The Norwin Art League is a nonprofit organization that has provided art enrichment and art education to the Norwin communities since 1954. The League is one of the largest in Western Pennsylvania with a membership of over 180. Our members range from the experienced professional, to the talented amateur, to the “Sunday painter”.

The Norwin Art League offers art classes and art workshops year ‘round except for a break during the Christmas holiday and bad weather months of January and February. Classes and workshops are available for the beginner to the experienced, adults, and children. Each season offers new workshops in a variety of mediums from drawing, oil painting, watercolor, and pastel, to jewelry making and even airbrush.

The Norwin Art League exhibits its members’ artwork year round in different venues including Cafe Supreme, Norwin Chamber of Commerce, Commercial Bank and Dr. Jill Constantine's office. Many of our members have sold their artwork through these venues.

 Meetings

Topic: Demonstrate Creating Clay Pots

Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 7:00 pm

Place:  Norwin Art League, 306 Main Street, Irwin

Guest Speaker: Mary Briggs

Topic: Business Meeting for board members (and those interested)

Date: June 5

Norwin Art League News

Membership Show

We will be having our membership show at the Greensburg Garden Center. This year’s show will run May thru June.

Call for Entries

Regional Juried Exhibit at the Nurture Nature Center, Easton, PA. “Green Visions: Exploring our Sustainable Future through Humor, Fantasy, Wit & Wisdom.” $25 for up to three entries. Two-dimensional works no larger than 42 inches in any direction. Any media. Opening Reception - Thursday, July 19, 6-8 pm. Awards Ceremony at 7 pm. Show Dates - July 19th - October 4,
2012. Best of show - $250. 2nd Prize - $125. 3rd Prize - $75.

For this show, artists will be challenged to create works inspired by nature and/or critical environmental issues that explore ideas for fostering a more sustainable community. This exhibition is open to artists in the region (PA, NJ, NY) and is part of an effort to spark dialogue and raise awareness of the role creativity and self-expression play in germinating ideas for our sustained future. Partial proceeds from the sale of work from the exhibition and entry fees will be donated the Nurture
Nature Center. Artists will receive the remainder of sale proceeds.

For more information or to receive an application, contact Keri Maxfield, Art Director at kmaxfield@nurturenature.org or call 610-253-4432.

Entry Deadline - Thursday, June 21, 2012.

Art and Jazz News

Art and Jazz nights in Irwin are on Thursday, June 21st, July 19th and August 16, all starting at 5:30 pm.

2012 Dues are Due

It’s that time of year again – dues are now being accepted. You may mail dues to Sue Pringle or drop them at the Art League. If you drop them at the Art League, please include the renewal form and put the form and your check in a separate envelope marked “2012 Dues”. If your dues are not paid soon, you will not receive future newsletters.

Welcome New Members

Please welcome the following new Art League members: Emil Suley, Bonnie Lightner, Kim Gaynor, Donna Torok (McSorley) and Brian Phillips.

League T-Shirts

Show your support for the League by wearing one of our new T-shirts. The shirts are now available for $4.00. We also have canvas bags that can be hand-painted.

Christmas Party 2012

Mark your calendars for November 30th. We have already booked the room for this year's party.

Weekly Ongoing Classes

• Open Classroom: Instructor is Helen Vresilovic (Tuesday mornings from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm)
• Oil Painting: Instructor is Pat Vaughn with Assistant Ann Andrejcak (Monday and Wednesday 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 pm; Wednesday and Thursday 9:30 am to 12:30 pm)
• Watercolor Landscapes: Instructor is Elmer Knizner (Monday mornings from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm)
• More information is available on the Art Classes and Workshops page.

Custom Picture Framing by Dave Rawlins

Rawlins Framing shop is open. Dave offers a full line of quality framing services and supplies. Telephone number (724) 744-4531. Dave now has a shrink wrap machine and can now wrap matted pictures. Pastels and pencil drawings should be sprayed before matting and shrink wrapped, if you want to sell them unframed.

Library Books

Our library is over stocked and sadly under-used. We are making available a number of lightly used art books for sale. Stop into the league for details.

We would like to give a special thank you to Dan Bernard for donating his time in completely renovating our library at the league. The numbers on the books are now more visible and we've added a lot of new books that have been donated. He is making a C.D. of all the books we have, so it will be easier to see what is available. Some of our students have not returned books that were taken out of the library many years ago. Please check your files and bring back anything that belongs to the library that is overdue. No late fees will be charged! We are very fortunate to have such a wonderful library and we should be taking advantage of it.

Newsletter by E-Mail

We would like to start sending your bi-monthly newsletter by E-mail to those of you that have computers. This would save the Norwin Art League a lot of time and money. You would be able to get the newsletter a lot faster. If this is something that you would not want to see happen, please notify us at ellenhild@gmail.com (Ellen Hildenbrand), sap53@aol.com (Sue Pringle) or bobvon123@comcast.net (Pat Vaughn). If you change your carrier, please notify us as soon as possible.

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