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Meet Jorge Santiago, who won a Creative Development Award to document a basketball team consisting of players who are immigrants and/or descendants from the indigenous communities of Oaxaca, Mexico’s Sierra Norte.

Learn more about the project & the awards. We have a link in the comments.

Jorge Santiago Photography

Kudos to these talented photographers! 👏🏿👏🏿

Silver Eye is honored to announce the 2023 Silver List! The 2023 Silver List includes 24 photographers selected by nearly 100 curators, educators, publishers, and researchers working in photography in North America. Respondents to the 2023 Silver List were asked to list up to ten artists working in or with photography, with the following criteria: (1) They love the artist’s work and feel it should be seen more widely, (2) the artist uses the medium of photography (however they define it), and (3) the artist is living and early in their career (however they define it).

The Silver List was originally inspired by The Black List, Franklin Leonard’s resource platform for screenwriters that “began as an annual survey of Hollywood’s most-liked unproduced screenplays”. The resulting list of 24 artists represents the most frequently recommended artists. Collectively, they represent a range of approaches to photography, and different ways of engaging with art discourses, contemporary concerns, and personal expression. The artists on the list represent an amazing range of approaches to photography.

We are grateful to the generous guidance and assistance in the development of this project from Franklin Leonard, the founder of The Black List, Gems Wang, co-founder of the Silver List, Joseph B. Kadane, the Leonard J. Savage University Professor of Statistics and Social Sciences Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University, David Oresick, former Executive Director of Silver Eye and Kate Kelley, former Deputy Director of Silver Eye.

Read about the artists of the 2023 Silver List at silvereye.org

Marques Redd is a Creative Development Award grantee who plans to create "Blackstar Sanctuary," a virtual reality experience that brings users to a cosmic world that serves as a site of self-expression & meditation.

We have a link in the comments with more information about the project & the awards.

Public artwork in Hazelwood has been shaped by input of residents, including an upcoming piece called Crossing Beacon which will wrap the 2nd & 3rd floors of the building at 4800 Second Ave.

Enjoy this look through Hazelwood’s public art pieces & the stories behind them:

Rivers of Steel; Hazelwood Initiative, Inc.; Industrial Arts Workshop; Center of Life; Arts Excursions Unlimited

Hazelwood's Community Artworks Hazelwood's community artworks are directed by locals' voices when creating the public art and are supported by community organizations.

In a world full of biases, we strive to tell stories that reflect real people & struggles. Sign up for this free webinar & discover how you can make a difference with your storytelling.

Let's challenge harmful narratives together. Register today, on this International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The link is in the comments.

FISA Foundation; The Pittsburgh Foundation

Attack Theatre’s “Rowhouse” performances will evoke the feel of living in a vibrant city neighborhood & feature hip hop for the 1st time ever.

Performances begin Dec. 1; learn more from 90.5 WESA:

Pittsburgh's Attack Theatre presents 'Rowhouse' Such urban phenomena are a key inspiration for “Rowhouse,” the new show by longtime Pittsburgh favorites Attack Theatre. As usual, the troupe combines original music with contemporary dance.

PA buildings are prone to radon contamination, & the American Lung Association is calling for increased radon testing in our state.

“While most people think lung cancer is something that happens because of smoking, radon exposure, poor air quality, and genetics all play into that.”

Learn more about the push to test for radon in homes, businesses & schools:

Women for a Healthy Environment

American Lung Association calls for increased radon testing in Pennsylvania Though testing, screening, and treating lung cancer has improved in Pennsylvania, some residents are at risk of radon exposure, according to a report.

View the Eternal Maternal exhibit in the Kelly Strayhorn Theater lobby before Sunday, Dec. 17.

Through Fran Flaherty’s The Anthropology of Motherhood & Meg Foley’s Blood Baby, the visual art exhibition examines the extraordinary beauty & complexity in the act of mothering. Learn more about the gallery curated by DS Kinsel, cofounder of BOOM Concepts:

Kelly Strayhorn Theater presents a mother of an art show with Eternal Maternal | Pittsburgh City Paper Eternal Maternal, a dual exhibition by artists Fran Flaherty and Meg Foley, elicits probing questions about motherhood, especially as it relates to parenting as a q***r or trans person.

Gratitude & respect for our amazing team members Christie Cawley, Ruth Hodsoll, Josie Innamorato & Michele Sullenger on their well-deserved promotions: https://www.heinz.org/news-and-media/in-the-news/news-detail?id=2855

Meet Britt Ransom, an artist who won a Creative Development Award to create a new sculptural series & publication based on archival research of the civil rights movement in the early 1900s in Ohio & Pennsylvania.

