Quantum Theatre
Cymbeline
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Karla Boos
July 31 – August 24
Outdoors, Rose Garden, Mellon Park
A “Robot 250 project” - collaboration with The Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University

Point Breeze Nights
Thursday July 31 and Tuesday August 19
Pre-show reception at 6:30pm
in the Gordon Pavilion at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Performance at 8pm
Special discounted tickets available from ProArts Tickets
Call 412.394.3353 to purchase

Is it a comedy, a tragedy, a romance? Like Quantum, Shakespeare’s Cymbeline breaks all the rules and doesn’t care. At it’s heart are many journeys. Broken families stumble back together and characters struggle through dense fog to emerge whole. Cymbeline is a tale about who we are, where we come from and how we find our way home.

Illah Nourbaksh and his team at the Robotics Institute work with Quantum team to add a unique element to the production. It depends upon surprise… but we will reveal that robotics technology will allow the audience to affect the production, and we invite each viewer’s participation in a way that’s fun.

Quantum hopes you’ll attend one of two Point Breeze Nights! Quantum loves the residents of Bill Peduto’s Point Breeze district for tolerating their presence in such a beautiful, well-used park. On two evenings, July 31 and August 19, Bill hosts a pre-show party at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts followed by a performance of the play. Point Breeze residents will receive a special discount.

For information on Cymbeline, and other special events such as Book Club Night, visit http://www.quantumtheatre.com/season/cymbeline/

From Tiffani Emig

I am the curator at Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area. We are working on a project titled Seeing Pittsburgh, which will showcase Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods through the eyes of their residents. The project involves finding around six residents from diverse backgrounds (in terms of age, race, gender, years in the community, etc.) in each participating community to volunteer as amateur photographers. Rivers of Steel will provide each volunteer with a camera and ask them to answer the question “What makes South Point Breeze unique?” through photography. We are not looking for people who are great photographers, just a variety of people who know their community. The project will result in an exhibit at the Bost Building beginning in July 2008 and, if funding allows, a book, video podcasts, and cell phone tours of each participating neighborhood.

In order to reach people in each neighborhood, we are partnering with neighborhood organizations. We would like Point Breeze to be one of the neighborhoods represented in the project, if this is something you are willing and able to be involved in. All I am asking from the organizations is to talk to people in the neighborhood about volunteering and send a list of their names and contact information. I am attaching a more detailed project outline that can be distributed to potential volunteers.

Project Summary
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area is challenging your neighborhood and other neighborhoods throughout the Pittsburgh area to document the things that define your community. The documentation will be primarily in the form of photographs taken by community members, though some photographers might also be asked to be interviewed about life in their community. The end result will be an exhibit of photographs and stories from each community, to be held at the Bost Building in Homestead from July 1, 2008, to January 31, 2009. If funding allows, a book and a video podcast series will be published to supplement the exhibit.

Details
For the project, we are looking for volunteers from your community to act as photojournalists. We encourage both those with prior photographic experience and those less comfortable with a camera to participate. As a volunteer, you will be asked to take photographs documenting their answers to the following questions:

What defines your neighborhood? What makes it unique?
We are interested in the good, the bad, the old, the new, the big, the small, the physical, the emotional……

1) You will also be asked to keep a simple log of each photo they take, noting the exposure number and the subject of each photo. Rivers of Steel will provide one disposable camera to each photographer for use on the project, though you are welcome to use your own camera (film or digital). All photographs should be completed by the end of December. Rivers of Steel staff members Tiffani Emig and Ron Baraff will collect your film and cameras for developing.

2) After film has been developed, a selection committee will review the photographs and choose approximately 10 photographs from each community to submit for the exhibit. The photos will be chosen based more on their subject matter and their depiction of the most encompassing view of the neighborhood, and less on their artistic quality.

3) Rivers of Steel would also like the opportunity to interview several of the volunteers from each community to get a better sense of the neighborhood and the photographs taken. The interviews will be schedule separately and will likely take place after the first of the year.

4) The resulting photographs will be framed and mounted, along with quotes from the interviews, for the Seeing Pittsburgh exhibit. If funding allows, we would also like to produce a documentary from the interviews that will run on a large screen television during the exhibit, to help visitors better understand the meaning behind the photographs.

Our goal for the project is to show the character of each neighborhood as seen by its residents, not by an outside entity.

About Rivers of Steel
The mission of the Rivers of Steel National and State Heritage Area is to conserve, interpret, promote and manage the historic, cultural, natural and recreational sources of steel and related industries in Southwestern Pennsylvania, and to develop the use of these resources so that they may contribute to the revitalization of the region. Find out more at www.riversofsteel.com

For more information, contact Tiffani Emig, Curator of Collections, at 412-464-4020 Ext.22, or temig@riversofsteel.com.

