Abington Art Center

Abington Art Center Just Imagine. Prior to that, the estate, originally owned by Joshua Francis Fisher, was purchased by Lessing J. Grunsfeld.

Abington Art Center, located in Jenkintown, 20 minutes by rail from the heart of Philadelphia was established in 1939 as the Old York Road Art Guild. In 1965, the Guild's separate elements were brought together as the non-profit entity Abington Art Center, which has resided in Alverthorpe Manor since it was donated to Abington Township in 1969. Rosenwald, son of Julius Rosenwald, the part-owner an

d CEO of Sears, Roebuck and Company. In 1939, he razed the old house to build the current art-deco-inspired, 52-room mansion designed by Ernest A. The Art Center’s Studio School wing of this unique building once housed Rosenwald's enormous collection of over 2,600 rare books and 24,000 prints, drawings, and manuscripts, which was donated to the Library of Congress and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Our rich history provides inspiration for AAC's mission to further arts and culture.

🌟🎪 Tomorrow's the big day! Join local artists as they showcase their masterpieces, from dazzling jewelry to mesmerizing...
04/05/2025

🌟🎪 Tomorrow's the big day! Join local artists as they showcase their masterpieces, from dazzling jewelry to mesmerizing ceramics and beyond at our Annual Spring Art & Fine Craft Fair from Sunday, April 6 from 10am - 4pm.

✨ To sweeten the deal, we've got incredible local food and beverage vendors! What you looking forward to the most?

Tomorrow's Featured Food + Beverage Vendors:

🍵 Bella Mae's Tea Co.
🎂 1984cakes llc
🍪 MR. Big Stuff Cookie Co.
🎂 Jillian Bakes
🍹 Millionaire event bartending
🍧 Frios Gourmet Pops
🍍 Fruit Island
🌮 Rogre’s LLC El toro serrano food truck
🍜 Angie's Vietnamese Cuisine
🍛 Thai Jai Dee
🍫 Northeast Fudge Bar
🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Spirits
🍻 Iron Hill Brewery

We can't wait to see you!

📍 515 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA

📸 Chris Lombardo

Don't miss out on our upcoming registration deadline! Classes begin Monday, April 7.Explore a wide range of exciting cla...
04/04/2025

Don't miss out on our upcoming registration deadline! Classes begin Monday, April 7.

Explore a wide range of exciting classes, from Drawing and Painting to Printmaking, Jewelry, Ceramics, and much more. From classes for kids, teens, and adults, there's something for everyone!

🔗 canvas.abingtonartcenter.org/classes

🎪 We’ve made it to the last of our artisan vendor features for our upcoming Spring Art and Fine Craft Fair Vendors... on...
04/03/2025

🎪 We’ve made it to the last of our artisan vendor features for our upcoming Spring Art and Fine Craft Fair Vendors... only 3 days away! Make sure it's in your calendar ❤️

Featured today:

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✨.watko
✨Emergent Arts with Two Pints Glass
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📅 Join us THIS Sunday, April 6 from 10am - 4pm!

📍 515 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA

Pssst… We’ve got an exciting secret for you…We're expanding the Summer Concert Series! Information on dates and line-up...
04/02/2025

Pssst… We’ve got an exciting secret for you…

We're expanding the Summer Concert Series! Information on dates and line-ups coming soon..

Join our mailing list to be the first to know ✨

🔗 mailchi.mp/abingtonartcenter.org/sign-up-for-our-newsletter

Photos by Chris Lombardo

🎪 We’re continuing to highlight the work of our upcoming Spring Art and Fine Craft Fair Vendors... only 5 days away!Feat...
04/01/2025

🎪 We’re continuing to highlight the work of our upcoming Spring Art and Fine Craft Fair Vendors... only 5 days away!

Featured today:

Breanne’s Blues
Dana Perlman Studio
Eva Shelley/ Eva Elaine Glassworks, LLC
House of Stuyvesant
Jewelry Designs By KL
MGDESIGNTRENDS
Molly Rose Post Jewelry
Mount Airy Candle Co.
Paint & Ink by Katie Bogan
Spring Honeybees

📅 Mark your calendars for Sunday, April 6 from 10am - 4pm!

