BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE
Curated by Heather Hershberger
September 6—October 24, 2025
AAP Exhibition Space 

2025 New Member Exhibition

July 11–August 22, 2025
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space
100 43rd St. Unit 107.
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

Featuring the work of:
S. Rick Armstrong, Michael Bagnato, Tony Balko, Eric Anthony Berdis, Maggie Bjorklund, Jordan Bohannon, Melissa Bryant, Stu Chandler, Jeff Distefano, Arron Levi Foster, Brynda J. Glazier, Joan Green, Sean Hannan, Frank Harris, Felipe Huidobro, Lisa Marie Jakab, Letters From PGH, Sam Labash, Scott Lanway, Chelsea Long, Branda C. Maholtz, Stephanie Oplinger, Robert Raczka, Eric Rippert, burnsbothends (Kayte Rose), Kathryn Shriver, Talon Smith, Victoria Sutherland, Kate Sutter, Stephen Tornero, Melanie Vera, Janet Watkins, Quaishawn Whitlock, and Jannick Wildberg

The 2024 New Member Screening was juried by Rachel Saul Rearick, Executive Director of Contemporary Craft, and Arianna Tejada, Curatorial Assistant of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.

Brooklyn X Pittsburgh: The Industry of Art

Curated by Eric Shiner
July 19–August 24, 2025
BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
481 Van Brunt St Door #7A, Brooklyn, NY 11231

As one of the world’s most prolific centers of art production, Brooklyn is host to countless artists, studios, arts institutions and fabrication facilities that fuel New York’s cultural production. Pittsburgh, too, plays host to all of the above, set within a long history of industries like steel and aluminum production, much of which literally built New York and Brooklyn’s physical infrastructure so many decades ago.

For this exhibition, artists from Pittsburgh, as well as those in Brooklyn who are connected to the region, have shared works that celebrate the innovation and industry of these two cities and capture the spirit of creativity and making.

BWAC is open for regular viewing hours Saturdays–Sundays, 1:00pm–6:00pm and by appointment. To learn more about their work, visit https://www.bwac.org/. You can also call BWAC at 718-596-2506 or email info@bwac.org

Juror x Artist Talk

5:00pm–7:00
Thursday, August 7, 2025
 Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
481 Van Brunt St., Door 7A Brooklyn NY 11231

Join exhibition juror Eric Shiner and artists featured in Brooklyn x Pittsburgh: The Industry of Art for an artist panel. Eric will lead artists Cory Bonnet, Andrew Jowdy Collins, Dan Roth, Mia Tarducci, and Jillian Van Volkenburgh in conversation and introduce you to their work, process, and influences, as well as connections they see between their work and others in the show. Eric will also share more about the show's concept, his curatorial framework, and the relationship he sees between our region's arts, culture, industries, and more.

Light snacks and drinks will be provided by Patterns of Meaning. Please register using the form below.

Exhibiting Artists:
A.W. Allison, Maggy Aston, Tony Balko, Jennifer Baron and Nicole Czapinski, Shelle Barron, Donovan Baxter, Pati Beachley, Julia Betts, Richard Bignell, Cory Bonnet, John Broyles, Alan Byrne, Asha Cabaca, Theo Caloyer, Ana Carvalho, Elizabeth Myers Castonguay, Ashley Cecil, Stu Chandler, Josh Chefitz, Brian Cohen, Oreen Cohen, Molly Davis, Sean Derry, Dan Droz, Norman Ed, Dara Etienne, April Friges, Fabrizio Gerbino, Sarika Goulatia, Doreen M. Grasso, Trever D. Crush, Alice Heimbuch, Adrienne Heinrich, Lori Hepner, Tazio Hilbert, Christine Holtz, Joshua Challen Ice, Luther Cosmo Ickes, Alyssa Kail, Eunsu Kang, Linda Roman Kauffman, Renee  Keil, Mandy Kendall, Eli Kessler, S Kessler Kaminski, Lynda Kirby, Christianna Kreiss, Emily Krill, Alli Lemon, Scott Lloyd, Christine Lorenz, James Louks, Branda C. Maholtz, Christopher Miller, Bill Miller, Dennis P. Moran, Kenneth Nicholson, Jane F. Ogren, Cathy Olivar, Morgan Overton, Patterns of Meaning, Lewis V. Pell, Sandi Pfeifer, Marian Phillips, Robert Raczka, Lisa Tarkett Reed, Leslie Robbins, Bobbi Rose, Christopher Ruane, Evan Rumble, Jason Sauer, Patrick Schmidt, Ryan Schrmack, Barry Shields, Sarah Simmons, Martha Hopkins Skarlinski, Carol Skinger, Talon Smith, Kathryn Scimone Stanko, Randi Stewart, Mia Tarducci, Sam Ticknor, Michel Demetria Tsouris, Mark E. Weleski, Elizabeth Wells, Suzanne Werder, Quaishawn Whitlock, Tina Williams Brewer, Will Wilson, Madonna Yoder, Hisham Youssef, Kathleen Zimbicki, and Stefanie Zito. Included from Brooklyn are Sean Burns, Ron Chereskin, Cynthia Egle-Grant, Amy Kao, Arturo Rosales, Dan Roth, Grace Tarducci, and Jillian Van Volkenburgh.

