Events at the Foundry
The Artist Challenge at AppleFest
The Artist Challenge
The FOUNDRY turns NINE in October
and we are celebrating with our annual “Artist Challenge!”
All area Artists are welcome to come join us at our gallery.
They will have two hours to complete a project from start to finish during
Chambersburg’s Downtown Business Council’s AppleFest on October 19th 2023.
All projects are on display in our gallery to be raffled off
benefiting our community based art projects here at The FOUNDRY.
All participating Artists have a chance to
win a full year membership to The FOUNDRY!!
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Painting at
Plein Air Chambersburg.
We are looking forward to seeing you this year
on September 7th 2024
September 9, 2023 was an exciting day in downtown Chambersburg.
After months of planning the first Plein Air Chambersburg event dawned with beautiful light fluffy clouds.
46 artists from throughout our region arrived downtown early in the morning ready to paint.
We greeted them in Founding Fathers Park with coffee, maps and a grab-and-go breakfast.
Soon they were set up and working at sites all throughout the 4 block area surrounding the Square.
Downtown Chambersburg is unique in having an amazing variety of unusual and dynamic sites to paint, from our streams, waterfall and waterwheel; to the Farmer’s Market and attractive storefronts, the central Square with historic courthouse, fountain, Central Presbyterian church’s tall steeple and the 2 stately banks that now house the Franklin County Visitor’s Bureau and Heritage Center; a shady historic cemetery at Falling Springs Church and even a Japanese Garden, housed at the Old Jail.
FRIDAY NIGHT ART WALK
FRIDAY NIGHT ART WALK
Art Walk is the perfect date night!
Stroll along our beautiful downtown on Friday September 6th from 5-7 pm and enjoy all the ART downtown Chambersburg has to offer. Check out the art and grab dinner in one of our fantastic restaurants downtown
- 'Sew to Speak' at the Council for the Arts. This regional exhibition includes SAQA art quilts from the mid-Atlantic states.
- 'Autumn Colors' at Denim Coffee is a collection of art from some of the 30 members of the Foundry Art Market members
- '8 x ATE' at the Falafel Shack celebrates all things food in our annual 8 inch square show. Perfect little bites of art.
-Find it at the Foundry Art Market at their new location a half block from the fountain. Locally made art and artisan work.
Locations:
Foundry Art Market 54 Lincoln Way West
Denim Coffee 15 North Main Street
Council for the Arts 103 North Main Street
Falafel Shack 9 North Main Street
Autumn Colors at Denim
The Foundry is out and about!
A collection of art from some of the 30 members of the Foundry Art Market members
Now hanging at Denim Coffee
15 North Main Street in downtown Chambersburg
Community Painting 2024 (Copy)
2024 Community Painting Project
Now at the Coyle Library for the month of September
on the second floor
on the corner of King & Main
This collaborative painting was created by 36 local artists to celebrate and support
the work of the Gleaning Project of South Central Community Action Programs SCCAP
36 artists from across our community - some Foundry members, but many not -
have created panels which have now been brought together
and assembled to form a large multi-media mosaic painting.
The 36 panels represent diverse artistic expressions unique to each individual artist,
but when viewed together, the work speaks with one voice celebrating the work of the Gleaning Project.
This painting depicts the Gleaning Project gathering pumpkins in 2023.
A Fundraiser for the Gleaning Project of
South Central Community Action Programs SCCAP:
Spin Art at Old Market Day
Come take a spin with us!
FREE paper art
$10 spins on bags
Lots of Art & Air Conditioning!!!
Community Painting 2024
2024 Community Painting Project
June 30 to August 25
This collaborative painting was created by 36 local artists to celebrate and support
the work of the Gleaning Project of South Central Community Action Programs SCCAP
36 artists from across our community - some Foundry members, but many not -
have created panels which have now been brought together
and assembled to form a large multi-media mosaic painting.
The 36 panels represent diverse artistic expressions unique to each individual artist,
but when viewed together, the work speaks with one voice celebrating the work of the Gleaning Project.
This painting depicts the Gleaning Project gathering pumpkins in 2023.
