Visual Art Exhibition at SPACE

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Search: Pattern 2014

PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST PRESENTS
CATALOGUING PATTERN
AN EXHIBITION OF FINDING AND BREAKING ORDER
July 11 – August 31, 2014 | SPACE | 812 Liberty Avenue
Exhibition Opening & Reception | July 11, 5:30 – 9 p.m.

Pittsburgh, PA—The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presents the visual art exhibition Cataloguing Pattern, a collaborative meditation on the role of pattern in artistic practice. The exhibition is on view July 11–August 31, 2014, at SPACE. An opening reception takes place Friday, July 11, from 5:30–9 p.m., during the Trust’s quarterly Gallery Crawl throughout the Cultural District.

The exhibition, guest organized by Kristen Letts Kovak, investigates the links between visual, perceptual, and cognitive patterning, and it features more than 50 artworks by nine artists. Each artist chose one aspect of patterning to investigate: seriality, rhythm, rehearsal, behavior, permutation, morphology, expectation, and repetition.

Kovak’s exhibition explores the diverse role that patterning can play, noting that the process of creation often follows a pattern itself: intention, execution, and then resolution. Yet, even this pattern falls apart as the artists’ original intention inevitably shifts.

“We constantly break our own patterns as we investigate them more deeply and uncover our faulty assumptions,” says Kovak. “I wondered, if the cycle of establishing and breaking patterns is fundamental to the act of making art, wouldn’t it appear as an underlying theme in seemingly disparate artworks?”

Each artist—through differing aesthetics, media, and content—finds his or her own balance between ordered predictability and the irregular or unknown. As a group, the artists demonstrate that breaking a predicted pattern is more significant than establishing one, and they use pattern to reveal what is otherwise hidden.
Salinda Deery transcribes the repetitive motions of factory labor into abstract paintings. She treats her large canvases like an assembly line, repeating her marks as she walks alongside the surface. The resulting paintings resonate with the history of her movements and call attention to the interruptions in her routine. She resides in Elkhart, MD.

Aaron Henderson and Ted Coffey collaborate on a series of kaleidoscopic videos.  Beginning with documentation of military drills and shopping riots, they transform repeated acts of aggression into morphing visual and auditory patterns. Their work vacillates between representation and abstraction, and chaos and order. Henderson resides in Pittsburgh, PA, and Ted Coffey lives in Charlottesville, VA.

Kristin Kest is an illustrator and storyteller. Her drawings bring to light the role of gender and class often underlying the stories we tell. While set within the context of imagination and fantasy, her characters are heroic because of their humanness—articulating moments of boldness, tenderness, and physical labor. She resides in York, PA.

Todd Keyser investigates the relationship between the mass-produced and handmade image. Working on top of digitally printed photographs, he meticulously paints color striations onto their surfaces. His marks mimic both the underlying geometry and the hidden digital pixilation. Keyser resides in Pittsburgh, PA.

Kristen Letts Kovak integrates historically and culturally unrelated patterns into singular images. By imposing patterns onto an unfamiliar context, she interrupts the established design and creates new visual alliterations. The resulting paintings continuously slide between tangents and a larger superstructure. She resides in Pittsburgh, PA.

Maria Mangano creates mixed media and installation artworks that investigate taxonomy and ecology. She uses the repeated nature of printmaking to study visual and behavioral links between species. Her delicate pieces shed light on the fragile web of nature’s interaction in an urban environment. Mangano resides in Pittsburgh, PA.

Brooke Sturtevant-Sealover studies the lives of individual plants. She intricately charts each plant’s daily movements and growth patterns. Her marks are, in essence, chosen by the plants, but the method of recording is determined by the artist. The layers of collected data and live specimens become both a scientific record and a launching pad for aesthetic investigations. She resides in York, PA.

Rebecca Zilinski’s ink drawings map cognitive and behavioral responses. Her work is quiet and meditative, revealing its intricacies over time. While at a macro level she is articulating a predictable pattern, closer investigation reveals the unpredictable behavior of her media. Zilinski resides in Poughkeepsie, NY.

About SPACE
SPACE is located at 812 Liberty Avenue. Gallery Hours: Wed & Thurs: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Fri & Sat: 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. The gallery is free and open to the public. SPACE is a project of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. For more information about all gallery exhibitions featured in the Cultural District, please visit www.TrustArts.org.

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 landmasses 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. For more information, visit TrustArts.org.

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Threaded Colors//Drawing Lines at 707 Penn Gallery

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PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST PRESENTS
THE VISUAL ART EXHIBITION
THREADED COLORS // DRAWING LINES

November 15–December 31, 2013 | 707 Penn Gallery

Pittsburgh, PA—The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the presentation of an exhibition of three-dimensional drawing, threaded colors // drawing lines by artist Nicole Czapinski. The exhibition is on view at 707 Penn Gallery in the Cultural District November 15–December 31, 2013.

Threaded Colors//Drawing Lines
Image Courtesy of the Artist

Czapinski constructs wooden frames enclosed by sheer fabric, creating semi-transparent, two-sided screens. Varicolored thread is woven between the two fabric panels, effectively creating three-dimensional drawings of polygons that appear to float in space. Through backlighting the structured string and sheer fabric, the negative space within the frames becomes palpable. The work—an exploration of sculpture, painting, and drawing—investigates perception.