About the juror:
Eric Shiner is the President of Powerhouse Arts, a Brooklyn not-for-profit committed to creative expression that hosts a network of art and fabrication professionals and educators who work together to co-create and share artistic practices. Shiner has served as the executive director of Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, artistic director of White Cube New York, and Senior Vice President of Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s. Shiner was also the director of The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh (2010-2016) and the Milton Fine Curator of Art at The Warhol (2008-2010). A leading scholar on Andy Warhol and Asian contemporary art, he lived and worked in Japan for six years and was assistant curator for the inaugural Yokohama Triennale (2001). He has curated notable exhibitions internationally, including The Warhol Museum’s Andy Warhol retrospective that traveled to Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, and Tokyo (2012-2014). Shiner is the immediate past President of the board of Visual AIDS, a NYC-based nonprofit promoting the artistic legacy of those artists lost to and living with AIDS, and a board member of The Romare Bearden Foundation and Art at a Time Like This. He lives in New York with his partner, Dr. Ishaan Kumar, and their long-haired dachshund, Juno.

Getting to BWAC
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition is located in Brooklyn's Red Hook Neighborhood. If driving, put 481 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 into your map application. Parking is limited, so please include that in your travel time. If coming from Manhattan, you can take the ferry: take the south Brooklyn Line from Wall Street Pier 11 for two stops to the Red Hook Atlantic Basin stop. You can also take the subway to the Jay St. MetroTech station and then hop on the B61 bus. Please note that public transportation fees apply. You can learn more about the ferry route at https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/south-brooklyn/ and the subway+bus route at https://www.mta.info/. 

Programming support for Brooklyn x Pittsburgh: Industry of Art is provided by:

Additional supporter to the Brooklyn x Pittsburgh campaign. Without their support, this exhibition would not be possible.

Exhibition + Related Coverage

Shaylah Brown, “The industrial heritage of Pittsburgh and Brooklyn collide in this art exhibition,” Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 24 July 2025. https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2025/07/24/brooklyn-x-pittsburgh-the-industry-of-art-associated-artists-red-hook/stories/202507270041.

Jaime DeJesus, “Transformative Brooklyn gallery coalition offers summer exhibits that tell stories,” Brooklyn Eagle, 28 July 2025. https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2025/07/28/transformative-brooklyn-gallery-coalition-offers-summer-exhibits/

L.E. McCullough, “NEXT in the Gallery: See Pittsburgh-made art in the streets, coffeehouses and a warehouse in Brooklyn,” NEXTPittsburgh, 30 July 2025. https://nextpittsburgh.com/arts-entertainment/find-pittsburgh-made-art-in-the-streets-this-august/

“AAPGH and BWAC present an art tale of two industrious cities,” Art Rabbit, July 2025. https://www.artrabbit.com/events/brooklyn-x-pittsburgh-the-industry-of-art

Emma Riva, “FABRIZIO GERBINO SEES MYSTERIES EVERYWHERE,” Petrichor, 10 July 2025. https://petrichorpittsburgh.com/2025/07/10/fabrizio-gerbino/

“Pittsburgh-based Patterns of Meaning Art Initiative Partners with METAL, IACMI to Engage K-12 Students in Steel, Metal Manufacturing,” Quality Magazine, 28 July 2025. https://www.qualitymag.com/articles/98946-pittsburgh-based-patterns-of-meaning-art-initiative-partners-with-metal-iacmi-to-engage-k-12-students-in-steel-metal-manufacturing

Alchemists in the Greenhouse

Curated By Annie Wischmeyer
May 8 – June 27, 2025

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space
100 43rd St. Unit 107
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

Exhibiting Artists:
A.W.Allison, Kyle Anger, S. Rick Armstrong, Michael Bagnato, Jordan Bohannon, Dan Droz, Noah Emhurt, Fabrizio Gerbino, Brynda J. Glazier, Henry Winslow Hallett, Deborah Hosking, Lisa Bergant Koi, Alexandra Lakin, Branda C. Maholtz, Brent Nakamoto, Juliet Phillips, Joseph Ryznar, John Burt Sanders, Libby Scutt, Carrie Smith Libman, John Tronsor, and Bradley Weyandt

