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Recordings of some CAFEs are available for purchase. Click on the link to see the details and add it to your cart. Then click on "View cart" or the cart icon in the web page header and check out. You will be emailed a link to the video. Each Art Talk costs $5 for access to the recording.

Upcoming CAFEs and Art Talks

    • Thursday, March 21, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
    • MAL Studio, 4069 Washington Rd., McMurray, PA 15317
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    Jan Pini will show us how to cover blown-out eggs in polymer clay designs, just in time for Easter! If you can, bring one or two real eggs with the insides blown out via a small hole at each end. We will cover the eggs with a base layer and then with a final decorative layer of sliced polymer clay canes. A voluntary donation of $5 to MAL is requested. There is a $5 materials fee. Bring any polymer clay supplies and tools you already have. Everything you need will be provided, including extra eggs if you can't figure out how to blow out an egg....

    These are covered glass ornaments but the principle is the same.


    • Sunday, April 14, 2024
    • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • MAL Studio, 4069 Washington Rd., McMurray, PA 15317
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    Member Sandy Conley will present "Joni Mitchell". Canadian-American singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is also a painter whose depictions of other musicians such as Bob Dylan and Graham Nash and her paintings of the Canadian prairies are popular.

    Join us on Sunday, February 18 at 3 pm for discussion and snacks. While pre-registration on our MAL website is preferred and would help us stock food and drink supplies, it is not a requirement. Bring friends and non-members. $5 donation.

    Feel free to do your own research and add to the discussion. And bring friends and snacks! A voluntary donation of $5 is requested.

    • Sunday, May 19, 2024
    • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • MAL Studio, 4069 Washington Rd., McMurray, PA 15317
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    Member Jan Pini will present "Norman Rockwell". She says, "I chose Norman Rockwell because I like his realistic style and the way he was able to capture everyday life in his illustrations. We visited the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and saw many of his paintings up close. We also learned how he positioned his models to get the effect he was looking for." 

    Join us on Sunday, February 18 at 3 pm for discussion and snacks. While pre-registration on our MAL website is preferred and would help us stock food and drink supplies, it is not a requirement. Bring friends and non-members. $5 donation.

    Feel free to do your own research and add to the discussion. And bring friends and snacks! A voluntary donation of $5 is requested.

    • Sunday, June 23, 2024
    • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    • MAL Studio, 4069 Washington Rd., McMurray, PA 15317
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    Member Peter Stamoolis will present "Jackson Pollock", a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement.

    Join us on Sunday, June 23 at 3 pm for discussion and snacks. While pre-registration on our MAL website is preferred and would help us stock food and drink supplies, it is not a requirement. Bring friends and non-members.

    Feel free to do your own research and add to the discussion. And bring friends and snacks! A voluntary donation of $5 is requested.

Past CAFEs and Art Talks

Sunday, March 17, 2024 MAL Art Talk: Jack Butler Yeats
Sunday, February 18, 2024 MAL Art Talk: Monet: Light and Water
Sunday, November 05, 2023 MAL Art Talk: Joaquin Sorrolla
Sunday, October 15, 2023 MAL Art Talk: Joseph Zbukic
Sunday, September 17, 2023 MAL Art Talk: Pop Art
Sunday, August 13, 2023 MAL Art Talk: Claude Monet
Sunday, July 23, 2023 MAL Art Talk: Maxine Masterfield
Sunday, June 25, 2023 MAL Art Talk: Mosaic Artists
Sunday, May 21, 2023 MAL Art Talk: Mary Cassatt
Sunday, April 30, 2023 MAL Art Talk: the Barnes Foundation
Sunday, March 26, 2023 MAL Art Talk: Esther Heins
Sunday, February 26, 2023 MAL Art Talk: Salvador Dali and Elsa Schiaparelli
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 POSTPONED - CAFE - Mono Printing with Darlene
Thursday, March 26, 2020 POSTPONED - CAFE - Group watch of Chihuly Video
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 CAFE - Origami Holiday theme with Nancy
Monday, November 11, 2019 CAFE - Zentangle with Darlene
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 CAFE - Group watch of Gerald Brommer WC Video
Tuesday, October 08, 2019 CAFE - Group watch of "The Impressionists" Video
Wednesday, August 07, 2019 CAFE - Group watch of Barry Jeter WC Video
Monday, July 15, 2019 CAFE - Group watch of Chris Leeper Video
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 CANCELLED - CAFE Away at Touchstone
Friday, April 26, 2019 CAFE - Jan Pini, Intro to polymer clay
Tuesday, April 02, 2019 CANCELLED - CAFE - Judy DiGiacomo, Popup Easter cards
Monday, March 18, 2019 CAFE - Anne Trimble, Flip greeting cards
Thursday, February 21, 2019 CAFE - Bill Karaffa, Portrait Drawing
Tuesday, December 04, 2018 CAFE - Origami Holiday theme
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 CAFE - Group watch of "Loving Vincent"
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 CAFE - Group watch of Bill Hosner video "Painting the Figure in Plein Air"
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 CAFE - Group watch of Barbara Jaenicke video (Edges & Editing)
Tuesday, April 03, 2018 CAFE - Group watch of "Tim's Vermeer" video
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 CAFE - Origami Spring/Easter theme
Monday, March 26, 2018 CAFE - Dry Felting Glasses Case
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 CAFE - Group watch of Barbara Jaenicke video (Color Temperature)
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 CAFE - Group watch of Barbara Jaenicke video (Color Harmony)
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 CAFE - Group watch of Barbara Jaenicke video (Composition)
Monday, February 05, 2018 Award Ribbon-Making Party
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 CAFE - Popup greeting cards
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 CANCELLED (Weather) - CAFE - Origami figures
Monday, November 13, 2017 CAFE--Make a box from a card
Thursday, November 02, 2017 CAFE - Group watch of Barbara Jaenicke pastel video
Wednesday, August 02, 2017 CAFE--Alcohol Inks on Tile
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 CAFE--Ink and Gouache
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 CAFE--Watercolor Collage
Friday, February 19, 2016 CAFE-Grape Cluster Beaded Wine Charms with Jan Pini
Monday, September 21, 2015 A Collaboration of Art and Poetry Meeting
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 CLASS FULL-CAFE-Creative Art for Everyone, Botanical Drawings using Colored Pencils
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 CANCELLED - CAFE Away at Sandscrest Retreat 6/17
Monday, June 16, 2014 CANCELLED - CAFE Away at Sandscrest Retreat 6/16
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 CAFE - "Greeting Cards with Micron Pen and Watercolors" with Darlene Sanders
Thursday, December 12, 2013 CAFE - "Simple Bracelets" with Theresa
Thursday, December 05, 2013 CAFE-Polymer Clay Gingerbread Ornaments with Denise
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 CAFE - 'Altered Papers" with Darlene
Friday, October 25, 2013 CAFE Away 10/25
Thursday, October 24, 2013 CAFE Away 10/24
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 CAFE Away 10/23
Thursday, September 19, 2013 CAFE--Zentangle with Polly
Thursday, August 08, 2013 CAFE - Collage II with Darlene
Thursday, July 11, 2013 CAFE - Acrylic gel with Catherine POSTPONED
Thursday, June 13, 2013 CAFE - Collage with Darlene
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