LOCALpittsburgh — Gallery Roundup August 2024

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“AUGUST IS the slow, gentle month that stretches out the longest across the span of a year. It yawns and lingers on with the light in its palms.” — Victoria Erickson

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In Pittsburgh, August brings plenty of festivals with plenty of Art. Visit them all!



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Aug. 2, 6-9 p.m. Unblurred First Friday Art Crawl

* Aug. 2, 6-9 p.m. Sharpsburg First Friday

* Aug. 2 / Aug. 23, 5-8 p.m. Summer Fridays at the Frick

* Aug. 3, 6-9 p.m. Lawrenceville Art Crawl

* Aug. 10, 12-4 p.m. Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh Pot Luck Picnic & Outdoor Fiber Social

* Aug. 15-18. Bloomfield Little Italy Days

* Aug. 23-25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Pittsburgh’s Knit, Crochet, Quilt & Creative Arts Festival

* Aug. 24-25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 27th Annual Shadyside Arts Festival

“Dances and Explorations: Twenty Years of Wood Firing” by Dale Huffman (Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild)

Galleries & Exhibits

707 Penn Gallery. To Aug. 25: Forty Years Later: Revisiting the 1984 Three Rivers Arts Festival. Retrospective of the 25th festival as documented by photographers William Eggleston, Mark Cohen, Len Jenshel, Lynn Johnson, Joel Meyerowitz. 707 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh. (412) 456-6666.

820 Liberty Gallery. To Dec. 15: On Air: Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. New work by interdisciplinary artists. 820 Liberty Ave. Pittsburgh. (412) 456-6666.

Ali Baba Restaurant. To Aug.  31: New work by printmaker/fiber artist Michelle Browne. 404 S. Craig St. Pittsburgh. (412) 682-2829.

Andy Warhol Museum. To Jan. 20, 2025: KAWS + Warhol. New work by sculptor/painter KAWS paired with works by Andy Warhol. 117 Sandusky St. Pittsburgh. (412) 237-8300.

“Tracing an Outline Around a Man’s Shadow” (Tomayko Foundation)

Assemble. Aug. 2-31: In the Ways We Tell. New work by JADED Collective members Bea Angeles, Ilyas Khan, Jia Ji, Julia Wei, Karen Lue, Kiyomi Knox, Kat Marquez, Sarah Khadraoui; opening reception Aug. 2, 6-10 p.m. 4824 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh. (412) 661-6111.

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. Aug. 3-Sept. 12:  New Member Exhibition. New work in painting, photoraphy, fiber, multimedia by Sobia Ahmad, Teresa Audet, Ruth Bedeian, Michael Begenyi, Kim Breit, Catherine Drabkin, Christine Fashion, Katy Heinlein, Eli Kessler, Jamie Kessler, Vilyamir Kolesnichenko, Julie Lee, Alli Lemon, James Louks, Dennis Moran, Juliet Phillips, Ségolène Pihut, Meg Prall, Ashley Robles, Libby Scutt, Lisa Toboz, Laurie Trok, Liz Wells, Madonna Yoder; opening reception Aug. 3, 5-7 p.m. 100 43rd St., Unit 107, Pittsburgh. (412) 212-6650.

Atithi Studios. Aug. 2-31: Emerging Artist Exhibition. New work by painter Ellastaire. Water, a group exhibit featuring Athithi Studios artists; opening reception Aug. 2, 6-9 p.m. Aug. 16-Sept. 27: ref • u • gee: A Show about Humanity. New work by painter Michael Fratangelo; opening reception Aug. 17, 7 p.m.  1020 N. Canal Street, Sharpsburg. (412) 301-5374.

August Wilson African American Cultural Center. To Jan. 12, 2025: Collections in Black: A Celebration of Black Comic Books Culture. Exhibition by filmmaker Phillip Thompson. On permanent exhibit:  August Wilson, The Writer’s Landscape. 980 Liberty Ave. Pittsburgh. (412) 339-1011.

“Shinin Like a Wicked God” by Aaron Troyer (Concept Art Gallery)

Bottom Feeder Books. Aug. 3-31: Recess: A Group Exhibition. New work by multidisciplinary arists Jewel Justice, Sager McDill, Nasir Watson; opening reception Aug. 3, 6-8 p.m. 415 Gettysburg St. Pittsburgh. (412) 231-9577.