You are invited to Ira H. Gordon Pavilion Groundbreaking Ceremony by Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.

Ira H. Gordon Pavilion Groundbreaking Ceremony Please extend this invitation to our South Point Breeze neighbors. Hope to see you on Oct 19th.
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From Between Trio

From our friends at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

1. Register for Classes and Workshops
2. Visit Our Galleries
3. Artist Talks
4. Shop @ the Center
5. IN-TENT - July 12th
6. Teaching Artist idea exchange - July 18th
7. Support PF/PCA

1. Register now for Summer Art Camps and Classes

Summer Classes and Workshops
PCA Summer 07 Classes
Don’t miss out on your chance to take a summer class at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts! We have lots to offer, including some special short courses that start later in July. There’s still time to sign up. Don’t miss:

Intermediate/Advanced Weaving with Deb Meteney starts July 10
Hollow Precious Metal Clay Beads with Donna Penoyer starts July 11
Painting Seminar with Mary Collins starts July 11
Beaded Jewelry with Adina DeRoy Stouffee starts July 17
Creative Bookbinding with Christopher Kardambikis starts July 17
Throwing Sets with Kip O’Krongly starts July 17
Collage with Sharon Wilson-Wilcox starts July 17
Raku Party Workshop with Kip O’Krongly on July 20

Plus more classes start in late July!

Art Camps
It’s not too late to sign up for art camps. Week long camps are available for students ages 4-17 and run through August 24th.

There are scholarship awards available for families demonstrating financial need.

For complete information about classes
and financial aid, visit http://www.pittsburgharts.org/school/
Or call 412.361.0455.

2. Visit the Galleries

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Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Marshall Building

Now through August 19th
Fiberart International 2007 presented by the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh
Boxes II presented by Group A
Efflorescence: The Sea After Time by Lindsay O’Leary
Worlds within Worlds by Christopher Clarke, Kaley Finegan, and Brian Frus
Totem and Taboo by Judi Charlson

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Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Melwood Gallery
Visit www.pghfilmmakers.org for more information

Senior Photography 2007
Work from Seniors at Point Park/Pittsburgh Filmmakers’
BFA Photography program

3. Artist Talks
Join exhibiting artists in the gallery for a discussion of their inspiration, process, and current exhibition.

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Marshall Building

July 14th, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm, “Out of the Box”: An Art Workshop for Youth with Group A, Free

July 19th, 6 pm, Christopher Clark and Brian Frus

4. Shop @ the Center
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Marshall Building

The Shop @ the Center has beautiful, hand-crafted gifts for all your gift giving needs. Stop in and see our expanded array of glass pieces and limited edition glasses with the Center logo - collect all 6.

5. IN-TENT, Improvised Music Series
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Marshall Building Tent
Thursday, July 12, 7 pm, $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Oluyemi Thomas plays clarinet, saxophone, percussion, and multiple other instruments. He is the co-founder along with his wife Ijeoma of the renowned free jazz group Positive Knowledge, based in San Francisco for over 25 years. Thomas is a member of the Bah’i faith and believes “music should lead to spirituality.” As a creative musician, performer, recording artist, teacher, and engineer, he seeks to express his abiding love for the hidden power of art.

6. Teaching Artist idea exchange
Pittsburgh Filmmakers, 477 Melwood Ave.
Wednesday, July 18th, 5:30 - 8 pm, Free

Creating an Arts Blog: an interactive approach to documenting your residencies

This workshop, facilitated by teaching artist and muralist Alison Zapata, will demonstrate the many benefits of documenting residencies by blogging and how to get started with your own weblog. No prior experience necessary! Visual and performing artists will learn how a blog can be an interactive way to:

* document residencies;
* extend student learning beyond the classroom;
* engage teachers & parents in the creative process.

Seating is limited for this hands-on workshop. Participants may work at computer stations. Free Wifi or internet access provided for those who bring laptops.

5:30 - 6:30 pm Refreshments and networking
6:30 - 8 pm Presentation

TAie is a series of informal gatherings for artists working in school, museum, and community settings. It is co-sponsored by Gateway to the Arts and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts/ Pittsburgh Filmmakers. Its purpose is to provide a forum for idea-sharing and professional support for teaching artists in southwestern Pennsylvania.

To register, contact Carol Wolfe, at 412-342-4444 or carolw@gatewaytothearts.org.

