EVENTS CALENDAR For more information, call 412/321-8664.
NEW AIRSPACE ---Visit http://airweb.webhop.org!SATURDAY OCTOBER 18 -- OPEN HOUSE EVENT
AIR's annual fundraising event helps provide support for all of AIR's programs and projects. This all day event includes hands on printing and art making activities as well as bands, music, performances, food, refreshments and an exhibition and RAFFLE of work by artists and staff. .
For a $10.00 entry fee at the door you can come and go all day, explore various printmaking processes and technologies, enjoy food and drink, experience performances, bands and music. Watch this site for more specific information or call 412 321 8664.
PITTSBURGH 250 PORTFOLIO
Press Release from the Heinz Endowments / Carnegie Museums ----"Artists Image Resource of Pittsburgh’s North Side, has become an influential leader in the larger visual arts community in the tri-state area. Producing museum quality prints in many different media, AIR is home for professional print making and also is emerging as an important educational institution in the region."
This print portfolio project will involve creating a body of new work by both national and local artists, and will help to seed a new generation of collectors in the city and region. Ten artists will be in residence at Artists Image Resource, and will create a body of new work to be shown at The Warhol next year. Selected artists include: Kay Rosen, Chicago; Takashi Murakami, Tokyo; Rosemarie Trockel, Cologne; Piotr Uklanski, Warsaw and New York; Langlands and Bell, London; Isaac Julien, London; Lari Pittman, Los Angeles; Alfredo Jaar, New York; Mark Tansey, New York; Daniel Martinez, Los Angeles; Delanie Jenkins, Pittsburgh; and John Ritter, Ligonier, Pa. Full biographies of the artists are available upon request.
OPEN STUDIO – ACCESS THE SHOP EVERY TUESDAY
Access the shop every Tuesday evening from 7:00pm to 11:00 pm to make work and explore print possibilities. Participants can expose images onto small photo screens for a minimal fee per screen. Assistance making film positives, exposing the screens, and setting up printing is provided. Ink, paper and film positives must be paid for separately. All activities are on a first come first serve basis. Call for more information