Congo Women Exhibit June 4 July 25 2010 Pittsburgh PA

Congo/Women

Traveling photo exhibition highlights beauty and strength of women and girls of the Democratic Republic of Congo

June 4 – July 25, 2010

Exhibition opens during Three Rivers Arts Festival

SPACE, 812 Liberty Avenue, Cultural District

Pittsburgh, PA

The average lifespan of a woman in the Democratic Republic of Congo is 46 years.

Congo/Women is a traveling photography exhibit highlighting the beauty and strength of the girls and women of the Democratic Republic of Congo who are currently battling an unprecedented wave of gender based violence and a lack of essential medical care. Featuring the work of Lynsey Addario, Marcus Bleasdale, Ron Haviv, and James Nachtwey the installation weaves large portraits of these women and contextual images of the culture and history of the region together into an environment which describes the full complexity of this challenge. Video and audio testimony accompanies the exhibit, allowing viewers to gain and in depth understanding of the crisis. Pregnancy as a result of rape, obstetric and traumatic fistula, HIV infection, permanent reproductive health damage, and death will be discussed, as well as the inevitable societal stresses caused by such atrocities. Curated from a combination of recently taken photography and newly commissioned work – particularly of women and girls recovering from violence – the exhibit will provide a comprehensive view of the issue and its possible solutions.

The exhibit is accompanied by a website ([BLINK: http://lists.pgharts.org/t/559088/352247/377/0/] ) which provides links to immediate actions that visitors who view the exhibit can take to provide support. In addition, visitors to the site and to the exhibition can post their own portraits on our visual petition, providing an international demonstration of the growing support that will be raised. Media attention to opening events is promoted by local connections of each institution and with the national support of human rights groups. Congo/Women can be loaned by interested venues for an affordable cost. The format is flexible and our curators will work with each institution to help them present the imagery in an appropriate fashion.

Congo/Women is co-produced by Art Works Projects and the Ellen Stone Belic Institute of the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, Columbia College Chicago. The exhibition was organized by Leslie Thomas with creative advisor Jane M. Saks.

Major support for Congo/Women has been provided by United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, Humanity United, and Leadership Donors of the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media Columbia College Chicago.

ABOUT THE CO-DIRECTORS

Leslie Thomas, Curator and Co-Director
Leslie Thomas is the founding Executive Director of Art Works Projects: Art and Design for Human Rights and a partner with the New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles based LARC Inc. and LARC Studio practices.

Jane M. Saks, Creative Advisor and Co-Director
Jane Saks is the founding Executive Director of the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media Columbia College Chicago, and a feminist activist, arts administrator, writer and educator.

CREDITS

Curator and Co-Director: Leslie Thomas

Creative Advisor and Co-Director: Jane M. Saks

Exhibition Design: Art Works Projects (Greg Doench, Leslie Thomas) and Real Design Associates

(Jurgen Riehle and Margot Perman)

Graphic Design: Real Design Associates (Jurgen Riehle and Margot Perman)

Printing: Portland Color

Exhibition Coordinator: Sara Slawnik

Printing: Portland Color

Fabrication: Duvall Design

Voice Recording: Cheryl Lynn Bruce

Sound Design: Another Country

Website Design: Compound Design

Digital Exhibit Editor: Eric Argiro

Post Production: Union Editorial

Original Music: Mario Grigorov, Pamelia Kurstin, Jaron Lanier, Sussan Deyhim

Special thanks to Christian Delsol, UNFPA Media Specialist, Kipa L. Davis, Alexandra Guajardo,

Kristin Esch, Jaclyn Robbins, Mariana Tosic, Emma Ruby-Sachs, and Jane Sachs

A project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, SPACE is free and open to the public. NEW HOURS: Wednesday-Thursday 11 am to 6 pm; Friday-Saturday 11 am to 8 pm; and 11 am to 5 pm on Sundays (with free street parking). For more information call (412) 325-7723 or visit spacepittsburgh.org.

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Maggie Taylor and Abelardo Morell at Silver Eye Center for Photography Pittsburgh PA

"CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER..."

