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Downtown Gallery Crawl.
The Duck was obviously the big hit. SOOOOOO many people turned out for this.  It would be lovely to make a work of art that has this much of an impact.... even if it is stopping traffic.

Highlights: the Lego exhibition at Future Tennant.
Nostalgia, charm, and endless  possibility.

Kara  Zuzu &  Kyle Anthony Adams stood out at the Gallery on 3rd Ave.
A relatively new underground space. Nice to see these little spots still available downtown.
And the artwork of these two are progressing nicely.

Labels: art car, art show, commissions, gallery crawl, pgh duck, zine fair

Pittsburgh, PA June 2, 2013- Exploring the homoerotic subtext of the superhero culture at the Pittsburgh GLCC.

The GLCC is showcasing the artwork of local and international artists in the comic book genre. If you grew up with comics and graphic novels, you may have noticed: The incredible bodies in flamboyant and skin-tight outfits. The leading of double lives. The intense male/ male relationships. The strange, unusual and even “unnatural” powers. Maybe it was the lack of positive gay role models in the mainstream culture or maybe all superheroes ARE kinda gay.
Things have progressed a bit from Northstar to Batwoman to a gay wedding in Archie. This show is meant to explore and celebrate all the hints, the winks & nods and the glorious camp that occurred over time.
Show opens Sunday, June 2nd 6-9pm. Free admission, Free drinks & snacks, Free parking downtown. Wear a cape.

Exhibition runs from: Sunday June 2nd to Sept. 25th.
Gallery Opening: Show opens Sunday, June 2nd 6-9pm.


Pittsburgh Gay & Lesbian Community Center provides the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) individuals, their families and supporters in Western Pennsylvania with resources and opportunities to promote visibility, understanding and equality within the LGBT communities and the community-at-large. The GLCC will work toward these goals through education, social support, networking and advocacy.

GLCC
210 Grant St. Pittsburgh, PA 15219
http://www.glccpgh.org
412-422-0114

Labels: art show, comics, curating, galleries, glbt, glcc, graphic novels, lgbt, openings, pgh, pgh art, superheroes, trans

Labels: art show, call for art, comics, lgbt

You are not a natural... born.. artist....
You studied hard and worked your ass off. And you deserved better than to be taken advantage of.  There are many, many opportunites to show work thorughout Pittsburgh.  Don't think this is your only or best route.

Pay-to-play galleries that want a chunk of money up front to give you shows or wall space, especially those that tantalize you with the prospect of exposure in major art centers like New York or London.
 To begin with, what incentive does any venue have to sell your art when you pay them in advance? Certainly a lot less than they have if the only way they make their money by selling your art (like most galleries do).

It is just a pyramid scheme for artists.

Pay to play opportunities are like vanity galleries.
A vanity gallery does not involve the mutually beneficial aspects of an artist co-op-- instead, vanity galleries benefit from the desperation of artists who want their artwork seen in a physical exhibit, no matter what the cost. Thus, vanity galleries are art galleries that charge artists fees in exchange for exhibiting their artwork. Point blank-- vanity galleries have no incentive to sell art because they have already cashed in on the artist, so to speak.

But like Gleason said, the trick is to branch out--always. These vanity spaces are not looking out for the artists' best interest in the long haul, they are merely trying to keep their exhibition space afloat.

Take the money you would have spent on one nigth show in a bar and take a class, get a professional website done, register a copyright... get decent business cards and stickers made.
The end result being that you had an art exhibit that is of little to no relevance-- and will certainly not help you to gain the reputation that you are seeking from established galleries nor gain the credibility that you want to convey to potential buyers and art collectors in general.



Sources:
http://www.artbusiness.com/osoqutscawas.html
http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2013/01/the_price_of_famelocal_promote.php
http://www.merylpataky.com/my-raw-artists-experience.html
http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/counties/orange/pay-to-play-oc-vanity-art-spaces.html
http://faso.com/fineartviews/25387/vanity-galleries-can-they-be-harmful-to-your-reputation-and-art-marketing-strategy
http://www.arthash.com/2011/09/artist-pay-to-play-galleries-exhibitions-publications.html

Labels: art, art show, fine art, galleries, pittsburgh

The Talisman show is opening. I start this idea in 2009 and i could not wait any longer to show it.
A series of paintings dealing with average people wearing wrestling masks doing very non- wrestling things. The Talisman mask is an object meant to give the bearer supernatural power or protection. Luche Libre masks are featured because of their aesthetic value and design potential. Stylistically, detail is eliminated for bold colors making it almost cartoon like; which refers back to the idea of having super powers.
The sneak peek show is this Saturday 7-11pm.
At the Morris Levy Gallery . A new space for art, music and performance located at 3634 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15201
The Grand opening for the public will be at Unblurred. Friday February 3 7pm- to 11pm.

Labels: art show, talisman