September 2023
student artists
Some of the best art colleges in the country can be found in our region along with many exceptional art departments within universities. RSFAA reaches out to art programs in PA, DE, NJ, and NY to invite full-time art students to apply for both of our annual shows. Learn More
“Rittenhouse has been creating spaces for young artists for nearly 100 years, and their work has been powerful for the art community and the community at large.”
- Frances Donnelly Wolf
Michael Ballezzi
Studio Incamminati
Figurative Realist / with focus in oil painting and drawing.


Taylor Brown
Rowan University
I work with an array of mediums such as charcoal, color pencil, and oil paint on either paper or canvas. My style is realistic with my mediums being very smooth and blended.


Holly Dudley
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Oil painting, drawing, and printmaking are the main mediums I use. *Winner of the Jerry’s Artarama “Art is Our Life” Award


Kayla Edmonston
Fashion Institute of Technology
I am an oil painter based in New York. I paint from both direct observation and drawings made from memory and my immediate surroundings.


Arda Ergin
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Oil paintings done on various surfaces like canvas, boards and papers. Ink drawings done on paper


Varvàra Fern
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
I use clay, resin and plaster to create figurative sculptures.


Olivia Hiester
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
I make drawings, paintings, and prints. I work primarily with oil paint and monotype and relief printmaking processes.


Anna Hoppel
University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
I work primarily in oil paint. My work tends to be gestural and expressive, with an emphasis on color and the abstract nature of landscapes and figures.


Keshawna Logan
University of The Arts
I use paste and fibers on wooden panel through handmade stencils to create highly texturized surfaces. Once dried, l paint the surface. *Winner of the Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show “Award of Excellence”


Brooke McVeigh
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
My work consists of medium to large scale oil paintings on panel and stretched canvas. I work from observation and imagination, hoping to find how paint can connect these two sources of inspiration. *Winner of the Jerry’s Artarama “Be Inspired” Award


Andre Melchor
Studio Incamminati
I work primarily with oil on canvas in an indirect painting method, my drawings consist of charcoal and graphite on hand toned paper colored with an array of inks, pigments, and dispersions.


Hana Rusi
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Oil paintings, drawings and printmaking (lithography, etching, monotype, woodcut, screenprint)


Nathan Vasko
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
acrylic on canvas, start out with a background and go from there


Scott Woyak
Studio Incamminati
Oil paint, pen and ink, graphite. *Winner of the Jerry’s Artarama “Empowering Artists” Award

