Desiree Cantwell has a Masters of Teaching in Visual Arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Art from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. Her teaching experience includes instruction of K-12 students in Philadelphia and Chester County public schools. She is an accomplished painter who exhibits her work in juried and non-juried shows in Chester and Delaware Counties.


The Chester County Art Association receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.