Keystone Progress Education Fund and Casey Droege Cultural Productions are thrilled to present our exhibit The Art of Democracy. This exhibit features work that creates a dialogue around democracy as a whole and the current political climate, especially in a year when we have local/municipal elections. Exploring how democracy impacts censorship, reproductive justice and abortion access, workers' rights, and economic justice, this show demonstrates what a healthy democracy should look like.
Exhibition Visiting hours
Oct. 5th - November 3rd, 2023
9 AM - 3:30 PM, Monday - Friday
Parking along the entrance at 6140 Station St, Entrance A. (There is a door buzzer for entry)
The exhibition is being hosted by Repair the World Pittsburgh in partnership with Keystone Progress Education Fund and Casey Droege Cultural Productions. It is located inside the East End Cooperative Ministry building, a fully accessible, LEED certified building that is home to other local non-profits like 412 Food Rescue, SewForward Collective and provides an array of community services including a food pantry, a community lunch, shelters and supportive services.
Questions or Issues? Please call/text 412-516-2025 or email pittsburghteam@werepair.org.
Juried by Fran Flaherty
Featuring work by:
Andrew Ellis Johnson
Frank Harris
Vaishali Paliwal
Max Almeida
Louise Silk
Penny Mateer
Tony Del Sardo
Helena Valentine
Jean Davis
Jacquet Kehm
Lindsey Peck Scherloum
William Bill Kawah
Melanie Linn Gutowski
About the juror:
Headshot taken by Rose Colored Creative
Fran Flaherty is a deaf artist living in Pittsburgh for over 25 years. As a first generation immigrant from the Philippines, her work is centered on issues surrounding migrant family relations and assimilation, maternal feminism, disability aesthetics, and social work. Her work is inspired by the care paradigm. A premise that human beings cannot survive alone and the progress of human beings, as a species, flows from our identity as social animals, connected to one another through ties of love, kinship, and clanship. It is the prospect of this harmony that inspired her to create Anthropology of Motherhood, an ongoing project which elevates the act of care-giving through fine art by transforming mundane objects of caregiving into valuable art pieces such as paintings, sculpture, and mixed media pieces. She also transforms busy public spaces into immersive installations that serve as places of respite for young children and their caregivers and is a member of the #notwhite collective. Recently, she was named in Art 511 Magazine’s “Top Ten NYC Artists Now”. Fran currently resides in Allison Park with her husband Tim, their sons, Liam, Sean, and Lucas, and her hearing dog Olympia. Her most recent work can be found at Zhou B Center in Chicago, Illinois, Dyers Art Center in Rochester, NY, and Carlow University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
About our partner organizations:
Repair the World Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Repair), launched in 2013, engages the Pittsburgh Jewish community and their neighbors in meaningful service and learning that works toward sustainable local change by supporting local organizations that address issues such as food access, education equity, racial justice, housing justice, and more.
Brew House Arts (BHA) is a nonprofit art center located in Pittsburgh’s South Side that produces and presents fine art exhibitions in a contemporary gallery and provides studio spaces for professional artists. Emerging artists and curators work through BHA's residency programs to develop their skills and hone their artistic voices.