Bittersweet Harvest Pittsburgh Art Blog

Bittersweet Harvest continues to cover an amazing array of Pittsburgh art and artists like no other Pittsburgh blog does. Check the right hand side of the blog for upcoming art events as well.

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Pittsburgh Citiparks and the Power Flower Team Up

In addition to receiving a Sprout Fund Seed Award in 2009, Art Energy Design is pleased to have Pittsburgh Citiparks onboard as a additional sponsor to the Power Flower Tour. With Sprout Fund and Citipark's help AED's Pittsburgh Power Flower will expand the reach of education workshops and sculpture exhibitions throughout the Spring and Summer of 2010. Activities are planned for 8 city park locations. Public demonstrations of the solar, wind and green features of the working sculpture will be given.

We will also have something fun for the kids. The park exhibitions will unleash "Bug Fest". Sculptural metallic insects will perform feats of strength, demonstrate mechanical motion and inspire creative reuse design. Some insects even feature LED lights and spotlight the actions of the other bugs. The bugs interact with the flower sculpture which serves as their home base and recharging area. They can ride up a "bug elevator" and spin back down to the ground with the help of a helically shaped snake named Screwy. There are spiders, ants crickets and even a mouse. Each has a function that inspires creative thinking.

Dave Edwards, founder of Art Energy Design adds, " This is all about fun. Each bug activity demonstrates a basic mechanical or electrical function. The kids really get it. They ask many questions and offer some great ideas. We continuously incorporate ideas offered by the public into new creations. Art is a great way to connect with people at any level of understanding of green technologies. We answer questions from adults about energy storage, control and usage...and have a great time interacting with the kids."

www.ArtEnergyDesign.com

Artist Erica Cassill, Transcendental Based Art

A friend gave me a heads up on artist Erica Cassil who is a Pittsburgh based artist. Check out her website!

Artist Statement for Erica Cassil:

Putting paint to paper has become more of a meditative process for me over the years, consummating the transcendental experience with a care-free desire to create. The images themselves are often inspired by nature, sacred art from the East, children's book illustrations, punk rock and the Pre-Raphaelites. I indulge in patterns that develop between land, sky, and water. Using a technique that I learned during my travels in South Asia, I form shapes and shadows out of layers of color, hatches and stipling. The images are not meant to glorify a particular faith but to unite the universal themes of honor, compassion , and love.

http://ericacassill.com/

Sneak Preview of Kilauea, Rick Byerly's Photography , The Unusual In Nature Hawaii

A sneak preview of a magma image from my trek to the big island.

Stay tuned for exhibit announcements 'an at.

Update: more here:

http://pittsburghgalleries.blogspot.com/2009/12/volcanic-fine-art-photography-from.html

Rick Byerly

www.RickByerly.com

www.Uniquetake.com

www.PlanetYellowstone.com

www.BuyPittsburghArt.com

(image reduced in size and watermarked but not as far as anything else- no post camera editing)

Artist John Metzler, Urban Tree Forge

I was passing on contact information to a friend about artist John Metzler and realized I didn't have his site listed on the blog links so did that and wanted to post here as well. His amazing wooden tables were purchased by phipps via the G20 dillio ( G20 tables not pictured above fyi).

from the site:

Urban Tree Forge is a creative manufacturer of hardwoods, millwork, furniture, cabinetry and sculpture. We specialize in blending furniture with art to create unique pieces that are inspired by nature.

website: http://urbantreeforge.com/

blog: http://urbantreeforge.blogspot.com/

SPACE Gallery "Behind Our Scenes" December 11 2009-Feb 13 2010

SPACE Gallery's Guest Curators Nicole Rosato and Laura Mustio have put together a show of 34 working artists who are also employed by Pittsburgh's museums and galleries. Participating artists represent the Carnegie Museum of Art, Future Tenant, FE Arts Gallery, The Mattress Factory, the Andy Warhol Museum, and Wood Street Galleries.

The show will run from December 11 through February 13.

Please help us celebrate at the opening with free beer and wine, food, and live music by Big Hurry and other local bands!

