Friday, April 29, 2011

The Art Connection 82nd Annual Exhibition, Sunday, May 1 Hall of Sculpture

The Art Connection 82nd Annual Exhibition

Justin Hopper

Opening event: 3–5 p.m. Sunday, May 1
Hall of Sculpture

The earmuffs on her head, a clutch of hair pushed aside, those big, plaintive eyes—there is certainly a story in Tiara Hurt’s self-portrait. But that story is obscured by the swirl that surrounds her: sweeping washes of green and brown paint; halos of earth tones making Hurt’s portrait a fragmented image of the time and place in which the artist lives.

Tiara Hurt’s time is the eighth grade. Her place is The Art Connection (TAC), the venerable Saturday art classes at Carnegie Museum of Art through which have passed generations of Pittsburgh fifth through ninth graders. More specifically, the portrait’s place is The Art Connection’s 82nd Annual Exhibition, including work by all of TAC’s 2010–2011 classes and on view through May 4 in the museum’s Hall of Sculpture. (From 3 to 5 p.m. this Sunday, May 1, friends, families, and the general public are invited to join the student artists for the official opening of this year’s exhibition.)

Despite their ages, these under-16s have, in many cases, been through as much as a decade of art classes. Classes are open to any students from Pittsburgh and its surrounding suburbs, and many students from Pittsburgh Public Schools are accepted on full merit-based scholarships based on teacher recommendations.

So it’s no surprise that the work in The Art Connection’s Annual Exhibition is good. But while technical skill is one thing, the rigorous thoughtfulness behind so many of these young artists’ work is another. Besides the different themes with which each class worked—“Time and Place” was one for the eighth graders, for example—the student artists used their assiduous study of Carnegie Museum of Art’s exhibitions to make work that truly complements some of the world’s great artwork.

Paul Thek: Diver, A Retrospective is one of the most important art shows that Pittsburgh has seen since the last Carnegie International. And its influence on these young artists is clear—from the Andy Warhol–style “Screen Test” videos done by the Grade 5 students, to the complexly reassembled chairs made by Grade 7 students, such as Marianna Barroso’s distinctly Thek-like assemblage.

“The chairs are something TAC students look forward to right from Grade 5,” says Juliet Pusateri, lead educator for children’s and family programs. “They learn how to see something—in this case, a chair—not just for its original function, but as something entirely new. It’s inspired by what’s going on in the galleries: the Thek show has had an impact, as has the reopening of the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Galleries [of decorative arts and design].”

Thanks to the CREATE (Community Robotics, Education and Technology Empowerment) Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, we can hear what the student artists think of their artistic selves. Through CREATE’s “Hear Me” project, Pusateri and assistant curator of education Ashley Andrykovitch learned how to record the students’ artist statements. Some of the statements were then installed as listening posts (designed to look like Americana-style can-on-a-string “phones”) in the exhibition, offering us a glimpse at the importance of TAC to these students.

“I’m able to apply everything I’ve learned over four years [in The Art Connection] to my final project,” says Aysha Salt-Volz, Grade 9. “Every project is an opportunity to create a reflection of myself.”

Listening to another “Hear Me” installation is how I learned that Tiara Hurt’s earthy self-portrait was inspired by Danish artist Sergej Jensen’s brown-on-brown cloth piece Untitled. Jensen’s minimalist work is as powerful as it is subtle—but I’d never seen it that way before. Now I’ll look at it differently in the galleries, not because of an Artforum write-up or London White Cube exhibition, but because of an eighth-grade student from The Art Connection.

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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 artist advocate rick byerly.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Steeltown Anthem Covers Trundle Manor, Pittsburgh PA


Awesome coverage from Steeltown Anthem about Trundle Manor, open by appointment...

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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 artist advocate rick byerly.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Volunteer for Art All Night! Many still needed...


Volunteer for Art All Night! Many are still needed...

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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 artist advocate rick byerly.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Pittsburgh Art Events Guide Friday Saturday April 29 30 31 2011 Art All Night

Friday April 29, 2011

Downtown Pittsburgh Gallery Crawl

Intl Images

Sewickley Spring Gallery Walk
Friday, April 29th 5-9 pm and Saturday, April 30th 11-5 pm

Saturday April 30

Art All Night runs from Saturday at 4pm to Sunday 2pm

Unveiling of Home 12-4 pm

Fe Arts Gallery 7-9 p.m.

