Associated Artists of Pittsburgh July Art Events 2010

from the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Member Newsletter:

*** Fein Gallery…Paintings & Photographs by Tazim Jaffers

The Fein Gallery presents paintings and photographs by AAP member
Tazim Jeffers. The exhibition by Tazim will be on display from July 16
until August 13 at 519 East Ohio Street. The opening reception is
scheduled for July 16 from 5 – 8 PM.

*** Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild … Photomics

The Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild presents an exhibition of reflection,
process and exploration through photography and ceramics of AAP
member’s artwork from July 16 – September 3. The opening reception
will be held on July 16 from 6 – 9 PM at their location at 1815
Metropolitan Street in Pittsburgh.

*** Mendelson Gallery…Salon des Refusés

Steven Mendelson will present his very popular Salon des Refusés
(selected from the wonderful pieces that did not get in the 2010 AAP
Annual) from July 22 until August 14. The opening reception is
scheduled for July 22 from 5:30 – 8:30.

*** The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 100th Annual
Exhibition…Carnegie Museum of Art

Come celebrate with us at our 100th anniversary at the Carnegie Museum
of Art 4400 Forbes Ave in Oakland and be ARTrageous!

*** The Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill…AAP at the JCC

The exhibit at the JCC in Squirrel Hill will be located at the Alex &
Leona Robinson building at 5738 Darlington. The opening reception will
be on Thursday evening, August 5 from 6:30 – 8:30 and the exhibition
can be viewed from July 28 – Aug. 25.

*** GalleriE CHIZ…Four Photographers…Four Paths Revealed

GalleriE CHIZ located at 5831 Ellsworth Ave. presents an exhibition
titled Four Photographers: Four Paths Revealed. The exhibit will run
from July 30 – August 28 with the opening reception on July 30 from
5:30 – 8:30.


EXHIBITS TO SUPPORT:


International Images Galleries… In Memoriam: Girts Purins until July
23

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Ligonier Valley (SAMA)...Skip
Allen: America’s Spirit Revealed until July 31

Le Poire Gallery… Joyce Werwie Perry: Improvisation – experimentation
in abstraction until August 15

Robert Morris University Media Arts Gallery (downtown campus)
pastpresent until August 13

World West Gallery…Honoring Charles Pitcher 1927-2009 (also includes
artists Forquer, Paulsen, Postrech, West, Melega, Parcell, Basatoni
and Hinderliter) until Sept. 13

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh…AAP @ AIP… AAP Membership Exhibit
until July 31

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts…Interplay…until August 22

GalleriE CHIZ…Mary Culbertson Stark and Randie Snow…Mirror Play until
July 24

Christine Frechard Gallery…Archives (Adrienne Heinrich) and Homburg
Diary until July 23

Mendelson Gallery…2010 AAP Mendelson Exhibition Award Winners: Jack
Weiss and Vanessa German until July 21

The Society of Contemporary Craft ( Satellite Gallery Steel Plaza
subway station at One Mellon Center 500 Grant St.)…My Walden: New
Works by Atticus Adams until Sept. 26

Fallingwater (Gallery at the Pavilion)…Associated Artists of
Pittsburgh at Fallingwater I until August 31


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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 art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Mary Culbertson Stark and Randie Snow…Mirror Play

“Mary Culbertson Stark and Randie Snow…Mirror Play”

June 18, 2010 thru July 24, 2010

AAP CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT

Mary Culbertson-Stark: painting Randie Snow: mixed media

FirstFriday ArtWalk…July 2, 2010 5:30-8:30 pm

GALLERIE CHIZ
5831 Ellsworth Avenue, Shadyside, Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Hours: Tue – Fri 11-5:30 • Sat 11-5 • closed Sun, Mon. or by appointment; 412.441.6005

image above from Randie Snow's assemblage "Alice"

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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.

Steel Valley Arts Council presents: Seth Graham at artspace105, May 1 – 15, 20

Steel Valley Arts Council presents: Seth Graham at artspace105, May 1 – 15, 2010



CONTACT:

Steel Valley Arts Council P.O. Box 3003

Munhall, PA 15120

www.steelvalleyarts.org

steelvalleyarts@gmail.com



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Seth Graham

May 1 – 15, 2010

artspace105

105 East Eighth Avenue

Homestead, PA 15120

(Next to the Homestead Grays Bridge)

On street parking available on 7th or 8th Avenues)



Presented by Steel Valley Arts Council, a not for profit arts organization serving the areas of Homestead, West Homestead, and Munhall.



Seth Graham is a visual artist from Buffalo, New York. He creates works using pen and ink that reflect ideas that bear significance to man’s place in nature, alchemy, death, and time among other subjects. He has developed his artwork and the style in which he produces it around the ideology that we are all part of one whole, and although we branch out and carve a niche for ourselves in life, we eventually succumb to the reclaiming hands of time and nature.



Graham’s works are often described as gritty and scratchy, but bear an elegance that demonstrates a great attention to detail. His drawings pull from a great number of sources, and each piece conveys an idea or bears a symbolic theme. The aesthetics of the pieces help to bring the message to the viewer, and at the same time, make the delivery artistic.



Graham’s mission in creating these works is to induce thought, and to prompt questions. There is a great deal of symbolism and metaphoric use of images in his work that he hopes will prompt the viewer to perhaps question the intent of such a depiction, and ultimately the world around them.



