Pittsburgh Art Blog: October 2009

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Wear It Clothing Co Opens Nov 11,12, 15 @ Zombo Gallery Lawrenceville Pittsburgh PA

The Zombo Gallery now opens its door to local fashion designers and clothing collectors.

On Thursday, November 12th at 6pm, The Zombo Gallery located at 4900 Hatfield St.15201 in the Lawrenceville section of Pgh, will open, "The Wear It Clothing Company".

It will feature affordable, retro and locally designed men's and women's clothing and accessories by a variety of local designers and collectors.

It will expand the gallery operations in two huge ways, 1. Naturally, adding clothing. But more importantly, 2. Giving us regular hours.

Free food and booze at the openings!

All current show artwork will remain on display during store hours. The racks will be wheeled out for art opening and closing receptions.

The new hours will be:
Wed-Saturday 1pm- 7pm and Sundays 1pm-5pm.

Wear It Clothing Co is the brainchild of Kendall Bieselt!

Rick Byerly

Monday, October 12, 2009

Pittsburgh Society of Artists New Member Screening Nov 8 2009

CALL TO ARTISTS
New Members Screening, Pittsburgh Society of Artists
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Drop-Off 12:00 Noon to 1:00PM
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Simmons Hall
6300 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15232

See flier for details:
http://www.pittsburghsocietyofartists.org/pdfs/fall2009.pdf

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Lawrenceville Open Studio Tour Saturday October 17 2009 from 10-6

Lawrenceville Open Studio Tour Saturday October 17 2009 from 10-6

16 Artists!

Download the pdf here.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

1 Joe Kelly, ARTISTIC WOODWORKING
Kelly Custom Furniture & Cabinetry
5239 Butler Street, 1st fl. / Kellyfurniture.com

2 Martha Ellen & Jay Ressler, FIBER ART, PAINTINGS, AND PHOTOGRAPHY
5239 Butler Street, 3rd fl. / MarthaRessler.com / JayRessler.com

3 Catherine Berard, STAINED GLASS
Prism Stained Glass
5234 Butler Street / prismstainedglass@verizon.net

4 Lindsay Woge, CREATIVELY RE-USED FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
Fresh Heirlooms
5218 Butler Street / FreshHeirlooms.com

5 Megan Gillis, JEWELRY
Slaughterhouse Gallery & Studios
5136 Butler Street / megangillis.com

6 Garth Jones, FINE FURNITURE
Jones Furniture Designs at Slaughterhouse Gallery & Studios
5136 Butler Street / jonesfurnituredesigns.com

7 Dan Gaser, PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO AND DARKROOM
Trinity Gallery
4747 Hatfield Street / dangaserphotography.net

8 Jay Design Soaps & Gifts, SOAPMAKING
4603 Butler Street / jaydesign.com

9 Mary Coleman, WEAVING
Gallery on 43rd Street
187 43rd Street, 2nd fl. / galleryon43rdstreet.com

10 Casey Hallas, VIDEO PERFORMANCE AND INSTALLATION
lessthanorequalto.com
Rachel Hallas, MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE
scotterpuss@hotmail.com
179 43rd Street

11 Connie Cantor, PAINTING AND DIGITAL MEDIA
158 41st Street / conniecantor.com

12 Encyclopedia Destructica Studios, HANDMADE ZINES AND BOOKS
156 41st Street / encyclopediadestructica.com

13 Ron Donoughe, PAINTING
Paintings of Our Region
208 Main Street, 2nd fl. / donoughe.com

14 Tracey Donoughe, POTTERY
262 Main Street / pennavenuepottery.etsy.com

15 Duncan MacDiarmid, SCULPTURE AND TILES
Earthview Studios
4201 Sherrod Street / earthviewstudios.com

16 Tom Mosser, PAINTINGS, MIXED MEDIA, AND ILLUSTRATION
Blackbird Artist Studios
3583 Butler Street / tommosser.com

Lawrenceville Open Studio Tour Sat October 17 2009 10-6

Friday, October 9, 2009

Ron Nigro @ 28 West Second Greensburg PA Oct 10-31, 2009

RESTRUCTURED

Solo Exhibition by Ron Nigro

October 10 - 31, 2009

Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday October 10, 2009 7 - 10 PM.

