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SUMMARY:In the Field: Fabrication
DESCRIPTION:The second In the Field session will be held at Shiftworks’ offices in East Liberty. Artist Tim Engelhardt will be joined by arts administrator and public art consultant Morton Brown to discuss the various elements and players that make a mural project possible. Brown and Engelhardt will also cover the various materials and approaches to mural making and installation. This session is appropriate for artists\, art administrators\, and those interested in commissioning an artist for a mural project. \nAbout In the Field\nNow in its second year\, In the Field takes participants through the artist’s process\, from an artist’s perspective. From research and design ideation\, to working with fabricators and implementation of the artwork\, In the Field breaks down the public art process so that artists and the general public gain insight into how an artwork becomes a part of the public realm. \nThis year\, artist Tim Engelhardt will lead the series\, presenting the artistic process and resulting large mixed-media mural Above Stage\, commissioned by Pittsburgh CLO for the entryway to their campus on CLO Academy Way in Downtown Pittsburgh. Each session of In the Field will be on-site at a different location significant to the project and will highlight a different step in Engelhardt’s process of creating the artwork. \nAbout Tim Engelhardt\nTim Engelhardt is a visual artist residing in Pittsburgh\, PA. Throughout the past eight years\, Tim has worked with businesses\, communities\, nonprofits\, and residences to create a wide range of work that meets the creative goals of each client. Over the course of the past several years\, Tim’s career in art has blossomed\, taking him to Las Vegas\, Reno\, and Virginia Beach to create murals for local businesses\, a project with the URA in Arnold\, PA\, a 6\,000 sq. ft. mural for the Davis Companies at their apartment building Terminal 21 in Pittsburgh\, a painted pathway for UPMC Children’s hospital and most recently\, overseeing the installation of murals at Kennywood amusement park. Tim’s ability to diversify his styles has given him a wide window of opportunities and he has seized upon them to great success. In addition to his public artwork and murals\, Tim maintains a home studio as well as space in Radiant Hall in Homewood where he is developing a body of abstract works. \nAbout Morton Brown\nMorton Brown is an artist\, teacher\, and public art consultant operating in Pittsburgh\, PA. His professional areas of expertise include managing conservation of outdoor works of art; managing and creating new commissions of public art; artist selection and fabrication; and facilitating collaborative art-making processes with artists\, architects\, community and commissioning agents. Morton is also a part- time faculty member of Robert Morris University\, teaching history of visual communications\, foundation drawing\, and 2D and 3D design courses since 2020. \nOriginally from Arkansas\, Morton completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Central Arkansas in 1996. He earned his MFA in painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia\, while working as a mural artist with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program – completing two murals before moving to Pittsburgh in 2001. From 2003 to 2007\, he helped create and administer the Sprout Public Art Program\, a program of the nonprofit Sprout Fund\, in which local artists were hired to paint 35 community murals throughout the region. \nFrom 2009-2015\, he served as the Public Art Manager of the City of Pittsburgh. In this role\, he was the staff of the City’s Art Commission\, which included management of proposals for all new permanent structures on City property\, conservation and relocation of existing monuments and artworks\, and the creation of new permanent and temporary works of art on City property. \nAdditional Information\nAccess & Accommodations\nThis event will be held in-person and required light physical activity. \nThis session will be held indoors at Shiftworks’ offices\, located on the second floor of 224 North Euclid Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, 15206. There is a limited amount of free on-site parking\, including two accessible parking spaces adjacent to the entrance. Additional free and paid off-site parking is available in adjacent public parking lots and on-street. The location is also served by public transit (see Parking and Transportation below). \nThe office are accessed by an electric push-button door opener and an elevator to the second floor. Facilities include singe-user non-gendered ADA compliant restrooms\, as well as multi-stall restrooms designated for Men and Women. The event will be held in a semi-casual “salon” style set-up. There are multiple seating options available for event attendees. \nPlease note that masks are not required for attending in-person events but will be made available upon request. We ask that all attendees respect the health and safety of others; if you are sick\, please stay home. \nTo request additional accommodations for this event\, please submit your request in writing on the event registration form. A Shiftworks staff member will follow up with you directly about your request. We will attempt to implement requests for reasonable accommodations to the best of our ability\, but cannot guarantee that all requests will be met. Alternate accommodations may be suggested by staff. All requests must be made by September 9\, 2024. \nFor any questions\, please contact Ashley Anderson at ashley@shiftworkspgh.org. \nParking and Transportation\nFree public parking is available in the parking lot for the Detective Building and paid street parking is available within the vicinity. If taking public transportation\, there is a Pittsburgh Regional Transit stop at Penn Avenue and Euclid Avenue that serves routes 71C\, 77\, and 88. For more information\, please visit the Pittsburgh Regional Transit website at: https://www.rideprt.org/ \nPhotography\, Videography\, and Other Documentation\nParticipants should be aware that photography\, videorecording\, and/or other documentation of the event by Shiftworks\, other attendees\, or the media may take place during the event. Participants will have an opportunity to indicate if they choose to opt out of being included in event documentation\, and our team will make reasonable efforts to accommodate these preferences. \nCancellation and Refunds\nAll sales are final unless the event is canceled by Shiftworks. In the event of cancellation\, registrants will be notified by email 2 – 4 hours in advance of the event start time and refunds will be issued to the original form of payment. \nRegistration\nRegistration for In the Field: Fabrication is $15 per person; advanced registration is required. The button below will redirect you to Eventbrite where you will complete your registration. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/in-the-field-fabrication/
LOCATION:Shiftworks Community + Public Arts\, 224 N. Euclid Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15206\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Pittsburgh Creative Corps
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SUMMARY:Performance Art + Public Space with Jasmine Hearn
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, Public Art Training Camp will feature an artist talk by Pittsburgh-based interdisciplinary artist and award-winning performer Jasmine Hearn. Hearn will share the work of their expansive practice that includes a spectrum of dance traditions and techniques\, care\, sound design\, garment design\, and the archiving of matrilineal memories. As part of their talk\, Hearn will also speak to how their experience and projects have operated in public space. \nThis session is intended to inspire and showcase the power of performance art in public spaces. \nSession Format\n\nIntroduction\nSpeaker Presentation\nAudience Questions and Conversation\n\n  \nAbout Jasmine Hearn\n\nJasmine Hearn is an interdisciplinary artist\, director\, award winning performer\, choreographer\, organizer\, doula\, and teacher. They are committed to performance as an expansive practice that includes a spectrum of dance traditions and techniques\, care\, sound design\, garment design\, and the archiving of matrilineal memories. They give gratitude to Spirit\, their mothers and aunties\, and all the mothering Black people who have supported their moving\, traveling\, remembering body. \nHearn has performed their work at venues such as the Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Pittsburgh\, PA (2021); New York Live Arts\, New York\, NY (2021); Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University\, Houston\, TX (2021); Danspace Project\, New York\, NY (2019\, 2017); and BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance\, Bronx\, NY (2016). They have also performed with the companies Helen Simoneau Danse\, Urban Bush Women\, and David Dorfman Dance\, among others\, and collaborated with many artists\, including Holly Bass\, Maria Bauman\, Marjani Forté-Saunders\, Gerard & Kelly\, Vanessa German\, Li Harris\, Bill T. Jones\, Solange Knowles\, Ayanah Moor\, Lovie Olivia\, Staycee Pearl\, Alesandra Seutin\, and Alisha B. Wormsley.\nHearn is the recipient of a Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize in Design with collaborator Athena Kokoronis of Domestic Performance Agency (2023)\, a Creative Capital Award (2022)\, New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Awards for Outstanding Performer (2021\, 2017)\, a Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship (2019)\, and Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants (2022\, 2017). They have been awarded residencies through Movement Research\, New York\, NY; Pittsburgh Foundation\, Pittsburgh\, PA; and the Camargo Foundation\, Cassis\, France. \nHearn\, born and raised on occupied lands now known as Houston\, TX\, studied dance and sound with a multitude of teachers\, including their sister\, cousins\, aunties\, instructors\, and friends at family events\, church\, and took class at the Houston Metropolitan Dance Center. They have also been greatly influenced by teachers\, mentors\, and collaborators\, including Byronné J Hearn\, Claudette Nickens Johnson\, Joy KMT\, Barbara Mahler\, Pamela Pietro\, Kendra Portier\, Samita Sinha\, Sandra Organ Solis\, jhon r. stronks\, Sherie van den Wijngaard\, Charmaine Warren\, Marýa Wethers\, Bennalldre Williams\, Marlies Yearby\, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Hearn received a B.A. from Point Park University. \nRegistration\nRegistration for this session is $15. The button below will redirect you to Eventbrite where you will complete your transaction. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/performance-art-public-space-with-jasmine-hearn/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Conference
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Public Art Training Camp,Training for Artists
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SUMMARY:The Artist and Fabricator Relationship: In the Field with John Peña