Alchemists in the Greenhouse

Photos by Chris Uhren

Spring Thaw 2025

Photos by Chris Uhren

every speck of dust illuminated

March 14–April 18, 2025
Tomayko Foundation
5173 Liberty Avnue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224

Exhibiting Artists: Alexandra Lakin, Karen Lue, Erin Mallea, Joseph Ryznar, and Shori Sims

every speck of dust illuminated presents a tableau of the everyday. Inspired by Richard Siken’s poem “Visible World,” the exhibition sketches a feeling around quotidian notions of quietude, the banal, dreaming, and interiority. This exhibition is presented by Associated Artists of Pittsburgh and the Tomayko Foundation. every speck of dust illuminated is juried by Patrick Bova and Lucas Regazzi of april april. 

For the full curatorial statement, visit tomayko.foundation/every-speck-of-dust-illuminated

Zach Hunley and Emma Riva, “TWO TAKES ON TOMAYKO: EVERY SPECK OF DUST ILLUMINATED,” Petrichor, 11 April 2025. https://petrichorpittsburgh.com/2025/04/11/two-takes-on-tomayko/

All photos by Chris Uhren

2024–2025 Featured Artists Exhibition

March 1–April 18, 2025
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space
100 43rd Street, Unit 107, Pittsburgh, PA 15201

Returning to AAP on March 1st, the 6th annual Featured Artist Exhibition runs through April 18, 2025. The 2024–2025 Featured Artists Exhibition is curated by Dawn Henry, AAP Exhibitions Coordinator and showcases the work of the last 12 months of Featured Artists (March 2024–February 2025) selected by the Exhibition Committee. This year we are pleased to share the work of these featured member artists: Clayton Merrell, Alyssa Kail, Stephanie Martin, Casey Connelly, John Tronsor, LaVerne Kemp, Ashley Cecil, Joel Kranich, Kim Fox, Robert Bowden, Elizabeth Myers Castonguay, and Laurie Trok.

This year's exhibition will be accompanied by an online store that will present additional work by many of the Featured Artists not seen in the exhibition. The store will open at aapgh.org on March 6th.

In March of 2019, Associated Artists began featuring the artwork of one of our members each month. Artists spotlighted in the monthly Featured Artist Series and yearly exhibition are nominated and voted on by the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Committee. The Committee reviews recent exhibition applications to select artist nominees for consideration. The chosen Featured Artist is then highlighted in an email newsletter, shared across our social media channels, and posted to our blog. Every 12 months, the Featured Artist selection culminates in an exhibition at our Lawrenceville gallery. For AAP members to be considered for Featured Artist, an artist's membership needs to be in good standing, and the artist member must have recently applied to an exhibition through AAP's Slideroom platform. See more about all of our past Featured Artists here.

Photos by Chris Uhren

Nearing Each Other

October 18, 2024–January 26, 2025
Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Forum 89, Nearing Each Other, invites us to reimagine our own complex connections to place as a site of unfolding relationships. In this exhibition, place may be an environment, a material experience, or a memory to suggest notions of belonging and transformation. Featuring 6 AAP members, this exhibit that took place in Carnegie Museum of Art’s Forum Gallery displayed a wide vaierty of mdiums and practices. To learn more, please visit the CMOA page here.

Visions & Voices

January 28th - March 28th, 2025
Media Arts Gallery @ Robert Morris University
6001 University Blvd, Wheatley Center
Moon Township, PA 15108

AAP returns to RMU with Visions & Voices, an exhibition that celebrates the power of creativity and the richness of expression. It will serve as a platform for artists to explore and share their unique artistic journeys.

On view are works by Pati Beachley, Kathy Boykowycz, Aimee Bungard, Elizabeth Myers Castonguay, Tony Cavalline, Natalie Condrac, Mary Culbertson-Stark, Molly Davis, Jennifer L. Dinovitz, Catherine Drabkin, Norman Ed, Tim Fabian, Lorraine Free, Henry Winslow Hallett, Gary Henzler Allen, Eunsu Kang, Patty Kennedy-Zafred, S Kessler Kaminski, Julie Lee, James Louks, Desiree Matia, Lorrie Anne Minicozzi, Lorrie Anne Minicozzi, Catherine Ryan, Sarah Simmons, and John Tronsor

All photos by Christine Holtz

submissions open:
juried exhibition at Tomayko Foundation

The Tomayko Foundation and the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh are pleased to announce an Open Call for Art. AAP members are invited to submit works for participation in a spring exhibition, to be on view at the Tomayko Foundation, and will be juried by Patrick Bova and Lucas Regazzi of april april, Pittsburgh.

