Plastisphere: A Sinking Reality, an installation by La Vispera, is currently installed at Heinz 57 Center - 345 Sixth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA.

This installation, primarily constructed from single-use plastic packaging, , addresses the issue of plastic overpopulation in our oceans. By scaling up a familiar household fish tank, we aim to highlight the beauty of the underwater life in an urban setting. We’ve also included a sunken ship, a common element in such tanks, to symbolize our throwaway culture and the unsustainable nature of our consumption practices.

Visit https://la-vispera.com for more information.

Opening February 8th and running through March 29th, 2025 at the River Gallery in Rocky River, Ohio is the 20th Annual Ceramics Invitational. This show features 20 invited artists including AAP member, Tom Hubert.

Visit https://rivergalleryarts.com/ for more information.

Featured Artists: Lindsay Bergquist, Rebekah Bogard, Ruth Borgenicht, William Brouillard, David Fink, Bonnie Gordon, Amy Halko, Michael High, Royce Hildebrandt, Tom Hubert, Molly Johnson, Gunyoung Kim, Bethany Krull, Andrea LeBlond, Alison Lowery, Ryan Osborne, Natalie Reed, Sam Scott, Kaname Takada, Shannon Webb

More Cow Tales

Paula Garrick Klein Solo Show

Extended til December 20th by appointment only.
Email pgklein53@gmail.com to make an appointment

Ketchup Center Creative

612 Main St, Sharpsburg, PA 15215

https://www.instagram.com/p/DDm26q9x2Dx/

The exhibition Pittsburgh’s Avant-Garde is on view til March 7th at the Irma Freeman Center for Imagination. This exhibition features over 60 artists, including numerous AAP Artists. This exhibit also celebrates the upcoming release of the book Pittsburgh’s Avant-Garde: 60 Years Inside the Underground Art Scene, compiled and edited by Sheila Ali.

Visit https://www.irmafreeman.org/ for more information on the exhibit, book, and the upcoming programing.

This historic exhibition brings together a community of notable and celebrated artists, collectives, and collectors. We have here: Doug Cooper, Robert Qualters, Thad Mosley, Samir Elsabee, vanessa german, Mr. Imagination, Rick Bach, Ellen Chides Neuberg, Irma Freeman, Tim Kaulen, Tom Sarver, James Shipman, Richard Schnap, James Simon, Larry Rippel, Ron Donoughe, Spaz, Sue Abramson, Emory Biko, Karen Antonelli, Chrisitne Bethea, Mike Bonello, Rob Long, Chuck Barr, Abira Ali, Kenneth Batista, etta cetera, Dennis Childers, Katy DeMent, Ruth Klawansky, Ryder Henry, Laura Jean McLaughlin, Ed Parrish Jr., Jim Brindle, Joan Brindle, Cheryl Capezzuti, Scott Turri, Jim Dugas, Sarah Zeffiro, Ruth Bedeian, subRosa, Bob Ziller, Bekezela Mguni, David Bernabo, Cara Gaetano, Brady Lewis, Pat McArdle, Steve Mendleson, Elizabeth Murray Finkelstein, Laverne Kemp, Evan Knauer, Michael FiG Mangiafico, Jana Conn, Bill Karaffa, Joelle Levitt Killebrew, Hong Zhao, Edgar Um Bucholtz, Teresa Martuccio, and Eric Calfo.

Cory Bonnet: WORK(s)

Now til December 22nd

ZYNKA gallery

904 Main St, Pittsburgh, PA 15215

https://zynkagallery.com/exhibitions#/cory-bonnet-works

Aurora: Illuminating The Holiday Magic of Mellon Square
Joshua Challen Ice

Now til Mid January

Mellon Square Park

Sixth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
https://pittsburghparks.org/msq/

AIRs Year End Showcase

AAP Artists featured in Exhibition: Clayton Merrell, Catherine Drabkin, Ben Schonberger, and Gavin Benjamin

Now until December 30th

Artist Image Resource

518 Foreland St, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

https://www.airpgh.org/events/exhibitions

Lighting the Way
Rob Long
Coffey Way

“QUIET, please,” at Spinning Plate gallery is open til the end of November with open hours, Wednesday-Sunday, 11-6. The exhibition features the work of:

Michel Demetria Tsouris, John Bond, John Eastman, Lisa Bergant Koi, Glendon Hyde, Constance Merriman, Jean McClung, Catherine Parrish, Paul Rosenblatt, Rachel Rodkey, Emmett Smith, Kara Snyder, Suzanne Werder

5821 Baum Boulevard PGH 15206

Invisible Wounds, a collaboration between Dafna Rehavia and David Hanauer, opens October 18th, 5-9pm at Artist Image Resources. The show will run from October 18th to November 22nd with a closing reception November 22nd, 5-8pm. the show also features Angela Biederman, Trish Foley, Sara Tang, Patty Tran, Margaret Barry, and Ashley Hikey Flavin.