Nicole Czapinski, a Pittsburgh native, graduated with a bachelor of arts from Bennington College in Vermont. She has held solo exhibitions in Pittsburgh and has been included in group shows throughout the northeastern United States. Best know for her lightbox constructions, Czapinski currently resides in San Francisco, California.

About 707 Penn Gallery
707 Penn Gallery is a project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The gallery is located at 707 Penn Avenue, in downtown Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. Gallery Hours: Wed. & Thurs. 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sun.11 a.m.–5 p.m. Free and open to the public. For more information about all gallery exhibitions featured in the Cultural District, please visit www.TrustArts.org.

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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Comfort Women Wanted at Wood Street Galleries

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Search: Comfort 2013

PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST PRESENTS THE VISUAL ART EXHIBITION

COMFORT WOMEN WANTED

BY INTERNATIONALLY EXHIBITED ARTIST CHANG-JIN LEE

November 1–December 1, 2013 | Wood Street Galleries | Third Floor

Exhibition Opening | November 1, 5:30–8 p.m. | Artist Talk 6:30 p.m.


Pittsburgh, PA—The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the opening of Comfort Women Wanted, an exhibition by Korean-born, New York-based visual artist Chang-Jin Lee. The exhibition is on view at Wood Street Galleries, third floor, November 1–December 1, 2013. The opening night event, 5:30–8 p.m., features an artist talk with Chang-Jin Lee at 6:30 p.m.

Comfort Women Wanted exposes the fates of nearly 200,000 young women who were exploited as sex slaves by the Imperial Japanese Army in Asia during World War II. The artist uses the remembrance of these “comfort women”—some of whom are still alive today—to increase awareness of sexual violence against women during wartime.

“In Asia, the comfort women issue remains taboo and controversial, while at the same time, it is almost unknown in the West,” says artist Chang-Jin Lee. “The comfort women system is the largest case of human trafficking in the 20th century. Human trafficking is the fastest growing industry in the world, and the second largest business after arms dealing in the 21st century. So, the comfort women issue is not just about the past, but it is very relevant today.”

The exhibition features a video documentary featuring interviews of Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, Indonesian, Filipino, and Dutch “comfort women” survivors, and a former Japanese soldier, each speaking about their experiences at military “comfort stations”, as well as about their own hopes and dreams. Additional projections show former military “comfort stations” in China and Indonesia, recalling the history and memory of place.

The exhibition’s print works include posters reminiscent of advertisements that feature images of the young “comfort women” and are set alongside posters featuring the silhouettes of the now aged women. Each image is enclosed by the bold, black text COMFORT WOMEN WANTED, which refers to the language newspapers used to advertise for “comfort women” during WWII.

Chang-Jin Lee’s artworks deal with identity, gender, globalism, nationalism, human trafficking, and religion. She based this project on her visits to Asia since 2008, where she met Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, Indonesian, Filipino, and Dutch “comfort women” survivors, as well as a former WWII Japanese soldier. Comfort Women Wanted has been exhibited at The Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, Korea; The Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany; 1a Space Gallery, Hong Kong; Spaces Gallery, Ohio; George Mason University Gallery, Virginia; and The Boston Center for the Arts, Massachusetts. Video screenings have been shown at Hauser & Wirth Gallery, New York; and Columbia University, New York. Lee’s artwork Floating Echo—a transparent inflatable statue of Buddha—was featured at the 2013 Pittsburgh Three Rivers Arts Festival.


About Wood Street Galleries
Wood Street Galleries is located at 601 Wood Street. Hours: Wed. & Thur. 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. The gallery is free and open to the public. Wood Street Galleries is a project of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. Support for Wood Street Galleries has been provided by the Howard Heinz Endowment and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Additional support provided by the Port Authority of Allegheny County. For more information about all gallery exhibitions featured in the Cultural District, please visit www.TrustArts.org.

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.

Image Courtesy of the Artist Chang-Jin Lee
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Cultural Trust Announce Art Workshops

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Shaunda Miles, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
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Search Name: Second Saturday Art Workshops
 

2013/14 COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ANNOUNCED
STUDIO WORKSHOPS FROM PAINTING TO PUPPET MAKING
AND CLASSES DESIGNED TO GET YOU MOVING

Pittsburgh, PA—The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces its 2013/14 Trust Arts Education Center workshops and classes. These education and community engagement events and initiatives offer low-cost—or completely free—multi-disciplinary arts attractions in the Cultural District to residents and visitors alike. Art lovers of all ages can engage with local artists and participate in a variety of hands-on and performance activities during this yearlong arts and culture program.

“Second Saturday Art Workshops offer participants an opportunity to become an artist for a day,” says Tracy Edmunds, Director of Education Programming and Senior Manager, Education and Community Engagement, with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. “These workshops allow artists of all ages and experience levels to create new work or learn new methods.”