As the exhibition's framework will not be predetermined, instead generated through the jurying process, artists working across all mediums are encouraged to submit. Artists are asked to submit 2–5 artworks. Uploads of 1-5 images are permitted to show detail or other angles of the work, if preferred. All submitted artwork must be available to exhibit for the entirety of the exhibition. No substitutions will be permitted. If the artwork becomes unavailable for display prior to the opening, the artwork and artist will not be included in the exhibition. With the exception of video, performance, or other mediums not generally suited for sale, artwork can and may be sold through Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. Artist commission from any sale is 60% of list price.

For each artwork submission, artists must include the title, date, medium, dimensions (unframed/framed), and price of work. The following materials are restricted from entry: live or dead plant materials, organic materials such as food products that will decompose during the exhibition, any material that shows evidence of insect infestation or mold growth, and toxic or hazardous materials. Any special installation needs must be mentioned in the application.

2-D and 3-D artwork: selected work MUST be gallery ready, including ready to hang or display, and/or provide installation instructions, as needed. Works do not need to be framed, but hanging method must be provided or noted.

For installation work: artists may provide clear and concise instructions for install, or make arrangements to install their own work.

For video work: include a viewing link for the work with the necessary details of the work, title, date, medium, and length. We have access to some equipment, but artists may be asked to provide the necessary equipment needed to view or experience the piece throughout the duration of the exhibition.

The call is only open to current AAP members. The application is free for AAP members. Deadline to apply is January 13, 2025.
Applicants will be notified of status via email. All selected artists will also be considered for three monetary awards in the amounts of $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000.

AAP artist members have received a live application link in their email. If you do not have the email link and are a current AAP member, please email aap@aapgh.org.

ABOUT THE TOMAYKO FOUNDATION

The Tomayko Foundation was started in 2015 to foster individual creativity through education and the arts.The Tomayko Foundation fosters individual creativity through education and the arts. Started in 2015 by John (Jack) R. Tomayko, the Foundation has since made a significant impact in these fields throughout the Pittsburgh region by supporting individuals pursuing higher education in the fields of engineering and fine art, visual and performing arts, emerging artists, and organizations who support the work of living artists. Jack has been an art collector for over 30 years.

During that time Jack has been collecting the work of artist Frank Mason, making him one of the most prolific collectors of the artist’s work. In partnership with the artist’s estate, the Foundation has access to over 300 works of art spanning the entire career of Frank Mason. The artist passed away in 2009. As a custodian of Frank Mason’s work, The Foundation works to archive, exhibit, and promote awareness of the artist.

In 2022 The Foundation purchased its current building at 5173 Liberty Ave in Pittsburgh, PA. The Foundation holds public exhibitions, art events, and an annual art auction. The Foundation is open to the public weekly, and by appointment on weekends.

Learn more at https://tomayko.foundation/.

ABOUT april, april

april april is an art gallery located in the Regent Square neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the borough of Wilkinsburg. The gallery represents and exhibits a comprehensive range of practices with an artist-driven curatorial sensibility. It was founded by Patrick Bova and Lucas Regazzi in 2021. From 2021-2024, the gallery operated as a project space in the front room of their apartment in Brooklyn, New York.

april april is a member of the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA).

Learn more at https://aprilapril.gallery/.

stop, collaborate, listen

January 15–February 25, 2025
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space
100 43rd Street, Suite 107
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

Closing Reception with DJing by Paul Rosenblatt
Saturday, February 22nd, 2025
6:00pm–8:00pm

This exhibition and accompanying programming are made possible through the support of the Arts, Equity, and Education Fund.

Additional support is provided by achieva Family Trust and Keystone Educational Consulting Group.

stop, collaborate, listen is an inclusive exhibition featuring artwork created from and inspired by vinyl records, record sleeves, album covers, and more. Artists from Associated Artist of Pittsburgh and Creative Citizen Studios worked independently, alongside each other, and in collaboration to create the work on view.

Exhibiting Artists: Ian Abraham, Margaret Bjorklund, Aimee Bungard, Aubrey Boyle, Laren Braun, Megan Bruno, Holden Gerlach, Timmy Gross, Evan Heilman, Jami Johnson, Matt Lewis, Kate Lundy, Daijah Massie, Kallie McCarthy, Robyn McKee, Erin Nash, Eva Perdziola, Julie Piller, Destiny Poindexter, Paul Rosenblatt, Lucy Sapp, Lori Seligman, Megan Shope, William Taylor, Faron Thompson, Lydia Wayman, Patrick Weakland, Suzanne Werder, and Zev Woskoff.

