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.

Tiny Talk: Living Room Editions with Caldwell Linker
Thursday, June 24th
6pm

Join us and Small Mall for our first Tiny Talk event of the summer! We're thrilled to have Caldwell Linker as our first guest. 

Cost of attendance is $5-20 sliding scale. Ticket purchase is required to receive the Zoom link. Your link will be in the PDF file that's connected to this event, please proceed to download the digital item once you checkout. If you're having trouble accessing your link, email Eriko at eriko@smallmallpgh.com.

More about Caldwell:

Caldwell grew up white and socialized female in the American south (North Carolina), and landed in Pittsburgh after bouncing around the US for a bit.  Documentary photography of queer communities in these various locations occupied 15ish years of its life, but more recently Caldwell has turned to beadwork as a primary artistic outlet.  Caldwell is self-taught in the area of the arts,  but their degree in Women's Studies (later Gender Studies) and subsequent learning influences almost all aspects of their art practice.   Other major influences are a deep love of color, assorted mental health struggles, and an internal momentum to try new things.  And, of course, the desire for loads of money almost all artists have thrown at them regularly.  Other fun facts: Caldwell is queer and gender queer as all get out, is great at finding four leaf clovers, is passionate about cheese, and was included in an illustration in Highlights magazine (as an adult).  It currently lives in Lawrenceville with two large black and white dogs Marvin and Valentine.

May 18 | 6PM
STUDIO VISITS

Visit the artist studios at the Brewhouse Association on the Southside. We’ll meet with artists Eriko Hattori (Distillery program artist)  and Maia Leppo (Cluster artist) to hear more about their practices and studios, housed within the former Duquesne Brewing Company home built circa 1899.

Eriko Hattori (they/them) is an artist with a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Since graduating, Hattori has devoted their time to both art and activism through her studio practice and organizing for groups that focus on uplifting the marginalized and incarcerated. Their work deals with the relationship between their heritage and queer identity, and has been exhibited across the country.

Maia Leppo (she/her) graduated from Tufts University in 2008 with a degree in Biology and Community Health. She received training in jewelry and metals from various craft schools, including Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Pocosin Arts, Penland School of Crafts and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and her Masters of Fine Art from SUNY New Paltz. She has participated in artist residencies at Arrowmont and Fallingwater and has taught around the country including Penland, Arrowmont, Pocosin, and Touchstone. She currently works out of her studio in the Brewhouse Association on the south side of Pittsburgh.

Tiny Talk: Living Room Editions feat. Candace Opper
Thursday Feb. 25th, 6pm

​Tiny Talk: Living Room Editions are back, and we're thrilled to have Candace Opper as our first guest for the season! We'll be hearing from Candace as she talks about her latest book, "Certain and Impossible Events," her work as a writer and an artist.

​Cost of admission is $5-$20, sliding scale. To attend, you must purchase a ticket here. Participants will receive a Zoom link to the event one hour before the event begins.

Tiny Talk with Claira Heitzenrater

Thursday, 8/27, 8pm

​$5-20 Suggested Donation
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Our Tiny Talk series continues! Next up is Claira Heitzenrater.

Living Room Sessions will be pay-what-you-can between 

$5-20 to sign up. Proceeds will go to Small Mall staff and the artists to help them through this crisis. 

 To sign up, purchase a ticket at our website. You will receive an invitation link via email one hour before the event begins. 

More on Claira:

​Claira Heitzenrater is a contemporary painter, witch & educator living and working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She holds an MFA in Painting from Edinboro University and a BFA in Studio Art from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She has been featured in issue 13 of Create! Magazine, volume 38 of Studio Visit Magazine, issue 11 of Fresh Paint Magazine, as well as various regional publications. She has completed residencies at SparkBox Studio in Picton, Ontario, Canada and the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont. Claira currently works as a teaching artist in Design at the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild in the North side of Pittsburgh. She is a lover of animals, magick, nature, good music, tea, and a damn fine cup of coffee.

Tiny Talk with Sarah Jacobs

Friday, 8/21, 8pm

​$5-20 Suggested Donation

Our Tiny Talk series continues! Next up is Sarah Jacobs.

Living Room Sessions will be pay-what-you-can between 

$5-20 to sign up. Proceeds will go to Small Mall staff and the artists to help them through this crisis. 

 To sign up, purchase a ticket at our website. You will receive an invitation link via email one hour before the event begins. 


More on Sarah:

Sarah Jacobs is a contemporary artist. Her work has been exhibited in the US and in Europe and she has taken part in artist residencies in Grimma, Germany, Cali, Colombia, and Taos, New Mexico. She has won multiple grants, including the Arts Council England Grant, and her work can be found in public and private collections in the US, UK, and Hong Kong. She has had solo and two person exhibitions in New York City, London, Wrocław, Poland and Bristol, England, among other cities. A large scale reproduction of one of her paintings was displayed at the Pittsburgh International Airport from 2018 - 2019. 

