Artist’s Statement:
Currently my work is done almost exclusively using video formats.
I have created both narrative and experimental films and videos,
however, I have tended to focus and will continue to focus primarily
on experimental videomaking. The interaction of sounds and images
in new and creative ways are a continual inspiration to me.
Kyle Bostian
Pittsburgh, PA
kbostian@comcast.net
Disciplines:
Arts Education
Literary
Theatre
Artist’s Statement:
I see the theatre as a laboratory for investigating what it
means to be human. It is a site for exploring broad, “universal”
aspects of our existence as well as particular cultural contexts
that impact contemporary life. My work as an artist encompasses
each of those dimensions. Some of the projects I undertake seek
to challenge societal norms by provoking critical thought. Some
seek to affirm a “humanist” perspective by engaging the emotions.
Some do both. In all my theatrical activity -- as playwright,
director, dramaturg, or performer -- I strive to expand the
boundaries of the art form, enhance our understanding of the
world, and empower the human spirit. Through collaboration and
communion with my fellow artists and audience members, I hope
to redefine the theatre experience in a way that stimulates
mutual desire to collectively redefine our shared existence.
Gratia Brown
Pittsburgh, PA
browngs@hotmail.com
www.gratiab.com
Disciplines:
Crafts / Folk
Artist’s Statement:
Gratia is a mixed media artist living and working in Pittsburgh, PA. Her work includes paintings and functional/sculptural
ceramics and has been shown in galleries and alternative spaces
in the United
States and abroad.
She has taught art in Community Education Programs for
both children and adults and has been a resident artist at I-Park,
East Haddam, CT and at the Hungarian
Multicultural Center
in Budapest,
Hungary.
Norman Brown
Pittsburgh, PA
nnrmbrown@aol.com
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
Rick Byerly
Pittsburgh, PA
rick@uniquetake.com
www.uniquetake.com
Disciplines:
Literary
Digital Art
Artist’s Statement:
Rick Byerly is a fine art and digital art photographer who
trained at Pittsburgh Filmmakers and now works in both film
and digital mediums, concentrating on the unusual in nature
as well as reintrepreting iconic subjects in the Pittsburgh
area. His photography
websites with archival prints for sale are www.uniquetake.com
and www.rickbyerly.com. Rick exhibits his work in Pittsburgh
area art galleries and in Associated Artists of Pittsburgh group
exhibits as well. He promotes Pittsburgh
artists, exhibits and events on a volunteer basis at www.PittsburghGalleries.Blogspot.Com
and www.PghGalleries.Com.
Michael Caldwell
Pittsburgh, PA
caldwell_michael@hotmail.com
Disciplines:
Dance
Multi-Disciplinary
Connie Cantor
Pittsburgh, PA
connie@conniecantor.com
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
Artist’s Statement:
I am a self-taught artist working primarily with housepaint,
charcoal, pencil and crayon. My work is intuitive, gestural
mark-making informed by a quick impulse on the edge of non-thought.
I have exhibited locally at FE Gallery, Moxie Dada, Gallerie
Chiz, Digging Pitt, The Brew House and The Pittsburgh Center
for the Arts. I am a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
and Group A.
Barbara Cherington Coffey
Pittsburgh, PA
barbara.coffey@mac.com
Disciplines:
Arts Education
Crafts / Folk
Visual Arts
Marcia
J. Clark
McMurray, PA
midheavencr@aol.com
www.midheavencreations.com
Disciplines:
Arts Education
Crafts / Folk
Kaleidoscope Artist
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Ceci Dadisman
West
Palm Beach,
FL
ceci@cecidadisman.com
www.cecidadisman.com
Disciplines:
Music
Vocal
opera/oratorio/recital
Luise Davis
Pittsburgh, PA
lkd1@aol.com
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
Artist’s Statement:
II'm a scientist (a freshwater ecologist) by
profession and an artist by compulsion.
My understanding
of the natural world is part of who I am and inevitably informs
my art: the contrasts of order vs entropy / change vs stasis
/ defined vs evanescent / simplicity vs complexity. The tensions
between these opposing states are what intrigue me, both in
what I see outside in the world and what happens in my studio.
It's all endlessly fascinating.
My work
can be seen at the Center for the Arts and at various galleries
in the area.
