Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts

Please join us for this special exhibition featuring student artwork, a collaboration between the Stone House Center for Public Humanities and the Slippery Rock University Art Society in conjunction with National Arts and Humanities Month.

National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM) is a coast-to-coast collective celebration of culture in America. Each year since 1993, NAHM has helped give millions of Americans the opportunity to explore new facets of the arts and humanities in their lives and has encouraged them to begin a lifelong habit of active participation.

The SRUAS is a professional development group for emerging artists attending Slippery Rock University. We focus on giving our artists information and opportunities to grow and develop as young artists. This exhibition collectively showcases the different talents our artists possess, across a multi-medium spectrum.

Refreshments will be served.  No admission fee. We hope to see you!

Sleepy Hollow Festival! Oct 8, 2016. Click here to check out our schedule of events. Hope to see you there!

As part of Harmony’s fall festival Sleepy Hollow, we are proud to present Pittsburgh artist Laura Stuart and her latest work entitled Sugar Skulls N Spice: A Colorful Exploration of the Human Cranium (With a Dash of Ominous Spice!)

Laura’s show will be on display from 11am til close on Saturday, October 8 with the show reception from 3pm-6pm,  live music and refreshments. . If you can’t be in Harmony that day, Laura’s show will be on display until October 23rd. Stop in and see her fabulous work during Gallery hours.

To encourage creativity and fun, a table will be set up with coloring sheets with crayons and markers for anyone to make their own sugar skull art.

Show Description:
When we think of skulls we often think of death and mortality. Within American culture, the artistic evolution of the skull has often represented scary concepts and rebellious ideas. The skull can be both fascinating and gruesome. However, in recent years, the sugar skull has gained in popularity within American culture as an attractive symbol that in some ways has counteracted the skull’s traditionally ghoulish nature.

About Laura Stuart:
Laura Stuart is a mixed media artist originally from Volant, PA. She currently lives in Pittsburgh, where she works as a Team Leader for Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services. Laura studied Visual Communications at both The Art Institute of Pittsburgh and Westminster College where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts Communications. She later went to Carlow University for an Art Education certification. Laura has taught art for a number of years within the school setting and within a variety therapeutic environments.

Tom Mason is an amazing musician, song-writer, and actor. Growing up in the Twin Cities Mason found an early love for music and theater. Watching his brothers and grandfather play guitar lit the flame early for Mason. He received a banjo at age seven, but by age eleven he was playing guitar in open tunings with a wine bottle neck. He practiced everyday and decided early in life that he wanted to be a performer.

At this time the acting bug bit Mason and he started taking acting classes. He has continued to act in plays throughout the country. Vaudeville and old Marx Brothers movies made a huge impression on Mason and he has continued to play the crafts and antics of these performers in his own shows and music.

Friday 12th August 2016, 7:00pm
Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts
539 Main Street “On the Square”
Harmony, PA 16037
$15 Admission
RSVP –Advanced Sales. BYOB
As always, bring snacks to share if you wish.
Reservations? Call (724) 452-0539 or email hith@zoominternet.net
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The Zelienople Library fundraiser “Wine Walk” is Friday, July 15, throughout the town of Harmony. The Bottlebrush is proud to host the Courtyard Winery for an evening tasting (5:30-9) along with a show by New Wilmington artist Ashley Priano and music on the square by West Virginia’s Mountain Stage Radio house band, The Carpenter Ants.

Tickets for the Wine Walk are sold out, but you’re still welcome to come to the art show and bring your lawn chair and cooler to enjoy the free music on the square. If the weather doesn’t cooperate, the band will be in the Gallery.  Plan to make a donation to the Ants (and/or the Library) and enjoy an evening of music and art.

Here’s a fun class for kids to celebrate our Penguins 2016 Stanley Cup win.  They can personalize their mixed media project with the name of their favorite Penguins player.  This can be a Mommy and Me (or Daddy, Nanny, Grammy…) class or the kids can come by themselves. All materials provided. Let’s go Pens!