Gallery 4, 7-10 pm

Sewickley Spring Gallery Walk
Friday, April 29th 5-9 pm and Saturday, April 30th 11-5 pm


Sunday May 1

Art All Night ends at 2 pm

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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 artist advocate rick byerly.

at the Warhol Museum: THE WORD OF GOD: HELÈNE AYLON, THE LIBERATION OF G-D AND THE UNMENTIONABLE



THE WORD OF GOD:

HELÈNE AYLON, THE LIBERATION OF G-D AND THE UNMENTIONABLE


1 Helène Aylon, Self Portrait:: The Unmentionable, 2010:


2 Helène Aylon, The Liberation of G-D (detail), 1990-96,

The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Dobkin Family Foundation and Fine Arts Acquisitions Committee Funds, Estate of Phyllis Frey, and Mr. and Mrs. George Jaffin Fund:


3 Helène Aylon, The Digital Liberation of G-D, 2004:


from the press release:

THE WORD OF GOD: HELÈNE AYLON, THE LIBERATION OF G-D AND THE UNMENTIONABLE

(Pittsburgh, PA)…April 14, 2011… The Andy Warhol Museum announces its latest special exhibition, The Word of God: Helène Aylon, The Liberation of G-d and The Unmentionable.

Helène Aylon (born 1931) is a New York based eco-feminist artist. Aylon’s career spans over four decades and she has primarily addressed biological, ecological and theological issues from a feminist perspective. Aylon refers to these decade-long subjects encompassing the 70s, 80s, and 90s respectively as Body – Earth – G-d. Her work in The Word of God series features commentary on the Hebrew Bible. The Word of God: Helène Aylon’s The Liberation of G-d and The Unmentionable, continues Aylon’s ideas of how G-d has been confined by human translation.

Aylon’s art over the years has included a unique mixture of performance art, installation art, process-based works and protest art. The G-D Project, an ongoing work, began in the 1990s with the goal of examining the Torah and philosophical teachings with a feminist eye. With the turn of the century, the work has become more autobiographical about her own experiences as an Orthodox Jew.

The Liberation of G-D portion of the exhibition features multiple volumes of the Five Books of Moses, which form the Torah. In each book Aylon has highlighted passages which offend her feminist and humanist outlook. Aylon highlighted words that refer to vengeance, deception, cruelty and misogyny. Also included in the exhibition is a video of Aylon in the actual act of highlighting each passage by hand. The video shows only her hand, and allows one to hear the marker across the page and the crinkling of the parchment as she highlights words in pink. The Unmentionable is a series of self-portrait prints of Aylon with the before mentioned text passages projected onto her face and the holiest name for G-d (Yod-Hei-Vav-Hei (YHVH)) written across her forehead. Observant Jews do not write or pronounce this name for God because it is considered too sacred to be used for common activities. Also included in the exhibition is a site specific work, My Eternal Light.

The exhibition is curated by Tresa Varner, curator of education and interpretation, and Eric C. Shiner, acting director and The Milton Fine curator of art. The Word of God: Helène Aylon, The Liberation of G-d and The Unmentionable is on view through June 26, 2011.

the full press release

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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 artist advocate rick byerly.

Art Energy Design: "Curious Creatures" workshops at Carnegie Lecture Hall May 3 2011

from Art Energy Design:


AED will be giving a presentation on our "Curious Creatures" workshops and exhibitions. On May 3rd we will also be announcing details of our upcoming public artwork installation and resulting community educational connections.

Tuesday May 3, 2011, Carnegie Lecture Hall

Event Overview

Making Sparks brings together technology and media innovators with visionaries from the world of education to share knowledge, build connections, and generate new ideas.

details at the Sprout Fund link here.

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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 artist advocate rick byerly.

Pittsburgh Glass Center Spring Studio Sale + Make-It-Now Floats


Pittsburgh Glass Center | 5472 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 | 412-365-2145

Spring Studio Sale + Make-It-Now Floats

April 30 & May 1 2011 (Make-It-Now on Sunday ONLY)

A free open house or opening reception featuring heat defying acts of art including live glass blowing and flame working demonstrations in association with Penn Avenue Arts Initiative’s Unblurred event.