DESCRIPTION:In the Field is a new series from the Office for Public Art which takes participants on an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at an artist’s process\, collaboration\, and final results of creating public artwork. \nFor this inaugural season\, artist John Peña will share his work on the pedestrian enhancement project for the reconstructed Fern Hollow Bridge over the course of three in-person sessions. Each session will be on-site at a different location and will highlight a different step in Peña’s process of creating the artwork. \nSession Description\nThe second session is The Artist and Fabricator Relationship. Participants will meet at Technique Architectural Products in Wilkinsburg\, PA. Technique has served as the artist’s collaborator for fabrication of the stencils used to create the final artwork\, and has worked closely with artists across the Pittsburgh region to bring their projects to implementation. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the services that Technique offers and how they work with artists and designers. \nAbout John Peña\nJohn Peña is a multidisciplinary artist\, illustrator and educator from the desert of Washington State. He makes art as a way of exploring the natural world and his daily interactions. A few of John’s projects include: racing with clouds\, sending a letter to the Pacific Ocean every day for the last twelve years\, making daily drawings about his life and constructing large-scale plaster word balloons that are precariously balanced on two by fours. John has attended a number of residencies including The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture\, The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art & The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, MA. He currently lives and works in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania. \n\nLocation and Address\nTechnique Architectural Products is located in Wilkinsburg on Penn Avenue\, between Mill Street and Center Street. The physical address is  815 Penn Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15221. Please plan to arrive 5 – 10 minutes early to check in with the OPA staff member on-site. \nDirections\nFor Public Transit: Public transit is available via bus lines 67\, 69\, 79\, P12\, P67\, and P78 (Wallace Ave. + Center St.) and 61A\, 67\, 69\, 79\, P12\, P67\, P69\, and P78 (Ross St. and Wood St.). For more information on public transportation and to plan your trip\, please visit the Pittsburgh Regional Transit website. \nTickets\nTickets for this event are $15 each. This registration link will redirect you to Eventbrite where you will complete your registration. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/the-artist-and-fabricator-relationship-in-the-field-with-john-pena/
LOCATION:Technique Architectural Products\, 815 Penn Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15221\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:Research and Ideation: In the Field with John Peña
DESCRIPTION:In the Field is a new series from the Office for Public Art which takes participants on an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at an artist’s process\, collaboration\, and final results of creating a public artwork. \nFor this inaugural season\, artist John Peña will share his work on the pedestrian enhancement project for the reconstructed Fern Hollow Bridge over the course of three in-person sessions. Each session will be on-site at a different location and will highlight a different step in Peña’s process of creating the artwork. \nSession Description\nThe first session of In the Field is Research and Ideation. During this session\, artist John Peña will share insights into the development of his design for the Fern Hollow Bridge enhancements and discuss his initial research for the project. \nAbout John Peña\nJohn Peña is a multidisciplinary artist\, illustrator and educator from the desert of Washington State. He makes art as a way of exploring the natural world and his daily interactions. A few of John’s projects include: racing with clouds\, sending a letter to the Pacific Ocean every day for the last twelve years\, making daily drawings about his life and constructing large-scale plaster word balloons that are precariously balanced on two by fours. John has attended a number of residencies including The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture\, The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art & The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, MA. He currently lives and works in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania. \nLocation and Address\nThe Office for Public Art is located in the Detective Building in East Liberty\, 224 North Euclid Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15206. The office is on the second floor; attendees will be greeted in the first floor lobby by an OPA staff person. Please plan to arrive 5 – 10 minutes ahead of the start of the session. \nDirections and Parking\nFor Public Transit: Public transit is available via bus lines 71C\, 77\, 88 (Penn Avenue) and 71B (North Highland). For more information on public transportation and to plan your trip\, please visit the Pittsburgh Regional Transit website. \nPublic Parking: There is free on-site parking as well as metered parking in the surrounding area. \nAccessibility\nThe building is fully accessible. Please contact the Office for Public Art directly at info@opapgh.org with requests for additional accommodations. \nCOVID-19 Policy\nAll guests are required to wear a mask while inside the office space\, unless eating or drinking. \nTickets\nTickets for this event are $15 each. This registration link will redirect you to Eventbrite where you will complete your registration. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/research-and-ideation-in-the-field-with-john-pena/
LOCATION:Shiftworks Community + Public Arts\, 224 N. Euclid Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15206\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:OPA Live! The Multitudes
DESCRIPTION:Host Almah LaVon takes over the OPA Instagram account for a live conversation with guest Ifasina Clear. \nThe Multitudes\nLongtime friends and collaborators\, Almah LaVon and Ifasina Clear explore being creative at the intersections of race\, size\, mental illness\, neurodivergence\, and class. Their conversation will also dive into the connections between artistic practice and spirituality/ ancestral medicine. \nAbout Almah LaVon Rice\nAlmah LaVon Rice is a writer and mixed media mail artist with years of experience as a professional grantwriter\, nonprofit communications consultant\, and community arts organizer. \nAbout Ifasina Clear\nIfasina (they/them pronouns) has been a dance based embodiment student and teacher for over 20 years. They are passionate about facilitating containers and practices that support people in ways that allow them to engage the human condition.
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/opa-live-the-multitudes/
LOCATION:Instagram Live
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:OPA Live! Culture\, Community\, and Creativity
DESCRIPTION:Host Janel Young takes over the OPA Instagram account for a live conversation with guest Melissa Kimble. \nCulture\, Community\, and Creativity\nArtist Janel Young and writer Melissa Kimble will discuss Melissa’s journey to being a cultural producer and why it is so necessary. Their conversation will also cover topics of how staples like the #blkcreatives community are showing up for creators\, and Melissa’s inspirations and aspirations for the communities they are a part of. They will also touch upon how Melissa’s writing and work with well-known brands has impacted how she pours back into other creatives. \nAbout Janel Young\nJanel Young is a Pittsburgh-raised\, Chicago-based painter and muralist focusing on expressionist and landscape works. Janel’s community-centered creative process is reflected in her style of bright colors\, masterful blending\, and symbolic-filled geometric inspiration. She has been recognized locally and internationally\, from New York City to the coast of Sydney\, Australia\, and named Pittsburgh’s 2021 Person of the Year in Visual Arts. Young’s most notable works have themes of addressing social issues\, celebrating Black women\, and creating from a place of joy. Commissioning clients include Yahoo!\, Verizon Media\, the U.S. Open\, City of Pittsburgh\, City of New York and the Chicago Sky. \nAbout Melissa Kimble\nMelissa Kimble is a writer\, cultural strategist\, and community builder with two hometowns – Chicago and Memphis. Melissa’s impactful viral manifesto ‘This world does not move without Black creativity’ reflects her work’s central theme and focus: preserving\, producing\, and prioritizing Black stories\, culture\, and creativity for the betterment of the world around us. \nMelissa is a writer and strategist creating at the intersection of culture\, creativity\, and community wellness. She is the founder of #blkcreatives – a staple in the Black creator community and only digital collective providing genuine support for the Black creator while honoring Black creativity in all phases of existence and development. Melissa is also the community manager for the Black Owned Media Equity and Sustainability Institute uniting and advancing Black-owned media businesses.
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/opa-live-culture-community-and-creativity/
LOCATION:Instagram Live
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:OPA Live! Artist Mobility and International Collaboration
DESCRIPTION:OPA Live! returns to Instagram Live with this first session with Danny Bracken and Stef Van Bellingen. \nThis conversation will focus on the work of Stef Van Bellingen through his Belgian based organization WARP. Van Bellingen will discuss the WARP Artist Village which aims to provide emerging artists with feedback and stimulating input through personal interviews with professionals. The pair will also discuss Van Bellingen’s arts festival ‘Coup de Ville” which immerses the city of Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) in new site-specific creations and already existing historical art pieces or oeuvres of sometimes underestimated artists. \nTo attend their discussion\, follow OPA on Instagram @officeforpublicart. \nAbout Danny Bracken\nDanny Bracken is an artist and organizer of exhibitions in Pittsburgh. He is currently the Director of Exhibitions at the Mattress Factory\, an artist-founded and artist-centered museum\, international residency program and renowned producer of installation art where he leads the museum’s exhibition program. His wide ranging experience as a cultural producer has led him to performing at Coachella\, exhibiting across Europe\, scoring a television sitcom\, and working with dozens of artists through his work at the Mattress Factory. \nAbout Stef Van Bellingen\nStef Van Bellingen is a curator and the director of Contemporary Art Platform WARP in Sint-Niklaas\, Belgium. WARP is a visual arts platform that originated in 2006 and operates in the region of Waasland. WARP is an acronym for ‘Waasland Artistic Projects’\, and a reference to the verb ‘to warp’\, i.e. a creative transformation of an environment starting from a single point. WARP focuses on talent development\, which enables establishing long-term relationships with artists\, and results in all kinds of collaborations and exhibitions with mainly new productions.
