Architecture and the Spaces of the
Imagination
Carnegie Museum of Art
NOW thru 2/15/2008
The architectural imaginings
of 18th-century artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi are highlighted
in masterful etching and engravings Nov. 1-Feb. 15 at Carnegie
Museum of Art.
Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400
Fobes Ave.
www.cmoa.org
Adults $15, Seniors $12,
Students/Children $11
Your Town, Inc.: Big Box Reuse with
Julia Christensen
The Miller Gallery
NOW thru 11/23/2008 Tue-Sun 12-6 pm. Hometown BBQ Reception Sept 19, 6-8 pm.
Presentation and Book Signing Nov 13 4:30-6 pm
Photography examining how
communities are changing in the shadow of corporate real
estate, re-using "big-box" superstores abandoned
by the companies that built them.
The Miller Gallery, CMU Campus,
5000 Forbes Ave.
412.268.3618 http://millergallery.cfa.cmu.edu/
FREE
Bill Perry, Crullers to Crawlers
The Art Center
(Butler,
PA)
NOW thru 11/28/2008 Wed - Fri12 pm - 6 pm, Sat 12 pm - 4 pm
William Perry is from Harmony,
PA and describes himself as a "Figurative" painter.
Watercolor is his primary medium, although he does his paintings
in oil as well.
The Arts Center 344 South
Main Street, Butler
724.283.6922 www.butlerartcenter.net
See website for more details
Eloquent Eggs and Disintegrating Dice:
Photographs by Rosamond Purcell
Silver Eye Center for Photography
NOW thru 11/29/2008 Wed - Fri 12 - 6 pm and Sat 11 am - 5 pm
Internationally acclaimed
artist Rosamond Purcell has photographed behind the scenes
in the collections of major museums for more than twenty-five
years.
Silver Eye Center for Photography,
1015 East Carson Street
412.431.1810 www.silvereye.org
Free
Ink And Paint
The ToonSeum
NOW thru 12/6/2008 Fri 5-7:30pm; Sat noon-4pm
Visit Zombo Gallery for a
variety of traditional ink cartoons and less traditional
paintings by cartoonists. Free Opening Reception 11/14 6-11pm.
Proceeds benefit ToonSeum.
Zombo Gallery 4900 Hatfield
St. Lawrenceville
412.325.1060 www.toonseum.org / www.zomboworld.com
Free
Falling In: An Animation Project by
Ally Reeves
Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh
NOW thru 12/15/2008 Mon-Thurs 7:30 am to 10 pm/Fri 7:30 am to 6 pm/Sat 1 to
7 pm/Sun 7:45 am to 6 pm
A community collaboration
using animation to explore love's artful ability to create
shifts in logic and its inexplicable potential to compel
us to take leaps into the unknown
American Jewish Museum
412.521.8011 www.jcc.org
Free
Leslie Ansley: Dreams Inside Reality
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
NOW thru 12/31/2008 Please see website for exhibit hours.
709
Gallery 709 Penn Ave
www.pgharts.org
Free
Wild Man's World
Pittsburgh Cultrual Trust
NOW thru 12/31/2008 Please see website for exhibit hours.
707
Galleries 707 Penn Ave.
www.pgharts.org
Free
ZEE [Range]
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
NOW thru 12/31/2008 Please see website for exhibit hours
Wood
Street Galleries 601 Wood St
www.pgharts.org
Free
Then and Now Guest curator Deryck Tines
Trust Visual Arts
NOW thru 12/31/2008 Please see website for exhibit hours
SCE
Gallery 812 Liberty Ave
www.pgharts.org
Free
Mother Goose and Grimm: The Art of
Mike Peters
The ToonSeum
NOW thru 1/4/2009 Public Opening: Sat 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Mike Peters will be visiting
the ToonSeum to demonstrate his work and sign his newest
book. Kids can meet Grimmy and enjoy Eat N' Park Cookies!
The ToonSeum at the Children's
Museum 10 Children's Way
412.325.1060 www.toonseum.org
Free with entry to the Children's
Museum, $9 for children and seniors, $10 for adults
From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci:
A Century of Italian Drawings from the Prado
Frick Art and Historical Center
NOW thru 1/4/2009 Tue - Sun 10 am - 5 pm
This exhibition of 70 drawings
from 1520-1620 features work that hasn’t appeared outside
the walls of the Prado until now. Exhibition makes international
debut in Pittsburgh.