Silver Eye Center for Photography brings Wonderland to Pittsburgh with two stunning exhibitions by Maggie Taylor and Abelardo Morell

PITTSBURGH, Pa. 4/22/10 - The Silver Eye Center for Photography is pleased to present exhibitions this summer by two of the most renowned and influential photographers working today - Maggie Taylor and Abelardo Morell - each highlighting a singular reinterpretation of the 150-year-old story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

These Strange Adventures: The Art of Maggie Taylor on view at Silver Eye's South Side Venue beginning May 14, 2010.

Maggie Taylor first exhibited her work at Silver Eye in 1995, and today, she is internationally recognized as one of the most inventive and accomplished artists working with cutting-edge digital imaging processes. This exhibition features 40 of Taylor's photo montages created from 2003 to 2009. The centerpiece is a selection of 23 works from Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland, a three-year project published to great acclaim by Modernbook Editions in 2008.

Since 1996, Maggie Taylor has been using the most advanced digital image-making tools in place of the camera and darkroom to create her fantastical work. Starting with objects that she finds on eBay or in flea markets such as old Victorian photographic portraits, Taylor scans and assembles a single image from dozens upon dozens of Photoshop layers.

"A single work may take months of experimentation and careful thought to complete and Taylor's artistry is, in short, nothing less than virtuosic," comments Ellen Fleurov, curator of the exhibition and Silver Eye's executive director. "Yet, what makes Taylor truly great is not just her technical mastery but the rich interplay between photographic veracity and illusion, the psychological tension between dreams and reality, which seems to stand at the heart of her deeply affecting and beautiful work."

These Strange Adventures: The Art of Maggie Taylor will be on view from May 14 through August 21, 2010 at the Silver Eye Center for Photography at 1015 East Carson Street in Pittsburgh's South Side. Admission is free and open to the public.

The exhibition is made possible, in part, through support from the BNY Mellon Audience Development Fund. Media sponsors are WYEP 91.3FM and Pittsburgh City Paper.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Photographs by Abelardo Morell opens May 7 in the Cultural District as part of Three Rivers Arts Festival

Abelardo Morell's rethinking of the Lewis Carroll classic precedes Maggie Taylor's series by a decade and the fifteen images in the suite will be on view from May 7 through June 25, 2010 at the 709 Penn Gallery in downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District. The exhibition is organized by the Silver Eye Center for Photography and presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Education and Community Engagement Department in association with the Three Rivers Arts Festival. Admission is free and open to the public.

Abelardo Morell's interest in the Alice story is not surprising for he has long been intrigued by the magical qualities of books and their enduring presence in our memory and history. To make his images, Morell created paper cut-outs from the original Sir John Tenniel illustrations to Alice in Wonderland and then arranged the figures into carefully constructed scenarios. These mis-en-scenes were then photographed from a variety of often disorienting perspectives with a large format view camera. The resulting images brim with a wit, delight and punning imagination that Lewis Carroll himself, a pioneering photographer, would have relished.

Gallery hours are Wednesday - Thursday (11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.); Friday - Saturday (11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.); and Sunday (11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.). Special extended hours during the Three Rivers Arts Festival, June 4 through 13; visit www.pgharts.org for further details.

The exhibition will be open during the First Friday Gallery Crawl on June 4, 2010 from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. This evening of events showcases an array of activities throughout the Cultural District and they are free and open to the public. For more information and a map of the Gallery Crawl events, visit www.pgharts.org or call 412.456.6666.


ABOUT MAGGIE TAYLOR

Maggie Taylor was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1961. She received her BA degree in philosophy from Yale University and her MFA degree in photography from the University of Florida. After more than ten years as a still-life photographer, she began to use the computer to create her images in 1996. Her work is featured in Adobe Photoshop Master Class: Maggie Taylor's Landscape of Dreams, Peachpit Press, Berkeley, 2005; Solutions Beginning with A, Modernbook Editions, Palo Alto, 2007; and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Modernbook Editions, Palo Alto, 2008. Taylor's images have been exhibited in one-person exhibitions throughout the U.S. and abroad and are in numerous public and private collections, including The Art Museum, Princeton University; The Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and The Museum of Photography, Seoul. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, with her husband Jerry Uelsmann.

