5PM-10PM FAST>>FWD GALLERY 3700 PENN AVE.
April 2, 2010
5:00 pm to 10:00 pm
PLENTY OF SLEEP WHEN WE’RE DEAD is a four-person exhibition featuring the latest work of Mike Egan, Josh Iddings, Ron Copeland and Christian Breitkreutz. See how all four artists explore the concept of life, death and the small time we have in between to achieve the goals and desires that each one of us has. Prepare to see a wide range of styles from obsessively pieced together screen-printed collage work to stylized narratives to brilliantly executed “funeral portraits” and see how these artists collectively convey the thoughts you are too frightened to have. fastfwdart@gmail.com
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The Pittsburgh Art Blog
pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.
pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.
the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.
Friday, March 26, 2010
plenty of sleep when we're dead: artists Mike Egan, Josh Iddings, Ron Copeland and Christian Breitkreutz
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Pittsburgh Goes Google High Speed Internet Fiber Network
One more day to register your support!
No city in America could be a better place to investigate the potential of ultrafast Internet connections than Pittsburgh. Google Inc. need look no further as it tries to find the right community where it would deliver Internet services directly to homes at speeds of one gigabit per second. Pittsburgh has innovators who have pioneered computer networks and Internet applications, it has a government poised to support rapid deployment of infrastructure and it has Pittsburghers with a diverse set of needs, opinions and interests.
The City of Pittsburgh, working with local universities and other organizations, is preparing a proposal to convince Google to select Pittsburgh for this exciting new experiment. But Pittsburgh won't be selected if Google doesn't hear from you, the potential users of this new ultrafast network.
Here's how you can help. This site and Google's formal response site provide ways for individuals and organizations to express their ideas and their support for this project. Please check the sections below to learn more about how you can help. And please do so now. Google wants your response by March 26. Pittsburgh needs your response!
What does this mean to Pittsburgh? Learn more about the Google project.
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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.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Sewickley Spring Gallery Walk, Friday April 23 2010
For Immediate Release
Sewickley, PA March 2010
Spring Gallery Walk, Friday April 23 from 5pm – 9pm and Saturday April 24 from 10am – 3pm
The Village of Sewickley will be in bloom with Art, Music and Dining! Sponsored by the Sewickley Valley Chamber of Commerce and Sewickley Borough Council.
The following venues will host a public reception, Friday from 5:00 to 9 pm. Free, metered parking starts after 4 pm. The exhibitions will also be on display during Sewickley Unleashed Saturday, April 24 from 10am – 3pm. The Business District offers free, metered parking on Saturdays throughout 2010!
Sweetwater Center for the Arts at 200 Broad Street presents “Sweetwater Celebrates 35! Exhibition and Village Garden Club Flower Show”
Exhibition features an interpretive flower show by The Village Garden Club. Entries are inspired by artworks in the Sweetwater 35! Exhibition, featuring artwork by local, premier artists
The Prudential Building at 421 Broad Street is featuring “Galerie Werner’s Traditional Works”
Galerie Werner presents traditional fine antique European art from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries
Élan Gallery at 427 Broad Street features Osborne Elementary and the The Sewickley Valley Historical Society
Osborne Elementary presents “Hartwork for Haiti , a silent auction of student created works to benefit Haitian Relief
The Sewickley Valley Historical Society will display vintage photographs of Sewickley residents and their pets
International Images, Ltd. At 514 Beaver Street presents “Adonis and Aphrodite”
Main Gallery - A group exhibition of nude imagery in various media. Gallery 2 - In Memoriam: Girts Purins
Clearview Federal Credit Union at 510 Beaver Street presents “Urban Scenes”
Featuring works from artist Sandra Ward
Busy Bee at 516 Beaver Street presents “Lifestyle Portraiture of Babies and Pets”
Featuring boutique photography by owner Robin Pesa
Orr’s Jewelers at 532 Beaver Street presents “Multifaceted”
A unique display of sculpture and furniture by local metal, stone, and wood artist Dan Peluso
Sewickley Herald - Gallery 30 at 533 Beaver Street presents “Secondhand Works by Cheron Urbanek”
A local artist’s transformation of international experiences and emotion in two-dimensional glimpses
Acacia at 541 Beaver Street presents “Jewelry by Lindsay Lee Creations”
Showcasing unique, eclectic, original hand crafted jewelry
Sewickley Gallery & Frame Shop at 549 Beaver Street presents From My Car “Pittsburgh”
A photographic journey through Pittsburgh by Mark Fallone
Sewickley Traditions at 555 Beaver Street will feature “Antique Prints, Lithos and Oils”
Tasteful traditional artwork on paper, linen and canvas
