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Brandywine Museum of Art announces new Wyeth Foundation Curator of the Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection

Chadds Ford, PA, September 8, 2022—The Brandywine Museum of Art announced today the appointment of William L. Coleman, Ph.D. as the Wyeth Foundation Curator of the Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection and Director of the Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Study Center. Coleman, an experienced curator, art historian and teacher, will assume this newly created senior position at the Brandywine on October 17. Funded by the Wyeth Foundation for American Art, this role emerged from an innovative collections-sharing partnership between the Brandywine, the Farnsworth Art Museum and the Wyeth Foundation—which was announced earlier this spring.

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New leadership announced at the Brandywine Conservancy

Chadds Ford, PA, April 14, 2022— The Brandywine Conservancy is excited to announce new leadership changes with the promotions of Stephanie Armpriester and Grant DeCosta, both previously Acting Co-Directors of the organization. Armpriester will now serve as the Conservancy’s...

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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grants more than $400,000 to the Brandywine Conservancy for water quality improvement projects and removal of breached dam

Chadds Ford, PA, September 28, 2021— The Brandywine Conservancy is thrilled to announce it has received more than $400,000 in grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). As part of NFWF’s Delaware River Restoration Fund (DRRF), made possible by the William Penn Foundation, the Brandywine received $289,845 for projects to improve water quality in the Brandywine-Christina Watershed. An additional $151,723 was also granted through NFWF and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund (DWCF) for the removal of Hoffman’s Mill Dam in Chadds Ford, PA.

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