Pittsburgh Artist Bob Ziller Projects: Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo's Translated From the Night

Came across some info on some of artist Bob Ziller's recent projects at his myspace page

My translation of Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo's Translated from the Night is now available at: www.lascauxeditions.com Rabearivelo (1901-1937), of Madagascar, is considered Africa's first modern poet. If you enjoy poetry, you'll love this book. He's been called a pure African surrealist. This is the first complete English translation of Rabearivelo's swansong masterpiece.

There are some of other projects and items of note at the website http://www.lascauxeditions.com/ .

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Downtown Pittsburgh Art Crawl Friday July 11, 2008 Schedule Cultural District

Downtown Pittsburgh Cultural District Art Crawl Friday July 11, 2008

The event is ongoing between 5:30 and 9:00 pm, and patrons may start at any location.

Wood Street Galleries 601 Wood Street (above the "T")
Out of this World
Investigates symbolic macro and micro cosmologies in the form of interactive and video installations.

SPACE 812 Liberty Avenue
You Are Here
Art that addresses place, real or imagined, and will include various forms of representation from literal depiction to expressive interpretation to symbolic mark-making. Curated by Robert Raczka.
Music by DJ Zombo
Live WYEP broadcast and Gallery Crawl Infodesk outside of SPACE

707 Penn Gallery 707 Penn Avenue
Tools for Travel
Jarian Sadeghi's 2-dimensional explorations of travel, baggage, origins, and identity

709 Penn Gallery 709 Penn Avenue
Unicorn Mountain presents SYLVANIA
Unicorn Mountain presents Sylvania, an engaging installation chock full of comics, sound, sculpture and painting that previews what's to come in the third issue and reflects the physical and mental state that we live in.

820 Liberty 820 Liberty Avenue
RUST (Radical Urban Silkscreen Team)
A summer project of The Andy Warhol Museum and Artists Image Resource (AIR), a group of Pittsburgh-area teen artist-activists are pairing with local social justice and environmental groups, as well as national and regional artists from Just Seeds / Visual Resistance Artists' Cooperative to create prints that document Pittsburgh's activist past and present. Watch the young printers in action and enjoy tunes spun by teen DJs.

Pennsylvania Culinary Institute 808 Liberty Avenue
Culinary Sculptures
Various sugar and tallow sculpture pieces created by PCI faculty. Hot food and beverages prepared by PCI students available for $1.

Crazy Mocha 801 Liberty Avenue
Work in Progress
Come and speak with artist David Connelly this evening as he creates a mural for the Crazy Mocha in the Cultural District

209/9: August Wilson Center Gallery 209 Ninth Street
Black Clay in PA: A Dialogue in Flux
Curated by Sharif Bey, this exhibition presents vessels, sculptures and installation art by nine African American Pittsburgh- or Philadelphia-based ceramic artists.

Future Home of the August Wilson Center Liberty and William Penn Pl
Community Mural Project
8 high school students participating in this summer's National City MLK (moving the lives of kids) Community Mural Project will create new murals around the construction site of the new Center. Gallery Crawlers will be able to check out the almost-finished murals and chat with the young artists about their work.

Bricolage Space 937 Liberty Avenue -1st floor
Photography of Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Untitled Series by Abby Somerville, Nature Series by Jessi Shoemaker

937 3rd floor 937 Liberty Avenue 3rd floor
Gallery of Galleries: SUMMER FUSION
Articulate; Pittsburgh Creative Network hosts a showcase of Pittsburgh's greatest galleries in one spot.

Show Here Gallery 945 Liberty Avenue
Separations
Recent work by four Post-Gazette artists

no wall productions 947 Liberty Avenue, courtyard
Summer Yard Sale and Spirited Entertainment
Come see what downtown residents don't want for their lofty digs, and buy some! Lots of goodies. Cheap prices. Entertaining live shopping music in the courtyard by Joni Perri and the Spirits, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and no wall productions

Salon Christine 954 Penn Avenue
Photography, Music, and More
Photography by Glenn Olcerst and Justine Romani, mosaics by Christine Goodis, murals by Justine Romani, and music by DJ Kelli Burns

Trombino Piano Gallerie 942 Penn Avenue
Summer Sights and Stuart Rosenthal Contemporary Ceramics
Renaissance Gallery presents summer-themed wall art, plus the introduction of a new line of exquisite, multi-colored, multi-tiered high glaze decorative ceramics

Northside Urban Pathways Gallery 914 Penn Avenue
While Sounds of Steel entertain your ears, peruse & shop the wares of local crafters and young artists

Future Tenant 819 Penn Avenue
Chatham Baroque
Future Tenant is excited to host Chatham Baroque, an innovative, vibrant, and unique baroque ensemble that has been named named "one of Pittsburgh's greatest treasures" by the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette.