Bring your friends!

Date:	Friday, December 11, 2009
Time:	6:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:	SPACE Gallery: 812 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Image above is from art photographer Bryan Conley.

Pittsburgh Fe Arts Gallery Group Exhibit December 10 2009 January 16 2010

SMALL is the new big: 25 Squared

an exhibition of 625 pieces of small art
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OPENING RECEPTION:
December 10, Thursday from 7-9pm


25 artists presenting 25 pieces of artwork 5" or smaller, for a total of 625 pieces of art on display.

ADLER A.F.
Alberto J. Almarza
Karen Rich Beall
Kate Bechak
Astrid Behrens
Michelle Browne
Lilly Cannon
Carolyn Clayton
Kat Cole
LEX Covato
Ben Hernstrom
Joey Kennedy
Deanna Mance
Maria Mangano
David Montano
Kathleen Montgomery
Stefanie Moser
Mara Rago
Karen Seapker
Randie Snow
William D. Wade
Shawn Watrous
Carolyn Wenning
Marlee Yamnitsky
Variance: Collaborative Team Krowinski & Zamora
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EXHIBITION HOURS:
Thurs-Sat 12-3pm
Call for Holiday Hours

DATES:
December 10, 2009 -
January 16, 2010

4102 Butler Street Pgh PA 15201

Jeremy Beightol, Jesse Best ModernFormations Gallery and Fast Fwd Gallery Pittsburgh PA Art

Must see exhibits from the December 2009 Unblurred lineup:

Artists Jeremy Beightol, Jesse Best at ModernFormations Gallery Pittsburgh PA Art

12 x 12 Group Show at Fast Fwd Gallery

The Unblurred schedule can be found here most of the time:

http://friendship-pgh.org/paai/unblurred/

Disclaimer: I didn't make it to all the venues.

Kathleen Lolley Art Update, A Pittsburgh-Born Artist

Info from one of my favorite artists:

I am in a group show at Meltdown Gallery: Aurora of Polar Bears

Opening reception this Saturday, Dec 5th (2009) in Los Angeles CA.
There is an amazing line up of artists. I only wish I
could be there , but I will be there is spirit.

http://www.meltcomics.com/blog


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More prints, ornaments and goodies are now available at my etsy store.

I’m having a winter sale and expedited shipping, it’s worth a peep.

http://www.lolley.etsy.com
http://complicatedmuse.blogspot.com

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Also, I lent my art to a friend’s record.
Robin Crutchfield: The Hidden Folk

True underground folk music in a 'miner' key depicting the hidden folk in harp and drone.
http://www.myspace.com/robincrutchfield

Artist Hung Liu, Sundown of the Last Dynasty, at the Michael Berger Art Gallery, Pittsburgh PA South Side

Artist Hung Liu, Sundown of the Last Dynasty

at the Michael Berger Art Gallery,

Pittsburgh PA, South Side.

There's an amazing art exhibit there! Lithographs, etchings, ink on paper, tapestries, archival digital prints and more. And yes, digital prints can be archival despite what bizarre assumptions people hold, including the grinch who accosted me during Unblurred last Friday.

It opened December 5th, 2009. I'm not sure how long it runs but I'll check.

30 South Sixth Street, Pittsburgh PA 15203

Phone Number 412-441-4282

http://www.mbergerart.com/

Hours are Wed Sat Noon to Five

From the website:

Michael Berger Gallery is pleased to present its second solo exhibition by internationally known artist Hung Liu. The exhibition features mainly two new bodies of work: Jacquard tapestries and a series of prints, Music of the Great Earth Variations, each created in collaboration with Magnolia Editions, a fine art print studio in Oakland, California.

Hung Liu was born in Changchun, China in 1948. She attended Beijing Teachers College in 1975 and studied mural painting as a graduate student at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Hung Liu immigrated to the United States in 1984 to attend the University of California, San Diego, where she received her MFA.

She has exhibited work at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the de Young Museum in San Francisco, and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City. Her works are part of the collections of the National Museum of American Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.