Shaw Galleries: Beauty, Strength, Reflection Art Exhibit April 1-30 2011 Pgh PA

PITTSBURGH, PA, 3/3/10 – Shaw Galleries is pleased to announce the opening on Friday, April 1, 2011 of "BEAUTY - STRENGTH - REFLECTION: Five Perspectives on the Female Form," an exhibit featuring five women artists from Pittsburgh in a remarkable Spring show of fine art paintings. The exhibition runs through Saturday, April 30. PLEASE NOTE NEW GALLERY HOURS are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.

Within their chosen medium, these five women share their perspectives on feminine form and style. Not to be confused with nude figurative studies, these new works convey an uninhibited simplicity, a quiet, sagacious strength and luminous nobility with the focus being color, light, texture and shape. Each artist has contributed individual works on paper and canvas, as well as a five-piece collaborative piece titled "Dressing Matters" that serves as a focal point of the show.

The opening is Friday, April 1 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Contemplation, an oil painting by Christine Swann

Towel Off, an oil painting by Claire Hardy

Sand Sculpture, a watercolor by Jeannie McGuire

Kissing Echo, an acrylic painting by Barbara Kern-Bush

Recollection, a watercolor by Peggi Habets

NOTE: Images represent the kind of work each artist is displaying in this show.

www.shawgalleries.com

805 Liberty Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Telephone: 412-281-4884

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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.

New Pittsburgh Art Galleries added to PghGalleries.com List

Until today it had been since September of 2009 since I last updated www.pghgalleries.com with Pittsburgh area galleries. Many art venues have gone by the wayside since then but here are some relatively newer venues as well as ones which have been updated as far as locations and names.



Newer venues:

The Gallery on Baum 4643 Baum Boulevard Pittsburgh PA, 15213 Oakland Website Major focus on national and international illustration and animation art.

Shaw Galleries 805 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Downtown Pittsburgh Website Focus is on national and international art and rare prints and maps.

Updated:

August Wilson Center 980 Liberty Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15222 phone :412.258.2700 Website Downtown Pittsburgh The August Wilson Center for African American Culture (formerly known as the African American Cultural Center of Greater Pittsburgh) is a not-for-profit organization that presents performing, visual and education programs that celebrate the contributions of African Americans within the region and the impact of cultural expression from Africa to the African Diaspora.

Miller Gallery Purnell Center for the Arts Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh 15213 Oakland 412-268-3618 www.millergallery.cfa.cmu.edu Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 12-6. Closed Monday The Miller Gallery is in the Purnell Center for the Arts on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University. The Purnell Center is located near the corner of Forbes and Morewood Avenues next to Warner Hall and directly across The Cut from the University Center.

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