Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts

Our first House Concert of  2013:  The Honeycutters  from North Carolina, with opening act Mike Strasser from Pittsburgh.

The Honeycutters are excited to introduce their second full-length studio release, When Bitter Met Sweet. Like their first release Irene, When Bitter Met Sweet features singer/songwriter Amanda Anne Platt, who has been hailed as “one of the best songwriters coming out of WNC”.  Peter James accompanies her on lead and rhythm guitar and harmony vocals. They are backed up by Tal Taylor’s signature mandolin playing, Ian Harrod on bass, and Jon Ashley on drums creating an original brand of Americana that appeals to both musicians and the music lovers, the country and the city, and the old and the young. www.thehoneycutters.com

While their sound has drawn comparisons to such artists as Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris or Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, The Honeycutters produce a refreshingly unique blend of Americana music that is comfortingly familiar while being entirely original.

With Special Guest Mike Strasser
Mike Strasser is a friend and fellow singer/songwriter and one of the treasures of the greater Pittsburgh area. You will not be disappointed.

Come out and support live music!

Tickets are $10.  Call us or email to reserve your seat.  RSVP required due to small venue.  BYOB.  Snacks served.

February 8, 2012  7pm
Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts
539 Main Street
Harmony, PA 16037
724.452.0539

Solo art exhibition opening and show of the realistic, mixed media wood burning paintings by Brittany Kathryn Knapp at the Bottlebrush Gallery in Harmony, PA.

RSVP requested but not required.  No admission charge.  Refreshments will be served. Please stop by and support local art!

February 22, 2012  7-9pm
Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts
539 Main Street
Harmony, PA 16037
724.452.0539

Happy New Year to all of our friends and customers! We hope you had a safe and fun holiday.

During the month of January, we will have limited Gallery hours. We will be closed Monday-Thursday. We will be open Friday from 11am-7pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 11am-4pm. During this downtime, we will be giving the first floor of the Gallery a small facelift with patching and painting, and setting up our secondhand bookstore on the 2nd floor.

Warmest holiday greetings to our friends and customers! We hope you are enjoying time with your families and feeling the love of the season.

The Gallery will be closed Dec 25-27. We reopen Friday Dec. 28 with hours from 11am-7pm.

Harmony’s New Year’s celebration known as “Silvester” is a real treat if you haven’t experienced it yet. Beginning at 3pm, enjoy our annual 5k run, music, fireworks at 6:00pm, and more. Info here: http://www.active.com/running/harmony-pa/6th-annual-silvester-5k-and-1-mile-2012  New Year’s Day is the Polar Plunge– check out the video from last year! http://cranberry.patch.com/articles/get-freezin-for-a-reason-with-harmony-polar-plunge#video-8817030

We hope to see you over the holiday. If not, have a very Happy New Year!

Please join us for a oncert by The Early Mays on Friday, December 14, 2012, from 7:00-9:00pm. $10 at the door. BYOB. RSVP requested by not required to the Gallery, 724.452.0539. We hope to see you there!

About The Early Mays:

On December 24, 2011, Judith Avers, Emily Pinkerton,  and Ellen Gozion performed together for the first time at a late-night Christmas Eve service featuring American folk music. Throughout rehearsals, the songs fell in to place in an easy and gratifying way, and the service itself was magical. All three women felt it should not be the last concert.

Believing in their unique potential as a trio, firm friendships began to form and “The Early Mays” (a name drawn from a character in one of Judith’s songs) jumped into their first project:  a Christmas recording!!

Join us for our annual Holiday Party on Friday, Dec. 7 from 7-9pm, at the Gallery!

The very same evening we are hosting the Opening Reception for Jan and Paul Jay, long-time artists at the Bottlebrush. Jan will be showing some dramatically new paintings for the exhibit. Paul’s Raku always catches the eye of visitors to the Gallery, and we are looking forward to seeing his new work.

There will be plenty of party food and drink with live music byPittsburgh musician Sally Zehmisch. Maybe even a little jam session will break out including Paul Jay! Stop by for some holiday cheer, check out Jan and Paul’s new art, and finish up your holiday shopping with a little “Harmony” from local artists. We hope to see you. RSVP appreciated.

Saturday, Nov. 3, 4:00-6:00pm: Opening Reception for Photographer Nina Sowiski.

Bottlebrush is hosting the opening reception for award-winning photographer Nina Sowiski of Forest Hills. Nina is a lifelong photographer, known for her nature themes, utilizing styles ranging from macro-shots to panoramic vistas. From parrots to frogs, from landscapes to incredibly detailed close-ups, Nina’s photos never fail to reveal the beauty and surprises found in Nature. She will be showing work from her recent trip through the southwest.

Free admission. Refreshments served. Please note time of reception is from 4:00pm-6:00pm.  Nina’s newest work will be on display at the Gallery from Nov. 3 through Nov. 16.

Get Your Ghoul On… 

You’re invited to our adults-only (due to scary clown paintings) Halloween Party and Opening Night Reception for Jim Guentner, Artist from Glenshaw, PA, and his Evil Clown Traveling Carnival from 7-10pm on Saturday 10/27.  Costumes not required but encouraged.

Free admission. Refreshments and “Ghoodies”  by the Stohr Haus Bakery. Music.  Bring a decorated pumpkin for our contest!

Join us at our Haunted Gallery if you dare…