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Penn Avenue Eyewear and Most Wanted Fine Art are teaming up to support the eye health of local artists by bringing you #ArtisticVisionPGH , a collection of art and sunglasses made by local artists in trade for glasses. SEPT 12 AT 5430 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 (FORMER QUIET STORM). Penn Avenue Eyewear is an independent Pittsburgh based retailer committed to designing stylish prescription glasses and non-prescription sunglasses. Most Wanted Fine Art is a community service organization disguised as an art gallery.

Together PAE and MWFA present an exhibit highlighting the works of 32 established artists that includes 15 pairs of hand customized artistic wooden sunglass frames. The frames will only be available through silent auction on Sept 12, 2014. All sales benefit the charities “Healthy Artists” and “Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation”. In addition all the participating artists have been provided either a pair of PAE prescription glasses or sunglasses.

The event is Hosted by Comedian Davon Magwood with musical performances by, female Hip Hop artist Holly Hood, Classic songstress Anqwenique Wingfield and Joe Sheehan on the piano, and Ricardo Iamurri who will be presenting, Mars is Underwater; A silent film he directed with a live score performance by Ricardo.

Artists include: Joe Wos, Gabriel Felice, Darrell Kinsel, Sam Thorp, Macabre Noir, Njaimeh Njie, Brian Cottington, Jason Sauer, Nina Sauer, Sue Kerr, Nick Noir, Kai Devenitch , Richard Jackley, Dante Lombardi, Dale Capellanio, Nicole Conniff, Heather Froman, Zena Ruiz, Donald Toomer, Jason Angst, Danielle Robinson and more!

Penn Ave Eyewear Art Exhibit Opening Details:
Friday September 12, 2014 6pm-10pm

Presented by
Most Wanted Fine Art

one night only event at
5430 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
(FORMER QUIET STORM)

Exhibit Opening and Custom Sunglass Auction
Live Music and Free handcrafted locally brewed beer provided by RockBottom Brewery.
While supplies for 21+ with valid ID.

To further support this project Penn Ave Eyewear is donating a percentage of all their website purchases to charity! When customers check out of the Penn Ave Eyewear website they can simply choose the MWFA supported charity from the list below and enter the corresponding code. Penn Avenue Eyewear will donate 10% of the total purchase to the selected charity.

BLOOMFIELD-GARFIELD CORPORATION CODE: BGC10
HEALTHY ARTISTS CODE: HEALTHY10
More info can be found here: http://pennavenueeyewear.com/giving-back


My Submission: You can win these works at the event.


Also :
My Questionnaire Here

Labels: art, comics, mwfa, pgh art unblurred

Genevieve at the AP Collection interviewed me about the next show.

BTW, the next show is this Friday, at Remedy. All New Stuff.

Anyway, you can listen to the podcast here:

Labels: art, comics, figure, figure drawing, lawrenceville, pittsburgh, remedy

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