Poisonous: Anna Rebek
August 6 - September 12,2010
707 Penn Gallery, 707 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Downtown Pittsburgh Cultural District
Artist Anna Rebek invites you to explore the dangerous fury of color and the exotic. In her latest exhibit, Poisonous, Rebek unleashes a collection of bold, expressive work that investigates the natural purpose of the earth’s most colorful creatures.
According to Anna Rebek, all of species depicted in Poisonous have been painstakingly pigmented – everything from the eight-legged stripes, slick stingers, diamond scales and silky, florescent skin. While the primary purpose of camouflage is to ward off predators and entice and confuse prey, Anna Rebek explores intricate, complex patterning to reveal an optical clash and extravagant scenery that celebrates the luxury of color in nature. Poisonous gives viewers a unique perspective of visually stunning phenomena found only in nature.
About Anna Rebek:
Born in 1982 and raised in Pittsburgh, Anna Rebek’s passion for the arts emerged at an early age and evolved throughout her teens. Anna Rebek attended Yale University where she shaped her artistic voice. While at Yale, she was invited by Robert Reed to study painting at the prestigious Pont Aven School of Arts in France. After graduating with a degree in Theater, Rebek relocated to La Jolla, CA, to further her artistic explorations.
Anna Rebek has been represented in the collections at Sirani Gallery, Pittsburgh and Marcia Rosenthal Gallery, Pittsburgh. In La Jolla, her portraiture is on permanent display at the Scripps Research Institute. Anna Rebek extends this dedication to her stage work as a member of an international tour of Terrence McNally’s controversial Corpus Christi cast. She has developed video installations and stop-motion shorts and will be directing her first feature in 2011. She is currently working on pre-production for the film and her second collection of “Dreamscapes.”
For more information on Anna Rebek, visit web.mac.com/anna.rebek
Gallery Details:
707 Penn Gallery is a Visual Arts project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.
Located at 707 Penn Avenue in the Downtown Pittsburgh Cultural District, 707 Penn Gallery is free and open to the public
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday & Thursday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Friday & Saturday, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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The Pittsburgh Art 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.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Poisonous: Anna Rebek, 707 Penn Gallery, Downtown Pittsburgh Cultural District
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Sprout Fund Hothouse 2010 August 28, 2010 Saturday
HotHouse 2010
August 28 2010 at 7:00pm - August 29 at 12:00am
Baum & Liberty in Bloomfield (old Don Allen Auto City)
5315 Baum Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA
Facebook Event Page
Buy Tickets here.
Join us for The Sprout Fund’s 8th annual Hothouse summer benefit on Saturday, August 28th at Baum Boulevard & Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield at the old Don Allen Auto City.
An unforgettable evening of live music, local artists, performances, and food & drink awaits you at Hothouse 2010. One of Pittsburgh’s most popular (and populous) summer events, the event has been lauded as one of the top parties of the year and attracted more t...han 3,000 attendees last year.
As Sprout’s “live annual report” to the community, the event celebrates the organization’s accomplishments and features project exhibitions, live music and performances, food and drink by Pittsburgh favorites, a silent auction, and a VIP reception.
TICKET SALES & VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION START IN JULY!
General Admission includes the main party from 9:00pm to 12:00am, complimentary food from Pittsburgh favorites, and complimentary beer, wine, and spirits (sold for $50 in advance/$60 at the door/$25 college students)
VIP Admission includes a reception from 7:00pm to 9:00pm, Sprout goodie bag with Hothouse T-Shirt, complimentary valet parking, and admission to main party (sold for $150)
Earn a free ticket to Hothouse as a set-up, night-of, or strike volunteer. Nearly 300 volunteers contribute more than 1,500 hours to make Hothouse happen each year.
ABOUT HOTHOUSE
Hothouse is The Sprout Fund’s annual benefit and showcase event. The event serves as stage to present a sampling of some of the innovative projects and emerging leaders of successful community initiatives supported by Sprout over the past year. Held annually at unique development sites, the event celebrates the organization’s accomplishments and features live music and performances, food and drink by Pittsburgh favorites, a silent auction, and a VIP reception.
With attendance greater than 2,000 every year since 2006, the event creates an incredible opportunity for the wide cross-section of Pittsburgh’s business and social circles that come together each year in support of Sprout’s mission to meet and mingle.
Support for the event has been strong every year; last year 35 financial sponsors, 30 media and in-kind supporters, 31 food & drink sponsors, and 91 silent auction donors joined hundreds of friends of the organization to raise nearly $170,000 for The Sprout Fund.
2010 Design by artist Brian Holderman
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Pittsburgh Art Gallery Directory Updated
The online directory for Pittsburgh area art galleries has been updated and well as the Pittsburgh artist listings here.
Since August of 2007 these listings along with the Pittsburgh Art Blog have been continuously updated on a volunteer basis.
Rick Byerly
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The Pittsburgh Art Blog
The Pittsburgh Art 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 Glass Center's 10 Year Anniversary
Pop City covers the Pittsburgh Glass Center on it's 10 year anniversary.
