Hip Hop Artist Sean Forbes to Perform in Pittsburgh

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Media Contacts
Show Publicist: Shaunda Miles, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
412-471-1578/Miles@TrustArts.org
Other Contact: Diana Roth, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
412-471-8717/Roth@TrustArts.org
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Search:  Sean Forbes

PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNNOUNCES
SEAN FORBES
DEAF HIP HOP ARTIST & MUSICIAN ON A MISSION PERFORMS IN PITTSBURGH

TICKETS ON SALE NOW
STUDENT MATINEES | MARCH 6, 2014 AT 10AM & 12PM | TICKETS: $10
PUBLIC PERFORMANCE | MARCH 7, 2014 AT 7PM | TICKETS: $20

TRUST ARTS EDUCATION CENTER | 805-807 LIBERTY AVENUE

PITTSBURGH, PA – The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces that deaf hip hop artist Sean Forbes will perform at the Trust Arts Education Center, 805-807 Liberty Avenue, Downtown Pittsburgh, on March 6 and March 7.  Student matinee performances will be held on March 6 at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. Tickets for the student matinee performances cost $10.  One public performance will take place on March 7 at 7 p.m.  Tickets to the public performance cost $20.  Tickets are available for purchase online at, www.TrustArts.org, or by calling 412- 456-6666.  You can also purchase tickets in person at the Theater Square Box Office, 655 Penn Avenue.  Group tickets begin at 10 or more.  For group tickets call 412-471-6930.  All tickets are general admission.

Student matinee performances are appropriate for all ages. They include a 30 minute live performance from Sean Forbes & his band and then a 30 minute inspirational/motivational speech in which Sean shares his background as a deaf individual in the music industry and shares ASL music videos and hosts a Q&A session with the audience.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sean Forbes is deaf – and out to build a badly needed bridge between the music industry and deaf people everywhere. Inspired by what he calls “The Three B’s” (the Beastie Boys, the Beatles, and Bob Dylan), Sean started out making music videos in his basement and today is producing professional music videos with a focus on the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. He is a voice for not only his generation but deaf culture.

Forbes is the co-founder of D-PAN, The Deaf Professional Arts Network, a non-profit organization that focuses on translating popular artists’ songs into American Sign Language music videos for the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities. Through his videos and outreach to deaf people everywhere – particularly young people eager to feel included in popular culture – music is being presented to them as a beautiful symphony of thought and expression, available to all. The hearing community, too, is fascinated by his ASL translations of musical hits and is clamoring for more. Since 2008, Forbes has also performed in over 50 cities across the US; including college campuses, live venues, and at retailers such as Borders and Barnes & Noble. To date, Forbes has appeared in front of over 150,000 people.  It has been said that “Sean Forbes is a musician on a mission. An accomplished and passionate drummer, rhythm pours out of him, when he breathes, walks, types at his keyboard or hits his drums. Music is in his blood, his cells; it’s just the way he is.”

Sean Forbes is living proof that if you have enough passion and dedication, magic happens and dreams come true. “The world is run by those who show up,” he says, “And I’m showing up.”  For more information on Sean Forbes, visit www.deafandloud.com.

ABOUT THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has overseen one of Pittsburgh’s most historic transformations: turning a seedy red-light district into a magnet destination for arts lovers, residents, visitors, and business owners. Founded in 1984, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit arts organization whose mission is the cultural and economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and entertainment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District. The District is one of the country’s largest land masses “curated” by a single nonprofit arts organization. A major catalytic force in the city, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a unique model of how public-private partnerships can reinvent a city with authenticity, innovation and creativity.  Using the arts as an economic catalyst, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has holistically created a world-renowned Cultural District that is revitalizing the city, improving the regional economy and enhancing Pittsburgh’s quality of life. Thanks to the support of foundations, corporations, government agencies and thousands of private citizens, the Trust stands as a national model of urban redevelopment through the arts.
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2nd Saturday Art Workshops

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Media Contacts:
Shaunda Miles, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
412-471-1578/Miles@TrustArts.org
Diana Roth, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
412-471-8717/Roth@TrustArts.org

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Search Name: Art Workshops 2014

PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES

JANUARY 2014

SECOND SATURDAY ART WORKSHOPS 

JEWELRY MAKING 

and 

UPCYCLE YOUR STYLE!

