Artist Fumino Hora at PGC, Nov 5 to Jan 17, 2010/2011

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Hodge Gallery: Upcoming Exhibition

The Way of Saṃsāra

Fumino Hora's website.

November 5, 2010 - January 17, 2011

Opening Reception: Nov 5 Friday 6-9 pm

From the PGC Website:

Have you ever felt that you have lived another life before this one?

Saṃsāra is the Sanskrit word for the perpetual cycle of birth, death and rebirth in which human souls are inescapably caught. The ultimate Buddhist goal is to achieve Nirvana: the final release from this endless earthly cycle. Traditional Buddhism teaches that Nirvana can only be attained through the practice of strict bodily discipline. Japanese Zen, however, does not urge the complete abandonment of all sensory pleasures in one’s quest for awakening. Artist Fumino Hora’s The Way of Saṃsāra explores and advocates the Zen art of striking a delicate balance between appreciating the transient beauties of the physical world, and turning away from those same beauties in pursuit of the elusive state of Nirvana. Human beings are inherently both physically and spiritually imperfect. However, despite these flaws and errors, Zen Buddhism upholds human beings and life itself as being transiently beautiful, and worthy of being cherished and celebrated.

This semi-site-specific installation will envelop the viewer into a sense of greater serenity and state of self-reflection. The human body is used as a metaphor to invoke an appreciation of the beauty in all things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. Glass, paper, photography and video work together to create a meditative space. All of the materials used are symbolic in that they, by their nature, are also transient and ephemeral.

Fumino Hora is a native of Tokyo, Japan. She gained a BFA and MFA from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Currently she is a candidate for the DFA with RMIT University. She came to Pittsburgh in 2006 after living in Hong Kong for 14 years. She has studied photography at Pittsburgh Filmmakers, and has been a resident artist at Pittsburgh Glass Center this year.

This installation is in collaboration with Pittsburgh Filmmakers.

Regular Hours:

Fri., Sat. & Sun.
10 am – 4 pm

Tues., Wed. & Thurs.
10 am – 7 pm

(Closed Monday)

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

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Public Art 101 Series for Artists Workshop, Office of Public Art,Pittsburgh, PA

Please join the Office of Public Art for the second installment of the Public Art Network's Public Art 101 Series for Artists - Getting Started

Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
810 Penn Avenue Suite 200
Pittsburgh PA 15222

10/13/10

2:00 PM

Register here.

Questions? Contact Lea Donatelli at opa(AT)pittsburghartscouncil.orgThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 412.391.2060 x 233.

Working in the studio allows an artist to create his/her own schedule, budget, and system for creation. Once an artist moves into the highly collaborative field of public art, huge changes are introduced. In this workshop we will cover how to work with other professionals, where to find help when needed, and the roles of each professional/ stakeholder as a project moves forward.

1. Slide show highlighting 10-15 different types of public art projects including full descriptions.

2. Getting started -learning from stakeholders including community members, architects/designers, and reviewing bodies; the roles of team members and lines of communication (project manager, contracting officer, architects, engineers and other consultants).

3. How to present your ideas—what is expected during concept development stage.

4. Leveraging opportunities and resources (e.g. architecture/building elements and/or community involvement)

5. Artist experiences - how and what we learned from community members and stakeholders, and content/resources; how we leveraged architecture -the development steps of a project.

6. Collateral benefits - how the artwork can live on in the community in other forms (books, events, webpages, etc.)

Presenters:

Barbara Goldstein is the Public Art Director for the City of San José Office of Cultural Affairs and the editor of Public Art by the Book, a primer published in 2005 by Americans for the Arts and the University of Washington Press. Prior to her work in San José, Goldstein was Public Art Director for the City of Seattle. Goldstein has worked as a cultural planner, architectural and art critic, editor, and publisher. From 1989 to 1993, she was Director of Design Review and Cultural Planning for the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. From 1980 10 1985, she edited and published Arts + Architecture magazine. She has written for art and architecture magazines both nationally and internationally, and has lectured on public art throughout the United States, and in Canada, Japan, China, and Taipei. In her capacity as PAN Councilmember she is leading the committee developing webinars for artists and arts administrators. San Jose's Public Art Program has been recognized numerous times through AFTA's Year in Review program.

