Allens Lane Art Center Blog

Emily Erb

A Richmond, Virginia native, silk painter Emily Erb (b. 1982) has lived and worked in Philadelphia, PA since 2001. In 2005, Erb completed her BFA in painting at the Tyler…

Anna Benjamin

Born and raised in New York City, Anna Hendrick Karpatkin Benjamin lives and works out of her home studio in Philadelphia. She began her arts education at LaGuardia High School…

Sara Steele

Watercolorist Sara Steele has been exhibiting her paintings professionally since 1974. Her work has been in over sixty solo shows and countless invitational, juried, and group exhibitions. Her pieces are…

John Sevcik

John Sevcik’s paintings and drawings have been widely exhibited, including shows at HOUSEGallery, the Cheltenham Center for the Arts,  Somerville Manning Gallery (Greenville, DE), Newman Galleries (Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia),…

Peter Samuel

Alicia Miño

Alicia Miño was born in Santiago, Chile, and began to study drawing and painting at the age of 13. The urban scapes and the dynamic people’s lives were essential in…

Robin Williams Turnage

Robin Williams Turnage is currently an Associate Artist at The Clay Studio as well as a teacher of Traditional Nigerian and Ghanaian Pottery with Jihan Thomas at Fleisher. Robin’s art has…

Barbara Hanselman

Barbara Hanselman started her adventure in clay 33 years ago and came to be known for her hand-built featherweight pots and terra sigillata enhanced earthenware beads. Her clay work has…

Nathan Willever

Nathan Willever was raised in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine. He has taught numerous classes…

Janice Strawder

Janice received her MFA in Ceramics from Louisiana State University and her BFA from Wichita State University, Kansas. She spent three years as Artist-in-Residence at the Florida Gulf Coast Art…