ABOUT ABELARDO MORELL

Abelardo Morell was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1948 and moved with his family from Cuba to New York City at age 14. He was introduced to photography at Bowdoin College in Maine and received an MFA from Yale in 1981. In 1983, he began teaching at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston where he is now a Professor of Photography. He has received a number of awards and grants, which include a Cintas grant in 1992, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1994 and a Rappaport Prize in 2006.

His work has been collected and shown in many galleries, institutions and museums, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and The Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Major books on the artist include: Abelardo Morell, Phaidon Press, 2005; Camera Obscura, Bulfinch Press, 2004; A Book of Books, Bulfinch Press, 2002; Abelardo Morell and The Camera Eye, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, 1999; and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, photo-illustrations by Abelardo Morell and introduction by Leonard S. Marcus, Dutton Children's Books, 1998.

ABOUT SILVER EYE

For the past 30 years, the Silver Eye Center for Photography has played a unique and valued role in the region's cultural landscape and earned a national reputation as one of the country's pre-eminent photography centers. Our mission is to advance understanding, appreciation and active engagement with photography as a vital form of creative expression and as an educative force in communicating the diverse values, histories and issues that shape and influence our lives.

Silver Eye Center for Photography is generously supported by the Allegheny Regional Asset District, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Fine Foundation, The Grable Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, The Pittsburgh Foundation, The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Henry John Simonds Foundation and Anonymous.

ABOUT THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL

June 4 -13, 2010, Downtown Pittsburgh
Point State Park, Hertz Gateway Center & locations throughout the Cultural District

A division of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Three Rivers Arts Festival is a 10-day free celebration of the arts held annually in Downtown Pittsburgh. Each year, the Festival features nightly live music concerts at Point State Park; an Artists Market featuring original art and fine crafts; gallery exhibitions throughout the Cultural District featuring top Pittsburgh-based artists and exhibitions from around the country; and hands-on activities for kids and adults alike. Demonstrating the convergence of art, the environment and technology, Three Rivers Arts Festival is a national leader in environmentally-conscious event production and at 10 days long, is among the largest and longest-running free arts events in the country, welcoming hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.

IMAGES

Maggie Taylor
The great puzzle. 2006
Archival pigment ink print
Courtesy of the artist and Verve Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, NM

(left)

Abelardo Morell
The loveliest garden you ever saw. 1998
Archival inkjet print from the original gelatin silver print negative
Courtesy of the artist and Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York

(right)

Silver Eye Center for Photography | 1015 East Carson Street | Pittsburgh, PA 15203 | 412-431-1810

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pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

"Take A Letter" Conceived by Alexi Morrissey

Presented by the New Hazlett Theater's Artist Residence program.

3 NIGHTS ONLY

May 27th-29th 2010

Featuring Alexi Morrissey and Adrienne Wehr

Take a Letter explores issues of artistic frustration, the failures of language, and the ultimate struggles of power – over the self, and over others. Drawing on the influences of 20th-century masters such as George Orwell, T.S. Eliot, and Phillip K. Dick, the performance imagines the price of communication in the modern world, and whether or not we are willing and able to pay them.

A 8,000 lb, 20' tall, 30' wide, robotic sculpture whirls at the center of the artwork like a mad dervish. Utilizing Pittsburgh's local talent in research, computing, machining and fabrication artist Alexi Morrissey has assembled a collaborative team of world-class experts in art, theater, science and technology to dovetail all these worlds into one evening of spectacle.

Tickets
http://www.showclix.com/search/take%20a%20letter

Info
http://www.newhazletttheater.org/event/?event_id=391

Map (sort of)

http://tinyurl.com/take-a-letter


Ellis School Armory (see links below for directions. there will be signs. It is an old military building so it is not on any maps. It's way easy to find)
Street:
Across from Bakery Square on Penn Ave
City/Town:
Pittsburgh, PA

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pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com. the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Granada Arts Education Project Call to Artists Pittsburgh PA

GRANADA ARTS EDUCATION PROJECT

Benefit 2010 CALL for ARTISTS

poster show and art exhibition to BENEFIT:

The Granada Arts Education Project, based in Pittsburgh, Pa. and Granada, Nicaragua, is a new artist-driven collaborative. Our goal is to help students learn about their world and abroad through artistic expression and exchange of art between schools in different countries. We work with teachers to help strengthen their teaching skills and diversify their curriculum, despite limited resources, by including arts activities.