Monday, June 27, from 11am-12:15pm. $25 Instructor: MJ McCurdy

See our entire list of summer art classes for kids at the child/teen class link at the top of this page.

Every month, Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts hosts a drum circle led by Annie Mathe and Pat Bauer. The purpose of a drum circle is many-fold, but mainly for people to come together and raise energy and conciousness… to find peace and enjoy a safe place, together. If you haven’t participated in a drum circle, you must. It’s an incredibly moving, peaceful experience.

In light of the horrific events in Orlando, we’ve decided to dedicate this month’s circle to the shooting victims and their families.

Please join us for a free, open community drum at our Gallery Wednesday evening, June 15, from 7-9pm. Drums and other percussion instruments will be provided.  This is a time for us to stand together and support each other. Please come and be a part of this circle of love.

RSVP appreciated, walk-ins welcome. Snacks and beverages served.

Our first week of summer classes for children and youth is ready! Click on “Child/Teen Classes” on the top menu bar. To register, call the Gallery any day but Monday from 11am-4pm. Full list of classes here: https://bottlebrusharts.com/?page_id=1423

Here are a few of the classes we’re offering… more to follow!

Classes scheduled for the week of June 27:

Paracord Bracelets ~ Songwriting for Teens ~ Caveman Art ~ Felting & Fibers ~ Make Your Own Fossils ~ Palette Knife Painting ~ Pet Portraits ~ Drumming ~ Animal Art ~ Chinese Lanterns ~ I AM: Affirmation Art

Food, music, fiber festival, vendors, herb and garden exchange, art show and demonstrations… what more could you want?  June 11, all day in our town of Harmony. Park your car and take the free shuttle sponsored by The Harmony Inn!

Art & Craft, Shows & Demos:
“Fibers Unleashed” Art Show at Bottlebrush Gallery by Nancy Apple
Palette Knife Art Demos by Nadya Lapets & Vickie Schilling
Weaving Demos & Sheep Petting at Weaver’s Cabin
Food:
Stohr Haus Bakery, The Harmony Inn & Wunderbar (Center of Harmony)
Lunch at the 1805 Barn
Live Music:
GRAND OPENING:  “Last Dog Records” Vintage Vinyl Shop, 2nd floor, Bottlebrush Gallery

Look for our Musicians in Town All Day!
BeJae Fleming and Jackie Blount, Dennis Malley, Jim & Debbie Tobin, Sally Zehmisch
Music at the Harmony Inn from 1-4pm
Drum Circle led by Pat Bauer, Bryan Fazio, Annie Mathe; Mindful Dance Demo by Paula Soto
Shopping:

Vendors at The Center of Harmony
FleaTique on the Square. Plant Sale/Exchange & Vendors at the 1805 Barn
FiberFest at Stewart Hall ~Vendor Market at the Center of Harmony
Visit all of our shops in town for Spring Specials and Sales

Steve Katz
Original Member, Blues Project and Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Friday, May 20th, 2016
6:00 Reception/Book Signing 7:00pm $20 BYOB

This concert is in part a fundraiser for the Zelienople Public Library.

Steve has shared a very honest, sometimes uncomfortable, expression of his years in the Rock Industry as a member of one of the most successful groups (BS&T) one of the most intense and ground breaking (Blues Project) and producer of Lou Reed’s 2 most successful albums.

About Steve Katz
What can you expect from a musician who started his career studying guitar with Dave Van Ronk and the Reverend Gary Davis? Quite a bit! Steve Katz’s diverse career includes playing with The Even Dozen Jug Band, the Danny Kalb Quartet, The Blues Project, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and American Flyer, with Craig Fuller of Pure Prairie League and Doug Yule from The Velvet Underground. He has produced albums for Lou Reed. Steve Katz will give you a show you will not soon forget.

Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts
539 Main Street “On the Square”
Harmony, PA 16037 724.452.0539
Limited Seating in Small Venue ~ RSVP Required
Zelienople Library Reception and Book Signing at 6 PM
HITH@zoominternet.net
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