Jesse Derflinger
Beaver
Falls , PA
ugothrubarb@comcast.net
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
Media Arts
Artist’s Statement:
I am a local abstract-expressionist painter. I started a few
years back and have developed my own style. My love for the
arts grows more each day, as well as the urge and need to create.
My work is mainly portrayed through informal, sketchy lines
and various colors. Emotion and energy, I find, are my most
crucial components.
Megan Dooley
Pittsburgh, PA
meg@finderskeepersdesign.com
www.finderskeepersdesign.com
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
Design
Artist’s Statement:
As an artist I am committed to making art from your precious
belongings. This includes "preserving, refreshing, transforming
and (re)creating treasured memories as photographic and art
/ craft works from images/ objects pf every description (almost)…
Kimberly Ellis
Pittsburgh, PA
drgoddessarts@gmail.com
www.drgoddess.com
Disciplines:
Arts Education
Dance
Music
Dance/Music: Tap, Modern, African, Hip-Hop
Donna Fisher
Pittsburgh, PA
dj.fisher@verizon.net
Disciplines:
Crafts / Folk
Film / Photography
Multi-Disciplinary
Artist’s Statement:
Nothing beats the tactile splendor of ceramic tile. Individual art tile is my thing, but public
art is special.
Sherrie Flick
Pittsburgh, PA
sdflick@hotmail.com
www.sherrieflick.com
Disciplines:
Literature
InterDisciplinary
Artist’s Statement:
Sherrie
Flick is author of the flash fiction chapbook I Call This Flirting
(Flume Press, 2004). Recent anthologies include New Sudden Fiction
(Norton, 2007) and Flash Fiction Forward (Norton, 2006). A recipient
of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowship, she lives
in Pittsburgh where she is co-founder and artistic director
of the Gist Street Reading Series. Her first novel Reconsidering
Happiness will be published in Fall 2009.
Geraldine Florida-Kaclik
Pittsburgh, PA
gerflorida@aol.com
www.galleriechiz.com
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
Jewelry
Artist’s Statement:
I
started designing Jewelry in 2005 after a life altering injury.
Jewelry became a "theraputic addiction" and the instant
gratification was wearing the finished piece. Unknowingly, I
became a mobile art gallery advertising my own jewelry pieces.
My venue being the audience of 'anywhere' I went, getting complimentary
attention for my designs. It was my reinforcement to persist
and continue. From there I began the journey of self discovery
and healing through my work.
Sandra Gould Ford
Pittsburgh, PA
radianttree@juno.com
Disciplines:
Crafts / Folk
Literary
Multi-Disciplinary
Interdisciplinary
Photography
Artist’s Statement:
Sandra Gould Ford an Author, Quilt Artist and Photo-Essayist
who explores and encourages human potential through the written
word and visual art. Gould
Ford is also an arts educator who teaches and exhibits in schools
and organizations nationwide. She promotes high achievement and well being
through the arts. Through
her literary magazine and ongoing activities, Sandra promotes
community-based cultural development.
Toby Atticus Fraley
Washington, PA
tobyatticusfraley@gmail.com
Disciplines:
Multi-Disciplinary
Visual Arts
Artist’s Statement:
While not always the case, generally I don’t have any lofty
ideals or messages I want to convey when I make a piece of art.
Sure there are some pieces that obviously state something but
that’s all secondary to me. I’m more interested in the processes
that must be gone through to get to that finished piece. Picnic
jugs were not designed to securely connect to vacuum cleaner
hoses in a sturdy yet also aesthetic manner. That is the challenge
I enjoy. The problem solving aspect and satisfaction of making
something out of nothing are the biggest factors in my works.
To take raw materials that are worth little to nothing and manipulate
them into something that people appreciate is the basis behind
what I do. If in the end the piece makes some sort of statement
also then that’s just an added welcome benefit to me.
Ryan
M. Freytag
Pittsburgh, PA
rmfreytag@gmail.com
Disciplines:
Film / Photography
Literary
Media Arts
Multi-Disciplinary
Visual Arts
Artist’s Statement:
It is important to me that my work challenges and / or entertains
the viewer. I do this through the use of dark humor, social
commentary and under-considered beauty. My desire is to blur
the line between what we see and what we don’t see; what we
know and what we don’t know; and what is natural
and what is unnatural.
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Paula Garrick Klein
Pittsburgh, PA
thunderrose53@aol.com
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
painting, printmaking
Artist’s Statement:
I have painted from life for over 30 years. My focus is the discovery process of seeing
and interpreting something new in what appears to be ordinary.