BoxHeart Gallery. Aug. 7-Sept. 27: Landscapes Reimagined. New work by painters Heather Kanazawa and Rachel J. Burke; opening reception Aug. 10, 5-7 p.m. 4523 Liberty Ave. Pittsburgh. (412) 687-8858.

Brew House Arts. To Sept. 7:  And Also Wide: Artists/Mothers Lines. New work by Flock Artist Collective members Eileen Alcalde, Sandra Bacchi, Aimee Bungard, Sophia Cardillo, Naomi Chambers, Masha Geht, Carrie Smith Libman, Megan Lindsey, Christine Lorenz,Michele Randall, Megan Shope, Janet Watkins, Courtney Williams, Alisha Wormsley, Alecia Dawn Young, Stephanie Zito. 711 S. 21st St. Pittsburgh. (412) 212-6650.

Carnegie Museum of Art. To Sept. 22:  LAND STITCHES WATER SKY. New work in glass and steel by Marie Watt. To Dec. 1: Turn. First solo museum exhibit by German ceramicist Beate Kuhn (1927-2015). To Jan. 12, 2025: Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape. New work by photographers A.K. Burns, Chanell Stone, Cyprien Gaillard, David O. Alekhuogie, David Hartt, Dionne Lee, Edra Soto, Erin Jane Nelson, Fazal Sheikh, Justine Kurland, Lucy Raven, Mark Armijo McKnight, Melissa Catanese, Raven Chacon, Sam Contis, Sky Hopinka, Tomás Saraceno, Victoria Sambunaris, Xaviera Simmons. To Jan. 26, 2025: Pittsburgh Satellite Reef. Installation created by Pittsburgh-area artists as part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim and The Institute For Figuring. 4400 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh. (412) 622-3131. 

“Half-Baked” by Christine Swann (Mark Rengers Gallery)

Concept Art Gallery. To Aug. 27:  Ignacio Arteta: Dreams Daring to be Dreams. New work by painter Ignacio Arteta. To Aug. 30: Flora, 2024. Work by Bill Brunken, Gary Bukovnik, Vanessa German, Tim Kennedy, Gerald Marcus, Clayton Merrell, Natalie Moffitt, Ulrike Muller, Catherine Opie, Philip Sugden, Aaron Troyer, James Welling, Jamie Wyeth. 1031 S. Braddock Ave. Pittsburgh. (412) 242-9200.

Contemporary Craft. To Aug. 24:  Hereafter. New work by artists Sue Amendolara, Kimberlyn Bloise, Dan Brockett, Cheryl Capezzuti, Thomas Kieran Doyle, Meryl Engler, Sharon Massey, Zach Mellman-Carsey, Jada Patterson, Lucas Pointon, Katie Rearick, Kate Strachan, Hee Joo Yang. To Aug. 31: Shadow Imprints. New work by jeweler/metalsmith/sculptor Jason Stein. 5645 Butler St. Pittsburgh. (412) 261-7003.

Cranberry Artists Network. To Aug. 22: Martinis with Monet. New work by CAN members. Township Municipal Building. 2525 Rochester Road, Cranberry Township. (724) 728-4658.

“Winter Solace” by Thomas Bigatel (The Portal)

CURIO.  To Aug. 3: Expressions of Joy. New work by painter Susan Walker. 113 North Main Street, Zelienople. (724) 473-0223.

The Frick Art Museum. Aug. 17-Oct. 20:  Treasured Ornament: 10 Centuries of Islamic Art. Islamic art spanning glassware, ceramics, metalwork, painting, weaving, more. 7227 Reynolds St. Pittsburgh. (412) 371-0600.

Gallery Closed. Aug. 1-Sept. 30:  Imin Yeh. New installations by Imin Yeh. 1733 Lowrie St. Pittsburgh.

“Woman in Window” by Alan Byrne (Cranberry Artists Network)

Heinz History Center. To Oct. 6:  A Woman’s Place: How Women Shaped Pittsburgh. Filling 9,000 square feet with more than 300 artifacts and photos, this exhibit spotlights women’s contributions to Pittsburgh’s culture, politics, business, science, education, religion and sports. 1212 Smallman St. Pittsburgh. (412) 454-6000.

Irma Freeman Center for Imagination. To Aug. 2: Uncovering Human Perception: William Karaffa & Jaime Bird. New work by painter William Karaffa and photographer Jaime Bird; closing reception Aug. 2, 7-10 p.m. 5006 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh. (412) 924-0634.