MCG @ 800 Penn 800 Penn Avenue
Space and Place: SOS@800 Penn
In MCG's first collaboration with Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors, partners Ed and Carley Parrish transform the highly visible yet intimately scaled space of the gallery into a surreal, underwater cross section of modern sea life in the North Pacific gyre.

Katz Plaza 7th St. and Penn Ave.
Chino Nunez / First Commonwealth Hospitality Spot and More
Chino Nuñez Latin Big Band
Live music by New York's Chino Nuñez Latin Big Band

Third Annual Café Zao Portuguese Cookout*
*Note: there is a fee for the cookout. Please call 412-456-6666 for more information.
First Commonwealth Hospitality Spot
Cookies courtesy of First Commonwealth

Gallery Crawl Group Tours
Meet here for Fusion Singles Network Group gallery crawl tours leaving every 20 minutes open to all! Call 412-281-6560 for more details.

Backstage Bar 655 Penn Avenue
Dwayne Dolphin
Live jazz by Dwayne Dolphin (CD release show)

Upstairs Palazzo 144 Sixth Street, 2nd floor Palazzo Ristorante
Plein Air Paintings & Mosaics
Plein Air Paintings from County Clare, Ireland by Julie Pfirsch and Mosaics by Rachel Sager

Verve Wellness 142 Sixth St., 3rd floor
Feel the Verve of Fine Art
Music and art TBD

Arthur Murray Dance Studio 136 Sixth St.
Free Dance Lessons
Ballroom Dance demonstrations by our staff as well as offering Salsa lesson at 7:00, Rumba at 7:30, Hustle at 8:00, Swing at 8:30

AFTER THE CRAWL!

Theater Square Parking Garage (Rooftop)
Cosmopolitan Pittsburgh
Cosmopolitan Pittsburgh a summer rooftop party under the stars! Buy your tickets in advance and get more info at pgharts.org/cosmopgh Tickets $30 - $100



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Pittsburgh Artist John Lienert

On May 24, 2008, the art of Pittsburgh artist John Lienert was on display at the Bellevue Art Crawl. If you were lucky enough to see his work I would appreciate any posts here about what you were able to see and if you have photographs. I was hiking through Yellowstone's backcountry at the time and wish I had at least been able to blog the event. These are the types of rare exhibits which reward those who keep an eye out for what's going on in Pittsburgh. There was a May 22 Tribune article and I came across a flickr page with some images and a write up... Also you can see his work again Saturday July 12, 2008, more info here.

Excerpts:

John Lienert: 1924 - 1974

John Lienert was a fireman, ironworker, husband, father and artist. Lienert’s work has been viewed by very few people outside of his immediate family since his death in 1974. Lienert began sketching in pencil and charcoal in the 1950s, progressing to water colors and oils. In the 1960s he began sculpting. He started with plaster, then wood, stone and finally metal.
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In 1966, John Lienert was a Pittsburgh firefighter, stationed on the fireboat, the “Scully.” The “Scully was docked at the bottom of Fourth Street on Pittsburgh’s Southside. To pass the time between fire calls and maintenance duties, he set up a workbench on the dock to do his sculpting. A June 2, 1966 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article and photo shows him sculpting plaster busts on the shore of the Monongahela River.
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Unfortunately John Lienert passed away at the young age of forty-nine in April of 1974. Since that time no one outside of his immediate family and friends has viewed any of his work. For the first time in thirty-four years Lienert’s paintings and sculptures will be displayed at the Bellevue Art Crawl on May 24. The third floor of the old G C Murphy building will be transformed into an art gallery.