Seth Graham’s visual art will be on view Wednesdays and Saturdays at artspace105 from May 1-15, 2010. An opening reception will be held starting at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 1st.



For more information, including gallery hours, contact the Steel Valley Arts Council at steelvalleyarts@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.

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Tradition of Innovation @ Pittsburgh Tech Council 15 Minutes Gallery

A Tradition of Innovation, an Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Centennial Exhibit at the Pittsburgh Technology Council's 15 Minutes Art Gallery

Exhibit runs February 1 through April Fool's Day, 2010

Opening Event:
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 5pm - 7pm
Featuring an artists' reception, cocktails and hors d'oevres, and a special presentation by Infinite Family, an international organization connecting Pittsburgh to children in Africa via video conferencing. Learn More about Infinite Family

Artists:

Rick Byerly

Connie Cantor

Mia Tarducci Henry

Ron Nigro

Jane Ogren

Judith Ruszkowski

Location:
2000 Technology Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
412.687.2700

Get Directions

Free Parking and admission.

Regular Hours:

Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The Gallery is located in the atrium and conference rooms of the Pittsburgh Technology Council offices.

Innovation Lives at PTC's 15 Minutes Gallery

Innovation Lives at PTC's 15 Minutes Gallery

From the polio vaccine and the pull-tab can to the Ferris Wheel and the air brake, Pittsburgh has long been a city of innovative firsts and ingenuous inventions. This week, as the whole world is watching, a new exhibition explores and celebrates the city's 21st-century drive, spirit and creativity via the work of local artists. Aptly called Innovation Lives Here: A New Generation of Pittsburgh, the new exhibition showcases work by 20 artists at the Pittsburgh Technology Council's (PTC) 15 Minutes Gallery, one of the latest cultural venues to emerge within the city's thriving arts scene.

On view through January 21, 2010, the dynamic collection features work from a staggering variety of media, from the traditional to the cutting edge, and reflects the diverse modes, media and practices employed by our region's artists. Visitors to Innovation Lives Here: will have the opportunity to view fabric art alongside robotic installations and oil paintings displayed with gigapan technology. Featured artists in the PTC's special G-20 show include Francis Crisafio, Zheng Yang, Ron Nigro, Alan Byrne, Kaoru Tohara, Rick Byerly, Ruth Hendricks, and Sandy Kessler.

The PTC's 15 Minutes Gallery is open to the public during the G-20 Summit from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., as well as on weekdays through January 21, 2010.

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G20 Art Exhibit at the 15 Minutes Gallery: Innovation Lives Here

INNOVATION LIVES HERE:
The New Generation of Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Technology Council's Special G20 Exhibition

September 21, 2009 - January 21, 2010

In celebration of this year’s G-20 Summit, the 15 Minutes Gallery is proud to present a collection of artwork that reflects the diversity, creativity, excellence and innovative spirit of Pittsburgh today. Twenty artists represent work in virtually all media – from the traditional to the leading edge. Fabric art and oil paintings, microscopic photography and gigapan technology, sculpture, collage, glass, assemblage and robotic installations – all of these media combine synergistically to form a vast and diverse collection of some of the region’s best artwork. President Obama chose us for many of the same reasons that the Art + Technology Initiative is in existence; today in Pittsburgh, we are demonstrating our ability to adapt, and even flourish – and are embracing our potential to reinvent ourselves, both culturally and economically.

Location: Pittsburgh Technology Council
2000 Technology Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15219



Artists:

Francis Crisafio, Zheng Yang, Sandra Ward, Gary Zak, Ron Nigro, Jason Adam Bannister, Alan Byrne, Jane Ogren, Kaoru Tohara, Gretchen Henry, Holly Northrop, Joyce Werwie Perry, Ron Donoughe, Rick Byerly, Ruth Hendricks, Mark Panza, Jean Thomas, John Metzler, Charles Finder, Sandy Kessler, Frank Sanns, Ruth Hendricks.

Pittsburgh Art Events Friday, Saturday September 4, 5 2009

Holy shiatt there's a lot of Pittsburgh art events going on this weekend! Be sure to check out Bittersweet Harvest for a comprehensive line-up (right hand side for the schedule and each posting). On Friday I'll be checking out Unblurred on Penn Ave (including the newer fast fwd gallery at 3700 penn av, 5020 penn av, modernformations, most wanted and imagebox among others). A Friday after crawl party will be at Remedy (5121 Penn Ave Larryville) on the 2nd floor starting at 10pm where Casey Hallas is the organizer for the Incredible Hipster Machie gig (tip them well, no cover). More info at the fbook link here. Saturday will be Panza Gallery and Zombo (if not Friday or Sunday).

Would like to check Unsmoke in Braddock on Friday but not sure I'll make it.

Remember my Pittsburgh Galleries website directory is www.pghgalleries.com if you're looking for addresses of various art venues.

Rick Byerly

Pittsburgh Galleries Blog Goes On Hiatus

Pittsburgh Galleries Blog Goes On Hiatus

This blog will no longer be a comprehensive listing of Pittsburgh art events but the good news is that there's a new blog which is doing a great job of covering the scene: Bittersweet Harvest. To have an event listed there email the info to bsharvest(AT)hotmail.com. The url is http://bittersweetharvest.blogspot.com/ .

I'm not sure what this blog will become. Perhaps in the fall it will re-emerge.

Rick Byerly