Additional artworks will be featured in an interactive portion of the exhibition. This includes work by Jami Johnson, Daijah Massie, Eva Perdziola, Suzanne Werder, and Zev Woskoff, as well as collaborative pieces by both AAP and CCS artists.

Previous exhibition events

All photos by Chris Uhren

114 x 114

Online Store + Exhibition:
In-Person: November 15—December 23, 2024
Online: November 18, 2024—January 6, 2025 

Second Drop:
In-Person and Online: December 5, 2024

Opening Reception
November 15, 2024, 6-8pm
Doors open at 5:30pm and sales start at 6pm

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space
100 43rd St. Unit 107.
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

To celebrate Associated Artists of Pittsburgh's 114th year, 114x114 will feature over 200 works of art over two drops. Each work is priced $114. This is an off-the-wall exhibitions which allows patrons to take works home with them immediately upon purchase. Work will also be for sale in the online store at aapgh.org.

We were featured on YaJagoff during Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council promotion!
You can view the video on Instagram and Facebook

2024 NEW MEMBER EXHIBITION

August 3—September 12, 2024
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space
100 43rd St. Unit 107.
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

The 2024 New Member Exhibition features work by 24 of our newest members and showcases the breadth and depth of the artistic and creative talent of our region. Works on view range from miniature etchings of cyborg type creatures practicing medicine to a work of fiber art utilizing traditional African fabrics to revisit the traditions of and stories from African-American literature. 

The 2024 New Member Screening was juried by Atlanta-cased Artist, Curator, and Arts Educator Soude Dadras and  Carnegie Museum of Art Assistant Curator Alyssa Velazquez. Velazquez curated the exhibition with assistance from Layne Shaffer, University of Pittsburgh Department of History of Art and Architecture Summer Fellow. 

Exhibiting Artists: Sobia Ahmad, Teresa Audet, Ruth Bedeian, Michael Begenyi, Kim Breit, Catherine Drabkin, Christine Fashion, Katy Heinlein, Eli Kessler, Jamie Kessler, Vilyamir Kolesnichenko, Julie Lee, Alli Lemon, James Louks, Dennis Moran, Juliet Phillips, Ségolène Pihut, Meg Prall, Ashley Robles, Libby Scutt, Lisa Toboz, Laurie Trok, Liz Wells, and Madonna Yoder

Upcoming Programming

• 2024 New Member Exhibition: Artist Talk
  with Jamie Kessler and James Louks
  September 7th, 2024, 4-5pm

• 2024 New Member Exhibition: Juror Tour
  with Alyssa Velazquez
  September 11th, 2024, 6pm

Previous Programming

• 2023 New Member Exhibition: Artist Workshop
  with Juliet Phillips and Liz Wells
  August 28, 2024, 4:30-7:30pm

You’re Doing It Wrong

Curated by Blaine Siegel
June 1–July 26, 2024
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space
100 43rd St. Unit 107
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

You’re Doing It Wrong, an exhibition of artwork that tests the boundaries of conventional artistic practices and asks the viewer to reconsider their understanding of artistic process and product. The exhibition  is curated by artist Blaine Siegel, and features his work alongside the work of Andrew Allison, Leah Patgorski, Derek Reese, and Barbara Weissberger. 

You’re Doing It Wrong is on view through June 1st - July 26th, and accompanying programming will be announced soon. The exhibition is part of a larger Associated Artists of Pittsburgh initiative to feature artist-proposed and artist-led programs. Each season, artists are given creative, programmatic, and financial support for their exhibition. The next open call for proposals will go live on June 15th. 

About Blaine Siegel

Blaine Siegel is a multidisciplinary sculptor who incorporates broad interests and materials into his studio practice, set design, and socially engaged projects. Siegel has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (Art Photography) from Syracuse University and a Master of Fine Arts degree (Sculpture) from The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He has exhibited work in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Florida, Vermont, New York and Arles, France. Projects include set design for Maree Ramalia’s evening length dance piece The Ubiquitous Mass of Us, and the public art project North Side Crossing commissioned by City of Asylum. Blaine is also an arts educator who was Director of Education and Outreach for Conflict Kitchen and Studio Director at Radiant Hall, and he created the Awaken Home Project that showcased local artists working with refugee communities. He currently is the Public Programs Manager at Carnegie Museum of Art.

