<p> MARCH 2016 Newsletter</p><p>IN THE ROWE GALLERY:  2+2+2 Mar 12 – Apr 22  Clair Hardy May 14 - June 24  “Rhythms” Juried Exhibition Jul 16-Aug 26 2+2+2 Opening Reception March 12, 2016 6-8 pm</p><p>IMPORTANT DATES</p><p>Sunday, March 6 Free highlight tour for Greensburg Art Club at Westmoreland Museum of American Art - 1:00 PM; lunch available for purchase. Saturday March 12 2+2+2 Opening Reception, 6 to 8 pm Monday March 14 General Membership Meeting Saturday March 19 Pysanky Egg Decorating workshop - at GAC 1:00-5:00 PM Friday April 1 Silent Art Auction for Art on the Vine begins Sunday April 3 Cafe art ala Mode 1:00-4:00 Fri, Sat, Sun April 8,9,10 Bill Vrscak workshop 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM each day Friday April 15 Lee Klingenberg's reception at the library 6-8:00 PM Saturday April 16 Art on the Vine, 6-9 pm Saturday April 23 Barry Jeter workshop 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Tuesday May 3 Day of Giving</p><p>2016 EXHIBITS Mar 12 - Apr 22 ROWE GALLERY 2+2+2 – group show CLASSROOM St Vincent Students May 14 - June 24 ROWE GALLERY Claire Hardy CLASSROOM WCCC Students July 16 – Aug 26 ROWE GALLERY Rhythms” – Biennial Juried CLASSROOM Doreen Currie’s Class Sept 10 – Oct 22 ROWE GALLERY Jolene Joyner CLASSROOM Seton Hill Students Nov 5 - Dec 22 ROWE GALLERY Snowflake Showcase CLASSROOM Eileen Sudzina </p><p>COMMITTEE SUBMISSIONS</p><p>EDUCATION: The Spring classes are set to begin in the middle of March. Summer class and workshop proposals are due April 30. We are especially interested in offerings in all mediums for children of all ages. Even a 1 day presentation could fit in to our summer schedule.</p><p>MEMBERSHIP: 2014 memberships have expired. If your mailing label has "2014" on it, you will no longer receive the newsletter or benefits of membership. If you wish to rejoin, individual memberships are $30; family memberships are $50.</p><p>“ ART ON THE VINE”The 3rd annual wine/food pairing and silent auction will be held April 16, 6-9:00 PM. Notice the enclosure in this newsletter. If you want to help with this event, we could use you. Please contact Pat Majcher 724-244-6584 [email protected].</p><p>“Picture This at the Library” is a joint venture between the Greensburg Art Center (GAC) and the Greensburg-Hempfield Library which features artwork of local artists/members of GAC. The upcoming exhibition is presented by renown watercolorist, Eileen Sudzina. The exhibition will feature local scenes in watercolor on YUPO paper (a polypropolene plastic film.) The exhibition through March 24, 2016For additional information, call the center at 724-837-6791. The third exhibition, running from April 4, 2016 through May 26,2016 , will be presented by Lee Klingenberg. Gloria Gonzalez’s art work grace the library walls from June 2 through July 28, 2016. From August 4 through September 27, 2016, John Bixler artwork will be exhibited. The final exhibitor for the 2016 season will be Pam Cooper. Her exhibition runs from October 10 through November 22, 2016 Members interested in taking a CPR/AED class from Mutual Aid are asked to sign the sheet at the monitor’s desk. The cost of the class is $15 and will be scheduled when we have 13 to 15 participants. The AED device will be installed in the gallery</p><p>Figure Drawing Opportunities - Sessions Revamped in 2016! Ask a friend or relative to pose for a sketch for more than 1/2 hour and you will see how important the model sessions are at our center! We have enlisted professional and amateur models, including some members of GAC, who will pose for three hours (with breaks, of course). These valuable model sessions are now being held on the third Thursday of each month, from 10:00 am to 12:30 am. The fee is just $10 for a session. The daytime hours are a switch from the evening sessions of the past years and provide a stimulus to encourage more participation. Consider the folllowing benefits to attending figure drawing: * the small group experience is encouraging and supportive. * the creative and fundamental discipline of drawing persons from life will be reflected in other art work. * tips and strategies can be available to the first time participant, as necessary. * GAC models will not complain and protest - unlike your family recruit! Consider coming out to draw the model and lift your artwork to new and amazing heights. You will be glad that you did it!! Also, be looking for potential models - models are paid $40 for their sitting. If you would like to model or have discovered someone who would like to, please call Carolyn Taylor with their contact information at 724-600-0902.</p><p>DONATIONS - Thanks to Sue White, Bob Demangone and the IDD volunteers for their donations.</p><p>For all of you who love the Greensburg Art Center and the opportunities that it presents: -the studios, equipment, and tools that allow us to pursue our creative interests in a nurturing environment, whether new to the arts or decades long participants - special creative sessions for senior care persons, IDD (Intellectual and Intelligence Disabilities) students, home schoolers, scout and 4H groups -a venue for exhibiting artists and artisans to promote their works -community wide free and affordable events that happily mix the visual and musical arts within a social context 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…Download the Special Donor Form at http://www.greensburgartcenter.org/GAC/special-donors/or to donate via PayPal</p><p>WE’RE LOOKING FOR NEW MONITORS !!! We have permanent monitors who take the same day every month...like the 1st. Tues. 10AM to 1PM or the 3rd Friday 1PM to 4PM. If a monitor does not want to commit to a certain day