Lynn Rogers is a Sr. Project Manager in the City of San Jose Public Art Program where she oversees civic engagement for the program, manages public art projects, and launched the monthly San Jose Public Art e-news which, now in its 3rd year. As Special Projects Manager for the OCA since 1995 she managed development of 2021, The Regional Cultural Plan and its recent update Cultural Connection: the City of San Jose's Cultural Vision Plan and has managed OCA's Arts Grants Programs and special OCA initiatives. From 1988 to 1995 she was Executive Director of the Alameda County Arts Commission where she leveraged the creation of that public art policy and program. She has extensive experience in working with the public and with widely diverse communities.

Amy Trachtenberg is a painter and theatrical set designer. Her first public art commission was to create atrium fabric sculptures at Children's Hospital in Oakland. She subsequently collaborated with architects to design the rotunda area, columns and frieze at Hillview Branch Library in San Jose as well as a book describing the architectural design and community involvement process. She is currently developing designs for site integrated art at a new BART (rail) station in Milpitas.

Sam Rodriquez is a young artist who started his career with "artist-initiated" aerosol art, both sanctioned and unsanctioned, and creating custom bikes. He is an art school graduate with a master's degree from California College of Art and has worked as a successful graphic designer in pop-culture/clothing and has his own custom bike business. He and his business partners Matt Rodriguez (no relation) collaborated with Mel Chin on a 'low-rider' bike/library table at MLK Jr. Library in San Jose. He is currently developing a sculpture screen project for Seven Trees Branch Library in San Jose and a series of benches and wall mosaics for Metro in Los Angeles.

The Office of Public Art (OPA) is a public private partnership between the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and the City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning.

Founded in 2005, the purpose of OPA is to provide technical assistance and educational programs about public art in the Pittsburgh Region. We work with organizations and individuals in the public and private sector to facilitate the development of and information about public art.

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Paintings and Works on Paper by Maxo Vanka, Pgh Center For The Arts

PF/PCA Announces September Exhibit:
Paintings and Works on Paper by Maxo Vanka

(Pittsburgh, PA ) - Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (PF/PCA) announces Paintings and Works on Paper, Maxo Vanka.

Paintings and Works on Paper, by Maxo Vanka curated by Laura Domencic presents a selection of works that have not been previously exhibited, some of which pertain to the artist’s famous Millvale murals. In association with the Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka, this exhibit reveals Vanka’s observations of the human condition in New York’s Bowery during the depression era as well as cityscapes of Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh during his travels. By special arrangement these works are on loan from the Brasko family collection. Paintings by Marissa Halderman, who received her BA from Lafayette College and is Vanka’s great-granddaughter, are presented as responses to his work.

It will be on view from September 10 through November 7, 2010.

An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 10 from 5:30 to 8:00pm. It is open to the public; a $5 donation is requested; free to members.

For more information about Marissa Halderman - marissahalderman.com

About Vanka
Born in Croatia, Vanka (1889 - 1963) is best known for his murals located inside Millvale's St. Nicholas Church – the first Croatian Catholic parish in the country. Painted in two sessions, one in 1937 and another in 1941, the murals offer a social commentary on immigration, labor, war, and incorporate religious figures such as the Virgin Mary and Christ. The spectacular images, covering 11,000 square feet, are part of the Social Realist movement.

Visit the St. Nicholas Church murals website for an in-depth look at these art treasures.

Upcoming Discussion
"Political Expression through Art," is presented as part of the ongoing Dialogue series. It will be held on Thursday, October 14. Dialogue is a series of talks and events to encourage discourse about art. Cash bar opens at 5:00pm, discussion begins at 6:00pm; free. For more information about the Dialogue series visit our Dialogue webpage.

Vanka-inspired classes at the school this semester
PCA is also offering three adult classes related to the Vanka exhibit: Egg Tempera Painting, Basic Fresco Painting, and Mural Painting. These all involve a tour of Vanka’s murals at St. Nicholas Church. For more information about these classes call 412-361-0455.

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

Jamie's Dream Team and Local Artists Give Zach Mulvey Bedroom Mural Art Gift

Thanks to Jamie's Dream Team, Artists Amanda Lee and Kelly Wood, and the Pittsburgh Art Blog (Rick Byerly), the mural art for Zach Mulvey's bedroom have been completed and look great. Zach, age 9, has already had 2 heart transplants and is fighting heart rejection currently. His facebook prayer page can be found here.

The artists spent around a week working on the murals and Zach and family are grateful for what the artists created. The Pittsburgh Art Blog appreciates all the replies from artists as well and to Amanda Lee for making the effort to bring this gift full circle.

(Artist fee and supplies covered by Rick Byerly)

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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, www.RickByerly.com.