Ketchup City Creative. To Aug. 5: Kidlit Art Show. An exhibit celebrating Pittsburgh children’s book illustrators, hosted by the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators. Aug. 7, 4-8 p.m. IdiaDega Collaboration 10th Anniversary Exhibit. New Atasa SolarWear clothing by OMWA: Olorgesailie Maasai Women Artisans of Kenya. Aug. 16-25: ex • ist • ence. New work by designers Nick Comack and Keith Schmiedlin; opening reception Aug. 16, 6-9 p.m. 612 Main St. Sharpsburg. (412) 593-4386.

“Pink Dress” by Yelena Lamm (Studio 4)

Latrobe Art Center. To Aug. 24: The Art of Kathy Sobota. New work by painter Kathy Sobota; opening reception Aug. 2, 5-8 p.m. 819 Ligonier St. Latrobe. (724) 537-7011.

Lohr Gallery. To Oct. 12:  Olga Mendhall. New work by Russian-born painter Olga Mendenhall. 725 Wood St. Wilkinsburg. (412) 727-7855.

Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild. Aug. 2-30: Dances and Explorations: Twenty Years of Wood Firing. Wood sculptures by Dale Huffman; opening reception Aug. 2, 6-8:30 p.m. 1815 Metropolitan St. Pittsburgh. (412) 322-1773.

Manos Gallery. To Aug. 3: Echoes Of Imagination: The Art of Rafi. New work by painter Rafi Perez. To Aug. 3: Mending the Void. New work by painter Darryl Audia Jr. To Aug. 3: Atmospheres. New work by painter Morton Brown. To Aug. 3: Colorless Pigmentation. New work by Eric Schatz, Ashlynne Berkebile, Nina Kissell, Ashley Coniglio, Trish Housman, Claudia Davis, Wally Sommer, Lynda Kirby, Larry Brandstetter, Lisa Coombs, Linda Roos, Deborah Tobin, James Tobin, James Powell, Jane Armstrong, Hanasu. 320 E. 5th Ave. Tarentum. (484) 529-1597.

“Apple Plays for High Stakes in China” by Christina Lee (Pullproof Studio)

Mark Rengers Gallery. Aug. 23-Nov. 2:  Introspection: A Showcase of Sweetwater’s 2024 Fall Master Class Artists. New work by painters Samuel Duson and Christine Swann; at First National Bank Exhibition Hall: 604 Beaver St., 2nd Floor, Sewickley PA; opening reception Aug. 23, 6-8 p.m. Making Me. New work by fiber artist russ Little and painter Melody Lockerman; opening reception Aug. 23, 6-8 p.m. Aug. 30-Oct. 12:  Richard Snodgrass: Retrospective. Work by Pittsnurgh photographer/novelist Richard Snodgress. 549 Beaver St, Sewickley. (412) 741-5858.

Mattress Factory. At 516 Sampsonia Way. Aug. 9-Sept. 14, 2025: Echoes to Omega. New work by Sudanese-born Azza El Siddique featuring ceramic figures, steel architecture, video, water, scent; opening reception Aug. 9, 6-8 p.m. To Sept. 1:  Assume the Risk by Delhi, India installation artist Asim Waqif. To Dec. 29: Andrea Peña. New solo exhibit by sculptor/choreographer Andrea Peña. To June 29, 2025: D²NA – TC24: Visions of the Past. New work by Ghanaian artist Akwasi Bediako Afrane. To Jan. 4, 2026: State of the Sky. New two-year exhibition by artist-in-residence Luke Stettner featuring collaborations with Mac Carbonell, Chris Domenick, Michelle Franco, Nicholas Kawa, Calista Lyon, Bryan Ortiz, Suzanne Silver, Ed Steck, Mike Stickrod. At 1414 Monterrey St. To Mar. 30, 2025:  the blood is the water. New work by Ivorian-American interdisciplinary artist Marvin Touré. Deep, Deep Woods. New work by Chilean-born Catalina Schliebener Muñoz. How to Get to Make Believe. New work by Isla Hansen. 516 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh. (412) 231-3169.

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. To Sept. 15: David Rogers’ Big Bugs + Pollinators. Installations by ceramicist-glassblower-woodworker David Rogers. 799 Pinkerton Run Rd. Pittsburgh. (412) 444-4464.

Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media. To Aug. 25: 4th Annual Member & Student Exhibition. New work by PCAM students and members. 1047 Shady Ave. Pittsburgh. (412) 361-0873.

