Pittsburgh Art Blog: October 2008

Friday, October 31, 2008

Lawrenceville Events and News Info

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News & Updates from the Lawrenceville Corporation

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Pittsburgh art events: http://www.pittsburghgalleries.blogspot.com/ Pittsburgh art gallery directory: http://www.pghgalleries.com/
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Encyclopedia Destructica Weekly Binding Parties

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Correction: There is no Nov 5 2008 Binding Party

Weekly Binding Parties at Encyclopedia Destructica

Encyclopedia Destructica creates art-zines (magazines with book aesthetics) inspired by the need to explore and export contemporary arts/culture in a way that’s accessible and easy to engage in, providing a forum for a primordial dialogue between artists.
To produce each issue, Encyclopedia Destructica holds weekly binding parties, gatherings where artists, friends, & the interested general public come to the Destructica studios and work on the production of the zines. Created and distributed in a DIY fashion, Encyclopedia Destructica promotes this attitude as well as providing support and resources for local artists to create their own book/zine projects. Encyclopedia Destructica is interested in community and dialogue throughout the creative process with the artists and editors in the process of creating an issue, the artwork within the pages of an issue, artists and participants as they work on production in binding sessions, and the viewer engaging the issue and the artwork within.
Encyclopedia Destructica holds almost weekly binding parties on Wednesday evenings. Binding parties are open to the public, are are gatherings where we work on the production of Destructica's zines and books. Email zine@encyclopediadestructica.com to join our binding party email list.

Location:
156 41st Street (Lawrenceville) Pittsburgh Pa 15201

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

This is Happening, Pittsburgh Events Info

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The Pittsburgh Galleries blog is a volunteer effort from Rick Byerly to promote Pittsburgh art events which feature artists from the area. The PghGalleries.com website effort is an up-to-date directory with Pittsburgh area art venues. Thanks go to Sirani Gallery of 5875 Forbes Ave in Squirrel Hill for being a sponsor and David L. Edwards Art and Anonymous for their donations to this effort. Donation and sponsor info can be found here. Rick Byerly, Uniquetake Photography
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I've been a fan and follower of This Is Happening for several years and recommend you create a profile and specify your event preferences so you can receive a rundown on what's going on in Pittsburgh. It's the most comprehensive and customizable resource for Pittsburgh events I know of. I don't recommend going hog wild with the event preferences as you'll end up with a seemingly endless list ( cause there's like a lot goin and stuff).

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Pittsburgh Arts Blog, Regional Theater News

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Pittsburgh Arts, Regional Theatre, New Work, Producing, Copyright, Labor Unions, New Products, Coping Skills, J-O-Bs... Theatre industry news, University & School of Drama Announcements, plus occasional course support for Carnegie Mellon School of Drama Faculty, Staff, Students, and Alumni.

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News from the "Real World"

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Workshop for working artists at Fe Gallery Nov 1 2008

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The Pittsburgh Galleries blog is a volunteer effort from Rick Byerly to promote Pittsburgh art events which feature artists from the area. The PghGalleries.com website effort is an up-to-date directory with Pittsburgh area art venues. Thanks go to Sirani Gallery of 5875 Forbes Ave in Squirrel Hill for being a sponsor and David L. Edwards Art and Anonymous for their donations to this effort. Donation and sponsor info can be found here. Rick Byerly, Uniquetake Photography
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Saturday, November 1 2008 at 11-1 pm
Fe gallery 4102 Butler Street, Lawrenceville 412-860-6028 $5 Fee
An informal yet informative Q & A discussion with a panel of four members from the arts community:

Vicky Clark, juror for Fe gallery's current show: "In the Making: 250 Years/250 Artists"
Joey Kennedy, also juror for current show
Mac Howison, Sprout Foundation
Owen Smith, Mattress Factory

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Pittsburgh Art Halloween Events 2008

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Not a ton of Pittsburgh art events around Halloween which makes sense but here are some great art events to check out.