Today, the identity of Pittsburgh glass has shifted substantially. No longer does it rest in the callused, overworked, and often underage hands of industrial laborers, but in the nimble fingers of artists, educators, and curious students. And with the factories all but gone from the region, today's glass workers practice their art in a bright, open, LEED certified building situated as a cornerstone of an emerging arts district. It is exactly this building � and its resources, programs, and community � that keeps the history of Pittsburgh glass not only alive and well but also moving from purely industrial to surprisingly creative.
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The Pittsburgh Art Blog
The Pittsburgh Art 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.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Andromeda Issue 3, comic anthology based in Pittsburgh, PA
- Andromeda is a comics anthology based in Pittsburgh, PA. It is published independently on a monthly occurrence. The majority of the content found in Andromeda is provided through contributions from artists, cartoonists, zine-makers and writers. This list is sure to expand.
- Andromeda seeks out talented and dedicated individuals wherever they can be found. The publication itself aspires to establish a creative platform in which to project expression and artistic experience
http://aplace-forall.blogspot.com
Andromeda is a new monthly comic anthology, featuring and exposing emerging artsts as well as established creative individuals. In the second issue we experienced a wonderful array of cartoonists, writers and artists most of which are from the Pittsburgh area. For the third issue I requested that all submitters work within the theme of "art school". The body of work that was received exemplified beautifully the painful and joyous encounters associated with an art education. So take a deeper look into the dark underworld of the art schools in America.
24 pages total including the cover, black and white.
Work from 8 different artists including:
Andy Scott
Jes LaVecchia
Steph Neary
Nate McDonough
Megan Shalonis
Maggie Negrete
Michael Madsen
Tom Dewing
Expect to see Issue No. 4 sometime in the beginning of August 2010.
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The Pittsburgh Art 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.
GPAC artist opportunities listserv for Pittsburgh Artists
Pittsburgh artists, be sure to keep any eye on the GPAC artist opp listserv.
Announcing the July 2010 Artist Opportunities Listserv! Please take note of these upcoming opportunities and deadlines:
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The Distillery Program at the Brew House is accepting applications for their 6-month residency. Check out the details under Professional Development Opportunities. Deadline to apply is August 1st.
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Local theater company, Quantum Theatre, seeks an artist to create a unique, transportable element that will travel with them from location to location. Check out the RFQ here ( http://pittsburgharts.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=M1iZ_QKZAAEAAAUOAAQZVQ ) .
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The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council announces a new solo exhibition opportunity, Art on the Walls. The Arts Council will offer visual artists an opportunity to display and sell their work in public areas of their new office space. To view the RFQ, click here ( http://pittsburgharts.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=M1iZ_QKZAAEAAAh0AAQZVQ ) .
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Interested in the City's Open Space, Parks, and Recreation planning process? OPENSPACEPGH is on is one of the initial components of PLANPGH ( http://pittsburgharts.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=M1iZ_QKZAAEAAAs6AAQZVQ ) , the City's Comprehensive Plan. OPENSPACEPGH will help to envision the future of the City's open space, park, and recreation systems.
Until August 31st, click here ( http://pittsburgharts.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=M1iZ_QKZAAEAAA0dAAQZVQ ) to take a survey and help the City make informed decisions about vacant land, open space, parks, and recreation efforts. More national, regional, and local opportunities may be found by clicking the categories listed below!
THANK YOU to those who have contributed to our fundraising campaign for the Artist Opportunities Listserv and the Pittsburgh Artist Registry. If you would like to make a doncation, please click here ( http://pittsburgharts.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=M1iZ_QKZAAEAABE5AAQZVQ ) . More details about the campaign are below.
If you have any suggestions or have feedback regarding the Listserv, please email me at opa@pittsburghartscouncil.org ( mailto:opa@pittsburghartscouncil.org ) . As always, if you wish to be removed from this list, please follow the unsubscribe link at the end of this email.
Sincerely,
Lea Donatelli
Program Manager
Office of Public Art For much more, click on the Listserv categories listed below.
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Local, Regional, and National Calls for Artists ( http://pittsburgharts.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=M1iZ_QKbAAEAAAFJAAQZVQ )
International Opportunities ( http://pittsburgharts.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=M1iZ_QKbAAEAAAJIAAQZVQ )
Professional Development Opportunities ( http://pittsburgharts.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=M1iZ_QKbAAEAAANBAAQZVQ )
On-going Opportunities ( http://pittsburgharts.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=M1iZ_QKbAAEAAAREAAQZVQ )
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For more than two years, the Office of Public Art has served individual artists in the Pittsburgh region with the Artist Opportunities Listserv and the Pittsburgh Artist Registry. As you know, these amazing tools connect artists to new audiences with a website and links to local and national opportunities.
Although there is no cost for artists to use these services, they are not free. The Office of Public Art pays for server space, staff time, and web hosting for a total of $10,845 per year. Our goal is to keep providing these services at no cost to artists, but to keep going, we need your help!
If you have benefited from these services, and are able to give, please consider a tax-deductible donation in any amount.
To make a contribution, click here ( http://pittsburgharts.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=M1iZ_QKdAAEAAAOyAAQZVQ ) .
Thanks for your consideration!
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The Pittsburgh Art 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.