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Trust Arts Education Center 

805-807 Liberty Avenue | downtown Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, PA:  The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is pleased to announce that two workshops will be offered on Saturday, January 11, 2014, from 11am – 2pm, at the Trust Arts Education Center, 805-807 Liberty Avenue, in downtown Pittsburgh.  Upcycle Your Style! is for students in grades 6, 7 and 8; and Jewelry Making is for participants ages 15 and older.  The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Education and Community Engagement department programs Second Saturday Art Workshops throughout the year.

 “We are excited and pleased to begin the new year of Second Saturday Art Workshops with two sessions tailored for children, teens, and adults, presented by experienced educators.  Through these art workshops, participants can express themselves within a fun and positive learning environment,” comments Tracy L. Edmunds, Director of Arts Education with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.

Upcycle Your Style! workshop for students grade 6, 7 and 8 will be led by Alison K. Babusci, a Pittsburgh-born artist, professional storyteller, educator and arts education consultant.  In this 3-hour workshop, participants will learn fun techniques to personalize, transform and embellish a favorite clothing item.  Participants should bring a few clothing items they have permission to transform, including two T-shirts and a pair of socks. The fee for this workshop is $35.

Jewelry Making workshop for those ages 15 and older will be led by jewelry artist Olga Mihaylova. Participants will make their own beautifully designed bracelet in this 3-hour workshop. Mihaylova is nationally known for her intricate, handcrafted beadwork and specializes in unique necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Mihaylova’s design, color choices and techniques give a modern twist to traditional beaded jewelry. Born and raised in Bulgaria and now residing in Pittsburgh, Mihaylova is a previous Best in Show winner of the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, a 10-day event held in June each year and produced by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The fee for this workshop is $50, including materials.  

Reservations are recommended.   For more information, visit: http://www.trustarts.org/education/community/workshops/ or call the Education and Community Engagement department at 412-471-6079.

Upcoming Second Saturday Art Workshops in 2014 include, February 8: Jewelry Making: The Elizabeth Taylor Bracelet, and Oz Puppets Workshop; March 8: How to Approach a Gallery For Representation, and Mosaics Workshop for High School Students;April 12: Master the Portrait Workshop, and Swimmy, Frederick & Inch by Inch: Illustration and Collage Workshop; May 10: Pittsburgh Sketch Crawl; July 12: Henna Tattoo Workshop, and Pastel Painting Workshop; August 9: Drawing the Clothed Figure Workshop.

ABOUT THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has overseen one of Pittsburgh’s most historic transformations: turning a seedy red-light district into a magnet destination for arts lovers, residents, visitors, and business owners. Founded in 1984, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit arts organization whose mission is the cultural and economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and entertainment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District. The District is one of the country’s largest land masses “curated” by a single nonprofit arts organization. A major catalytic force in the city, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a unique model of how public-private partnerships can reinvent a city with authenticity, innovation and creativity. Using the arts as an economic catalyst, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has holistically created a world-renowned Cultural District that is revitalizing the city, improving the regional economy and enhancing Pittsburgh’s quality of life. Thanks to the support of foundations, corporations, government agencies and thousands of private citizens, the Cultural Trust stands as a national model of urban redevelopment through the arts.

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Know The Show Before You Go

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The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces new pre-show talks

“Know the Show Before You Go”

for the PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh series

Select show dates/times*
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Arts Education Center
805-807 Liberty Avenue, Cultural District

Renowned theater critic will help audience know the show before the performance.