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Handmade Arcade Pittsburgh Art Festival November 8 and 9, 2008

After four amazing years at Construction Junction, Handmade Arcade is moving! Handmade Arcade 2008 will be held at the Hunt Armory in Shadyside (http://www.rahuntfdn.org/armory.shtml), just a short hop away from East Liberty and close to major bus lines. The Hunt Armory was built in 1916 and has had a long and varied history in Pittsburgh, having hosted everyone from Billy Graham to Led Zeppelin. We hope that this move will allow HA to really grow and continue to bring you all the best indie and DIY crafts Pittsburgh and beyond have to offer. And a huge thank you to Construction Junction (http://www.constructionjunction.org/) for being our home for four years. HA would not be what it is today without the support of the fine folks at Construction Junction.

Hunt Armory is located at 324 Emerson St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206.

Handmade Arcade is Pittsburgh’s largest indie craft fair, now in its fifth year. Last year, over 8,000 attended Handmade Arcade.
The annual Handmade Arcade was created to give grassroots, independent crafters an opportunity to show and sell their wares, and to provide an alternative to traditional craft and art fairs.

You’ll find innovative visual art, jewelry, scary and sweet stuffed creatures, knitted accessories, silk screened prints and tees, felted fashions, hand bound books, spun yarns, stationery, ‘zines, housewares and lots more.

http://www.handmadearcade.com/

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Pittsburgh AAP 98th Art Annual at the Warhol Museum August 1 - September 14,2008

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, the largest group of visual artists in the Pittsburgh region, will have their 98th Annual Exhibition at the Andy Warhol Museum on the North Side of Pittsburgh, PA from Friday August 1 through Sunday, September 14,2008. More details to follow as the jurying process starts soon. A reception with awards will be held Thursday July 31, time t.b.a. The juror is John Carson, artist, lecturer, writer, and Head of the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University.

The Andy Warhol Museum 117 Sandusky St Pittsburgh 15212 North Side www.warhol.org 412-237-8300 A one-person museum dedicated to the life and art of the late Pittsburgh native and internationally acclaimed artist. Permanent collection and changing exhibitions related to Warhol's period. Cafe. Admission. Sunday -- 10:00am - 5:00pm Monday -- Closed Tuesday -- 10:00am - 5:00pm Wednesday -- 10:00am - 5:00pm Thursday -- 10:00am - 5:00pm Friday -- 10:00am - 10:00pm Saturday -- 10:00am - 5:00pm
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Pittsburgh Artist Andy Kehoe Leaving Town

Pittsburgh Artist Andy Kehoe is hitting the road. Sad to hear but I understand in general. Check out his blog where he mentions a new print for sale at his website. I am a proud owner of the print, "Good Thoughts Drift Elsewhere", found here.

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Daydreaming about Pittsburgh Art, Part Two by Rick Byerly

What's this? Daydreaming about Pittsburgh Art? If you missed my first one check it out. This next one has occupied a lot of time, except for maybe when I was trekking Yellowstone in May. It sprang from one of those things where you're daydreaming what you would do if you won or somehow came into a lot of money. Not a completely ridiculous scenario save I don't play the lottery. It's not like daydreaming about what I would do if I possessed superpowers. Anyways with all this imaginary money I daydream about starting food co-ops and funding Pittsburgh based retraining groups like Bidwell Training Center and other projects to address the bloated college level educational experience which now is worth virtually nothing.

Beyond those important issues I think of how I would help out Pittsburgh artists and how to keep them here (like me). An almost constant daydream is the Pittsburgh Artist Museum. A museum featuring the talent of all types of visual art on the North Shore near the Warhol and Mattress Factory to further attract visitors and residents alike to see and buy the artwork which arises out of this New Pittsburgh. The art would be purchased on the gallery level thereby continuing to support galleries and artists alike and then the art would placed in the Pittsburgh Artist Museum, or Pittsburgh Art Museum if you like, on display and for sale at a higher price. When artwork is sold the artist would then get another percentage from the museum (if living) in the field of say 70% and the museum getting 30% for operating expenses.

Wherever this large amount of money would come from to fund this project it would be fully invested and only the % made over the principal would be used to buy art and keep the building running, thereby ensuring the continuing existence of the museum. In addition to buying artwork it would also fund public art, both with local and overall artistic angles, eg from sculptures of Pittsburgh Jazz legends to abstract art murals.