Shared Concerns

January 25th–April 5th, 2024
​Saint Vincent College 
Verostko Center for the Arts
300 Fraser Purchase Road
Latrobe, PA 15650 

Organized by Verostko Center for the Arts

2023-2024 Featured Artists Exhibition

March 9th – May 17th
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space
100 43rd St. Unit 107
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

The 2023-2024 Featured Artists Exhibition marks the 5th iteration of this annual exhibition. The 12 included artists were our monthly Featured Artists spanning March 2023–February 2024.

Exhibiting artists: Lauren Braun, Nancy McNary Smith, Sandra Bacchi, Cheryl Capezzuti, Ulric Joseph, Ben Schonberger, Ling-lin Ku, Jessica Alpern Brown, Lisa Bergant Koi, Paul Roden, Molly Davis, and La Vispera.

Monthly artists were selected by AAP's Exhibition Committee, and the exhibition was curated by AAP's Exhibitions Coordinator, Dawn Henry. More about the Featured Artist program and the 12 included artists can be found at the featured artists blog.

• Exhibition Checklist

• Press Release

Additional Programming

Media Coverage

• 28th Presence Almanac, 8 April 2024

• Pittsburgh’s top events: March 7-13, City Paper Pittsburgh, 7 March 2024

• What to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: March 8-10, Bill O’Driscall, WESA, 6 March 2024

• 9+ things to do this weekend in Pittsburgh, from Babesburgh to ‘Everlasting Plastics’, Jennifer Baron, NEXTPittsburgh, 6 March 2024

• Associated Artists of Pittsburgh presents Featured Artists Exhibition, Observer Reporter, 7 March 2024

112 x 112

Online Store + Exhibition
November 18 – December 22, 2022

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space
100 43rd St. Unit 107.
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

Opening Reception: November 18, 2022, 5:00-8:00pm
Online Store opens: November 19th, 2022

In celebration of Associated Artists of Pittsburgh's 112th year, the exhibition will feature over 120 works of art, each priced at $112. As done at our previous off-the-wall exhibitions, patrons are invited to take works home with them immediately upon purchase. Work will also be for sale in the online store at aapgh.org. The goal of this exhibition is to generate artwork sales, when a piece sells, it comes ‘off the wall’.

2024 New Member Screening

Application Window: January 8 - February 12, 2024

Application for membership to Associated Artists of Pittsburgh is open to any visual artist over the age of 18 who resides or maintains a studio within 150-mile radius of Pittsburgh. Members have access to regional exhibitions, professional development programming, discounts at local institutions and artist services, and more. A list of benefits can be found here.

We're pleased to announce our two jurors: Alyssa Velazquez and Soude Dadras. Click the button below to learn more about eligibility and application requirements. 

CCS + AAP Fiber Art ExhibItion

January 12-Febuary 23, 2024
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space
100 43rd St. Unit 107
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

Hands-on Workshop
Saturday, February 10, 11am-1pm

During the Fall of 2023, Creative Citizen Studios artists partnered with AAP fiber artists to create various works using mediums such as sewing, felting, and embroidery. Through a series of collaborative workshops with AAP artists, CCS artists have integrated these materials into their existing artistic practice.

These works will be featured in the CCS + AAP: FIBER ART EXHIBITION. The exhibition will open to the public on Friday, January 12th, and will run until February 23, 2024 at the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space. This program is supported by the Arts, Equity, and Education Fund.

AAP ARTISTS: Tina Williams Brewer, Michelle Browne, and Leah Patgorski

CCS ARTISTS: Mick Fisher, Jami Johnson, Lauren Lewandowski, Daijah Massie, Robyn McKee, Eva Perdziola, and Gianfranco Schiaretta

113 x 113

ONLINE STORE + EXHIBITION
Gallery: November 10–December 22, 2023
Online: November 11, 2023–January 5, 2024

Second Store Drop
In-person: December 7th
Online: December 8th

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space
100 43rd St. Unit 107.
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

To celebrate Associated Artists of Pittsburgh's 113th year, 113x113 will feature over 100 works of art, each priced at $113. This is an off-the-wall exhibitions which allows patrons to take works home with them immediately upon purchase. Work will also be for sale in the online store at aapgh.org.

Photos by Chris Uhren

109th annual exhibition: Transcendental Arrangements

Exhibiting Artists: Sue Abramson, A.W. Allison, Elijah Burgher, Julia Haft Candell, Jovencio de la Paz, Joshua Challen Ice, Angie Jennings, Ulric Joseph, Eli Kessler, Jessica Labatte, Deanna Mance, Brent Nakamoto, Mikael Owunna, and Paula Wilson.

