October 2021 Newsletter

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Artists contributed to an assortment of 3-D works including sculpture in the round, an artist made craft, relief wall art and more.

Best in Sculpture: Christina Pollins — Spiral Dreams
Best in Relief: Stephanie Oplinger — Urban Decay
Best in Artisan Craft: Fran Colby — Brigadoon

Honorable Mentions
Guy Bellavar — Quarks VI
Donna Hannge — Mola Mannequin
Brian McCall — Southside
Amy Short — Diminished Protection
Silvija Singh — High Seas
Paul Sirofchuk — Suspended in Time

 

Art of GIFTing
November 6 – December 22

Art of GIFTing Prospectus and Entry Form 
Classroom  Contest entry form

TWIN LAKES OCTOBER 2 EVENT     Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival
Diane Shrader INVITED GAC to display at The Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival on October 2, 10-6pm.  This Mini-Festival at Twin Lake Park  will be a much smaller event with crafters, artists, children’s activities, bands, food vendors, and lots of fun fall activities that will take place.  Plan to attend on Saturday, OCTOBER 2!!!!!!

FALL CLASSES and registration at greensburgartcenter.org

HK Miller One Day Workshop  “Charlie Hunter” Method Oct. 9 —  10am-4pm       Cost-$60

Printmaking with Eileen Yeager  Oct 6-27, 1-4:00

Printmaking with Eileen Yeager  Nov 2-30, 1-4:00

Intermediate Oil Painting with Doreen Currie  Oct 6-Nov 24, 1-4:00

Water Media with Sue Pollins  Oct 7- Dec 2, 6-9:00

Beginners Clay with Mary Yeager  Oct 7-Dec 2, 6-8:30

Pastel Class with Cindy Berceli   Oct 11-Nov 15, 9:30-11:30

Basic Painting with Oils and Acrylics  with Tom Niggel  Oct 12-Nov 16, 10-1:00

Watercolor with Peg Panasiti  Oct 27&Oct 29, 9:30-12:30

Watercolor with Peg Panasiti Nov 30&Dec 1, 9:30-12:30

Observational Portraits with Thomas Tholen  Nov 9-Dec 14, 6-8:00

Mosaics with Rose Sovyak  Nov 15, 6-9:00

SATURDAY MORNINGS FOR KIDS OCT 16-NOV 20, 10-NOON

Continuing – Painting with Jerry Saturday afternoons

Paint A Masterpiece with Nina Stahlberg  Thurs 10:00AM-1:00PM on-going

Model Sessions are on the 3rd Thursday of each month, 10-1pm

ATTENTION:   Wednesday Night Painters and Art Students
Anyone interested in receiving Wednesday Night Painters weekly notices or updates on classes, please send your email to Peg (peg@pegspalette.com).

DONATIONS: A Special thanks to Margaret Farrah, Jan Stewart, Larry & Blythe Toops, Claudia Miller, and Nancy Dalverny. For all of you who love the Greensburg Art Center SHOW YOUR SUPPORT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY TO HELP US CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A TRUE COMMUNITY ART CENTER THROUGH YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CENTER… donate via PayPal or at greensburgartcenter.org or Call 724-837-6791 or Mail your contribution to Greensburg Art Center, 230 Todd School Road, Greensburg, PA 15601
NEXT MEMBER MEETING will be Monday, October 11 at 7pm.   C U there!

MEMBER CONGRATULATIONS: Pat Majcher won Exhibition Favorite in the Pittsburgh Watercolor Society’s Exhibition celebrating their 75th Anniversary.
Congratulations,  PAT!! We would like to give any special award or activity recognition to MEMBERS in this Newsletter.   Kindly, submit this detailed information in an email to  Shirleah1@aol.com.

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
Past President BETTY REESE is not doing well.  Cards may be sent to 300 Fox Chapel Road, Apt. 606, Pittsburgh, PA 15238
FRED SOVYAK –We are sad to pass along the news of the death of Rose Sovyak’s husband Fred . A funeral service will be held  11am on Wed, Oct. 13 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1120 Harvey Ave.,  Greensburg to celebrate Fred’s life.

CORRESPONDENCES SECRETARY’S REQUEST Please send information for get well, sympathy, thinking of you, etc. cards to Barbara Park at Greensburg Art Center, 724-837-6791 or messenger on GAC web page.

GAC ARCHIVES: Greensburg Art Center has had a fascinating history through the years. Its roots began in 1929 and it has gradually grown into the modern art center we know today. Saving and documenting the records of events from those years has been a task undertaken by members over the decades. Scrapbooks filled with such memorabilia are stored below the bookshelves in the closed bottom left storage areas*.
When opportunities are presented to replace clippings and articles from the kitchen area bulletin boards, those clippings should be placed on top of the assembled collection in the storage area for future compilation into a scrapbook.  Rather than throwing any information away,  just place articles in the storage area and the historical archive team will determine what to keep and what not to save for our center’s historical records.
*Stored items are kept directly below the library book sign out clipboard.

EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES:

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Call for Op-Up Exhibition Proposals. The Westmoreland is accepting proposals for Pop-Up Exhibitions, which are held in the Robertshaw Gallery (adjacent to the lobby on the 1st floor).

Calling for NEW Artists to Display at GAC: We are looking for Artists to display and sell their fine art in our Rowe Gallery and classroom.  Items such as jewelry, fabric art, pottery, as well as small pieces of wall art are welcome.  Any medium is acceptable.  Surprise us with what you have!  Prospective artists must be juried in by the AM committee.  Items are displayed throughout the year and concludes with our big event the  “Art Of Gifting”   held during November and December.  Interested artists may contact the committee chairperson Debbie King at debbieking@yahoo.com or by the link on the GAC website greensburgartcenter.org.

“Picture this at the Library” is a joint venture between the Greensburg Art Center and the Greensburg-Hempfield Library. For questions or comments , please contact me at 412-558-0810 or rosemarysovyak@gmail.com.

Opportunity for Artist Market Members Only: GAC is accepting “Small Works. For guidelines, go to https://www.greensburgartcenter.org under Artist Market. Watch for more details in e-mails and Facebook.

GAC MEMBERSHIP
Individual – $40.  Family – $70.     Student (college) – $25.        Artist market – $40

MONITOR MANAGER: Loretta Wolfe is scheduling the volunteers and is finding substitutes when necessary.  If interested in helping by agreeing to take one 3-hour shift, please contact Loretta.

VOLUNTEERS WELCOME: Committees need helping hands–installing exhibitions, mailings, receiving/picking up art,  opening set-ups, take-downs,  etc.

INSTAGRAM To view GAC on Instagram, go to Instagram.com, download the free app, and type in greensburgartcenterandgallery.com (all one word) in the “Search” box at the top of the page. For our members who want to share their work and be shown as a member of GAC, please send photos and comments in an email jkmoreno3@gmail.com.

DARKROOM Rental – Available are several enlargers and the necessary trays, sink, safe light, timers, etc. Chemicals are NOT included in the rental cost.   Photo paper is FREE. Bring your materials and have fun developing!  Cost: $5/3 hours  $25/Week     INTERESTED? Contact: Shirleah Kelly 412-915-0301 or Shirleah1@aol.com.

NOVEMBER  NEWS:
Send  NOVEMBER  Newsletter SUBMISSIONS by       OCTOBER 29 to Shirleah1@aol.com
Copies are available in the GAC office.

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