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Happy Thanksgiving! This Saturday -- November 26 -- is a big day for everyone at Arts on Union. It’s the second annual Small Business Saturday®, when people across the country come out and shop to support local businesses. Come shop Arts on Union at 203 North Union St. in Middletown between noon and 5 p.m. Saturday and receive awesome values on one-of-a-kind paintings,  photographs and notecards by Christine Goldbeck, glass pendants by Linda Billet and mixed media and collage by Elaine Brady-Smith. Don’t forget to “Like” and recommend us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Arts-on-Union-Christine-Goldbeck/123113718082?ref=ts Art is a gift that shows thoughtfulness and INCREASES in VALUE. See you Saturday.

Thinking Spring? See you at the PA Garden Expo!

Monet's Tulip
Photography
11 by 14 matted to 16 by 20
$55 unframed
$95 framed

Springtime... almost. I can't wait. So, I am not going to! Instead, I'm going to immerse myself in the PA Garden Expo at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg later this month.

Coneflowers and Butterflies
Christine Goldbeck
40 by 70
acrylic on canvas
$800.00

If you're in the vicinity of Central Pennsylvania Feb. 25th through 27th, please visit me at the PA Garden Expo to view and purchase my floral and landscape paintings and photographs. 

My booth will be in the special Arts Market,which features garden-influenced artwork and hand-crafted items.

Details:

PA Garden Expo

Friday, February 25 10am-8pm

Saturday, February 26 10am-8pm

Sunday, February 27 10am-5pm

PA Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg

Red Flowers
Mixed Media on Canvas
Triptych and 30 by 38 on canvas
$900
These are fun because you can change them around any way you please!

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Meanwhile, if you need a quick dose of flower power, take a virtual visit to my website and the virtual home of Arts on Union.

"In Step" on its way to Canada for International Women Celebrate!

"In Step"
Christine Goldbeck
24 by 24 on canvas
acrylic

IWC! at AyrSpace

 Ontario, Canada

Tuesday, March 8, 2011, is the Centenary of International Women’s Day. At AyrSpace in Ontario, Canada, this year, 100 women from all over the world will raise their artistic voices and exhibit works responding to the theme International Women Celebrate! (IWC!) for five weeks—from Tuesday, March 8, to Sunday, April 10.

I am honored to be one of the 100. My painting, “In Step,” will exhibit with work by women artists from Canada, India, the Netherlands, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and the United States, among other nations.

AyrSpace’s IWC! exhibit was conceived to: 1) observe the Centenary of International Women’s Day, 2) bring together an international artistic response to International Women Celebrate! and 3) contribute to the Haitian relief effort by donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of artworks to help improve healthcare conditions for Haitian women and their children.

“In Step”  is an intuitive, expressionist painting symbolizing women in all walks of and places in life who are moving, happily, toward their self-made destinies. It is with intent that I did not assign face, race or creed to the figures.  No matter the differences in our physical appearance, geographical location or personal beliefs, we have one very important thing in common – we are life givers – creators – and that is something to celebrate!

A book, “International Women Celebrate: 100 Women Artists Reflect,” is in production. To order a copy, contact  Jill at art@ayrspace.ca.

Meanwhile, I am contemplating doing a limited edition print run of the painting. Stay tuned for details and email me if you are interested in buying a print.

Visit me Nov 6th and 7th for Art Studio Tour

A corner of my studio

My gallery and studio, Arts on Union, 203 N. Union St., Middletown, is one of the 32 central Pennsylvania artists on the upcoming, free Art Studio Tour. The event, in its 12th year, will take place Saturday, Nov. 6 from 10 am. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, November 7 from noon to 5 p.m. and is designed to offer the public the chance to meet and support local artists by visiting the studios in which they work.

There will be a free drawing for a $100 gift certificate and a $50 gift certificate. Winners can use the certificates at any of the studios on the tour later this year or during the Art Studio Tour 2011. Registration cards will be available at each participating tour location.  In addition to Arts on Union, artists in Annville, Elizabethtown, Hershey, Hummelstown, Lebanon Mt. Gretna, and Schaefferstown are on the tour.  Visitors may set their own agenda in making their way from studio to studio. Arts on Union will have tour brochures and tour cards for a chance to win the gift certificate.

This is my third year of doing the tour and I love meeting folks from Middletown and all the travelers who stop in. Some people come to Christmas shop. Some come because they are curious about what an artist does. At the very least, people who visit will leave with an understanding of why my jeans and sweaters always have a freshly-painted look. The event is also good for Middletown. I like to send visitors to our restaurants and shops and I like hearing, afterward, that they did spend some time in town before continuing the tour.

During tour weekend, visitors to Arts on Union will have the opportunity to watch me work on several projects, including paintings on canvas and photographic prints. I like to talk about what I do, so feel free to ask questions.

Folks who are shopping for new home decor, art or doing their holiday shopping will find bargains!