Still life and portrait painting have offered me aesthetic challenges
and opportunities that range from the pure exploration of light,
color, pattern and texture to the creation of work that has
more complex personal iconography.
Kerry Gaydos
Braddock, PA
kerrygaydos@gmail.com
www.kerrygaydos.com
Disciplines:
Film / Photography
Literary
Visual Arts
printmaking, mixed media
Artist’s Statement:
As an artist, i see myself as the connection between the viewer
and the idea. I am an introduction- a greeting between humans
and their recognition of the world and their own connection
to it, as well as the layers of connections within it. I am
interested in how humans interact with each other as well as
with their environment, how humans acknowledge themselves, and
how we react to our own sense of self.
Ginger Green
Pittsburgh, PA
artbyginger@aol.com
www.myspace.com/artbygingergreen
Disciplines:
Folklife/Traditional Arts
Photography
Visual Arts
Artist’s Statement:
Ginger Green is a mixed media/acrylic painter currently based
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally from Indiana, Ginger
attended the John Herron School of Art in Indianaplolis, earning
a full scholarship and the Mary Milliken Most Promising Student
Award. After three semesters, she ran off to Key West, Florida
to be with family. Ginger spent the next seven years in Key
West exhibiting her contemporary folk outsider painting style
in the Pineapple Gallery, The Café, Kindered Spirits,
Hermes Gallery, Schooner Wharf Open Air Art Fair, Woodenhead
Gallery, The Key West Customs House and the Lemonade Stand Studio
and Gallery. Ginger has been warming up Pittsburgh with her
vibrant Carribean colors since 2006, exhibiting her paintings
at The Square Café, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Kiva
Han, Mojoe, and Little's Shoes. Ginger was awarded Third Place
for her painting "Homeland Security" at PPWPAF's "Stiff
Competition" Juried Exhibition in 2007. She made her Carnegie
Museum of Art debut as part of the Persad Center's Fundraiser
"Celebrate Life, Celebrate Art" in 2008. In 2008,
Ginger was the resident artist at the Island Chick Fine Art
Gallery and Studio in Longport, New Jersey. Ginger and her work
have been featured in the Solaris Hill Newspaper, The Paradise
Newspaper, Key West Magazine, and the Pittsburgh City Paper.
Ginger's commissioned work includes business signs, menu and
advertisement art at The Café (Key West); murals at Pearl's
Rainbow Women's Resort (Key West) and in private residences
in Pittsburgh and Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and; eight large paintings
for the new Denver restaurant, Root Down. Currently, Ginger
is the resident artist at The Square Café in Pittsburgh
and at Bosley on Brady in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Marjorie
C. Greenberger
Pittsburgh, PA
Disciplines:
Dance
Music
Visual Arts
Teresa
M. Harris
Pittsburgh, PA
teresamhar@yahoo.com
Disciplines:
Arts Education
Visual Arts
Artist’s Statement:
My work populates an individual perspective of spirituality.
Experiencing spirit is finding unity and wholeness in something.
My center is moving slowly and my outer edges are moving brilliantly.
The space in my art works contains a pregnant possibility of
everything. The images do not represent an explosion but a space
that evolves. Empty space is alive and procreative. When I create
a piece, I am inside the space and looking out. I create space in a certain sequence to represent
mass. Sequentially making choices influenced by consciousness
and state of being.
Laurel Herman
Pittsburgh, PA
laureldesigns@yahoo.com
Disciplines:
Multi-Disciplinary
Digital, graphic design
Olivia Hibel
Pittsburgh, PA
oliviahibel@verizon.net
Disciplines:
Music
Literature
Design Arts
Theatre
Multidisciplinary
Interdisciplinary
Humanities/Storytelling
Folklife/Traditional Arts
Puppetry
Public/Interactive/Performance Art
Artist’s Statement:
Raised in NYC by an art and theater journalist, I have been
designated as a "Folk Artist" by Herbert Hemphill,
one of the founders of the American Folk Art Museum in New York
City. I have over the years been a crafts artist/designer and
a writer, as well as a performance artist; I've studied at Brooklyn
College, Crafts Students League NYC, Nova Scotia College of
Art & Design, and exhibited at Museum of American Folk Arts
and Yeshiva University Museum NYC. Embracing Pittsburgh as my
home, I have finally joined all these arts into PUPPETRY! I
studied with internationally acclaimed puppeteers Eric Bass
and Ines Zeller Bass of The Sandglass Theater of Vermont, and
have had counsel and direction from Gretl Aicher, artistic director
of The Salzberg Marionettes.