To learn more, visit granada-arts-education.blogspot.com

In June 2010, we will hold our third annual benefit event at AVA Bar & Lounge. The event will include music, raffles, a silent auction, and an art exhibition reception. We are seeking artists to produce posters to exhibit and sell, with proceeds benefiting the Granada Arts Education Project.

Details

Selection: All work submitted will be accepted and very much appreciated.

We have funds and space to frame 20 posters. These will be selected by a group of 4 artists working in the Pittsburgh community. The remaining posters will be displayed on tables during the benefit event, and will be featured prominently on our website.

Deadline: Let us know if you will participate by June 1, 2010. All work must be received by June 12, 2010.

Size: 11 x 17 inches. Orientation can be vertical or horizontal.

Framing: We’ll do it for you! Just be sure to get it to us by the deadline.

Medium: Up to you! We look forward to all types of printmaking, digital prints, photographs, etc.

Content: Also up to you, of course! The poster can be designed specifically for this event, can be existing work (sized at 11” x 17”), or you can use your existing imagery to create a poster to promote your work.

Sale: We will sell all posters at an affordable price, so that donors and patrons will be able to afford them. All proceeds will benefit the Granada Arts Education Project. Unsold artwork will be returned and you can keep the frame!

REGISTRATION/ Questions:

Please submit the following information by June 1, 2010:

• Name and contact information
• Jpeg/photo of your piece (or example of other work)
• Website, if applicable
• Short Bio
• Title of piece

Artwork is due June 12, 2010

Please send the above info to granada.arts.education@gmail.com

OR call Mauren Antkowski at 412-606-3907

To learn more, please visit

http://granada-arts-education.blogspot.com/

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pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

New Work from Tugboat Printshop, Lawrenceville Pittsburgh PA

Check out Tugboat Printshop's newest work, Bonfire

from their website:

"BONFIRE" presents an idyllic nature-scape of ancient people joined together around the collective warmth of a blazing firepit at sunset. Lush greens, reds, oranges, and blues provide a rich, colorful backdrop to this vibrant dusk gathering."BONFIRE" serves as a reminder of a time when the struggle for survival alongside the elements was our prevailing predicament. People were different, naturally, but together they made us the societies and cultures that we are today. We all came from different incarnations of this same scenario, and are not so different from that today. "BONFIRE" made it's debut in the recent MANIFEST EQUALITY exhibition in Los Angeles, CA from March 3-7, 2010.

This is NOT a digitally reproduced print. After drawing our original designs on birch plywood, we hand-carve all the blocks (see pics below). We print the finished woodblocks through a press onto paper in our in-house printshop.

"BONFIRE" is a limited edition of 100 prints. Each print in the edition is signed, titled and numbered. Prints are packaged in clear, resealable sleeves with coroplast backing. Ready for gifting, propping up on a shelf, or safely transporting until framed!

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The Pittsburgh Art Blog

pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com. the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Call to Artists: Winter's Edge Juried Exhibit

WINTER'S EDGE -- AN INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION

NOVEMBER 2 - 23, 2010

ENTRY DEADLINE: JUNE 28, 2010

CLICK HERE FOR PROSPECTUS

WINTER’S EDGE
An International Juried Exhibition
Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
November 2nd - 23rd, 2010
An exploration of how the forces of cold, ice and snow shape landscapes
and cultural identities in Canada and the northern tier of the United States

CALLING ALL ARTISTS

Take this opportunity to show your work as part of an educational exhibition
featuring a selection of pre-1940 American landscape paintings and scenic
American stereoscopic photographs. All styles of painting and drawing will
be considered in the selection process, and a broad interpretation of the
theme is encouraged. Don’t miss this opportunity. Apply today!