Pittsburgh, PA– The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces new pre-show talk “Know the Show Before You Go” will be presented on select show performance nights* for the 2012-2013 PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh series.  ‘Know the Show’ will be hosted by Chris Rawson, senior theater critic for KDKA-TV and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Mr. Rawson will discuss various subjects such as: How do you prepare to see a Broadway musical? What sort of information (and attitude) is useful, and what might get in the way? What might help you enjoy the shows being presented in the 2012-2013 PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh series? How do you know you've had a good time?

Janis Burley Wilson, Vice President of Education and Community Engagement with The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, believes this ‘inside’ scoop on the performances will provide an added value for the audience.  “The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s desire to present world class art on our stages and to create meaningful arts experiences for the community is further enhanced by connecting with our audience before they enter our theaters. Who better to help our audience ‘Know the Show Before They Go’ than theatre expert Chris Rawson,” comments Burley Wilson.

‘Know The Show Before You Go’ is free and open for all PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh ticket holders.  The talks are scheduled one hour before show time on select nights*.  Refreshments will be served.  The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Arts Education Center is located at 805-807 Liberty Avenue- a few blocks from the Benedum Center.

PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh is a presentation of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony and Broadway Across America.

           
‘Know the Show Before You Go’ lecture schedule:

 *War Horse Tuesday, November 13, 6:30PM
*Flashdance Thursday, January 3, 6:30 PM
*Les Miserables Tuesday, January 15, 6:30PM
*Sister Act Tuesday, February 5, 6:30PM
*Priscilla Queen of the Desert Tuesday, March 5, 6:30PM
*Book or Mormon Wednesday, March 27, 6:30PM
*Anything Goes Tuesday, April 16, 6:30PM

For more information about the PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh series and the “Know The Show Before You Go” program, visit www.TrustArts.org or call 412-456-6666.

Founded in 1984, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit arts organization whose mission is the cultural and economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and entertainment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District. Over a period of 25 years, the Trust has restored historic theaters, constructed new performance venues, commissioned public art projects/galleries and developed unique urban parks and riverfront recreation spaces. The Cultural Trust is recognized across America as a unique model of howpublic-private partnerships can reinvent a city with authenticity, innovation and creativity.    


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World Premiere of Detroit Dealers Features Wunderbaum

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Today's date:
February 13, 2012

Contact:
Veronica Corpuz
(412) 471-6082
corpuz@trustarts.org

Electronic images are available upon request.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presents Wunderbaum in the world premiere of Detroit Dealers

February 23-25, 2012, 8:00 p.m., Trust Arts Education Center

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presents—with the support of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Fund for the Performing Arts, the Carol R. Brown Performance Fund, Joan Humphrey, an Anonymous Donor, Gemeente Rotterdam – dienst Kunst en Cultuur, Fonds Podiumkunsten, and Norma Fonds—Wunderbaum’s world premiere of Detroit Dealers February 23-25, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. at the Trust Arts Education Center. This premiere is part of the Pittsburgh-based Distinctively Dutch Festival.* Detroit Dealers features Wunderbaum theater-makers Walter Bart and Maartje Remmers, as well as a special appearance by Rosemarie Wilson.

Walter Bart opens Detroit Dealers with the story of his grandfather, Arie Bart. Set in the 1950s Dutch town of Hilversum where Arie owns a car dealership, the story follows him on a business trip to the mother company General Motors in Detroit. There he becomes romantically involved with an American soul singer. In a cross-over of dramatized documentary, theatre, and music, Arie Bart’s remarkable life is juxtaposed with the romance of the American Dream and the transience of the car as a sex symbol.

Wunderbaum is a Dutch-Flemish group of actors who create drama using location-based themes and an exploration of sub-cultures in society. Previously they have delved into the roles of a family on social security (Eindhoven de gekste, 2003), would-be religious fanatics (Kamp Jezus, 2008), romantics with a great urge for self-sacrifice (Magna plaza, 2006), and British football supporters on a booze-up holiday in Odessa (Beertourist, 2008). Most common of the Wunderbaum repertoire is the tension between ideologies and the difficult transition thereof to the actual daily reality. Critically acclaimed, Wunderbaum has received the Proscenium prize (2010) and the Mary Dresselhuys prize (2007) for its work. Additionally, they have been selected for the annual Dutch/Flemish Theatre festival for Natives II (2011), Rail Gourmet (2010), Tien Geboden (2009), and Kamp Jezus (2008).