Acclaimed regional artist, Ron Nigro demonstrates pure dedication to his craft with an obsessive fire. He combines beautiful mechanisms of our everyday appliances and computers giving them new life framed within wood and metal. Influences come from architecture, religion and fantasy and play with the viewer's perception. Are these works of the future or relics from the past?

Mr. Nigro's most recent awards include Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council (2009) Nomination for Art & Technology Award for the The Work of Arts Awards - Let your art out! Pittsburgh Technology Council, 15 Minutes Gallery in Pittsburgh, 2009 Merit Award and 2008 Sculpture Award. Art Institute of Pittsburgh, 2009 Award, Best of Show; 2008 Third Place. And his most recent solo exhibition was held at the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA 2008.

We will resume regular gallery hours Tuesday - Friday 12 - 6 PM and Saturdays 11 - 4 PM, beginning October 12, 2009.

Contact:
28 West Second
Gallery & Studio Space
28 West Second St
Greensburg, PA 15601
www.28westsecond.com
info@28westsecond.com
724.205.9033

Three Rivers Bioneers Conference (3RB) Oct 16-18 2009

Three Rivers Bioneers Conference (3RB)

Oct. 16-18, 2009 at the Pittsburgh Project in the Northside

The Pittsburgh Power Flower will be there!

Register link here.

Three Rivers Bioneers: Connect. Discover. Celebrate

Three Rivers Bioneers (3RB) is the Beaming Bioneers conference partner based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The mission of 3RB is to foster a local movement of citizens and organizations who strive to cultivate sustainable communities in the Three Rivers Bioregion through actions revolving around social justice, ecological health, and innovative solutions.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Botanic Garden 2009 Fundraiser Party October 16 2009

I donated a Pittsburgh skyline photography print for this fundraiser happening October 16, 2009. My mother was a big fan of this effort and I hope to see it get the money it needs to move forward.

Check out the website for the details. You can register for the dinner or just for the party afterwards. If you can't make the event considering donating.

why pittsburgh needs bgwp!

Western Pennsylvania is the only metropolitan region of its size in the United States without an outdoor botanic garden. Botanic gardens are destinations that stimulate cultural, educational and economic enrichment far beyond their boundaries. Botanic gardens celebrate plants in beautiful and educational outdoor settings. While serving the needs of the community by displaying regionally hardy plants, the garden will offer dramatic color, outdoor classrooms, spectacular vistas, woodland walks, environmental "laboratories" and special venues for cultural and social events.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Presents “A Zombie Play With Brains”

Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Presents “A Zombie Play With Brains” -
The Revenants October 16 - 31, 2009
Press Contacts: Mark Whitehead, (412) 378-0331, mark(AT)saintsandpoets.org
Mark Clayton Southers, (412) 377-7803, austinsills(AT)comcast.net

Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company presents the local premiere of
The Revenants, an original horror drama by Scott T. Barsotti at its
Downtown Cultural District performance space, 542 Penn Avenue at Sixth
Street, Pittsburgh PA 15222, in the Jackman Building (the parking
garage across from Heinz Hall, above Starbucks.) Performance dates
are October 16 - 31, 2009, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM and 11:00
PM. Two additional performances will be added during the run’s final
week on Wednesday, October 28 and Thursday, October 29 at 8:00 PM.
Tickets are $17.50 general admission, or $35.00 for the October 31
11:00 PM performance, which will include a gala costume reception
featuring surprise special guests.

The Revenants honors the long-cherished traditions of Pittsburgh’s
rich zombie heritage as two young couples become barricaded in a
suburban basement during a violent uprising of the living dead. As
supplies run low and hopes dwindle, it is revealed that two of the
spouses are infected and getting... hungry. Faced with the true
meaning of commitment, husbands and wives must ask of each other: When
does love die?

Born and raised in Pittsburgh’s North Hills, Scott T. Barsotti is now
based in Chicago. His plays have been presented in Chicago, New York,
and New Orleans, and have been seen at the New York International
Fringe Festival, and The Rhinoceros Theater Festival. Mr. Barsotti is
a company member of Curious Theatre Branch and WildClaw Theatre, as
well as an Artistic Associate of Illegal Drama and Collaboraction. He
has an MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
and was recently honored as a Resident Playwright at Chicago
Dramatists. PPTCO’s production of The Revenants marks his Pittsburgh
debut.