IMPORTANT DATES: Entry Deadline - 6/28/2010. Announcement of accepted entries - 7/19 - 7/23/2010
Receipt of framed artwork, ready to install - 10/25 - 29/2010. No work accepted before 10/25
Exhibition Opening Reception - Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Exhibition closes 5:00 PM on Tuesday, November 23, 2010
CONTACT/QUESTIONS:
email: allegheny.wintersedge@gmail.com phone: 814.332.4365


The Penelec-Bowman-Megahan Art Galleries of Allegheny College present exhibitions and other visual arts programming for diverse audiences including students, educators, emerging and established artists, and other residents of northwestern Pennsylvania. Sponsored by the College's Art Department, gallery programs are designed to promote active learning and interdisciplinary exploration of the visual arts and culture.
All programs are offered free of charge.

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pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Pittsburgh Artist Alberto Almarza Update

Check out Alberto Almarza's blog for more info on his new work Selk'nam.


And separately a slide show of his works here.


www.albertotem.blogspot.com

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The Pittsburgh Art Blog

pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

In Memory of Pittsburgh Artist John Metzler

John Metzler was full of creative energy and it was easy to spot for the many people who had the chance to interact with him. In addition to the hours he spent on his own beautiful artworks and sculptures from reclaimed wood he was well known for working with other artists at the Urban Tree Forge as well as volunteering at Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest and the work he did for the Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors. He will be sorely missed but will be easy to remember.

Scroll down to see images of John and just some of the amazing work he brought forth. Images are from Joey Kennedy, Randie Snow and the Urban Tree Forge blog.

moxie dada event:

menorah sculpture from reclaimed wood in Squirrel Hill:

John and Urban Tree Forge members created tables
which were used for G20 meetings at Phipps!

Rest in Peace John.

Rick Byerly

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Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday (May 17) at W.F. Conroy Funeral Home in Sheraden. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday (May 18) at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 46 School St., Green Tree.

The family is planning a memorial and tree planting in Mr. Metzler's honor on Saturday at Allegheny Commons on the North Side. The time has not been set, but will be posted on www.urbantreeforge.com.

Funeral Service Address Info:
46 School Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15220-2717
(412) 921-0606
Get directions

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tree-dedication memorial :: sunday, may 23, 2010 – 12p.m.
Allegheny Commons Park, West Park, North Side, Pittsburgh
Corner of Brighton Road & West North Avenue (near the lake)

Slideshow of the dedication from Joey Kennedy here.

Petition to make Washington Boulevard more safe here.
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The Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors will honor its late member, John Metzler, and celebrate its 75th anniversary at the Three Rivers Arts Festival, with an exhibit at 937 Liberty Ave., second floor (accessible by stairs and elevator).

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10152/1061726-437.stm#ixzz0phhyImk8

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pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com. the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Pittsburgh Artist Jason John, Broadstreet Studio

I came across Jason John's artwork recently online and thought it needed to be shared. He works on oil and employs incredible representational detail and couples it with the surreal.

Broadstreet will have an exhibit in October 2010 at Principle Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia.

Broadstreetstudio is interested in representational art which uses 'realism' as a means of depicting an 'unusual reality'. We explored particular themes for the exhibition, 'Between Realities', but kept coming up empty handed. As a group, Broadstreet has decided to employ the visual spectrum within which artists paint the place(s) between our ordinary, monotonous and sobering reality and the extraordinary. To Broadstreetstudio, representational is the perfect medium in which to depict the periphery where reality and unreality meet. The chosen artists have been an immense inspiration to each artist from Broadstreetstudio: Joshua Suda, Brian Martin, and Jason John.

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The Pittsburgh Art Blog

pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Artist Dylan Critchfield-Sales at Gallery on 43rd Lawrenceville Pgh PA

Dylan is from Pittsburgh, Pa and is currently working on his MFA out of state. Check the above info for the exhibit.