This season, the Second Saturday Art Workshops include a variety of programs, including jewelry making, painting, cartooning, puppet making, quilting, and more. In addition to the Saturday workshops, evening yoga and belly dancing classes are offered. Yoga instructor Alison K. Babusci draws on her favorite practices from different types of yoga to create an eclectic class, encouraging participants to breathe, work, and relax. Instructor Narah Minardi teaches the ancient art of belly dancing, a dance of pure joy and celebration that tones the whole body and increases flexibility and endurance.

All classes and workshops are held at the Trust Arts Education Center, 805/807 Liberty Avenue in the Cultural District. All workshops require registration and a fee unless otherwise noted. Yoga and belly dance classes are for participants age 18+.

For more information about workshops and classes, or to register for an event, please visit www.TrustArts.org/Education.

CLASSES
Yoga
Wednesdays, 6 p.m., $10 drop-in
October 9, 16, 23, November 6, 13, 20

Belly Dance
Thursdays, 6:30 p.m., $10 drop-in
October 10, 17, 24, November 7, 14, 21

SECOND SATURDAY WORKSHOPS
September 14, 2013
Story Quilts, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Twin Herringbone Bracelet, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

October 12
Pittsburgh Sketch Crawl, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Free

November 9
The Impressionist Landscape, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Felted Animals, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

December 14
Family Puppet Making, 11 a.m.–2 p.m., Free
Exploring Abstract Painting, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

January 11, 2014
Jewelry Making, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Upcycle Your Style!, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

February 8
Jewelry Making: The Elizabeth Taylor Bracelet, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Oz Puppets, 1–2 p.m.

March 8
How to Approach a Gallery for Representation, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Mosaics, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

April 12
Master the Portrait, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Swimmy, Frederick, and Inch by Inch: Illustration and Collage, 1–2 p.m.

May 10
Pittsburgh Sketch Crawl, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Free

July 12
Pastel Painting, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

August 9
Drawing the Clothed Figure, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

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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Silver Days Charcoal Nights CD Release Party

Silver Days Charcoal Nights CD Release Party
What: Silver Days Charcoal Nights CD Release Party
When: 8:30 PM, Saturday, Jan.19, 2013
Where: Little E's Jazz Club

Featuring: Music & Visual Art
Jessica & Mark will be joined by artists Sara Beck Sweeney, Martin Thomas, Susan Wagner, Duane Rieder and Vince the Artist.  The artists will be displaying and selling work related to the Silver Days Charcoal Nights theme.

The party begins at 8:30.
Little E's Jazz Club
949 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
2nd Floor above Mahoney's Restaurant
412.392.2217  
Reservations suggested

About Silver Days Charcoal Nights

Virginia-born (Carolina-honed) vocalist JESSICA LEE possesses the essential quality that makes jazz and blues lyrics utterly compelling: a soulful voice with a soulful personality dedicated to a soulful approach to her craft.  The first time I listened to Jessica, in Pittsburgh at one of her many weekly gigs, I discovered how honest her lyrical  energy truly is.  Each time, from that moment on, Jessica's radiance seems more and more beguiling. She is that "real" thing . . . a jazz singer whose blues-saturated feeling creates immediate happiness and friends for life.

Guitarist extraordinaire MARK STRICKLAND is a bulwark of taste, chops and sensitivity throughout this duo album's delicate and cheerful musical exchanges. Recently I was pleased to learn, from several of the legendary Tom Harrell's New York musicians, how highly they hold Mark's exquisite work.

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Design Project Details Released

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Murray Horne, Wood Street Galleries / horne@trustarts.org / 412-456-2961

BICYCLE RACKS
Call for Artists
Deadline is December 31, 2012

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust invites Pittsburgh area artists (residents of Allegheny County) to design and develop functional bicycle racks to be located in various locations within the Cultural District.The first phase of the project will produce five racks with the potential for more to follow.
 
Budget:

Each selected artist receives a fee of $3000 to create a unique functional bicycle rack. This fee will cover the costs for design, fabrication, finishing and transportation of the completed rack to the installation site. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is responsible for the costs of installation and naming plaques.  

Specifications for Design:

Finish is to be galvanized steel, either raw and/or powder coated, aluminum, or stainless steel. No other finishes including ‘hand painted’ finishes will be accepted.

There should be a minimum of two bicycles per stand and a maximum of six.

The rack should support the bicycle in at least two places, including one wheel.

The rack must allow for ease of locking utilizing a commonly used “U” lock or longer cable lock.

Each bicycle parking space is easily accessible without moving another bicycle for access and maneuvering.

Base plates should be a minimum of 3/8” thick steel with the ability to be bolted to a concrete pad in four places.

Safety:
• All bicycle rack designs must adhere to all Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards for protrusions in the right-of-way including the ability to detect the rack with a white cane. To be detected by a white cane the protruding or leading edge of the rack shall be 27” or less above the sidewalk surface. Between 27” and 80” above the sidewalk surface, protruding or leading may overhang a maximum of 12”

• The top of the bicycle rack design must be a minimum of 36” tall. Except for the bicycle rack supporting brackets, the shortest section of the bicycle rack must be a minimum of 27” tall- enough to be perceived by pedestrians and avoid tripping hazards.

• The space between the rack features must be larger than 9” and smaller than 3.5’ to avoid children trapping their heads.

• The design must not include sharp edges.