Gardens of Glass Spring Studio Sale + Make It Now Floats

April showers will be bringing beautiful glass flowers and more! Don't miss our annual spring studio sale featuring the work of our local glass artists. Glass makes a great Mother's Day, wedding or graduation gift. Plus, make your own float or fused picture frame for $25 on May 1 from 1 - 4pm.

Who: All ages welcome.
When: Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1 from 10am to 4pm
Cost: Free ($25 to make a glass float or frame on Sunday only)
How to register: No registration required.

info link.

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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 artist advocate rick byerly.

Carnegie Museum of Art Announces a Call for Submissions for the Second Annual Two-Minute Film Festival: “The Labor Party”

Carnegie Museum of Art Announces a Call for Submissions for the Second Annual Two-Minute Film Festival: “The Labor Party”

Deadline for Submissions is June 20.

See www.cmoa.org/2minutefilms for submission form and guidelines;

Films will be screened on July 21 during a special late-night Culture Club

Pittsburgh, PA… Carnegie Museum of Art announces the second annual Two-Minute Film Festival. Artists and filmmakers (amateur or professional) are invited to submit their finest—and shortest—work to be considered for inclusion in “The Labor Party,” an evening of food, drink, and film in the museum’s outdoor Sculpture Court.

In conjunction with the Pittsburgh Biennial, on view at the museum June 17­–September 18, 2011, the theme of this year’s film festival is “The Labor Party.” Filmmakers are encouraged to submit videos that, like the artworks in the Biennial, explore concepts of work, industry, or labor in a variety of interpretations. The word “work” has several meanings: the process or act of making; the context or place in which things are produced; and the product or outcome of one’s efforts.

Submissions should respond in some way to this widely interpretable prompt, and may be created using media of the filmmaker’s choice (camera, camcorder, cell phone, animation program). Entries must be two minutes or less in length, include a title card, and be submitted via CD or DVD as uncompressed QuickTime files (with extension .mov) for compilation purposes. Entrants must also include a screening copy of their film—either by providing a YouTube URL or a playable DVD—and a completed entry form, downloadable at www.cmoa.org/2minutefilms. There is no fee to enter, and entrants must be at least 18 years of age.

Submission materials (nonreturnable) should be mailed to:

Amanda Donnan

Carnegie Museum of Art

4400 Forbes Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080

The deadline for submissions is June 20. See www.cmoa.org/2minutefilms for submission guidelines, entry form, and terms and conditions.

The Museum of Art’s contemporary art department staff will review the submissions and select works to screen at the July 21 event. The Two-Minute Film Festival audience will be encouraged to vote for their favorite film, and the Viewer’s Choice award winner will be announced at the end of the evening, with the winner receiving a free one-year individual membership to Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. Drinks and food will be available in the museum’s outdoor Sculpture Court beginning at 7:30 p.m., and the film screening will begin at 9:30 p.m. A $10 entrance fee includes admission to the museum galleries and to the film screening, as well as two drink tickets; filmmakers whose work is included in the screening program will be admitted free of charge. Picnic-style fare will be available for purchase.

Last year’s Two-Minute Film Festival, themed “A Brief History of…,” was a huge success, thanks to more than 80 filmmakers who submitted work, and to the energetic crowd of more than 300 people who attended the event. The winner, by popular vote, was a “Brief History of Daily Transactions” by Cecilia Beltrão, Matthias Grabmair, and Zumrut Imamoglu. The winners donated their prize museum memberships to underprivileged local high school students with an interest in art.

In the Galleries

Carnegie Museum of Art’s presentation of the Pittsburgh Biennial opens in the Heinz Galleries on June 17, and includes several films and videos by artists—and former Pittsburghers—Peggy Ahwesh and Stephanie Beroes. The Biennial is extending for the first time beyond Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts into three additional venues—The Andy Warhol Museum and The Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, in addition to Carnegie Museum of Art—each with its own independent curatorial focus. The Museum of Art’s presentation features a multigenerational mix of artists from or living in Pittsburgh who explore the double meaning of “work” as both action and outcome in film, video, drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, and publications.

Ragnar Kjartansson: Song, on view through September 4th, includes several video works that showcase Kjartansson’s interest in music and the “labor” of its performance over long durations, through repetitive verses, and in the face of harsh or unusual environmental circumstances.

