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Nov. 2012 meeting

McKeesport Art Group will hold a meeting tonight at 7:30 to discuss the future, direction and plans for continuing the organization. All interested local artists, regardless of skills or background, are urged to attend. The meeting will be held in the art room at McKeesport Area Senior High School, 1960 Eden Park Blvd.

Norma Rowley

This photograph by MAG artist Norma Rowley won first place at the CAAC art show.

Oct. 2012 meeting

McKeesport Art Group hosts Gail Bodkin tonight at its monthly meeting. The meeting at 7:30 is in the art room of McKeesport Area High School, 1960 Eden Park Blvd., and is free and open to the public. Bodkin began her art career in 1972 when she began painting in oil. This flowed into other mediums,Continue reading “Oct. 2012 meeting”

Louetta Patterson Romanchak

Congratulations to MAG artist Louetta Patterson Romanchak, who won the Award of Distinction at the Latrobe Art League. This piece was done in mixed media—paint, fabric and pastels.

March 2012 meeting

Fabric artist Martha Ressler is the featured speaker at McKeesport Art Group’s next meeting, 7:30 p.m. Monday in the art room at McKeesport Area High School, 1960 Eden Park Blvd. The public is invited and light refreshments will be served. Ressler, of Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood, works in oil paints and art quilts. A graduate ofContinue reading “March 2012 meeting”

Feb. 2012 meeting

Artist and teacher Pat Salopek visits McKeesport Art Group on Tuesday to demonstrate the “wet-on-wet” oil painting technique championed by the late Bill Alexander and Bob Ross. The meeting at 7:15 p.m. will be held in the art room at McKeesport Area High School, 1960 Eden Park Blvd., and is free and open to theContinue reading “Feb. 2012 meeting”

Nov. 2011 meeting

Award-winning watercolorist Nancy Deckant gives a discussion and demonstration at 7:30 p.m. Monday to McKeesport Art Group. The event is free and open to the public. Deckant is also a musician whose first CD of original country and pop songs, Life Jacket, was released in June. A juror at the Three Rivers Arts Festival forContinue reading “Nov. 2011 meeting”