News • Events • Exhibitions
News • Events • Exhibitions

Matter and Energy
Matter and Energy
2023 Artessa Alliance Biennial
September 10 to October 7, 2023
Gallery is open daily from 10am-5pm
and Sundays from 12pm-2pm (with select Artessa members)
Cheltenham Center for the Arts
439 Ashbourne Road, Cheltenham, PA 19012
Personal Energy
Matter and Energy
Megan Grugan
I went back to the last group show I participated in with the women of Artessa Alliance and deconstructed several pieces that I had made about mental health. I work as a nurse practitioner…
Rural Matter and Energy
Matter and Energy
Nathalie Borozny
Growing up on a dairy farm in Vermont, I was the child who spent all my time outside, roaming freely and amassing a large collection of twigs, stones, and birch bark. I moved through the seasons, shoeless and happy…
We The People
Matter and Energy
Julie Mann
At risk today, around the world, are democratic societies once formed as a result of invaluable and painstaking collective energy applied to the shared purpose of ensuring precious freedoms…
Sensory Connections
Matter and Energy
Julia Way
I dwell among matter and energy that fascinates me more and more as time goes by. In particular, since becoming a caretaker of the small plot of land around the house where I live for the past 13 years…
Soulmate
Matter and Energy
Megan Raab Greenholt
An unspoken knowing, seed to stitch.
Wool and silk fibers naturally dyed using homegrown, foraged, and purchased dye stuff. Pieced and sewn together bit by bit.
Reflecting Energy
Matter and Energy
Janice Hayes-Cha
Reflecting on energy and matter got me thinking about the energy from the sun creating our verdant world… The night sky is illuminated by a huge moon, which reflects the energy of the hidden sun on the other side of the horizon…
Day to Day Energy
Matter and Energy
Mo Ganey
During Covid I wanted to paint looser and have been “in the tunnel” for the past 3 years learning to paint more abstractly and wrestling with composition…
Continuum
Matter and Energy
Elena Drozdova
Art happens on the continuum between energy and matter. It comes as a probable response to an energetic impulse so obscure and fleeting that the demand to establish connection with its hidden source is nagging. Intuitively, it leads to realization that like a dream…
Drawn Off Center
Matter and Energy
Nancy Agati
Drawn Off Center
horizons sweep
White Lines of Energy
Span In
Expand Outwards
Pushed Against her Edge…
Mapping Our Watershed
Matter and Energy
Rebecca Schultz
I park my car along the road, looking for a way to access the water. There are no paths here, so I scramble down the slope, carefully placing my feet on tree roots to keep from slipping. When I reach the creek, I am amazed by how wild it feels…
Night Sea, Night Stars
Matter and Energy
Michelle Ciarlo-Hayes
Far, far away one mystery greets
Another vast and high,
The infinite of waters meets
The infinite of sky.
What Fresh Hell Is This?
Matter and Energy
Teresa Shield
There was a time when I didn’t pay too much attention to news cycles. I wouldn’t say I was blissfully unaware while taking care of my then small children because it wasn’t without stress by any means…
Moving Forward
Matter and Energy
Brenda Howell
2023 has been and is a stressful year for me. Major life changes have depleted my energy and have been a distraction and deterrent to the all-consuming process of making art…
Heirloom
Matter and Energy
Kimberly Mehler
I continually find myself drawn to the mystery and meaning of our injured natural world, in a place where art meets science and activism. In a monoculture world, precious heirloom seed banks may yet save us…
Eileen
Matter and Energy
Glynis Raisch
Drawing inspiration from the surreal tales that once enchanted me as a child—Narnia, Alice in Wonderland, and Where the Wild Things Are—I invite viewers to embrace the childlike wonder and re-energize their inner child…
Energy Forever Changed
Matter and Energy
Colleen Hammond
Gently throwing a small pebble onto the river’s surface creates far-reaching concentric ripples showing us that an act of energy forever changes matter. This concept is unfortunately also defined through the gun violence that permeates our society…
The Matrix of Science and Art
Matter and Energy
Karen Hunter McLaughlin
Two of my works for Matter and Energy, Flower of Life and Symbiotic Colony, illustrate my continued interest in the connections between Science and Art. These works use a language of shapes that mimic nature– most prolifically the threadlike hyphae of mycelium…
Exhibition History
Our collective of women artists includes a rich and accomplished history of exhibitions, projects and markets. We continue to collaborate on new work, the key to our mission.