Learn more at the link below:
Www.Dafnarehavia.work/invisible-wounds-project

Exhibition put together by The Bee Collective to raise awareness and funding for pollinator habitat. The juried exhibition consists of 15 artists in utilizing various mediums such as ceramic, wood, steel, glass and fabric, and placing them in one of The Bee Collective's hives over the summer so bees could build comb onto the pieces. Artists included in the show are from across the country. The goal of this project is to connect work from artists in this community to the honey bees in a way that truly binds our culture and nature. Creating a true physical symbol of our initial steps to merge these two cornerstones in Franklinton, Ohio. As the honeybees fill spaces, build comb, and fill the cracks to fit their needs, they are a reminder that we do this in our own lives. Opening is October 12 2-8pm, with live music 5-7:30pm

The exhibition runs from October 12-October 27, 2024 and located at The Mansion 731, 731 E. Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio.

Currently three shows are on view, two of which prominently featuring AAP Members, are celebrating their opening reception October 3rd. All three exhibitions will be on view til March 21st, 2025. Learn more about all three shows below.

Broken Ground
In Western Pennsylvania and beyond, images of workers taming the earth were among the most powerful symbols of human achievement. Contemporary concerns over the ecological and social impacts of extractive industries, however, now cast scenes of mining, farming and steel production in a very different light. This exhibition brings together works from the UAG collection with loans from local partners and contemporary artists to reconsider these once seemingly heroic images of land and labor. 

This exhibition includes works from the UAG’s permanent collection, loans from the Senator John Heinz History Center, Rivers of Steel and the University Library System, and works by local artists Jamie Walters Kessler, Chris McGinnis, and Clayton Merrell.

Joe Magarac Returns
As legend tells it, Joe Magarac, a Slavic immigrant from Braddock, Pennsylvania, stood over seven feet tall and was literally a man of steel. This untiring goliath worker gave his life to the mills, turning out 2,000 tons of steel per day. Using William Gropper’s 1947 painting of Joe Magarac as the central focus, this exhibition explores the cultural and social dimensions of Pittsburgh’s most famous folklore hero and his resonances in the local imagination, then and now. 

This exhibition includes a new installation by artist Quaishawn Whitlock that explores the resonances between the stories of John Henry and Joe Magarac.

Presented by the University Art Gallery with generous support from Humanities Engage, the Mellon Foundation, and the Marstine Family Foundation. Special thanks to Rivers of Steel, the University Library System (ULS), and the Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka.

Rewilding
How can we reclaim nature from industry, extractive labor, and consumer culture? Filmmaker Sarah Moore explores this question in a seven-channel video installation specially designed for the UAG. This immersive installation projects footage of rewilded golf courses from across the Eastern United States on the ceiling, walls, and screens in the historic Rotunda. Together, the video projections celebrate spaces given back to nature after centuries destroying land for industry, greed, or sport.

This installation is presented by the University Art Gallery with generous support from the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, the Film and Media Studies Program, the Mellon Foundation, and the Marstine Family Foundation.

Special thanks to Scott Andrew, Tony Balko, Ian Cartwright, and Joshua Challen Ice.

To learn more about the exhibitions and visiting click the link below!

https://www.uag.pitt.edu/exhibitions/current

New exhibition, smash the ceiling, floor, and walls; take the broken shards and blow it back, opening October 4th at the Pittsburgh Glass Center from 6-9pm. The exhibition will be on til January 20th, 2025.

smash the ceiling, floor, and walls; take the broken shards and blow it back critically analyzes the personal, professional, and political implications of heteronormative and patriarchal barriers through the creative work of femmes and gender non-conforming artists. By reframing the social issue through interactions: smashing, gathering, and blowing, this exhibition references some of the ways artists are actively processing their lived experiences. 

FEATURED ARTISTS

Sandra Bacchi, Dawn Bendick, Layo Bright, Scout Cartagena, Laura Adelaide Hudspith, Michelle Young Lee, Aullar Mateo, Anna Mlasowsky, Audie Murray, Kathleen Mulcahy, Gracia Nash, Karen Donnellan and Suzanne Peck, Renata Petersen, Georgia Saxelby, Kristiina Uslar, Ann Weathersby

Curated by Alyssa Velazquez

Learn more at the link below.

https://www.pittsburghglasscenter.org/event/exhibition-smash-the-ceiling-floor-and-walls/

'Not Still Lives' featuring the work of Charlee Brodsky and Nancy McNary Smith, opens October 5th, 1-4pm, at BE Galleries. The exhibition continues November 30th. Learn more at the link below.

https://begalleriespgh.com/

'24 Minis,' features works from a selection of artists that include AAP Members. This fundraiser exhibit opens September 7th, 4-8pm, at the Manos Gallery in Tarentum, PA. Visit https://themanosgallery.webflow.io/ for more information.