The House of Two Sisters at 432 Beaver Street presents “Figurative”
A group Figurative Exhibition in various media by Western Pennsylvania Artists
The Penguin Bookshop at 420 Beaver Street presents “Voices”
Youth connect to the Sewickley Community through photography
The Sewickley Café at 409 Beaver Street presents “Down Under: By the Water’s Edge”
Edgeworth artist Cathy Kelly’s exhibition of dramatic nature photographic prints from Australia and New Zealand
Starbucks Coffee at 425 Beaver Street presents “Paintings and Photography from Starbucks Baristas”
Featuring oil paintings, acrylics and photography by employees Scot Rutledge, Taylor Voss and Michael Creese
The Nickelodeon Mall vestibule at 431 Beaver Street presents “The West Hills Art League”
Featuring various works by the West Hills Art League
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Sean’s Signature Salon on the second floor of the Nickelodeon Mall presents “Carita Bloom”
A local artist, teacher and small business owner’s paintings of detailed flowers and landscapes in acrylic and watercolor
Café des Amis at 443 Division Street presents “PARIS!....and more
Joyce Werwie Perry’s most recent work – paintings of her visit to Paris this winter…plus more small works painted in her familiar knife technique
Cuttings at 524 Locust Place presents “Images from Cuttings”
Four local artists display their work in an inspiring botanical setting. Featuring artists Joan Barenbregge, Linda Breen, Darlene Presto Dech and Gail Murray
HABITAT decorative plumbing and hardware at 519 Locust Place presents “Phil Salvato and Friends”
Group exhibition of various works from the Third Street Gallery featuring artists Phil Salvato, Judy Mattei, Kathy Frost and Carole Begley
VitaHairforLife at 421 Walnut Street presents “Vitassaince”
An eclectic exhibition featuring local artists Susan Gaca and Deborah McLaren
Gallery Walk Extensions (GWX) - In the true spirit of cooperation, storefront owners have agreed to support visual arts in the Village of Sewickley. The locations are in the heart of the business district and will showcase local talent.
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For further information, please contact:
Jim Price, President, Sewickley Valley Chamber of Commerce
Ph: 412- 324-1996
Email: sewickleychamber@gmail.com
or visit the Chamber website at www.sewickleychamber.org
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The Pittsburgh Art Blog
pittsburgh galleries is reborn anew as The Pittsburgh Art Blog. the blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.
pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.
the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Art All Night Sat April 24 25 2010 Lawrenceville Pittsburgh PA
The official entrance to Art all Night this year will be what we are calling the breeze way. It is immediately under and too the left of the enormous 16 pound bottle of Iron pictured on the wall of the building on Liberty Ave. It is way cool. You walk straight down through buildings and memories of old time Pittsburgh. At the bottom it opens into our yard, the loading docks and inside the warehouse.........Art.
Art All Night Lawrenceville (Saturday, April 24, 6 pm to Sunday, April 25, 2 pm 2010) is an annual celebration of arts, community and creativity. 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 nearly 10,000 people each year. View art, hear music, meet friends, create art, enjoy beverages and make memories “All Night” long! Visit www.artallnight.org for more information and instructions on registering artwork. No fee. No jury. No censorship.
As always, Art All Night is FREE!
THE SCHEDULE
Art Drop-Off - noon to 4 pm Saturday
The Show - 6pm Saturday to 2pm Sunday
Art Pick-Up - 2:30pm to 4:30m Sunday
Online artwork registration will be available in April.
Location: Iron City Brewery, 3340 Liberty Avenue, 15201
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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.
New Look and Content : Digging Pitt Art Blog
Digging Pitt Art Blog has a new look, name and more content. Check it aht here http://diggingpitt.blogspot.com/
Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Akron, Cleveland Arts And Livable City Blog
Art, Urban Design, Transit, Chaos and all that. A blog about really making Pittsburgh into one of the country's most creative and livable cities.
Artists Janese Hexon and Connie Cantor at the Christine Frechard Gallery in Squirrel Hill
You have until April 8, 2010, to see the work of talented artists Janese Hexon and Connie Cantor at the Christine Frechard Gallery in Squirrel Hill.
Support The Open Thread Regional Review
The Open Thread Regional Review is publishing your peers' best art and writing. Don't believe us? Just visit the online preview of our inaugural edition. If it's by an emerging artist or writer from Ohio, Pennsylvania, or West Virginia, we're interested. If it's great work, we're publishing it.
Now, we're gearing up to release our second volume: bigger, better, and with your help, more affordable. Isn't the cover gorgeous? The image comes from the work of the book's Featured Artist, Elin Lennox of Pittsburgh, with design by our Featured Designer, Seth Clark of Pittsburgh.