Gallerycycle; a uniquely-Lawrenceville, bike-related gallery crawl

In conjunction with Bike PGH's ongoing Car Free Friday's initiative, which has been occurring in neighborhoods across Pittsburgh every month since May, Lawrenceville will host Car Free Fridays for the month of October. The main events will take place on October 15th, with breakfast and discount vouchers available to bike commuters, and in the evening, Gallerycycle; a uniquely-Lawrenceville, bike-related gallery crawl that will connect all three wards by encouraging participants to ride their bikes from one location to the next.

Download the Gallerycycle map here.

Date and Time

Friday, October 15, 2010 - 7:00pm

Lawrenceville, PA 15201

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DAY of GIVING: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 is an important day for 400 Pittsburgh non-profits.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 is an important day for 400 Pittsburgh non-profits:

The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Day of Giving is Wednesday, October 13, 2010. This year the matching period will run for 24 hours and each nonprofit will receive a portion of the $500,000 pool of matching dollars! This year over 400 local nonprofits are participating.

RULES FOR DAY OF GIVING 2010

The matching period is October 13, 2010 at 12:00 a.m. Midnight to October 13, 2010 at 11:59:59 p.m.

• 24 Hours to give! All contributions during this period will receive a portion of the matching dollars.
• Credit card gifts only. No gifts from checks, cash, gift card redemptions, or donor-advised fund grants will be eligible for matching funds.
• $500,000 in matching dollars; every organization that receives funds during the match period will receive a portion of the match. The matching dollars will be pro-rated.

head to the website to see which non-profits are participating:

pittsburghgives.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, www.RickByerly.com.

Artists Image Resource (AIR) Ninth Annual October Benefit, Saturday, October 9 2010

Artists Image Resource
Ninth Annual
October Benefit
Saturday, October 9
4:00 pm to midnight

$10.00 for all-day access and activities

silent auction of works from the AIR archive by national and regional artists;
hands-on activities, mono-printing, letterpress printing and screenprinting;
demonstrations of print-making processes;
original print editions for sale;
A screening of videos and animations by local artists
food + drink from area restaurants and food vendors;
Live bands and DJ’s
Music, dance and drag performances.

October 9 Artists and Performers ----- Jerstin Crosby is a Pittsburgh-based multi-media artist who combines free association, environmental extremism, animal rights, advertising and humor to unexpected ends. Much of Jerstin's work is formatted around mainstream and marginalized means of information dissemination like television, billboards, bulletin boards, and the web. For this project, in association with Artists Image Resource, he is screen printing a new series of editioned larger-than-life 'bulletin board' flyers, some real....most imagined, as part of an ongoing series, plainly titled "Community News and Events". His work has been exhibited internationally, and has been published in Artforum, Art Papers, and Time Out London. For more information visit Jerstin Crosby's website, www.elvesarewatching.com

--Nina Sarnelle & Craig Fahner Nina Sarnelle and Craig Fahner present a installation dance performance for your enjoyment the evening of October 9th.

--Craig Fahner is a new arrival to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania by way of Calgary and Montreal. A recent graduate of Concordia University's Intermedia/Cyberarts program and co-founder of the Sensorium Lab at the University of Calgary, Craig is interested in reconstituting technology to create work that engages physical space, enabling kinesthesis and exploration as modes of critical interpretation

--The Wrong Airport Pittsburgh indie-rock duo The Wrong Airport celebrates with AIR following the release of their first album, Arrivals & Departures.

--Joy Toujours Joy Toujours an up-beat inventive band influenced by , “Pittsburgh winters, and the innocent intelligence of youth”. They sound like, “ukulele, violin, dulcimer, saxophone, accordion, guitar, bass guitar, percussion, megaphone, telephone, tattoo machines, and pretty much anything else we show up with, sometimes a bouncy castle or a sailboat”

--Sleep Experiments A Pittsburgh based ambient “dreampop” trio, Sleep Experiments traps audiences in a trance-like somnambulistic state with electric loops, angelic voices, electric and acoustic guitar.

--Therm & Soul United in lyrics, beats, friendship, and a darned good show, DJ Thermos and SoulDivide. Their raps sound like soul opened up and put on a roll, grease frying chicken, real talk and then some, wisdom in a lady ear, and the sound you make putting your head on the cool side of the pillow.

--Dean Cercone, Ethereal and transcendent Dean Cercone has performed in Pittsburgh with such luminaries as Black Dice and Gangwish. Ambedextrious, he plays all of the sounds he creates at once, layer upon layer.