Support

General operating support for Carnegie Museum of Art is provided by The Heinz Endowments and Allegheny Regional Asset District. Carnegie Museum of Art receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Carnegie Museum of Art

Located at 4400 Forbes Avenue in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art was founded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1895. One of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, it is nationally and internationally recognized for its distinguished collection of American and European works from the 16th century to the present. The Heinz Architectural Center, part of Carnegie Museum of Art, is dedicated to enhancing understanding of the physical environment through its exhibitions, collections, and public programs. For more information about Carnegie Museum of Art, call 412.622.3131 or visit our Web site at www.cmoa.org.

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the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh artist advocate rick byerly.

Monday, April 25, 2011

The Garfield Bridge Artist Residency, Pittsburgh Arts Organizaton


The Garfield Bridge is a house in a residential neighborhood that will regularly open it's doors and reach out to people who live in Garfield offering free-to-public arts events, youth programs, and community advocacy.

The Residency will house multidisciplinary artists whose coexistence and cross-pollination will shape the work they produce and the way they engage the community.

Pairing artists from countries other than the United States with local artists is a goal to be instituted as the project develops. Artists will be paired with the consideration that one of them produces work related to the property and one of them produces work that extends out into the community.

The residency's goal is to put artists in the role of well supported community organizer catalyzing cultural growth, community interaction, and working to find ways to make local development beneficial to the existing community.

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 artist advocate rick byerly.

Catalyst – Recent Works by Courtney M. Leonard, Artspace 105



*Catalyst – Recent Works by Courtney M. Leonard*

May 4-28, 2011

artspace105


Character #1 - 48"x24", Mixed Media on Canvas, 2010


Character #2 - 48"x24", Mixed Media on Canvas, 2010


Contact #1 - 36"x48", Mixed Media on Canvas, 2010


Contact #2 - 36"x48", Mixed Media on Canvas, 2010


*Catalyst – Recent Works by Courtney M. Leonard*

May 4-28, 2011

artspace105

105 East Eighth Avenue

Homestead, PA 15120

(Next to the Homestead Grays Bridge)

On street parking available on 7th or 8th Avenues)



Presented by Steel Valley Arts Council, a not for profit arts organization serving the areas of Homestead, West Homestead, and Munhall.

In, *Catalyst* Courtney M. Leonard, a member of the Shinnecock Nation, and recent graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, explores the evolution of language, image, and culture through mixed media pieces of video, audio, and tangible objects.

The Shinnecock Nation is located on their traditional lands towards the east end of Long Island, New York. The proximity of the reservation with the Hamptons and NYC puts the varied worlds described by the artist into sharp relief. “The only way to truly know a people is through the people themselves, objects hold only pieces of time - we carry the rest,” says Leonard.

*About Courtney M. Leonard*

Coutney M. Leonard was born in Nashua, New Hampshire. She holds an Associates of Fine Arts in Museum Studies & Three Dimensional Design from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Alfred University’s New York College of Ceramics in Alfred, New York, and a Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. Her work has been exhibited in many states around the United States including Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Mexico, and Arizona. Leonard has also exhibited internationally including Toronto, Canada and Farnham, UK. She has taught ceramics in various schools around the United States, and has curated exhibitions in Rhode Island and New Mexico.

*Catalyst – Recent Works by Courtney M. Leonard* will be on view at artspace105 from May 4-28, 2011. Gallery hours will be Wednesdays from 6 p.m.–9 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. (except opening reception). An opening reception will be held from 7 p.m.–10 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, 2011.

For more information, contact the Steel Valley Arts Council at
steelvalleyarts@gmail.com.


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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 artist advocate rick byerly.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Fe Arts Gallery presents....."HOMEBOUND"

Fe Arts Gallery presents....."HOMEBOUND"

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As the next installment of Fe Arts Gallery’s Guest Curator program, Fe will present Homebound, April 30 through June 11, 2011. The exhibit, curated by Felicia Feaster, features the works of six artists Meg Aubrey, Anna Watson and Mary Turnipseed, Patrick Heagney, Nate Kamp and Seth Clark, and deals with the contemporary concept of “home.”