“Associated Artists of Pittsburgh… and Beyond,” Bill O’Driscoll, WESA Pittsburgh

Photos by Chris Uhren and Provided by the Miller ICA

This exhibition is made possible with major support from The Andy Warhol Foundation, The Fine Foundation, the College of Fine Arts, Regina and Marlin Miller, and individual donors of both Associated Artists and the Miller ICA.

108TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION

The 108th Annual Exhibition was held in two locations: the Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) and the Detective Building in East Liberty. The work was on view from November 2021 – January 2022. The 108th was juried and curated by Wendy Given and Ben Owen. For more information & images from both venues, click the button below.

107TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION

The 107th Annual Exhibition opened on November 10, 2019 at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art and Seton Hill University. Juana Williams of the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts served as juror for the 107th Annual Exhibition, and the exhibition featured the work of 53 artists. To learn more about the 107th, click on the button below.

106TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION

The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh held the 106th Annual Exhibition at 2708 Sidney Street in the Southside neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The exhibition was juried by the University of Maryland Art Gallery Director Taras Matla. For more information about the exhibition, click on the button below.

105TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION

The 105th Annual Exhibition opened May 14, 2016 at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Independent curator Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer served as juror. To learn more, click the button below.

About the tomayko foundation

The Tomayko Foundation fosters individual creativity through education and the arts. Started in 2015 by John R. Tomayko, the Foundation has since made a significant impact in these fields throughout the Pittsburgh region by supporting individuals pursuing higher education in the fields of engineering and fine art, students of dance, emerging artists, and organizations who support the work of living artists. Jack has been an art collector for 30 years.

In 2022 The Foundation purchased its current building at 5173 Liberty Ave in Pittsburgh, PA. The Foundation holds public exhibitions, art events, and art auctions. The Tomayko Foundation seeks to present a representation of the best regional art in Pittsburgh. Over the past 30 years, Jack Tomayko has built a wide reaching collection of contemporary art that includes painting, photography, and sculpture from artists in and around the Pittsburgh region.

Photos by Chris Uhren

CUTTING HOLES FOR EYES

Works by Nicole Czapinski & Centa Schumacher
September 29-November 4, 2023
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space

Nicole Czapinski and Centa Schumacher are artists highly influenced by material exploration. Czapinski is an interdisciplinary artist and Schumacher is a lens-based artist, and both use novel materials to examine and understand their own experiences with reality and the not-so-real. The artists met at the Vermont Studio Center in 2018 and have been supporting each other ever since. They connected over a shared fascination with the unknown–the sometimes wonderful, sometimes frightening potential of the void. Their collaboration started in earnest in 2021 as they explored diving into each other's practices through a series of call and response experiments. They have exchanged sample pieces, inspirational texts, materials and scraps from their studios, and even finished pieces, giving creative freedom to each other to alter, cut up, and filter the items. In this way they are handing their materials and work into the unknown of the other, letting go of control in exchange for an unknowable result. Their exhibition Cutting Holes for Eyes at Associated Artists of Pittsburgh features a new body of work made possible by the trust built between the artists through their collaborative process.

Gallery Hours (starting 9/29):
Wednesday–Friday, 11:00am–6:00pm

Cutting Holes For Eyes Work Shop
With Nicole Czapinski and Centa Schumacher
Oct 07, 2023
12:00 pm- 3:00 pm

Artist Bios

Nicole Czapinski is an interdisciplinary artist whose long-term explorations of perception combine photography, scanner technology, video, and drawing. Since receiving a BA from Bennington College in 2006, her work has been shown nationally. Recent solo exhibitions include The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Burlington City Arts, and Silver Eye Center for Photography. Her work is included in numerous private collections. She is looking forward to a two-person exhibition, with collaborator Centa Schumacher, opening at Associated Artists of Pittsburgh in Fall 2023. 

Centa Schumacher is a lens-based artist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She works with a homemade tool assembled from vintage camera elements, creating work that distorts light and perspective. Schumacher has had solo exhibitions at the 707 Gallery, Silver Eye Center for Photography, and Bunker Projects in Pittsburgh, PA. Her work has also been featured in group exhibitions at Paradice Palase in Brooklyn, NY, Aggregate Space in Oakland, CA, and Art Ark Gallery in San Jose, CA. In Fall 2023 she’ll be opening a two-person exhibition with collaborator Nicole Czapinski with the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. Schumacher was the director and co-founder of the art gallery Phosphor Project Space from 2018-2021. She received her MFA from San Francisco State University.

