About Art at Kings Oaks
Art at Kings Oaks reimagines an 1839 stone barn and chapel near Newtown, Pennsylvania, as unique settings for art to inhabit. Art at Kings Oaks is an invitational group exhibition and event space which features the work of local, national, and international artists. The artist-led exhibition is co-directed by Bucks County painter Alex Cohen and theatre artist Clara Weishahn. Located one hour from Philadelphia and two hours from New York City, Art at Kings Oaks was initiated in 2012 by Cohen and nearby artists. While the exhibition traditionally takes place over a three-week period each autumn, inquires regarding artwork that has been exhibited at Kings Oaks are welcome year-round.
Art at Kings Oaks
756 Worthington Mill Road
Newtown, PA 18940
Tel. 215-603-6573
kingsoaks@comcast.net
About Us
Alex Cohen and Clara Weishahn, Art at Kings Oaks 2022, Photo by Eliot Bassett-Cann
Alex Cohen is a Bucks County native who studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Alex has exhibited in galleries throughout the Philadelphia region, Bucks County, and New England. He is a teacher and a frame-maker. Alex is the founding co-director of Art at Kings Oaks. More about Alex>>
Clara Weishahn is an Alaskan theatre artist who performs, directs, and creates scripted, scored, and devised works with companies and collaborators across the East Coast and in the Pacific Northwest. She was born in Juneau, Alaska and grew up on a farm outside of Haines, Alaska. Clara studied visual arts at the University of Alaska Southeast and studied theatre at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, the Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training in Philadelphia, and the London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA) in Berlin. Clara is the co-director of Art at Kings Oaks. More about Clara>>
Submissions
Art at Kings Oaks is an invitational exhibition. While there is no submission process at this time, artists are welcome to share their work via email and their information will be kept on file. We are always happy to meet new artists.
Collaborators
Lighting designer Michael Barocca in the Chapel at Kings Oaks
Since 2017, Bucks County native Michael Barocca has contributed his innovative and sensitive lighting design sensibilities to illuminating hundreds of works of art in the historic Barn and Chapel galleries at Kings Oaks.
Clara with carpenter Aram Dadian in his workshop.
In 2018, Rosemont-based carpenter Aram Dadian created a custom table-top glass vitrine for displaying works on paper in the Chapel at Kings Oaks.
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