In Memory of Pittsburgh Artist John Metzler

John Metzler was full of creative energy and it was easy to spot for the many people who had the chance to interact with him. In addition to the many hours he spent on his own beautiful furniture and sculptures from reclaimed wood he was known for working with other artists at the Urban Tree Forge and beyond as well as volunteering at Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest and the work he did for the Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors. He will be sorely missed but will be easy to remember.

Scroll down to see images of John and just some of the amazing work he brought forth. Images are from Joey Kennedy, Randie Snow and the Urban Tree Forge blog.

moxie dada event:

menorah sculpture from reclaimed wood in Squirrel Hill:

John and Urban Tree Forge members created tables
which were used for G20 meetings at Phipps!

Rest in Peace John.

Rick Byerly

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Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday (May 17) at W.F. Conroy Funeral Home in Sheraden. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday (May 18) at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 46 School St., Green Tree.

The family is planning a memorial and tree planting in Mr. Metzler's honor on Saturday at Allegheny Commons on the North Side. The time has not been set, but will be posted on www.urbantreeforge.com.

Funeral Service Address Info:
46 School Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15220-2717
(412) 921-0606
Get directions

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tree-dedication memorial :: sunday, may 23, 2010 – 12p.m.
Allegheny Commons Park, West Park, North Side, Pittsburgh
Corner of Brighton Road & West North Avenue (near the lake)

Slideshow of the dedication from Joey Kennedy here.

Petition to make Washington Boulevard more safe here.
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The Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors will honor its late member, John Metzler, and celebrate its 75th anniversary at the Three Rivers Arts Festival, with an exhibit at 937 Liberty Ave., second floor (accessible by stairs and elevator).

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10152/1061726-437.stm#ixzz0phhyImk8

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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.

Pittsburgh artist Jim Rettinger at Panza Gallery May 8 2010

Pittsburgh artist Jim Rettinger


decay

&

renewal


Opens May 8th, 2010 6-9pm


@ PANZA gallery

115 Sedgwick Street

Millvale Pa 15209

412.821.0959 panzagallery@mac.com

Wed.Thurs.Fri.10-5 Sat 10-3

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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.

Body of Work: Philip Mendlow: American Jewish Museum. October 12 – December 18, 2009

Body of Work: Philip Mendlow

October 12 – December 18, 2009

American Jewish Museum



Opening reception

Wednesday, October 14 • 7–9 PM

Guest speaker: Thaddeus Mosley



Reception sponsored by Bernard and Marsha Marcus



The first comprehensive look at his extensive career that spanned nearly five decades, Body of Work surveys Pittsburgh artist and teacher Philip Mendlow. Drawn from his personal collection, the work in the exhibit represents the breadth of Mendlow's creative output. Revealing the connections and differences in his two and three-dimensional forms the exhibit comprises approximately 50 paintings, works on paper and sculptures.



Philip Mendlow was born in Pittsburgh in 1933. After earning a B.F.A. from (then) Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1954, he served in Paris, France, in the United States Army during the Korean War. Upon his discharge, he stayed in Paris, studying printmaking at the venerable William Stanley Hayter’s Atelier 17 and painting and art history at the University of Paris, Sorbonne. He traveled extensively throughout Europe, exploring the Loire Valley, Barcelona and the Balearic Islands. Returning to Pittsburgh in 1958 he established a career as an arts educator, teaching drawing and painting, and later becoming the academic dean of the Ivy School of Professional Art. After the school’s 1980 closure he continued teaching art at La Roche College, Carlow University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh as well as Pittsburgh’s Creative and Performing Arts High School (CAPA).



Mendlow exhibited widely throughout the sixties and seventies throughout Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, and his sculptures are in numerous private and museum collections. Although in his later years he concentrated on teaching and caring for his wife, he continued his artistic pursuits, experimenting with new styles and developing new bodies of work. Mendlow was also involved with area arts organizations, including the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors, and Western Pennsylvania Regional Scholastics, where he served in lay leadership capacities. He died in Pittsburgh, in November 2007.



Body of Work: Philip Mendlow is free and open to the public, Monday through Thursday, 7:30 AM to 10 PM; Friday, 7:30 AM to 6 PM; Saturday, 1 to 7 PM and Sunday, 7:45 AM to 6 PM.



For more information, visit the AJM/JCC at www.jccpgh.org/museum.asp, contact the Director, Melissa Hiller, at mhiller@jccpgh.org, or visit AJM’s Facebook page.



Funding for this exhibit is provided by the Anna L. Caplan and Irene V. Caplan Philanthropic Fund of the United Jewish Federation Foundation. The AJM is supported in part by grants from the Allegheny Regional Asset District, and the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, the regional arts funding partnership of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency. Media sponsorship is provided by WDUQ-FM.



American Jewish Museum of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh

5738 Forbes Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15217