I'm amazed at how much money many non-profits and foundations have in the Pittsburgh region and how little they directly benefit actual Pittsburgh artists. So maybe someone has a lot of money out there they want to see go toward supporting Pittsburgh artists. Send me an email! Or maybe the Pittsburgh Foundation and the like is looking to include people on their committees who have a lot of ideas on how to keep Pittsburgh artists in Pittsburgh. Give me a call! Until then I may still be daydreaming and working on my fine art photography either in Pittsburgh or somewhere I can survive on my passions.

Rick Byerly

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Final Fridays Lawrenceville Art Friday June 27,2008

Mark your calendar for "Final Fridays," the final friday of each month, featuring festivities from 7 to 11 p.m. on four fabulous blocks of Butler Street.

Final Fridays is an opportunity to make an exciting evening of Lawrenceville activities. Whether you're shopping for yourself, your home, or just looking for some great entertainment, there are plenty of choices. Visit be galleries, La Vie, Accessorize, Allison McGeary Event Consulting, Pavement, Divertido, SUGAR, Elisco Advertising, O'Bannon Oriental Carpets, Elements, and Coca Cafe.

"Our goal is to provide our customers with a unique shopping experience which serves as an alternative to the mass-produced, throw-away mentality that currently dominants the retail market," says Thommy Conroy and Bronwyn Loughren of La Vie. "The boutiques and restaurants in Lawrenceville are a response to the growing trend of intelligent consumption. The Lawrenceville businesses are truly on the forefront of helping to bring this movement to Pittsburgh."

This month, check out Dozen's banjo player while you enjoy mini "jack & coke" cupcakes. Divertido will also feature live music by Jason Deutsch, and SUGAR will mark down select designer wares up to 40% off. Sweet!
Don't forget dinner. Experience delicious food at Piccolo Forno or Coca Cafe while people-watching from the large windows. Gather friends to enjoy a good old-fashioned Pittsburgh beer at Sufak's Round Corner.
Whatever you choose to do the last Friday of each month, make sure it is in Lawrenceville. "Final Fridays" on Butler Street will surely get you going.

Friday, June 27, 2008
7 p.m.-11 p.m.
Location:
3500 - 3900 Blocks on Butler Street (Lawrenceville)



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Unblurred Art Crawl July 4 2008 Guide

A current schedule for the Unblurred Art Crawl can always be found here.

Unblurred Art Crawl Friday July 4, 2008 Guide, with July 5 events and on...

Friday, July 4 6PM-8PM BRILLOBOX - 4104 PENN AVE.SOFT ROCK HAPPY HOUR Come start your art-world wanderings listening to the smooth sounds of soft rock. $2 domestic bottle specials, $3 well drinks specials, $2 peirogi & corn-dog appetizer specials.

Friday, July 4 6:30PM-10PM IMAGEBOX - 4933 PENN AVE.FROM THE EYES OF TWO ARTISTS Explore photo images from exotic locations around the world as Charles Smith takes you along through commentary. Also, see a world of botanical splendor through the lens of photographer John Mahood.

Friday, July 4 7PM-10PM GARFIELD ARTWORKS - 4931 PENN AVE.EVOLUTION IN ART V The latest installment in this ongoing exhibit series features paintingsand photography by Gabe Felice, Obsolete, Kate Jarrett, Elizabeth Sanchez, Micah Feeney, Andrew Karaman, and Michael Koehler. Music by DJ Illaud, and spoken word by the Langston Hughes Poetry Society. Donation requested. http://www.garfieldartworks.com/

Friday, July 4 9PM-2AM SHADOW LOUNGE - 5972 BAUM BLVD.THANK YOU PARTY! The Shadow Lounge would like to say thanks for a great 8 year Anniversary Party, by throwing a free party! 21+Over. No Cover Drink Specials until 12am.

Friday, July 4 9PM-2AM AVA BAR & LOUNGE - 126 S. HIGHLAND AVE.FLIRT FRIDAYS DJ Vex spinning Classics, Hip-Hop, Soul, Club, & More. 21+Over, no cover, drink specials until 12am.

Friday, July 4 10PM-2AM BRILLOBOX - 4104 PENN AVE.PANDEMIC DJ DANCE PARTY Come end your art-world wanderings by getting down with the global groove sounds of Pandemic.

