Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts

Saturday, May 25, the Bottlebrush will be closed as we are hosting a wedding. We’re sorry for the inconvenience but wouldn’t miss it for the world.  May your hearts always be filled with love.

Offering another Beginning Alcohol Inks class in response to demand. It’s really fun, don’t miss this one. We get to play with fire!

Beginning Alcohol Inks on Tile

Wednesday, May 1, 7:00pm, $30

No experience needed. Create colorful, vibrant designs on ceramic tiles using alcohol inks. You’ll get step-by-step instruction on how to apply these amazing inks to a ceramic coaster tile for practice, then make another tile showing off your new skills.  Mistakes are easily fixed, no worries. These are beautiful gifts – for someone else or yourself.

You will take home two completed tiles. The tile designs can be matching, or you can create two different designs. Provided supplies include: ceramic tiles, alcohol inks, 91% alcohol, pipettes, lighters, gloves and tools. Dress for mess!

$30 per person includes everything. NEW: Payment is required in advance. You must contact the Gallery directly to register. We take cash, credit cards and checks.  Space is limited, so don’t wait. Please note, no refunds if you cancel within 48 hours of class start.

IMPORTANT: If you RSVP for this class, please do your best to attend. We keep a waiting list, and it’s not fair if you RSVP then don’t show up.

Thank you for supporting local artists and small business!

Join us for a beer and music celebration throughout Harmony! We wanted to take our own SPIN on Record Store Day by having an all-day party at three of your favorite locations in town.

Start the day at the ShuBrew Brewery with a hazy IPA can release (label designed by Bottlebrush’s own Laura Stuart!)  followed by live music from Walker and the Rebellion! ShuBrew & North Country will also be debuting our collaboration beer “Beer Mugz-N-Harmony (draft only)!” Local food truck Pita My Shawarma will be in attendance serving some great food.

Follow up the action at The Harmony Inn with a crawfish boil on the patio and live music from Alex Kates & Amanda Barton.  Jim and Debbie Tobin will hold their monthly Open Stage at the Bottlebrush starting at 1pm.

Finally end the night at Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts and Last Dog Records for a live music CD release party featuring Dennis McCurdy and special guests The Carpenter Ants. Enjoy local beer at the gallery, check out the vinyl art show, and try some food from our friends Pgh Po’boy!

Vinyl record fans – Last Dog Records will be open all day from 11am-9pm with new and vintage vinyl available. Bring your dog and get 10% off record purchase to celebrate National Record Store Day.

Please look at the entire event schedule for all of the detailed events and corresponding times. We cannot wait to see you all for Off the Record. Cheers!

Join us for our 7th annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration with the Ploughshare Poets!

Where: Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts
When: Saturday, March 16, 2019
Catered Buffet 6:00pm – Show 7:00pm
Cost: $40 per person includes buffet and show
$20 per person, show only
RSVP & Payment Required in Advance – 724.452.0539

This show always sells out, so don’t wait to sign up.  Call the Gallery and make your reservations. Slainte!

Catered Buffet by John Marshall Catering, Gibsonia:
Mini Reuben Sandwiches, Spinach and Feta Puffs, Stuffed Mushrooms, Cheddar & Guinness Dip, Irish Soda Bread & Butter, Hummus & Pita Chips, Cheese and Fruit Tray, Mini Cheesecake Tartletts, Brownies. Beverages, glasses and ice included. BYOB, feel free to bring your favorite drink!

About The Ploughshare Poets:
Ryan Stauffer and Vade King are The Ploughshare Poets, a popular duo known for their outstanding music, strong harmonies, clever banter, raucous singalongs, and impromptu parades through the streets of Harmony. Far from being a kitschy pub band, they are masters of the history and cultural importance of Scottish and Irish music. Expert musicians, the Poets play bagpipes, guitar, whistles, drums, and the bouzouki.

Ryan has played bagpipes for 20 years and makes his own small pipes. Vade played extensively in England and Scotland and was the lead singer of “Colin’s Way” for 10 years.

Please note our winter hours are in effect. We’re open Friday 11am-7pm, Saturday 11am-5pm and Sunday 12-4pm. Other times by appointment. Please contact us by email for information on our children/youth art classes, which begin in late January.  Classes for adults will be posted as we schedule them. Happy New Year!

Hoping everyone had a happy and safe holiday!

The Bottlebrush will be offering winter and spring art classes for adults and children/teens! New classes will be posted soon, so check back for our upcoming schedule including 2019 dates for the Women’s Creative Circle.  Happy New Year!

Announcing the opening of the Bottlebrush Gallery’s Christmas Room for Harmony’s Annual German Christmas Market weekend, Nov 10-11!  You’ll find Christmas new and vintage, collectibles, decorations, books, gifts, table settings, and two tables full of art made locally with a Christmas theme. Also, Santa & Mrs. Claus will be at the Gallery again this year from 1-3pm both days, for kids young and old. Jim and Debbie Tobin will be providing music at the Gallery, as is our tradition… and 5,000 people visiting on the weekend can’t be wrong. Come on out!

Harmony’s annual Sleepy Hollow Festival is Saturday, October 13. Live music, costume contests with prizes, vendors, live music food, a flea market, brews, art show AND the second annual Weenie Dog Fun Run at Wood Street Park. Much more happening and all day! A free shuttle bus will take you from Harmony to Zelienople’s Fall Festival on Saturday too, so park and enjoy the celebration of fall in our two small towns. Something for everyone,  don’t miss it!

2018 Summer Art Classes are here! We’re offering classes throughout the summer for ages 5-18. NEW: Wee Wednesdays, classes for the 5-8 age group every Wednesday in June and July. Click on the child/teen class link at the top of the page for our class list.

To sign up your child or teen, please call the gallery at 724.452.0539 or email us at bottlebrushgallery at yahoo dot com. Payment is due at time of registration. Thank you for supporting local art and an established small business in Harmony.

Click on child/teen classes at the top of this page to see our schedule. Check back, we will be adding more throughout the summer.

PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL GROUP CLASSES:

We will also be offering private individual and small group instruction over the summer in drawing and painting/mixed media. Please contact the Gallery if you are interested. We will schedule an evaluation meeting, then plan the class so it works with both of our schedules.

In collaboration with The Harmony Inn, we’re hosting the talented Rachel Brown, playing solo on the Inn patio (inside in case of rain) from 1pm-4pm June 9.  Rachel’s a professional musician and music educator who also plays with her band the Beatnik Playboys. Concert today is sponsored by the Bottlebrush Gallery and The Harmony Inn, but FREE to you.

About Rachel Brown:

Rachel Brown and the Beatnik Playboys are a delicious musical anachronism – Americana music of today that seems like it could have come from a time when milk came in glass bottles and doctors still made house calls. Powered by singer-songwriter Brown’s multi-octave voice, fed by guitarist Dave Huddleston’s tasty licks and harmonies, decorated by the smooth grooves of string bassist Bill Watson and drummer Roy King, the band journeys through the musical landscape of country, jazz, blues and gospel on a trip you want to take over and over.