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LOCATION:Instagram Live
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:Artists Working In Community
DESCRIPTION:Winter Intensive returns\, starting January 26\, 2023! \nArtists Working in Community is a three-part\, bi-weekly series led by Springboard for the Arts’ Community Development Director\, Ricardo Beaird\, and Community Development Program Manager\, Amanda Cortés. \nUsing Springboard for the Arts’ Handbook for Artists Working in Community as a guide\, Beaird and Cortés will push artists to think about their own passions and goals when it comes to working with communities in the public realm. Honoring the handbook’s definitions of public art and artist\, this series will demonstrate how artists can facilitate community-led projects\, share best practices for community-engaged work\, and develop collaboration skills. \nThis will be a dynamic\, activity-based series with possible homework assignments between sessions. Attendees will be expected to participate and be present throughout the program. \nSessions will be held online via Zoom on Thursdays from 4:00 – 6:00 PM ET\, January 26\, February 9\, and February 23\, 2023. \nAbout Springboard for the Arts\nFounded in 1991\, Springboard for the Arts works at the intersection of arts and economic and community development\, helping local artists and communities thrive together. Our mission is to cultivate vibrant communities by connecting artists with the resources they need to make a living and a life. We define artists broadly\, from any and all disciplines and experiences\, from culture bearers and craft artists to classically trained\, from those who receive commissions to those who sing in choir or carve spoons – recognizing that creative people are in every community and on every block in a city or few acres in a rural area. \nAs a national leader in creative community development\, our approach is rooted in the principles of community organizing and focuses on a “lots of little” strategy that surfaces unrecognized leaders in communities\, builds public narratives from a multiplicity of perspectives and voices; unearths and supports community health and economic vibrancy; and\, creates low-risk on ramps for cross-sector collaboration. This equity-based model centers the lives and experiences of the people in and of the place; values the relationships\, partnerships\, and creative capacity that artists and communities build together and aims to build power and agency for individuals\, neighborhoods and communities. We deliver programs locally and catalyze action nationally by sharing our adaptable strategies through free toolkits\, consulting services\, workshops and trainings. \nAbout Ricardo Beaird\nRicardo Beaird is a theater maker\, teaching artist\, and cheese curd enthusiast originally from Nashville\, Tennessee. Their recent work is informed by the unfinished business of ghosts\, dis/connection through the internet\, and sometimes Beyoncé. In addition to performing with Pangea World Theater\, Park Square Theatre\, Red Eye Theater and Ten Thousand Things Theater\, Beaird is a Core Artist with Full Circle Theatre\, advisory council member with the queer-led theater collective Lightning Rod\, and an Artist Council member for the 2021 and 2022 Northern Spark Arts Festival. Ricardo brings deep experience in collective visioning\, workshop facilitation\, and community organizing. Currently at Springboard for the Arts\, Ricardo supports and co-facilitates the Creative Community Leadership Institute\, a cohort-based learning space for artists\, culture bearers\, community organizers\, and other leaders who want to deepen their impact through creative community building. \nAbout Amanda Cortés\nAmanda works at the intersection of racial justice\, grassroots community development\, art\, and culture. She is the proud daughter of Mexican immigrants and draws inspiration from her upbringing in working class\, Latinx communities on Chicago’s southwest side. Her practice includes cultural organizing\, civic engagement\, artist career coaching\, and audio storytelling. Amanda’s independent work explores alternative models for community-owned real estate property with the Pilsen Housing Cooperative\, a limited equity co-op for artists and working families on Chicago’s Lower West Side. Amanda is a board member of the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council in the Twin Cities Metro\, and is a member of the Chicago ACT Collective. In her work at Springboard for the Arts\, Amanda supports logistics for the Creative Community Leadership Institute\, a cohort-based learning space that serves Minnesota\, South Dakota and North Dakota artists\, and Art-Train\, a virtual technical assistance training for artists and staff at government agencies\, community non-profits and arts councils. \nRegistration\nThis three-part series is limited to 25 participants. Registrants must sign up for the entire series; there are no standalone sessions. This series will not be recorded. Please plan accordingly to attend. \nThere are two options for series registration:\n$45 includes a hard copy of the Handbook for Artists Working in Community + shipping. Registration for this option will close on Sunday\, January 8\, 2023 to allow time for shipping.  \n$30 includes a PDF download of the Handbook for Artists Working in Community.    Registration for this option will close at noon on Thursday\, January 26\, 2023. \nIn order to ensure that the Handbook is delivered in time for the series\, we ask that only registrants living within the continental U.S. select the hard copy ticket option. If you reside outside of the continental U.S.\, please select the PDF download ticket option.  \nWhen you select the hard copy ticket option\, you will be prompted to enter your shipping information. \nThe button below will redirect you to Eventbrite where you will make your ticket selection and complete your purchase. \nRegistration\n  \n 
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/artists-working-in-community/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Conference
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Symposium/Conference
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ORGANIZER;CN="Office for Public Art":MAILTO:info@opapgh.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221110T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221110T173000
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SUMMARY:Living and Working as an Independent Artist
DESCRIPTION:A goal for many artists\, according to the Pittsburgh Public Art Counts! survey is to live and work as independent artists. For this last session of Public Art Training Camp multimedia artist\, filmmaker\, and engineer Mikael Owunna and fiber and social practice artist Aram Han Sifuentes will present on how they have developed sustainable and independent art practices. Their presentations will touch upon how they transitioned to becoming independent artists and their strategies for doing so. Following their presentations will be discussion with the audience. Participants are encouraged to bring questions. \nAbout Mikael Owunna\nMikael Owunna is a Nigerian American multi-media artist\, filmmaker\, and engineer from Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania. Exploring the intersections of visual media with engineering\, optics\, Blackness\, and African cosmologies\, his work seeks to elucidate an emancipatory vision of possibility that pushes people beyond all boundaries\, restrictions\, and frontiers. \nOwunna’s work has also been featured in media ranging from the New York Times to CNN\, NPR\, VICE\, and The Guardian. He has been commissioned for major public art installations by organizations including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra\, Cleveland Foundation\, Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh\, Pittsburgh International Airport\, and Orange Barrel Media. \nAbout Aram Han Sifuentes\nAram Han Sifuentes is a fiber and social practice artist who creates participatory projects that center immigrant and disenfranchised communities. Solo exhibitions of her work have been presented at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum (Chicago)\, Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago)\, Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago)\, Pulitzer Arts Foundation (St. Louis)\, moCa Cleveland (Cleveland)\, and Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles). Aram has received numerous awards including 3Arts Award\, 3Arts Next Level Award\, Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship\, Map Fund\, and Joyce Award. She is currently a professor\, adjunct\, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. \nTickets\nIndividual tickets are Pay What You Can ranging from $12\, $15\, or $20. \nThis registration link will redirect you to Eventbrite where you will complete your registration. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/living-and-working-as-an-independent-artist/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Conference
CATEGORIES:Public Art Training Camp,Symposium/Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221107T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221107T173000
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SUMMARY:Artist Self-Organization
DESCRIPTION:A common question from respondents to the Pittsburgh Public Art Counts! survey was how can artists self-initiate projects? A thoughtful and fair question\, self-organization can be a way to help artists create opportunities for themselves and others\, develop a wider network\, and reconsider what it means to work in the public realm. Brooklyn-based artists Nataša Prljević and Farideh Sakhaeifar will be leading this session and sharing their experiences as individual artists and as members of HEKLER\, an artist-run platform and transnational collective that focuses on critical and experimental examinations of hospitality and conflict. \nThis session will be held online via Zoom. \nPlease note that this session will take place on a Monday. \nAbout Nataša Prljevic\nNATAŠA PRLJEVIĆ is an artist and cultural worker from Užice\, Serbia based in Brooklyn\, NY. Rooted in collage and assemblage practice\, Prljević is committed to collaboration and collective work which center poetics and politics of conflict\, diasporic intimacy\, and art as a tool for rehearsal of transnational solidarity and imagination. In the past ten years Prljević worked and studied with art and cultural workers\, educators\, healers\, activists\, collectives\, and organizations from all over the world. Prljević is one of the initiators of HEKLER\, an artist-run platform and transnational collective that focuses on critical and experimental examination of hospitality and conflict.  \nAbout Farideh Sakhaeifar\nFarideh Sakhaeifar is a multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Brooklyn\, NY. Sakhaeifar’s work investigates the politics of conflict\, collective history\, and personal accounts. Since 2018 she has been working collaboratively as a member of HEKLER\, an artist-run collaborative platform that fosters the critical examination of hospitality and conflict. She received her MFA from Cornell University (2011) and her BFA from Azad Art and Architecture University in Iran (2008). \nTickets\nIndividual tickets are Pay What You Can ranging from $12\, $15\, or $20. \nThis registration link will redirect you to Eventbrite where you will complete your registration. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/artist-self-organization/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Conference
CATEGORIES:Public Art Training Camp,Symposium/Conference
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ORGANIZER;CN="Office for Public Art":MAILTO:info@opapgh.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221103T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221103T173000
DTSTAMP:20220902T163650Z
CREATED:20220902T163650Z
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SUMMARY:Public Art Opportunities and Applications
