[naviga:h3]Student art exhibit begins[/naviga:h3]

The Regional Elementary School Art Show is scheduled to begin Jan. 31 at the Butler Art Center, 344 S. Main St.

The reception is planned for 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 2.

Ribbon awards and a trophy will be presented.

The exhibit will continue through Feb. 10.

Students of public, private or cyber schools or those who are home-schooled all are encouraged to participate.

The Regional Middle and High School Art Show will take place Feb. 21 to March 3.

The Art Center is open regularly from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays, except holidays.

Admission is free. Call 724-283-6922 or visit ButlerArtCenter.org.

[naviga:h3]Brew pub tour promoted[/naviga:h3]

The Butler County Tourism & Convention Bureau has developed a new program, Butler County Beer Circuit, a self-guided tour of area brew pubs.

Participating brew pubs include Butler Brew Works, Cellar Works Brewing Co., Missing Links Brewery, North Country Brewing Co., Reclamation Brewing Company, Recon Brewing, ShuBrew: Handcrafted Ales & Food, and Stick City Brewing Company, which is slated to open in March.

More information is available at visitbutlercounty.com/BeerCircuit.

[naviga:h3]BC3 alumna shows artwork[/naviga:h3]

BUTLER TWP — The first exhibit of this year at the Mary Hulton Phillips Gallery at Butler County Community College showcases the creations of a BC3 alumna.

“The Right to Peaceful Assemblage” by Carol Griffiths is being displayed through Feb. 28.

The Erie resident collects driftwood and rusty metal that washes ashore on Lake Erie

Griffiths, a 1976 graduate of Ford City High School, earned an associate degree in general studies from BC3 in 2001 before receiving a bachelor’s degree from Geneva College, Beaver Falls.

Griffiths’ work is assemblage art, said David Ludwick, curator of the Mary Hulton Phillips Gallery and a BC3 fine arts instructor. The genre is an inverted form of sculpture, in which material is added rather than subtracted.

Thirty-four of her pieces are exhibited, including “Tall Ships,” “Winter on the Bay,” “Harbor,” “Sun,” “Moon” and “Asteroid.”

Griffiths’ exhibit will be followed by that of Eileen (Tyke) Vaughn’s traditional oil paintings in March, and BC3’s second student art showcase since 2011 in April.

The Mary Hulton Phillips Gallery is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.