The American narrative has always valued the home as a symbol of hard-work, family life, goals achieved and investment in the future. But the housing crisis, the unchecked suburban sprawl and architectural alienation which New Urbanism has decried in American home design and even the alienation fostered by the Internet, "nesting" and the recession have contributed to a change in how we see the home.” Ms. Fester has chosen these artists to create works that explore and deal with the contemporary American home in all of its meanings, as a source of comfort and a refuge from the world's aches, as a sturdy symbol of individual American might as it's always been, or as a metaphor for American isolation?.

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 30th, 7:00-9:00pm

Exhibition runs from April 30-June 11, 2011

Open & Free to the public


Call for Curatorial Proposals

Fe Gallery is currently reviewing proposals to be a Guest Curator for the 8/12-9/17 slot. The deadline to submit your application was Friday, April 1, 2011. We will release more information in our next newsletter coming in May.

Please click here for more information.


Currently on Exhibit: Donald Judd Remix curated by Vicky A. Clark

Donald Judd's boxes defined minimalism by setting an iconic example. A priori decisions, industrial materials, proportional relationships, hand of the artist gone, non-referential, clean, serial. They were killers that changed the way we viewed forms and works of art. Even later critical interpretations couldn't alter the stripped down essentialism.

Exhibition closes: Saturday, April 23rd, 4:00pm


Spotlight On....JERSTIN CROSBY

With our continuing focus on Lawrenceville, we are turning our attention to a Pittsburgh newcomer. His name is Jerstin Crosby and he creates interdisciplinary works that combine seemingly unrelated contexts into forms that are both humorous and subversively dark. He moved to Pittsburgh from North Carolina 15 months ago, and currently lives on Home Street in Lawrenceville where he has a make-shift studio in his basement.
You can currently see work by Jerstin which is featured in "Gestures 15", the fifteenth installment of the Mattress Factory’s "Gestures: An Exhibition of Small Site-Specific Works" series. The work will remain on exhibit from March 25-July 24 at the annex gallery located at 1414 Monterey Street. Guest-curated by Katherine Talcott, Gestures 15 includes new work from Sue Abramson, Chris Craychee, Jerstin Crosby, Will Giannotti, Deborah Hosking, HOT SPOTS, Stephanie Mayer-Staley, Ingrid Nagin, and Garry Pyles.

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To see more on Jerstin Crosby click here

To see more on "Gestures 15" click here


Making the Rounds at Fe Arts Gallery and then......

Art All Night at Iron City Brewery
Art All Night Lawrenceville is back for its 14th year, this time with extended hours, and more art than ever before. An eagerly awaited, annual celebration of arts, community and creativity, this year's event takes place at the Iron City Brewery on Saturday, April 30th, starting at 4pm, and concludes on Sunday, May 1th at 2pm. Due to popular demand, this year's event will begin earlier to allow for additional children's activities. Children's activities will begin at 4pm and include a community quilt, a dance party with puppets from the Puppets for Pittsburgh lending library, button making, and much more. In addition to the expanded children's activities, Art All Night will feature a wide variety of live performances, opportunities to create art on-site, and a unique blend of visual art on display for the community over the course of this nearly 24-hour event. Sunday morning, the Rotary Club of Lawrenceville will host a pancake breakfast. Like every year before it, Art All Night is free to all. To learn more about the event, including how to register artwork and how to get involved as a donor or volunteer, visit www.artallnight.org. Get connected - RSVP for the event on Facebook!

WYEP FM is again the media sponsor for Art All Night and will broadcast live from the event on Saturday night. Additional support comes from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, local businesses, and voluntary attendee donations. Art All Night is the recipient of a Community Event Microgrant from the Lawrenceville Corporation's Mainstreets Pittsburgh program, a program of the Urban Redevelopment Authority which is funded in part by the City of Pittsburgh, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.


Behind The Scenes

Untitled-1[1] 2The first installment of a new series to our newsletter will feature a closer look at the folks who make it all happen at Fe Arts Gallery. This month we say hello to JARED BOYER.

Jared Boyer is currently enrolled at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh studying Web Design in an attempt to finally direct his life into a meaningful career and a stable life.