DESCRIPTION:Applications for public art commissions and opportunities can be daunting. A large majority of artists who responded to the Pittsburgh Public Art Counts! survey indicated that they have never applied for a public art project because the process was confusing\, they didn’t know how to prepare required documents\, and because they felt as if they didn’t have the necessary experience to be a strong enough candidate. This fourth session of Public Art Training Camp will include a presentation by public art consultant Shelly Willis that will provide information to help artists prepare applications\, self-select before applying to an opportunity\, and demonstrate how an artist’s practice and skills make them eligible for a public art opportunity with no prior public art experience. This session will conclude with discussion. \nThis session will be held online via Zoom. \nAbout Shelly Willis\nShelly Willis has more than three decades of experience planning\, curating\, and managing the production of hundreds of temporary and permanent artworks throughout the country. \nAs the Director of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission’s Public Art Program from 2007-2017 she managed the City and County of Sacramento’s Art in Public Places Programs\, including the $8 million dollar Sacramento International Airport and the $9.5 million Entertainment and Sports Complex public art programs. Willis came to Sacramento after six years of managing the University of Minnesota’s public art program where she also taught public art courses in the Departments of Urban Studies and Landscape Architecture. \nAs a private consultant since 2017 her clients have included\, among others\, the Cities of Sparks\, Nevada\, West Sacramento\, San Leandro\, Palo Alto\, Elk Grove; the Port of Oakland and the County of Sacramento; artist’s Mildred Howard\, Lava Thomas\, and Janet Zweig; The McConnell Foundation\, Sacramento Municipal Utility District\, the Rail Arts District in Napa; and Napa Redevelopment Partners\, Fulcrum Properties\, and Riverview Capital Investments. \nLast year she curated and managed 18 temporary projects throughout the State of California\, as part of the State’s “Your Actions Save Lives” campaign which was designed to keep Californians healthy during the pandemic. \nTickets\nIndividual tickets are Pay What You Can ranging from $12\, $15\, or $20. \nThis registration link will redirect you to Eventbrite where you will complete your registration. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/public-art-opportunities-and-applications/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Conference
CATEGORIES:Public Art Training Camp,Symposium/Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T173000
DTSTAMP:20220902T164008Z
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SUMMARY:Make the Jump: Shifting Artistic Ideas
DESCRIPTION:Make the Jump: Shifting Artistic Ideas features presentations by artists Kipp Kobayashi and Clayton Merrell followed by discussion with the audience. Kobayashi’s and Merrell’s session will focus on needs\, expressed by local artists\, to learn how to make the leap from a solo studio practice to working on public art projects that involve navigating different environments\, working with different materials\, collaborating with design teams\, and relying on installers. \nParticipants are encouraged to bring questions relating to this topic to the session. \nThis session will be held online via Zoom. \nAbout Kipp Kobayashi\nKipp Kobayashi is an artist interested in the traces of human activity and how they transform the structures and systems of our physical world into living entities of our collective thoughts\, action and experiences. His work stems from his background growing up as an Asian American which has led to a lifelong interest in deconstructing our preconceived notions of who we are and what we are; breaking them down into the most basic elements of human and natural factors to better understand the unique sets of combinations and patterns that define a more nuanced interpretation of identity and cultural belonging. \nAbout Clayton Merrell\nClayton Merrell is a Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon University. He earned an MFA in painting from Yale\, and has received awards/grants from the Fulbright Foundation\, ProArts\, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts\, Skowhegan\, Millay Colony\, Blue Mountain Center\, Vermont Studio Center\, Artists Image Resource and Roswell Artist-In-Residence Foundation. He was 2005 Artist of the Year at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. His work is collected and exhibited widely\, including exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution; Concept Gallery\, Pittsburgh; A+D Gallery\, Chicago; the Westmoreland Museum; the American Embassy in Belize; and Chautauqua. In 2015 the Pittsburgh International Airport installed a 69\,000 square foot terrazzo floor based on his design. \nTickets\nIndividual tickets are Pay What You Can ranging from $12\, $15\, or $20. \nThis registration link will redirect you to Eventbrite where you will complete your registration. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/make-the-jump-shifting-artistic-ideas/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Conference
CATEGORIES:Public Art Training Camp,Symposium/Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T173000
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SUMMARY:Site-Specific Commissions and Community Engagement
DESCRIPTION:Community engagement\, as part of the public art process\, is an important topic that local artists would like to learn more about. For this session Nina Marren\, Senior Program Manager of the New York City Department of Transportation’s Art Program\, will present on how the Department of Transportation works with the community. Her project examples will show how sites are selected for public art commissions and the methods artists employ to authentically engage the community. \nParticipants are encouraged to bring questions to this session. \nThis session will be held online via Zoom. \nAbout Nina Marren\nAs Senior Program Manager of the New York City Department of Transportation’s Art Program\, Nina Marren oversees implementation of public art and event-based arts and cultural programming on NYC DOT property citywide. Since joining NYC DOT in 2015\, Nina’s knowledge of Visual/Studio Arts and Art History have contributed to the successful execution of varied projects throughout New York City. Nina’s commitment to public programs is fueled by her dedication to the City as a native New Yorker. \nTickets\nIndividual tickets are Pay What You Can ranging from $12\, $15\, or $20. \nThis registration link will redirect you to Eventbrite where you will complete your registration. \nRegistration\n 
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/site-specific-commissions-and-community-engagement/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Conference
CATEGORIES:Public Art Training Camp,Symposium/Conference
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ORGANIZER;CN="Office for Public Art":MAILTO:info@opapgh.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221110T173000
DTSTAMP:20220902T165959Z
CREATED:20220902T165959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220902T165959Z
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SUMMARY:Public Art Training Camp 2022
DESCRIPTION:This registration is for the six session series. \nFor this season of Public Art Training Camp\, OPA has brought together a roster of local and national speakers who will focus their presentations on topics that directly respond to the answers collected from artists in the Pittsburgh Public Art Counts! survey\, conducted earlier this year by the Office for Public Art in collaboration with the City of Pittsburgh’s Public Art and Civic Design division. The format of the sessions will allow for interaction and reflection with the presenters. \nSessions will be held virtually via Zoom. Each session will begin at 4:00 p.m. and end at 5:30 p.m. \nSchedule and Registration\nTickets for the six-session series are $65. \nThe registration button will automatically redirect you to Eventbrite\, where you will complete your purchase. \nSchedule\nRegistration\n  \nThis year’s Public Art Training Camp is proudly sponsored by
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/public-art-training-camp-2022/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Conference
CATEGORIES:Public Art Training Camp,Symposium/Conference
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ORGANIZER;CN="Office for Public Art":MAILTO:info@opapgh.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T173000
DTSTAMP:20220902T155932Z
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SUMMARY:The Future of Public Art in Pittsburgh
DESCRIPTION:Public Art Training Camp opens with presentations and a moderated discussion between Office for Public Art’s executive director Sallyann Kluz; Assistant Director\, Public History\, Art & Design division at the City of Pittsburgh’s Department of City Planning Sarah Minnaert; and art consultant Dominique Chestand. \nChestand\, Kluz\, and Minnaert will discuss the recent collaborative survey Pittsburgh Public Art Counts!\, public art processes in Pittsburgh\, and each organization’s plans for the future. \nParticipants are encouraged to bring their public art questions to this session. \nThis session will be held online via Zoom. \nAbout Sallyann Kluz\nSallyann Kluz is a Pittsburgh-based arts administrator\, architect\, and urban designer whose practice is situated at the intersection of art and community development. With over 20 years of practice in the Pittsburgh region\, her work is focused on the public realm and the people who inhabit it. Her practice includes public art programs and strategies\, community engagement\, design education\, public space design\, and neighborhood development strategies. Kluz is the Director of the Office of Public Art. In her role\, she is focused on providing technical assistance to artists and clients\, and expanding the role of artists in community development\, civic design\, and community engagement. \nAbout Sarah Minnaert\nAfter serving more than 20 years in a number of visual art museum roles\, Sarah became the Public Art & Civic Design Manager for the City of Pittsburgh in April 2020. Sarah brings creative and dedicated nonprofit executive and arts administrator experience with a proven ability to manage complex systems and organizations. She is a strategic thinker with an eye on the sustainable future and a deep understanding of how resources\, especially human\, can be developed and maximized to achieve mission. A collaborative leader and team builder with strong communication skills and significant administrative\, financial and operational expertise\, Sarah believes that data can be a powerful platform\, and is driven to nurture future generations of art advocates. Sarah is excited to have made the transition to her first public service position\, and is looking forward to playing a new a role in championing the public value of art. \nAbout Dominique Chestand\nDominique Chestand is a multimedia artist and arts administrator from Chicago. With a background in multiple creative fields\, Dominique aims to support artists\, their artistic visions\, and their communities. As an arts administrator and consultant\, Chestand has worked with organizations such as the Danish Arts Council\, Young Chicago Authors\, the Los Angeles Dance Project\, the Chicago Park District\, the Silver Eye Center for Photography\, the Office of Public Art – Pittsburgh\, and more. \nTickets\nIndividual tickets are Pay What You Can ranging from $12\, $15\, or $20. \nThis registration link will redirect you to Eventbrite where you will complete your registration. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/the-future-of-public-art-in-pittsburgh/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Conference
CATEGORIES:Public Art Training Camp,Symposium/Conference
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ORGANIZER;CN="Office for Public Art":MAILTO:info@opapgh.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220909T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220909T193000
DTSTAMP:20220713T165400Z
CREATED:20220630T182842Z
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SUMMARY:Literally So Hot - Artist Talk with Rosabel Rosalind