Photos by Chris Uhren

Fragments
Wade Kramm

August 5–September 15, 2023
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space

Fragments plays with architectural space and perception by directing viewers' attention to their bodies within the gallery space. Kramm's "Wall Fragments" — fabricated from common building materials, such as drywall, molding, and floor boards — offer a seemingly arbitrary glimpse into another space. These works and their strategic placement within the gallery encourage the viewer to consider the whole: the work itself, gallery walls, and surrounding architecture.

Artist Talk
5:00pm
Saturday, August 26th

Fragments artist Wade Kramm will be in conversation with Charlie Taylor, the University of Pittsburgh Fine Foundation Fellow. Wade and Charlie will discuss the current exhibition, as well as the artist's practice as a whole.

About Wade kramm

Wade Kramm’s recent works explore Minimalism, architecture and perception to reshape the viewer's engagement with the gallery space. Using construction materials such as drywall, floor boards, molding, light switches, and doors, he fabricates alternative spaces, called Fragments, within the gallery.  Standing in front of each piece the phenomenological experience fluctuates between seeing the materials simply as materials and a perceptual/physical engagement with the new spaces made within the surrounding architecture.

Wade Kramm received his M.F.A. in sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. He has received multiple prestigious grants, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, The Rhode Island State Council for the Arts and an Artist Resource Trust Grant. 

Wade Kramm has participated in exhibitions worldwide at galleries, museums, and art fairs including: Piero Atchugarry Gallery (Pueblo Garzón, Uruguay), Tapir Gallery (Berlin, Germany), Odetta Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), Space 776 (Brooklyn, NY), Sammer Gallery (New York, NY), Concept Gallery (Pittsburgh, PA), Esther M. Klein Art Gallery (Philadelphia, PA); Athens Contemporary Museum of Art (Athens, GA); Expo Chicago (Chicago, IL), and Art Project Fair (Verona, Italy).

Photos by Chris Uhren

2023 New member Exhibition

June 30–September 9, 2023
Brew House Association
411 South 21st St. #210
Pittsburgh, PA 15203

Opening Reception: June 29th, 6:00-9:00pm

This year's New Member Exhibition was juried by Natalie Sweet (Executive Director of Brew House Association) and Sara McCorriston (co-owner of Paradigm Gallery + Studio and Director of Paradigm Art Advisory).

Exhibiting Artists: Cheryl Capezzuti, Casey Connelly, Molly S. Davis, Meris Drew, Jessica Peña Heberle, Angie Jennings, Ulric Joseph, La Verne Kemp, Ling-lin Ku, LUCA, Erin Mallea, Natalie Miczikus, Josie Norton, Leana R. “Quade”, and Nicholas Sardo

Image above: Meris Drew

Photos by Chris Uhren

Power is a complex notion that energizes and subjugates in equal measure.  Darwin, speaking on the seismic shifts in the Andes which gave birth to volcanoes there, describes it in terms of grandeur.  Andrew Carnegie, patron saint of the arts here in Pittsburgh, referred to it thus:  “Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.” Of course, these two opposing notions create a central paradox:  one based in human control; the other, based on the force and uncertainty of nature.  Art, it seems, becomes the ideal interstitial zone between nature and culture, as it is both fully and radically free, yet  it is authored by those who, by their very nature, so often oppose and protest systems of control. The selections in this juried exhibition examine notions of power from myriad viewpoints and through numerous media.  In the end, they all share the common thread of urging us to question power, and ultimately to harness it to benevolent ends. 

-Eric Shiner

EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Ruthanne Bauerle, Gavin Benjamin, Robert Buncher, Alan Byrne, Dino DeIuliis, Dan Droz, Rebecca Einhorn, Fabrizio Gerbino, Henry Winslow Hallett, Hannah Harley, Ulric Joseph, Renee Keil, S. Kessler Kaminski, Laura P. Krasnow, Alexandra Lakin, Deborah Lieberman, Ignacio Lopez, Christine Lorenz, Penny Mateer, Ben Matthews, Richard McWherter, Brent Nakamoto, Ellen Chisdes Neuberg, Thomas J. Norulak, Emily Paige, Brian Pardini, Paul Roden, Christopher Ruane, Nicole Renee Ryan, Patrick Schmidt, Ben Schonberger, James Simon, Henry J. Simonds, Carol Skinger, Becky Slemmons, Kara Snyder, Zim Syed, Mia Tarducci, Tresa Varner, LaVispera, Thomas Waters, Suzanne Werder, Hisham Youssef, Kathleen Zimbicki

about eric shiner

Photos by Chris Uhren

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