I write/produce & perform original puppet theater--some
for adults --some, for children plus adults. I use the name
"LALKA Theater * puppets! " My work has included original
avant-garde music (composed by Amnon Freidlin of Normal Love).
My performances are often multi-lingual, and promote diversity.
A member of both UNIMA USA (Union Internationale de la Marionette)
as well as Puppeteers of America, I have performed for the Pittsburgh
Cultural Trust at gallery crawls, and, for the International
Children's Theater of Pittsburgh at First Night 2009. I am also
embarking on a project which will include the participation
of the public. See: InterFacePittsburgh.com
Nathan Hollabaugh
Pittsburgh, PA
nathanhollabaugh@hotmail.com
Disciplines:
Theatre
Artist’s Statement:
I've been working, teaching, and studying as an actor in Pittsburgh since 2004, performing
both on stage and for the camera.
Judy Hopson
Washington, PA
wfaust@hotmail.com
www.ahopsonpotter.com
Disciplines:
Multi-Disciplinary
Artist’s Statement:
I have done Art since I was 10 years old. Decided to go to
college and get an art degree from Cal U. Graduated 2002. Started
my own business (A Hopson Potter), and I work at Washington
Community Arts and Culture Center(www.washarts.org),
teaching pottery, printmaking, drawing, painting and paper fun
and as a data base administrator, as well as the Director of
Outreach programs. I do about 20 shows a year.
Karen Howell
Monroeville, PA
howellporc@aol.com
Disciplines:
Crafts / Folk
Chris Ivey
Pittsburgh, PA
eastofliberty@eastofliberty.com
www.hyperboymedia.com
Disciplines:
Film / Photography
Media Arts
Artist’s Statement:
Chris Ivey is an independent filmmaker out to show the unseen
voices of Pittsburgh.
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Lisa
M. Johnson
Pittsburgh, PA
lisamargot@gmail.com
Disciplines:
Crafts / Folk
Film / Photography
Media Arts
Multi-Disciplinary
Music
Artist’s Statement:
I am an oral historian and writer who works to create projects
that engage various kinds of communities in the design and production
processes. Current projects
include a Legacy Project for Lemington Community Services, the
oldest African American elder care facility in the country,
as well as a civic engagement project that brings elders and
youth together in a variety of dynamic contexts designed to
spark discussion and cross fertilization in the production of
local history of Mt. Washington.
Robert Anthony
Jones
Bridgeville, PA
bobarebop@comcast.net
www.robertjonesart.com
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
Photography
Artist’s Statement:
Art is a process of growth and realization in the wonder of
what we normally take for granted.
LaVerne Kemp
Pittsburgh, PA
gypsygal5@aol.com
Disciplines:
Crafts / Folk
Visual Arts
Weaving-Fiber Art
Amy
G. Kerlin
Pittsburgh, PA
kerlin.amy@gmail.com
amygkerlin@blogspot.com
Disciplines:
Multi-Disciplinary
Visual Arts
Artist’s Statement:
I
try not to make any statement.
Ermyn King
State
College,
PA
Efk103@psu.edu
Disciplines:
Multi-Disciplinary
Theatre
Interdisciplinary
Artist’s Statement:
Ermyn King is an artist in healthcare and Society for
the Arts in Healthcare "expert consultant," a PA Council
on the Arts rostered teaching artist, and an inclusive arts
consultant for VSA arts of PA. She has designed drama, puppetry,
creative movement, storytelling, and integrated arts programming
for diverse healthcare populations (including as Arts Program
Specialist at Children's National Medical Center). From 2001
- 04, Ermyn directed Penn State's Arts and Health Outreach Initiative.
Yumi Kori
New
York,
NY
yumi@studio-my.com
http://studio-myu.com/art
Disciplines:
Multi-Disciplinary
Akiko Kotani
Slippery Rock, PA
akikokotani@yahoo.com
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
Artist’s Statement:
Currently I live in Istanbul,
Turkey
and Slippery Rock, PA. I
find stimulation for my work in the combination of urban and
rural settings, and in the meeting of my Asian sensibility with
the influence of my training in European aesthetics. My work,
drawn with silk threads on paper and silk fabric, varies greatly
in scale: larger than life, and miniature. It is inspired by new cultural rituals and by
impressions upon waking to face a new day.