If you'd like to see this kind of work continue to be published and circulated, you can make it happen right now. Just buy one $10 tile, and you can fund the printing costs for one of our first 50 pages! That artist or writer will know exactly who to thank - you! - for their page in the anthology. Best of all, your name will appear in the book to thank you for your role. (Please be sure we have your email address to confirm how you will be credited.)
Open Thread is an arts service organization that establishes and develops frameworks for artistic discovery in Pittsburgh and the surrounding tri-state area, with an emphasis on the emerging artists, writers, and performers who live and work here. To learn more about how our programs and publications might serve you, visit www.openthread.org today!
The publication and distribution of the Open Thread Regional Review, Vol. 2, is supported in part by a Seed Award from The Sprout Fund.
Donation link info here: http://www.peerdreams.com/pa0
Thanks for your support,
The Open Thread Team
otinfo@openthread.org
MCG Youth & Arts Summer Studios Hands-On Preview, Pittsburgh PA
Saturday, April 24, 2010 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
From June through August, immerse your kids in art-making that inspires creative discovery. Youth ages 10-13 can engage in our full-day camps, exploring themes like self-expression, eco-art, and the Do-It-Yourself craft movement. Teens will enjoy creative release through our in-depth, afternoon Art "Bootcamps" in ceramics, fashion, and music video production. Each session lasts two weeks; sign up for one, or all three!
For more information about Summer Studios 2010, see the attached flyer and visit our website, http://www.manchesterguild.org/Youth/summer_programs.htm
To register for Summer Studios Hands-On Preview, contact Anne Kindseth, Student Services Specialist, at akindseth@mcg-btc.org or 412-322-1773 Ext. 301.
Cost: Free!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Geek Art Green Innovators Festival GA/GI Friday April 2, 2010
There's a lot news over at the GA/GI blog here.
Update: The schedule is here.
GAGI (pronounced GAH-gee) Geek Art and Green Innovators-- The first art + technology festival in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. GA/GI was created as a platform to showcase current, unique and innovative projects, products and art created by the green and technoloy industries. Businesses and galleries along the nationally acclaimed Penn Avenue Arts District, will serve as hosts for the festival's many exhibitions and demos with kick-off activites leading up to the main event on Friday, April 2 during the "Unblurred" Art Crawl.
Events:
Special Geek Art/Green Innovators Presentations! GA/GI Day 10 am-noon (for Kids) and GA/GI Night! 5 pm-11 pm for everyone!
Table of Elements Benefit Reception at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild
Table of Elements Benefit Reception at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild
Friday, March 19 2010 from 5:30-8:30 p.m
Share in the vision: join us to celebrate and support the ways that art transforms our everyday lives. Indulge in over 170 pieces of ceramics, prints, and photos by more than 80 renowned artists, brought together to raise support for arts education at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild! The benefit reception features an exclusive opportunity to view and purchase from the grand showcase where the exhibition is expanded into MCG’s dining hall. Tickets* are $25 in advance, or $30 on the day of the event.
Table of Elements 2010 Exhibition at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild
(on view through April 8, 2010)
Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild is proud to present Table of Elements 2010, which brings together all of the components on which MCG’s model is founded into one commemorative occasion that reflects the contributions of artists in making ordinary experiences extraordinary.
On display will be ceramics by widely collected artists like Ed Eberle, Robert Briscoe, Suze Lindsay and Nick Joerling. The showcase will also include photographs, prints, and paintings—some of which have been provided through collections of Artists Image Resource and painter Glen Brunken.
61 of the contributing artists (~55%) are from the Pittsburgh area, which includes 6 of whom are from the western PA region (e.g. Indiana, West Virginia, Edinboro).
A few specific names: Ed Eberle, Valda Cox, Sue Abramson, Richard Wukich, Laura Jean McLaughlin, Glen Brunken, John Ritter, Mary Tremonte and more!
Direct link on our website:
http://manchesterguild.org/Va/Calendar.htm#ToE2010
For more information or to make reservations, visit www.manchesterguild.org
or call Brittany Colatrella, Communications Coordinator, at 412-322-1773 Ext. 378.
*Event ticket and exhibition art sales benefit MCG Youth & Arts programs. Works on view in MCG’s gallery will be available for purchase beginning February 24 through April 8 (or until sold). The expanded showcase will remain up for a public art sale on Saturday, March 20 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Youth & Arts:
1815 Metropolitan Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15233
Open Mon-Fri. From 9 a.m.--5 p.m. and during special events.
412-322-1773 Ext. 378
www.manchesterguild.org