This blog will no longer be a comprehensive listing of Pittsburgh art events but the good news is that there's a new blog which is doing a great job of covering the scene: Bittersweet Harvest. To have an event listed there email the info to bsharvest(AT)hotmail.com. The url is http://bittersweetharvest.blogspot.com/ .
I'm not sure what this blog will become. Perhaps in the fall it will re-emerge.
Rick Byerly
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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2009 ANNUAL ART + TECH EXHIBITION
featuring The BurghBot Project
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2009 5:30 - 7:30 PM
@ THE 15 MINUTES GALLERY
Link to Register
Join the Pittsburgh Technology Council's Art + Technology Initiative for the opening
of its second annual Art + Technology Exhibition and the BurghBot Project. To
celebrate the synergy that exists between the art and tech communities in
Pittsburgh, the Council is partnering with the James Gallery and CREATE Lab to
create this one-of-a-kind exhibition.
2009 Art + Technology Exhibition:
This year's show features more than 50 pieces of artwork in all media,
by 37 regional artists.
The BurghBot Project:
The first ever event of its kind, The BurghBot project showcases the robotic
artwork of ten East Coast artists, operating at a true intersection of art and technology. Each artist has
created a unique interactive, artistic adaptation of CREATE Lab’s robotic frameworks (seen in a previous
life as Robot 250).
EVENT DETAILS:
The opening night event will feature drinks, hors d'oeuvres and music from jazz vocalist, Anna Ciaccioa;
Art Energy Design’s Power Flower, Pittsburgh’s first 12’ tall kinetic sculpture; Etcetera Edutainment’s
Crowd Play, the world's first commercial "crowd-gaming" system; Locally Toned, one of the first recipients
of deeplocal’s Artist-in-Residence program; Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ Film on the 15’s, featuring a
screening of Andrew Batista’s Piano Story.
DATE: June 18, 2009 5:30 – 7:30 PM
LOCATION: Pittsburgh Technology Council’s 15 Minutes Gallery
2000 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh PA 15219
COST: $10 for Council Members / $15 for Non-Members [Free Parking]
REGISTRATION: Register now for a chance to win an "Essential Pittsburgh Arts Prize Package” – a gift
that includes complimentary tickets to many of Pittsburgh’s most illustrious Arts venues including -- The
Mattress Factory, The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Quantum Theatre, The Pittsburgh Ballet,
Pittsburgh Filmmakers and the Pittsburgh Public Theatre -- a package valued at more than $300!
[Registration in Advance Recommended at http://www.15minutesgallery.org/ ]
EVENT PARTNERS:
jamesgallery
CREATE Lab
MEDIA PARTNERS:
The Mattress Factory
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Quantum Theatre
Pittsburgh Filmmakers
The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
The Pittsburgh Public Theatre
The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
Participating Artists:
Audra Azoury, Rebecca Bailey, Daniel Bates, Jennifer Bechak, Jeremy Beightol, Thomas Bigatel, Robert Bishop, Rick Byerly, Audrey Celmo-Kelly, Suzanne Colvin, Sean Daisher, David Edwards, Barbara Hall, Ruth Hendricks, John Hinderliter, Joseph Holtz, Robert Huckestein, Sandy Kessler Kaminski, Kathy Kasunich, Lazae LaSpina, Sonia Levy, John Metzler, Layne Morgan, Juliana Morris, Ron Nigro, Thomas Norulak, Holly Northrop, Jane Ogren, Joyce Werwie Perry, William Pfahl, Joshua Space, Cyndi Stallings, Alex Sutlic, Eva Trout, Philip Windell
For more information, contact:
Kim Chestney Harvey,
Creative Director, Art + Technology
http://www.15minutesgallery.org/
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Hi,
What a week for art in our beautiful city! Friday begins the Penn Ave Un-blurred art walk. I have a solo exhibit of my work on Trees open to the public this FRIDAY from 6-9pm at 5427 Penn Ave Pittsburgh 15206. Stop in and see me!
