2007-08 MCG Youth & Arts Exhibitions
Admission to all MCG Youth & Arts exhibitions, lectures and receptions is always FREE and open to the public. We operate two gallery
spaces: the Connie Kerr Gallery--located at our main facility at 1815 Metropolitan
Street--and a satellite gallery--MCG@800
Penn Avenue -- located in the heart of
the cultural district. Contact Heather Powell, (412) 322-1773 x196, if you are interested in scheduling an exhibition.
FEATURED EXHIBITIONS
April 25 - May 23, 2008
2008 Pittsburgh Public High Schools All-City Arts Showcase
Reception and Awards Ceremony: Friday, May 9, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Connie Kerr Gallery - This annual exhibition features juried artwork of all media created by Pittsburgh Public High School students.
May 16 - July 6, 2008
From Violence to Vision
MCG@800 Penn Avenue -
Local teens use art to present their views on violence issues. A special installation of works created by MCG Youth's most dedicated after-school students, the Arts Leadership and Public Service (ALPS) interns.
Reception: June 20, 2008, 6:00 - 9:00 pm |
Connie Kerr Gallery Exhibitions Calendar
Exhibitions at the 850 square foot Connie Kerr Gallery, which may also take advantage of the 1800 square foot adjacent North Lobby, showcase the work of nationally and internationally recognized artists as well as MCG staff and students. The Connie Kerr Gallery is open Monday- Friday, 9 am- 5 pm and during evenings and weekends of MCG Jazz concerts.
Decode: Featuring the multimedia artwork of Jason Van Anden & Christy Matson
October 12, 2007 - January 4, 2008
Reception: Friday, October 12, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Decode is a multimedia exhibition showcasing the work of two artists: Jason Van Anden and Christy Matson. Experienced in traditional art-making processes—Van Anden in sculpture and Matson in weaving—both have integrated traditional art with digital technologies. From sounds and projections to videogames and robots, Van Anden and Matson’s work engages the senses and challenges perceptions in compelling and innovative ways.
Van Anden’s living artworks—Neil and Iona—are just under six feet tall and three feet around and will be displayed along with Matson’s weavings and work created by MCG students during Van Anden’s weeklong workshop at the Guild
Join all the digital art fun at MCG's Fall Family Day with Christy Matson on Friday, October 26th. All are welcome!
The Frank Ross Legacy Exhibition
Learn How One Potter's Touch Affected a Generation of Artists and their Communities
January 18 – April 4, 2008
Frank Ross's impact on a young Bill Strickland laid the foundation for every aspect of what Manchester Craftsmen's Guild is today. From the classrooms of Pittsburgh's Oliver High School to the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, artist, teacher and mentor Frank Ross touched the lives and inspired many now-recognized artists. The Legacy exhibition will showcase original Frank Ross artwork along with ceramics created by his students, friends and contemporaries. Read the press release. Reception/Studio Dedication*: Join us on Tuesday, March 18th from 5:30 - 8 pm for an evening of friends, food and music in celebration of the ceramic arts. MCG founder, Bill Strickland, and NCECA board representatives will commemorate the MCG ceramics studio to Frank Ross.
Tickets*: $35 (advance), $45 (door), $25 (with valid student ID).
Includes an exclusive preview of the Table of Elements exhibition.
March 19–22, 2008
Table of Elements
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild - Celebrate the role ceramics play in creating special places and moments. Table of Elements will transform the dining hall at 1815 Metropolitan Street into a showcase of practical, decorative and expressive works by nearly 100 locally and nationally established and emerging artists and educators. MCG is especially honored to announce nationally renowned potter Suze Lindsay as Honorary Chair of the exhibition.
March 19–22, 2008
To Live Harmoniously with Nature
Greenhouse at the Drew Mathieson Center for Horticultural Technology - Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild is pleased to announce a month-long international residency with distinguished Japanese ceramic artists Hiromu and Mieko Okuda. Through engagements with students, community members and teachers at MCG and Slippery Rock University, the Okudas will create a new collaborative ceramic installation—To Live Harmoniously with Nature—that will be exhibited at the Drew Mathieson Center for Horticultural Technology (1650 Metropolitan Street) during the NCECA Conference. Learn more about the Okudas!
March 19–22, 2008
Flowers & Clay
Greenhouse at the Drew Mathieson Center for Horticultural Technology - Installed exclusively for the NCECA Conference at the Drew Mathieson Center for Horticultural Techonology! Flowers & Clay is a group exhibition of Ikebana containers and flower arrangements created through workshops with members of Sogetsu Pittsburgh, regional teachers and students.
April 25 - May 23, 2008
2008 Pittsburgh Public High Schools All-City Arts Showcase
Reception and Awards Ceremony: Friday, May 9, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
This annual exhibition features juried artwork of all media created by Pittsburgh Public High School students.
Do you attend a Pittsburgh Public High School and want to submit work to All City Show? Download PDFs of all the forms you need here!
Entry Form, Submission Forms to Apply for Art Institute of Pittsburgh Scholarship, Submission Form to Apply for Pittsburgh Technical Institute Scholarship, Submission Forms to Apply for Eleanor Friedberg Fund Scholarship
Are you a teacher at Pittsburgh Public High School and want to submit student's work to All City Show? Download PDFs of all the forms you need here!
