Body In Ten Parts: A new movement theater piece, Pittsburgh Pa

BODY IN TEN PARTS

Over the course of a single night an anonymous sleeper is disembodied.

A new movement theater piece directed by Nina Sarnelle and sponsored by the Carnegie Mellon School of Art.

Working with an original sound design composed by local artists, diverse movement collaborators and an appetite for the uncanny,Body in Ten Parts deconstructs the body into its various parts (head, elbow, foot, knee, etc.) and reinvents these parts in ways we haven’t seen before. This interdisciplinary live performance is inspired by innovators like Mummenschanz, Pilobolus, Philippe Genty and Philippe Decoufle, as well as many modern practitioners of pantomime, physical comedy, stage illusions, and experimental theater.

All performances at the Greybox Theatre, 3595 Butler St, Pittsburgh.

Friday Nov 19 7:30pm (2010)
Friday Nov 19 9:00pm
Saturday Nov 20 7:30pm
Saturday Nov 20 9:00pm
Sunday Nov 21 6:30pm
Sunday Nov 21 8:00pm

Free admission with $10 suggested donation at the door. Seating is very limited; reserve seats by emailing a.beachwestm@gmail.comwith your name, phone number, quantity, performance date and time requested (limit 4 seats per request).

For more information visit our website: http://www.ninasarnelle.com/BodyInTenParts.html
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The Pittsburgh Art Blog

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

American Jewish Museum's Artworks Online Newsletter

Check out the American Jewish Museum's Artworks Online Newsletter.

Includes an article on the legacy of Pittsburgh artist Samuel Rosenberg.

American Jewish Museum Homepage.
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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 artist advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

opportunity for Pittsburgh artists to work at The MacDowell Colony

from GPAC:

We wanted to let you know about an exciting new opportunity for Pittsburgh artists to work at The MacDowell Colony, one of the nation’s leading artist residency programs. The Heinz Endowments has established two Fellowships to underwrite all costs of MacDowell residencies of up to two months. Heinz Endowments Fellowships are open artists of all disciplines who reside in Pittsburgh or the surrounding 10-county area (Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland).

This is a transformative opportunity for artists both emerging and established. At MacDowell, artists receive exclusive use of a private studio building, three meals a day, living accommodations, and the benefits of working in an inspiring multidisciplinary community of fellow artists from across the country. The Heinz Endowment Fellowships will be offered starting in the Winter-Spring residency period at MacDowell. Artists applying for Summer 2011 residencies (deadline January 15, 2011) will be considered for the fellowships.

The Arts Council is hosting a free information session at our offices on Thursday, November 18 from 5 – 7 pm. Cheryl Young, MacDowell’s executive director, will lead a discussion about the Colony’s free residency opportunities. Visual artist Kim Beck and poet CM Burroughs will speak about applying, a typical day at the Colony and the impact of the residency experience on their professional development as artists. Mitch Swain, the Arts Council’s CEO, will moderate. The session is free, but we ask that you register by visiting http://www.proartstickets.org/contact/register/2156 or by calling ProArtsTickets at 412.394.3353.

Interested artists should apply using MacDowell’s standard application, which can be accessed at www.macdowellcolony.org\apply. Only those artists who are accepted for residency will be considered for the fellowships.

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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 artist advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Lawrenceville Artists' Studio Tour

Lawrenceville Artists' Studio Tour

Lawrenceville is the home to many artists and this year you are invited to tour 13 studios throughout the neighborhood that will include painting, fiber arts, photography, stained glass, mixed media, bookmaking, soap making, pottery and sculpture.

Questions? 412-683-6488

Download a copy of the map here.

Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 10:00am - 6:00pm

source

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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 artist advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Gatherings, Artist Becky Slemmons, Pittsburgh Pa

Prior to this blog post I learned about artist Becky Slemmons' project and I found the concept compelling to say the least. It's good to see this has taken form:

Gatherings
a socially-based, performative art project
September 5, 2010 to present date and on-going

“Gatherings,” an on-going socially-based, performative art project began on September 5, 2010 and continues presently. The project (an assignment the artist gave herself) goes like this: Ms. Slemmons will attend one or more different places of worship in Pittsburgh every week for a year (or however long it takes to reach her goal of 100 visits), choosing temples, churches, synagogues and mosques primarily in neighborhoods without abundant access to art. She has made a white dress, which she wears to every worship visit. In response to each visit (in her own studio between visits), she adds pieces of fabric and/or embroidery to the dress; with the accumulation of experiences, the dress grows and changes in appearance. She creates a page of drawings for each worship experience (during each visit, if possible) and documents gatherings with photographs, off-site video and this blog: www.gatheringspittsburgh.blogspot.com/ . (Look here to find the location of her next visit.) At year's end, she plans to exhibit the work in a yet-to-be-determined Pittsburgh art gallery.

