Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts

Please note our shop hours are Friday, 11am-5pm, Saturday 11am-5pm and Sunday 12pm-4pm until further notice. The shop hours on this site (Google calendar) are incorrect and we’re having problems updating them. Thank you.

As per CDC guidelines, we ask that you wear masks and social distance so this event can be enjoyed by everyone. Thank you!

The Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts is proud to partner with Pittsburgh radio and television personality Doug Oster in a fundraising initiative for Hair Peace Charities, a southwestern Pennsylvania organization supporting women and girls experiencing hair loss as a result of their cancer treatment.  

While you may know Doug as Pittsburgh’s own “gardening guy”, he’s also an accomplished photographer. Doug’s beautiful and well-composed photographs caught our eye, and as the winding path of life goes, we’re hosting Doug’s work in the Gallery to support a charity of his choice.

“On the Lake at Sunset” is the first in a series of matted, framed 11”x14” photographs currently on display and available for purchase at the Gallery. Priced at $150, a portion of each sale will be donated to Hair Peace Charities.

About Hair Peace Charities: Hair Peace Charities helps women and girls in Southwestern Pennsylvania who have lost their hair due to treatment for cancer to purchase a wig. This in turn helps them regain their sense of identity, control, and self-esteem. As a faith-based organization, HPC also seeks to provide for the spiritual and emotional needs of its clients and their families. For more information on HPC, please visit:  http://www.hairpeace.org/donate-wigs

About Doug Oster: Doug is an Emmy-winning producer, television host and author of 5 books, with the most recent being “The Steel City Garden: Creating a One-of-a-Kind Garden in Black and Gold.” He is the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s Home and Garden editor, co-host of the radio show The Organic Gardeners (KDKA Radio) and appears every Thursday on KDKA-TV’s Pittsburgh Today.

More about Doug here:

www.dougoster.com

www.facebook.com/doug.oster.garden

www.instagram.com/dougoster

The shops of Harmony are open again!

We’re open and good things are happening! Come visit us this Saturday to celebrate small businesses. There’s a scavenger hunt with the chance to win $150 in gift certificates for local restaurants and shops. More information on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1617494728413566/permalink/1628051520691220/

We are resuming adult classes, however with some restrictions. 1) All students must wear masks  2) Students must social distance  3) Group classes cannot be any larger than 6 students 4) Students who are from the same family group can be seated together.  All materials used  will be sterilized between uses. If you are sick or feeling unwell, please do NOT come to class. Help us protect each other! Contact us if you’re interested in taking a class, and we’ll add you to our list, bottlebrushgallery@yahoo.com.  Thank you.

Jewelry Collage (framed)
Instructor: MJ McCurdy
$40

Email or call 724.452.0539 to register.

Do you have bits and pieces of jewelry laying around, costume or vintage, maybe stray earrings? Don’t know what to do with them? Come to this fun class and make a framed, one-of-a-kind, heart jewelry collage for someone special or create a family heirloom for yourself. Some students have used jewelry belonging to a loved one who passed and made beautiful memory pieces.

Materials include: frames (sizes vary, as these are up-cycled with varying sizes,  5”x7”, 8”x10”, etc), mounted black velveteen backing, miscellaneous beads, bracelets, pins, and other bits and pieces to add to your collage. Ready to hang when you go home. To buy a piece like this would cost from $85-$125. Take this class and make your own for much less.

We use E6000 glue to attach the jewelry pieces. If you are sensitive to glue odor, you may not want to take this class.

Alcohol Inks for Beginners
Instructor: MJ McCurdy
$35
Email or call 724.452.0539 to register.

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

Easily one of our most popular art classes for adults, alcohol inks on tile requires no prior experience. Create colorful, vibrant designs on ceramic tiles using colorful 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!

EMERGENCY FUNDRAISER! Recently the Southwest Butler Food Cupboard‘s freezer gave up the ghost, losing all of the meat in storage for Christmas dinner for local families. They need help!  Deborah Wolf Malley is holding a fundraiser as a birthday wish to help this very worthy organization. Saturday, December 14, 5-9pm at the Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts in Harmony. Stop by for music, snacks and drinks, and please bring supplies to help families. If you can’t come, you can donate or drop off items at the Gallery this week, Wednesday-Sunday. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

The Food Pantry immediate needs to serve 100 families before the holidays are:
canned chicken
jelly
rice
rice/pasta side dishes
toilet paper
taco kits
oatmeal
canned potatoes
broth
seasonings
condiments
ramen noodles
shampoo
toothpaste
toothbrushes
laundry detergent
razors
dish soap
gift cards for Giant Eagle or Shop ‘n Save
Monetary donations

Support local artist and small businesses! Come out for Small Business Saturday this weekend, November 30. Wishing you all a  Happy Thanksgiving!

A few pics from the annual German Christmas Market in Harmony.  5,000 people visited over the weekend.