Yes, Apr 25 is Final Friday

 

Yes, it IS Final Friday at the Pendleton Art Center this weekend, April 25 from 6-10 pm with $5 valet parking at the front door. Spring is here, so if the weather's nice there will be music and food truck(s) outside as well as refreshments provided by the 200 or so resident artists.

Come see us on the fifth floor, right across from the elevators (#507). One of the fun things about seeing artists' actual studio space is seeing work in progress. This is a home portrait I just finished but you'll see a couple things I'm working on in the studio Friday night. At in the 510 Gallery, we're all exhibiting "sketches and studies" we've done for finished works. I know what mine look like but I'm interested to see the ones from other resident artists and learn more about their processes and techniques.

This week is also your last chance to see the work painted outdoors (en plein air) by the Southwest Ohio Plein Air painters (SWOPA). Thursday -- late afternoon and early evening -- we'll be painting in downtown Sharonville, right near where this show of our work is displayed at the Westheimer Gallery.

I was excited to have my painting of Smale Park (downtown Cincinnati on the river near The Banks) in the right front window (white frame), so you can see it when you walk by, even if the gallery isn't open. I believe it IS open this afternoon 3-7p, Wed afternoon 1-5p, and Thurs 3-7p but you can check www.sharonvillefinearts.org to make sure, and for directions.

The night of the opening, April 4, we enjoyed live theatre right next door with a performance of The Curious Savage. This Friday or Saturday night, you can see "Love Changes," written by a local playwright and performed by 8 local actors.