Produced by PPTCO founder and Artistic Director Mark Clayton
Southers, The Revenants features actors Makeda Duncan-Parker, Todd
Betker, David Conley, and Valentina Benrexi. Recently named PPTCO
Artistic Associate Mark Whitehead serves as Director and Sound
Designer. Special Visual Effects are crafted by nationally acclaimed
FX wizard Steve Tolin. Other design and crew personnel include
Raymond “Chang” James (Set Design and Construction), Eric Smith
(Lights), James Edwards (Props), Cheryl El-Walker (Costumes and
Make-Up), Jason Stinnette (Stage Manager) John Gresh (Voice Coach) and
Mark C. Thompson (Movement and Fight Consultant).

The Revenants kicks off Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre’s seventh
season. Upcoming plays for 2009-2010 are Sanctified by Javon Johnson,
Valu-Mart by Sean O'Leary, and Jitney by August Wilson. Season
subscriptions are available for $65.00. To order tickets, including
season passes, call ProArts Tickets at 412-394-3353 or visit
proartstickets.org. For group sales, contact Twanda Clark at
412-708-1503. For more information on Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre
Company visit pghplaywrights.com.

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Critical reviews of past productions of The Revenants:

The Revenants was previously produced at the New York International
Fringe Festival and at WildClaw Theatre in Chicago. A sampling of
critical reviews includes:

“[A] thoroughly successful melding of the relationship drama and the
zombie apocalypse. The Revenants is horror all the way - especially
if the notion of missing, broken, or mutilated love is horrific. Or
the notion of love, like zombification, destroying your personality,
your history, your free will... Chekov would approve, as would George
Romero. In other words - go see it... see it with someone you’d shoot
through the brain, or chain up in the garage, should it come to that.”
FlamesRising.com - Kenneth Hite

“Delightful... transcends formula schlock... The Revenants opens with
a mini-masterpiece of unnerving terror... The end, as you might
expect, isn’t pretty. But it is as perverse a happily-ever-after as
you could possibly want from a tale of love among ghouls.” Windy City
Times - Catey Sullivan

“This play has the perfect balance of humor, creepiness, emotional
moments, and yes even some blood and gore... The Revenants is
definitely a play worth seeing.” Horror Society - Jessica Wells

“CRITIC’S CHOICE: Compelling... at once uncanny and emotionally
powerful.”  Chicago Reader - Tony Adler

“The Revenants is not to be missed!... Scott T. Barsotti has hit the
nail on the head when it comes to zombies. It’s not really about the
zombies; it’s about the people left behind.”  Killer-Works.com - Jude
Mire

“Barsotti’s play offers more brain food than cheap thrills... it’s
refreshing to see a piece firmly centered on the central question of
what makes us human - our appetite for survival at any cost, or our
need for love and companionship?”  Chicago Tribune - Kerry Reid

“RECOMMENDED: A Must-See Show! When the emotional entanglements of
all four characters’ shared pasts are laid bare, the horror-house
shocks and interpersonal bickering become something far more
emotionally arresting. The Revenants shows how love can last longer
than life itself, and its effects can be both beautiful and
terrifying.”  Centerstage Chicago - Geoff Hyatt

“The audience feels like they are trapped in the basement with these
four characters, giving a total theatre experience that is
appropriately unnerving.”  NYTheatre.com - Josh Sherman

“[A] tight, edgy, claustrophobic and suspenseful character drama with
harrowing moments and deep emotional resonance. It’s full of terror,
pathos, humor, and humanity that serves to elevate the zombie
archetype into a rich metaphor for past love, relationships, and
self-images.”  Sword and Cloak - David Schmidt

“Scott T. Barsotti’s somber zombie drama The Revenants contains a
surprising emotional elasticity particularly for those anticipating
nothing more than an all out limb flinging gore fest. Those schooled
in horror, though, know that the best of the genre (wherein The
Revenants firmly places itself) picks at the heart as well as the fear
bone.”  Chicago Free Press - Brian Kirst

“A zombie play with brains.” KitleysKrypt.com - Jon Kitley

Mox Box Consulting Exhibit at the Pittsburgh Airport

Check out the link for great photos and head on dahn to the airport. I'm a big fan of Randie Snow's work and what Mox Box Consulting does.

http://www.flypittsburgh.com/Mox_Box_Consulting_Photos

Image above is of Randi Snow's The Gilded Cage

From the pr:

Mox Box Consulting, a Pittsburgh-based arts management and consulting partnership, calls its exhibit Urbanic 2: Catalyzing a Regional Economic Renaissance. It features the art of ten Pittsburgh artists working in a variety of media, all with a uniquely visionary approach to community city life. This exhibit is located in display cases on the south end of the ticketing level of the landside terminal.