Wednesday October 29, 2008:

Altered Meanings: Featuring works by Cat Chow & Jesse McLeanReceptions: Wednesday, October 29 at 7:00 p.m

Thursday October 30, 2008:

Unearthed at the Ice House Unearthed features artwork crafted from trees felled in Allegheny Cemetery.

Friday October 31 2008:

Chick with Dicks: Bad Girls on Bikes doing Bad Things, a 60’s B-movie parody with a twist. Chicks is set in and around Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania’s very own nuclear power plant. The irreverently absurd plot centers around Vespa de Amore, a prom queen runner-up who accidentally kills her sex-shy boyfriend and ends up on the road with an all-girl biker gang named Satan’s Cherries. This wild ride features plenty of go-go dancing, hair pulling, mud wrestling, and kung fu fighting as these good-girls-gone-bad get even worse!

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Haunted House info from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Artist Robert D. Huckestein @ moxie DaDA Nov 1 2008

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moxie DaDA welcomes back Robert D. Huckestein for a special exhibition examining the motives of world leaders, past and present. The topically themed "Politics and Other Vices" premiers this Saturday, November 1, 2008. The reception will be held the same day, from 6:00-9:00pm.

No matter what side of the fence you are on, you will find Mr. Huckestein's realist paintings to be fascinating. This is the culmination of a two year effort, and has been scheduled since the beginning to coincide with the transition that our nation is about to undertake."The paintings I have done for this show express my contempt for people that will do whatever they can to maintain their power over others. Power for the sake of power is a vice, which we must protect ourselves against."

-Robert D. Huckestein

moxie DaDA gallery 1416 Arch St Pittsburgh PA 15212 412.682.0348

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Tom Norulak @ Art Loft Mt Lebo Nov 7 thru Jan 9 2009

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"Landscapes Nearby" Screenprints by Tom Norulak

November 7th 2008 thru January 9th 2009 at the Art Loft in Mt. Lebanon.

A Reception will be held on Friday, December 5, 2008 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm

The Art Loft 615 Washington Road Pittsburgh, PA 15228

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artist Melissa Kuntz @ Framery Nov 7 2008

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The Pittsburgh Galleries blog is a volunteer effort from Rick Byerly to promote Pittsburgh art events which feature artists from the area. The PghGalleries.com website effort is an up-to-date directory with Pittsburgh area art venues. Thanks go to Sirani Gallery of 5875 Forbes Ave in Squirrel Hill for being a sponsor and David L. Edwards Art and Anonymous for their donations to this effort. Donation and sponsor info can be found here. Rick Byerly, Uniquetake Photography
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Melissa Kuntz is hosting an exhibition of her drawings and small works called "Wonder Wheel Thrills," at The Framery, 4735 Butler St., Pittsburgh,Pa 15201, from Nov. 7-Dec.6, 2008, from 6-8 p.m.

Kuntz is a faculty member of Clarion University art department. She grew up in western Canada and completed her undergraduate degree in Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She received a scholarship to SUNY Purchase in Westchester County of N.Y., where she earned both M.A. and M.F.A degrees.

The Framery was a concept created in San Francisco almost 15 years ago by owner/artist, Debra Bongiovanni and framer/manager, Susan Carver. It is one of a handful of modern-day artisans who continue the art of custom framing completely by hand. After relocating to Pittsburgh many years ago, they opened up their shop/gallery in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh.

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Gist St Reading, Poet Miriam Levine Nov 7 2008

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Fall is here. There's soup on the stove, a pumpkin on the front porch, and a sweater on the dog. It's time to take a break from looking at all those leaves and head on over to James Simon's Sculpture Studio on Friday, November 7th. We're featuring the amazing poet Miriam Levine and the fantastic fiction writer Ellen Litman.

Doors open at 7:15; readings begin at 8:00. It's $5. There's a raffle, where you might win books (which will also be for sale), eggs, a drawing by John Fleenor, or rumor has it there might be something "knitted."

BYOB. BYOB. Also, if you have any extra Halloween candy sitting around. We can certainly clean that up for you. Post-election celebratory enthusiasm?We'll take that as well.

That's 305 Gist Street, Uptown, 3rd floor. http://www.giststreet.org/ for bios and directions. Gist Street is also now a "group" on Facebook. If you know what that means, you know what to do.