The Mon Review's (Monongahela that is) Magazine Issue # 5 is out
The Mon Review's (Monongahela that is) Magazine Issue # 5 is out. In Issuu or Pdf here.
The Monongahela Review is a pdf literary magazine attempting to coalesce various voices that excel in expressing the truths and mysteries of life with great emotion and depth.
Editor
Luke Bartolomeo
Past/Present Staff
Justin McGeary
Jenny Pichura
Jessica Rudmin
Margaret Welsh
Zachary White
Jumbled Notes on Fire
Everything in art depends upon this, its varieties. Some say it is amorous passion. Others a suffering. Others the Spirit.
Sprouting expression—genius or madness or both. Perhaps the fleshing out of all other things it can said to be. Fire undergirds, a moving thing that never moves.
For this is what happens when the fire burns brightly and cannot be contained: the necessity to do what is present, right there in your mind to do, damming all other thought, wanting to flash out, lick everything to ash. Sprouting expression.
Part and parcel of the process.
A poem is a fire, a flickering thing that heats and disposes, melts away awareness: gets at everything but what the thing is. Burns away just to build up. Makes the mind the realest the thing, the images like figments and yet like flesh: moving in the mind is still movement; images created are from brains that jolt out life and blood to welcome them.
Stories: torches. Their fire elongates, make sure to burn every part clean through, endure long enough to explain. Their fire makes us see. Their replication is a reality: things are not lost in projecting who we are and what we see, what emanates from everything around us. Things are not lost: it is just expression cannot contain. And things spread like wild flames. Something burns beyond the fire that is burning.
And one bears it at the tip of a brush or a pen. Part and parcel of the process.
Come Fire: let us play with you.
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Notes on Contributors
Eric Arnold lives in Dallas, where he studies medicine. Two of his poems recently appeared in The Labletter and others are pending publication at New York Quarterly. His short fiction has appeared in Elimae, Pindeldyboz, and Monkey Bicycle.
Michael Baccam holds an MFA from Eastern Washington University where he served as an assistant managing editor and assistant fiction editor for Willow Springs.
Jade Blackwater is a writer and artist from the Pacific Northwest. She writes copy by day as the owner of the Brainripples creative consultancy. By night, Jade is a prolific poet and fiction writer who encourages others to pursue their own, unique voice. Find her at: www.brainripples.com.
Katie Cappello lives and works in a small farming town in Northern California.
She is the author of the collection Perpetual Care (2009) and A Classic Game of Murder, a forthcoming chapbook. Her work can be found in journals such as Boxcar Poetry Review, Los Angeles Review, Fourteen Hills, and Cave Wall.
Chris Crittenden teaches environmental ethics for the University of Maine and does much of his writing in a hut in spruce forest. A featured review of his work appears in the latest issue of Arsenic Lobster (20). He blogs as Owl Who Laughs.
Mason Brown DeHoog divides his time between his beloved central Philadelphia
and south-central Texas. He has work forthcoming in Berkeley Poetry Review.
William Doreski lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire. His most recent collection of poetry is Waiting for the Angel (2009). He has published three critical
studies, including Robert Lowell’s Shifting Colors. His essays, poetry, and reviews have appeared in many journals, including Massachusetts Review, Notre Dame Review, The Alembic, New England Quarterly, Harvard Review, Modern Philology, Antioch Review, Natural Bridge.
Tray Drumhann’s work explores the dimensions and depth of human nature.
His goal is to communicate the personal and cultural dynamics that
condition how we view ourselves and others as well as how our individual
experiences condition such perception. Notable publications featuring Drumhann’s work include: The Pinch Journal, Switchback and The Emerson Review.
Cyndi Gacosta was born and raised in San Diego, California spending only a few years of her early childhood in Sorsogon, Philippines. She studied literature
at UC Santa Cruz.
Nels Hanson’s fiction has received the San Francisco Foundation’s James D. Phelan Award and a citation in its Joseph Henry Jackson competition. His stories
have appeared in Antioch Review, Texas Review, Black Warrior Review, Southeast Review, Long Story, Short Story, South Dakota Review, Starry Night Review, and other journals. Stories are currently in press at Caveat Lector, Ruminate Magazine, The Avatar Review, The Write Place at the Right Time, and the Overtime Chapbook Series at Blue Cubicle Press.
Ruth Josimovich has lived in New York City since 1978, but spent her childhood
and teenage years in Pittsburgh, walking in the woods and going to the Carnegie Library on Forbes Avenue. She now teaches literature and writing at School of Visual Arts, a four-year arts college in New York.
Sergio Ortiz has a B.A. in English literature from Inter-American University, and a M.A. in philosophy from World University. His poetry has appeared in over 200 online and print journals. He has been recently published, or his poems are forthcoming in: The Battered Suitcase, Zygote in my Coffee, Right Hand Pointing, Poui: Cave Hill Journal of Creative Writing, Writers’ Bloc and Temenos: Central Michigan University’s Literary Journal. Flutter Press published his chapbook, At the Tail End of Dusk (2009).
