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Friday, August 20, 2010

Pittsburgh Art Blog Turns 3, Promoting Pittsburgh Artists

Happy Birthday to a ... Blog?

I don't celebrate my own so why not? Who knows how much longer it will make it. Jumping candlesticks can get tiresome.

Pittsburgh doesn't exactly have an abundance of art info beyond the crude basics currently so hopefully more artists will take advantage of this resource and email me about what's happening on their end.

rick byerly
rick(AT)uniquetake.com

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Sprout Fund Hothouse Events (the 2009 event)

Pittsburgh Murals and Public Art Info

Pittsburgh artists deserve more press

In Memory of Pittsburgh Artist John Metzler

Pittsburgh Skyline Photography Prints for Sale

Also the Pittsburgh Galleries website directory, ie www.pghgalleries.com , has been around for 3 years as 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.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Art All Night 2009 Planning Meeting January 21 2009 Wed.

from blog creator rick byerly:

blog sponsor:

The Pittsburgh Galleries blog is a volunteer effort from Rick Byerly to promote Pittsburgh art events which feature artists from the area. The PghGalleries.com website effort is an up-to-date directory with Pittsburgh area art venues. Thanks go to Sirani Gallery of 5875 Forbes Ave in Squirrel Hill for being a sponsor and David L. Edwards Art and Anonymous for their donations to this effort. Donation and sponsor info can be found here. Rick Byerly, Uniquetake Photography
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Art All Night 2009 is set for April 25-26, 2009! Location to be determined.

The first public meeting of the Art All Night organizing committee will be held Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 at 7:00 PM in the Foster Center, 286 Main Street Pittsburgh PA 15201 in Lawrenceville. If you are interested in volunteering, please join us!

http://www.artallnight.org/

Art All Night: Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh) is a free annual celebration of arts and community. Anyone and everyone is invited to submit one (and only one) piece of artwork or sign up to perform during this one-of-a-kind neighborhood event attended by over 7,500 people on the last weekend of April. The event is held in a different venue within the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh each year. Visit www.artallnight.org to learn about how you can get involved.

Mission:
No fee. No jury. No censorship

Have you checked out Art All Night All Year yet? Hundereds of artists have uploaded pictures of their work from last years show. Contact information and descriptions of the works are included so check it out now. Remember, like the show there is No Censorship.

Art All Night on Facebook

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Like what's posted on this blog and the website http://www.pghgalleries.com/ ? This is a volunteer effort so donations of any size are welcome which can be made via paypal here . Also at that link anyone interested in purchasing banner space, which includes placement on this blog and the PghGalleries.com website, can sign up there. Thanks! Rick Byerly
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Pittsburgh art events: http://www.pittsburghgalleries.blogspot.com/ Pittsburgh art gallery directory: http://www.pghgalleries.com/
Photography from rick byerly: http://www.uniquetake.com/ , http://www.planetyellowstone.com/ , http://www.BuyPittsburghArt.com and http://www.rickbyerly.com/

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Monday, December 1, 2008

Sprout Fund: A Great Time to Help Pittsburgh Arts

from blog creator rick byerly:

blog sponsor:

https://secure.sproutfund.org/give/

Check out the public murals Sprout has been involved in:

http://www.sproutfund.org/publicart/

and Recently Funded Projects:

Along These Rivers: Poetry Reading and Photos (Poets for Humanity), $5,000

Braxton Plays Pittsburgh Plays Braxton, $8,000

Commute-by-Bike Zine (Bike Pittsburgh), $10,000

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School (Toonseum), $7,000

Foster Care: The Coffeehouse Tour (Family Services of SWPA), $5,000

Heartbeats, $3,500

Here We Grow Pittsburgh Here We Grow (Grow Pittsburgh), $7,500

Passports: Art of Diversity (Bethea/Brown Associates), $8,700

The Pittsburgh Project Remix, $5,000

Rhyme Calisthenics, $6,800

Street with a View , $2,620

Take Me Out (barebones productions), $10,000

testify, $8,000

Unsmoke Systems, $8,000

https://secure.sproutfund.org/give/

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pittsburgh photographer rick byerly, www.uniquetake.com

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Monday, November 17, 2008

OBSCURAE Photography Exhibition Dec 5, 6 2008

from blog creator rick byerly:

blog sponsor:

Curated by: Jenny Fremlin & Jodi Morrison, with special guest curator John Ryan Brubaker

Friday, December 5, 2008: Public Viewing / Preview Reception 7pm-11pm
Saturday, December 6, 2008: Public Viewing: 2pm ; Art Lottery: 4 – 7pm

Lottery Tickets: $45 through website; $55 at the Door
www.obscuraegallery.org

Art Photography Featuring Braddock Will Be Raising Funds for Community Projects

(Braddock, PA, Tuesday, November 18, 2008) –Braddock Redux, a community based non-profit, announces its sponsorship of a two-day photography exhibition/fundraiser, The event, OBSCURAE, will occur on Friday, December 5 and Saturday, December 6, 2008. Benefiting the group's continuing revitalization efforts of this historic steel mill town, OBSCURAE features more than 125 donated and framed photographs of Braddock from over 25 photographers that ticket holders will win and take home at the OBSCURAE art photography lottery. Public viewing of the work, open to all and free of charge, begins Friday from 7 – 11pm and continues Saturday at 2pm; the art lottery commences at 4pm Saturday. Those attending OBSCURAE, held at UnSmoke Systems Gallery at 1137 Braddock Avenue, are invited to take part in the gallery's interactive photo booth designed by installation artist Merissa Lombardo and taste fresh-baked pizza by Josh Tonies made in Braddock's very own outdoor wood-fire community oven located next to UnSmoke Systems. There is no charge to attend OBSCURAE and view the exhibition; visitors wishing to take home a work of art can purchase lottery tickets for $45 through the website, http://www.obscuraegallery.org/, or for $55 at the door. The lottery offers supporters the opportunity to contribute to Braddock art and community projects with a partially tax-deductible ticket purchase. At the same time, supporters will be able to enjoy the exhibit, local food and drinks, the photo booth installation, AND leave with a limited edition framed art photograph that will sell in OBSCURAE's online gallery for up to $125. Photographs included in the lottery range from 8x10 to 13x19 and are mounted and framed using a variety of reclaimed materials. All pieces are stunning to display or give as a gift this holiday season.

Change is underway in Braddock as groups working with and within the community bring renewed energy to a town that many wrote off. Artists, social entrepreneurs, community organizers, urban homesteaders and others with a pioneering spirit are inspired by the town's potential for grassroots urban renewal and are using the inherent energy in Braddock to fuel their creativity. It is with this spirit that OBSCURAE views the maligned town – turning a photographic eye towards the borough's oft-overlooked beauty amidst the former grandeur and "urban blight" that Braddock has come to represent for many in the Pittsburgh area.

Curated by Braddock residents Jenny Fremlin and Jodi Morrison, with special guest curator John Ryan Brubaker, OBSCURAE pays homage to Braddock's unique post-industrial urban beauty. From the borough's Victorian and industrial-era construction to particulars of its natural surroundings, each photograph captures a unique perspective of the town. Works are mounted and framed with found-materials from the community. In creating OBSCURAE, curators Fremlin and Morrison hope to encourage others to look deeper and appreciate the small wonders that drew them to Braddock. "The energy in Braddock is amazing, from the support of our neighbors who are long-time Braddock residents to curious people dropping in there is always something happening in this town. All of that activity and more is captured in the photographs that have been submitted by these brilliant photographers who have explored here and chosen to help the town that inspired their art by participating in this event" said Fremlin.

How does the Art Lottery work?
Donated pieces are exhibited throughout the gallery, and all pieces displayed will go home with a ticket holder that evening. Lottery participants are encouraged to browse the gallery before the lottery begins and compile a list of at least their first 25 favorites. The lottery begins with the first ticket being randomly chosen. When a ticket holder's number is called, he or she has up to 60 seconds to choose a piece. Once a piece is selected an art handler removes it from the wall and packages it for the winner. After approximately 35 pieces are selected there will be a break so that the remaining ticket holders can browse through the available artwork to select their next series of choices. The lottery continues, with appropriate breaks, until all the ticket holders have chosen a one-of-a-kind framed photograph and all the work is off the walls.

In addition to the show, OBSCURAE's online gallery, launching Friday December 5, offers the chance to purchase limited edition prints and frames. During the weekend of the show, December 5-7, the online gallery will offer a gallery launch 10% discount. Proceeds from the gallery will support both the continued efforts in Braddock as well as the photographers who donated pieces for the exhibition. Some photographers participating in the show have also contributed additional pieces for purchase only available online. Visit www.obscuraegallery.org to view the work starting December 5th.