DESCRIPTION:The Pittsburgh Creative Corps invites you to join artist Rosabel Rosalind for a reception for her newest exhibition\, Literally So Hot. \nDuring the reception\, Rosalind will talk about the works in Literally So Hot\, followed by a Q & A. Following the artist talk\, attendees are invited to explore the exhibition. Refreshments will be provided. \n Literally So Hot\nLiterally So Hot consists of 20 works that collectively illustrate a vivid and melodramatic apocalyptic landscape. This world is informed by biblical mythology\, conspiracy theory\, pulp illustration\, the climate crisis\, and the artist’s identity as a born and bred San Fernando Valley girl. \nFeaturing Jewish Space Lasers\, mile-long traffic jams\, the biblical miracle of manna\, ant infestations\, and exactly 33 frogs\, Literally So Hot imagines the artist’s own sublime dystopia. The panorama situates environmental threat in the same reality as theological salvation narratives\, extremist conspiracy theories\, and contemporary disaster movies; all of which utilize sensationalism to convey an otherworldly intervention. Contending with both the rise of mainstream conspiracy and an impending sixth extinction\, this visual story presents an alternative world in which both real news and fake news coexist in an absurd universe beyond the earthly realm\, yet seemingly in a not so distant future. \nAbout Rosabel Rosalind\nBorn and raised in the San Fernando Valley\, Rosalind received her BFA in printmaking\, painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017. She has been included in group exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago\, the Hyde Park Art Center\, and Sullivan Gallery in Chicago. In 2018\, Rosalind received a Fulbright Austria Research Grant to work with the Jewish Museum Vienna’s Schlaff Collection of anti-Semitic objects and postcards. As a result of this research\, she exhibited in solo exhibitions at Vienna’s Museums Quartier and Improper Walls Gallery. She is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University. \nUsing drawing\, painting\, installation and comics\, Rosalind’s work allegorizes a sublime universe unraveled by the theatrics of theology\, biology and autobiography. Informed by Jewish diasporic storytelling traditions\, contemporary conspiracy theories and personal and cultural memory\, her images animate the inanimate with uncanny sarcasm and critical cynicism. Humor serves a survivalist role in her work; through melodrama\, irreverence and subliminal messaging Rosalind dismantles patriarchal\, anthropocentric and white-supremacist hierarchies of power.\nWhile Rosalind draws a lot of formal and symbolic inspiration from the art-historical canon\, political caricature and early comic and pulp illustration\, much of her process involves archiving personal memory from her coming-of-age in the San Fernando Valley. Working across a variety of media\, she synthesizes a series of mythologies and builds a catalog of uncanny symbolism\, collapsing the past present and future into a sublime fiction that reflects her identity as a valley girl\, a Funny Girl*\, and a nice Jewish girl. \n*(a life-long Streisand fan) \nDirections and Parking\nThe Pittsburgh Creative Corps Gallery is in the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s pop-up park\, the Backyard\, located at 8th Street and Penn Avenue\, Downtown. \nThere are several public parking garages in the vicinity of the Backyard\, including the Liberty Avenue Garage\, and the Theater Square Garage. View a map of nearby parking HERE. \nIf taking public transportation\, there is a bus stop at 7th Street and Penn Avenue that serves routes 13\, 16\, 17\, 86\, 87\, 88\, and 91. There is also a light rail stop at Wood Street Station. View a map of nearby stops HERE. \nRegistration\nThis event is free to attend; advance registration is encouraged. To register\, please visit the registration link below. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/literally-so-hot-artist-talk-with-rosabel-rosalind/
LOCATION:The Backyard\, 8th Street and Penn Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15222\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Pittsburgh Creative Corps
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ORGANIZER;CN="Office for Public Art":MAILTO:info@opapgh.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220715T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220715T193000
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SUMMARY:Dream of a Black Planet - Artist Talk with Shori Sims
DESCRIPTION:The Pittsburgh Creative Corps invites you to join artist Shori Sims for an opening reception for their newest exhibition\, Dream of a Black Planet. \nDuring the reception\, Sims will talk about the new works in Dream of a Black Planet\, followed by a Q & A. Following the artist talk\, attendees are invited to explore the exhibition. Refreshments will be provided. \nDream of a Black Planet\nShori Sims’ new paintings see Black people in a futuristic paradise of their own conception. Depicting Black bodies joined in joy\, Sims — through highly symbolic paintings — posits what could happen if African-descended people came together now\, in an act of mutual healing. Utilizing futuristic and utopian imagery\, Sims paints Black people in a way that highlights their humanity. \nSims is creating work within an imagined narrative. This narrative posits a world in the not-so-far future where\, having abandoned Earthly conquest in favor of intergalactic pillage\, whiteness is no longer concerned with the subjugation of Blackness. Black people are left on Earth and paradise is created from the ruins of white civilization. Sims’ conception of the future is highly symbolic\, and refers to the supernatural as a means to discuss historical trauma. \nIn their paintings\, Sims presents an optimistic response to afro-pessimist thought that instead posits an inevitable afro-utopia. \nAbout Shori Sims\nShori Sims was born in Baltimore\, Maryland in 1999. In their work–spanning sculpture\, video\, and performance–Shori seeks to excavate queer Black collective memory. Shori’s work positions itself at the intersection of past and future\, interrogating past feelings and experiences to further expand\, improve\, and propagate the archive. Conceptually\, Shori is fascinated by the line between life and death\, the construction of queerness and Blackness in a future that no longer necessitates the physical body\, and the Internet as a tool of queer Black reclaiming and liberation. Visually\, Shori is looking to early 2000s video games\, beauty supply stores\, and the Internet itself as a vessel of images. Through numerous and varied methods\, Shori conjures images of Black feminist utopia. \nDirections and Parking\nThe Pittsburgh Creative Corps Gallery is in the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s pop-up park\, the Backyard\, located at 8th Street and Penn Avenue\, Downtown. \nThere are several public parking garages in the vicinity of the Backyard\, including the Liberty Avenue Garage and the Theater Square Garage. View a map of nearby parking HERE. \nIf taking public transportation\, there is a bus stop at 7th Street and Penn Avenue that serves routes 13\, 16\, 17\, 86\, 87\, 88\, and 91. There is also a light rail stop at Wood Street Station. View a map of nearby stops HERE. \nRegistration\nThis event is free to attend; advanced registration is encouraged. To register\, please visit the registration link below. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/dream-of-a-black-planet-artist-talk-with-shori-sims/
LOCATION:The Backyard\, 8th Street and Penn Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15222\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Pittsburgh Creative Corps
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ORGANIZER;CN="Office for Public Art":MAILTO:info@opapgh.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220624T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220624T193000
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SUMMARY:Checkpoint C Artist Talk with Ricardo iamuuri Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Join artist Ricardo iamuuri Robinson for a closing reception for his current installation\, Checkpoint C. This multimedia time-based audio installation explores the ways in which streams of information\, entertainment\, and consumerism widen the gap between civilians and military service members. It is an immersive art installation that includes visual and spatial elements\, positioning listeners in the sand as sound moves throughout the interior of a retrofitted shipping container. \nDuring the reception\, Robinson will discuss the artwork and his collaboration with the post-9/11 veteran community of Pittsburgh. The artist talk will be followed by a Q & A and time to view the installation. Refreshments will be provided. \nAbout Checkpoint C\nCheckpoint C is a multimedia\, time-based audio installation that explores ways in which streams of information\, entertainment\, and commercialization desensitize and widen the gap between civilians and our military service members. \nIn 2019 The Office for Public Art and RethinkVets announced Ricardo Iamuuri Robinson as the artist in residence with the RethinkVets coalition. Throughout this two-year initiative\, Robinson engaged with members of the post-9/11 veteran community\, facilitating workshops\, discussions\, and virtual forums. By embedding himself in the veteran community\, a collaborative experience developed to create a final work of art. \nThis immersive art installation is the culmination of many perspectives on why division persists between civilians and military service members. Seven speakers have been arranged in a bi-rectangular ambisonic array\, simulating a three dimensional composed soundscape. The installation positions listeners in the sand as sounds move throughout the interior\, inviting a variety of complex questions but still leading to one automatic response: thank you for your service. \nThis project is supported by the Office for Public Art and The Heinz Endowments. \nAbout Ricardo iamuuri Robinson\nRicardo iamuuri Robinson is an interdisciplinary conceptual sound recordist\, composer\, and visual artist whose work explores acoustic ecologies–a discipline studying the relationship\, mediated through sound\, between human beings and their environment. His work activates and responds to the utterance: “The listener is always the composer.” Packed in this sentence is an expansive truth–humans\, across time and space\, encounter sound through entangled filtration. Humans experience the world and its multifaceted harmonics with who they are\, their experiences\, their positionalities. Sound is site-specific\, yet world-trekking; It is planetary–if not experienced through the ear\, then through the hum and resonance in the body. \nRobinson’s work utilizes this unique capacity and wisdom of sound in order to (re)tell the story of production. It affects our sense of time and place\, mood and affect. The exposure and relation to sound is mediated through our societal affiliations and afflictions–cities sound different from suburbs sound different from neighborhoods with emergency sirens sound different from high-rise million-dollar condominiums with valet. Each pocket of the Earth formulates its own soundscape\, which becomes and continues to exist in convoluted relationship with the sociopolitical systems that be. \nEmploying research\, field recordings\, archiving\, media archeology\, filmmaking\, performance art\, and creative listening engagements\, Robinson invites listeners to cultivate a deeper understanding of the ways in which listening and sound informs our sense of place and awareness while exposing the listener to its sociopolitical dimensions to encourage a heightened engagement with systems of power. \nRegistration\nThis event is free to attend; advance registration is encouraged. To register\, please visit the registration link below. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/checkpoint-c-artist-talk-with-ricardo-iamuuri-robinson/
LOCATION:The Backyard\, 8th Street and Penn Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15222\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220531T120000
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SUMMARY:Why Wander Outside?