“Each artist’s immediate experience comes from living in Pittsburgh, and through abstracted form, the artists document where Pittsburgh has been and where it is going. Mox Box is pleased to be exhibiting at Pittsburgh International Airport because it further advances our mission to encourage artists whose work improves the quality of life for people in our communities,” said Nicole Capozzi, Owner, Box Heart Gallery, Mox Box Consulting. Artists include: Randie Snow, Donna Broderick, Keith Garubba, Tom Brunger and Megan Herwig.

Displays will remain through January 8, 2010. Images of both exhibits can be seen at www.FlyPittsburgh.com.

Exhibit contacts:
Mox Box: Nicole Capozzi 412-687-8858

Orange Balloons 4073 Liberty Ave October 18, 2009

What: Orange Balloons, an open studio event

Where: Bloomfield, 4073 Liberty Ave – 2nd floor

When: October 18, 2009: 12PM – 6PM

Who: Susan Constanse, Christine Bethea and guests

Free and open to the public.

Orange Balloons, an aRt-O-noMic open studio event

Here it is, October already. Time for the annual Orange Galloons Open Studio! Susan Constanse and Christine Bethea share a studio space in Bloomfield. The studio, generally not open to the public, will host other artists in the space. Michelle Gregio and Laurenty Josep will be joining us for the day.

Susan Constanse is a painter. Her studio presentation will include a range of works from early series as well as new paintings and works on paper. Christine Bethea works primarily with salvaged materials. Some of her masks will be available during the open studio. Laurenty Josep will have some of his amazing digital works and Michelle Gregio will be presenting some small sculptures.

How do you find us? We are near the Bloomfield end of the Bloomfield Bridge, next door to Iron Eden and across the street from Paul Lumber. Look for the orange balloons!

Artist Charles Pitcher Memorial Sunday October 11 2009 3rd St Gallery

The amazingly talented watercolor artist Charles Pitcher passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2009. The Memorial and Celebration for Charlie Pitcher will be on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009 at the 3rd Street Gallery, 220 Third Street, Carnegie PA, from 2-4 p.m.

His watercolors almost defied reason as their details appeared more real and alive than any photograph or painting could come close to.

Please note the above image is just a section of the full work (at least I think that to be the case) and the source is elan art gallery. link here: http://www.elanarts.com/artists/pitcher_charles/pitcher_charles.htm

Rick Byerly

Monday, October 5, 2009

3G Art Gallery Downtown Pittsburgh Westin Hotel

Before the G20 shenanigans I got a chance to drop by 3G Gallery downtown when I was dropping off a print for the Planned Parenthood fundraiser and I met co-owner Coleen Rush. It's a nice space located within the Westin Hotel and runs the gamut as far as mediums of art and crafts. I bought a really cool art mug which I had no business buying considering I don't have a place to live right now but still glad I did anyways. They have been in business for 2 years (owned by 3 generations of a family) and I hope to see them down the road in Pgh.

3G Gallery 1001 Liberty Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Downtown 412-288-4320 www.3ggallery.com 3G Gallery shows and sells art by local artists and craftsmen. They have been at our location downtown for over 2 years. Some of their artists include photographer Harry Giglio, illustrator Rich Kelly, painter Marilyn Noszka, quilter Louise Silk and wood relief artist George Wazenegger. Handmade items include jewelry by silversmith MAC and glassmaker Dan Sullivan. Located inside the concourse of the Westin Convention Center Hotel. E-mail 3ggallery(AT)gmail.com. Hours are Monday-Friday 10am-6pm.

Artist Emmeric Konrad: Rubber Chicken Serigraph

Emmeric Konrad is an L.A. artist who recently lived and created art in Pittsburgh for nine months. I am the proud owner of 2 of his large paintings and I wanted to let you know he has 2 serigraph prints left from his first go at it in 1997. It's a limited edition of 50 of the Rubber Chicken which is approximately 1 by 3 feet in size, price at $800. Get them before they're gone! In addition to a very talented artist he's a cool person to boot.

His email address is emmerickonrad(AT)yahoo.com and the website is www.emmeric.com

Serigraph: A print made by the silk-screen process.

Rick Byerly