The publication will tell the story of Ms. Ransom’s great-great grandfather, a civil rights activist & founding member of the Niagara Movement – a forerunner to the NAACP – who lived on Pittsburgh’s North Side, & the sculptural series will focus on Tawawa Chimney Corner, the family’s former Wilberforce, Ohio home & a critical gathering spot for activists.

Learn more about the awards & awardees: https://bit.ly/3QDT0sb

Endowments Veterans Program Director Megan Andros was on hand for a town hall event highlighting the roles of veterans in our nation’s communities.

The panel reported that while veterans have significant professional experience & leadership skills, they are often under-employed after completing their service, & it is to everyone’s benefit to embrace veterans and ensure their skills are put to the highest & best use.

Read more: https://bit.ly/47VTkZY

Photo credit: Valley Forge Military Academy & College

U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan

From Lincoln-Lemington to the covers of mainstream women’s magazines, Naomi Sims was a groundbreaking Black supermodel w/ deep Pittsburgh roots, and a new exhibit at alma_lewis_pgh honors her place in history.

Learn more in 90.5 WESA's interview with executive director Kilolo Luckett:

Exhibit honors groundbreaking Black model with Pittsburgh roots “Naomi Sims: (Super) Model Citizen” is the new exhibit at ALMA | LEWIS, the art space Kilolo Luckett, a writer and art historian, operates in Point Breeze North.

Five years following the Tree of Life attack, the community continues to heal & commemorate. Pittsburgh City Paper has a list of organizations helping the Jewish community this Giving Tuesday. Learn how you can support:

Tree Of Life Congregation; Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh

How to support Pittsburgh's Jewish community this Giving Tuesday five years after the Tree of Life attack For those looking for a charitable way to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life building, there are lots of worthy recipients.

A leadership career opportunity with grantee Grounded!
Apply by Dec. 15:

Grounded is hiring an Executive Director! Do you have a passion for improving the social, economic, and environmental health of distressed and transitional communities? We want to hear from you!
Visit www.groundedpgh.org/about-us/jobs/ to apply and see the full job description.

The Latin American Cultural Center -LACC in Oakland celebrates their second anniversary, continuing to inspire & educate visitors. The 15K sq. ft. Center – with its Pittsburgh location chosen over other cities including Washington D.C. & Miami – shines light on Latin America, its art, history & culture.

“A lot of museums in the United States concentrate on Latino history within the United States. Our aim, however, is to talk about Latin America exclusively in an effort to build bridges & be more understanding of each other -- to show that we are the same, but also different and to remove stereotypes.”

Read more:

Oakland’s Latin American Cultural Center: Building bridges one visitor at a time About a year ago, the Latin American Cultural Center (LACC) opened its doors to the public in an historic building on Bigelow Boulevard that was built in 1912 and once

Pittsburgh’s Black youth empowerment programs foster individual growth & ignite pride & purpose. New Pittsburgh Courier highlights some of the area’s organizations doing incredible work, including Young Black Motivated Kings & Queens, Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, Hilltop Urban Farm, 1Hood Media, P.O.O.R.L.A.W., & Center of Life: https://bit.ly/3utlXj7

Lighting the Way: 8 programs empowering Black youth in PGH | New Pittsburgh Courier Getty Images Stock Photo Pittsburgh is a city with a rich, diverse history that is currently experiencing a collective call for growth and community empowerment. Providing opportunities for our youth to grow and develop alongside their communities is essential for Pittsburgh’s bright future.   Fr...

Sean Morrissey is a 2023 Creative Development Award winner who will use the grant to establish an artistic publication studio that focuses on creative experimentation with printmaking media.

Learn more about the project & the awards: https://bit.ly/3QDT0sb

1 in 5 Pittsburgh residents experience food insecurity, & Thanksgiving is an important time to acknowledge the issue & the important work being done to combat the problem.

Today & every day we want to recognize organizations such as The Gardens of Millvale, Wilkinsburg Community Ministry, Pittsburgh Food Policy Council, North Hills Community Outreach, Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers of Pittsburgh Co-op, & Grow Pittsburgh that are working so hard to help the community. Read more about the work to combat food insecurity in this h magazine article by Donovan Harrell: https://bit.ly/49MuZHW

Women for a Healthy Environment has received a grant from the CDC to educate Pittsburgh residents about the sources of lead exposure, the ways in which lead impacts children’s health & to provide solutions to reduce that exposure.

“Lead is a silent and potent hazard. We know that it’s been lurking in our houses and schools and playgrounds for far too long.”

Learn more in this Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh piece: https://bit.ly/47HVJYn

Rep. Summer Lee; Jeremiah's Place

CDC grant to help nonprofit educate Pittsburgh region about hazards of lead exposure - Pittsburgh Union Progress Several young children reached their hands into a tank of water at an early learning center called Jeremiah’s Place in Larimer Tuesday morning and pulled out garbage so that the fish bobbing around on the surface could thrive.  The trash was, in truth, nothing but wooden Popsicle sticks, and the ...