Mary Packett spent her childhood equally in suburbia and the countryside. To this she directly relates her indecisiveness. The most important thing she ever learned was from her grandmother: how to float in water. Scared to ever forget anything, as a child she started taking photos of what she did daily, and never looked back. Mary now resides in Brooklyn and by day works as an assistant photo rep. She is still focusing on her own projects while not at the office.
Tania Runyan’s chapbook, Delicious Air, was published by Finishing Line Press and awarded the 2007 Book of the Year citation by the Conference on Christianity and Literature. In 2011, her full-length collection of poetry will be released by WordFarm. Her poems have also appeared in several journals and anthologies, such as Poetry, The Christian Century, Atlanta Review, Willow Springs, Indiana Review, Nimrod, Poetry Northwest, Southern Poetry Review, and A Fine Frenzy: Poets Respond to Shakespeare.
Joel Solonche is coauthor of Peach Girl: Poems for a Chinese Daughter (Grayson Books). His work has been appearing in magazines, journals, and anthologies since the 1970s. He teaches at Orange County Community College in Middletown,
New York.
Yvonne Valenza graduated with a BFA in 2006 from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and concentrated in Printmaking. Most of her work takes on relationships: the struggle of bondage and freedom between one another, with God, and with the self. An integral part of processing relationships this way is discerning what is known, tangible, or visible, and what unknown, mysterious, or invisible. What we see, how we act in our relationships with people and the world around us is wound up in intangible variables such as history, spirituality within and without, and the way we think and feel. Yvonne is married and lives with her husband, two cats, and two turtles in Philadelphia.
Brian Wilkins is the editor of Scarab, a literary magazine for the iPhone. He holds a MFA in Poetry from the University of New Hampshire. His work is available or forthcoming in Two Review, Permafrost, Pure Francis, and Sententia.
Changming Yuan authored several books before emigrating out of China and currently teaches writing in Vancouver. Yuan’s poem have appeared in Barrow
Street, Best Canadian Poetry, Exquisite Corpse, the London Magazine and nearly 200 other literary publications worldwide. His debut collection (Chansons of a Chinaman) and monograph (Politics and Poetics) were both released recently, and he has had work nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
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The Pittsburgh Art 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.
David Grim Book of Life Art Exhibit at Panza Gallery
susan constanse has a great write up on david grim's show at panza gallery. link here.
closing reception sat july 31 from 6-9 pm. info here.
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The Pittsburgh Art Blog
The Pittsburgh Art 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.
Friday, July 16, 2010
The Silver Eye Center for Photography Fellowship 2010
The Silver Eye Center for Photography is pleased to announce Fellowship 2010, our international photography competition. Our distinguished juror is Deborah Klochko, Executive Director of the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, California.
As we enter our 11th Fellowship year, the competition is now open to all international photographers, including Silver Eye members, and we are now awarding two Fellowships.
• A $3,500 award and is open to all eligible photographers.
• A $1,500 is open only to Pennsylvania residents (who may apply in both categories).
Both winning artists’ work will be exhibited at Silver Eye in shows opening in late November 2010.
Entries must be postmarked or delivered on or before Friday, August 27, 2010 at 6 p.m. EST and be complete upon submission.
Please mail or deliver to:
Fellowship 2010 Competition
Silver Eye Center for Photography
1015 East Carson Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203 USA
Click here to download the entry form and submission guidelines.
About the Juror: Deborah Klochko
Deborah Klochko became Executive Director of the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego in 2007. Prior to joining MoPA, Deborah served as a private consultant; as the Executive Editor of see, an award-winning journal of visual culture; and as founder of Speaking of Light: Oral Histories of American Photographers. Formerly the Director of The Friends of Photography in San Francisco, she has also worked at George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, in Rochester, New York and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Deborah holds an M.A.T. in Museum Education from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and an M.F.A. in Photographic Studies from the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York.
Questions? Contact Exhibition Coordinator at 412-431-1810.
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The LEAP Award, Contemporary Craft
The LEAP Award was established in the fall of 2007 to recognize emerging talent in the contemporary craft field. Founded in 1971 by Elizabeth R. Raphael as The Store for Art and Crafts and People Made Things, SCC featured work by young and emerging artists such as Wendell Castle, Lenore Tawney, Josh Simpson, Howard Kottler and Robert Lee Morris, among many others that needed wider opportunities to exhibit and sell their work. Building on this early history, it is our hope that the LEAP Award will help young artists move into a career in contemporary craft.
The LEAP Award recognizes excellence in the field of contemporary craft, and is presented biennially. The competition is open to exceptionally talented students and under-represented craft artists. The jurying process will take place in two sessions. There will be an initial review of digital images to identify 10-20 finalists. These finalists will be asked to submit additional images for final jurying, as well as be invited to create and submit work for display throughout the year in the Store. The final round of judging will take place on December 13, 2010, and the selected artist will receive a $1,000 cash award towards the development of a product line/body of work. In addition, SCC will promote this body of work nationally, and the work will be exclusively marketed through the Store for a period of one year.
If you have any additional questions, email
thestore@contemporarycraft.org
Click here to download the 2011 LEAP prospectus!
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The Pittsburgh Art Blog
The Pittsburgh Art 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.
