Brushes & Brews
Brushes & Brews
Tri-County Arts Council offers afternoon art class at Four Mile Brewing Co.
ALLEGANY - Tri-County Arts Council is delighted to offer “Brushes and Brews,” an afternoon of social creativity with renowned artist Samila Sosic, at 3:00pm this Sunday, Sept. 5th at Four Mile Brewing Company, 202 E Green St., Olean. See www.myartscouncil.net/current-classes.html for information.
“We are honored to have Samila Sosic teach this unique painting class,” said Allison Braun, education coordinator at Tri-County Arts Council. “It will be a fun afternoon blending a social event with the best in art instruction from your first dip of the brush to the finishing touches in creating your very own masterpiece.”
Bring a group of friends! All painting supplies will be provided to paint a beautiful bougainvillea scene!
Samila Socic is a Bosnian native who moved to NYC in 1992 after graduating with a BS in architecture from the University of Sarajevo. In 2005, she enrolled in the interdisciplinary arts program at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford where she earned a BA. She continued her art education at the Academy of Art in San Francisco where she earned a MFA before joining the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford in 2014.
Her passion is to paint Pennsylvania’s beautiful landscape and farmland. Her series, “Rural Beauty,” is about capturing the reflection of light o the structures of the rural farms. Her work is currently on exhibit in the Aardvark Gallery in Ellicottville, ECCOTA Gallery in Ridgway, PA; the Depot Gallery in Kane, the Brooklyn Public Library, NYC, and the American Embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
The class can accommodate 20 students and is for adults 21 and over. The cost is $35 for TCAC family members and $46 for basic and non-members. For information, please contact Allison Braun, Education Coordinator, at 716-508-0404 or email artscoucilallison@gmail.com.