Randy Kovitz
Pittsburgh, PA
rndykvtz@earthlink.net
www.liesliketruth.com
Disciplines:
Film / Photography
Literary
Music
Theatre
Vocal
Interdisciplinary
Fight Direction
Artist’s Statement:
I am an actor, writer, fight director and filmmaker.
Christiane
D.
Pittsburgh, PA
christiane.leach@gmail.com
www.christianed.us
Disciplines:
Inter-Disciplinary
Theatre
Carla Andrea Leininger
Pittsburgh, PA
carlapitt@aol.com
www.globalbeatspitt.com
Disciplines:
Multi-Disciplinary
Chaz Letzkus
Pittsburgh, PA
chazburgh@yahoo.com
www.chazmania.com
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
Artist’s Statement:
I have been doing my unique style of pen and ink drawings for
over twenty years. Each drawing of an animal's portrait or body
is comprised of dozens of smaller hidden animals or people.
The drawings are done with Rotring Rapidograph pens with points
as small as 0.13mm. They are done on 100lb. Acid-free bristol
board. I do numerous shows in PA and OH such as the Three-Rivers
Arts Festival and Shadyside Arts Festival. I belong to the South
Hills Art League and the Calligraphy Guild of Pittsburgh.
Tonya Lynn
Pittsburgh, PA
tonyarlynn@gmail.com
www.eclecticmayhem.com
Disciplines:
Crafts / Folk
Theatre
Artist’s Statement:
Tonya Lynn has been freelancing as a fight director/choreographer,
actress, and stage combat teacher in the Pittsburgh area since 2005.
She maintains an active membership in and will soon be a local
representative for the Society of American Fight Directors,
a national organization with which she frequently trains and
works. In addition to her theatrical artistic work, Tonya is
an avid crafter of jewelry and miniature display pieces.
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Nandini Mandal
Pittsburgh, PA
nandini@nandanik.com
www.nandanik.com
Disciplines:
Dance
Indian Classical
Artist’s Statement:
Nandini Mandal is an exponent of Bharatanatyam (Indian Classical
Dance) and Nanauritya (Indian Contemporary Dance). She is the founder and Artistic Director of
Nandamik Dance Academy, Pittsburgh. Nandini believes in collaborations with world
artists for promoting a richer mosaic of dances from East and
West.
Timothy Meehan
Pittsburgh, PA
tcmeehan@gmail.com
www.timmeehanart.com
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
David
J. Motak
Pittsburgh, PA
djm713@yahoo.com
www.cracowcrafts.com
Disciplines:
Arts Education
Visual Arts
Artist’s Statement:
I am an artist/educator specializing in the "szopka"
an architectural art form dating to the Middle Ages, where it
originated as ornate sets for morality plays in Cracow, Poland. The art form features often whimsical, scaled-down
interpretations of actual architectural building elements using
such simple materials as wood, cardboard, ribbon and foiled
paper. In addition to designing my own pieces, I conduct workshops
locally and nationally; the art form is not taught in Poland
and I am the only artist-educator to develop a teaching methodology
to promote this unique craft.
Jeffrey
C. Nytch
Pittsburgh, PA
jnytch@gmail.com
www.jeffreynytch.com
Disciplines:
Music
voice over, narration
Susan O'Neill
South Park, PA
soneill@ppcdesigns.com
www.SusanONeill.com
Disciplines:
Design Arts
Visual Arts
Theatre
Interdisciplinary
Artist’s Statement:
Susan O'Neill designs costumes for theatre, dance and opera,
as well as being a studio artist and a published children's
book illustrator.
Artist’s Statement:
My current Major Project is writing articles for my website,
The Overholt Family Tree~~Karen's Branches.2 on Yahoo Geocities. I began this work 8 years ago and it is a project
of ongoing research which generates a great deal of Internet
attention and e-mail correspondence. I am also a
singer, having sung in choirs since 1964, and currently sing
in a local church choir.
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Larkin Page-Jacobs
Pittsburgh, PA
Disciplines:
Interdisciplinary
Kelly E. Parker
Forest
Hills,
PA
napsacgeto@comcast.net
Disciplines:
Crafts / Folk
Literary
Media Arts
Multi-Disciplinary
Music
Artist’s Statement:
I am a mother, partner, artist, and activist. I have been Blessed to use my hands in may ways.
