Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts

It’s that time again! Our art classes are open for children (including preschool!), youth and teens for weeks June 23-26 and June 30-July 3. Click on the children/teens classes tab at the top of this page. More classes will be added for July, including a water-themed group project to be displayed at Harmony’s 10 Year Flood Commemoration event in September.

This year’s classes include handbuilt pottery, jewelry, painting and drawing, photography, drumming, creative writing, stage and auditioning skills.

To reserve a seat in our art classes:  email us at  bottlebrushgallery @ yahoo.com.  A Gallery representative will contact you to confirm/complete registration and process payment, which is required at the time of registration.  Parents must complete a parental consent form for their child upon registration or at the class meeting time.

After paying the artists and for supplies, the remainder of the registration money goes towards our mini-grant program ART MATTERS, established to fund art classes for disadvantaged children and youth. We get many calls from local groups and organizations asking for classes to help their clients, so we decided to do something about it. Thank you for helping us to help them!

Join us for Christopher Mark Jones’ CD release party on Friday, June 9, 7:00pm. $10 Admission. BYOB.

Christopher Mark Jones’s long musical itinerary includes busking in Paris, the English folk club circuit, tours of Denmark and Holland, the Bristol and
Rotterdam festivals, BBC and Capitol radio appearances in London, electric clubs in Boston and showcase clubs, house concerts and coffeehouses in
Pittsburgh. His 1978 album for Transatlantic No More Range to Roam was released in five countries and distributed in the U.S. by Rounder.

His fourth album, Atlantica, was released in the Spring of 2014 and reflects an expanded narrative palette including both urban and international themes. This is his North Country release event.

Limited Seating ~ RSVP Required – 724.452.0539  www.facebook.com/harmonyinthehouse www.bottlebrusharts.com or email HITH@zoominternet.net

Bring the kids! Pet our sheep! Harmony’s annual Herb & Garden Fair is Saturday 6/14, 9am-3pm. In addition to the plant exchange/sale activities at the 1805 Barn, the town is keeping the party going with two FREE afternoon concerts by Todd Burge, food, garden art, plenty of kids activities, and more. Artists showing and demonstrating for this event:  Judy Dickson, Jill Eudaly, Susan Walker, and Cathy Wright. Check out our schedule. Weather forecast is awesome, so come and see us!

Friday May 9, 7pm, $15

Limited Seating ~ RSVP Required – 724.452.0539
Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts
539 Main Street “On the Square”
Harmony, PA 16037

Greg Trooper is a New Jersey native who has created a “catalog of superbly crafted albums.” His music is touched by Memphis soul, Greenwich Village folk and Nashville twang.  Billboard magazine calls him “an artist of considerable insight and passion.” Today Trooper is considered a “songwriter’s songwriter” by industry insiders. www.reverbnation.com/gregtrooper

Special Guest Matthew Ryan:
Matthew Ryan’s “In the Dusk of Everything” marks a distilled reclamation of his more primal Americana/Folk roots. With the bluntness of punk and the evocative rhythm of poetry his lyricism shines amongst these twelve deceptively simple songs of perseverance and closure via a clarity that operates in layers amid a world of struggle, beauty and sublime epiphany. The timelessly modern and spare qualities of these songs move with an earthy cinema with Ryan’s vocals front and center, while the music ebbs and flows like stark scenery in a grainy but saturated film.  www.matthewryanonline.com

In support of Eye Kandy’s Fashion Fur the Paws fundraising event, the Bottlebrush Gallery hosted pawprint painting sessions.  Numerous canine visitors braved the thunderstorm, more or less happy with the painting process, but we all had fun.  🙂 Check out the dogs and their masterpieces!  Congratulations to Kandy Barkley on a successful event, raising $4000 to help  homeless dogs and cats.

ALL NEW MATERIAL!

Thursday, April 24, 7-9pm.  One night workshop!

Cost: $35 in advance; $45 at door. To Register Online: http://www.jimdonovandrums.com/apps/webstore/products/show/4651352

Melt your stress with Drum & Chant. Clear Your Mind. Get Re-Energized. Learn Powerful techniques to help you feel great everyday.  Beginners are always warmly welcomed. Drums are provided.

The Drum & Chant Workshop shows you how to:

• Energize the brain and clear the mind
• Lessen resistance & fear
• Create deep relaxation and stress relief
• Expand conscious awareness
• Unblock energetic and emotional congestion
• Open creative inspiration and expression

Enjoy learning how to improve the quality of your life by using the power of sound to effectively unblock, transform, and increase your energy. Through the group drumming, chanting and breathwork, you will learn how to gain energized mental clarity, reduce fear and anxiety, unblock emotional congestion, open creative inspiration and to expand your conscious awareness.

