Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Presents Gallery Crawl, 4/29

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