I am a Performance Poet, Wordsmith, Playwright, African
Drummer, Drum Maker, Jewelry Compositionist, Crochet Artist,
Dramatic Presenter, and Educator. I have been living and creating in Pittsburgh since 1989.
It is my vision that art will not only change the world
but change how we love and live with each other. Peace IS Revolution.
Ben Pelhan
Pittsburgh, PA
cybrllama@yahoo.com
Disciplines:
Media Arts
Artist’s Statement:
I graduated from CMU with a Creativer Writing degree in 2006.
As a writer my primary passions include poetry and screen writing.
My interest in screenwriting led me to take classes at Pittsburgh
Filmmakers and, consequently, I have taken a strong interest
in video. My work is driven by humor with a focus on absurdity.
I have written, directed, produced and edited several of my
own short videos in addition to helping many of my friends and
colleagues with their own video projects. I also co-wrote a
feature length scrip that was made on a low budget and premiered
in 2006. Presently, I am writing and publishing poetry, and
I am working on several scripts and video projects.
Cassandra
R. Phillips
Pittsburgh, PA
cassandraphillips@gmail.com
Disciplines:
Theatre
Visual Arts
Rebecca
H. Price
Pittsburgh, PA
rebecca.h.price@gmail.com
Disciplines:
Literary
Multi-Disciplinary
Visual Arts
Artist’s Statement:
Rebecca H. Price was born in Brownfield, Texas
in 1977. Her projects include collage, object design, and artists
books. She is interested in highlighting the absurdity of accepted
knowledge through deconstruction, reconstruction, and juxtaposition.
Since relocating to Pittsburgh, Rebecca works
from her in-home studio in Squirrel Hill. Current projects include
collage pieces reflecting themes of relious faith, war, and
disease. Rebecca has been an adjunct faculty member at the Community
College of Allegheny County since 2007.
Brenna Quinn
Pittsburgh, PA
brenna.quinn@gmail.com
Disciplines:
Media Arts
Visual Arts
Gail Ransom
Pittsburgh, PA
gailransom@comcast.net
Disciplines:
Multi-Disciplinary
Music
Artist’s Statement:
I have been working in Spirituality and the arts all my professional
life. I have a degree in Music Education from Indiana University
in Bloomington
Indiana where I also performed as a singer/songwriter.
I have a Masters of Arts in Religion from the Institute of Worship,
Music and the Arts at Yale
Divinity School.
Since then I have written many pieces for the church and conduct
workshops in chant and sacred circle dancing. I work with worship
and the arts at First United Meth. Church.
Allison Reeves
Pittsburgh, PA
allyreeves@gmail.com
www.allyreeves.com
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
Interdisciplinary
Design Arts
Artist’s Statement:
Ally Reeves is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is rooted
in sustainability, mobility and the effect that pro tem structures
have on contemporary culture.
Reeves' mediums fluxuate; ranging from web-based artworks
to collaborative endeavors that involve social mediums such
as people, soil and shelter.
Ally Reeves graduated with a BFA from Austin
Peay State
University in TN and
a Mater's from Carnegie Mellon University
in PA. She currently
works as an artist in Pittsburgh,
PA.
Larry Rippel
Pittsburgh, PA
lrippel@verizon.net
www.larryrippel.com
Disciplines:
Film / Photography
Artist’s Statement:
Larry Rippel has worked in the photographic community in Pittsburgh for the last
twenty years. Since 1994 he has been working as a freelance
Photographer specializing in Commercial, Technological, Industrial
and Editorial Photography. His interest in the Arts Community
has him working for many non-profit arts organizations and artists
in the city.
Larry is one of the founding members of Blatant Image/ Silver
Eye Photography Gallery. He
had a Mail Art
Gallery in his loft
in Bloomfield in the mid-1980s.
His work has been shown both locally and internationally.
He has been a member of the Pittsburgh Chapter of ASMP
since 1991.
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Tom Sarver
Pittsburgh, PA
tomsarver@gmail.com
www.tommuseum.com
Disciplines:
Media Arts
Multi-Disciplinary
Visual Arts
Puppeteer
Brian
J. Sesack
Pittsburgh, PA
bjs_lfc@yahoo.com
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
Photography
Artist’s Statement:
The main focus of my work is to provide a vehicle for my creative
self-expression and the transformation from looking to seeing. By documenting textures and tonal qualities
I attempt to create images that bring the viewer into the subject
and tell a story without the use of language.