Riverlife announced a $2 million investment to help create better access to the West End Bridge from the Manchester-Chateau neighborhoods.

“We are working to create essential connections to neighborhoods historically disconnected from the river."

Read more about this important part of "Completing the Loop:"

Watersheds of South Pittsburgh; Bike Pittsburgh; Friends of the Riverfront; Manchester Citizens Corporation

Riverlife Invests Over $2 Million in Design and Engineering to improve Accessibility at Pittsburgh’s West End Bridge - Riverlife PITTSBURGH- Riverlife announces a strategic investment exceeding $2 million in design and engineering to create accessible connections leading to the West End Bridge from the Manchester-Chateau and West End neighborhoods. ...

Sun is shining on Pittsburgh-based galleries BOOM Concepts & Most Wanted Fine Art with both featured during Miami Art Week 2023! DS Kinsel, Camerin “Camo” Nesbit, & Jason Saur collaborated on an exhibition for Red Dot Miami, which provides a global platform for artists to reach diverse audiences.

Learn more about the exciting opportunity: https://boomuniverse.co/blog/boom-mwfa-connect-to-take-over-miami-art-week-2023/

Federal funding is providing an opportunity to grow apprenticeships & create pathways to quality jobs in our area. Read the report from ReImagine Appalachia & Keystone Research Center:

On-Ramps to Construction Careers in Appalachia - Report On-Ramps to Construction Careers in Appalachia: FEDERAL FUNDING PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW APPRENTICESHIPS AND CREATE PATHWAYS TO QUALITY JOBS DOWNLOAD THE REPORT

Meet Kontara Morphis, who recently won a Creative Development Award to fund “UNDERLAND x Alice,” a contemporary ballet that reconfigures “Alice in Wonderland” as a choreographed reimagining of Black wealth in the 1920s & Black culture in today’s world.

Learn more about the project & the awards: https://bit.ly/3QDT0sb

New Hazlett Theater

The Legacy Arts Project, one of Pittsburgh’s Cultural Treasures, is a vibrant arts organization located in Homewood which helps people gather & share in Africa Diaspora history, heritage & cultures.

Learn more about Legacy Arts Project in the New Pittsburgh Courier:

POISE Foundation; Ford Foundation

Legacy Arts Project advances healing, wellness, and wisdom thru Africana arts | New Pittsburgh Courier Legacy Arts Project Dance Performance Pittsburgh is home to a vibrant organization with a mission to heal, promote wellness, educate, and empower communities. The Legacy Arts Project (LAP) in Homewood achieves this mission by helping people gather and share in Africa Diaspora history, heritage, and....

Partner4Work is preparing Pittsburgh for jobs of the future.

The City of Pittsburgh selected Partner4Work as the anchor institution for the White House Workforce Talent Hub initiative aiming to expand apprenticeship programs, expand career & technical education programs & provide support services to help all people have a pathway to prosperity.

Learn more about the great work in NEXTpittsburgh’s interview with CEO Robert Cherry:

Robert Cherry and Partner4Work prepare Pittsburgh for jobs of the future The job market of the 2030s will look a lot different from today — 85 percent of the jobs that will exist have yet to be invented.

Meet Creative Development Awardee Adil Mansoor, who will use his award to prepare, coordinate & manage a national tour of “AMM(I)GONE”, a solo performance work that adapts Sophocles’ “Antigone” as an apology to his mother.

Mr. Mansoor created the work with his mother as a way to explore q***rness, the afterlife, & obligation to family, self and faith. The award will fund conversion of existing set pieces into durable, tour-ready materials, purchase of road cases, & the hiring of a touring director & production manager.

Learn more about the awards: https://bit.ly/3QDT0sb

Kelly Strayhorn Theater; Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company; Quantum Theatre ; Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse

Need help paying your energy bills? Duquesne Light Company & the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission have multiple payment assistance options for qualifying residents.

Browse through this list of resources compiled by the New Pittsburgh Courier to see what best meets your needs: https://bit.ly/47hAQDE

Need help paying your energy bill? Use these resources | New Pittsburgh Courier Getty Images Stock Photo Duquesne Light Company (DLC) cares about the customers we serve in the Pittsburgh area and is proud to power the moments of your lives. If you live in a low-income household or are currently experiencing hardship and wonder how you will pay your bill, we want you to know we....

The clean energy job sector has grown by 10% in past 10 years with 170K+ new jobs created in past year alone & ¾ of those jobs not requiring a college degree.