“That Which Trembles Wavers” by Azza El Siddique (Mattress Factory)

Pittsburgh Glass Center. Aug. 19-Sept. 20: Art on Fire. Preview of 150+ pieces of collectible art by renowned and emerging glass artists. 5472 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh. (412) 365-2145.

Pullproof Studio. Aug. 2-31: Everything I Want to Draw: Solo Exhibition by Christina Lee. 26 pieces of new work by illustrator Christina Lee; opening reception Aug. 2, 6-9 p.m. 5112 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh.

Silver Eye Center For Photography. Aug. 2 (6-9 p.m.): Works in Progress. Pop-up by photographers Michael Parente and Jacob Pesci. 4808 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh. (412) 431-1810.

SPACE. To Aug. 25: Furry Friends. Works by 19 artists celebrating the diverse ways animals enrich our lives featuring Trinity Rollins, Fabrizio Gerbino, Jean Plough Shaw, Sandy Kessler Kaminski, Mike Saoud, Cheryl Capezzuti, Don Strange, Olivia Locher, Jeff DiStefano, AJ Evans, Eli Kessler, Amy Short, Alan Byrne, Mary Aston-Richards, Evelyn Dunbar, Jennifer Kelly, Yelena Lamm, Lizz Ford, Tessa Moeller. 812 Liberty Ave. Pittsburgh. (412) 325-7723.

“ref • u • gee” by Michael Fratangelo (Athithi Studios)

Studio 4. Aug. 2-25:  The Living Canvas: A Figurative Art Exhibition. New work by William D. Simon, Mike Harrison, Fable, Jay Hernishin, Suzanne Werder, Jesse Rappaport, John Hinderliter, Yelena Lamm, William D. Pfahl, Zofia Chrzanowska, Jack Puglisi, Alena Dergacheva, Bill Ireland, Gina T. Judy, Mike Saoud; opening reception Aug. 2, 6-10 p.m.; closing reception artist talk Aug. 25, 4 p.m. 4609 Liberty Ave. Pittsburgh.

Sweetwater Center for the Arts. To Sept. 6: Skin Deep: A Tattoo Works Exhibition. Works by local and regional tattoo artists Mark Albert Barbera, Eric Galluzzo-Torres, Abby Rose, Hillary Evans, Marisa Rae Matthews, Corey Lim, Ashley Karpa, Jessi Cramer in American traditional, fine line, Japanese, more. 200 Broad St. Sewickley. (412) 741-4405.

The Portal. Aug. 30-Sept. 30. Thomas Bigatel: Origins. New work by painter Thomas Bigatel; opening reception Aug. 30, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 6425 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh.

Tomayko Foundation. Aug. 1-Sept. 13:  Tracing an Outline Around a Man’s Shadow. Sculpture, paining, photography by Atticus Adams, Aaronel deRoy Gruber, Michael Morrill, Ed Panar, La Vispera art collective; opening reception Aug. 1, 6-8 p.m. 5173 Liberty Ave. Pittsburgh. (412) 550-0119.

“Skint Scat” by Aimee Bungard (Brew House Arts)

UnSmoke Systems Artspace. To Aug. 31:  Uncovered. New work by painter Ange Gagnon. 1137 Braddock Ave. Braddock.

Westmoreland Museum of American Art. To Sept. 8:  65 Artists, 65 Years: An Anniversary Exhibition. 65 artists from the museum’s collection. To Sept. 22: Breaking Ground: Landscape and Labor in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Selections from the Westmoreland’s permanent collection that explore the profound impact of landscape and local industry on the collective identity of Southwestern Pennsylvania. To Dec. 31: The Westmoreland Collects. Newly acquired works by the museum. To Dec. 31:  Creating Common Memory. Exhibition of works from the Museum’s permanent collection featuring Native Americans. To Mar. 30, 2025: All the Right Notes. Artworks and objects inspired by the ethereality of music including a newly acquired suite of Milt Hinton jazz photographs on view for the first time. To Nov. 9, 2025:  George Hetzel and Scalp Level. Artwork by George Hetzel (1826-1899) and his students from the Scalp Level School. 221 N. Main St. Greensburg. (724) 837-1500.

ZYNKA Gallery. To Sept. 7:  Dark Mode. New work by painter John Burt Sanders. 904 Main St. Sharpsburg. (412) 952-7370.

“Treasured Ornament: 10 Centuries of Islamic Art” (The Frick Art Museum)