Kitty Spangler
Pittsburgh, PA
kittyspangler@comcast.net
www.kittyspangler.net
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
Artist’s Statement:
A member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, I have been
painting for thirty years, mostly from life observation, the
unusual view or scene, and often using bold colors with obvious
brushstrokes. I studied painting at Indiana University of
PA and my MFA is in visual books from Syracuse University. Creativity comes in many forms; I collect and use recycled materials, like cigarette
butts, to explore certain issues, and cancelled postage stamps
bring out the designer side of me.
Art builds strong bodies twelve ways.
Art is anything you can get away with.
You may have art in your home that you are not aware
of. Art saves lives.
Susan Sparks
Dunlevy, PA
suzie.spark@zoominternet.net
Disciplines:
Multi-Disciplinary
Visual Arts
John
E. Stallings
Johnstown, PA
sculpture@stallingsart.com
www.stallingsart.com
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
Sculpture
Artist’s Statement:
My work is about the search for the infinite. For the past
several years, I’ve concentrated my efforts toward creating
modern minimalist sculpture with some timeless quality–clean
lines and surfaces blended to create constant movement and balance
within the occupied space. Infused with this concept of continuous
motion, the designs neither begin nor end. "Powerful in
their reflection of surroundings and in their sublime and clean
geometric volumes..." Mariana Bego, Ezair Gallery, NYC.
"The polished surfaces of many of his sculptures blur the
borders of matter and its surrounding environment. The viewer
is left wondering which aspect is visual and which is physical.
Thus each piece, at once autonomous and boundless, has a dialectical
relationship with its setting. It is in this way that Mr. Stallings’
minimalist approach to abstraction continuously proves itself
to be among the most engaging and effective sculpture available
today." Ruthie Tucker, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery,
NYC.
Adrienne
L. Stitt
Verona, PA
louise8@fullservicenetwork.net
Disciplines:
Crafts / Folk
Watercolor Paints
Artist’s Statement:
I am retired from the medical field as a surgical technician
and central processing Technician.
I was also a presenter/instructor in the 1980's and 90's. Now I am enjoying the arts that I loved when
I was a child. Watercolor
paints are what I enjoy the most.
I look forward to the opportunity to display and sell
my work. My husband and
I enjoy 34 years of marriage. We have three children and two grandchildren.
Robert
D. Strovers
Pittsburgh, PA
robstrovers@artisticpursuits.net
www.artisticpursuits.net
Disciplines:
Film / Photography
Norine Thompson
Pittsburgh, PA
norine6550@aol.com
Disciplines:
Crafts / Folk
Visual Arts
Lauren Toohey
Turtle
Creek,
PA
ilickninvolts@gmail.com
www.myspace.com/laurentooheyart
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
Artist’s Statement:
I am a fine artist as well as a curator. I curate a show in
a different venue once or twice a month that is sponsored by
Most Wanted Fine Art. I show my artwork at various galleries,
charity functions and art spaces frequently. I do freelance
design, portraiture, and art modeling. The majority of my income
comes from posing for artists in an educational atmosphere.
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R. Weis
Pittsburgh, PA
rweis@rweis.com
www.rweis.com
Disciplines:
Music
Emergent Form - Sound Composition
Artist’s Statement:
R. Weis makes compositions of manipulated sound using original
samples as raw material. His work has been heard in performance
spaces, galleries, museums and on radio in the US
and Europe since the mid 1980s.
Joe Wos
Pittsburgh, PA
joewos@onceuponatoon.com
www.toonseum.org
Disciplines:
Visual Arts
Yanlai Wu
Pittsburgh, PA
info@orientalstardanceschool.com
www.orientalstardanceschool.com
Disciplines:
Dance
Artist’s Statement:
Yanlai Wu graduated from Beijing Dance
Academy.
she was recognized as a top artist in performing dance in China,
has received many awards and honors in her professional career
and has performed, orchestrated and taught dance internationally.
2004, she moved to Pittsburgh where she has established her own
dance school. With her extensive experience in dance performance
and her professional training, Ms. Wu hopes she will be able
to open a new window for the children here – showing the artist
Cleo Zell
Pittsburgh, PA
jcz1999@yahoo.com
Disciplines:
Dance
Visual Arts
Artist’s Statement:
Ease is the enemy of the artist. - Chuck Close
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