DESCRIPTION:OPA Live! is an Instagram Live series that features Pittsburgh-based cultural producers in conversation with their peers in other locations nationally and internationally. For the final session of this season of OPA Live!\, we welcome our host\, artist and writer Anisha Baid and her guest\, interdisciplinary artist Sobia Ahmad. \nSession Description\nReflecting on their overlapping as well as distinctive cultural experiences as South Asian women currently living in the western world\, Anisha Baid and Sobia Ahmad will engage in a conversation about the intersections between the personal\, political and spiritual dimensions of experience. This conversation will be anchored through a reflection and exchange of poetry\, specifically works from two poets – the mystic saint poet Kabir and the revolutionary Marxist poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz. Through this poetry\, they will explore the ground from which a nuanced engagement with identity politics\, coloniality\, and migration is built into Ahmad’s practice. This conversation will also tread into personal stories of growing up in ritual cultures\, and different kinds of faith – from two sides of a colonial border (India and Pakistan)\, and the lessons and questions we draw from it in a time when technocratic narratives seek to erase these ancestrally rooted ways of being. \nAbout Anisha Baid\nAnisha Baid is an artist and writer from Kolkata\, India\, currently based in Pittsburgh\, USA. Through her practice and research\, she is investigating the intersection of computer interfaces\, corporate culture\, and gendered labour. She works with found and archival material – often sourced from the internet to construct narratives that move between fiction and documentary. Her work has been shown internationally including at the Technical Collections\, Dresden\, Landskrona Foto Museum\, Sweden and 1Shanthiroad gallery\, Bangalore. Baid is currently pursuing an MFA degree at Carnegie Mellon University\, Pittsburgh. \nAbout Sobia Ahmad\nSobia Ahmad is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores how our deeply intimate struggles of belonging can inform larger conversations about national identity\, notions of home\, cultural memory\, and gender. Exploring ancestral knowledge\, she reimagines rituals and storytelling as acts of liberation. \nBorn and raised in Pakistan\, Ahmad moved to the U.S. at the age of fourteen. She has exhibited internationally\, including at the Herbert Johnson Museum of Art (Ithaca\, New York)\, Craft Contemporary (Los Angeles)\, Queen Mary University (London)\, Museum of Craft and Design (San Francisco)\, and the Women Filmmakers Festival at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington\, D.C.). \n 
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/why-wander-outside/
LOCATION:Instagram Live
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220517T120000
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SUMMARY:Visual Discrepancies in Documentative Art & Journalism
DESCRIPTION:OPA Live! is an Instagram Live series that features Pittsburgh-based cultural producers in conversation with their peers in other locations nationally and internationally. For the third session of this season of OPA Live!\, we welcome our host\, artist Julie Lee and her guest\, artist and visual journalist\, Selina Lee. \nSession Description\nDocumentative media has a reputation for flattening story subjects through imagery\, especially those belonging to traditionally marginalized groups. In this session of OPA Live!\, host Julie Lee\, whose artistic practice focuses on historical and psychological reconstruction\, is joined by artist and visual journalist Selina Lee to discuss examples of these representations within the journalism and contemporary art industries. Breaking down racialized and exoticized visual tropes\, they consider how artists working beyond stereotypical depictions can carve out a space of their own. \nAbout Julie Lee\nJulie Lee (she/her) is a Korean-American artist from Alabama residing in Pittsburgh\, PA. Her lens-based works (primarily collage and photography) explore themes of ancestry and the photograph as existential affirmation. These works have circulated nationally and internationally\, encouraging new ways of seeing and representing ideas in contemporary image culture\, of seeing and being seen\, as well as speculating historical\, psychological reconstructions. \nHer work has been exhibited in Columbia University’s PostCrypt Gallery\, the Curated Fridge\, and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. Her work has also been featured in publications such as the Journal of Art Criticism\, Yale University’s Asterisk* Journal of Art and Art History\, and Hyperallergic. \nAbout Selina Lee\nSelina Lee is an artist and visual journalist whose current work is concerned with competition as it applies to international affairs\, sports culture\, and national identity. Focusing on image-making processes and visual criticism\, she uses drawing\, photography\, graphic design\, animation\, and writing to explore alternative modes of representation within news media. She is a 2022-2023 Fulbright Germany Research Scholar with previous experience working for magazine publications Foreign Policy and Foreign Affairs. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2020 with a BFA in Visual Art.
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/visual-discrepancies-in-documentative-art-journalism/
LOCATION:Instagram Live
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Office for Public Art":MAILTO:info@opapgh.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220503T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220503T123000
DTSTAMP:20220426T200717Z
CREATED:20220426T200717Z
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SUMMARY:Family Matters: Writing Immigrant Stories
DESCRIPTION:OPA Live! is an Instagram Live series that features Pittsburgh-based cultural producers in conversation with their peers in other locations nationally and internationally. For the second session of this season of OPA Live!\, we welcome our host\, photographer Karen Lue\, and her guest\, writer Cathy Linh Che. \nSession Description\nKaren Lue and Cathy Linh Che will discuss translating immigrant stories and familial relationships into creative work. Both Karen and Cathy’s work are informed by their identities as Asian Americans and their experiences growing up in immigrant families. They will explore themes such as intergenerational trauma\, mental well-being\, art as healing\, and more. \nAbout Karen Lue\nKaren Lue is a Chinese American artist whose photographs explore aspects of identity in relation to concepts of grief\, loss\, isolation\, and displacement. She also examines her identity through self-portraiture and the body as it is shaped by her race\, ethnicity\, chronic illness\, and mental well-being. Karen was an inaugural Visual Arts Coalition for Equity Fellow in 2021. She has exhibited at the Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media\, CDCP Project Space\, and SPACE Gallery\, and her work has been featured in SLANT’D Media and TABLE Magazine. \nAbout Cathy Linh Che\nCathy Linh Che is the author of  Split (Alice James Books)\, winner of the Kundiman Poetry Prize\, the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America\, and the Best Poetry Book Award from the Association of Asian American Studies. She also cowrote the children’s book A Is for Asian American (Haymarket Books)\, which will be published in May 2023. She has received awards from MacDowell\, The Anderson Center\, and the Jerome Foundation\, among others. She is currently a PhD student in English at Fordham University and serves as Executive Director at Kundiman.
