Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts

Want more information on these classes? Click on the kids/teens and adult classes links at the top of this page. We will be adding more classes, so please check back for updates.

Act Up! Children’s Theatre: Ages 9-15.

Saturdays, 1-3:30pm, September 21 through December 21. $10 per session.

Taught by Creatively Healthy instructor and coach Debbie Smith Wagner.  Please contact the Gallery to RSVP. More information:  Kids’ Classes link above.

A fun and spirited class designed for children and pre-teens that teaches the basics of improvisational acting. Our class meets monthly and will include puppets, warm-up exercises, creative performance with games, and an improv skit using simple costumes and props.

Conga Drumming: Basics and Intermediate  Ages 14 to Adult.

Mondays, 6-7:30pm, September 16-October 21. $90 for 6 weeks includes use of drums. 

Explore the exciting world of Afro-Cuban and Latin Rhythms in a fun and friendly atmosphere. A 6 week, fully interactive class designed for beginners and experienced drummers alike. We will cover: Technique, Clave, Tumbao, Calypso, Rumba, Guaguanco, Abakwa and Practice Methods. $90 for 6 weeks, includes use of drums. Taught by experienced drummer Bryan Fazio. Reservations required as the class is limited in size.  More information:  Adult Classes and Kids/Teens Classes  links above. Last day to sign up: September 16.

Slippery Rock University Student Art Show Opening Night Reception:  September 13, 7-9pm. Edgy and thought-provoking, always a phenomenal show!

Opening reception and exhibit  features artists Chelsea Burton, Constance Briggs, Maria Camera, Darrellyn Dickey, Chelsea Grubbs and Barbara Westman, Assistant Professor of Fibers and Printmaking.  Refreshments will be served. No admission fee.

“5+1 Fibers Exhibition” will be on display from Sept. 13-Sept. 20, 11am-4pm, with the exception of Monday, Sept. 16, when the Gallery is closed.

RSVP requested but not required.

Kids having fun at our first week of summer art classes, which began July 8. The second week of classes starts Monday, July 29. Contact the Gallery to sign up!

Our second week of’ summer art classes for young artists is ready! Topics include:  Improv for Kids- Photography – Chain Maille Bracelets – Mask Making – Drum and Draw Workshop – Abstract Painting – Dinosaur Fossil Making – Basket Weaving.

To see the schedule for the week of July 29, please click on the above link for kids/teens classes. Our first week was sooo fun!  We hope to see you.

Saturday, September 7, 2013   9-2pm

Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts, on the Square in Harmony

Exit 88 off I79

Tag sale on glassware and collectibles at the Bottlebrush Gallery in Harmony, PA. Proceeds benefit our mini-grant program Art Matters, which funds art classes for economically-disadvantaged youth in Butler County.

Please visit Harmony’s monthly Flea-Tique on Saturday from 9-2pm while you’re in town!

We are proud to announce registration is open for Summer Art Class Week, July 8-12.  This year we’re offering classes in subjects including:  Improv/Acting, an Asian Dragon Mural, Photography, Hoodat Dolls, Felt Fiber Sculpture, and Chain Maille Bracelets. We’ll end the Summer Art Class Week with an art show/exhibit on Friday, July 12, to show off your child’s work. For detailed information, click on the kids/teens classes link at the top of the page.

Registration fees include all materials, refreshments, and the cost of the Friday art show. Please note our registration deadlines are by 12pm the day before the class is scheduled to be held. If a class does not meet the minimum registration number, you will be notified of the cancellation at that time.

After paying the artists and for supplies, the remainder of the registration fee is going towards our mini-grant program ART MATTERS to fund art classes for economically-disadvantaged kids. We get requests regularly from local groups and organizations asking for classes to help their clients, so we decided to do something about it. Not only are you helping your own children by giving them art lessons, but you are also helping others who cannot afford them. Thank you!

We are planning a second set of classes the week of July 29 to include clay sculpture, drawing, painting, and collage, so please check back for updates.

May’s women’s creative circle, Time for Me. We made peace flags.  🙂

Early this year, Seneca Valley graduating senior Tyler Duffy came to us with a request to hold an art show at the Gallery–not unusual for art students from Seneca Valley and Slippery Rock University, as a senior show is part of their graduation requirements. What was unusual was the underlying purpose of the show:  to sell original artwork made by Tyler and her classmates to donate back to Seneca Valley Intermediate and High Schools’  art programs for much-needed supplies.

How could we say no to such an altruistic, openhearted request?

We are proud to host “The Art of Giving Back,”  an art sale and benefit by Tyler Duffy and her classmates on Saturday, April 6, from 12pm-3pm. Refreshments will be served. Live music generously donated by Sally Zehmisch from Cranberry.  RSVP not required.

Please join us to celebrate Tyler and her spirit of giving back.

As women, we all seem to make time for everyone else in our lives– but when is OUR time? Time For Me is a way to set aside time for ourselves, to meet new friends and express our inner creativity.  At each session, we will explore various creative forms, learning a different technique each time, then use that technique to express our inner selves. You do not have to be artistically gifted to join us!

This is an on-going group that meets every fourth Thursday of the month. You are free to attend one session, two sessions or every session if you would like. Each session you attend is $20 and includes all materials needed for the evening. Your first night fee includes an art journal for you to work in and keep.  Bring beverages for yourself and snacks for others, if you would like to share.  Women from 13 to 100 welcome!  Please contact the Gallery to sign up.

Classes begin March 28, 2013. $20 includes all materials including your own art journal on the first night.