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

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.

WHEN:
September 29
Opening Reception from 6-9pm at Brew House Arts
711 S 21st, St #210
Pittsburgh, PA 15203

September 30 - October 31
Work on display at Repair the World
6140 Station St
Pittsburgh, PA 15206

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

CDCP x WCDC Present: Kelly Lanzendorfer

Artist Reception: Saturday, September 16, 12:00-3:00PM

On view: September 16th - November 18th, 2023
Gallery hours: Saturdays 12-5pm

CDCP & WCDC's exhibition of Kelly Lanzendorfer's work is presented in conjunction with CDCP & Hatch Arts Collective's event for Little Amal happening on September 21, 2023. Both center themes of home and finding a sense of belonging through the act of exploring our surroundings and cherishing the small delights discovered within our daily experiences.

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

APPLICATIONS DUE JUNE 23rd, 2023

CDCP is pleased to host a call for works in collaboration with the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation (WCDC) and Naomi Chambers of FlowerHouse.

We’re seeking Wilkinsburg artists to submit work for consideration. We will be curating four solo exhibitions at the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation’s (WCDC) Lohr Gallery and flex space (725 Wood St., Wilkinsburg, PA 15221) that highlight the arts within the community.

Applicants must either be residents of Wilkinsburg, have a studio in Wilkinsburg, or have a strong relationship to the community.  

• Only 2D work will be accepted. Work must be ready to attach via a hook with wire or similar and cannot exceed roughly five pounds in weight per piece.

• Each artist will receive a $1,000 stipend in recognition of their work. This is in collaboration with the Visual Arts Coalition for Equity’s (VACE) standard wage for a solo exhibition. 

• Each exhibition will run for approximately 8 weeks open on Saturdays from 12–5pm. Exhibition slots will be scheduled between August 2023 and June 2024.

• Artists will be asked to do a video interview and participate in a Saturday public program/opening co-organized by Naomi Chambers of FlowerHouse.

• Artists will receive professional documentation of the show organized by CDCP.

• CDCP will work with artists to sell available works and artists will receive 80% of all sales in one payment at the end of the exhibition.

• One of these exhibitions will align with Little Amal, a global art event coming to Pittsburgh. For this exhibition, we are especially interested in work that connects with the refugee experience, a newfound sense of home, or constellations.

To learn more and apply, click the button below.

CDCP x WCDC Present: Megan Adgate

Artist Reception: Saturday, May 20th, 12:00PM

On view: May 6th - June 24th, 2023
Gallery hours: Saturdays 12-5pm

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

CDCP x WCDC Present: BAHIRAH

Opening Reception: Saturday, Feb 25th, 12:00PM

On view: Feb. 4th - April 1st, 2023
Gallery hours: Saturdays 12-5pm

WCDC's Lohr Gallery

725 Wood St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15221

Free community workshop with Ashanté Josey and Naomi Chambers

Saturday, September 17th at Noon
WCDC Lohr Gallery
725 Wood Street

Free Mind: A collection of portraits by Ashanté Josey

On view Aug 27th-Oct 15th

We’re thrilled to join the Wilkinsburg CDC for an artist talk featuring exhibiting artist, Rell Rushin! Join CDCP and WCDC on May 4th at 6:00pm to hear Rell speak about her solo show at the WCDC’s Lohr Gallery.

This is a free virtual event. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link. To register, please fill out the form below.

For any questions about registering for this event, please contact Dave at davidfzak (at) gmail.com.

When: May 4th, 6-7pm

Where: Zoom (sign up here)

We’re thrilled to join the Wilkinsburg CDC for an artist talk featuring exhibiting artist, Centa Schumacher! Join CDCP and WCDC on November 11th at 6:00pm to hear Centa speak about her solo show at the WCDC’s Lohr Gallery.

This is a free virtual event. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link. To register, please register here.

Virtual artist talk with Kelly Malone
co-hosted by CDCP and Wilkinsburg CDC

When: September 1st at 6:00pm
Where: Zoom (sign up here!)

We’re thrilled to join the Wilkinsburg CDC for an artist talk featuring exhibiting artist, Kelly Malone! Join CDCP and WCDC on September 1st at 6:00pm to hear Kelly speak about her work in the exhibition and her relationship to Wilkinsburg.

This is a free virtual event. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link. To register, please fill out the sign up form here.

For any questions about registering for this event, please contact Dave at davidfzak (at) gmail.com.

CDCP X WCDC present:
Works by Kelly Malone

on display August 28th – October 15th, 2021

In-person Gallery Hours: 

Saturdays 12:00pm to 5:00pm

at the Lohr Gallery

725 Wood Street, Wilkinsburg PA 15221

In-Person Workshop

September 25th, Time TBA

Nicole Czapinski and Alex Ebstein
Thursday, May 14th, 7pm

​Join us for a Tiny Talk with Nicole Czapinski and Alex Ebstein as they talk about they upcoming two-person exhibit, "Extra Fiber"! "Extra Fiber" is an exhibition happening later this year at CDCP Project Space featuring both of the artists' work.

​Admission to this virtual event will be pay-what-you-can between $5-20. Please visit the event’s webpage to reserve your spot and purchase tickets.

Tiny Talk with Karen Lue
Thursday Feb. 27

5300 Butler Street
6-8pm
Free

Join us for a Tiny Talk and Micro Exhibit with Small Mall featured artist Karen Lue!

View and buy work by Karen and hear her give a tiny artist talk.

Event is free and open to the public.

About Karen:

Karen Lue is a Chinese American fine art photographer and illustrator. Her images explore aspects of identity in relation to concepts of race, family, loss, and displacement. H er works chronicle the construction of her own identity, beginning with her search for "home" -- as a physical place, a feeling, a group of people, an idea. She lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA.

For more information and to RSVP, visit the Facebook event page.

Tiny Films: Seeing Double
Friday February 21st

​317 S Trenton Ave
6-8PM

Free

​Join Small Mall as we showcase tiny films and video art by Pittsburgh artists making work about duality.