--DJ James Wong --Veronica Bleaus --VJ Fagnelly and the peacockcocks --Powerpoint Presentation by Laura Miller

--Obscure Games Obscure Games Pittsburgh finds, invents, and plays strange, new, and obscure sports. We play our games, we play other people’s games, we play games pulled from antiquity, change rules as we see fit, and usually forget to keep score. Visit our website to learn more about upcoming games and other events, and come play with us! www.obscuregamespgh.com

--Some Kind of Circus Some Kind of Circus entertains because they love performance. This group wows crowds by juggling orbs, and performing seemingly impossible feats across a loose rope. Friendly and knowledgeable this group makes anyone dream of running away with the circus. ---------------

Artists Image Resource
518 Foreland Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Phone: 412/321-8664
Email: info@artistsimageresource.org
Web: www.artistsimageresource.org

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

October 1,2 2010 Art Events Pittsburgh PA Friday Saturday Gallery Crawls

There are a lot of art events happening this weekend so be sure to check back in the September listings for more information.

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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, www.RickByerly.com.

Wood-Fired Words, Saturday, October 2, 2010, Braddock's Unsmoke Systems

WOOD-FIRED WORDS
--READINGS, ART, PIZZA, AND MUSIC IN BRADDOCK, PA
1137 Braddock Avenue, Braddock, PA 15104

A collaboration between the Gist Street Reading Series and UnSmoke Systems,

Wood-Fired Words: Saturday, October 2, 2010, starting at 7:30 pm.

$5 suggested donation
BYOB

Doors open at 7:30. Readings begin at 8pm, followed by Flamenco!

Ongoing: Art exhibition, community pizza oven.

--Authors:
Joseph Bathanti is Professor of Creative Writing at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in the East Liberty neighborhood during the 1950s and 1960s and is an inductee of Pittsburgh’s Kelly-Strayhorn Theater Gallery of Stars. He attended Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School, and attended University of Pittsburgh. His experiences growing up in a working class Pittsburgh Italian neighborhood provide the subject matter for much of his writing. His father was a steelworker who worked for 47 years at the Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock.

Bathanti is the author of six books of poetry: Communion Partners; Anson County; The Feast of All Saints; This Metal, which was nominated for The National Book Award, and won the 1997 Oscar Arnold Young Award from The North Carolina Poetry Council for best book of poems by a North Carolina writer; Land of Amnesia, from Press 53 in 2009; and his new collection, Restoring Scared Art, from Star Cloud Press in 2010. His collection of short stories, The High Heart, winner of the 2006 Spokane Prize, was published by Eastern Washington University Press in Fall 2007.

J.C. Hallman’s mother grew up in Pittsburgh, which explains why he attended the University of Pittsburgh after a pretty sheltered youth on a street called Utopia Road in a master-planned community in Southern California. Hallman's introduction to both city life and, well, regular life, came in Western Pennsylvania. After literary forays into chess and William James, Hallman returned to his utopian heritage to produce a book about the history of paradise: In Utopia: Six Kinds of Eden and the Search for a Better Paradise. More about his career can be found at JCHallman.com.

--Art: Vanishing Point, opening reception at UnSmoke Artspace

Vanishing Point aims to present work that confronts the notion of a “new abstract.” Inclusive to all medium, the exhibition presents abstraction as a means of reconciliation to the dislocation of self in modern life.

--Video station talk by Curator Alexander Conner: “When Looking at the Art of Your Contemporaries

Curator:
Philadelphia-based artist Alexander Conner received a B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies and a B.A. in Sociology from Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ). Mr. Conner is an inter-disciplinary artist exploring people and their environments through drawing, photography, printmaking, technology, sound works, video and installation. His work was recently the subject of a New York Times story investigating contemporary artistic studio practices during extreme economic climates. (“The Recession Proof Artist” – May 2009). Mr. Conner is an avid cook, bread baker, an educator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA) and a contributor to the international arts journal LAND MAGAZINE.

Selected exhibitions of his work include, the Aferro Gallery (Newark, NJ), Apex Art (New York, NY), Reference (Richmond, VA), Wien (Vienna, Austria, EU). Mr. Conner’s projects are featured in Rhizome’s ArtBase Collection (Global) and the Newark Public Library’s Artist’s Books Department (Newark, NJ).