every month, I put them on the "fill-in " list and call each of them every month to see which of the remaining days they are willing to take. Once in awhile, a permanent monitor is unable to take his/her shift so I see if any of the other permanent monitors are willing to trade. If that is not possible, I contact the monitors on the "fill in" list to see if any of them can take that shift. The permanent monitors have signed up for one, two or three shifts a month. Some of the "fill in" monitors also sign up for more than one day, though most do a single shift....which is fine. I am presently training new monitors to share the work, since some of the regulars have had to quit due to health problems, or are unavailable for a month or two at a time. The monitors are the members who keep GAC open on a day to day basis! Let me know which days you are available for training and we'll get you scheduled. Thanks for being willing to help. Alice</p><p>Monitor Schedule now on the web http://www.greensburgartcenter.org/GAC/ pulldown menue under “Welcome”</p><p>NOTES FROM THE PRESIDENT – Renie Pollock</p><p> MEMBER SILENT AUCTION – COLLECTED TREASURES – Well, thankfully some of us purged our art inventory and made a little money in the process. Although, just as likely, some of us ended up buying as much (or more) than we sold. SIGH! But after a rocky start, our closing receptions made this a successful event that should tide us over for another 5 years. </p><p> ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF MEMBERSHIP – Everyone who weathered the cold while I took it easy in Austin should be congratulated for keeping the center open and fully functioning. Thank you so much for your dedication – our wonderful monitors as well as our Executive Board, especially Sue Kiren and Pat Majcher, who stepped in to fulfill some of my responsibilities during my time away. You have given me the luxury of knowing that our center is in good hands while I'm away.</p><p> ART ON THE VINE – PAINTING DONATIONS - If you’re still finding small pieces of art that you want to give renewed life to,let me know. We’ll be collecting pieces of art for the art auction that will accompany this annual wine tasting event. Pieces are to be no larger than 16” x 20” but preferably smaller than that. You can donate existing pieces or brand new. We will provide the framing if need be. I would like to have all the pieces together by March 20 so that I can handle the framing and cataloguing. If you need substrates on which to paint brand new images just email me as soon as possible… [email protected]. This year’s event has the added bonus of allowing us to purchase our favorite wines on site that we discover that night during the tasting experience. Every year just gets better and better.  EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES- PLEASE CHECK OUT THE ATTACHED PROSPECTUS FOR THE GAC BIENNIAL "RHYTHMS" WHICH WILL BE JUDGED BY BUD GIBBONS. THIS WILL BE A BIGGER THAN EVER EVENT WITH LIVE MUSIC INSIDE AND OUTDOORS DURING A 4 HOUR RECEPTION. GET YOUR ART SUPPLIES OUT AND IN ACTION!!!  ALSO, THE INDIANA ART ASSOCIATION HAS PROVIDED THEIR PROSPECTUS FOR THEIR SUMMER SHOW. LOOK FOR THE LINK ON OUR WEBSITE.</p><p>Newsletter Submissions – Bonnie Hoffman- [email protected] or hoffman.bonnie@comcast,net Lost your copy of the Newsletter, no worries! The latest version is always available on the web at www.greensburgartcenter.org </p><p>CLASSES / WORKSHOPS  Open Studio Weekdays 10 am – 1 pm  Open studio sessions Wednesday Night Painters evenings, 7:00 PM $4.00  Oil Painting Studio Saturday afternoons with Jerry Scorpion. 1-4 pm $ 12.50  Ongoing – Open Studio – Learn What Makes a Good Oil Painting – with Jackie Moreno Tuesdays, 1-4pm before Sept 22, and after Oct 27 $14 with instruction, $4 without.  Knitting Group Call Betsy Orr (724-837-1360) for details**  Open Studio: “Paint a Masterpiece” with Nina Stahlberg, on Thursdays, from 10:00 to 1:00 offers a wide variety of painting opportunities in oil, acrylic, or pastel. This accomplished artist will guide all participants, from beginners to advanced painters of all ages. The only requirement is a desire to learn to paint. $18.50 per session.  Tuesday evening Decorative Tole Classes with Rose Hastings ongoing except for bad weather or illness. 6pm-9pm.  FIGURE/PORTRAIT SESSIONS, 3rd Thur, 10AM - 1PM, $10.00   Clay Play Open Studio starts Monday, March 9, Every Wednesday evening from 6:30 to 9:30 pm till Thanksgiving.Questions: email Renie Pollock at [email protected]  Clay Studio Rental: We are pleased to see an increase in interest in using the clay studio. In order to accommodate all interested members and prevent any conflicts among renters and future clay classes, ALL PARTIES must schedule their time on the calendar in the classroom and pay their rent at least 24 hours in advance . There will be no increase in the rental fee at this time, but Payment must be made at the time of scheduling. I will be reconciling these payments when I reconcile sales. Please have a monitor fill out a sales slip with your payment for my records. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter. Jackie Moreno </p><p>FOR SALE LOGAN MAT CUTTERS Great prices!</p><p>$5 Deluxe Pull Style hand held cutter Model 4000 Retail $49.99 $5 Straight hand held cutter Retail $45.99 $20 Model 424 + push style cutter Retail $60.00 $20 Model 525 DIY Mat cutting Kit Retail $60.00 $25 Model 250 Craft & Hobby Retail $90.00 (I have 2 of these to sell) $50 Model 301-1 Compact cutter Retail $139.99 $65 Model 350-1 Elite cutter Retail 179.99 $100 Model 450 Artist Elite Retail $289.99 Call or text Sherry @ 301-471-7723 Email [email protected]</p>