The impetus for “gatherings” is as follows: Creative folk and worship places: in Pittsburgh you can't go a block without running into one or the other. But can it be, that never the twain shall meet? Of course not. And when they do, what form will the search for common ground take, between spiritual ritual and the ritual of art-making? Could an art project based on the cultural tradition of attending services remain non-religious in purpose, while providing arts exposure to Pittsburgh communities that normally do not have access? Raise hope for tolerance? This creative soul says yes.

Through “gatherings,” I wish to question whether the ritual of art-making and the spiritual ritual are not at odds, with hopes that this starting point will prove fertile ground to launch new opportunities for appreciation of, involvement in, and exposure to art. I also wish to raise an awareness of and hope for tolerance.

I am not a specifically religious person (I do not embrace a specific set of beliefs), but I am fascinated with:
• The role that belief plays in society, the need it fulfills for those who partake.
• The similarities in differently-labeled spiritual mythologies.
• The conflict unfortunately perpetuated.
• I am intrigued by people who don't need proof.
• And I am interested in the role that these ideas play in art-making, the common questions that both pursue to answer: In what way do I see the world? How am I to live in it? Who am I within the larger scheme of things?

Contact: Becky Slemmons
bslemmons(at)verizon.net
www.gatheringspittsburgh.blogspot.com/
www.beckyslemmons.com/
410-746-4377 (yes: 410, not 412)


*She's also looking for funding as well (I asked) and a gallery to exhibit the work in at project's end.

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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 artist advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Portraits by Artist Sam Thorp

Check out Artist Sam Thorp's details on getting a portrait done starting at $40.

The work will be an 8x10" color pencil drawing unless requested otherwise. And the price for my hard work and talent begins at $40 for an 8x10" color drawing.

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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 artist advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

The Zombo Gallery space is up for rent. Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh PA

The Zombo Gallery space is up for rent:

For rent is the 600 sq ft. store front space at 4900 Hatfield Street (15201) used previously as an art gallery. Can used as retail space and also can be sectioned off into four office spaces at $250 a month. $650 a month includes utilities and wireless internet.

Price

650.00 USD

Square Footage

600ft²

Broker

Michael Devine

1 (330) 806-7813

Zombo Gallery

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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 artist advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Parent Resource Network Benefit, Robert Strovers Photography

Parent Resource Network is hosting an opening reception this coming Monday, November 15, 2010:


NEW WORK by ROBERT STROVERS
Opening Reception

Monday, November 15, 2010 from 7pm-9pm
5151 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224

Light Refreshments and Drinks available.
Suggested donation of $10 per person

PRN programming provides connections to families throughout their experience of having a medically fragile child.
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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 artist advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Justseeds Art Cooperative New Art Prints

Justseeds has new prints for sale at their website.

JustSeeds is also having a Black Friday sale on Nov 26th at their Pittsburgh headquarters. Friday Nov 26th from 12-8 pm, 3410 Penn Avenue, 2nd floor, Pittsburgh, PA

Fernando Martí:



Kristine Virsis:

About:
Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative is a decentralized network of 26 artists committed to making print and design work that reflects a radical social, environmental, and political stance. With members working from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, Justseeds operates both as a unified collaboration of similarly minded printmakers and as a loose collection of creative individuals with unique viewpoints and working methods. We believe in the transformative power of personal expression in concert with collective action. To this end, we produce collective portfolios, contribute graphics to grassroots struggles for justice, work collaboratively both in- and outside the co-op, build large sculptural installations in galleries, and wheatpaste on the streets – all while offering each other daily support as allies and friends.

Justseeds


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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 artist advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Unblurred Art Galleries With Regular Hours, Pittsburgh Pa

Unblurred is great as far as a social happening and for highlighting urban renewal through the arts but it isn't always about the visual artist who is trying to promote people purchasing their work so they can continue making art in Pittsburgh. Artists who display at venues without regular hours or on site sales have a harder road ahead of them for the most part.

For people who are interested in supporting locally based visual artists who aren't able to make every first friday Unblurred on Penn Ave there are just a few sales oriented galleries who have hours:

ModernFormations
4919 Penn Avenue. Pittsburgh PA 15224 412.362.0274
Thursdays 7pm - 9pm
Saturdays 1pm - 4pm or by appointment

Pittsburgh Glass Center
5472 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 | 412-365-2145
Fri., Sat. & Sun. : 10 am – 4 pm
Tues., Wed. & Thurs. : 10 am – 7 pm
Closed Monday
(not always about locally based art sales but overall a great thing for pgh)


*Some of the other venues are by appointment so you can get in touch with them or the artists individually to see. Garfield art gallery list.

If you want to reach beyond Unblurred check out the Pittsburgh Artist Registry and my curated list of Pittsburgh Artists.

Rick Byerly
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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 artist advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.