Polish Hill Arts Festival Sunday July 18 12-8pm
Polish Hill Arts Festival Sunday July 18, 2010 from 12-8pm
general info and previews from blogski here and here.
full music lineup at project 53 free4all music saturday and sunday
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The Pittsburgh Art Blog
The Pittsburgh Art 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.
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh July Art Events 2010
from the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Member Newsletter:
*** Fein Gallery…Paintings & Photographs by Tazim Jaffers
The Fein Gallery presents paintings and photographs by AAP member
Tazim Jeffers. The exhibition by Tazim will be on display from July 16
until August 13 at 519 East Ohio Street. The opening reception is
scheduled for July 16 from 5 – 8 PM.
*** Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild … Photomics
The Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild presents an exhibition of reflection,
process and exploration through photography and ceramics of AAP
member’s artwork from July 16 – September 3. The opening reception
will be held on July 16 from 6 – 9 PM at their location at 1815
Metropolitan Street in Pittsburgh.
*** Mendelson Gallery…Salon des Refusés
Steven Mendelson will present his very popular Salon des Refusés
(selected from the wonderful pieces that did not get in the 2010 AAP
Annual) from July 22 until August 14. The opening reception is
scheduled for July 22 from 5:30 – 8:30.
*** The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 100th Annual
Exhibition…Carnegie Museum of Art
Come celebrate with us at our 100th anniversary at the Carnegie Museum
of Art 4400 Forbes Ave in Oakland and be ARTrageous!
*** The Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill…AAP at the JCC
The exhibit at the JCC in Squirrel Hill will be located at the Alex &
Leona Robinson building at 5738 Darlington. The opening reception will
be on Thursday evening, August 5 from 6:30 – 8:30 and the exhibition
can be viewed from July 28 – Aug. 25.
*** GalleriE CHIZ…Four Photographers…Four Paths Revealed
GalleriE CHIZ located at 5831 Ellsworth Ave. presents an exhibition
titled Four Photographers: Four Paths Revealed. The exhibit will run
from July 30 – August 28 with the opening reception on July 30 from
5:30 – 8:30.
EXHIBITS TO SUPPORT:
International Images Galleries… In Memoriam: Girts Purins until July
23
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Ligonier Valley (SAMA)...Skip
Allen: America’s Spirit Revealed until July 31
Le Poire Gallery… Joyce Werwie Perry: Improvisation – experimentation
in abstraction until August 15
Robert Morris University Media Arts Gallery (downtown campus)
pastpresent until August 13
World West Gallery…Honoring Charles Pitcher 1927-2009 (also includes
artists Forquer, Paulsen, Postrech, West, Melega, Parcell, Basatoni
and Hinderliter) until Sept. 13
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh…AAP @ AIP… AAP Membership Exhibit
until July 31
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts…Interplay…until August 22
GalleriE CHIZ…Mary Culbertson Stark and Randie Snow…Mirror Play until
July 24
Christine Frechard Gallery…Archives (Adrienne Heinrich) and Homburg
Diary until July 23
Mendelson Gallery…2010 AAP Mendelson Exhibition Award Winners: Jack
Weiss and Vanessa German until July 21
The Society of Contemporary Craft ( Satellite Gallery Steel Plaza
subway station at One Mellon Center 500 Grant St.)…My Walden: New
Works by Atticus Adams until Sept. 26
Fallingwater (Gallery at the Pavilion)…Associated Artists of
Pittsburgh at Fallingwater I until August 31
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Zombo Gallery Events Pittsburgh PA Lawrenceville
from zombo:
Hey all.. This Summer's Events are huge and the next two weeks are massive. Also Lots of great updates and new cd's for sale on www.zomboworld.com!
Wed. July 14th (tomorrow!)..The Whips unleash a wild set of garage/rock/surf music at Arsenal Lanes in Lawrenceville at 10pm. The Whips are also on the bill to play with outrageous new band from Sylvain Sylvain and Cheetah Chrome called "The Batusis! That show is at the 31st pub on Tues July 20th!
Friday July 16th 6pm-9pm at Zombo Gallery ...The long awaited opening of "Morally Bankrupt" , The New art show from Steph Scuillo! Her work may be dark and disturbing at times, but with it's Victorian slant and syrupy sweet heaviness, it is undeniably astounding!
Saturday July 17th at The 31st Pub at 10pm , The Second Annual "Battle of The Worst Bands in Pittsburgh"! This is one sick and hilarious show you won't want to miss!
Monday July 19th, The Return of Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School at The Gypsy Cafe in the Southside featuring DJing by Zombo.
Wed, July 21st at Zombo Galllery, our monthly and free Scrabble tournament from 6-8pm.
Saturday July 24th..The Deep End Amphitheater (The Empty Leslie Park Pool in Lawrenceville) presents a Surf Guitar Party. Daikaiju, the amazing Kabuki surf band from Alabama! Classic 60's surf from The Action Cats, Crazy cool zombie surf from The Wakening. This show is 6pm-Dusk. It will be the event of the summer! And Then it's off to Cattivo 146 44th St. in Lawrenceville for a great afterparty with music from The Forbidden Five, Dj Zombo and a whole other floor of DJ's, bellydancers, burlesque and more..Both of these big shows are only $5 each!