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/family-matters-writing-immigrant-stories/
LOCATION:Instagram Live
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Office for Public Art":MAILTO:info@opapgh.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220419T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220419T123000
DTSTAMP:20220412T194145Z
CREATED:20220412T193059Z
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SUMMARY:OPA Live! Mapping & Art: Unearthing Inner Territories
DESCRIPTION:OPA Live! returns to Instagram Live with this first session with Carolina Loyola-Garcia and Nayda Collazo-Llorens. Carolina and Nayda will discuss the challenges and experiences around devoting their lives to the arts as artists of Latin American origin living and working in the U.S. \nBoth work with electronic media and technology\, a field traditionally dominated by men. As such\, carving a path for diversity has at times been a daunting task. As part of the conversation\, Carolina and Nayda will explore: how they navigate access to exhibitions\, grants\, and collaborations as artists of color; how their work symbolizes and demonstrates their artistic visions and concerns; and Nayda’s latest work\, Rupturing\, winner of the 2021 Envision Award. \nTo attend their discussion\, follow OPA on Instagram @officeofpublicart. \nAbout Carolina Loyola-Garcia\nCarolina Loyola-Garcia is a multidisciplinary artist\, filmmaker\, and performer. She works primarily in media arts\, including single-channel video art\, video installations\, video design for theater\, digital printmaking\, documentary\, and as a performer has worked in theater and dance. She received her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University and is Professor of Media Arts at Robert Morris University. \nThrough her work she has explored topics related to social justice\, the dislocated identity that results from colonialism and migration\, and questionings around issues related to aspects of human existence such as relationships\, the transient nature of the postmodern experience\, memory\, and the tense interaction between economy and the environment. \nAbout Nayda Collazo-Llorens\nNayda Collazo-Llorens\, born in San Juan\, Puerto Rico\, is a visual artist engaged in an interdisciplinary practice incorporating multiple mediums and strategies. She earned an MFA from New York University\, a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design\, and is a former Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant recipient. Her work has been exhibited at El Museo del Barrio\, New York\, NY; The Mattress Factory\, Pittsburgh\, PA; Bass Museum of Art\, Miami Beach\, FL; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo\, San Juan\, PR; and Museo Universitario del Chopo\, Mexico City\, Mexico; among others. She currently lives and works in Kalamazoo\, Michigan.
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/opa-live-mapping-art-unearthing-inner-territories/
LOCATION:Instagram Live
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220414T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220414T200000
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SUMMARY:Boots on the Sound: Race and Gender in the Military
DESCRIPTION:Boots on the Sound invites military veterans to participate in a conversation about identity politics within the United States military. Megan Andros\, Senior Program Officer responsible for The Heinz Endowments’ Veterans and Military Families portfolio will moderate a panel discussion with four military veterans about the intersections of race\, gender\, sexuality\, and military service. \nThis conversation will navigate through topics such as: race\, class\, gender\, LGBTQ and women’s issues in the military. Through the panelists’ diverse perspectives\, this forum aims to explore questions such as “is individualism antithetical to the military industrial complex”\, or  “do we all really ‘bleed green’ in the military”\, and “how are issues of equity addressed within the military?” \nRegistration\nThis online event is free and open to the public; advance registration is required. The button below will redirect you to Eventbrite where you will complete your registration. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/boots-on-the-sound-race-and-gender-in-the-military/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T203000
DTSTAMP:20220331T202550Z
CREATED:20220331T184808Z
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SUMMARY:Boots on the Sound: Military - Civilian Divide
DESCRIPTION:This first Boots on the Sound forum will focus on the civilian military draft and the all-volunteer force\, raising the question of one’s duty to their country.  For this forum\, Boots on the Sound welcomes Major General (Ret.) Dennis Laich\, a citizen\, a soldier\, and a patriot. Major General Laich will give a presentation discussing selected chapters in his book\, Skin In The Game…Poor Kids And Patriots. His talk will set out to shed light on answering the questions\, whose skin? and what is the game? His presentation will be followed by a panel discussion between members of the civilian and veteran communities\, moderated by Nick Grimes. \nAbout Major General Dennis Laich\nMajor General Dennis Laich retired from the United States Army in 2006 after more than thirty-five years service. His last assignment was Commander of the 94th Regional Readiness Command at Fort Devans\, Mass. where he commanded all Army Reserve forces in the six New England states. For the last fourteen consecutive years of his career he served in command positions. He has served in Iraq\, Kuwait\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, and Honduras. He is a graduate of the Army War College\, the Command and General Staff College\, and the Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security at Harvard University. His military awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Merit. He is a graduate of Lafayette College and holds two masters degrees. He currently serves as the Director of the Patriots Program at Ohio Dominican University and is the author of Skin in the Game….Poor Kids and Patriots. \nAbout the Artist Residency\nOriginally launched in 2019 as an artist residency with Ricardo Iamuuri Robinson\, the RethinkVets residency has responded to the COVID-19 crisis through new engagement strategies. Robinson redeveloped the engagement phase of the project to include web-based interviews and sound recording workshops. Dubbed Boots on the Sound: COVID-19\, the virtual engagement strategy allowed Robinson and local veterans to stay connected and continue to design a final creative project. The three forums will continue this important dialogue while informing Robinson’s creative process\, culminating in a public art exhibition to be installed at the 2022 Three Rivers Arts Festival. \nRegistration\nThis event is free with advance registration. This event will be held online via Zoom. The registration button below will redirect you to Eventbrite where you complete your registration. After registering\, please check your email for confirmation and steps to join the meeting. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/boots-on-the-sound-military-civilian-divide/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Conference
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220315T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220315T170000
DTSTAMP:20220217T181302Z
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SUMMARY:OPA Live! Extended with Che Anderson & Matt Gondek
DESCRIPTION:During this session of OPA Live! Extended\, Che Anderson and his guest\, Matt Gondek will be discussing the topic of the Business of Art and the intersectional opportunities between the public sphere and the metaverse. \nAbout OPA Live! Extended\nOPA Live! Extended is a new Office of Public Art (OPA) program. This three-part series is a spin-off of OPA Live!\, a 30-minute Instagram series that features Pittsburgh-based cultural producers in conversations with their peers around the country and globe. Inspired by this format\, OPA Live! Extended will provide more time for live in-depth conversations and interaction with the audience. This series will be held remotely\, via Zoom. \nAbout Che Anderson\nChe Anderson is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for the City and Community Relations at the UMass Chan Medical School where he serves as a human bridge between the institution and external stakeholders. An avid lover of street art\, Che has led efforts to increase Worcester’s (Mass.) public art\, most notably serving as the founding Director of POW! WOW! Worcester\, an annual placemaking festival that brings internationally acclaimed muralists\, illustrators\, and installation artists to Central Massachusetts in an effort to activate vacant and underused spaces\, promote diversity\, and stimulate dialogue in the City of Worcester. His recent endeavors include serving on the board of the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Food and Convo\, a storytelling platform that explores the intersectionality of culture and cuisine through the lens of diversity with a focus on creatives\, makers\, innovators\, and entrepreneurs. \nAbout Matt Gondek\nMatt Gondek is a Deconstructive Pop Artist\, whose work is possessed with a punk rock spirit\, celebrating rebellion and destruction. With a visceral pop color palette and a disarmingly playful tone\, he tears down cartoon idols\, akin to slaughtering our modern day gods. Born in 1982\, his creative voice is rooted in the 90s; as a true conduit of his generation and their potentially pointless search for meaning and purpose amidst cruel life in a flawed world. He boasts sold out exhibitions in his home of Los Angeles as well as New York\, Paris\, Bangkok\, and Hong Kong. \nTickets\nTickets for OPA Live! Extended are Pay What You Can: $0 – $10\, plus an option to donate to OPA Programs. The registration link below will redirect you to Eventbrite where you will complete your registration. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/opa-live-extended-with-che-anderson-matt-gondek/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Conference
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T180000
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SUMMARY:OPA Live! Extended with Brittney Caldwell and Jeffrey Pufahl
DESCRIPTION:OPA Live! Extended is a new Office of Public Art (OPA) program. This three-part series is a spin-off of OPA Live!\, a 30-minute Instagram series that features Pittsburgh-based cultural producers in conversations with their peers around the country and globe. Inspired by this format\, OPA Live! Extended will provide more time for live in-depth conversations and interaction with the audience. This series will be held remotely\, via Zoom. \nThe first guests for OPA Live! Extended are actor\, playwright\, and director Brittney Caldwell and Jeffrey Pufahl\, a Research Assistant Professor and publicly engaged applied theatre scholar at the Center for Arts in Medicine at the University of Florida. Part of the program will include a screening of Caldwell’s and Pufahl’s play From Colored to Black. The play explores the intersections between public health education\, oral history performance\, and community arts activism. The play functions as a multi-modal platform to communicate health data\, historical research\, and the lived experience of the Black community to the public. \nIn addition to the screening\, Shaunda McDill\, The Heinz Endowments’ Program Officer for Arts & Culture and founder of Demaskus Theater Collective\, will moderate a 30-minute discussion with Caldwell and Pufahl about their work. \nTickets\nTickets for OPA Live! Extended are Pay What You Can: $0 – $10\, plus an option to donate to OPA Programs. The registration link below will redirect you to Eventbrite where you will complete your registration. \nRegistration\n 
