Chalk Pastel is an excellent way to take your drawings in an exciting new direction. Their blend-ability, vibrancy, and cooperation with other dry mediums makes them a favorite of those who prefer to work on paper. This three week series will be led by curio. co-owner Matt Allyn Chapman and will explore mark making & […]
Urban Sketching is a wonderful way to explore your surroundings and capture the energy and excitement of what you see. A trusty sketchbook, your favorite travel materials, and your keen eye is all you need to make visually interesting drawings from observation. Architecture, the hustle and bustle of cars and people, powerlines and the movement […]
Curio. is excited to be a partner of “Creativity is….A Community Art Exhibition” with Pennsylvania College of Art & Design’s Exhibitions Department and Center for Creative Exploration! Along with support from the City of Lancaster Office of Public Art they are hosting an opportunity for the Lancaster community to showcase their visual response to the […]
Sketchbook club is a local drawing meet up where participants draw from a still life each session. Be inspired by the set up, draw the entire still life or focus on one or two objects, find inspiration in color, shape or pattern or draw something else entirely! Use any media you'd like, create one piece […]
Urban Sketching is a wonderful way to explore your surroundings and capture the energy and excitement of what you see. A trusty sketchbook, your favorite travel materials, and your keen eye is all you need to make visually interesting drawings from observation. Architecture, the hustle and bustle of cars and people, powerlines and the movement […]
Join us for the opening of ARTIST. WOMAN. MOTHER. featuring work by local artists Sherry Bowman & Nichole Madonna On view June 1st-July 27th the opening reception is First Friday June 7th 5:00-8:00pm ABOUT THE SHOW: We are given a name when we are born, a sort of “absolute word” that serves as an identifier, […]
Join us in celebrating Sherry Bowman and Nichole Madonna in their exhibition ARTIST. WOMAN. MOTHER. as we host an Artist Talk in the gallery on Wednesday July 10th 7:00-8:00pm. We will discuss their individual works and collaborative pieces, the repetition of symbols and their significance, the mixed media explorations, and their shared identity as artists, […]
This two hour workshop with local artist Mimi Shapiro is all about using collage as a medium for creative play! Explore color and texture, cut or torn edges and lots of layering as Mimi guides with suggestions and shares some of her own work. You don’t have to be an artist, you can borrow images, […]
Join us for Pocket Art Swap: Myth featuring 16 local artists and 240 miniature works! Myths have captured our collective imagination for centuries… told around a fire, over meals, within communities and passed on to new generations. Some tell of heroes, gods and goddesses, mysteries that confound and try to explain the unknown, while others […]
Join us for the opening of Pocket Art Swap Number 10: Memories Memories are powerful. They hold valuable threads of who we were, and who we are. By nature, they only exist in the past and though their clarity can sometimes feel like crystal, they are malleable as soft clay in our hands. With the […]
