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.

 Meeting (2nd Tuesday
due to the holiday)

Topic: Demonstration of Precious Metal Clay Jewelry

Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 7:00 pm

Place:  Norwin Art League, 306 Main Street, Irwin

Guest Speaker: Susan Hill

Norwin Art League News

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”.

League T-Shirts

Show your support for the League by wearing one of our new T-shirts. The shirts are still available for $5.00. We also have canvas bags that can be hand-painted.

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 10:00 am to 1:00 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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