The Friends of Art

I do like goats, but not ready to pet them.

A fun evening at a winery with our Abby, Kelly and Bill.

Mary Thomas: Right the wrong that has tarnished the Mattress Factory The reputations of Michael Olijnyk, Barbara Luderowski and their art museum have all been unjustly smeared. 

Update: Election 2020 — Pole-2-Polls Pole-2-Polls is in full swing meeting monthly the first Saturday of the month 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at UnDiscovered 319 South Trenton Ave. in Wilkinsburg join us!

Friends, and fellow artists, I am looking for any double knit polyester, the best is the old 60’s and 70’s, for a project at Duquesne University with Penny Mateer. Thanks. Let me know if you have found and I will pick up from your location.

Walkabout: Artist has fruitful residency at Tree Pittsburgh

post-gazette.com Artist Ashley Cecil demonstrates the power of message through beauty in Tree Pittsburgh’s first art exhibit

Friends, if you or someone you know is interested in a part time teaching position in music: Integrating the Arts and Movement, message me and I will give you details.

Duquesne University School of Education

REMINDER! Don't forget to stop by the Union today to help raise awareness of The Caring Place and Children's Grief Awareness Day!

Feel Good Now

"Life is Art"💗

Sparkt

We are currently seeking smart, fresh, engaging people who care as much about their communities as we do to become Sparkt Voices. Complete our form to tell us why you are a smart Sparkt Voice. We look forward to amplifying your influence!
https://www.indeedjobs.com/rabble-holdings-inc/jobs/22ec54c9ed317a19e527

Duquesne University

Duquesne University School of Education students in Prof. Patricia Sheahan's social justice class are supporting Children's Grief Awareness Day today in partnership with the Highmark Caring Place downtown. They are visiting offices around the University and stopped by to visit President Gormley.

The Heinz Endowments

Aurélien Bory has gained a reputation as a master of astonishingly creative stagecraft who blends elements of dance, music, magic and circus in his visual theater. "ESPÆCE," at August Wilson Center • African American Cultural Center on Nov. 2-3, is based on the writing of French author Georges Perec, and features a visual feast of actors, acrobats, dancers and singers that brings his unique pathos and humor into vivid, vibrant focus. "ESPÆCE" is part of The Festival of Firsts, https://bit.ly/2yYqdGW a project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust that is presenting more than 500 opportunities for groundbreaking experiences of international arts and entertainment over eight weeks.

photo credit: Algae Bory, Christophe Raynaud de Lage

Children's Grief Awareness Day

HOPE the Butterfly is the symbol of Children’s Grief Awareness Day. There are lots of fun butterfly-themed activities you can do. What happenings do YOU have planned for Children's Grief Awareness Day? Click here for one fun idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kvVR0ofA5Q

PIPELINE

citytheatrecompany.org When Omari is suspended from a prestigious – and mostly white – private school for an explosive incident with a teacher, his mother sees her dreams for him vanish before her eyes. Dominique Morisseau (Sunset Baby) returns to City Theatre with this powerful and poetic chronicle of injustice that ...

Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse

Experience an unforgettable evening as emerging and established artists push the boundaries of dance and explore new ideas and new movement. Featuring works by Christopher Huggins, Jae Man Joo, Peter Chu and Mark Burrell.

runs October 11-14. Book now: bit.ly/2OuDOPV.

Abigail Washburn

Thanks to CMT for the feature! Watch our "Come All You Coal Miners / Take Me To Harlan" featuring Pilobolus dance company!

Opus One Productions

An Evening with Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn - coming to Carnegie Library Lecture Hall of Oakland on April 14th. Lock in tickets today!

"Two of the world’s most accomplished and innovative banjo players happen to be a married couple: Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn. They both push far beyond the bluegrass expectations of their chosen instrument: toward Africa, Asia, jazz and math-rock. Echo in the Valley, their second duet album, is both constrained — only what the duo can play and sing live in real time — and audacious as it traverses a world of possibilities.”
- The New York Times

Pittsburgh Magazine

As a kid, Dawn ofter made her own dinners in a microwave or out of a snack box. Now she's working to make sure Pittsburgh kids don't have to.

The Rangos Giant Cinema

Experience what The Wall Street Journal describes as an “old-fashioned, big-hearted spare-no-expense Broadway romance,” on a Certified Giant Screen!

Pittsburgh Opera

Experience love, betrayal, and sacrifice in Puccini's classic, Madama Butterfly.

Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse

“For this news season, we wanted to bring in a little bit of the old, a little bit of the new, and a little bit of the future,” says Garfield Lemonius, Point Park University Conservatory Dance Company’s new chair.

John McCain’s Funeral Was the Biggest Resistance Meeting Yet

newyorker.com Two ex-Presidents and one eloquent daughter teamed up to rebuke the pointedly uninvited Donald Trump.

Patricia Turner Art

"Oranges" was an extremely difficult piece to make, it took months. I hope you will take a minute to read the piece statement. thanks
“Their exit wounds were the size of oranges”.
The size of oranges.
Emergency room doctors describe their horror and helplessness when addressing the immense damage done to our children by the bullets from an AR-15 semi-automatic weapon, damage that is impossible to treat successfully. First responders are unable to stem the rivers of blood, doctors are unable to repair the massive tissue and organ disintegration. The shooter does not even have to make the effort to aim, once his target is hit it is a virtual death sentence. An ER physician says “They had no fighting chance at life”.
How does an artist convey her visceral reaction to this horrific imagery? And how does she plead with responsible gun owners to end this nightmare of private ownership of weapons designed for war, to end the death grip of the NRA?
I wish I knew.

Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company

AUGUST WILSON’S Epic Play!
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Starring Vanessa German!

For tickets and more info please click the link below.

https://www.pghplaywrights.org/

Associated Artists Pittsburgh

This is the call for artworks from our very first Annual Exhibition, which opened on April 25, 1910. Join us as we celebrate our 106th Annual Exhibition at our Preview Party taking place on Thursday, September 13th. Tickets are available now!
https://www.showclix.com/event/AAP-106-preview-party
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Contemporary Craft

Through a series of social justice art exhibitions, we responded to challenging subjects such as violence, mental illness, homelessness, and the effect these pressing public issues have on our lives. The next in the series opening in late 2019 - Food Justice: Growing a Healthier Community through Art, will explore the complex issues that prevent equitable access to food.

Food Justice exhibition call for entries is now online! Please help us spread the words to artists working with related topics. http://contemporarycraft.org/opportunities/artist-opportunities/

A former student of mine!

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Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse

Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse musical theatre alumna Felicia Cooper is using puppetry to tell the stories of environmental activists.

See her latest performance work, MiniMythologies: The Ironweed Tales by Felicia Cooper, this week in Lawrenceville.