How to Apply:

Artist must submit the following for consideration:

Resume
Images of a minimum 5 completed works from your portfolio
A short artist statement (no more than one page) on your approach to this project
3 references with contact information.

Please forward materials to:

http://trustarts.org/visualarts/bike


Project Timeline:

Request for Qualifications deadline December 31st, 2012.

Notification to selected artists for proposals, January 31st.

Proposals to be received by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, March 31st, 2013

Notification of winning proposals to artists by April 30th, 2013.
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Experience Dutch Culture with Three Month Distinctively Dutch Festival

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Today's date:

January 18, 2012

Contact:

Veronica Corpuz

(412) 471-6082

corpuz@trustarts.org

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust launches

The Distinctively Dutch Festival

The Cultural District, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

February 18 - May 20, 2012

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, a nonprofit arts and economic development organization at the center of Downtown Pittsburgh’s revival, will host an array of U.S. and world premieres as part of an interdisciplinary arts festival: The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Distinctively Dutch Festival. Celebrating the culture and contemporary performing and visual arts from the Netherlands, the three-month festival will feature dance, theater, music, visual art, film, literature and architecture. Events will be held February 18-May 20, 2012, throughout Pittsburgh’s Cultural District, as well as at select venues, including MCG Jazz, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens and Carnegie Mellon University.

Presented by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, The Distinctively Dutch Festival is supported by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Performing Arts Fund NL, Music Center the Netherlands and Theater Instituut Nederland. In addition, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust gratefully acknowledges the Carol R. Brown Performance Fund for support of the Festival, as well as media partners Pittsburgh City Paper and 90.5 Essential Public Media.


Drawing on a long-standing history of presenting Dutch contemporary artists in Pittsburgh, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust identified 2012 as the year to launch another punctuating, culturally-focused festival—in line with its preceding Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts (2008 and 2004), Australia Festival (2007) and Québec Festival (2004). J. Kevin McMahon, Cultural Trust President and CEO said, “Dutch artists are renowned for their innovation and creativity, and one of our objectives at the Trust is to share their extraordinary performing and visual arts and Dutch culture with Pittsburgh audiences. The artists whom The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has invited showcase the outstanding caliber of craft, technique, expression, collaboration and bold spirit of exploration we identify as ‘distinctively Dutch’.”

Dutch Ambassador to the U.S. Renée Jones-Bos said, “We are thrilled to be collaborating with The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust on this exciting project to showcase many Dutch artists in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Cultural District, one of the most creative cities in the United States. It reflects the forward-looking mentality, entrepreneurial spirit and innovative nature that the Netherlands shares with the US and with Pittsburgh in particular.” The festival was made possible through a generous grant from the Performing Arts Fund NL, Music Center the Netherlands and Theater Instituut Nederland and is actively supported by the Dutch Embassy network, specifically the Consulate-General of The Netherlands in New York. The festival is an example of how cultural diplomacy can create lasting economic, political, academic and artistic ties between the Netherlands and Pittsburgh.

Creativity and innovation stands at the core of Pittsburgh’s strategic transformation. Pittsburgh’s rich cultural heritage includes the likes of Andy Warhol, Art Blakey, Rachel Carson and Martha Graham. That heritage provides fertile grounds for the innovative and creative performances of Dance Works Rotterdam/André Gingras, Jiří Kylián and Michael Schumacher, PIPS:lab, Wunderbaum, Toneelgroep Amsterdam, JacobTV, Drums United and many others. Distinctely Dutch marks the cultural tradition of innovation that Pittsburgh shares with the Dutch.

Additional programs may be added to the festival calendar. For a listing of events and to receive updates, please visit TrustArts.org/dutchfestival or call 412-456-6666. Groups may purchase discounted tickets by calling 412-471-6930. Visit www.dutchartevents.com for more information on Dutch arts in the U.S. and follow Dutch Art Events on Facebook and Twitter.

DISTINCTIVELY DUTCH FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES & EXHIBITIONS


Dance Works Rotterdam/ André Gingras
ANATOMICA
U.S. Premiere
Presented by Pittsburgh Dance Council
Sponsored by First Commonwealth
Saturday, February 18, 8pm
Byham Theater
101 Sixth Street, Cultural District
$14-$45

“It’s a terrific splurge of vibrant physicality and joie de vivre that sets out to showcase what an amazing miracle the body represents.” —The Times of London

Choreographed by the daring André Gingras, ANATOMICA is an unyielding exploration of the physical extremes of sexual competition and attraction. Inspired by the danger, beauty and consequences of the body on display, Gingras delves and soars into the body’s extraordinary abilities and profound fragility. Dance Works Rotterdam/André Gingras puts contemporary dance in a social context, bringing relevant moral dilemmas into the theater with energetic raw dance. Described by theater and visual artist Robert Wilson as “rigorous, intellectual and free in spirit,” the company emphasizes collaboration and dialogue with other organizations and artists beyond the boundaries of contemporary dance.