Best
Joey
Un-Blurred: http://www.pennavenuearts.org/unblurred/unblurred.php
-- Joey Kennedy PhotographyI shoot weddings -
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The Truth is Made: Artwork of Benedict Oddi
Opening Reception on June 5th from 7 to 10pm. Free and open to the people. Part of "Unblurred" On Penn Avenue
4919 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh Pa 15224. Gallery Hours: Thursdays 6:30 to 9pm, Saturdays 1 to 4pm or by appointment. http://www.modernformations.com/
412-362-0274
The artist states: "The desire for freedom, escape, and exploration influence the narrative of my oil paintings. In my representations, I examine the possibilities of utopia and dystopia through the escapist tendency to create a parallel realism. The crafted pictorial environment is meant to emphasize a disconnection to a tactile reality, where by ideas and experiences are confused, allowing the viewer to assemble a personal narrative. By doing so, the work evokes a feeling of uneasiness through improbability; this imaginary voyage should feel familiar and sublime, filled with imminent danger."
"My theater-like arrangements of figures in landscape are placed in situations of anxiety and peril, intervened by trace elements of other-worldliness. During the course of these works I have examined human natures, social and institutional conventions. While my reflection was approached through escapism related to utopian and dystopian philosophy, I have tried not to align with one thought or the other, but choose to respond to both concerning the nature of free will."
"This where my journey begins and ends through a quest for some taste of free will. While I choose iconography and situations of peril with great significance to myself, these specific choices need not strictly inform the viewer in their interpretation of the work of art."
Exhibit runs through July 24th, 2009.
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Artist Chris Kardambikis offers a brand-new creation myth (with plenty of room for interpretation).
Myths and legends, whether the Great Flood or the Fall of the Titans, are integral to working societies. A creation story seems to be both a source and product of communal solidarity. Given that, it takes serious creative ambition to go ahead and just make one up. In From Out of This Planet Earth, now on view at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, artist Chris Kardambikis has done just that.
From Out of This Planet Earth continues through June 21. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6300 Fifth Ave., Shadyside. 412-361-0873
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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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Hope all is well with you.
I know the summer is busy and there is a lot of great stuff going on in Pittsburgh; I have a solo show coming up, and you are invited.
Its new and never seen before paintings of friends living near and far. It’s an experiment in distance and interconnectivity, portraiture and painting techniques.
The show is Friday night June 12th. 7:30pm to 11pm at the Rex Theater on the Southside. There will be snacks, drinks and a live band. A $10 ticket is required to see the band (Ruff River Band) but my show in the lobby is FREE. Bring some friends and come see.
Hope to see you there.
Sam Thorp
http://www.graphicanatomy.com/
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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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Hello Friends,
moxie DaDA gallery is proud to host artist Connie Cantor’s second solo exhibition with us, “SCRIBBLING FOR DUMMIES”, JUNE 6 – 20, 2009. You are invited to a special opening reception this Saturday June 6, 2009 from 6:00-9:00pm. As always, this reception is free and open to the public. Connie has been exploring with lines and unconscious marks to produce a dialogue of which cannot be heard. Her new series challenges us to use our own intuition by offering an interactive “scribbling” – making our own marks and creating our own dialogues. These marks come from an inner dialogue and expression… uncovering patterns and conversations within our selves.
Connie Cantor's current work explores the freedom and fluidity of "not knowing." Working in dialogue with the intuitive mark, Cantor gives language to an alphabet of effortless line and form. The work is random, playful, obsessive, informed by the inherent fertility of movement stripped of plan. "I am drawn to the strength and validity of accident." says Cantor. "There is an intelligence here that cannot be preconceived—a wiser voice I have chosen to trust and honor. The deeper the surrender of outcome, the more vital the conversation."
Mark your calenders and start assembling your team for the scribbling event of the year, "Scribblefest" on Saturday June 20 at 7:00pm. Stay tuned for details, as follow-up e-mail will be sent again before the event. See you soon!
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moxie DaDA gallery
1416 Arch St
Pittsburgh PA 15212
412.682.0348
Hours during this exhibit:Friday- 4:00-7:00pm Saturday 12:00-6:00pmSunday 12:00-5:00pm
http://www.moxiedada.com/
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