Thanks and see you soon
Zombo Gallery
4900 Hatfield St.
Pgh, Pa. 15201
412-904-3703
www.zomboworld.com
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Slush Puppies Art Exhibit 707 Penn Gallery
Pittsburgh, PA (July 12th, 2010)
Slush Puppies opened June 25th in an icy blowout at 707 Penn Gallery, just when people needed cool thoughts. Jonathan Chamberlain and Chris Beauregard have created this exhibition expressing the thematic unity between winter artifice and summertime beverages. Their show may simultaneously be seen as an array of broken winter narratives, an ode to design, or a spectacle of icy delights.
Chris Beauregard has focused on the language of horror as a genre. He creates self-reflective and culturally laden works which deal with Rock n Roll, investigate cultural technologies, deal humorously with broken narrative, and shape space with sound. His poetic manipulations are both minimal and seductive. Jonathan Chamberlain produces mixed-media, two-dimensional, video and musical works. He is an avid collector and collaborator interested in poetics, noise, and street art. His work is a recontextualization of pop, occupying a peculiar space between humorous sarcasm and playful earnestness.
Jonathan and Chris invite the public to come have a winter flashback, and take part in the frozen fakery. Slush Puppies will remain open during regular gallery hours until July 25th, including the Gallery Crawl this Friday July 16th.
Chris Beauregard received his MFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 2008, and his BFA in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has recently shown in the Behind Our Scenes and Smoke & Mirrors exhibitions at SPACE Gallery. Beauregard lives in Pittsburgh.
Jonathan Chamberlain resides in Pittsburgh. He holds an MA and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and completed his undergraduate work at The Pennsylvania State University. He has participated in several notable group shows and solo performances. He performs with the band Delicious Pastries.
Jonathan Chamberlain
449 Cedarville Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
chamberlainster@gmail.com
(608) 843-7117
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Art Calendar Magazine Spotlights the Pittsburgh Power Flower and Art Energy Design
Art Calendar Magazine covers David Edwards and his amazing efforts with power flowers and educational efforts (Art Energy Design).
Click on the images above to read the article (website requires register fee).
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The Pittsburgh Art Blog
The Pittsburgh Art 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 Record Project, Justin Hopper
Pittsburgh Public Record Project
Friday, July 16, 2010
5:30pm - 9:30pm
937 Liberty, 2nd Floor, during Gallery Crawl
A stolen overcoat, a murdered thief. The people of 19th-century Pittsburgh made some mistakes. Sometimes those bad decisions are all we know of 'em.
***July 16, 2010 as part of the Gallery Crawl***
Public Record is a multi-media art project using documentary poems, written from 19th-century Pittsburgh crime reports, that you can experience as audio performances via your mobile phone - in the Downtown locations where these events actually occurred.
Public Record debuts with a show at 937 Liberty featuring contributions from a barrage of local artists (see below), and including a version of the piece to be experienced in the gallery, via any mobile phone!
(PS - Besides the obligatory beer and wine, we'll be serving up yummy Pimm's Cups for your summer lovin')
Live like you're at Rice's Castle or Snyder's Saloon with Shattock and Hughey Friel, just one more time.
Brought to you by Justin Hopper as artist-in-residence with Deeplocal and Encyclopedia Destructica, and supported by a generous Seed Award from THE SPROUT FUND.
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Contributors include:
Sounds & Voices by Herman "Soy Sos" Pearl, Christiane Leach, Alexi Morrissey, David Bernabo, and more.
Visual artwork by Jennifer Howison, Christopher Kardambikis, David Pohl, Jeff Schreckengost, Jonathan Kline, Christine Brill, Erin Brubaker, WAYNO, and more.
Additional contributions from Don Wentworth and Lilliput Review, Teresa Foley, Encyclopedia Destructica, University of Pittsburgh Library archives, and more.
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The Pittsburgh Art 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.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
The Academy of the South Side Pittsburgh Art Classes Summer 2010
We are pleased to announce the schedule for our upcoming classes, beginning
*August 3rd*! We will be offering 3 classes and a handful of other painting
opportunities, so we're hoping to have something for everyone. We will be
bringing back our popular *Intro to Oil* and *Portrait Painting* classes, as
well as introducing an exciting new class in *Tattooed Portraiture*! The
full schedule is below, and all details, including registration, can be
found on our website at *www.academyofthesouthside.com*.
In addition to our 3 classes, we will also be holding a day-long *landscape
painting* opportunity on *July 17th* out at our dear friend Judy Wojanis'
beautiful farm in Clinton, PA to gear up for the classes. We'll be out
there from 10AM to 7PM, and all are welcome to join for part or all of the
day. This day will be *free *and participants should plan to provide their
own ride and gear. If anyone wishes to come but can't get out there or
doesn't have an easel, please let us know and we'll make accommodations. We
will send out detailed directions next week, and also post them to our
website.
Finally, we are going to be offering an intensive *Weekend of Figure
Painting* workshop the following weekend, *July 24-25th*, at our studio on
Pius St. in the South Side Slopes. The sessions will run all day Saturday
and Sunday, from 10AM to 5PM, with a break for lunch. Each day will be
broken up into 2 three-hour sessions (10AM-1PM and 2-5PM), and can be taken
individually or all together. Each session will cost $25, and you receive
one class for free if you take the full weekend, which will cost $75 for the
full 4 sessions.