📍 515 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA

Thank you to all who came our to last week's Artist Talk! Mark your calendar's for our next one featuring Neila Kun & Je...
03/31/2025

Thank you to all who came our to last week's Artist Talk! Mark your calendar's for our next one featuring Neila Kun & Jessica Barber.

📍Saturday, April 12 2025 | 10:00a.m. – 12:00p.m.
✨ FREE | In-Person Event

Our Coffee Break series is a casual conversation with the artists featured in our exhibition programming. Learn more about the exhibiting artists’ process and technique through a talk and a Q&A. Coffee and bagels are provided for free.

☕ Our Coffee Breaks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum. Bagels are generously provided by Fill-A-Bagel in Jenkintown.

🖼️ This event is produced as part of our American Color Print Society Members Spring Exhibition, on view from March 14 – April 21, 2025.

We at Abington are so glad it's Springtime and so ready for our Springtime Studio School Classes. Only a week before the...
03/31/2025

We at Abington are so glad it's Springtime and so ready for our Springtime Studio School Classes. Only a week before they begin!

Make sure you sign up before Monday, April 7th.

🔗 canvas.abingtonartcenter.org/classes

📸 Melissa Hassey Photography

🎪 We’re a week out from our Spring Art and Fine Craft Fair!! As always we're so happy to showcase the beautiful work of ...
03/29/2025

🎪 We’re a week out from our Spring Art and Fine Craft Fair!!

As always we're so happy to showcase the beautiful work of our local artisans.

Featured today:

Tray’s Thingamajigs
UCreateFolkArt
UMBA
Wayne's Handmade
Weekapaug Woodworks
Wilma Illustrated
Wise Acres Fine Arts
Elizabeth M. Cormier Art
222 Creations
Aisha Likes It

📅 Mark your calendars for Sunday, April 6 from 10am - 4pm!

📍 515 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA

Big thank you to American Color Print Society members Bonnie Goldstein and Alan J. Klawans for sharing their printmaking...
03/29/2025

Big thank you to American Color Print Society members Bonnie Goldstein and Alan J. Klawans for sharing their printmaking processes in our artist talk series!

✨Stay tuned for our next talk with ACPS members, Neila Kun and Jessica Barber, on Saturday, April 12th from 10am-12pm!💫

Are you a Youth Art Instructor looking to teach? This upcoming Spring Studio School Session we’re looking for experience...
03/28/2025

Are you a Youth Art Instructor looking to teach? This upcoming Spring Studio School Session we’re looking for experienced teachers to lead:

📌Drawing & Painting 7-9
📌Little Bit of Everything, 4-6

If interested, please email our Studio School + Gallery Director Linda Johnson at [email protected]

Abington Art Center is proud to host an Artist Talk featuring two of American Color Print Society members, Alan J. Klawa...
03/27/2025

Abington Art Center is proud to host an Artist Talk featuring two of American Color Print Society members, Alan J. Klawans and Bonnie Goldstein, THIS weekend.

📍Saturday, March 29 2025 | 10:00a.m. – 12:00p.m.
✨ FREE | In-Person Event

Our Coffee Break series is a casual conversation with the artists featured in our exhibition programming. Learn more about the exhibiting artists’ process and technique through a talk and a Q&A. Coffee and bagels are provided for free.

🌟 From the Featured Artists 🌟

🏞️ “The ideas for my art come from my family, my travels, books that I have read, movies that I have seen, fishing, trips and flea market adventures.” - Alan J. Klawans

Klawans has pursued a dual career as both graphic designer and printmaker. This included being director of design SmithKline Beckman Corporation, teaching at the University of the Arts and Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia, PA, and being a design consultant for corporations within the Delaware Valley Region.

