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Get to know the fourth Pedantic Cohort on Wednesday, January 10

December 29, 2023

Join us on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 to welcome our fourth Pedantic cohort. The Pedantic Residents will be giving brief presentations on their backgrounds and their practices.

Pedantic Arts Residency (Pedantic) is a month-long cross-disciplinary program co-hosted by Headwater Media and Casey Droege Cultural Productions. We have invited three residents whose practices span visual art, curating, and writing to explore the city of Pittsburgh and its creative communities.

 

Image of Visual Art Resident Laura(嘟嘟), courtesy of the artist

Headshot of Curatorial Resident Ulya Soley, courtesy of the artist

Headshot of Writing Resident Alysia Nicole Harris, taken by Melly Wirtes

This winter’s three residents include Laura(嘟嘟)(they/them), an Irvine, CA and New York, NY-based multidisciplinary artist and queer feminist and co-founder of Chinese Artists and Organizers whose art and community organizing reimagine the body, memory, and kinship particularly as it connects with food; Ulya Soley (she/her), a curator based in Istanbul, Turkey and working at Pera Museum whose recent projects explore future scenarios through a queer, feminist lens and delve into the history of queer nightlife and rave culture; and Alysia Nicole Harris (she/her), a performance poet and arts writer based in Corsicana, TX who is interested in the relationship between figuration and abstraction, painting and textiles, and explores themes of spirituality, physicality, beauty and pain.

This is a free event, and RSVP is requested to attend. To RSVP, please fill out the form here.

What: Pedantic Meet and Greet
When: Wednesday, January 10, 6:00-7:30pm
Where: KST Alloy Studios, 5530 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206

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CDCP x WCDC Present: Jasmine Green

November 25, 2023

CDCP x WCDC Present: Jasmine Green

Artist Reception: Saturday, December 9th, 12:00pm-3:00pm

On view: December 9th, 2023 - February 24th, 2024
Gallery hours: Saturdays 12-5pm

Black women exist within an unrelenting ecosystem built to convince us that we are insufficient. To persevere, counternarratives that remind us of our humanity are crucial. As a painter and poet, my work exists as a safe harbor for Black women and girls, centering themes such as mental health, systemic oppression, joy, liberatory visions, and power.

I practice mainly in acrylic media but also engage in digital painting, tufting, and laser cutting. What excites me most is ideating new ways to showcase aspects of Black feminine identity outside of the limiting bounds and tropes we often see ourselves defined within; I can depict nudity in ways that are not inherently sexual, beauty in ways not restricted by Eurocentric standards and a deep and emotional personhood that can not be bypassed or erased.

I am most influenced in practice and philosophy by the works of Claudia Rankine, Audre Lorde, Kehinde Wiley, Romare Bearden, Octavia Butler, and Kerry James Marshall. The questions I want to be answered in my work are: what is challenged when Black women are centered unapologetically; and what effect do the societies we live in have on Black women’s capacity for joy, love, peace, and processing trauma?

WCDC's Lohr Gallery
725 Wood St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15221

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Pedantic Arts Residency's New Website

November 24, 2023

Pedantic Arts Residency just got a virtual upgrade with a new website.

Designed by Pittsburgh-based graphic design firm Bear Left Bear, the website is a one-stop-shop for all information having to do with the residency program. Visitors can find information about Pedantic and its history, get to know about past and present residents, and learn about upcoming events. Prospective applicants can also apply for future iterations of the residency through the website, and locals can get in touch with Pedantic staff about getting involved.

Check out the new website by clicking the button below.

Pedantic Arts Residency
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Pedantic Open Call and Info Session

November 8, 2023

Casey Droege Cultural Productions (CDCP) in partnership with Headwater Media is pleased to host a call for applications for the next two rounds of Pedantic Arts Residency. The summer session of Pedantic will run June 8 through July 6, 2024. The winter session will run January 11 through February 8, 2025.

Pedantic is an arts residency that brings together an artist, a curator, and a writer under one roof for a collaborative arts experience. It is a unique invitation to open greater and more cross-disciplinary dialogue within the arts by re-embracing the significant impact that education, study, and structured contemplation can have on artistic output. It is focused on fostering artistic connections rather than production.

CDCP is seeking applicants with practices in either visual art, curating, or arts and culture writing. Individuals working across multiple practices are welcome, though we request you identify one field you are most keen to engage with while participating. Applicants must be non-Pittsburgh residents* and must be available to live in Pittsburgh at the Pedantic apartment for the duration of the program dates.

To learn more and apply, click the button below.

Pedantic Open Call
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Buy work from The Art of Democracy webshop

October 16, 2023

Work from our collaborative show with Keystone Progress, The Art of Democracy, are now available for purchase online. Check out the webshop to see what works are available from the show. All works are to be picked up once the show ends. Click the button below to browse what’s available.

The Art of Democracy Webshop
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Keystone Progress and CDCP Present The Art of Democracy

October 2, 2023

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

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