Friday, July 4 10PM-2AM GARFIELD ARTWORKS - 4931 PENN AVE.UNBLURRED AFTERPARTY! Performance by New York City "multi-media art team and sculpture band" Eagle Ager (www.myspace.com/eagleager) in the gallery followed by Los Angeles electronic musician Daedalus (www.myspace.com/daedalusdarling) and DJ Cutups next door at the Envy bar. $5 admission

Saturday, July 5

Saturday, July 5 9PM-2AM SHADOW LOUNGE - 5972 BAUM BLVD.WE'S FREE INDEPENDENCE DAY PARTY Feat. J-Live (NYC), Billy Pilgrim, Gene Jive, Thelonious Stretch, & More! 21+Over. $10 Cover. Drink Specials until 12am.

Saturday, July 5 9PM-2AM AVA BAR & LOUNGE - 126 S. HIGHLAND AVE.AFRICAN DANCE NIGHT A Night of African Pop and Dance Music. 21+Over. $5 Cover. Drink Specials until 12am.

Friday, July 11

Friday, July 11 7PM-10PM MODERNFORMATIONS GALLERY & PERFORMANCE SPACE - 4919 PENN AVE.THE MONOPRINT: AN EXPLORATION OF TECHNIQUE - ARTWORK BY ERIC WHITE Monoprinting is a spontaneous form of printmaking that creates one image rather than a series of images. By mixing colored inks and multiple layers, the artist employs different techniques such as color gradations, stencils, and scraping methods to create dynamics in the print. Some of the prints have as many as ten additional layers of varying color. This adds to their vibrant and sculptural quality by creating interplay between layers and the build up of ink on the surface. These unique, rare, and innovative works will be on view through July 25. Please join us for the opening reception on July 11th from 7 to 10pm 412-362-0274 http://www.modernformations.com/

Saturday, July 12

Saturday, July 12 8PM-midnight BRILLOBOX - 4104 PENN AVE.MAKE SHOP ROCK SHOW The MAKE SHOP ROCK SHOW is a fantastic culmination of craft and music. The evening centers around designers showcasing and selling their handmade work, alongside performances from Boston & Pittsburgh musicians! Traveling from Boston, designers Family Dinner for One (a husband & wife team) will be sharing their witty and playful silkscreened t-shirts. Also debuting her works for the first time outside of Boston is Emily Davis of Miaow, who sews, by hand, soft & endearing animal friends.Kansas jewelry designer, Kylie Grater from Early Jewelry will be selling her beautiful hand crafted pieces, which reflect her influences from a rural, Midwestern past.Pittsburgh designers include, Built in Pittsburgh, who hand sew bicycle hats and clothing from recycled materials, Crystala Armagost, who will be selling her recycled, repurposed clothing, Fresh Popcorn Productions with their eclectic hand printed tees, and one-of-a-kind handbags and messenger bags from Ray-Min Shoulderware. Musical guests include DJ Pete Spynda(Pandemic), DJ Klaus (Certainly Sir), and Triggers.More details about the show can be found at: www.raymin.com or http://www.raymin.com/NOV_2007_SITE/MSR2_LINESHEET.pdf or http://www.myspace.com/makeshoprock



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Seeing Pittsburgh Bost Building Exhibits July 9 2008 -Jan 31 2009

Bost Building Exhibits
Seeing Pittsburgh July 9, 2008 - January 31, 2009

In celebration of Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary, Rivers of Steel worked with 44 Pittsburghers from eleven neighborhoods to produce the Seeing Pittsburgh project. Armed with cameras and the instructions to show us what defines their community, these residents photographed the good, the bad, the new, the old, the physical, the emotional...everyting that defines their neighborhood.

This exhibit was made possible by a generous grant from the Allegheny Regional Asset District's Renaissance grant program.

The Restored Rooms
The Bost Building was built in 1892 as a hotel and served as the temporary headquarters for the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers during the Homestead Lockout and Strike. Two rooms in the building have been restored to the way they looked in 1892, with original floorboards and period reproduction wallpaper. One room tells the story of the Homestead Strike; the other contains photographs that chronicle the restoration of the building from dilapidation through its opening as the Rivers of Steel Visitors Center.Recently added to the restored rooms is a computer kiosk displaying an exciting documentary on the Battle of Homestead. Using archival footage, photographs and documents, this film allows you to learn about history on the site where it occurred.