Read more about our region’s enormous potential as a center of the green energy economy:

Pittsburgh City Council District 8; Women for a Healthy Environment

Erika Strassburger: Region at center of clean energy economy U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently visited Greensburg and hosted a town hall in Pittsburgh to talk about how Western Pennsylvania can benefit from a clean energy economy. It makes sense that Pittsburgh, long a hub for industry and innovation, would be a focus of clean energy investment...

One-on-one with the president & CEO of The Advanced Learning Institute (TALI), Evan Frazier. Learn why he’s excited about TALI's latest developments & how the city has influenced him.

“Pittsburgh is a city that’s big enough to make a global impact with ambitious projects, but it’s also small enough for meaningful, mission-driven work to pick up speed and gain recognition.”

Read more from Authority Magazine:

The New Portrait Of Leadership: Evan Frazier Of The Advanced Leadership Institute (TALI) On Which… An Interview with Karen Mangia

A new website celebrates the history of the Hill District!

According to the Hill Community Development Corporation, the Hill District Digital History Project creates a living collection of stories, an education resource & a way to digitally tour the neighborhood:

A new website celebrates history of Pittsburgh’s Hill District The Hill District Digital History Project is an online venture intended to create a “living collection of stories,” an educational resource, and a way to digitally tour the neighborhood.

In the spirit of Fred Roger’s lessons of helping others, the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh is having its 24th annual Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Sweater Drive.

Donate new & gently used adult & children’s sweaters now through Dec. 15. Dropoff bins are located at the museum, The Oaklander Hotel an Autograph Collection Hotel, & YogaSix & Club Pilates at The Galleria of Mt. Lebanon Mall:

Fred Rogers Productions; Fred Rogers Institute

Sweater drive begins on World Kindness Day The Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Sweater Drive kicked off today at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh for World Kindness Day.

Carnegie Mellon University unveiled the designs for a new art museum space that will triple the size of its current art institute.

The Institute for Contemporary Art Pittsburgh will have galleries & public programming spaces to foster community engagement. Learn more:

Design Unveiled for Expanded Institute for Contemporary Art in Pittsburgh Carnegie Mellon University unveiled the design for the Miller Institute for Contemporary Art’s new 29,000-square-foot home, prominently located in the new Richard King Mellon Hall of Sciences.

Mark America Recycles Day by tuning in to a free Pennsylvania Resources Council webinar.

Lids on? Lids off? What materials are accepted curbside?

Register for Wednesday’s webinar by midnight tonight: https://bit.ly/3QGLUmm

Meet Aunel Kimbembe Makaya, who won a Creative Development Award for his documentary project that gives voice to Black immigrants, human rights advocates, journalists & academics who detail how the United States’ immigration detention & deportation policies disproportionately harm Black immigrants.

Mr. Kimbembe Makaya, a pro-democracy activist, reporter, director & film producer from the Republic of Congo, was persecuted in his homeland after release of his 2020 film “Keep Quiet or Die” & went into exile in the United States. He is currently an Artist Protection Fund Fellow in residence at the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh.

Learn more about the awards & awardees: https://bit.ly/3QDT0sb

As we honor those who serve and have served this Veterans Day, we are especially grateful for journalists like those at The War Horse who are bringing justice to light.

For the next five weeks, The War Horse will publish a special series on women’s noncombat deaths in the military, starting with the report on Spc. Adrienne Barillas. Why, in an organization meant to provide the best security in the world, had this daughter/wife not been safe? Read more:

Short Changed: How The Army Failed Spc. Adrienne Barillas Adrienne Barillas was found naked outside of an Army barracks. The Army ruled her death a su***de. Soldiers and family members say there's more to the story.

A new art installation brings color & vibrancy on the windows of vacant storefronts on Liberty Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Curated by Silver Eye Center for Photography, the Emerging Visions exhibition is the latest project by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s Project Pop-Up initiative. Learn more in this Pittsburgh City Paper piece:

Emerging Visions exhibition transforms Downtown storefronts into art photo galleries | Pittsburgh City Paper Works by three local artists, on display throughout Downtown Pittsburgh, call attention to the character of a neighborhood in transition.

Hazelwood & the Pittsburgh region are getting national attention. While visiting Mill 19 in Hazelwood Green with U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su, First Lady Jill Biden praised Pittsburgh for embracing manufacturing & clean energy & highlighted the progress made since the region was named a workforce hub.

Read more:

Hazelwood Local; Regional Industrial Development Corporation - RIDC

Jill Biden visits Pittsburgh to observe workforce hub progress First Lady Jill Biden visited the Pittsburgh workforce hub, an initiative established earlier this year to drive workforce development in robotics, advanced manufacturing, and clean energy.

Still time to register for tonight's awards ceremony:

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