Hope to see you there!

Sherrie

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Announcing the Gist Street 2009 schedule!

January 9 Horacio Castellanos Moya (fiction) ; Paula Bohince (poetry)

February 6 Allison Amend (fiction) ; Jeffrey McDaniel (poetry)

March 6 L.E. Leone (fiction) ; Peter Oresick (poetry)

April 3 Joseph Bathanti (fiction) ; Pat Rosal (poetry)

May 1 Ron Maclean (fiction) ; Sandra Beasley (poetry)

June 5 Salvatore Scibona (fiction) ; Hadara Bar-Nadav (poetry)

July 18 – 9th annual cookout extravaganza featuring Autumn House Press

August – Gist Street takes a break!

September 12 Charlie Leerhsen (non-fiction) ; Julia Kasdorf (poetry)

October 2 Irina Reyn (fiction) ; Kristin Naca (poetry)

November 6 Pia Z. Ehrhardt (fiction) ; Atsuro Riley (poetry)

December 4 Emily Mitchell (fiction) ; Mathias Svalina (poetry)

Gist Street is supported by the Creativity Project and by Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PA Partners), the regional arts funding partnership ofthe Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency. State government funding comes through an annual appropriation by Pennsylvania's General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PA Partners is administered in Allegheny County by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. Please let your legislators know how much you appreciate their support of the arts!

-- Gist Street Reading Series 305 Gist Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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Monday, October 27, 2008

Pittsburgh artist Richard Schnap @ Zombo Gallery Nov 7,8 2008

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Zombo Gallery presents "Chained Angels", a collection of recent collages by Pittsburgh artist Richard Schnap. The show runs Friday (11/7) and Saturday (11/8), 2008, from 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm both nights at Zombo's 4900 Hatfield Street location in Lawrenceville.

Schnap's evocative works have been shown locally for the past ten yearsat such venues as Garfield Artworks, Arrow Gallery, Digging Pitt Gallery,Dorothy 6, Gallerie Chiz and Beleza Community Coffeehouse, among others. This new show at Zombo will feature a retrospective of 64 works fromthe past few years including some that have never been shown before.

Schnap's works have been described as "thoughtful social commentary"and "simply intriguing". He himself describes them as "narrative andpoetic renderings of various aspects of our modern world and the currenthuman condition". All the works will be for sale at affordable prices.

The exhibit is open to the public and all ages are welcome. Refreshmentswill be served.

BIO

Richard Schnap was born in Buffalo, N.Y. and educated and Oberlin andVassar Colleges, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Art Institute ofPittsburgh. He supported himself for years in the marketing and fundraisingdepartments of various organizations while pursuing his interests inmusic, writing and art. He's played in many rock and folk bands often asthe chief songwriter and has been published in a variety of literaryjournals including two self-published collections. His main focus overthe past decade has been his collages, some of which can be seen onlineat richardschnap.com.

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Evolution in Arts VI Garfield Artworks Nov 7 2008

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Garfield Artworks 4931 Penn Ave Pittsburgh 15224 Garfield 412-361-2262 Monthly rotation of art, part of Unblurred.

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Pittsburgh Art Blog

Friday, October 31, 2008

Lawrenceville Events and News Info

Encyclopedia Destructica Weekly Binding Parties

Thursday, October 30, 2008

This is Happening, Pittsburgh Events Info

Pittsburgh Arts Blog, Regional Theater News

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Workshop for working artists at Fe Gallery Nov 1 2008

Pittsburgh Art Halloween Events 2008

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Artist Robert D. Huckestein @ moxie DaDA Nov 1 2008

Tom Norulak @ Art Loft Mt Lebo Nov 7 thru Jan 9 2009

artist Melissa Kuntz @ Framery Nov 7 2008

Gist St Reading, Poet Miriam Levine Nov 7 2008

Monday, October 27, 2008

Pittsburgh artist Richard Schnap @ Zombo Gallery Nov 7,8 2008

Evolution in Arts VI Garfield Artworks Nov 7 2008

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