Research and Ideation: In the Field with John Peña
Artist John Peña will share insights into the development of his design and initial research for the Fern Hollow Bridge enhancements project.
Artist John Peña will share insights into the development of his design and initial research for the Fern Hollow Bridge enhancements project.
Technique Architectural Products served as the artist's collaborator for the fabrication of the stencils used to create Peña's final artwork, and they have worked closely with artists across the Pittsburgh region to bring their projects into implementation.
Join artist Ginger Brooks Takahashi for a tour and closing celebration of her public artwork Nine Mile Run Viewfinder.
For this session, attendees will visit the final artwork at the Fern Hollow Bridge and hear from the artist and project team members about the implementation process.
Writer Sherrie Flick will lead participants on a walk and write tour of Frick Park. Participants will follow a wandering stream and think about stream of consciousness writing and the seen and unseen waterways in the city.
Join artist Erin Mallea for a kayak tour to Sycamore Island. Once there, tour-goers will participate in a listening walk, focusing on distant, subtle, and shifting sounds.
Writers Sherrie Flick and Joy Katz will lead this walk and write tour of the Morningside neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
Part game and part walking tour, artist Jason McKoy will lead participants on the Art Creep and Crawl through the boroughs of Etna and Sharpsburg.
A literary tour designed by writers Hattie Fletcher and Sherrie Flick that explores Pittsburgh and the writers and writing it has inspired.
Join local writers Sherrie Flick and Hattie Fletcher for this walking tour that will retrace some notable settings and scenes from Michael Chabon's bestselling debut novel, "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh."
Join artist Monica Cervone McElwain for a kayak tour to Turtle Cove where you'll consider the theme Recycle, Reuse, Renew as you collaborate with fellow tour-goers to create a new sculpture using natural and unique findings from the inlet.
Follow on foot Sherrie Flick and guest prose writer Sarah Shotland, with pen in hand, through the neighborhood of Manchester. There will be walking, writing prompts, an opportunity to write,...