Drumming and chanting with others is an ancient practice that people have used for millennia all over the globe to connect, heal, learn, witness and celebrate with each other. It’s only been in the last few hundred years that many people in our modern cultures have stopped connecting in this way.

Join us to reclaim and experience this powerful and comforting way of being together in community. Advance registration recommended. Space is very limited.

Cost: $35 in advance; $45 at door. To Register Online: http://www.jimdonovandrums.com/apps/webstore/products/show/4651352

Friday, April 25^th, 2014  7:00pm, $10  BYOB. Limited Open Seating – RSVP Required: 724.452.0539.

About Chad Elliott:

“…Chad Elliott stands out as a timeless and genuine musical poet with supple-strong roots like the bluestem and buffalo grass of Iowa prairie.” —Todd Partridge, NoDepression.com

Chad Elliott bought his first guitar at an Omaha pawn shop, a dreadnought next to the used guns and knives. He took it home, slowly taught himself to fingerpick and began transposing his poetry writing into original songs.  www.chadelliott.net

Awards and Honors:  2013 Iowa Blues Challenge – Winner Solo/Duo; 2013 Rising Star – Finalist; 2012 Show Me the Music Song Contest – Finalist – Americana; 2012 Int. Folk Alliance Conference – Official Showcase Artist.

About Bejae Fleming and Jackie Blount:

“A first-rate songwriter, easily the best lyricist in the state … rich, dynamic … a totally engaging, must-see live performer … a fully realized folksinger at the peak of her power.” (Iowa City Icon)

BeJae Fleming is an energetic and entertaining performer of Southern blues and finely crafted original material. With passionate singing, innovative guitar work and engaging storytelling, she celebrates tribulation and triumph in songs that range from gentle to gritty, from heartfelt to humorous. www.bejaefleming.com

Jackie Blount studied the French horn, receiving her bachelor’s degree in music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the early 80s. Long inspired by performances of such notable bassists as Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clark, and Charles Mingus, and more recently by Brian Derek (who played on BeJae’s first CD, Red Cross Woman), she began learning to play the electric bass in the late ’90s and has accompanied BeJae Fleming’s performances since then.

Cutting edge, contemporary singer, songwriter, and renowned artist Tom Panei’s preview party for his first solo CD!

Friday, April 11^th, 2014  7:00pm Show $10

Pittsburgh-based musician and visual artist Tom Panei is releasing his new solo CD on Friday, April 11th in Harmony, PA and on I-tunes and CD Baby shortly thereafter.  Through his vibrant murals, to his well written songs, he has become a staple in the music and art scene. Tom has played hundreds of shows and traveled countless miles promoting his talents. So either playing guitar, or painting a picture, Tom always has a special way of connecting to his audience. Come out and enjoy this Art of Music!

Kim Richey Two-time Grammy-nominee, Kim Richey is a storyteller,
a weaver of emotions and a tugger of heartstrings. Tender, poetic and aching
with life’s truths, her songs transport you to her world where words paint
pictures and melodies touch the soul. And then there’s her voice. Pure,
arresting and honest, her voice makes you take notice. Her sixth album is
lyrically driven and beautifully produced. “Wreck Your Wheels”
is a record that gets into your head and heart and stays there. So does it
matter whether it’s Americana, Alt-country or Pop?  http://www.kimrichey.com/

Special Guest: Stevie Ann is a dynamic award-winning Dutch singer/songwriter who began conquering the charts in Holland at the age of 19. http://www.stevieann.com

Eric Janoski is a songwriter living in the mountains of Western North Carolina currently working on his next full-length album. His music describes his experiences with this thing called life. Eric draws inspiration from people he can relate to, and the songs come almost exclusively from real-life events. He considers himself to be a songwriter first/foremost, always interested in story telling and more specifically the attempt to tell his story. Eric really feels that seeing someone perform their songs is a big part of the whole package.

Originally from this area and well-known in the Indiana, PA area for his college band days with shows packing the house, we welcome Eric back for an evening of cutting edge, contemporary storytelling through his songwriting and performance.

Many thanks to his father Ed, and Sally Zehmisch for sponsoring this show and introducing us to Mother Explosives.

Special Guest Steve Cohagan is a local favorite of the Harmony area. A singer/songwriter with a strong repertoire of finely crafted songs, we welcome every time we can get Steve off a movie set to come play for us.

Friday, March 28th, 2014, 7:00pm. Admission $10.
Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts
539 Main Street “On the Square”
Harmony, PA 16037