OBSCURAE's Photo Show & Art Photography Lottery fundraiser, sponsored by Braddock Redux and hosted by UnSmoke Systems Gallery, will be held December 5 and 6. Friday, December 5 Obscurae offers a public viewing and reception, open to all and free of charge, starting at 7pm. On Saturday, December 6, public viewing will continue starting at 2pm and be followed by the art lottery starting at 4pm. Lottery Tickets are $45 through website www.obscuraegallery.org and $55 at the door.

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Press Contact: Jodi Morrison or Jenny Fremlin
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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Sprout Fund Harvest Gathering November 7, 2008

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Friday, November 7, 2008

5:30pm - 9:30pm

Sprout Fund offices

5423 Penn Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA

The Sprout Fund welcomes friends, neighbors and supporters to a harvest gathering at its offices at 5423 Penn Avenue, next to EDGE studio and across the street from the Quiet Storm. Enjoy complimentary snacks and drinks while listening to live entertainment from The Turpentiners and DJ J.Malls. Meet board members and staff to learn about Sprout’s programs. Discover recent projects funded by Sprout through the Seed Award program.For more info about Sprout: 412.325.0646 or www.sproutfund.org. Special thanks to EDGE studio, Whole Foods Market Pittsburgh, Penn Brewery, Give Water, and Clear Story, Inc.

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pittsburgh photographer rick byerly, www.uniquetake.com

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Pittsburgh Artists, Pittsburgh Art

The Pittsburgh Galleries blog is a volunteer effort from Rick Byerly to promote Pittsburgh art events which feature artists from the area. The PghGalleries.com website effort is an up-to-date directory with Pittsburgh area art venues. Thanks go to David L. Edwards Art and Anonymous for their donations to this effort. Donation and sponsor info can be found here. Rick Byerly, Uniquetake Photography
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The Pittsburgh Artist Registry is a great resource for patrons, artists, non-profits, committees, foundations, galleries and beyond. Art collectors and patrons can search by medium to find work which speaks to them and local foundations and committees looking to support local art can look up artists.

Artists, make sure you have every category updated that you work in as well as custom work details etc. Make sure all of your artist friends are signed up as well.

The Pittsburgh Artist Registry is a project of The Office of Public Art. The Office of Public Art is a partnership between the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and the City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning with funding provided by The Heinz Endowments. The Pittsburgh Artist Registry is funded in part by a grant from the National Endowments for the Arts.

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pittsburgh photographer rick byerly, www.uniquetake.com

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Sprout Fund Hothouse Event Sat August 23, 2008

The Sprout Fund will host its sixth annual Hothouse event on Saturday, August 23, 2008 on the upper floors of The Union Trust Building in Downtown Pittsburgh. There are still volunteer opportunities the night of and day after the event. Check out all the events here!

Doors open at 7pm for VIP ticket holders and 9pm for all others.

Buy your tickets today! Volunteer registration now available!

About Hothouse

Hothouse is The Sprout Fund’s annual benefit and showcase event. The event serves as a 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.
As The Sprout Fund’s “live annual report” to the community, 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. The event has been lauded previously as one of the top 5 parties of the year by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the city’s “top fundraiser” by the Pittsburgh City Paper. The event attracted more than 2,000 attendees in 2006 and 2007.

Support for the event has been strong every year; last year 37 financial sponsors, 4 media sponsors, 40 in-kind supporters, 36 food & drink sponsors, and 75 silent auction donors joined hundreds of friends of the organization to raise more than $100,000 for The Sprout Fund....