His twenties were very fun and full of meaning but very short on career and stability. During that time he found himself as a Marine in Iraq pulling convoy security, running checkpoints and supplementing the local military and police force; in the Amazon Basin in Ecuador teaching English, living out of his car for half of a year, graduating from college with a B.F.A. in Art, and working a whole slew of jobs ranging from security guard to art salesman to bartender and pretty much everything in between. During this time he also lost a signed Rauschenberg, visited the Galapagos, saw both side of the Pacific with a weapon in hand and jumped off a bridge because his friends were doing it (puenting).

Jared now lives with his beautiful girlfriend, Sara Dixon, in a crappy but character filled apartment on the East End. He has a fat little piglet of a cat named Ira, enjoys scrapbooking, writing, playing 8 bit Nintendo, eating, and drinking beer. He has a wonderful family and is a loving uncle, and has many diverse and wonderful friends.


2011 Exhibition Schedule

4/29-6/11 "Homebound" curated by Felicia Feaster

6/24-7/30 curated by Joshua Tonies

8/12-9/17 Call for Curatorial Proposals

9/23-11/5 curated by Katherine Talcott

11/11-12/23 curated by Ingrid LaFleur



FeLogoOur mission is to propel Pittsburgh into the heart of the national art community by providing exhibition opportunities to emerging and mid-career artists. Our goal is three-fold: to increase the visibility of regional artists; to enhance the art community by showcasing regional artwork along with bringing national and international artists' work to Pittsburgh; and to better serve Allegheny County by linking under-served non-art related populations with local artists to develop community based art programs which revolve around a visual art exhibition that promotes awareness through symposiums, poetry readings, workshops and performance art..
Contact Us:
address~ 4102 Butler St. Pgh PA 15201
email~ info@fegallery.org
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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 artist advocate rick byerly.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Pittsburgh Artists: Apply for $3,000 for Your Art Project (Allegheny County)

Apply for $3,000 for Your Art Project (Allegheny County)

Saturday, May 14, from 10 am - 11:30 am

Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, 810 Penn Avenue, Suite 200

Register online or call 412.394.3353

If you'd like to do an art project in your community, you can apply to PA Partners in the Arts for up to $3,000 to make it a reality! Whether you are an individual artist, a neighborhood group or a nonprofit organization, you are eligible to apply.*

Projects can be any genre—visual art, dance, theatre, music—and must be open to the public in Southwestern PA. In short, we're looking for well-planned projects that will bring high quality art to people who might not already have many arts experiences available to them.

At this information session, David Seals will walk you through the application process and give you tips for writing a great application. If you plan to apply, we highly recommend you come to the session, which will help you understand what the decision-making panel might think of your application. We'll also have some refreshments to enjoy while you're there.

To reserve your FREE spot, visit ProArtsTickets online or call 412.394.3353.

*See guidelines for full eligibility. Guidelines will be available in late April 2011.

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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 artist advocate rick byerly.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Art All Night 2011 Needs Volunteers


Last year Art All Night had over 12,000 people attend and over 1200 artists submitted work for display. It's an all-volunteer run event which requires the help of hundreds. You can sign up to help before, during, and or after the event.

Artists, remember what it takes to have your work displayed and people attending how much effort it takes to make the event so great.

14 years running...

100 more volunteers are needed to make things run smoothly, volunteer for as little as 2 hours...

Volunteer 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 artist advocate rick byerly.

Henry Simonds: Rodin: A Day at La Musee


Check out Henry Simonds' photography from Rodin: A Day at La Musee. He has work for sale.

The work was on display at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.

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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 artist advocate rick byerly.

Hysterical Machines & Red Light - Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh (USA), Apr. 29 - June 19, 2011


Hysterical Machines & Red Light - Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh (USA), Apr. 29 - June 19, 2011

Wood Street Galleries, 601 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Bill Vorn: Hysterical Machines
April 29 – June 19, 2011
Wood Street Galleries, 601 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Downtown Pittsburgh Cultural District
Opening reception during Gallery Crawl 5:30-9 p.m.

PITTSBURGH, PA: Bill Vorn will exhibit his two robotic works Red Light and Hysterical Machines at Wood Street Galleries, 601 Wood Street, in Pittsburgh's Cultural District beginning Friday, April 29, 2011 during The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Gallery Crawl on Friday, April 29, from 5:30-9 p.m. The exhibition will close on Sunday, June 19, 2011.

