Since 1999, this non-profit artist cooperative has showcased talents new to the art scene as well as well-known pros, while promoting art appreciation and participation throughout the Berks community.
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In the Main Gallery
MEMBERS' MAY-JUNE SHOW |
Featured Exhibit
BEST OF FRIENDS Creativity Among the Friends of Art Plus Gallery |
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May 2025 Friend of the Month
SHERRY DAVIS Sherry Davis is a lifelong fan of Reading and the arts, and a long-time supporter of Art Plus Gallery. She has collected 20+ paintings by artists of the gallery and Plein Air West Reading. For the latter, each year Sherry and her daughter Shelby Davis Hutchison sponsor a $500 award for themes like Urban Alleyways; Mansions, Monuments & Centre Park; the Barns of Berks and, this year, the Village Main Street Award. Sherry is also a driving force behind the annual Berks Book Bonanza (in Mohnton, July 9–If you're smart, you won't want to miss it this year!) |
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JUNE 14-21, 2025 Berks County, Pennsylvania ANNOUNCING THE ARTISTS! |
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THE PLEIN AIR PAINTER'S GUIDE TO BERKS COUNTY There's much for artists to discover in Berks County. To help, Art Plus Gallery has produced a Google Maps-based guide offering favorite locations and inside tips for painting throughout the county. |
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"Reading has some very talented artists. Since buying our place here 2 years ago today we’ve been filling it with great (and very affordable) local art from Art Plus Gallery in West Reading." -Dave Barr |
Applications now being accepted for the 2025 Art Plus Gallery Scholarship!
Click below for details and to apply.
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Welcome ANNA SCHWEIGERT Anna has a rare flair for merging innovative materials and touches with classic print-making techniques. Click on her photo to learn more her and her dazzling art. |
"We have artist prints collected throughout the years but I bought my first pieces of original art from Plein Air West Reading. What a difference to have original art around. It’s almost like it is alive. It invites me to pause, breathe, enjoy, wonder, remember, or look forward. Whatever I need at the moment I pass by. It is a relationship that can’t be explained, only experienced."
-Jesse Prentiss
-Jesse Prentiss
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“Too often we allow the humdrum reality of life get in the way of the arts, which can feel frivolous by comparison. But this is a mistake. The arts are the opposite of a diversion from reality; they might just be the most realistic glimpse we ever get into the nature and meaning of life. And if you make time for consuming and producing art — the same way you make time for work and exercise and family commitments —you’ll find your life getting fuller and happier.”
Arthur C. Brooks Art Should Be a Habit, Not a Luxury The Atlantic, Jan 27, 2023 |
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THE BIG SHOW Original artwork too large to comfortably grace the walls of Art Plus Gallery |
"SPRING TO LIFE" IN THE WEST READING TAVERN
Check out the new all-member exhibit in the dining room of our friendly neighbors to the west. Add classic pub fare to your visit and have an enjoyable evening of dinner and a show at the West Reading Tavern. 606 Penn Ave., West Reading.
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FEATURED EXHIBIT SCHEDULE Check out the gallery's featured artists through 2025–a sensational slate of Art Plus members, guest artists and emerging talents from the community. |
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Support our mission while enjoying the option to join in our activities as much or as little as you'd like.
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Be Part of the Picture Art Plus Gallery is a 501(c)(3) non-profit by virtue of our mission to promote art appreciation and participation through our region in general, and among students in particular. It’s a wonderfully gratifying mission, and you can be part of it. |
Support the gallery without spending an extra penny! Click the link above to buy art supplies and Dick Blick will donate a percentage of your purchase to Art Plus.
(Note: Art Plus Gallery is compensated for linking to the Blick Art Materials web site) |
