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Rebecca Ross:

"My artworks are made with oil pastel and wax crayon. I use these materials to create my own scratch board on museum board a heavy archival board often used for matting. I begin by blocking out areas of fluorescent, metallic and glitter crayon for the base coat. This is what will show through. I choose the location and size of the blocks of color based on the placement of figures or symbols in the final drawing.

After laying the base coat I cover it with oil crayons. As with the first coat different colors are put over different areas. The work is both additive and subtractive. The subtractive aspect is that scratching produces half of the drawing. I use pen nibs made for scratchboard, combs, razor blades, clay working tools and map-making tools."

Furry Fridays

Join us for a special double header Furry Friday Open House on Friday, May 9, from 5:00 to 7:30 PM!

Furry Fridays feature art exhibitions by local artists (with a portion of sales supporting the Humane Society), drinks & light fare, news about the great new things happening at the HSBC, tours, and chance to say "Hi!" to the animals.

Visit the HSBC (1801 N. 11th Street, Reading, next to beautiful Albright College) on Friday, May 9, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, for a special double showing! Rebecca Ross will be showing her vibrant and colorful geometric pieces and the Kindred Spirits Too Quilt Guild will be displaying some of theirdetailed and amazing work!

Bring a friend (or three!) have some great food and drink from our sponsors Legacy Brewing, Barefoot Wine, and Reading Coffee Roasters!

Plus, you can get a sneak tour of the HSBC's kennel and cattery renovation plans and the veterinary hospital expansion and maybe you can get someone to tell you about our worst kept secret- our soon to open adoption and veterinary center in Douglassville!

Upcoming Furry Friday Open House & Art Exhibitions

Friday, April 11, 2008: The 2008 Art For Arf's Sake Art Auction Preview Furry Friday!
Friday, May 9, 2008: Special double showing! Rebecca Ross and a special showing by the Kindred Spirits Too Quilt Guild
Friday, June 13, 2008: Steven J. White

February featured Christine Leinbach and January featured Jean Richard Esther (above from left) December featured Susan Biebuyck (above middle left). November featured Bob Eck's photography (above center). October's Furry Friday featured Karen Lesniak's work (above right). September's Furry Friday featured Lynn K. Stimeling (below left). The special August Furry Friday/Walk Kick-off Event featured Rich Houck's work (below center). Gayle Barcz's watercolors (below right) were the July feature.

June featured Linda Heberling's fantastic paintings art (below left). In May the HSBC hosted W. Eugene Burkhart, Jr's amazing botanical creations (center). You have to see them for yourself to believe what he create out of real leaves and flowers. The April 2007 Furry Friday featured the OutsiderFolkArt Gallery, operated by Sue & George Viener at Reading's Goggleworks Center for the Arts. The showing featured a wide variety of outsider work, including some of the pieces shown here (Dave "Big Dutch" Nally, right).

March's Furry Friday featured internationally renowned photographer, Rick Gomez (below left). February's Furry Friday was a special Art for Arf's Sake Art Auction Preview event. Selected pieces were hung that were available at this year's Auction. Below right are details from pieces by (clockwise from top left) Gum Ran Youse, Kerry Weaver, Stephanie Stamm and Susan Biebuyck.

January's artist was Patricia Murtha Friedman (below right and center), featuring herr beautiful watercolors. December's Furry Friday featured Christine Leinbach's colorful paintings (below right).

November featured Nancey Seghetti's amazing and varied art (below left), October featured Kate Perkins Clewell's unique multimedia pieces (below center), and September's great exhibition featured wildlife, landscape, and pet paintings (below right) by Lynn Millar.

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