The questions posed by Vorn's work are not about whether the robots have true emotion or intelligence, but rather about what they evoke in us, their users, notes curator Murray Horne. “In a dramatic fashion, Vorn's robots respond to our interactivity as state of mind. In questioning our relations, connections or fantasies concerning robots, we may end up imagining what the robot is feeling about us.

ABOUT THE ARTIST AND ARTWORK
Born and living in Montreal, Bill Vorn is active in the field of Robotic Art since 1992. His installation and performance projects involve robotics and motion control, sound, lighting, video and cybernetic processes. He pursues research and creation on Artificial Life and Agent Technologies through artistic work based on the Aesthetics of Artificial Behaviors.

He holds a Ph.D. degree in Communication Studies from UQAM (Montreal) for his thesis on Artificial Life as a Media. He teaches Electronic Arts in the Department of Studio Arts at Concordia University (Intermedia/Cyberarts program) where he holds the rank of Full Professor. He is responsible of the alab, a Robotic Art research-creation lab part of the Hexagram Institute.

His work has been presented in multiple international events, including Ars Electronica, ISEA, DEAF, Sonar, Art Futura, EMAF and Artec. He has been awarded the Life 2.0 award (1999, Madrid), the Leprecon Award for Interactivity (1998, New York), the Prix Ars Electronica Distinction award (1996, Linz) and the International Digital Media Award (1996, Toronto). He has worked in collaboration with many canadian artists (including Edouard Lock, Robert Lepage, Gilles Maheu, LP Demers and Istvan Kantor). He was cofounder of the electronic pop music band Rational Youth with Tracy Howe in 1981. http://billvorn.concordia.ca/menuall.html

Hysterical Machines
Produced with the help of Hexagram, the Institute for Research/Creation in Media Art and Technology

This project is part of a larger research program on the Aesthetics of Artificial Behaviors and is very much inspired of a previous work based on the Misery of the Machines (Bill Vorn, LP Demers, La Cour des Miracles, 1997). It is conceived on the principle of deconstruction, suggesting dysfunctional, absurd and deviant behaviors through a functional machine. It operates on a dual-level process expressing the paradoxal nature of Artificial Life.

The first prototype of the Hysterical Machine (renamed Prehysterical Machine) has been presented at the Sentient Circuitry show at the Walter Philips Gallery (Banff) in 2002, the Fundacion Telefonica kiosk at Arco (Madrid, Spain) in 2003, and at the FILE 2004 festival (Sao Paulo, Brazil). Since then we have built ten more machines inspired by the prehysterical prototype that are part of a larger scale environment (Hysterical Machines).

Each Hysterical Machine has a spherical body and eight arms made of aluminum tubing. It has a sensing system, a motor system and a control system that functions as an autonomous nervous system (entirely reactive). Some machines are suspended from the ceiling and their arms are actuated by pneumatic valves and cylinders. Pyroelectric sensors allow the robots to detect the presence of viewers in the nearby environment. They react to the viewers according to the amount of stimuli they receive. The perceived emergent behaviors of these machines engender a multiplicity of interpretations based on single dynamic pattern of events.

The aim of this project is to induce empathy of the viewer towards characters which are nothing more than articulated metal structures. The strength of the simulacra is emphasized by perverting the perception of the creatures, which are neither animals nor humans, carried through the inevitable instinct of anthropomorphism and projection of our internal sensations, a reflex triggered by any phenomenon that challenges our senses.

Red Light (2005)
Produced with the help of Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Hexagram, the Institute for Research/Creation in Media Art and Technology

RED LIGHT is an interactive robotic environment which aims to question, reformulate and subvert the notions of behavior, projection and empathy that usually characterize the relationship between human beings and machines. Red Light is a following in my artistic practice about creating artificial worlds. This project evokes a certain "deviance of the machines" as it would exist in the hottest areas of a fictive world populated exclusively by these cybernetic creatures. This installation project also explores techniques and technologies related to parallel robotics and to pneumatics with the construction of home-made pneumatic muscles.

Eight machines react to the presence of viewers by generating sound and light and by moving their body in a very organic but unusual way. Each robot is an assembly of four segments joined by twelve McKibben actuators (air muscles). Six machines are hanging from the ceiling and two machines are convulsing on the floor.