A Fundraiser for the Gleaning Project of
South Central Community Action Programs SCCAP:
Soft Opening Sunday
We are ready to open.
Friday - Saturday - Sunday 11-3 each day
Come see what our artists have been making over the time we have been closed
We are learning our new building so be patient with us!
Soft Opening Saturday
We are ready to open.
Friday - Saturday - Sunday 11-3 each day
Come see what our artists have been making over the time we have been closed
We are learning our new building so be patient with us!
Soft Opening Friday
We are ready to open.
Friday - Saturday - Sunday 11-3 each day
Come see what our artists have been making over the time we have been closed
We are learning our new building so be patient with us!
Artist Challenge 2023
WIN ART CREATED DURING APPLEFEST!
The FOUNDRY turned EIGHT in October
and we are celebrating with our annual “Artist Challenge!”
First, we invited all area Artists to come and join us at our gallery -
to complete a project from start to finish in 2 hours in person during
Chambersburg’s Downtown Business Council’s AppleFest on October 21st 2023!
Now all projects are on display in our gallery
to be raffled off benefiting our community based art projects here at The FOUNDRY.
The Artist with the most tickets
wins a full year membership to The FOUNDRY!!
And you have a chance to WIN ART!
Come Join Us for Artist Challenge 2023!!
Artist Challenge
We are calling on all area Artists to come and join us at our gallery .You have two hours to complete a project from start to finish – your medium of choice – in person during Chambersburg AppleFest on October 15th 2022!
Tricia Lesky Spotlight Gallery
Acrylic Paintings of breathtaking views, lush landscapes, cascading waterfalls, and vibrant tropical flowers.
September 8 to October 22, 2023
Plein Air Chambersburg 2023
Plein Air Chambersburg on Saturday, September 9th
For Artists and Art Lovers !
DBC First Friday September: Van Gogh Downtown
Come paint like Van Gogh and leave with your own original painting.
DBC’s First Friday July@ the Foundry: Stars Stripes and Straws
The Foundry is open late for First Friday July 7th.
Along with lots of great ART we have a delicious drink for you to taste.
Get your cup and wrist band from the Downtown Business Council
More information at https://discoverchambersburg.com/
FINISHED ART DROP OFF
Foundry Collaborative Art Project 2023 - DELIVER BY SUNDAY JUNE 4
The Foundry is celebrating our community with a work of collaborative art:
Delivery June 2-4, 11-3 at the Foundry.
All squares MUST be returned by June 4!
CREATION/DELIVERY:
Thank you so much for being a part of the Foundry’s Collaborative Art Project!
You have been given one square to complete, using the design below to fill your 10”x10” canvas. We know it’s pixelated!
Please keep in mind that while your piece will reflect your own style and brush/collage work, it will be part of a larger work and so will hopefully blend with the others to create an integrated and vibrant work of art!
All canvases need to be returned to the Foundry June 2-4, 11am-3pm, or sooner.
We will put them together and reveal the whole picture in the Spotlight Gallery June 16-July 23.
DBC First Friday May: Cinco de Mayo
Hopscotch your way throughout our downtown!
https://discoverchambersburg.com/
Women@Work
Women's Work Collaborative Art
The Foundry is celebrated our community's women with a work of collaborative art.
The photo of women at work was broken up into squares that was brought back together to create the image.
Thirty six women artists, Foundry members and many more from the community, spent August creating the blocks to make the image whole. None of the artists have seen the whole image. The whole work was unveiled on Friday September 4th during downtown.
During the two months the piece was in the Foundry viewers were able to sponsor blocks to support WIN. The finished piece can now be viewed at WIN office, Women In Need.
The collection of images collectively assembled is known as an “Exquisite Corpse” and started in the 1920s as a game for artists and writers.
Diversity grant sponsored by First Energy
Notes of Kindness:
The Foundry is working with Chambersburg Cares to share your Notes of Kindness!
Stop in and jot down your Note of Kindness to the community during the months of February and March.
Other locations are the Gift Enclosure, the Council for the Arts & Franklin County Visitor Bureau.
The notes will be gathered and displayed in the Franklin County Visitor Bureau lobby.
