Marco Gallotta: From Passion to Paper Paper. Look around. You use it to jot down a quick shopping list. You clutch it as you read from a magazine. You copy it, print it, and downright take it for granted. For one man, paper is seen as a platform, a canvas, a blank stage of potential. To him, paper...
Art All Night - No Fees. No Jury. No Censorship. Art All Night in Lawrenceville held its eighteenth annual, 24 hour art exhibit on April 25 & the 26. The event took place in the former 2014 location in a large, grungy warehouse on the corner of Willow and 40th Street. The yearly event is free to the...
The Art of Chad Wys We recently discovered Chad Wys, an artist, designer, and writer from Illinois who digitally modernizes classic works of art by juxtaposing contrasting colors and styles. Wys experiments with as many mediums as possible in order to engage and challenge the viewer to visual information, objects, images, art, and decorations. Specifically, he looks at...
Former NFL star, Baron Batch, is now channeling his other passion: art. Forceful, frenzied color, forming graphic illustrative playful, yet thought-provoking images adorn artist Baron Batch’s Homestead studio. In the front room, the reclaimed wooden tables and bar makes it feel like you stepped into the hippest new hangout. In contrast, a bathtub of crumpled paint tubes sits...
Did you ever doodle as a kid--squiggle lines or maybe paint what you thought was a masterpiece during your single digit years? For most of us, doodling was just a hobby or a way to kill time. For Emily Traynor, it was the beginning of her beautifully colorful career. Growing up near Gettysburg, Emily loved art, especially drawing,...
The Three Rivers Art Festival in Pittsburgh concluded this past weekend on a beautiful summer night. The festival once again proved to be an immense success, entertaining thousands with free musical performances, local Pittsburgh art, and of course, delicious food. The event kicked off June 6th, and spanned ten exciting days. The festival welcomed hundreds of art vendors...
For a man who has photographed the food of some of the most famous chefs in the world and worked with some of the entertainment industry’s biggest names, Ben Fink is extraordinarily humble. “I sometimes think even though everyone has my number, the phone is never going to ring again,” he says despite having a résumé that reads...
In the 70s, when boundaries were being blurred and art was taking to the streets, fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick and artist Andy Warhol began a friendship that defined American glamour. For Halston, women of every shape could easily wear his designs with ease and elegance, preferably without a bra. He was of the first designers to pin an...
The S&P Restaurant Group, which is responsible for the delicious eats of Spoon and BRGR, has done it again. Their latest venture, grit & grace, is situated just outside of Market Square Downtown and is open and ready to please your palate. The restaurant’s name is an expression of opposites and reflects the culinary dichotomy...
As a citizen or a tourist of PGH, you've probably seen some of our local street art. From the tags, to the small prints, to the huge murals, it's certainly a growing trend in not just this city, but cities all over the world. The art world is moving to the streets, no longer seen as a graffiti,...