7. Support PF/PCA

Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts depend on the generous support individuals like you to provide quality arts education programming, exhibitions and service to artists. Donate on line at www.pittsburgharts.org.

Become a member and enjoy: discounts on classes at Pittsburgh Filmmakers, and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts; free admission to all exhibitions; discounts at all three Pittsburgh Filmmakers theaters; 10% off purchases at the Shop; plus special mailings and invitations.

United Way Contributor Choice #2621

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Shop and Galleries
Tues-Sat, 10 am to 5 pm
Sun, 12-5 pm

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
6300 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
412.361.0873
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Music for Exhibitions concert complements exhibition of drawings and lithographs by American artist George Bellows at The Frick Art Museum

Concert: From The New World, The Pittsburgh Piano Trio
Exhibition: The Powerful Hand of George Bellows: Drawings from the Boston Public Library

• Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in The Frick Art Museum auditorium.
• Exhibition galleries are open for viewing beginning at 6:30 p.m.; a Meet-the-Artists reception follows the concert.
• Tickets are $15 for Frick members and students; $20 for non-members and guests. Advance reservations recommended due to limited seating; call 412-371-0600.

Artists and Communities wanted for the Sprout Fund 2007 community mural program. Deadline is March 23rd. The application can be found online at http://www.sproutfund.org/publicart/apply/

There will be information sessions held every Thursday at noon and 5:30 from February 1st through March 22nd at the Sprout offices.

They are looking for artists and communities.

Artist eligibility: Any artist residing in the 14-county Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania region of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland counties that has met all criteria and delivered a complete application to the Sprout office no later than 5 pm on Friday, March 23, 2007 is eligible to be considered to participate in the Sprout Public Art program. Artists with at least a minimum level of experience in working in large scale are strongly preferred.

Community site eligibility: The proposed mural site must be within Allegheny County. The surface of the proposed mural site should be as smooth as possible and devoid of any peeling paint, cracks or leaks. Please contact Sprout if you have any questions regarding wall condition.

Addtional information from http://www.sproutfund.org/publicart/

Sprout Public Art improves the image of the region and enhances the visual landscape of neighborhoods in Pittsburgh and the surrounding communities of Allegheny County by creating high quality public art. The program encourages dialogue on public art between the community and the artist, contributes to community and neighborhood development and raises awareness about the important role that local artists can have in shaping communities. Sprout Public Art addresses three key issues: disconnect between visual culture and day-to-day life, level of leadership and personal investment in the region’s neighborhoods and need to support the ideas and creativity of people living in the Pittsburgh region.

During the first four seasons of Sprout Public Art, communities collaborated with artists to develop 31 enduring works of public art (see map)that enhance the urban landscape and consider the people of the community, their history and their hopes for the future. In the summer of 2007, Sprout Public Art will again create murals in diverse neighborhoods within Pittsburgh and the surrounding communities throughout the region.

Tsukioka Kôgyo (1869–1927), was a master of the Japanese wood block print at the turn of the twentieth century. Taught by his step-father, the highly regarded Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Kôgyo is now beginning to receive the serious attention of collectors, curators, and scholars. This exhibition showcases Kôgyo’s remarkably colorful images of Noh theater, a traditional form of Japanese performing arts. Kôgyo’s work on Noh covers several decades and illustrates virtually the entire range of Noh repertory since the Meiji period (1868–1912), creating an artistically elegant and beautiful record of this theatrical genre’s customs and performances.

“We were struck by the beauty of Kôgyo’s prints as artworks, not just as historical documents,” says Dick Smethurst, professor of Japanese history at the University of Pittsburgh. “They stand in their own light as works of art.” Mae Smethurst, professor of East Asian language and literature at the University of Pittsburgh, adds that with the opening of Japan to the West, Kôgyo himself was influenced by Western art, and incorporated these new perspectives into the tradition of the Japanese print. The more than 70 prints in the exhibition will also include a small selection of Kôgyo’s bird and nature prints and a few examples of his rarely shown paintings.

The Prints of Tsukioka Kôgyo is organized by the Frick Art & Historical Center and curated by Richard Smethurst, Mae J. Smethurst, Thomas Rimer, and Robert Schaap. The exhibition is made possible, in part, through the generosity of the Japan Foundation, the Townsend and Frances Burden Foundation, and members of the Frick Art & Historical Center.

A brochure for this exhibition has been made possible by the Asian Studies Center, University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh.

Education programs for this exhibition are co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Center, University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh.

Frick Art & Historical Center
7227 Reynolds Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15208
phone: 412-371-0600 ext. 523
fax: 412-731-9415
pr@frickart.org

The prints of Tsukioka Kôgyo.pdf