Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts

Some photos from our Alcohol Inks on Tile class for adults, March 27. We’re scheduling more sections, please check back. You don’t want to miss this fun art form!

RJ Cowdery has solidified her place in the world of performing singer-songwriters, garnering accolades at Mountain Stage NewSong, Kerrville, Falcon Ridge, Wildflower! Arts and Music, Rocky Mountain Folk Festival, and Sisters Folk Festival. She plays a clean guitar, flat picking or strumming, stringing chords together to develop melodies built like a proverbial brick house and pours over it all with a voice like butter. Her lyrics are sincere and plain-spoken, inviting you to lean in hard and come out the other side changed.  https://www.rjcowdery.com/

Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts
539 Main Street “On the Square”
Harmony, PA 16037
$15.00
www.bottlebrusharts.com
HITH@zoominternet.net
www.facebook.com/harmonyinthehouse

Limited Seating ~ RSVP Required – 724.452.0539

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the Bottlebrush Gallery in Harmony with some photos from the sold out show, featuring the Ploughshare Poets.  Thanks to Couch Brewery in Pittsburgh for the craft brew samples and the Lagerhaus Bakery in Harmony for the yummy shamrock cookies. Slainte!

Our monthly women’s creative circle “Time for Me” met Thursday 2/22, 6:30pm. We try a new art form at each session, and February’s was alcohol inks on ceramic tile.  Nice work, everyone!  If you’d like to join the fun, call the Gallery at 724.452.0539.

Calling all young artists! We’re working on our 6th annual summer art class schedule at the Bottlebrush which is the week of June 25-28.  This year we’re offering felting, alcohol inks, collage and jewelry making, to name a few. Check back to see the complete schedule of classes in April.

6^th Annual Celtic Dinner and Concert

Join us for dinner with the band before our big St. Patty’s show!

Where: The Harmony Inn, Upstairs Dining Room – Open Seating

When: Saturday, March 17, 2018, 5-6:30pm; Concert begins at 7pm at The Bottlebrush Gallery.

Cost: $45 per person includes dinner and show; $20 show only. BYOB.

RSVP & Payment Required in Advance – 724.452.0539

Featuring The Harmony Inn’s Traditional Irish Menu: Please note this dinner is not BYOB. You are welcome to bring your own beverages to the concert at the Gallery.

About The Ploughshare Poets:

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

Classes are scheduled by age groups:

9-10:30am – Ages 6-9  11am-12:30pm – Ages 10-12  1:30-3pm – Ages 13-18

Call us at 724.452.0539 to sign up no later than Friday before class meeting.

NOTE: February 19 classes are for Ages 6-9 only. 9-10:30am. No classes for other age groups that day, sorry. 

Founded by Germans 213 years ago, Harmony is gearing up to celebrate 2018’s arrival — on German time — with its annual Silvester on Sunday, Dec. 31. New Year’s Eve is called Silvester in Germany after the ancient feast day that commemorated the 4th century Pope Sylvester I, who died on the last day of 335.

 It’s an afternoon of fun and family activities sponsored the Harmony Borough and Harmony Museum, with local business support. Now in its 10th year, Silvester attracts thousands of celebrants to the National Historical Landmark on New Year’s Eve.  Starting with a race at 3pm, the festivities continue through the early evening with food, drink, music on the Square, a Christmas tree toss, a wreath toss for the kids. The town square will be jammed with people from throughout the tri-state area, cheering a ball drop and fireworks to greet the new year at 6 p.m. — midnight in Germany.

The Bottlebrush Gallery will be hosting Facepainting by Christina (facepainting for kids young and old!) and music by Jim and Debbie Tobin, Aliquippa.  This is always a very popular event, and our shop is filled with visitors. If you haven’t seen this event, you’re missing out.  Frohes neues Jahr!

Join us Friday, December 8 at 7pm for our annual Christmas concert with The Early Mays. $15. BYOB, bring snacks to share. Small venue so reservations are required. Hope to see you!

The Early Mays are Emily Pinkerton, Ellen Gozion and Rachel Eddy. This is the final show of the year, and there is no better way to end the season with this wonderful trio of musicians. Previously, we had the Early Mays here for a show and this is as succinct a description as I could ever hope for:  “WOW… What an evening… To say that I am truly impressed with the Early Mays would be such an understatement. The musical talents of these women leaves me awestruck! They are each gifted with beautiful voices but when they weave together in harmony it becomes a tapestry whose beauty left me deeply touched…” Casey Deely of Common Threads. http://www.theearlymays.com/

We are proud to participate in the annual Little Shops of Butler County Christmas Shopping Tour, always the first weekend in December! Visit the Gallery and our partner shops Friday, Saturday or Sunday for deals, demonstrations and other goodies– plus get some Christmas shopping done too!