Wunderbaum
Detroit Dealers
World Premiere
Thursday-Saturday, February 23–25, 8pm
Trust Arts Education Center
805 Liberty Avenue, Cultural District
$30

Set against the rise and fall of the American car industry, theater maker Walter Bart tells the story of his granddad, car dealer Arie Bart. In a cross-over of dramatized documentary, theater and music, Arie’s remarkable life is juxtaposed with the romance of the American Dream and the transience of the car as a sex symbol. 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 theater forms combined with a fresh look at humankind and society.


PIPS:lab
Diespace
U.S. Premiere
Friday–Sunday, March 23–25, 8pm Trust Arts Education Center
805 Liberty Avenue, Cultural District
$30

Born in the underground party scene of Amsterdam, PIPS:lab is known throughout the Netherlands for producing raw, expressive, visually stunning, interactive multimedia performances. The six members of this tech-theater collective have emerged as do-it-yourself masters of the unexpected. Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn. Now PIPS:lab has created Diespace: “the first active internet community for the deceased.” Interactive video technology, music, and sardonic wit: Diespace is an innovative look at life, death and the Internet. Co-produced by Melkweg Paradiso Productiehuis. DieSpace is supported by the Fonds voor Amateurkunst en Podiumkunsten, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten, Prins Bernhard Cultuur Fonds and VSB Fonds.


Jiří Kylián and Michael Schumacher
Last Touch First
U.S. Premiere
Presented by Pittsburgh Dance Council
Sponsored by First Commonwealth
Friday and Saturday, April 6–7, 8pm August Wilson Center
980 Liberty Avenue, Cultural District
$35

“It’s that rare occurrence: a performance that really grabs you and leaves you affected In mind and body for days...Last Touch First is such a performance; a joining of the best forces of dance.” -Trouw

Choreographer-in-residence and former artistic director of the acclaimed Nederlands Dans Theater, Jiří Kylián has joined forces with master of dance improvisation Michael Schumacher to create Last Touch First. Set within an imagined 18th-century manor house, the performance touches the depths of desperation, madness and loneliness within six characters. Through incredibly slow stop-motion movement these gripping and magical vignettes resonate like a Chekhovian drama. A Holland Dance Festival production in cooperation with Nederlands Dans Theater and Steps Festval, Zwisterland.


Rachel Nieborg & Ine Mulder
Girls’N’Guns
April 27–June 10
707 Penn Gallery
707 Penn Avenue, Cultural District

The famed “still life” of old masters is reinterpreted by two young Dutch artists: photographer Rachel Nieborg and designer Ine Mulder. The duo began working together on Girls’N’Guns in 2008 when Ine Mulder asked Nieborg to join her for shooting practice. The project evolved into a carefully crafted set recasting the still life paintings of the 17th century. Working with a metronome to fine tune the precision timing, one would literally shoot a gun while the other shot photographs. The images have not been edited with photo software, but capture the raw tension of stillness and movement, violence and beauty.


Global Navigators
April 27–June 10
Wood Street Galleries / SPACE
601 Wood Street / 812 Liberty Avenue, Cultural District

“Global Navigators explores and embodies our fascination with unknown cultures through various media, forms and processes.” -Murray Horne, Curator, Wood Street Galleries

For the Distinctively Dutch Festival, more than a dozen visual artists— including Peter Bogers, Gerard Holthuis, Marnix de Nijs, Folkert de Jong, Guido van der Werve and Karen Sargsyan—will be featured in this exhibition that examines the very nature of global exploration. This contemporary Dutch expedition traverses the terrains of the Internet and new media as well as mines the historical context of Dutch exploration.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has a long history of presenting visual artists from the Netherlands, including most recently Edwin van der Heide, telcosystems and Informationlab, which created Pittsburgh’s first art+technology public art installation entitled Cell Phone Disco.


JacobTV
The News
World Premiere
Sponsored by Joan Humphrey
Friday, April 27, 9pm Byham Theater
101 Sixth Street, Cultural District $20–$30

“JacobTV is preoccupied with American media and world events and draws raw materials from those sources. His work possesses an explosive strength and raw energy combined with extraordinarily intricate architectural design.” -Limor Tomer, General Manager, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A tragicomical story of our times ... never finished, constantly updated! Classical music outlaw and avant-pop composer, Jacob Ter Veldhuis a.k.a. JacobTV has created his newest opus, The News. In an orchestrated video-opera of talking heads and political pundits, JacobTV has sampled speeches and sound bites from news media to create everything from a militant staccato for the angry evangelist to a lyrical adagio for elegant presidential rhetoric. This unique synthesis of speech, music and video is performed by JacobTV and the intrepid Chicago-based chamber ensemble, Fulcrum Point. Featured soloists are Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano, and Lori Cotler, alto.


MCG Jazz presents
Dutch Women of Jazz
Friday–Saturday, May 18–19, 8pm Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild
1815 Metropolitan Street, North Side
Adults: $30 or buy both shows for $50; Students: $20 or buy both shows for $30

MCG Jazz is proud to present Holland’s finest female jazz musicians. Specially recommended by the Muziek Centrum Netherland, a distinguished center for the promotion of music both in the Netherlands and abroad, these three diverse bands represent the best in Dutch jazz.

