2nd Annual Sewickley Farm Show Reflects Regional Harvest Hues
presented by Sewickley Gallery & Frame Shop and TABLE Magazine
Exhibit Opens: Saturday, September 6, 2008 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Artist Reception: Friday, September 12, 2008 5:30-9 p.m.
August 22, 2008 (Sewickley, Pennsylvania)…After a very successful year one debut, the Sewickley Farm Show art exhibit returns for its highly anticipated sequel. Last year, every local artist represented sold works demonstrating measurable results that support the theory and purpose of the show -- local farms, local food and the beauty of southwestern PA countryside. A partnership that is artistically, culturally and personally inspiring for everyone -- the farms, the artist and the community.
Developed jointly between Sewickley Gallery & Frame Shop and TABLE magazine, the secret recipe of the Farm Show is:
Ten local artists partnering with ten regional farms to interpret vistas ranging from a pastoral sheep farm to a vibrant honey bee apiary in conjunction with the St. James Farmers Market and Sewickley Harvest Fest.
Original oils, pastels, watercolors, photography, acrylic, mirrored Plexiglas, wood and sculpture will convey the colors of fall during the 2nd Annual Sewickley Farm Show sponsored by WYEP-FM, The Allegheny Front, Geyer Printing, Slow Food Pittsburgh and the PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA).
The Artists, Farms and Regions Represented:
| Who: |
What: |
Where: |
| Molly Amsler |
Acrylic on Panel |
SteffesWood Apiary, Aliquippa, PA |
| Rachel Barnyak |
Oil on Panel |
The Spring House, Eighty Four, PA |
| Carol Begley |
Oil on Canvas
Pastels on Paper |
Stonebridge Farm, Ambridge, PA |
| Cory Bonnet |
Oil on Panel |
Dream Thyme Farm, Mercer, PA |
| Christo Braun |
Resin on Mirrored
Acrylic Plexiglass |
Dillner Family Farm, Gibsonia, PA |
| Claire Hardy |
Oil on Canvas |
Shockey Farm, Sewickley, PA |
| David Noble |
Oil on Canvas |
Dundee Farm, Sewickley, PA |
| Richard Snodgrass |
Photography |
Hickory, PA area farms |
| Hugh Watkins |
Wood Sculpture |
Woodward’s Orchard, Beaver Falls, PA |
Exhibit Opening:
The exhibit opening is Saturday, September 6, 2008 and will show the artwork created from each farm that evokes that location’s character, family, work and product. Eight artists (Amsler, Barnyak, Begley, Hardy, Lesako, Noble, Snodgrass and Watkins) will exhibit at Sewickley Gallery & Frame Shop (549 Beaver Street) and two artists (Bonnet and Braun) will exhibit at Élan Gallery (427 Broad Street) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The exhibit corresponds with the St. James Farmers Market (from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and will include local food samplings, farmers, live music, creative activities for kids and a mini-showing of the above artists in joint presentation with their farm’s products at the market location on Broad Street in the village of Sewickley.
Artist Reception:
A special Artist Reception will be held at Sewickley Gallery & Frame Shop on Friday, September 12, 2008 from 5:30 – 9:00 p.m. during Sewickley’s Fall Gallery Walk. Meet the artists and sample the wares of this year’s fruitful partnership.
The Sewickley Farm Show runs through September 27, 2008. For more information, call Nancy Russell at Sewickley Gallery & Frame Shop, 412.741.5858 or visit www.sewickleygallery.com
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