Art With Heart:Melmark Artisans Open Show Wed
Creativity, a love for their art, and incredible attention to detail are hallmarks of Berwyn's Melmark artisans.
Artists from Melmark open a new exhibit and sale Wednesday night on the Main Line. Adult artists with autism spectrum disorders and Down Syndrome work in a greenhouse/art studio building on the Melmark Campus in Berwyn to create intricate, hand-crafted art work from custom-made stationary and cards to elaborate dried flower arrangements and paintings. The artists literally create their work from the ground up, working year round to cultivate exotic flowers in a greenhouse during the winter, planting an amazing garden in the spring, harvesting and then drying the garden's flowers and ultimately turning them into one-of-a-kind works of art. Their work has been displayed at the prestigious Philadelphia Flower Show and is available for sale. …
Michelle
9:13 am on Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Bob, wonderful story! Thank you for visiting our talented adults at Melmark's Country Garden Guild. We're equally excited about tonight's art opening at Case Gallery in Ardmore, where the gallery's owner, Ann Marie Casey, has so generously displayed 19 pieces designed by Melmark students diagnosed with autism. I hope Patch readers can stop in the gallery between 6:00 and 7:00 tonight! more ›