Credits and Biographies for Detroit Dealers


Credits

Actors, Makers Walter Bart, Maartje Remmers (Wunderbaum) With Rosemarie Wilson; Music Bo Koek; Musicians Jens Bouttery, Andrew Claes; Film, Set Design Gerbrand Burger; Light Design, Technician Manuel Boutreur; Sound Technician Danny Hoogveld; Costume Advise Lotte Goos; Cameraman Film Tibor Dingelstad; Production Wunderbaum; Co-production Rotterdamse Schouwburg, NTGent, Holland Festival, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust – as part of its 2012 Distinctively Dutch Festival.

With the support of Gemeente Rotterdam – dienst Kunst en Cultuur, Fonds Podiumkunsten, Norma Fonds, Stichting DOEN

Special thanks to: Mimi Bart, Charyse Bailey, Cory Cope, Bob Fitzgerald, Heijmans NV, Elsbeth Kasteel, Rachel Lutz, Bobby Moore, Cameron Moore, Markita Moore, Omari Moore, Andrew Newton, Jennifer Owen, Doc Richey, Lydia Widing, Jean Wilson and The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust team.

Detroit Dealers is supported by the Performing Arts Fund NL.


Biographies

Wunderbaum – actors / makers

Based in Rotterdam, Wunderbaum is a Dutch-Flemish group of five actors who work collectively, together with a designer and a dramaturge, as well as musicians, writers, photographers and film producers. Chameleonic, collaborative, and often site-specific, the performances of Wunderbaum take on many shapes resulting in newly discovered theater forms combined with a fresh look at humankind and society. Wunderbaum tours internationally on a regular basis, also in the U.S. In 2010, they created the performance Looking for Paul in REDCAT in Los Angeles. This spring, the music theatre performance Songs at the end of the World will be touring to Los Angeles (REDCAT) and Austin, Texas (Fusebox Festival).

Detroit Dealers actors Walter Bart and Maartje Remmers are members of Wunderbaum. Apart from their work with Wunderbaum – for more than 10 years now – they have been involved in other projects in theatre, as well as in film and television.

For the performance Detroit Dealers, Wunderbaum invited several guests, including Detroit-based Rosemarie Wilson.

Rosemarie Wilson

Rosemarie Wilson, also known as One Single Rose, is a Detroit native who has become an award-winning poet, writer, advice columnist, singer, actress, and advocate for integrity and fidelity. For the past 20 years, Wilson has been employed at top law firms in Michigan and she freelances in her spare time. She is the proud parent of a miniature dachshund, Remy Black. In November 2010, she was named “Poet of the Month” in From a Writer’s Point of View magazine. She also is listed in the fourth edition of Who’s Who in Black Detroit. Also in 2010, she was named Poetry Author of the Year and New & Upcoming Poet of the Year at the 1st Annual National Poetry Awards ceremony in Raleigh, North Carolina. (www.onesinglerose.com/about-the-author.php)

Gerbrand Burger - set design and film

Gerbrand Burger is an artist based in Amsterdam, initiator of WAAR (www.waarprojects.org), and is owner of Gerbrand Burger Studio. Central themes in his work are mutual perception of cultures, notions of place and location, migration and identity. These themes are explored in various media such as film, photography, drawing, installation and objects. Gerbrand Burger studied fine arts at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and Cooper Union in New York, and took part in the studio program of De Ateliers and several artist residencies around the world. Gerbrand Burger Studio integrates the development and production of artistic projects with a wide range of services for galleries, museums, collectors, artists and art institutions.