The Homestead Room The Homestead Room is a permanent exhibit displaying artifacts and art work specifically related to the Homestead Works. The centerpiece of the exhibit is a 23.5' long model of the Homestead Works that originally stood in the General Office Building of the mill.

Admission to the Bost Building is free.

Exhibit hours:Monday through Friday, 10 am to 4 pmSaturday, 11 am to 3 pm. The Bost Building will be CLOSED on July 4 and 5, 2008.



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Artist Charles Smith Update on Pittsburgh Art Events

Here's what's on the horizon for artist Charles Smith:

1) Artist Reception at Imagebox on 7/4/2008. You are invited to the debut of the photography of artist Charles A.Smith, II
Exhibit: "FROM THE EYES OF TWO ARTISTS"
Opening Reception: Friday, July 4, 2008
Time: 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Location:Imagebox Gallery 4933 Penn Avenue(Garfield)

Explore the photo images from some of the most exotic locations aroundthe world as Charles takes you along through photos and commentary. Also, see a world of botanical splendor through the lens of talented photographer John Mahood. This is a once in a lifetime event not to bemissed during the Penn Avenue Gallery Craw. See you there! Cost: FREE

2) North Shore "Club Noir"at Heinz Field on 7/11 from 6pm - 10pm. This art auction is sponsored by Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh. Tickets $75

3) Opening reception for "Figure Pittsburgh" (artistic nudes) on August 1st at Sweetwater in Sewickley from 6pm - 9pm. Cost: FREE

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July 12, 2008 Lawrenceville Clean Up Effort

Check out The Bulletin's blog about the July 12, 2008 Lawrenceville clean up project. Unfortunately I won't be able to attend as I will be selling my photography prints at South Side Works Exposed.

Rick Byerly



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Your Town, Inc by Julia Christensen @ Miller Gallery CMU Agust 29 2008

The Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University presents "Your Town, Inc." by Julia Christensen August 29 through November 22.

The exhibition coincides with the release of Christensen's book Big Box Reuse on November 14. The exhibition will feature 80 photographs from the forthcoming book, which examines how communities are changing in the shadow of corporate real estate. Christensen, an author, artist, and researcher, has spent the past six years studying the "big box" mega-stores constructed by large multinational corporations such as Wal-Mart and K-Mart. Her exhibition explores how communities make use of the "big box" structures after they are abandoned by the corporations that built them.

As part of "Your Town, Inc.," Christensen will collaborate with students at Oberlin College and Carnegie Mellon to fabricate an architectural construction in response to the "big box" concept. The building will be made completely out of recycled materials and will be surrounded by a parking lot. Transportable, modular, and easily reusable, the "UnBox" will be used for creative and social uses, challenging the values and conventions of corporate retail.

The Miller Gallery is located in the Purnell Center for the Arts on Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh campus. The gallery, free and open to the public, is open from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday-Sunday. Visit www.cmu.edu/millergallery for more information.



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Space Gallery : You are here. June 27 2007

SPACE Gallery

Invites you to You Are Here
Guest Curator: Robert Raczka

June 27 - August 9, 2008
Gallery Crawl July 11th 5:30 - 9pm

Art that addresses place, real or imagined, and will include various forms of representation from literal depiction to expressive interpretation to symbolic mark-making.

Participating artists:
Nayda Collazo-Llorens, Michael Sherwin, Clayton Merrell, Melissa Kuntz, Carin Mincemoyer, Robert Raczka, Liana Dragoman, Bill Radawec, Carlos Rosas, Mary Jean Kenton, and Pranja Parasher.

Artist Talks
Saturday, July 19, 1pm

GALLERY HOURS

Tuesday-Thursday 11am-6pm
Friday-Saturday 11am-8pm

812 Liberty Avenue, downtown (412) 325-7723

A project of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

UPCOMING SHOWS:

Pittsburgh Improvised Experimental
July 19th, 8pm
Curator: Johan Nystrom
SPACE
$5-10


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Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Newsletter June July 2008

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Newsletter:

Biennial Family Fun Day – Free! Sun, June 29 Join us noon to 5:00pm at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts this Sunday. This event will be a time for music and dancing and sing-along songs, happy painted faces, goodie bags with healthy treats, t-shirts, and lots of family fun! Produced in collaboration with Music Together First Notes and the Ellis School. The day's schedule is available online, just click the faces at left.

