Lancaster Art Vault

Lancaster Art Vault A space for artists to create, collaborate & sell w/studio & event space, galleries & classrooms.
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Continuing our daily artist highlights in honor of our two-year anniversary ✨Ann Benton Yeager, a native of Millersville...
05/19/2026

Continuing our daily artist highlights in honor of our two-year anniversary ✨

Ann Benton Yeager, a native of Millersville in Lancaster County, carries forward a rich artistic legacy as the great-great-niece of Thomas Hart Benton, mentor to Jackson Po***ck. Her work has earned international recognition, including publication in International Contemporary Artists, Volume XI (2016), and she was named Readers’ Choice Best Artist in Harrisburg Magazine’s “Simply the Best” in 2021.

An abstract and contemporary artist, Ann works across acrylic mixed media, cold wax and oil, acrylic pouring, alcohol inks, and watercolor. She is known for her dynamic textures and use of unconventional materials, creating layered, expressive canvases full of depth, energy, and visual intrigue.

05/16/2026

Happy Art Walk Weekend at The Lancaster Art Vault ✨🎨

Join us for a full weekend of live artist demonstrations, inspiring conversations, and immersive creative experiences featuring our incredible resident artists and local makers.

SATURDAY ✨
🕚 11AM–3PM | Illuminated Trees Demo with Melissa S. Zane
🕚 11AM–2PM | Paper Marbling Demo with Robin Ashby
🕚 11AM–3PM | LAV Outdoor Artisan Market
🕐 1PM–2PM | Artist Talk with Elizabeth A. Pituch
🕑 2PM–4PM | Oil Painting Demo, History & Technique with Christiane David

SUNDAY ✨
🕛 12PM–4PM | “Fibonacci” Oil Painting Demo with Ceanna Davis

Come explore exhibitions, meet the artists, shop local, and experience creativity in motion all weekend long.

📍 The Lancaster Art Vault
🎟 Free & open to the public

05/16/2026

Lancaster Art Vault is hosting a vendor market with 30 vendors today from 11 AM to 3 PM. Come downtown for art walk and shop and meet artists and vendors inside and out of the gallery!

Continuing our daily artist highlights in honor of our two-year anniversary ✨Kristin’s Haudenosaunee name, given to her ...
05/14/2026

Continuing our daily artist highlights in honor of our two-year anniversary ✨

Kristin’s Haudenosaunee name, given to her by her great-grandmother, is Ganä:gah:is—“One who splashes water.” She lives within the meaning of this name: playful disruption, cleansing, and constant movement. Like water, all living things shift and adapt, flowing in harmony toward a place where everything merges once more.

Kristin’s work reflects this philosophy, capturing the currents that move through objects, nature, beings, and events—an exploration of motion, transformation, and the quiet power of flow.

Continuing our daily artist highlights in honor of our two-year anniversary ✨Melissa S. Zane’s artistic practice is defi...
05/13/2026

Continuing our daily artist highlights in honor of our two-year anniversary ✨

Melissa S. Zane’s artistic practice is defined by her innovative approach to design and her mastery of acrylic paint. Her work showcases a captivating interplay of textures, blending flat surfaces with raised, sculptural elements. Deeply inspired by nature, she explores the balance between organic irregularities and intentional design.

Beginning with extensive reference gathering and study, Melissa distorts her sources to engage with them on a deeper level. Through this process, she develops a distinct visual language—inviting viewers into work that is both thoughtfully constructed and vibrantly expressive.

Continuing our daily artist highlights in honor of our two-year anniversary ✨James is a versatile artist working across ...
05/12/2026

Continuing our daily artist highlights in honor of our two-year anniversary ✨

James is a versatile artist working across a range of mediums, including oils, pastels, acrylic, ceramics, and even glassblowing. Yet watercolor remains his true passion for its luminosity, transparency, and quick drying time—allowing for fluid layering and experimentation with techniques like wet-in-wet and dry brushing to build texture and dimension. Drawing inspiration from his travels, photography, and everyday scenes, James applies a strong understanding of value, shape, and color to bring any subject to life.

05/11/2026

U-Gallery Highlights 🌤️
Explore light, atmosphere, and color through both abstraction and landscape in the U-Gallery exhibition featuring Diane Jordan Bjornstad, Mark Sassani, John Lasonio, and Rae Ann Ross. From expressive textures to luminous landscapes, each work offers a unique interpretation of mood, place, and perception.

On view now at Lancaster Art Vault.

Continuing our daily artist highlights in honor of our two-year anniversary ✨For this artist, the creative act is, at it...
05/11/2026

Continuing our daily artist highlights in honor of our two-year anniversary ✨

For this artist, the creative act is, at its core, an expression of love—a journey to hold and reveal that love through the language of beauty. Their work moves across the landscape of human experience, weaving truth through moments, memories, aspirations, hopes, dreams, and even disappointment, all infused with a sense of mysterious, divine presence.

The use of earthy, organic materials—chalk pigments, wax, oil paint, and oil sticks—creates a sense of luminosity, while gold leaf, long associated with the divine across cultures, adds a sacred dimension. Compositions balance horizontal elements reminiscent of natural landscapes and strata with vertical movements that suggest an ethereal ascent and descent.

Guided by curiosity and a deep love for process, their work becomes a contemplative exploration—an invitation to discover the profound within the ordinary. Pause, reflect, and step into your own experience of beauty and truth. What will the artwork reveal to you?

Continuing our daily artist highlights in honor of our two-year anniversary ✨An artist, writer, and historian, Robin is ...
05/10/2026

Continuing our daily artist highlights in honor of our two-year anniversary ✨

An artist, writer, and historian, Robin is dedicated to honoring the rich tradition of marbling while expanding its possibilities through modern materials and innovative approaches. By extending age-old techniques into new forms of artistic expression, Robin bridges past and present with a color-driven vision all their own. As captured by Gustav Mahler, “Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire”—a sentiment that reflects Robin’s passion for celebrating the energy of marbling’s masters while forging a path forward.

05/09/2026

Explore Imaginary Spaces ✨
Step into worlds shaped by memory, imagination, and abstraction. Imaginary Spaces transforms the Main Gallery with dreamlike works by Diann Cardello, Keisha Finnie, Erick J. Gonzalez, Jane Palmer, Faith Ann, and 30+ additional artists. Experience layered environments, surreal color stories, and immersive visual landscapes that invite you to wander beyond the familiar.

Now on view at Lancaster Art Vault.

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