Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts

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!

West Virginia loans us Todd Burge! Over the years, Todd has become a good friend and kind soul who loves to come here and play.  He has dedicated his life to song writing and music promotion. Todd’s songs are honest, sometimes abstract, poignant, and often funny. His guitar playing and harmonica accompaniment are superb. www.toddburge.com

Pittsburgh’s Bruce Hoffman will open for Todd. Bruce is well known in the area for his craftily written songs that either make you think or laugh or do both. He is the songwriter that John Prine comes to town to see.

Friday, October 12, 2018, 7pm
$15.00 Limited Seating ~ RSVP Required – 724.452.0539
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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.

BUSY SATURDAY in Harmony, come see us! Starting with the annual Herb & Garden Fair & Plant Exchange and the HBA’s FleaTique on the Square, then music– Jim and Debbie Tobin hosting their monthly Open Stage at the Gallery, and Rachel Brown playing at The Harmony Inn, both 1-4pm. The Gallery’s art show “Time for Me: A Women’s Creative Circle” opens this weekend. The day ends with our Annual Summer Wine Walk, from 5-9pm, with Jim and Debbie Tobin playing at Wunderbar. Extended Gallery hours are from 10am-9pm. We have something for everyone.