Artists:

Madonna Yoder, Wayne Niemi Deborah Kollar, James Powell Darcy Tomayko, Sally Brown, Ruth Ann Bauerle, Deborah Reese Lynda Sadecky, Larry Brandstetter, Lorraine Free, Luanne Haak Kristi Adkins, Hannah Powell, Andrew Thorton, MJ Fields, Toby White, Leanne Longwill, Dave M. Howard, Mary Jean Stabile, Rachel Wheeler, Rafi Perez, Betty Trout, Kim Williams, Jane Armstrong, Ari Wulff, Travis Benn, Maggie O'Lear, James Sabulsky Lisa Coombs, Rachel Rodkey, Joan Bohnet, Kelly Stouffer,, Trish Housman, Shannon Mazzei, Julia Berenson Emily Glass, Hanasu- Jane Grasso, Lynn Manley, Sheila Klotz, Ernesto Camacho Jr.

A piece by Penny Mateer is featured in 'Free Speech: Art and Activism' at Lexington Arts and Crafts Society located in Lexington, MA. The exhibit runs from July 21 - August 25, 2024.

About the show:
This exhibit will showcase artists who are passionate about our national dialogue. We seek artwork that challenge norms, ignite conversations, and shed light on diverse political narratives. Join us in creating a space for dialogue and reflection on the major issues of our time and help us answer the question, how can we as artists contribute to actively provoking and engaging an audience to participate in the civic life of the nation.

https://www.lexart.org/exhibit-information/free-speech%3A-art-%26-activism

Brian Sesack featured in this years Photo Review 2024 Competition. The Photo Review Competition enables thousands of people across the country and the world to see the accepted work in our 2024 competition issue and on our website. The Photo Review, a journal of fine art photography, selected Brian Sesack's "Thru the Haze" for their 2024 Competition Web Galleries.

To learn more click the link below:
https://photoreview.org/2024-competition-landscapes/

The Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards 2024 honorees have been announced, with fiber artist Tina Williams Brewer named Established Artist and director-writer-performer Adil Mansoor tapped as Emerging Artist.

The awards program, co-sponsored by The Heinz Endowments and The Pittsburgh Foundation, is guided by a shared belief in artistic excellence, creative development and the need for continuous career advancement.

In the tradition of the Creative Achievement Awards created by Carol Brown during her tenure as president of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust more than three decades ago, two artists are honored. One award is directed to an established artist and one to an emerging artist, and both must live and work in the southwestern Pennsylvania region. Each of this year’s awardees receives $50,000 in unrestricted funding.

Visit the following link to learn more: https://www.heinz.org/strategic-areas/creativity/carol-r-brown-creative-achievement-awards

'This Magic Moment’ - an exhibition of Danny Devine's art at PULLPROOF Studio (5112 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224) on July 5th from 6-9PM. This is the second showing of Danny's work since his unexpected passing in 2021. The first showing, ‘Simply Devine: A Retrospective of Danny Devine’ spanned Danny’s entire artistic career. ‘This Magic Moment’ focuses on Danny’s toner transfer process and prints.

To learn more about Danny Devine and his work, click the link below:
www.dannydevinestudio.com

'Holding Still,' a published essay written by Helen Trompeleter, reviews Bryan Martello's solo exhibition 'The Front Yard.' TO read this great write up visit the following link: https://bunkerprojects.org/holding-still/

In the 28th Presence Almanac, Elliott Desai features the exhibitions and art of a selection of Pittsburgh Neighborhoods. Incuded in the 2023-2024 Featured Artist Exhibition at the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space, as well as exhibitions that highlight AAP members. Click here or follow the link below to read the online edition or order a physical copy:
https://onthetrendnow.com/2024/04/08/28th-presence-almanac/

AAP Members Featured:
Lauren Braun, Cheryl Capezzuti, Paul Roden, Ling-Lin Ku, Seth Clark, Laurie Trok, Ruth Bedeian, Joshua Hoffman, Ulric Joseph, Bryan Martello, and Centa Schumacher.

Mattress Factory Presents three new and distinct exhibitions at the museum’s 1414 Monterey galleries from artists Isla Hansen, Marvin Touré, and Cata Schliebener Muñoz. These three artists were selected for exhibition by Guest Curator, Monique Long

Opening Reception Friday, March 8th, 2024

1414 Monterey St. Pittsburgh, PA 15212

6-8pm

Member Quade Leana featured in Netflix’s glass blowing competition show, ‘Blown Away.’