The Frick Art Museum, 7227
Reynolds Street
www.TheFrickPittsburgh.org
Free
From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci:
A Century of Italian Drawings from the Prado
The Frick Art Museum
NOW thru 1/4/2009
This exhibition of seventy
drawings explores the working methods of the most important
artists active during a centery in which Mannerism moved
toward the early Baroque.
Frick Art and Historical
Center, 7227 Reynolds Street
412.371.0600 www.TheFrickPittsburgh.org
Free
Absence of Body A glass exhibition
by Susan Taylor Glasgow
Pittsburgh Glass Center
NOW thru 1/9/2009 Tue - Thu 10 am - 7 pm/ Fri - Sun 10 am - 4 pm
A giant glass bird’s nest
representing growth and shelter is the focal point. Surrounding
the nest will be five additional “sewn” glass pieces.
Glass Center, 5472 Penn Avenue
412.365.2145 www.pittsburghglasscenter.org
$5 suggested donation
Altered Meanings exhibition
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
NOW thru 1/9/2009 Mon - Fri 9 am - 5 pm
From recycled and reclaimed
materials to images from popular media, "Altered Meanings"
explores Cat Chow and Jesse McLean’s complex and compelling
styles of repurposing.
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild,
1815 Metropolitan Street
412.322.1773 www.manchesterguild.org
Free
Inner and Outer Space
Mattress Factory
NOW thru 1/11/2009 Tue - Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 1pm-5pm, Closed Monday
Nine contemporary artists
break new ground – metaphorically and physically – in an
exhibition that tests the limitations and possibilities
of the Mattress Factory’s galleries.
500 Sampsonia Way, Northside
412.231.3169 www.mattress.org
$6 - $10
Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International
Carnegie Museum of Art
NOW thru 1/11/2009
Life on Mars explores the
question of what it means to be human in the world today,
includes works by 40 international artists, now through
Jan. 11 at Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
412.622.3131 www.cmoa.org
Adults $15, Seniors $12 (65+),
Students/Children $11, Members and children under 3 Free
FINAL WEEKS Life on Mars, the 2008
Carnegie International Exhibition
Carnegie Museum of Art
NOW thru 1/11/2009
Life on Mars explores the
question of what it means to be human in the world today
and includes works by 40 international artists.
Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400
Forbes Avenue
412.622.3131 www.cmoa.org
Adults $15, Seniors $12,
Students/Children $11, Members and children under 3 Free
Keep it Slick: Infiltrating Capitalism
with the Yes Men
The Miller Gallery
NOW thru 1/18/2009 Tue-Sun 12-6 pm
First large-scale exhibition
of world-famous artist-activist group The Yes Men, featuring
costumes, slapstick videos, posters, props and other new
works.
The Miller Gallery, CMU Campus,
5000 Forbes Ave.
412.268.3618 www.cmu.edu/millergallery
Free
Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes
Exhibition
Carnegie Museum of Art
NOW thru 1/19/2009
Think you know the suburbs?
More than 30 artists and architects in Worlds Away explore
the myths and realities of suburbs in America now through
Jan. 19.
Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400
Forbes Avenue
412.622.3131 www.cmoa.org
Adults $15, Seniors $12,
Students/Children $11, Members and children under 3 Free
Making Connections
Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh
NOW thru 1/25/2009 Tue-Sat 10 am - 5 pm / Sun 12 - 5 pm
Fiberarts Guild membership show juried by NYC artist Nancy Davidson
Center for the Arts
www.fiberartspgh.org
Free with PCA entry ($5 suggested
donation)
Architecture and the Spaces of the
Imagination
Carnegie Museum of Art
NOW thru 2/15/2009
The architectural imaginings
of 18th-century artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi are highlighted
in masterful etching and engravings Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400
Forbes Avenue
412.622.3131 www.cmoa.org
Adults $15, Seniors $12,
Students/Children $11, Members and children under 3 Free
PREDRIVE: After Technology
Mattress Factory
NOW thru 4/5/2009 Tue - Sat 10 am - 5 pm; Sun 1 pm - 5 pm; Closed Mondays
New installations by international
artists including Antoine Catala, Brody Condon, Takeshi
Murata and Gretchen Skogerson. Curated by Melissa Ragona.
