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 DZWYEP Music Station WYEP Live Remote Broadcast outside of SPACELe Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts 808 Liberty Avenue Culinary SculpturesTito 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 BonelloShaw 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 regionLe 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 publicationTonic** 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 MineNorthside 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 artworkFuture Tenant 819 Penn Avenue URBANIC III: expanding the microcosm Group Show co-curated by Kyle Ethan Fischer and Nicole Capozzi of Mox Box ConsultingGreater 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 5:30-7:30Katz 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 TimbelezaArthur Murray Dance Studio** 136 Sixth Street Free Dance Classes and Demonstrations! Get started dancing tonight! 7:30 Swing, 8:00 Tango, 8:30 MerengueVerve 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