The artificial characters in the Red Light environment are complex machines that could generate a wide number of possible behaviors. These behaviors are also adaptive in response to what the machines perceive and the way viewers decide to interact with them: by touching the robots, by moving around them, by simply standing in front of these untamed tentacles. The title of this installation project evokes a particular situation/context where the actors are expressing themselves through unpredictable behaviors that may seem completely wild or crazy, where the interpretation of these behaviors may even lead to believe in their own true existence. Red Light is a place where the human qualities of the machine and the machinic nature of man are intermixed and become blurred.

GALLERY DETAILS:
Hysterical Machines
April 29 June 19, 2011
Opening reception during Gallery Crawl 5:30-9 p.m.
Wood Street Galleries is located at 601 Wood Street above the T-Station in the Downtown Pittsburgh Cultural District.

Hours:
Wednesday & Thursday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Friday & Saturday, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Free and open to the public
For more information, call 412-471-5605 or visit woodstreetgalleries.org
Wood Street Galleries is a project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

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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 artist advocate rick byerly.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

the unveiling of HOME, a large-scale installation created by Homewood-based artists Tina Williams Brewer and Vanessa German

UNVEILING HOME

HOMEWOOD Artist Residency is proud to announce the unveiling of HOME, a large-scale installation created by Homewood-based artists Tina Williams Brewer and Vanessa German. The celebration takes place on Saturday, April 30, 2011 from 12-4 pm at the Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum and includes a poetry performance by seventh grade students from Lincoln Technology Academy. DJ duoTracksploitation will be providing the music.

HOMEWOOD’s first residents, Tina Williams Brewer and Vanessa German, collaborated on this project conceiving HOME. Blending the memories and voices of Homewood’s residents into a 10 ft installation, Brewer and German incorporated found objects from the neighborhood such as items from demolished Homewood homes, donated shoes and pockets, and old photos. Brewer and German are nationally and internationally recognized artists who have a deep sense of community. Brewer is known for her exploration of African-American history and the personal experiences associated with it. She uses symbolism, textile and fabrics to create story quilts that are motivated by issues focusing on family, women and children, and the spirituality of the culture. Similarly, multi-disciplinary artist German draws upon the spirituality of African American culture evidenced by her mixed-media tar baby sculptures.

HOMEWOOD Artist Residency is a new artist-in-residence program initiated by The Andy Warhol Museum based in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The ultimate vision of HOMEWOOD is to rehabilitate abandoned homes in Homewood and split the homes into two spaces: living and studio/exhibition space for contemporary artists. Each artist would be asked to create a project that reflects upon the overarching history and culture of Homewood. The goal of HOMEWOOD is to support artists of color, bring diversity to the contemporary arts community in Pittsburgh, and to engage a community with limited access to the visual arts. HOMEWOOD is generously supported by a Seed Award from The Sprout Fund.

Join us for an afternoon of food and entertainment in celebration of Homewood’s creative spirit. For more information please contact Program Director, Ingrid LaFleur at Ingrid.lafleur(AT)gmail.com.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

12-4 pm

The Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum

7310 Frankstown Ave

Pittsburgh, Pa 15208

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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 artist advocate rick byerly.

Monday, April 18, 2011

The New Yinzer - This Thursday - $5 or potluck dish!!


The New Yinzer - This Thursday - $5 or potluck dish!!
@ Modernformations Gallery, 4919 Penn Ave Garfield

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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 artist advocate rick byerly.

Brian Sesack: Looking for Clues, GPAC Pittsburgh PA



Looking for Clues: Selected Images 2003 – 2010

Opening Reception is Friday April 29, 2011 from 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

810 Penn Avenue, Suit 200

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3401


Normal Exhibition Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

"Looking for Clues: Selected Images 2003 – 2010" is an exhibition of Brian Sesack’s journey in finding his own voice as a black and white fine art photographer. Included are images that have been juried into previous exhibitions and several thematic bodies of work in which he conveys a concept or human emotion without the use of written language.

The exhibition will open on the 29th of April within the offices off The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council as part of the Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This body of work was selected by the Arts Council for their Art on the Walls, a juried bi-annual, solo exhibition for individual artists in the Greater Pittsburgh region.

The Gallery Crawl on April 29th will take place between 5:30 and 9:00 p.m. Normal hours for the exhibition are 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday until September 23, 2011.

Artist website: http://briansesack.com

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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 artist advocate rick byerly.