We would like to encourage everyone to please send in your payment and
registration prior to the start of class. As always, we aim to work with
and accommodate everyone and can be flexible with payments (hey, we're
artists too!), but we want to be fair to all students so that we know before
the start of classes if we have sufficient attendance to hold a particular
class.
Thanks to everyone for your support and for the great times we've had at the
Communion parties. We're really looking forward to this round of activity
and hope to see many of you in the studio or out at the farm in the coming
months.
Please visit *www.academyofthesouthside.com* for all details!
As always, please feel free to pass this along to others who may be
interested, and just let us know if you have any questions.
-Tim, Shervin, and Dan
*The Academy of the South Side*
*www.academyofthesouthside.com*
(412)475-2321
*SUMMER SCHEDULE 2010*
*Landscape Painting at Judy's Farm:*
July 17th - 10AM-7PM
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Weekend of Figure Painting Workshop:*
July 24-25th
10AM-5PM, Saturday and Sunday
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SUMMER CLASSES*
*Portrait Painting*
August 3rd - September 21st (8-week class)
Tuesdays, 7-10PM
*Tattooed Portraiture*
August 4th - September 22nd (8-week class)
Wednesdays, 7-10PM
*Intro to Oil*
August 5th - August 26th (4-week class)
Thursdays, 7-10PM
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The Pittsburgh Art 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.
Friday, July 9, 2010
New Art Gallery in Verona Pa, Allegheny Arts Gallery Co-Op
Allegheny Arts Gallery, Co-op and Art Ed Center located at 742 Allegheny River Blvd. in Verona will be hosting a grand opening on July 30, 2010 at 6:00 pm.
724.503.2357
The gallery will feature young local artists, will host fundraising events and festivals as well as art classes for all ages and is a community driven project.
Google Directions Link
(I'll add them to the Pittsburgh Galleries Website when I'm back in town)
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The Pittsburgh Art 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 Art Events
There's a good overview of upcoming Pittsburgh Art Events over at the Pgh, Youngstown Cleveburgh Livable Cities Blog. Fe Gallery still manages to avoid sending emails to me! Oh well...
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The Pittsburgh Art Blog
The Pittsburgh Art 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.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Steeltown Film Factory Contestants Weigh in with Independent Production
Steeltown Film Factory Contestants Weigh in with Independent Production
(July 08, 2010) Lightweight, the short screenplay by Randy Kovitz and Deborah Hosking that was a finalist in the Steeltown Film Factory screenwriting competition, is being produced and will be shot this summer – despite not having won the competition.
The Lawrenceville couple and their script made it through three rounds of readings, pitches and presentations in the Steeltown competition, but were not chosen for the final prize.
The script had struck a chord with many readers and followers of the competition, however, and a number of them expressed disappointment at the news. In the weeks following the announcement, friends, actors and fellow filmmakers rallied to make the project possible.
A Pittsburgh Powerhouse!
The LIGHTWEIGHT production team is a veritable who’s who of Pittsburgh filmmaking, starting with local entertainment industry veterans Jim Rogal and Lori Cardille, as LIGHWEIGHT’s Executive Producers. Rogal’s credits include a number of Emmys and other prestigious awards; Cardille is best known for her lead role in George Romero’s DAWN OF THE DEAD, and her role on the television daytime drama THE EDGE OF NIGHT. She will be appearing in LIGHTWEIGHT as well.
Director Randy Kovitz also appeared in Romero’s DAWN OF THE DEAD and KNIGHTRIDERS, and a host of television, film and stage productions since. Kovitz has produced his own band and one-person stage shows, and this is his second short film. He has a small role in the production.
Adrienne Wehr and Mark Knobil bring their vast, award-winning experience and enthusiasm to LIGHTWEIGHT as Producer and Director of Photography. The pair have worked as a team before, on the award-winning Pittsburgh indie favorite THE BREAD, MY SWEET and on numerous MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD episodes. Wehr, whose recent film acting credits include WARRIOR, UNSTOPPABLE, RIDDLE, and GEORGE ROMERO PRESENTS DEADTIME STORIES, will also perform in LIGHTWEIGHT. Wehr was a judge in the first round of judging in the Steeltown competition.
“This wonderful screenplay was screaming to be produced and I am honored to dust off my producer’s cap to help make that happen—in true indie fashion—right here in Pittsburgh with such a stellar team”, says Wehr.
Steeltown panelists Heide Waldbaum, Lisa Smith and Janet Smith are also on the LIGHTWEIGHT team. Each boasts an impressive industry pedigree and bring a wealth of expertise to the production. Waldbaum’s last LA production before returning to Pittsburgh was as the virtual EFX production manager on James Cameron’s blockbuster AVATAR.
Waldbaum says, “Why LIGHTWEIGHT…. Hmm, let’s see, a young single woman moves back to her native town of Pittsburgh after living a successful, established life in New York City, only to find herself questioning her choices and recent change of events, particularly location? These questions arise just as she rises – floats – wondering how she ended up here and where she is headed. A familiar personal and relevant story, with one geographical difference, New York equals Los Angeles in my “E! True Pittsburgh Story”, and so it continues in a parallel fictitious short film called LIGHTWEIGHT.”