Opening Friday May 21 7-10pm

Excerpts from Dylan's Exhibit Statement:

Painting to me is about engaging with my surroundings through the act of observation. ‘Painting is a matter of impulse. It is a matter of getting out to nature and having some joy in registering it’ (Hawthorne). It is essentially a way of translating visual sensation through use of shape, color and value. In perceptual painting there is no need for predetermined concepts or formulaic systems. It is always an attempt to convey the truth of one’s visual experience.
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Working from simplistic subject matter allows me to focus on color and tonal relationships as well as the particular way that forms fit together within the picture plane. I think that painting at its best is about the experience of painting itself and the nature of the artist’s perception. In certain instances I have also worked from fictional sources such as Alfred Hitchcock films in order to introduce a subtle psychological aspect and to achieve somewhat antiquated aesthetic.

The work in this show spans the past two to three years. The earliest work is from my final year of undergraduate at The Maryland Institute College of Art and the latest work was done within the past few months during my first year of graduate school at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Gallery On 43rd Street

www.galleryon43rdstreet.com

187 43rd Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201-3111
(412) 683-6488
Get directions
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pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com. the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Pittsburgh Public Art Resources

The URA and the Office of Public Art have come up with a document to help with and promote contracting Pittsburgh artists for commissioning small and large scale works of art. As mentioned in the guide public art doesn't always need to mean sculptures but can also be 2 dimensional works of art to be displayed inside of buildings.

The Pittsburgh Office of Public Art has published a new document titled, “Add Value Add Art” The document billed as a, “public art resource guide for developers,” was produced at the request of Urban Redevelopment Authority which wanted to help promote public art in new developments around town.

The document can be found at the URA web site.

A list of local Pitttsburgh artists can be found here.

WDUQ Source Link

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The Pittsburgh Art Blog

pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

From the Earth to the Fire and Back, Pgh Glass Center

Pgh Glass Center Hodge Gallery:

From the Earth to the Fire and Back

March 5 - June 13, 2010

In honor of Pittsburgh's designation as the North American host city for the United Nations World Environment Day, Pittsburgh Glass Center will host a local juried exhibition of artwork about the environment. Using their hands and three basic elements - sand, soda and flux - 28 artists create, influence, advocate and comment on the current state of the earth.

Artists in the exhibition include: Hunter Blackwell, Sean Broderick, Chris Clarke, Theresa Cress, Daviea Davis, Brian Engel, Melissa Fitzgerald, Jason Forck, Gayle Forman, Everett Hirche, Chris Hofmann, Leslie Kaplan, Adam Kenney, Ed King, Samantha Laffey, Joe Lappa, Zachary Layhew, Dan LeDonne, Michael Mangiafico, Heather McElwee, Ashley McFarland, Kathleen Mulcahy, Carley Jean Parrish, Jeff Phelps, Elizabeth Potenza, Heather Joy Puskarich, Jessica Rutherford and Rebecca Smith.

Photographs of the exhibit pieces here.

Summer Hours

(Now through Sept. 5)

Mon., Fri. & Sat.
10 am – 4 pm

Tues., Wed. & Thurs.
10 am – 7 pm

CLOSED Sunday

www.pittsburghglasscenter.org

5472 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206-3455
(412) 365-2145
Get directions

(photograph above courtesy of nathan shaulis)

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The Pittsburgh Art Blog

pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Artist Masha Vereshchenko Pittsburgh Art at ModernFormations Gallery

You have until May 28, 2010, to see Masha Vereshchenko's art exhibit at ModernFormations Gallery and Performance Space. I am a big fan of her work and have 6 pieces in my collection. She has original art on wood from previous shows for sale at her etsy store. Take advantage of the low prices while it's still possible!

"I Dream About Sharks"

Modernformations
4919 Penn Avenue. Pittsburgh PA 15224
412.362.0274

Gallery Hours

Thursdays 7pm - 9pm
Saturdays 1pm - 4pm or by appointment
Hours are consistent

Please note: There will be no gallery hours the last Saturday and first Thursday of every month in order to prepare the next opening

Masha's etsy store



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The Pittsburgh Art Blog

pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Pittsburgh Power Flower News Art and Green Technology

Visionary Pittsburgh artist David Edwards has been busy with the Power Flowers. He recently won an award for creativity from the Pgh Tech Council and has been educating local students and the general population with the Power Flowers.