On Friday, May 18, MCG Jazz features a double-bill with Amina Figarova Sextet and the saxophone-led Tineke Postma Quartet. The immensely talented and critically-acclaimed Saskia Laroo Band performs on Saturday, May 19. Discounted packages are available if you purchase both performances.

With her penchant for thoughtful, enthralling melodies and bright, clear alto sax sound, Tineke Postma’s bright voice has been making a mark on the U.S. scene over the last couple years.

Called “one of the most important composers to come into jazz in the new millennium” by Jazztimes, Amina Figarova’s graceful and erudite piano style and showstopping band will challenge and inspire you.

Saskia Laroo, hailed by American public and press at large as “Lady Miles of Europe,” is one of the few women trumpet stylists, and headlines her own show for this once-in-a-lifetime Pittsburgh concert.


Beumer and Drost
Dudes
North American Premiere
Presented by Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival
Sponsored by Giant Eagle
Wednesday–Sunday, May 16–20
Charity Randall Theater
4301 Forbes Avenue, Oakland
$8

Dudes is a hybrid performance of song, dance, puppetry, slap-stick and mime that takes place in the confines of a small locker room where the limitless possibilities of the imagination unfold. Founded by Loek Beumer and Peter Drost, B&D is a self-made theater company that has built a strong reputation and loyal audiences in the Netherlands and Belgium for their innovative theatrical works for children, youth and adults.


Drums United
World of Rhythm
Presented by Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival
Sponsored by Giant Eagle
Friday–Sunday, May 18–20
Bellefield Hall
315 S. Bellefield Avenue, Oakland
$8

Drums United is an explosive and exciting world-percussion group interweaving the rhythms of African drums, Indian tablas, Cuban rumbas and more, with percussionists from nations such as Bangladesh, Senegal, Spain, Germany, Surinam and Venezuela. Led by award-winning Dutch percussionist and bandleader, Lucas van Merwijk, Drums United celebrates the unifying power of music that transcends culture, language and difference.


DUTCH ARTS IN PITTSBURGH

Wednesday Wine Flight: Dutch Diaspora
Wednesday, February 1, 6:15pm Cabaret at Theater Square
655 Penn Avenue, Cultural District, $35.75

Explore the Dutch influence on the global wine industry as part of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Wednesday Wine Flights. Call 412-456-6666 to reserve tickets to this popular wine series.

A Creative Conversation with Wunderbaum
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust in partnership with Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
Thursday, February 16
Trust Arts Education Center
805 Liberty Avenue, Cultural District

Join director Walter Bart and members of Wunderbaum in a creative conversation about the collaborative and interdisciplinary process of theater making and performance. Call 412-394-3353 to register for this free event.

Choreography Workshop with André Gingras
Friday, February 17 Dance Alloy Studio
5530 Penn Ave, East Liberty

Professional dancers and choreographers are invited to study with renowned choreographer André Gingras for this intimate examination of choreography and creative process. Space is limited. To register, call 412-471-6079 or email education@trustarts.org.

Craft Beer School: Let’s Go Dutch
Tuesday, February 21, 6:15pm Cabaret at Theater Square
655 Penn Avenue, Cultural District, $25.75

Experience Dutch culinary arts paired with craft beers that will delight the beer lover’s palette. Call 412-456-6666 to reserve tickets to this popular beer series.

Ben Van Berkel: “The New Understanding”
Wednesday, February 29, 6pm Carnegie Library Lecture Hall
4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland

Join architect Ben Van Berkel of UNStudio in Amsterdam for a lecture presented by the Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture and the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art. This free lecture is supported, in part, by public funds from the Netherlands Cultural Services. For more information visit www.cmu.edu/architecture/lecture.

Spring Flower Show
March 17–April 15 Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
One Schenley Park, Oakland

$12 for adults, $11 for seniors, $11 for students, $9 for children, members and children under 2 are free. Open daily: 9:30am–5pm; Fridays until 10pm. 412-622-6914 www.phipps.conservatory.org

Take a trip around the world at the Spring Flower Show, a colorful celebration of vibrant locales and cultures. A Dutch display in the historic and spacious South Conservatory will showcase the beauty of tulips with swaths of blooms; intricately-painted wooden shoes and an iconic windmill. Nearly 15,000 bulbs planted in the front of the glasshouse will also flower to represent the spectacular fields of Holland right here in Pittsburgh.

2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival
March 22–April 15
Carnegie Mellon University

Faces of Others is a series of international film festivals featuring selections from Poland, Netherlands, South Africa, Israel, Palestine, Argentina, France, Germany, Austria, Greece, Norway, Iran, Korea, Romania, Russia and Pittsburgh. The “Distinctively Dutch” program highlights the recent cinematography of Holland and encompasses a wide range of the latest, award-winning films, documentaries and video installations by Dutch artists. For a full description of films, venues, and ticket info, visit www.cmu.edu/faces or call 412-445-6292.

Pittsburgh Technology Council Night and Artist Talk with PIPS:lab
Saturday, March 24
Trust Arts Education Center
805 Liberty Avenue, Cultural District

Join the Pittsburgh Technology Council’s Creative Technology Network for a post-performance artist talk with members of PIPS:lab focused on the do-it-yourself programming and technology behind Diespace. Special rates available for Pittsburgh Technology Council members.

