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Landscape Painting

June 15, 2011
Samantha Watts
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For immediate release                  
Date:              June 15, 2011                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
From:             Sweetwater Center for the Arts 
                        200 Broad Street, Sewickley, PA  15143                                                                 
 
Contact:         Samantha Watts, Marketing Communications Specialist
 
Phone:           412-741-4405  Fax: 412-741-1178


Email:             swatts@sweetwaterartcenter.org

 

                                                                                   

Landscape Painting class at Sweetwater Center for the Arts!

Sewickley, PA ... Escape into the Landscape! Landscape Painting for ages 16 & up will be held on 4 Saturdays from July 30 - August 20, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. This unique class will meet at various locations throughout Sewickley including river views, park areas and sidewalk vantage points facing interesting houses and gardens. The instructor will demonstrate various painting techniques to render a variety of subjects encountered while painting outdoors. The steps of beginning to finishing an outdoor ("En Plein Aire") painting will be covered. The instructor will demonstrate with oil paintings but other painting media are welcomed (watercolor, acrylic, etc.). A portable easel and optional folding chair are strongly recommended for this class. A materials list will be sent at the time of registration. This class is $85 for Sweetwater members and $110 for non-members. To register for classes, call 412-741-4405.  Check out www.SweetwaterArtCenter.org for a complete listing of classes and workshops.

 

Sweetwater Center for the Arts makes its home in the Sewickley Valley Cultural Center (formerly the Old Post Office Building) in a central location in the town of Sewickley.  A non-profit organization established in 1975 with the mission of promoting creative arts and cultural experiences to the Sewickley Valley and surrounding regions, Sweetwater offers quality arts education for ages 3 to adult in a variety of areas including drawing and painting, photography, ceramics and sculpture, traditional crafts, culinary arts, mind and body, lectures and literary arts and music instruction.  Through grant funding, the Center often takes its programming to underserved regions, and scholarships are available for those demonstrating financial need.

 

 

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