Like what's posted on this blog and the website http://www.pghgalleries.com/ ? This is a volunteer effort so donations of any size are welcome which can be made via paypal here . Also at that link anyone interested in purchasing banner space, which includes placement on this blog and websites, can sign up there. Banner design included. Thanks! Rick Byerly
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Pittsburgh art events: www.pittsburghgalleries.blogspot.com/ Pittsburgh art gallery directory: http://www.pghgalleries.com/
Photography from rick byerly: http://www.uniquetake.com/ and http://www.rickbyerly.com/

check out
http://www.PghGalleries.com

sponsored by:

pittsburgh galleries is a project from
pittsburgh photographer rick byerly, http://www.uniquetake.com

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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Daydreaming about Pittsburgh Art, Part Two by Rick Byerly

What's this? Daydreaming about Pittsburgh Art? If you missed my first one check it out. This next one has occupied a lot of time, except for maybe when I was trekking Yellowstone in May. It sprang from one of those things where you're daydreaming what you would do if you won or somehow came into a lot of money. Not a completely ridiculous scenario save I don't play the lottery. It's not like daydreaming about what I would do if I possessed superpowers. Anyways with all this imaginary money I daydream about starting food co-ops and funding Pittsburgh based retraining groups like Bidwell Training Center and other projects to address the bloated college level educational experience which now is worth virtually nothing.

Beyond those important issues I think of how I would help out Pittsburgh artists and how to keep them here (like me). An almost constant daydream is the Pittsburgh Artist Museum. A museum featuring the talent of all types of visual art on the North Shore near the Warhol and Mattress Factory to further attract visitors and residents alike to see and buy the artwork which arises out of this New Pittsburgh. The art would be purchased on the gallery level thereby continuing to support galleries and artists alike and then the art would placed in the Pittsburgh Artist Museum, or Pittsburgh Art Museum if you like, on display and for sale at a higher price. When artwork is sold the artist would then get another percentage from the museum (if living) in the field of say 70% and the museum getting 30% for operating expenses.

Wherever this large amount of money would come from to fund this project it would be fully invested and only the % made over the principal would be used to buy art and keep the building running, thereby ensuring the continuing existence of the museum. In addition to buying artwork it would also fund public art, both with local and overall artistic angles, eg from sculptures of Pittsburgh Jazz legends to abstract art murals.

I'm amazed at how much money many non-profits and foundations have in the Pittsburgh region and how little they directly benefit actual Pittsburgh artists. So maybe someone has a lot of money out there they want to see go toward supporting Pittsburgh artists. Send me an email! Or maybe the Pittsburgh Foundation and the like is looking to include people on their committees who have a lot of ideas on how to keep Pittsburgh artists in Pittsburgh. Give me a call! Until then I may still be daydreaming and working on my fine art photography either in Pittsburgh or somewhere I can survive on my passions.

Rick Byerly

www.uniquetake.com
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www.PghGalleries.com

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Like what's posted on this blog and the website http://www.pghgalleries.com/ ? This is a volunteer effort so donations of any size are welcome which can be made via paypal here . Also at that link anyone interested in purchasing banner space, which includes placement on this blog and websites, can sign up there. Banner design included. Thanks! Rick Byerly
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Pittsburgh art events: http://www.pittsburghgalleries.blogspot.com/
Pittsburgh art gallery directory: http://www.pghgalleries.com/
Photography from rick byerly: http://www.uniquetake.com/ and http://www.rickbyerly.com/

check out
http://www.PghGalleries.com

sponsored by:

pittsburgh galleries is a project from
pittsburgh photographer rick byerly, http://www.uniquetake.com

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Arts Supporter Call To Action from GPAC

From GPAC, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council ( I'm a member there)

The Pennsylvania State Budget

Contact Your Legislator Today!

Dear Arts Advocate,

PA Representative Mark Cohen will introduce Amendment 11215 to House Bill 2380, otherwise known as the Budget Bill, to increase the appropriation for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants to arts organizations by an additional $1.5 million. This supplementary increase, added to the increase already requested by Governor Edward G. Rendell in February, will raise the state appropriation for Grants-to-the-Arts to $17.225 million. This funding level will provide much-needed additional resources next year as the PCA works to serve the people of Pennsylvania through support for nonprofit arts organizations, arts programs, and artists; arts in education; and continuing investments in partnerships and initiatives. In 2007, the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council administered $283,931 of PCA funding through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts to 81 artists and arts organizations in Allegheny County.

We need your help now. Please take a few minutes to contact your legislator, at the district office or in Harrisburg. Let him/her know that you support this increase and would like them to vote for a budget that includes Rep. Cohen's amendment. You can access your legislator's contact information by visiting the Legislative Action Center. Also, take a few more minutes to forward this e-mail to friends, family and board members asking them to also contact their legislators on this important issue. To help us keep track of support, please let me know what your legislator's response was to your request. Send their responses to ddupay@pittsburghartscouncil.org.

