Photography Workshop: Hemlock Springs

Photography Workshop, Saturday, September 20th at Hemlock Springs.

Curt Weinhold and Hemlock Springs have come together to provide a photography workshop Saturday September 20th, 2008. Have you ever wanted to learn how to use your new camera
or maybe how to get that perfect fall foliage shot? There is no time like the present. There will be a beginners workshop from 9am – 12pm and an advanced workshop from 1pm – 4pm. The workshops will be held at Hemlock Springs Historic Crafts and Cultural Arts Center in Keating Summit. The cost of the workshop is $30.00 per person. Please call 814.545.1205 or email jenniferstambaugh@jstamnbaugh.net to register before the class to guarantee your seat as space is limited. You can pay the day of the workshop.

Plein Air Days at Hemlock Springs Center

Hemlock Springs Historic Crafts and Cultural Arts Center invites artists to Plein Air Days at the Center.

"En plein air" is a French expression meaning "in the open air" and is particularly used in the context of painting in the outdoors where natural light adds a dimension to art unavailable with artificial lighting.

Plein Air Days at Hemlock Springs Center are held on the fourth Sunday of every month from 1 to 5pm and upcoming dates are: July 27, August 4, September 28 and October 26.

There will be a Plein Air Gallery Show on November 1 to showcase the Plein Air works. Bring your easel, paints, canvasses, pastels or any other medium you choose to work with and enjoy an afternoon immersed in nature and let the living energy saturate your senses and inspire your artist's soul.

Be sure to wear sturdy shoes & long pants as the terrain is mountainous. Hemlock Springs Center is located on Mitcheltree Hollow Road, just off the Gardeau Road in Keating Summit, Pennsylvania.

For directions/map, please visit the Center website at www.hemlockscenter.org or call 814-545-1205.

Hemlock Springs Center Announces Tour Day - September 14, 2008

Hemlock Springs Historic Crafts and Cultural Arts Center invites everyone to tour the Center's facilities on September 14, 2008 from 9a-5p.

Hemlock Springs Center, located in Keating Summit, Pennsylvania, was built to create a learning environment in a natural setting that will encourage the preservation of the old ways and expand the mind and soul through participation in the arts. The center offers classes on the old-fashioned crafts and skills associated with the northern Appalachian region.

The historic crafts of this culture are in great demand and the skills used in creating these masterpieces are slowly being lost in the pace of our modern world.

The center also offers art classes in a variety of mediums, environmental programs and more. The tour will include the entire complex: the renovated barn containing classrooms, the fairy house and fairy marketplace, the hobbit house, acres of beautiful gardens and much more.

The newly-renovated Red Bird House will also be included in the tour. This completely furnished vacation rental property is located on the Hemlock Springs Center grounds. Be sure to wear sturdy shoes & long pants as the terrain is mountainous.

Hemlock Springs Center is located on Mitcheltree Hollow Road, just off the Gardeau Road in Keating Summit, Pennsylvania. For directions/map, please visit the Center website at www.hemlockscenter.org or call 814-545-1205.

Festival Tickets on Sale Now! Hemlock Springs

Tickets are on sale now for the first-ever Hemlock Springs Historic Crafts & Cultural Arts Center 2008 Woodland Hobbit & Fairy Festival, a unique event in North Central Pennsylvania. The fairy festival will take place on Saturday, June 14, 2008 from 9am through 6pm, rain or shine. The festival location is Hemlock Springs Center, 72 Mitcheltree Hollow Road, Keating Summit, Pa.

Please join the Hemlock Springs staff in your best hobbit, fairy, elf or other woodland attire for this young person's celebration of the arts in nature. The purpose of the festival is to bring out the artist in each person by exposing them to the natural world that many have not experienced.Music will reverberate in this beautiful mountain setting and storytellers will share their ancient art. Many activities are planned throughout the day including storytelling, interpretive musical events, fairy tea parties, a puppet theatre production,plus various arts and crafts activities for children and adults alike.

Tickets for the festival are just $5 for children and $10 for adults.Tickets are available by mail at Woodland Hobbit and Fairy Festival, P.O.Box 421, Port Allegany, PA 16743. All attendees are encouraged to come in costume. Photo opportunities abound so be sure to bring a camera. Off-site parking and shuttle service will be available.

Interested parties can visit http://www.woodlandfairyfestival.org/ for more details or call Jennifer at 814-331-0854 or 814-642-7635. Hemlock Springs Center is still seeking volunteers to share their time and talents at the festival. If you are interested in lending a hand, please contact Jennifer at the numbers above or download an application at the Festival website above. Vendors for the festival are also being sought and a vendor application is available at the same website.

Lori Hansen
Marketing & PR Consultant
Hemlock Spring Historic Crafts & Cultural Arts Center
http://us.f654.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=lhansen@zitomedia.net