Art Education Center Opens in Horsham

Linda Arico is working to transform lives through art. 

Arico's mission is two-fold. A Sister of the Holy Redeemer, Arico serves as director of Art at Valley Lake Gallery, which makes its Horsham debut on Saturday with an exhibit of oil paintings by three artists.

Classes–some for elementary, middle school and high school students, as well as senior citizens and would-be artists in general–will be offered beginning Oct. 18, along with art-related seminars. 

"You can’t hang your work in here unless you’re giving a lecture, a demo or a class," said Arico. "I'm open to people teaching. The only people I’m open to are the people who are willing to do that."

"It’s an ongoing problem," Arico said, adding that she and the other Sisters will work, "until we don’t have homeless women and children."

Arico, who runs a frame shop in Huntingdon Valley, said the opening of the Horsham art center is an extension of her framing work.

"I’ve been running art shows for the last three years and it’s grown larger each year," she said. "People have ben intrigued about what I’ve done with art."