We are under a time crunch...please contact your legislator TODAY and ask him/her to support Amendment 11215 to House Bill 2380. Thank you for your help. Remember, every voice counts!

Here is sample text for you to take and make your own.

Subject: Support Amendment 11215 to House Bill 2380

Dear [Your legislator's name here],
When PA Representative Mark Cohen introduces Amendment 11215 to House Bill 2380, he will propose an increase in the appropriation for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants to arts organizations by an additional $1.5 million. This supplementary increase, added to the increase already requested by Governor Edward G. Rendell in February, will raise the state appropriation for Grants-to-the-Arts to $17.225 million. This funding level will provide much-needed additional resources next year as the PCA works to serve the people of Pennsylvania through support for nonprofit arts organizations, arts programs, and artists; arts in education; and continuing investments in partnerships and initiatives.I urge you to support this amendment. This increase in the agency's grants for the arts will enable the PCA to broaden the availability of the arts in Southwestern Pennsylvania as well as to support the arts and culture sector in a meaningful way. PCA dollars help sustain our region's cultural assets and keep our region competitive in attracting residents, businesses, and tourists. Thank you for considering this request to support increased funding for the PCA.
Sincerely,[Your name here.]

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Like what's posted on this blog and the website http://www.pghgalleries.com/ ? This is a volunteer effort so donations of any size are welcome which can be made via paypal here . Also at that link anyone interested in purchasing banner space, which includes placement on this blog and websites, can sign up there. Banner design included. Thanks! Rick Byerly
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Pittsburgh art events: http://www.pittsburghgalleries.blogspot.com/
Pittsburgh art gallery directory: http://www.pghgalleries.com/
Photography from rick byerly: http://www.uniquetake.com/ and http://www.rickbyerly.com/

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http://www.PghGalleries.com

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pittsburgh galleries is a project from
pittsburgh photographer rick byerly, http://www.uniquetake.com

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

In Search of America, David Graham at Silver Eye Center for Photography Feb 13 to April 12, 2008

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In Search of America: Photographs by David Graham

February 13 – April 12, 2008

Tirelessly traveling the United States, David Graham captures the colorful, sometimes surreal, and often bizarre, in the thoroughly American landscape. Chronicling the American scene with his unique sensibility and acknowledging popular forms of American photography: the snapshot, the family portrait and vacation pictures, Graham brings relevance to the creativity and dreams of the common man.

The closing reception is Saturday April 12, 2008 from 3-5 pm.

http://www.silvereye.org/

Silver Eye Center for Photography is the only organization in Western Pennsylvania dedicated solely to the understanding, appreciation, education and promotion of photography as an art form and as an expressive form of visual communication. We feature four premier exhibitions each year in the Main Gallery, monthly exhibitions in our New Works Gallery and four exhibitions a year on the New Works Gallery Online. Exhibitions are enriched with lectures, panel discussions, workshops, portfolio reviews, interactive gallery tours, video screenings and more.

Silver Eye Center for Photography 1015 East Carson Street Pittsburgh, PA 15203 Telephone: 412.431.1810 Fax: 412.431.5777 info@silvereye.org

New Gallery Hours! Wednesday, Noon – 6:00 p.m.Thursday, Noon – 8:00 p.m.Friday, Noon – 6:00 p.m.Saturday, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Or by appointment.

For more about supporting Pittsburgh's Silver Eye Center for Photography check out http://www.silvereye.org/membership_support.htm

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Friday, August 20, 2010

Pittsburgh Art Blog Turns 3, Promoting Pittsburgh Artists

Monday, January 12, 2009

Art All Night 2009 Planning Meeting January 21 2009 Wed.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Sprout Fund: A Great Time to Help Pittsburgh Arts

Monday, November 17, 2008

OBSCURAE Photography Exhibition Dec 5, 6 2008

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Sprout Fund Harvest Gathering November 7, 2008

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Pittsburgh Artists, Pittsburgh Art

Monday, August 18, 2008

Sprout Fund Hothouse Event Sat August 23, 2008

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Daydreaming about Pittsburgh Art, Part Two by Rick Byerly

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Arts Supporter Call To Action from GPAC

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

In Search of America, David Graham at Silver Eye Center for Photography Feb 13 to April 12, 2008

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