Biennial Patrons' Evening and Biennial Cocktail Reception Thursday June 26th 2008, 6:00-9:00pm. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts/Pittsburgh Filmmakers would like to invite you to meet and mingle with the Biennial 2008 Artists at an intimate cocktail reception. Tour the Galleries at your own pace, listen to insights into the Biennial Exhibition from our Curator and Director, share thoughts and experiences with the Biennial Artists as an insider at this exclusive, inaugural patron event.RSVP or direct questions to the PCA Shop at 412-361-0873, or email jcarter@pittsburgharts.org

Don't miss Summer Art Camps and Classes Just click to register online. A great place for adults or for your kids this summer, with our highly qualified instructors at a beautiful campus in Mellon Park.Sign kids up for just the weeks of Art Camps that you want! There are seats left in most camps, though a few are full. All the camps are described online and full camps are marked. Filmmakers at the Center is dedicated to Media Literacy. Our Annie Seamans Lab is a state-of-the-art media production facility, located in the Scaife Building at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Get your 8- to 17-year-old started making their own creative movie productions and pictures using kid-friendly technology. Check out all our summer classes, described in full online. Our summer adult class schedule is online too, including several classes starting soon like Bronze and Aluminum Casting with Carley Hill and Ed Parrish, and Ceramics Boot Camp with Angela Juliussen.

Biennial 2008: July Events July 10 -- 7:00pm at PCA: Artist Talk with Vanessa German and Inside Look, an interactive performance. German is an award-winning actress, performance poet, photographer, and mixed-media sculptor. She performed Testify at the Harris Theater on June 20+21, in conjunction with the Three Rivers Arts Festival. Admission is free.July 12 -- 5:30-8:00pm at Filmmakers Galleries:Opening reception for Mashings, a showcase of robotic and mechatronic artwork by a group of Carnegie Mellon University's undergraduate students (in collaboration with the Robot 250 project). Admission is free.July 18 -- 7:00-9:00pm at PCA:Reception for Golan Levin's Double-Taker (Snout), an interactive outdoor sculpture. Levin is an internationally known artist, currently based in Pittsburgh, who works on the design of cybernetic systems for manipulation and performance. Through digital artifacts and virtual environments, Levin applies creative twists to digital technologies that highlight our relationship with machines. (in collaboration with CMU's Robot 250 project). Admission is free. July 18 -- 7:00-9:00pm at PCA: Performance by Nicole Czapinski and Bryan Kyckelhahn, featuring sculptural costumes made of spandex. Admission is free.July 18 -- 9:00pm at PCA:AV Lodge Presents: Fruit Machine, a performance by Suzie Silver + Hilary Harp. This evening length media performance transports the audience into a magical world of rich illusions and mutable genders. Combining live and pre-recorded sound and video, the performance creates a bridge between the physical world and the unbounded universe of the screen. Working together since 2003, this duo has created a series of projects including installations, single channel videos and performance. Admission: $5 or BI-PASS; at PCA.July 19 -- 2:00pm at PCA: Artist Talk with Golan Levin (in collaboration with CMU's Robot 250 project). Admission is free.

Artist Residencies in Action During the months of April and May, 3rd grade students from the Martin Luther King Accelerated Learning Academy designed and constructed a mosaic mural with instruction by local ceramic artist Laura Jean McLaughlin. Collaborating with art teacher Christina Muzzie, and with matching funding from The Mattress Factory, the mosaic was designed and built by the students out of tile and glass to celebrate the North Side Community and the life of Martin Luther King Jr. The creative process began with discussion of the architecture of the North Side and the symbolism of various buildings in the neighborhood, included sketches for the final piece, and culminated in its prominent installation in the school. The Mattress Factory (www.mattress.org) brought the school and the Resident Artist together through an application process designed to place practicing artists in schools to better educate the community about contemporary installation art.Pittsburgh Center for the Arts' Artist Residency Projects, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, place practicing professional artists in schools, nonprofit service agencies, and community organizations throughout southwestern Pennsylvania. They are designed to have lasting benefits for all participants: students are fully immersed in an art form and see how it connects to life and learning, teachers are exposed to alternative ways of experiencing and sharing the creative process and what it brings to their classrooms, and administrators recognize the ways in which the arts fully engage students and impact their learning across the curriculum. Check out our website for more information on this wonderful program!

