Center!
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Established in 1930 as the first art center in the Main Line suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, we offer instruction for all ages in the visual arts, crafts, music, culinary arts, and drama. Each year, nearly 5,000 students register for close to 500 classes and workshops, and over 1200 children register for our Summer Art Camp program. We are proud to serve students in the greater Main Line ar

ea, including Delaware, Chester and Montgomery counties. Our Exhibitions, lectures, and gallery shop attract over 15,000 visitors each year.

Wayne Plein Air 2026 Closing Reception and Meet the Artists Gallery Talk.June 20, 2026 · 2pm-4pm$10 per personLINK IN BI...
06/06/2026

Wayne Plein Air 2026 Closing Reception and Meet the Artists Gallery Talk.
June 20, 2026 · 2pm-4pm
$10 per person
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Calling all plein air enthusiasts for a final chance to view and purchase paintings in the 18th Annual Wayne Plein Air Exhibition.
Visit during this season’s closing reception to enjoy a final stroll through WAC’s galleries and hear from the Wayne Plein Air 2026 Artists during the Meet the Artists Gallery Talks!
Light refreshments served.

Stewart will show how to take advantage of the transparency of watercolor and the power of light on the paper.Stewart Wh...
06/06/2026

Stewart will show how to take advantage of the transparency of watercolor and the power of light on the paper.
Stewart White – AWS, NWS, ASMA (and so many other initials but really, who keeps track)
Stewart White is an artist from Easton, Maryland. He works as freelance illustrator specializing in architectural illustration. The flexible nature of watercolor painting can impart both precision and illusion, for that reason it is extremely useful in conveying as yet unrealized concepts with great efficiency. Besides illustration, Stewart is always out and about painting “en plein air” or in studio.

Enjoy open-air painting in beautiful Valley Forge National Historic Park on the National Historic Register. The church s...
06/04/2026

Enjoy open-air painting in beautiful Valley Forge National Historic Park on the National Historic Register.
The church site of George Washington’s Continental Army in 1777-1778 and now home to lush scenery and historic architecture! Located in Montgomery County, 35 minutes northwest of Center City Philadelphia, with ample parking and access to restrooms.
Working from diverse landscape subject matter, students will learn essential plein air approaches, including color mixing to achieve a sense of light and air, capturing time of day, compositional fundamentals, and sound drawing and painting practices. Instruction is geared toward oil/acrylic painting and pastel drawing/painting.
Meeting at the Washington Memorial Chapel parking lot.

Is your teen looking for a fun and artistic way to earn volunteer hours this Summer? Volunteer shifts available from Jun...
06/03/2026

Is your teen looking for a fun and artistic way to earn volunteer hours this Summer? Volunteer shifts available from June 8-August 21. Now on Sign-Up Genius!
Volunteers are needed in various areas of summer camp including, general art, ceramics, jewelry, and culinary classes.
Requirements:
-At least 14 years of age
- Friendly and Professional
- On time and have reliable transportation
- take direction well
- Able to work well with other volunteers and staff members
- Flexible with assignments
For questions, please contact [email protected] or 610-688-3553 ext. 208. We look forward to seeing you this Summer!

Come discover the surprising history of how landscape painting, once confined to the artist’s studio, moved out into the...
06/02/2026

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.

Apply Today from June 1 - July 1Link in BioExhibition.July 14 – August 14, 2026Davenport Gallery, Vidinghoff GalleryRece...
06/01/2026

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

Summer Art Camp 2026June 8 - August 21Registration NOW Open! LINK IN BIOCelebrate 250 years of American creativity with ...
06/01/2026

Summer Art Camp 2026
June 8 - August 21
Registration NOW Open! LINK IN BIO
Celebrate 250 years of American creativity with Wayne Art Center this summer! Through ART 250: Visions of America, campers will explore, experiment, and create while discovering the story of American art.
Learn how artists from different cultures and time periods responded to America’s land, people, and ideas over 11 one-week themed camp sessions. Through hands-on art studio experiences, campers will bring these ideas to life through their own original and creative artwork while celebrating 250 years of art and imagination.
Each week, campers ages 4-17 will create their own masterpieces through more than 200 diverse classes in drawing, painting, cartooning, ceramics, sculpture, photography, cooking, jewelry and more.
Wayne Art Center’s Summer Art Camp 2026 offers 11 one-week sessions with morning, afternoon, and late afternoon classes. Full days available by registering for a morning and afternoon class and “lunch bunch” for that week. Enroll your children today and watch their creativity thrive!

Visit to view a few plein air paintings from Wayne Art Center's collection until June 20th.
05/30/2026

Visit to view a few plein air paintings from Wayne Art Center's collection until June 20th.

Join Caleb in the garden as he paints the flowers in bloom. He will walk you through his approach to building a picture,...
05/29/2026

Join Caleb in the garden as he paints the flowers in bloom. He will walk you through his approach to building a picture, beginning with drawing in larger shapes and building up layers until he has a crisp, detailed interpretation of the subject. If weather is unpleasant, we will meet inside.
Caleb Stoltzfus began learning to draw and paint at an atelier under Nelson Carlin in 2008. He received a BA in Art from Covenant College in 2015 and studied landscape painting and composition under Daud Akhriev from 2016-2017. He completed the Mount Gretna Studio Seminar in 2023. Stoltzfus is based in Philadelphia and has exhibited his paintings and sculptures throughout the Midwest and North East, including group shows at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Procession Gallery in Philadelphia, Art at Kings Oaks in Newtown, First Street Gallery and Pushup Gallery in New York, as well as internationally at the Hampstead Society in London. He had a solo show in Philadelphia at Gross McCleaf. This is his fourth year participating in the Wayne Art Center Annual Plein Air Festival.
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2026 Plein Air Exhibition Gallery Extended Weekend Hours!Saturdays 9am - 4pmSundays 12pm - 3pm18th Annual Wayne Art Cent...
05/28/2026

2026 Plein Air Exhibition Gallery Extended Weekend Hours!
Saturdays 9am - 4pm
Sundays 12pm - 3pm
18th Annual Wayne Art Center Plein Air Exhibition
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.

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413 Maplewood Avenue
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