Artists' View
The Butler Art Center's annual Nature and Wildlife Show will have a reception Friday.
The exhibit will continue through Sept. 30.
Artists will be exhibiting varied views of nature and wildlife. The art will be in several categories: painting (oil, acrylic); drawing (pencil, pen and ink, pastel); photography and digital art; mixed media and collage; 3D (sculpture, fiber art, ceramics); and watercolor.
Cash and ribbons will be awarded to the top two finishers in each category.
The reception and awards ceremony will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. The Harmony Hot Haus Band will provide entertainment and light refreshments will be served. Admission is free.
Scrap drive T-shirts
The center is raising funds for a photography show featuring photos from the 1940s scrap drive in Butler led by Armco Steel during World War II.
The center has acquired thousands of negatives that were being thrown away, and there are quite a few that feature Butler residents collecting scrap metal to be melted down for the military.
The photos need to be printed, matted and framed.
As a way of funding this show, The Art Center is selling T-shirts with a design inspired by one of the photographs, a picture of five boys pulling a wagon of scrap metal they have collected.
Visit https://teespring.com/we-made-america-great.
Penn Theater fundraiser
The Art Center will have an art party to help raise funds for the Penn Theater Committee at 7 p.m. Sept. 9.
Cost is $30, which includes supplies. Register by Sept. 7.
Call 724-283-6922 to reserve a spot.
Classes
Upcoming classes at The Art Center include:Autumn Scene Painting Workshop taught by Marianne Hilke for adults, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 2, $40 (plus materials list provided upon registration), register by Sept. 27.Needle Felting Class for those 16 and older, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays Oct. 3 to 24, $50 for the class plus $40 for materials, register by Sept. 28.Photo Inspired Paintings Workshop for those 16 and older, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 19, $20, register by Oct. 15.Adult Art Class for those 16 and older, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays from Nov. 28 to Dec. 19, $60 with supplies provided, register by Nov. 23.Family Art Afternoons, 1 to 3 p.m. second Saturday of each month, parents must stay, signups recommended but walk-ins welcome, $10 per child.Afterschool Art Class for Kids ages 5 to 12 in four-week sessions, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursdays Oct. 6 to 27 and Nov. 10 to Dec. 8 (off Thanksgiving), $60Open Portrait Group, meets every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon with a live model, $4 for non-members, no registration needed.Art Center hoursThe Art Center at 344 S. Main St. is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
