HAVE QUESTIONS? Please check the newsletters and here first as most questions can be answered there. Once sign-ups are available for shows, registration info will be shared via our email list, our monthly newsletter, and website. If you still have questions, email our gmail account, please remember to write in the subject line the name of the person you’re addressing and the subject of your email. For example, Subject: Cheryl - membership. 

New Website: We hope to publish our revamped website using Wild Apricot, that will allow us to keep better track of membership, events and classes, by January 1. Please check our website for more info on upcoming events, classes, open studios and figure drawing sessions. Once sign-ups are available for shows and classes, registration infomation will be shared via our email list and website. Please consider volunteering to help us continue to provide these opportunities. Let’s keep South Arts going strong.

Upcoming Events

John Delmonte Celebration of Life – Wednesday, December 3 at 6-8:30 PM. Help us celebrate the incredible life of John DelMonte, who passed away last month at the age of 100. John was a wealth of knowledge, not only as a teacher of art but a teacher of life. He influenced many of our members and has a studio on the second floor of the schoolhouse. Come share your memories of John and how he inspired you or come listen to the stories. This will be held upstairs in the auditorium. John's family will have some prints and small framed artwork for sale. South Arts will provide snacks, wine, bottled waters, and Reginald's coffee. RSVP: If you are thinking of coming please respond to southartspitt@gmail.com so we have enough seating and refreshments.

Christmas Party – Wednesday, December 11 at 6:30 PM during open studio. South Arts will provide wine and bottled water. Please bring a dish to share (and take any leftovers home with you). Optional: bring a wrapped $20 art-themed gift for a gift exchange. We will play games, eat, drink, and be merry. Please RSVP to our gmail if you are attending.

Collage Rip & Sip – Wednesday, January 21 at 6 PM. Save the Date! This will be a casual night of collage where you bring your own supplies and we will share collage papers and have fun creating together. Lets rip papers and sip your favorite drink (BYOB). Suggested donation is $10.

Devotional Meditative Pattern Drawing with Aleta Akhtar – Wednesday, February (date to come)
(this class was so popular we decided to do it quarterly, more info to come.

Spring Galleria Show: If you were disappointed that we did not participate in the Fall Galleria show Kathy Finch still needs at least two more volunteers to make the Spring Galleria show happen. It will be held in March or April, we do not have dates yet.

On September 18, 2024 we celebrated 40 years of South Arts. We had a mingle and wine with snacks; then David Wadsworth (@davidwadsworthartwork), our speaker, gave a wonderful presentation reminding artists to find your "Why" for creating art; Jeanie and Cheryl (co-presidents) handed out a South Arts canvas bag with a magnet to commerate this event; then we ate cake! Thanks to new member Viktoriia (@kika_rus) for the awesome photos!

We are thrilled to be offering classes again! Check out our Sessions/Classes tab for more information!

Schoolhouse Art Exhibit: 
Check out the hanging art system that is in the lobby of the Schoolhouse. The Bethel Park Historical Society installed it for us and it was purchased with grant money from the Bethel Park Community Foundation. Members are able to display their artwork for sale. You must be a member to participate. Interested members please email Margie Kenney at margiekenney@yahoo.com to be put on a list. Thanks to Margie for organizing the exhibits and to Nancy Kenney who is handling the sales.

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South Arts Pittsburgh, founded in 1984, was designed to bring education, cultural outreach, and networking opportunities to the community through various art programs. 
 

South Arts is home to over 70 members, ages 18 to 100+, from the beginner hobbyist to professional artist, living in Pittsburgh's South Hills and surrounding areas.
 

The nonprofit hosts a weekly Open Studio Session on Friday mornings, bi-weekly figure drawing classes on Wednesday evenings and Open Studio/Demonstrations on opposite Wednesdays all at the Schoolhouse Art & History Center building on South Park Road in Bethel Park. For more information please see our Sessions/Classes page. Although these sessions are free we do have a suggested donation of $5 and when there is a model there is a $10-12 fee to pay the model.

In addition, South Arts helps artists promote their work in local exhibitions at the Galleria Mall and at the Schoolhouse.

The organization is funded, in part, by a generous grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Chapter.

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Workshop/Demonstrations 

August 2: Alcohol Inks by Jeanie Slater. They are wildly colorful and vibrant medium done on non-porous surfaces. We painted them with brushes, dropped, and blew with a straw on ceramic lids and used stencils on yupo paper to create some fun and colorful artwork.   

March 29: Pan Pastels by Diane Murray. They are a fun medium that you can mix on paper like watercolor to create tansparent layers. We played with her set of 80 colors with sponge applicators to apply the pastels on small sheets of different papers. 

Spring Galleria Show Artists reception 

June 21: This was a huge success! We had 14 artists bring some of their art and share their process and background. We brought in wine and snacks. It was a great opportunity to celebrate our successful show and we decided to hold a social gathering quarterly and ecourage all memers to bring in their recent work to share.  

Wednesday Evening Figure Drawing Session
On June 7 we had a great session with model Barbara in costume. Thanks to our Figure Drawing liaison, Dale Gregg, who coordinated the evening. We plan to do this quarterly, there will be a $10 fee to pay for the model. Here are a few photos of our artist’s work.  

Member’s Meeting: 202 Years of Artists was held on Monday, December 12, 2022
 

We celebrated 202 years of artists hearing from two very talented members 

Jean Benson (age 104) and John Delmonte (age 98).

Thanks to Harry Funk of the Tribune Review who took these wonderful pictures. 

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