--Pizza Oven Guru: Jessica Dale

--Flamenco by Carolina Loyola-Garcia

Carolina Loyola-Garcia is a multidisciplinary artist, performer, and flamenco lover. She has been dancing for over a decade, and was co-founder of Centro Flamenco de Pittsburgh. She has performed in numerous events throughout Western Pennsylvania and was co-creator and performer for Quantum Theatre's production of the Red Shoes. Her love for flamenco has been contagious in the city of Pittsburgh, where she has been teaching and nurturing a community of flamenco aficionados since 2001. http://www.mir-ali.com/Mir_Ali/HOME.html ; http://jonbanuelos.com/

Guitars:
Mir Ali
Since winning his first competition at the age of 13, Pakistani-born guitar virtuoso and composer Mir Ali has been described by Acoustic Guitar Magazine as “an exceptional nylon string guitarist," as "mesmerizing and hypnotic" by National Public Radio, and as “innovative and eclectic” by Soundboard magazine.

Ali has written music for movies, theater, radio, television commercials, and most recently for the documentary "Roots and Branches," which won the “Award of Excellence” from the prestigious Film Advisory Board in Hollywood. His recent tours include performances and master classes in India, Romania, Spain, Italy, and Canada. www.mir-ali.com

Jon Banuelos:
Jon Banuelos is a flamenco guitarist who has just recently moved to the Pittsburgh area from Tucson Arizona, where he performed with the Flamenco Groups Flamenco del Pueblo Viejo and Flamenco y mas under the Direction of Jason and Mele Martinez. He has studied in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain under Guitar masters such as Parilla de Jerez, Jose Luis Balao, Manuel "El Carbonero" Lozano, and Juan Diego Mateos. Now in Pittsburgh, he is bringing the same aire from jerez to the Steel City and beyond so all can experience the true duende that is flamenco. jonbanuelos.com.

This project was supported by Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PA Partners), the regional arts funding partnership of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts , a state agency. State government funding comes through an annual appropriation by Pennsylvania’s General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PA Partners is administered in Allegheny County by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council.

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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, www.RickByerly.com.

Claire Hardy Art Exhibit, New Studio C, Coraopolis, PA

Studio C
845 Fourth Avenue
Coraopolis, PA 15108
(412)567-2704
www.clairehardy.com
art(AT)clairehardy.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“C” STANDS FOR…

CLAIRE HARDY’S PAINTING STUDIO AND NEW WORKS GALLERY

OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2010

Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, September 28, 2010… Claire Hardy, Sewickley resident and acclaimed fine art painter, announces the opening of Studio C, her new painting studio located at 845 Fourth Avenue, Coraopolis in the Crivelli Professional Building.

Claire joins a list of local artists who have chosen to own their own creative spaces. Studio C will serve as a painting studio, classroom for private students and gallery space highlighting new works on canvas. The name, Studio C, was selected because it offers easy name retention due to her first name as well as its location. Claire selected the large studio space to make room for newer larger works as well as to continue practicing more of the still life and floral paintings for which she has become known."

“Try to put in practice what you already know, and in so doing, you will in good time
discover the hidden things which you now inquire about. Practice what you know,
and it will help make clear what now you do not know.” -- Rembrandt van Rijn

Claire Hardy takes this scholarly approach to her own picture-making. For example, in interpreting a landscape by Rembrandt, she researched the pigments he used and sought to capture his earthly colors and glazes (refer to image A). In a larger painting, she incorporates similar pigments and brushwork to create a warmer landscape of her own (refer to image B).

Studio C will open Friday, October 8, 2010 from 6-8 p.m. Meet the artist, Claire Hardy, view her newest paintings in the Studio C Gallery and learn more about commissioning an original painting or private lessons. Claire is still taking reservations for the holidays.

To R.S.V.P. to the Studio C Opening call 412-567-2704. To learn more about Claire Hardy or to view an online gallery of her paintings, visit www.clairehardy.com.

Artist Statement: Claire Hardy

The word clair is French for clear, light, luminous, vivid. These words describe my paintings. They also describe how I perceive the oil colors themselves. I am drawn to bright colors and often use them right out of the tube, mixing them on the canvas as I shape the forms. Oil color seems to me to be a living thing. If it is brushed or mixed too much, it loses its sheen.

I keep the paint fresh by painting wet-into-wet, sculpting my way from transparent dark colors to opaque lights. After laying in shapes of color, I use softer brushes to smooth edges or refine them. I use brushstrokes to describe shape, texture, and effects of light. Sometimes, I scrape color away to reveal the weave of the linen or canvas and then paint back into the area. Each painting is an experimental process.

I paint still lifes, landscapes, and portraits, but flowers are my favorite subject. They offer a wide range for interpretation, bold colors, graceful and interesting compositions. And there are always readily available models waiting in my garden.



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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, www.RickByerly.com.