🌃 “Printmaking is the medium I have used to express myself in my creative process for the past forty years. I have only used non-toxic materials, being mindful of my health and the environment. My current body of work exemplifies my ability to take on new challenges and learn from my failures in order to reap the benefits. I have always collected boxes, deconstructing them in order to see how they were designed. I found the deconstructed shapes intriguing and decided to try using them as my printing matrix; carving into them using the drypoint technique. Conforming my compositions to fit within the shape of a box is always a challenge but, I have fun, enjoy the challenge each time, and always find it rewarding. Whether I am using tools to scratch a surface to create a drypoint print or tools to carve wood or linoleum to create a relief print, I enjoy the process of manipulating a surface. The print “Glide” in this exhibit was a drypoint print made on a small cardboard box that grew exponentially into a 5’ x 3’ woodblock print.” - Bonnie Goldstein

For the past 40 years, Bonnie Goldstein has been printmaking, keeping her health and the environment in her mind by using non-toxic materials. Collagraphs, dry point, relief and monotypes have been some of the printmaking processes she has used to express herself. Goldstein has created multiple series of prints for artists’ books and continues to work on new book projects.

☕ Our Coffee Breaks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum. Bagels are generously provided by Fill-A-Bagel in Jenkintown.

🖼️ This event is produced as part of our American Color Print Society Members Spring Exhibition, on view from March 14 – April 21, 2025.

⏰ "How many days until Spring Session begins?", you ask. "Thirteen!", We say.If you haven't already signed up for class,...
03/25/2025

⏰ "How many days until Spring Session begins?", you ask. "Thirteen!", We say.

If you haven't already signed up for class, consider the following:

📌 Monday Oil Painting with Nick D'Angelo
📌 Tuesday Figure Drawing with Norn Noszka
📌 Wednesday Afternoon Jewelry and Metals with Mat Citrenbaum

And, there's more where that came from. Register today before Monday, April 7th!

🔗 canvas.abingtonartcenter.org/classes

📸 Melissa Hassey Photography

🎪 We’re continuing to highlight the work of our upcoming Spring Art and Fine Craft Fair Vendors!As always we're delighte...
03/25/2025

🎪 We’re continuing to highlight the work of our upcoming Spring Art and Fine Craft Fair Vendors!

As always we're delighted to share the beautiful work of our local artisans.

Featured today:

Plant Creations by Isabel
Refurbishing for Rescues
Remi Threadz
Settlement Music School
Slugtoe Ceramics
Spielman Photography LLC
SUNDYES.good.vibes
Tale of the Snail LLC
The Sneezing Dragom
Thorned Rose Gifts

📅 Mark your calendars for Sunday, April 6 from 10am - 4pm!

📍 515 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA

Welcome Back Spring, the Season of Love 🌸💕 After the cold of winter, what a relief it is to the crocus petals poking up ...
03/24/2025

Welcome Back Spring, the Season of Love 🌸💕

After the cold of winter, what a relief it is to the crocus petals poking up through the still frozen ground. The blooming of early spring flowers brings us back to last year and the beautiful blossoming love of Justin and Andalisa's wedding.

Cheers to the happy couple! 🥂✨

Interested in hosting your own wedding at Alverthorpe Manor? Email [email protected]

📸 Shoutout to the incredible Martin Reardon Photography for beautifully capturing Justin and Andalisa's day!

📣 Announcing our Artist Talks with ACPS 📣We'll be hearing first from Bonnie Goldstein & Alan J. Klawans on March 29th an...
03/23/2025

📣 Announcing our Artist Talks with ACPS 📣

We'll be hearing first from Bonnie Goldstein & Alan J. Klawans on March 29th and then on April 12th we'll be having Neila Kun & Jessica Barber speak. Mark your calendars!

🎪 We love our Fair Vendors! If you weren’t aware, we’re highlighting the all the gorgeous work of our upcoming Spring Ar...
03/22/2025

🎪 We love our Fair Vendors! If you weren’t aware, we’re highlighting the all the gorgeous work of our upcoming Spring Art and Fine Craft Fair Vendors.