Teacher Submission Form, Artist's Statement Form, Entry Form
June 2 - July 3, 2008
2008 Accomplishment Show
Reception: Friday, June 6 at time TBD
Celebrate the creative talent of MCG Youth & Arts students during this annual exhibition of works created teens who attend MCG Youth's after-school arts classes.
July 11 - September 5 , 2008
Space and Place: Society of Sculptors at MCG
Reception: Friday, July 25 from 6 - 9 p.m.
A juried exhibtition of a variety of sculptural works. Any artist 18 years or older who has created sculpture (within the past three years) that engages space in traditional or extended media is welcome to submit three pieces on CD for jurying. Now accepting submissions through Sunday, April 20th! Four $300 prizes will be awarded by the jury!! Download the entry details.
September 12 - October 10 , 2008
2008 Summer Studios and Staff Show
Reception: Friday, September 26 at time TBD
Come see what MCG's talented students and staff have created during their time in Summer Studio intensives! |
MCG@800 Penn Avenue Exhibitions Calendar
Mentors and Makers at MCG@800 Penn Avenue
Because the transformative power of mentorship represents the roots of Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, MCG Youth & Arts utilizes MCG@800 Penn Avenue explicitly as a venue to showcase installations developed by students and their mentors,
which may be either a MCG teaching artist or PPS faculty member. Through these Mentors and Makers exhibitions, MCG Youth & Arts
celebrates and makes public the power of Pittsburgh educators working with youth. The 600 square foot gallery on Penn Avenue offers excellent visibility for the public to enjoy installations developed by collaborations between MCG teaching artists and their students. MCG@800 Penn Avenue is also open Monday-Friday, 9 am - 5 pm and in the evenings during cultural district gallery crawls.
September 14, 2007 - October 28, 2007
Growing Panes - A photo-based installation by MCG Teaching Artist Dror Yaron and Photography student Kirsten McLaughlin and Ana Tsulahres
MCG @ 800 Penn Avenue
Reception: Friday, October 19, 6:00 - 9:00 pm, in conjunction with the Cultural District Gallery Crawl
This photographic exhibition explores questions of personal identity and origin through visual representation of personal mementos. The artists created digital images by scanning objects that they felt symbolized important parts of their personal history.
Ana Tsulahres, a junior at Pittsburgh Schenley, explores her transition into womanhood by using jewelry that belongs to her mother and grandmother. Kirsten McLaughlin, a sophomore at Pittsburgh Schenley, reflects on the childhood experiences of her family by depicting three generation of teddy bears. Dror Yaron connects to his ethnic roots through images of food.
Thanks to the Pittsburgh branch of Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA, Inc., a copy machine will be placed in the gallery for visitors to use to create their own scanned images!
Dror Yaron is the Photography Studio Coordinator at MCG. He studied at the International Center of Photography in New York and has exhibited in galleries, museums and alternative venues both nationally and internationally.
November 2, 2007 - January 6, 2008
Decode 2
MCG @ 800 Penn Avenue
An installation inspired by the sights and sounds of the Jacquard loom. Decode 2 features digital weavings created by MCG students during a three-day workshop with sound and textile artist Christy Matson.
Christy Matson is a weaver who utilizes both hand-operated and industrial Jacquard looms. By connecting her weaving to pressure-sensitive circuits that generate sound when touched, Matson explores ways to imitate human experience and perception through art.
January 11 - February 24, 2008
Original Spin
Revisiting Historic Panoramas of Pittsburgh
Reception: January 25, 5:30 - 9:00 pm in conjunction with the cultural district gallery crawl.
This Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Mentors and Makers exhibition features contemporary renditions of historic panoramas, created by MCG Youth photo students working with mentor/artist Dror Yaron. Thanks to the gigapan—a camera developed by CMU’s Robotics Institute—and the guidance of Rivers of Steel, this large-scale installation gives viewers a whole new perspective of the steel city. Featured student artists include Barry Taylor, Ben Page, Felicia Chapman, Ariel Morris-Holtz and Bryan Mullen.
Visit www.gigapan.org and search the keyword “MCG” to view student photos taken throughout the semester! Or visit www.riversofsteel.com to learn more about Steel City history.
February 29 - April 28, 2008
Between Surface and Self
Ceramic Printmaking
Reception: April 25, 6:00 - 9:00 pm in conjunction with the cultural district gallery crawl.
Featuring images on clay created by Pittsburgh area teens during a special collaborative workshop! Thanks to a partnership between Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, the Andy Warhol Museum and Artists Image Resource, author, curator, ceramic artist and educator, Paul Wandless conducted a residency with local teens. Participants worked with monoprinting, laser transfer and screen printing techniques to create the installation on view at MCG@800 Penn Avenue and other venues around the city!
May 16 - July 6, 2008
From Violence to Vision
Reception: June 20, 2008, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Local teens use art to present their views on violence issues. A special installation of works created by MCG Youth's most dedicated after-school students, the Arts Leadership and Public Service (ALPS) interns.
July 11 - September 7, 2008
Space and Place 2
Society of Sculptors at MCG@800 Penn Avenue Reception: Friday, July 11, 6 - 9 pm in conjunction with the cultural district gallery crawl.
A special site-specific installation created by one lucky winner selected based on his/her proposal. Now accepting submissions through Sunday, April 20th! Four $300 prizes will be awarded by the jury!! Download the entry details.
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