Two Power Flowers will be at the 3 Rivers Arts Festival for the duration of the 10 days from June 4-13, 2010.

From David Edwards:

The Power Flower is a 12' wind driven kinetic sculpture in the form of a potted sunflower. Sun and wind energy are collected with a wind turbine driven by spinning flower petals and photo voltaic solar film leaf surfaces. A 55 gallon rainwater collector serves as base and ballast. The flower provides DC power for laptops, phones or water pump features. The sculpture also powers colored LED lighting for dynamic night illumination. A weather-proof controller maintains safe power levels and timed programmable lighting. The sculpture is transportable and sets up easily for events and exhibitions. Our sculptures are created for use by city art festivals, botanical associations, schools and museums to complement their missions. We design, sell and implement both permanent eco-artworks and transportable designs and workshops.

www.ArtEnergyDesign.com

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The Pittsburgh Art Blog

pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Deborah Hosking at Chatham, an MFA Thesis video installation

Deborah Hosking at Chatham, an MFA Thesis video installation

Memento was conceived as a synthesis of Hudson River School and Chinese brush painting traditions and new media: Catskill landscapes meet Oriental scrolls meet digital video. The video imagery was shot entirely in one area and edited into short, montaged pieces, with compositions and a unique aspect ratio reminiscent of hanging scrolls. Each composition is created with imagery from neighboring locations or multiple views of the same location. Local geography provides the contextual framework and interactive map navigation. Memento is about a place, but it is also about time — a time past, time passing, time fleeting and time eternal.

Also showing will be MakeUp, a 10-minute, single channel video shot with the camera behind a two-way mirror. Every morning each of us looks into the mirror and makes choices about our appearance. What do these choices mean? What do they convey to others? MakeUp is about nature and artifice, image and self-image, perception and preconception.

Selected pieces from One Hand Clapping will also be on display. One Hand Clapping is an ongoing, internet-based photography series, as well as an open dialog with recipients of the images. The inclusion of their responses in the show is an homage to the tradition of Chinese calligraphers and poets commenting on paintings’ imagery as a part of the works themselves.

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The Pittsburgh Art Blog

pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Liquid Sundays June 6 2010 Joseph Arthur, Local Artists

Liquid Sundays is back June 6 2010

Musician Joseph Arthur headlines at 9pm

Mosaics by Stevo Sadvary, Graphic Art by Alanna James, Woodworking by Christopher James, Photography by Nick Coppula, Puppetry and Masks by Dave English, Live Graffiti by Shane Pilster and Lindsey Bieda.

see more at the above image

J. Verno Studios

Pittsburgh, PA, 15203

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The Pittsburgh Art Blog

pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Art Dimensions

from their website:

About ArtDimensions

ArtDimensions Pittsburgh’s organizational mission is to help local artists make money from their works. Go to the Artists section to buy artwork. We support visual, performing, and media artists through our memberships. Members get marketing and sales support from ArtD's leadership. ArtD collaborates with nonprofit organizations to teach current artists about artistic techniques and business survival skills. Our favorite part though . . . is encouraging the general public to discover and celebrate local artists, they are the best neighbors.

The story of ArtDimensions Pittsburgh started from a community conversation between Friendship Development Associates, Inc., East Liberty Development, Inc. and local artist Susan Wagner in February, 2008. Dan Friedson moved to Pittsburgh a few years before to start a Community Economic Development Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Asked to come to this meeting by Friendship Arts District Manager, Matt Galluzzo, the question was, "How do we support the 400 artists living in the East End of Pittsburgh?"

After relating his experiences with ArtDimensions St. Louis. A few months later, East Liberty Development, Inc. offered Dan Friedson a former bank building on Penn Avenue and Highland to reclaim for arts entrepreneurship programming.

October, 2008, Friedson sponsored founders of ArtDimensions St. Louis, Davide Weaver and his then pregnant wife, Gina, to fly to Pittsburgh to create a Euphony Lounge in the former bank vault of the East Liberty PNC Bank. With only one week to gather supplies, tools, plan and build, the task seemed unattainable.