Improvisation Workshop with Michael Schumacher
Saturday, April 7
Dance Alloy Studio
5530 Penn Ave, East Liberty

Professional dancers and choreographers are invited to study with master of improvisation Michael Schumacher. Space is limited. To register, call 412-471-6079 or email education@trustarts.org.

Dutch Poetry
Tuesday, April 17
City of Asylum/Pittsburgh
330 Sampsonia Way, North Side

Join City of Asylum/Pittsburgh for an evening with Dutch poets Joost Zwagerman, Erik Jan Harmens, Helene Gelens, John Schoorl, Pieter Boskma and Lucas Hirsch. For more information visit www.cityofasylumpittsburgh.org or call 412-321-2190.

Dutch Dining in the Cultural District
Monday–Friday, April 23–27
various venues

Visit our website trustarts.org/dutchfestival to see a list of participating restaurants, including Meat & Potatoes among many others that will feature a Dutch-inspired dishes and other special offerings during this week.

Rethinking Cities in the 21st Century
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh
Thursday, April 26
Trust Arts Education Center
805 Liberty Avenue, Cultural District

Join creative thinkers from Pittsburgh and Holland to discuss the transformation of urban cities in the 21st century. For more information, call 412-456-6666.

Dutch Art At Carnegie Museum of Art: Self-Guided Tour
Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland

The Carnegie Museum of Art’s world class collection includes great works from the Netherlands. Enjoy masterpieces as diverse as Droog Design’s cabinet You Can’t Lay Down Your Memories to elegant 17th century inlaid Cabinet on Stand. Paintings range from Van Gogh’s important landscape The Plain of Auvers to innovations in early 20th century abstraction by Mondrian and Bart Antony van der Leck. For more info visit http://www.cmoa.org/.


Ticket Information & Advanced Reservations

For Tickets & Updates

ONLINE: www.TrustArts.org/dutchfestival

Follow us on Facebook.com/CulturalTrust and Twitter@CulturalTrust

PHONE: 412-456-6666

GROUPS: 412-471-6930

IN PERSON: Box Office at Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue, Cultural District


Programming is subject to change. Please call or visit website for additional information.
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Gallery Crawl Ignites the Cultural District

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Contact:

Veronica Corpuz
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
(412) 471-6082
corpuz@pgharts.org

Cultural District springs into action with Gallery Crawl

Friday, April 29, 2011

5:30 - 9pm

Presented by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

PITTSBURGH, PA: The Cultural District springs into action as The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Gallery Crawl fills the theaters, galleries and streets of Downtown Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. The free and art-and-fun-filled Gallery Crawl takes place on Friday, April 29, from 5:30 - 9 p.m. The arts open house showcases an eclectic mix of visual art, dance, music and more in 22 venues throughout the Cultural District.



All Gallery Crawl events are free and open to the public. For more information and a map of the Gallery Crawl events, visit pgharts.org or call 412-456-6666. The Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District is sponsored by First Commonwealth with media support from City Paper and 91.3fm WYEP.



The following is a line-up of Gallery Crawl highlights and happenings:



GALLERY CRAWL in the CULTURAL DISTRICT

April 29, 2011 5:30-9 pm

Presented by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust



Wood Street Galleries

601 Wood Street

Hysterical Machines: Bill Vorn

Montreal-based artist Bill Vorn creates installations involving robotics and motion control, sound, lighting, video and cybernetic process that evoke human qualities in structures that are nothing more than articulated metal structures.



SPACE

812 Liberty Avenue

STRAIGHT OUTTA CompUSA: Conversations on the Picturesque

See Jesse Hulcher having the time of his iLife as he tries to find a use for the Internet

Music by DJ DZ



WYEP Music Station

WYEP Live Remote Broadcast outside of SPACE



Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts

808 Liberty Avenue

Culinary Sculptures



Tito and Exchange Way

Cell Phone Disco

A surface that visualizes the electromagnetic field of an active mobile phone. Several thousand lights illuminate when you make or receive a phone call in the vicinity of the installation.



Shaw Galleries

805 Liberty Avenue

Beauty-Strength-Reflection: Five Perspectives on the Female Form: paintings focused on feminine form and style by five local female artists.



Trust Arts Education Center

805-807 Liberty Avenue

Lower Level (Peirce Studio):

The TypewriterGirls Poetry Cabaret

Audience interactive, collage-work theatre formed from poetry, performance art, typewriter games, improv comedy, dancing, and a little magic.

3rd floor:

Homo Dignitas: Reviving a Departed Essence (Carlow University)

Artists' perilous fight to restore and maintain human dignity before the concept is as lifeless as the Latin language.

Pittsburgh’s Rising

Exhibition showcasing Pittsburgh’s upcoming collegiate artists. Enjoy refreshments while viewing the latest works by the area’s fine-art, architecture and design students.

4th floor:

60/40 Series presents: Outspoken, a benefit for BikePGH

An art show and sale featuring local artists, benefiting Bike Pittsburgh. Preview at sixtyfortyseries.com



Harris Theater

809 Liberty Avenue

In the Theater: Short films by local filmmakers

Tiny Harris Gallery: Photography by Sue Abramson and Kevin Clark

Above the Marquee: Silhouettes by Mike Bonello



Shaw Galleries

805 Liberty Avenue

BEAUTY - STRENGTH - REFLECTION: Five Perspectives on the Female Form

An exhibit of paintings that focus on feminine form and style by five women artists from Pittsburgh.



