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• General Meeting, Speaker photographer/printer Alex Patho

  • When
    04/15/2023
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    11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Shaler North Hills Library, 1822 Mt. Royal Blvd., Glenshaw, PA 15116
  • Registered
    2 registrants

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  Members meeting location at the Shaler Library. We have asked Alex Patho to be our speaker.  Alex is the owner of Alex Patho Photography. In addition to gorgeous photography, he does truly excellent giclee printing. If you've ever thought about having prints, cards, etc., made of your work come and hear Alex speak on April 15.

  Please register online. Thanks!

  We'll also be on Zoom for the business part of the meeting. Here is the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6392816322

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• Lyn Asselta Workshop "The 'Why' of Painting" (via Zoom) - Register by 4/15

  • Start
    04/23/2023
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  • End
    04/26/2023
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    2
  • Registered
    14 registrants

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  2-day Virtual Pastel Workshop with Lyn Asselta, IAPS-EP, PSA-MP. (Zoom link coming.) Register by 4/15 as Lyn will be mailing a packet to each student ahead of time.

  Supplies: Asselta_Lyn 2023 Virtual Workshop Supplies.pdf

  THE “WHY” OF PAINTING 

  To know “how” to create a painting, it’s important to know “why” you want to make that painting. Most of your painting process can be determined by answering that simple question.  

  This 2-day virtual workshop will explore the ways your intent can help guide you through everything from composition to color palette choices to allow your unique voice to come through. 

  This workshop will consist of demos, group discussions, and painting time daily, with an additional, mandatory “casual critique” on the first evening. Lyn will mail a packet of materials to each student prior to the workshop.

  There will be a short evening session on April 23, time 7-9 PM, to introduce attendees to the Padlet app for collaborations which will be used to submit works for review during the workshop. Padlet is available for IOS (Apple iPhone, iPad), Android (other phones and tablets), and Kindle devices for free (with upgrade options). 

  Artist’s Statement: 

  How can I explain to you what it feels like to stand in a forest and imagine that silence is a living thing, breathing between the leaves and sunlight? How can I explain the way sea foam skitters and catches amongst slippery, wet rocks at the ocean’s edge during a winter storm? Words aren’t always adequate, so I feel compelled to paint those feelings. The challenge of painting what I feel is what continues to interest me most. 

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

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• "Pure Color 2023" NHAC Registration due 5/10

  • When
    05/10/2023
  • Location
    North Hills Art Center, 3432 Babcock Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15237
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  Your PPAL Exhibits Committee has made arrangements for a juried members show at the North Hills Art Center from May 27 through June 16, 2023. There will be a reception and awards presentation Saturday, June 3, 5:00-7:00.

  Judging for awards will be done at the venue by the juror, Ron Donoughe. (www.donoughe.com)

  You may enter up to three artworks for the entry fee of $35. It's important that you carefully read the prospectus here.

  In addition, in order to present a professional-looking show, PPAL has implemented exhibit standards that you must read and follow. You can find them here. Your work will be screened at drop-off for Standards compliance.

  To download printable labels to be filled in by hand, click here. To download Microsoft Word fill-in-the-blank labels, click here.

  Registration for the show is due online by May 10 and you can pay securely using PayPal even if you do not have a PayPal account or you can pay via mailed check to the address in the prospectus. When registering, you will need to enter information about your three paintings (title, size, price) so be sure to read the prospectus and have all the information ready before you start registering.

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• Exhibit, North Hills Arts Center

  • Start
    05/27/2023
  • End
    06/16/2023
  • Location
    North Hills Arts Center, 3432 Babcock Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15237

  Come see original pastel paintings done by local artists! Pastels are pure pigment held together with a minimum amount of binder so pastel paintings have a certain luminosity not achievable in other art mediums.

  Open during North Hills Arts Center hours, Monday-Friday 10-3. 

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• Loriann Signori Workshop "From the Marvelous to the Mundane"

  • Start
    10/25/2023
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  • End
    10/28/2023
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Gilberti Gallery, 1030 5th Ave, Coraopolis, PA 15108
  • Spaces left
    15

  Registration coming soon.

  A non-refundable deposit of half your fee is due at registration, either via PayPal or by check, with the non-refundable balance due by 9/13.

  This fun, the eye-opening workshop will ignite new ways of thinking in your practice. Think about it, the painting process is like a huge club sandwich. Therefore, our job, as artists, is to dismantle the sandwich. Each part of the sandwich is either a response or an analytical layer. By keeping these layers separate you can find joy and freedom in your painting. This workshop is a combination of demonstrations, exercises, individual attention, and group discussion. This workshop will expand the way you look at and interpret the landscape. Rather than just painting the scene, open the door to responding to the painting. Poetry is a painting that is felt rather than seen.

  https://www.loriannsignori.com/

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

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