Featured today:

Harold W. Gans & Kerry Gans
Jazzy River Designs
Jean Broden Art
JuneGPaints
Loominous Design
Kathryn B Jewelry
Maria Emerson Photography
Meg Lemieur Art
Metal Worx Jewelry Designz
Petal To the Metal Decor

📅 Mark your calendars for Sunday, April 6 from 10am - 4pm!

📍 515 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA

Interested in making Jewelry? We've got you covered here at Abington Art Center's Studio School.Create work like these s...
03/21/2025

Interested in making Jewelry? We've got you covered here at Abington Art Center's Studio School.

Create work like these stunning engraven rings with the one and only Mathew Citrenbaum. Learn to Metalsmith with the great Martha Kent Martin. Develop a new skill such as silver fabrication with the fantastic Wendy Tonsits. And so much more!

Make sure you register before classes begin in three weeks on Monday, April 7th.

🔗 canvas.abingtonartcenter.org/classes

⭐ Open Call Opportunity for Artists ⭐We are excited to present a call for submissions for our Summer Juried Show: The Re...
03/20/2025

⭐ Open Call Opportunity for Artists ⭐

We are excited to present a call for submissions for our Summer Juried Show: The Real.

The Real is an exhibition that highlights artists’ technical abilities in rendering real life within art, from realism to hyperrealism.

🖼️ What draws you to create work in such detail?
🖼️ Is there room for artistic interpretation within realistic/hyperrealistic art?
🖼️ What can one learn through close observation and careful rendition?

Work that exudes realism continues to serve as an impressive art form and calls for both artist and audience to look closely and partake in the thrill of this craft.

🚨 Application Deadline 🚨
May 4th, 2025

📬 Notification Date 📬
May 16th, 2025

📅 Applications open now! Apply now at abingtonartcenter.org/calls-for-artists/

For additional questions about this exhibition, please contact Gallery Manager, Amy Cook, at [email protected]

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Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 9pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 9pm

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💌 Love at AAC! We’re spotlighting Rachel and Matt this wedding season as they plan their special day at AAC. Hear them share their story and AAC’s role in it.

Mark your calenders for Friday, November 8th!

✨ Good things come in twos! Two hours left until our 2nd to last Summer Concert Series with SUG DANIELS + WHO IN THE ROOM? Come make summer memories with us under the stars! See you soon 💫 ⭐ The 2024 Abington Art Center Summer Concert Series brought to you by Jefferson Abington Hospital and Mayfield Gardens 📸 @lombardo_media

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Human Robot Bingo
Human Robot Bingo

Thank you so much again to Human Robot Jenkintown for hosting our Rock n Roll Music Bingo in support of our Summer Concert Series! It was a blast! Huge shout out our supporting businesses Keswick Cycle University City for the GRAND PRIZE BIKE GIVEAWAY as well as Hiway Theater, Keswick Tattoocompany, Elia Restaurant, Crate and Press, iLoveKickboxing, Mr. Andy's Chicken, our FORTY bingo players — some even brought their own bingo card stampers, and to retireddj for spinning tunes all day long…

We love Human Robot Jenkintown “The Haus”! We love our producer Joe Montone! And we love the Summer Concert series! Come hang out with us on Sunday the 14th from 12-4pm

Spring class coming up!!
Spring class coming up!!

You've got two weeks! Register now for our spring classes at canvas.abingtonartcenter.org/classes

Annual Juried Show
Annual Juried Show

It's that time again -- install and deinstall! Join us for our reception Friday for the Annual Juried Show !!

Tomorrow's the day! Register while you still can for our Annual All-levels Valentine's Day Drink & Draw Workshop on Monday, February 12! Bring yourself, a partner, a friend, or family. Drink, laugh, experiment and fall in love with what you are capable of creating!!

Faculty Show 2023 Opens!
Faculty Show 2023 Opens!

Faculty Show opening reception THIS Friday from 6-8pm! See you tomorrow

Fall Solo Series
Fall Solo Series

One more week of our beautiful Fall Solo Series! Visit gallery hours while you still can...

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