Debbie King went from painting with a child’s watercolor set to winning awards for her work in about two years. Her paintings will be featured in a “Picture This at the Library” exhibition, opening with a free reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday in the Greensburg Hempfield Area Library,
Limbs and rectangles “Fleshy Limb Filled Rectangles,” an exhibition by Kenneth Nicholson, will open Saturday at StopWatch Gallery & Studio, 323 S. Main St., Greensburg. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. The show features oil paintings and drawings of figures and portraits, which the artist says are “aggressively disassembled and
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Maggie McCaffrey set out to paint sheep. Using a bamboo brush dipped in water, 13-year-old McCaffrey’s zen-like artwork started to drip and morph. So she pivoted and recast her picture as rain clouds. The 10th grader from Hempfield was among those who participated Saturday in the Greensburg-Hempfield Area Library’s latest
Cookies galore The annual Christmas Cookie Tour is set for 5 to 8 p.m. today in downtown Irwin. Local businesses, churches and restaurants will be open to offer cookie samples, while supplies last. The family-friendly festivities will include horse and carriage rides, Christmas karaoke, kids’ cookie decorating and a visit