Calliope: announcing the Pittsburgh Folk Music Society's Free Summer Festival! July 12, 2008 ... Rootz: The Green City Music Festival (click image at left for more details)Help support Calliope by attending the July 9 Fundraising Kick-Off Event: Mike Seeger in Concert with a reception featuring drinks, hors d'oeuvres and music by local artists. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6:00pm – Reception, 7:30pm – Music; tickets are $75 (reception and concert), $30 (concert only). Purchase tickets online or contact the Calliope office for tickets to this special performance at (412) 361-1915 or calliope@calliopehouse.org

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Society for Contemporary Craft Friday June 27, 2008 Pittsburgh Art

Society for Contemporary Craft Main Gallery

5 Contemporary Masters (June 27 - September 13, 2008)

5 Contemporary Masters opening reception Friday, June 27, 2008 5:30 - 8 pm. Free public reception.

In recognition of the strong vision of the Society for Contemporary Craft's founder, Pittsburgh arts patron Elizabeth Rockwell Raphael, SCC is featuring 5 Contemporary Masters. In the early 1970s Raphael recognized that artists working in craft - clay, glass, wood, metal, fiber and found objects - were exploring new directions in contemporary art, and she opened The Store for Arts and Crafts and People-Made Things in Verona, Pennsylvania, which was known locally as The Store. 5 Contemporary Masters highlights the recent work of five artists Lenore Tawney, Marek Cecula, Jonathan bonner, John Cederquist and Steven Maslach who were represented by Raphael in The Store in Verona in the early years. Each of the artists selected has work from this time period in SCC's permanent collection, which today includes more than 300 objects. A companion brochure accompanies the exhibition.

EAT: An Art Space About Food

Cooking with Sticks (June 27 - January 10, 2008)
Cooking with Sticks, a multimedia installation, explores Tom Sarver's interest in nature, An outdoor diorama, sketches for new hand-made camping gadgets, and a video cooking demonstration are on view.
New Artists:The Store welcomes collections from found materials artist Toby Fraley. Built primarily from vintage found objects purchased from eBay auctions, yard sales, and estate sales, these robot lamps and clocks would make the perfect gift for anyone.

Public Programs

5 Contemporary Masters opening reception Friday, June 27, 2008 5:30 - 8 pm. Free public reception.

Artist Demonstration - Saturday, July 19, Noon to 2pm Featured artist Tom Sarver demonstrates his cooking skills on SCC's outdoor plaza a one-of-a-kind opportunity to watch, learn and dialogue with the artist.

Visiting Artist Trunk Show (Friday, August 22, 2008, 6 to 8 pm) Feature fall mearables by fiber artist Rae Gold.

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Pittsburgh Art Galleries Website Updated www.PghGalleries.com

Do you know how many art galleries there are in the Pittsburgh region? Visit www.pittsburghgalleries.com and find out! There's an easier "by area" section as well here.

The site, also found at www.PghGalleries.com, was updated yesterday. Info for Modernformations Gallery was updated and Bloomfield Artworks is now listed as closed. You'll also find ads listed throughout the websites and blogs, when clicked they are the sole means of defraying the costs involved with the webserver. You can also donate any amount to me here.

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Edward S Curtis Native American Photographs Fein Art Gallery 2008

Fein Art Gallery
519 East Ohio Street
Pittsburgh, Pa 15212
412-321-6816

Curators: Bruce Klein & John Krena

Edward S Curtis
Native American Photographs
Original Photographs (signed/numbered)
Photos on Glass (goldtone/orotones)
Originals with Frames
Platinum Prints
Silver Prints
Photogravures

Beginning in 1896, Curtis photographed Native Americans, providing an extensive documentation of their life including customs, habitations,
and dress. Curtis produced a record of the tribes from the Southwest, Great Plains, Pacific Northwest and Alaska. The first volume of �The North American Indian� was published in 1907. The final and twentieth
volume was published 27 years later. Only 250 sets of this twenty volume series were produced.�The North American Indian� is a highly prized and
rare commodity on the photographic sales market.

Showing June 13 thru July 12, 2008
Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868 - 1952)
Native American Photographer
Fein Art Gallery
519 East Ohio Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
www.feinartgallery.com
Owners: Stuart Epstein & Bruce Klein
412-321-6816
Hours: 9:00 - 5:00
Monday - Saturday

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