Mattress Factory Annex Gallery,
1414 Monterey Street
412.231.3169 www.mattress.org
$10 (FREE for MF members)
A Revolution on Wheels: The Model T
at 100
Frick Art and Historical Center
NOW thru 5/3/2009
A Revolution on Wheels celebrates
the T's birthday with an exhibition of five examples of
the Model T, representing a variety of body styles from
1909 to 1926.
Frick Art and Historical
Center, 7227 Reynolds St
412.371.0600 www.TheFrickPittsburgh.org
Free
Meissonier: A Final Masterpiece, A
Pittsburgh Home
The Frick Art Museum
NOW thru 5/31/2009
In addition to 1806, Jena,
the exhibition includes three prints made after Meissonier's
Napoleonic canvases as well as archival photographs of the
Lockhart Mansion
Frick Art and Historical
Center; 7227 Reynolds St.
412.371.0600 www.TheFrickPittsburgh.org
Free
Remainder, Phase Two
Attack Theatre and Carnegie Museum of Art
11/20/2008 Thu 6:30pm
Attack Theatre dancers return
to the galleries for Phase Two of Remainder, a 10-month
process inspired by Life on Mars. See the dancers' work
and and share your reactions.
Carnegie Museum of Art Galleries
4400 Forbes Avenue
412.622.3131 www.attacktheatre.com OR www.cmoa.org
Free for members, $15 adults,
$12 seniors, $11 students
Tellebration
Storyswap
11/22/2008 Saturday night at 8 pm
Celebrate Pittsburgh 3 rivers,
1000 Bridges, 10000 stairs and one evening of stories
Church of the Ascention 4729
Ellsworth Ave
412.320.6504 www.storyswap.org
$14 at the Door. $10. In
advance $2 off Students/Seniors
"Quell" Works by Rob Katkowski
Beleza Community Coffeehouse
NOW thru 12/12/2008 Mon-Fri 6:30am-8pm; Sat and Sun 8am-8pm
Come enjoy complimentary
wine and cheese while viewing works by Rob Katkowski. With
a balance of form and color, Katkowski’s work offers surprising
views of the natural world.
1501 Buena
Vista, On the Northside
www.belezacoffee.com
Free
teapots! steep in thought
Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery
NOW thru 12/31/2008
5833
Ellsworth Avenue, Shadyside
412.441.5200 www.morganglassgallery.com
Free
The Museum Collection: Big Names in
Art Tour
Carnegie Museum of Art
NOW thru 1/11/2009 Sat 11:30 am - 12:30 pm; Jan 13 - Mar 31, 2009 Tues - Sun
1:30 - 2:30 pm
Discover big names in art
like Monet, Van Gogh, and Hopper on a tour at Carnegie Museum
of Art in Oakland. Call 412-578-2476 or visit www.cmoa.org.
Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400
Forbes Avenue
412.578.2476 www.cmoa.org
Adults $15, Seniors $12,
Students/Children $11, Members and children under 3 Free
FINAL WEEKS Life on Mars, the 2008
Carnegie International Tour
Carnegie Museum of Art
NOW thru 1/11/2009
Take a tour of the Life on
Mars exhibition through Jan. 11 at Carnegie Museum of Art
in Oakland.
Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400
Forbes Avenue
412.578.2476 www.cmoa.org
Adults $15, Seniors $12,
Students/Children $11, Members and children under 3 Free
KnotDance Performs Loco-MOTION
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
11/28/2008 Fri, 1:30 and 3:30 pm
Don't miss the high-energy
fun as KnotDance dance company takes over the Children's
Museum stage for Loco-MOTION, a calypso-inspired performance
that will get you moving!
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh,
10 Children's Way
412.322.5058 www.pittsburghkids.org
Free with Museum admission
Tough Art - Ready for Anything
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
NOW thru 1/18/2009 Mon - Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 12 - 5pm
This exhibit series showcases
interactive art works by four artists who got the chance
to make their art “tough” enough to withstand kid handling.
Children's Musuem of Pittsburgh, 10 Children's Way
412.322.5058 www.pittsburghkids.org
Free with Museum admission