The vault itself was made of concrete; ceiling-to-floor, wall-to-wall. Davide built a wooden frame as an exoskeleton and began planning themes for the room the night of arrival.

Spray-painting the vault-walls with words, "Law, Politics, Technology, Music, Sex, Death, Love, Religion" we sat, scratching our heads . . . where were we going to get enough material to transform the vault with these themes, and oh yeah ... we absolutely needed some retro-furniture. Susan Wagner heeded our call and came through like our very own Fairy-God-Mother.

A week later, the Euphony Lounge was built, it's creators high on hot glue and paint fumes, but mostly on pride of a job-well-done. The Pittsburgh artists were drawn to the installation.

In St. Louis, experience taught us that the core group is what mattered, not the bricks-and-mortar. Enter Sean O'Donnell and Kahmeela Adams.

Sean O'Donnell is a Pittsburgh singer-songwriter, literary publisher, bag-pipe playing soldier-of-the-arts. From Day-1, Sean was at 6000 Penn Avenue to clean, paint, re-paint, and then recruit someone else to paint. His volunteerism, unsurpassable . . . without Sean, ArtD Pittsburgh would have been impossible. He recruited most of the talent for our first roof raiser in October of 2008. His band, Truth In Advertising fills us with laughter, his publishing company, Ophelia Street keeps us thinking, his dedication keeps us going.

Kahmeela Adams happened upon the Euphony Loounge in Pittsburgh while we were looking for material to complete the "Love Room" in the Euphony Lounge. Lucky for us, she recently completed a series of modern pin-up photography. About a month later she showed up with a wall-full of photos and has since provided much needed level-headed leadership. Without Kahmeela, ArtD Pittsburgh would have been improbable. Organizing artists is like herding cats, and Kahmeela has just the right magic.

Inspired to be multi-metropolitian, Sean, Kahmeela and Dan decided to reach out to Davide and ArtDimensions St. Louis . . . instead of re-creating the wheel, we duplicated it and ArtDimensions Pittsburgh was born.

This website will exhibit local artists and ArtDimensions members from other cities, like St. Louis where it all began. The group produces periodic new exhibits and shows. Any one interested in becoming a member in ArtDimensions of Pittsburgh please check out our membership form located on our site.

ArtDimensions Pittsburgh has a leadership team, The Roundtable Artists, who dedicate time, expertise and funds to transforming formerly neglected buildings into productive space for ArtDimensions members and their respective communities. The Roundtable Artists also manage the facilities, administer educational programs and organize new exhibits and shows once every two months. Roundtable Artists are distinguished by their volunteerism and stewardship.

www.artdimensionspittsburgh.com


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The Pittsburgh Art Blog

pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Box Heart's 10th Anniversary Exhibition May 25 2010

Saturday, May 29, 2010
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Box Heart Gallery
4523 Liberty Ave

May 25 - June 19, 2010
Box Heart's 10th Anniversary Exhibition
"reeling in the years"
Group Exhibition and Celebration

In ten years, we've held over 150 exhibitions and featured the artwork of over 500 regional, national, and international artists working in a wide variety of artistic styles and medias. Join us for our annual June celebration as we begin our tenth years of exhibiting fabulous art!

PARTY!
Saturday, May 29th, 5-9pm
Free and open to the public.

Featuring NEW work by NEW Box Heart artists: Jim Studeny - Debra Giller - Susan Constanse - Chung Chak - Mark Loebach - Jackie Hoysted - Deanna Mance - Charles Caldemeyer - David Nelson - Annette Poitau - Kuzana Ogg - Robert Bishop...

And of-course, a few of OUR FAVORITES; T.K. Mundok, Gary Duehr, Kyle Ethan Fischer, Steve Boksenbaum, Sherry Rusinack, Adam Kenney, Isabelle Garbani, Brenda Stumpf, Amy Lumsden, Lindsay Huff, Jason Shorr, V. Mann, Shawn Watrous, and more!!!

www.boxheart.org

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The Pittsburgh Art Blog

pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.