707 Penn Gallery

707 Penn Avenue

Conversations on the Picturesque: Work by Katherine Young

Drawings of patterned feminine portraits in lush flora.



709 Penn Gallery

709 Penn Avenue

Paper Streets: Solo exhibit by Bovey Lee

Using cut paper as her medium, Lee’s installations explore resolute themes such as the geography's influence on life in the region



Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts

808 Liberty Avenue

Culinary Sculptures

Various sugar and tallow sculpture pieces created by PCI faculty. Hot food and beverages prepared by PCI students available for a donation.



937 Liberty Avenue

1st floor – Bricolage:

Bricolage presents The Awkward Dinner Party

An interactive experiment in social performance and fine dining (5:30-7:30).

2nd floor

Named-UnNamed

Herman Pearl - PearlArts: movement and sound. A space of otherworldly, haunting, immersive sound . Continuously renewing and ever-changing sound-scapes derived from readings of the names of Iraqi civilian war casualties.



Toonseum

945 Liberty

Brenda Starr, Reporter: The Art of Dale Messick

The ToonSeum celebrates legendary cartoonist Dale Messick and the retirement of her greatest creation, Brenda Starr, Reporter, after 70 years of publication



Tonic**

971 Liberty (2nd floor gallery space)

It Is What It Is

People. Art. Music. Drinks. Food.



August Wilson Center for African American Culture

980 Liberty Avenue

Various Exhibitions: Voices: African American and Latina Women in Pennsylvania Share Their Stories of Success (new exhibition), In My Father's House; Sculptures by Thaddeus G. Mosley; Pittsburgh: Reclaim, Renew, Remix; Bridging the Blood: Your Blood Line is Mine



Northside Urban Pathways Gallery

914 Penn Avenue

Reinterpreting African Arts

Student artwork reflecting themes and symbols of Ancient and Modern African Arts. Sounds of Steel steelpan band play throughout the night with special guests including the UP Stomp Team at 6:30 pm



907 Penn Avenue

Bon Voyage

Looking In Looking Out (LILO) presents a painting and photography exhibition based on the theme of goodbye/farewell/bon voyage.



Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 Gallery

111 Ninth St.

THE UPSIDE

A curated collection of senior artwork



Future Tenant

819 Penn Avenue

URBANIC III: expanding the microcosm

Group Show co-curated by Kyle Ethan Fischer and Nicole Capozzi of Mox Box Consulting



Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

810 Penn Avenue, Suite 200

Art on the Walls

Featuring the stunning black and white photography of artist Brian Sesack. Enjoy light refreshments and meet the artists.



Backstage Bar

655 Penn Avenue

Live music by Pittsburgh’s only all-female jazz ensemble, Cool Breeze 5:30-7:30



Katz Plaza

7th St. and Penn Avenue

First Commonwealth Hospitality Spot

Stop by our hospitality station for free drinks and snacks. We’ll also have chances to win baskets and Starbucks cards!

Live samba music and dance by Timbeleza



Arthur Murray Dance Studio**

136 Sixth Street

Free Dance Classes and Demonstrations!

Get started dancing tonight! 7:30 Swing, 8:00 Tango, 8:30 Merengue



Verve Wellness

142 6th St., 3rd floor

Bare Bones Dance Series

Stripped down to the bare essentials in an warm intimate venue, kNOTDance reviews works from the past 3 years at this Bare Bones presentation. Stop in, Why kNOT?



**All locations are wheelchair accessible unless otherwise noted

Jesse Hulcher Exhibition STRAIGHT OUTTA CompUSA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Jesse Hulcher

STRAIGHT OUTTA CompUSA

February 25 – May 1, 2011

SPACE, 812 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh PA


PITTSBURGH, PA: New technology can help us to communicate. It can help us to be creative, if we need help. But sometimes new technology can be difficult to use. Sometimes there's a learning curve. In this upcoming exhibition at SPACE we’ll see Jesse Hulcher having the time of his iLife as he tries to find a use for the internet.

About Jesse Hulcher

Born in 1980, Raleigh, NC native Jesse Hulcher works with video, audio, text, code and anything that can be made with a computer or bought at Best Buy. Hulcher explores the many ways in which people use media and how they navigate their network of mass-marketing tools for the purposes of individual expression. His work has been exhibited across the U.S., Europe, Japan and more importantly, on the internet. Hulcher earned a MFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 2006. He currently checks his email in San Diego, California.

GALLERY DETAILS

SPACE is located at 812 Liberty Avenue, Downtown Pittsburgh Cultural District.

Hours:

Wednesday & Thursday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Friday & Saturday, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

SPACE is a Visual Arts project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and is free and open to the public.

For more information, call 412-325-7723 or visit spacepittsburgh.org



EXHIBIT DETAILS

Jesse Hulcher STRAIGHT OUTTA CompUSA runs from February 25 – May 1, 2011
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