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/opa-live-extended-with-brittney-caldwell-and-jeffrey-pufahl/
LOCATION:Zoom Video Conference
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210817T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210817T123000
DTSTAMP:20210812T185751Z
CREATED:20210527T130031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210812T185751Z
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SUMMARY:OPA Live! Lead Poisoning Prevention and Best Practices for Communities
DESCRIPTION:Host Hanna Beightley takes over the OPA Instagram account for a live conversation with guest Amanda Reddy. \nLead Poisoning Prevention and Best Practices for Communities\nDuring this session\, Women for a Healthy Environment and National Center for Healthy Housing will be discussing lead poisoning as a public health issue\, primary prevention policies and best practices that cities and municipalities can implement\, and resources that are available for families and communities. Lead is a neurotoxin that affects nearly every system in the body\, including the brain and nervous system. It is critical to address lead exposure proactively. Hanna and Amanda will spend time looking at this issue specifically in Allegheny County and understanding what other cities have done to be proactive. \nAbout Hanna Beightley\nMPH\, CHES; Healthy Homes Coordinator\, Women for a Healthy Environment \nHanna Beightley graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Master’s in Public Health in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences in 2019. She joined WHE as the Lead Coalition Coordinator working to establish a county-wide initiative to address childhood lead exposure. For the past two years she has been the Healthy Homes Coordinator for WHE where she works with families and community stakeholders to address environmental exposures in the home and advocates for policy to protect children and families from the dangers of poor housing. Focusing on environmental health education\, awareness\, resource navigation\, and technical assistance\, Hanna is committed to creating safe and healthy spaces throughout the community. \nAbout Amanda Reddy\nMS; Executive Director\, National Center for Healthy Housing \nAmanda Reddy is the Executive Director of the National Center for Healthy Housing\, an organization founded on the premise that better housing can be a powerful platform for better health. Since joining the organization in 2012\, she has advanced numerous initiatives\, including those related to healthcare financing of healthy homes services\, training and TA to support the launch and growth of sustainable healthy homes programs\, and the development of indicators for the HUD Healthy Communities Index. Prior to NCHH\, Ms. Reddy was a research scientist with the New York State Department of Health\, where she provided program evaluation\, management\, and technical support for the Asthma Control\, Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Primary Prevention\, Healthy Neighborhoods\, and Healthy Home Environments for New Yorkers with Asthma programs. Ms. Reddy holds an MS in environmental health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a BA in neuroscience from Mount Holyoke College. \n  \n 
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/opa-live-lead-poisoning-prevention-and-best-practices-for-communities/
LOCATION:Instagram Live
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210803T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210803T123000
DTSTAMP:20210712T185325Z
CREATED:20210527T130051Z
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SUMMARY:OPA Live! Changing Stories\, Healing Climate
DESCRIPTION:Host Kirsi Jansa takes over the OPA Instagram account for a live conversation with guest Cheryl Slean. \nChanging Stories\, Healing Climate\nKirsi Jansa\, documentary filmmaker and Creatives for Climate Pittsburgh collective artist\, and Cheryl Slean\, California-based writer/director\, will focus on storytelling as a way to navigate in the middle of and through our ecological crisis. Cheryl is working with one of the nation’s oldest environmental organizations\, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) consulting with Hollywood writers and producers to “rewrite the future” – tell better climate stories. Kirsi has produced short documentaries on climate solutions and bears witness to fracking and the petrochemical build-out in Appalachia\, a region where talking about the climate crisis is still taboo. What are the stories we tell ourselves that hurt us? How do we tell authentic healing stories? Read more about the Rewrite the Future project here. \nAbout Kirsi Jansa\nKirsi Jansa is a documentary filmmaker and a climate communicator. A native Finn and a former Finnish Broadcasting Company reporter\, Kirsi did her first interview on climate change in 1994. After moving to the US and Pittsburgh in 2008\, Kirsi has been exploring energy production\, climate crisis\, and climate solutions in her short documentary series Gas Rush Stories and Sustainability Pioneers. Kirsi is a co-founder of Creatives for Climate Pittsburgh collective. More information: www.kirsijansa.com\, www.sustainabilitypioneers.com\, www.creativesforclimate.net. \nAbout Cheryl Slean\nCheryl Slean is an award-winning playwright and filmmaker with a diverse academic background in physics\, literature and sustainability. She’s taught filmmaking and creative writing at several universities and started a video production company specializing in narrative strategies for educational media. She co-founded the grassroots collective Vision LA Climate Action Arts to produce a multidisciplinary arts festival concurrent with the U.N. Paris Accords. She currently works with the NRDC as Creative Director of Rewrite the Future\, a climate storytelling in entertainment initiative.
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/opa-live-changing-stories-healing-climate/
LOCATION:Instagram Live
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Office for Public Art":MAILTO:info@opapgh.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T123000
DTSTAMP:20210709T132441Z
CREATED:20210527T125955Z
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SUMMARY:OPA Live! Ecosystem Restoration & Environmental Threats: Avenues for Public Engagement
DESCRIPTION:Host Brenda Lynn Smith takes over the OPA Instagram for a live discussion with guest Susan Haugh. \nEcosystem Restoration & Environmental Threats: Avenues for Public Engagement\nDuring the past year\, public parks and trails were much more heavily used than ever before\, as they offered one of the few safe options for recreation. Did this increased familiarity with natural areas lead to greater support for organizations dedicated to their preservation and restoration\, or to a wider understanding of the serious threats facing ecosystems everywhere? During this session\, Brenda Smith and Susan Haugh will discuss what each has found to be effective ways of engaging the public around these larger questions. \nAbout Brenda Lynn Smith\nBrenda Smith joined Upstream Pittsburgh as Executive Director in January 2008. Since then she has led the organization’s work in community engagement\, urban forestry\, sustainable stormwater management\, and advocacy for clean\, safe\, affordable\, and publicly controlled water\, as a founding partner of the Our Water Campaign. The Nine Mile Run stream in Frick Park has gone from being a dangerous eyesore to a popular regional amenity; UpstreamPgh continues to develop green stormwater infrastructure\, from rain barrels to parking lot retrofits\, in the upper watershed communities to further improve water quality. \nAbout Susan Haugh\nI am a creator and activist\, composer and collaborator. Weaving these passions together\,  supported the LGBTQIA+ community through two performance-based organizations\, Dreams of Hope and Renaissance City Choir\, in Pittsburgh. I moved to Minnesota for love and was blown away by the prairie and oak savanna and am now working with Belwin Conservancy where I bring my passion for arts and culture together with my love of nature to support the health of the planet for generations to come.
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/opa-live-ecosystem-restoration-environmental-threats-avenues-for-public-engagement/
LOCATION:Instagram Live
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:OPA Live! Ecoart in Action
DESCRIPTION:Host Ann Rosenthal takes over the OPA Instagram account for a live conversation with Amara Geffen. \nEcoart in Action\nDuring this session\, artist Ann Rosenthal and Emerita Professor of Art at Allegheny College Amara Geffen will discuss what ecoart is and Amara’s community and environmentally focused public art projects in Meadville\, PA. They will also discuss their forthcoming book “Ecoart in Action: Activities\, Case Studies\, and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities”. This book is a compilation of essays by over 60 ecoartist members of the Ecoart Network\, which is celebrating its 20th year. \nAbout Ann Rosenthal\nAnn Rosenthal is an artist\, educator\, and writer. She addresses the intersections of nature and culture through climate change\, biodiversity\, and biophilia. In 2018\, Ann was artist in residence at HJ Andrews Experimental Forest\, Oregon. In 2019\, she co-curated “Crafting Conversations: A Call and Response to Our Changing Climate” for Contemporary Craft’s BNY Mellon Gallery. In 2020\, she received the “Woman of Environmental Art” Award from PennFuture. Ann is one of four editors for Ecoart in Action: Activities\, Case Studies\, and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities (New Village Press\, 2022). Ann received her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 1999. \nAbout Amara Geffen\nAmara Geffen is an Emerita Professor of Art at Allegheny College and the founder and director of the Art & Environment Initiative in Meadville\, Pennsylvania. She has received numerous awards for her collaborations with local community and state and local government agencies in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Her projects have engaged countless local residents and regional\, national\, and international artists\, as well as scientists\, environmental engineers\, landscape architects\, and hydrologists. She is one of four co-editors for Ecoart in Action: Activities\, Case Studies\, and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities\, published by New Village Press for release in January 2022.
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/opa-live-ecoart-in-action/
LOCATION:Instagram Live
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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