Bo Koek - music

After graduating cum laude from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, Bo played in several bands including Track and Kopna Kopna. With the last he worked together with Tom Pintens (Zita Swoon) and Wunderbaum (Lost Chord Radio) and released the album Like You (2004). Together with Rik Elstgeest and John van Oostrum, he founded music theatre group Touki Delphine, under the wings of Veenfabriek. Bo wrote Six Parts for an Imaginary Movie for Veenfabriek’s Sirene Orchestra and film music (including for the movie Geboren en Getogen that won the Grand Prix at the Very Short Film Festival in Paris). Besides that, he worked and performed with Mocky, We'll Make It Right, Gerry Arling and Wunderbaum.

Jens Bouttery - musician

Jens Bouttery started off a musical and theatrical career in academies at the Belgian seaside. He finished his Masters Degree in jazz drums with greatest distinction at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. In the meantime, Jens played and composed for theatre productions such as Kamp Jezus and Rail Gourmet by theatre collective Wunderbaum, Hete Tenen with his sister actress Lise Bouttery, and Concerto by performance artist Ivo Dimchev. Jens created soundtracks for short-films such as Gerrits Kerstige Katharsis by Daan Milius and the multiple award-winning Misschien Later by Moon Blaisse. His current bands and projects are Winchovski, Tsu Tsu Trio, Les Chroniques de l’Inutile, as well as dance performance Alpha Boys by Club Guy & Roni, Caligula by Mokhallad Rhasem, and Detroit Dealers by Wunderbaum. With Franka’s Poolparty, Jens won the title for best solo player at the Brussels Jazz Marathon XLJazz Contest 2011. In 2011, Jens also won the Toots Thielemans Jazz Award for his latest audiovisual project, The Dubtapes, a collaboration with Daan Milius and played by the Jens Maurits Orchestra.

Andrew Claes - musician

Andrew Claes is an Antwerp (Belgium)-based musician focusing on mainly saxophones, EWI, digital percussion and modular software. His main groups are BRZZVLL, STUFF and his solo/visual performance Internal Sun. Exploring various musical styles and media, Andrew performed in many jazz clubs and festivals worldwide and made appearances on national television and radio stations. He recorded and co-produced several tracks and records with his bands, has projects ranging from techno to free jazz, and occasionally works for theatre and film productions.

Individual tickets ($30) can be purchased online at www.trustarts.org/dutchfestival, by calling (412) 456-6666, or in person at the Box Office at Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue. Group tickets can be purchased by calling (412) 471-6930.

A CONVERSATION WITH WUNDERBAUM

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust in partnership with Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

Thursday, February 16, 8 p.m., Trust Arts Education Center

Join director Walter Bart and members of Wunderbaum in a creative conversation about the collaborative and interdisciplinary process of theater making and performance.

Based in Rotterdam, Wunderbaum is a group of actors who work collectively, together with a designer and a dramaturge, as well as musicians, writers, photographers and film producers. Chameleonic, collaborative and often site-specific, the performances of Wunderbaum take on many shapes resulting in newly discovered theatre forms combined with new interests in humankind or social themes. Through the examination of literature, documentary, people and place, the group explores the friction between group interests or individual interests, interests that might be public or strictly personal. Call 412-394-3353 to register for this free event.

* The Distinctively Dutch Festival is presented by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, in collaboration with the Kingdom of the Netherlands. From February through May, 2012, throughout downtown Pittsburgh’s Cultural District, the Festival will feature a range of contemporary work that is reflective of today’s Dutch culture, including dance, jazz, visual art, film, theater, children’s theater and literature. The Festival is part of the Cultural Trust’s mission to present a wide variety of art forms, as well as companies and artists who represent our world’s rich cultural heritages. The Cultural Trust seeks to present artists of the highest quality and caliber in each discipline, particularly artists who would not normally have an opportunity to be seen in Pittsburgh or the United States. For more information, visit www.trustarts.org/dutchfestival.

Posted on behalf of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates.  Joyce Kane is the owner of Cybertary Pittsburgh, a Virtual Administrative support company, providing virtual office support, personal and executive assistance, creative design services and light bookkeeping.  Cybertary works with businesses and busy individuals to help them work 'on' their business rather than 'in' their business.  www.Cybertary.com/Pittsburgh