Kristen Schaeffer, co-creator and producer of the NEIGHBORHOOD NARRATIVES film series, will be Post Production Supervisor. Visual artist Deborah Hosking is Production Designer.
Starring: Polish Hill
Pittsburgh itself has a starring role in LIGHTWEIGHT, with Polish Hill taking the lead. While Pittsburgh often doubles as other cities in films, in this film the city plays itself, taking advantage of spectacular views, monumental churches and local residential traditions and quirks.
The rest of the cast is equally impressive. New York-based actress Kate Rogal, with credits including THE SOPRANOS, LAW AND ORDER and THE KILL POINT, returns to her native Pittsburgh to play the lead role, Elizabeth. Her real-life boyfriend Dana Ashbrook is joining her here as boyfriend Rich. Ashbrook’s screen credits are numerous and include the role of Bobby Briggs on TWIN PEAKS.
Rogal enthuses, “Wow! I’m so excited to be working with everybody that I love and in a city that I adore! Go Steelers!”
Another New York-based actor is returning to the city of his alma mater for a role in LIGHTWEIGHT: Will Brill is taking time away from David Cromer’s OUR TOWN to inhabit Byron.
Pittsburgh theatre actors Lisa Ann Goldsmith, David Flick, Jonathan Berry and Lissa Brennan are among LIGHTWEIGHT cast members, joining Kovitz, Cardille, and Wehr in this new Pittsburgh-made indie destined for global export.
LIGHTWEIGHT begins production this weekend, on Saturday, July 10, and the shoot contunues through Friday, July 16th.
www.lightweightfilm.com/
lightweightfilm.com/lightnews/
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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.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
The Pillow Project Second Saturdays
"Surrounded by a synthetic world, with synthetic relationships and synthetic ideas..."
The Pillow Project continues the monthly thematic and conceptual SECOND SATURDAYS performance/art happenings with "Hot Box": a collection of installations, new choreography and innovative art inspired by life on a plastic planet.
*We are proud to initiate our SECOND SATURDAYS as now 'trash-free'! Help us with our mission by bringing (or donating!) your own small glass jar for refreshments to help eliminate all the plastic waste at our happenings!*
dance: Breanna Short, Brent Luebbert, Taylor Knight, Kristina Brown, Jasmine Hearn, Beth Ratas, Rebekah Kuczma
visual artists: David Calfo, James Wodarek and more
live music: Faze 4 and PJ Roduta
extras: local and sustainable food samplings, eco-info and ideas by Transition Pittsburgh and Construction Junction,
$8 suggested donation
@ The Space Upstairs
7-11pm ongoing
Bring your iPod
The Pillow Project | 214 N Lexington Ave | Pittsburgh | PA | 15208
there's
only one Second Saturday left for the year, so come on out, bring someone, and immerse yourself in the art of our plastic planet. Hope to see you there!
The Pillow Project
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Artist call for August: jazz poetry, spoken word, beat poetry
written, written live, or spoken/performed, collaborations between artists and poets. Also word/typography art - multimedia.
Email photos and/or link and a brief artist statement to info@pillowproject.org by August 5. Artists keep 100% of any sales, and it's just a good time to come hang out.
Tell your friends, and thanks!
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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.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
David Grim's Book of Life Art Exhibit, Panza Gallery July 2010
David Grim Opens Book of Life at Panza Gallery
Pittsburgh, PA: Saturday, July 10th marks the opening reception (6-9PM) for David Grim’s Book of Life at the Panza Gallery (115 Sedgwick Street) in Millvale, PA. This project, containing over 400 ink drawings on phonebook pages, documents over three years of work for the artist. Showing alongside Grim’s installation, virtual personality Merge Divide presents a series of photographs culled from his blog Crown of Appalachia. The exhibit runs July 3 – July 31, 2010
Important dates:
Saturday, July 3- Preview Invitational (6-9PM)
Saturday, July 10- Opening Reception (6-9PM)
Saturday July 17- Artist Talk (1-3PM)
Saturday July 31- Closing Party (6-9PM)
Artist Statements:
David Grim-
Inspired by a childhood escape from religious conversion, The Book of Life presents the opportunity for me to reclaim the act of creation from an externalized “other”. Based on the concept of a holy tome containing the names of all those saved from eternal damnation, this project seeks to render humanity in its purest of form- defenseless and open. The intention of the displayed product is to raise questions regarding authority, transience, privacy, and the relationship between the artist and his subject.
Merge Divide-
Convinced that Pittsburgh is the figurative “Crown” of a vast tract of America marked by the Appalachians, I decided to commemorate my travels throughout the region with an online presence, including words and images. This marks my initial foray into the sense of a partially imaginary place that may indeed exist. I mean to convey the weird netherworld quality of this area in sociological and alchemical terms.
For more information on David Grim and these events,
PANZAgallery. 115 Sedgwick Street. Millvale Pa 15209. 412.821.0959 panzagallery@
115 Sedgwick St Map Info
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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.