​Born in West Virginia in 1984, Jacobs was raised in Littlestown, Pennsylvania. She was educated in Art History at Gettysburg College and received her MFA from the Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore in 2010. There she studied under Joyce Kozloff and Timothy App. Jacobs moved back to the USA in 2014 after 3 years living in London and Bristol, UK where she became a naturalized British citizen. From 2014 – 2016 she taught art at the University of Maryland and Gettysburg College. She now teaches at Carlow University in Pittsburgh and spends her time there and in New York.

Small Mall x Photo Fair present: 
Tiny Talk with sarah huny young

Friday, July 10th, 8pm
​FREE

Small Mall and PGH Photo Fair are joining forces to collaborate for our Tiny Talk series! Photo Fair will not occur at the CMOA this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, but we're happy to be bringing you artist talks highlighting photographers in the region.

First up is sarah huny young who will be in conversation with us about her work, background, and exciting recent projects!

The event is free and guests must sign up in order to receive the Zoom link. The talk begins at 8pm EST. Visit our webpage to sign up.
 
Small Mall x PGH Photo Fair Tiny Talks are made possible by the William T. Hillman Foundation.

Tiny Talk and Collage Workshop with Ali Karsh
POSTPONED, please check back for updates

​Join us for a Tiny Talk and Collage Workshop with Ali Karsh! Ali will give a talk about how collaging has influenced and become an important part of her process. She will also lead participants in a collage workshop where everyone can share what they've made!

​Admission to this virtual event will be pay-what-you-can between $5-20. Please visit out webpage to reserve a spot.

Brent Nakamoto
Thursday, May 28th, 7pm

​Join us for a Tiny Talk with Brent Nakamoto! Brent will discuss meditative practices as a way of coping with uncertainty, and using empty time as an opportunity for skillful practice. In addition, he will discuss Japanese internment, personally having grown up with the story and legacy, and how thinking about the past can give us a perspective on the present and future.

​Admission to this virtual event will be pay-what-you-can between $5-20. Please visit our webpage to reserve a spot.

Theresa Baughman
Friday, May 22nd, 7pm

​Join us for a Tiny Talk with Theresa Baughman! Theresa will be talking about her process in making artwork. She'll discuss how she finds inspiration in limitations, and how her processes inform or even become the art itself.

​Admission to this virtual event will be pay-what-you-can between $5-20.  Please visit our webpage to sign up.

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.

Sculpture Support System
Wednesday, May 6th, 7pm

​Join us for a Tiny Talk with Sharon Massey and Sean Derry, the creators of Sculpture Support System! Sculpture Support System launched a new program called the Quarantine Companion, which is a response to social distancing and isolation related to COVID-19. Sharon and Sean will be talking about this program, as well as their work and Sculpture Support System as a whole.

​Admission to this virtual event will be pay-what-you-can between $5-20. Filling out the form is mandatory as we need your email to send the Zoom link. Please use the form here to sign up and use the product button for the event to make your payment.

Tereneh Idia of Idia'Dega
Saturday, April 25th, 2pm

​Join artist and fashion designer Tereneh Idia, founder and director of Idia'Dega, for a Tiny Talk and mask making workshop. In the spirit of upcycling and sustainability, Tereneh will be teaching you how to make your own face mask using clothes or fabric you have around your home.

This event is free. Signing up is mandatory as we need your email to send the Zoom link. Please use the form here to sign up.

Jamie Earnest
Thursday, April 23rd, 7pm

 Join Small Mall artist Jamie Earnest for a tiny talk about her work! Continuing from her previous Tiny Talk, Jamie will discuss her paintings, the evolution of her artistic practice, her residency at the Brew House Association, and more.

​Admission to this virtual event will be pay-what-you-can between $5-20. Filling out the form is mandatory as we need your email to send the Zoom link. Please use the form here to sign up and use the product button for the event to make your payment.

On View with John Peña
Thursday Oct 10th

​
5300 Butler St.
6-8PM 
free

​Join us for an opening reception with our Window Residency artist John Peña’s. View the work exhibited through 10/21. 

During the reception, John will give a brief chat on his process for making the work displayed in our windows.  

Light refreshments will be served. Admission is free and open to the public.  

On View with John Peña
Thursday Oct 10th

​5300 Butler St.
6-8PM 
free

​
Join us for an opening reception with our Window Residency artist John Peña’s. View the work exhibited through 10/21. 

During the reception, John will give a brief chat on his process for making the work displayed in our windows.  

Light refreshments will be served. Admission is free and open to the public.  

Join us this Sunday, Sept 29th, at 2PM for a curator walk through with Casey Lee Droege and 2 minute artist talks with Candace Opper, Corrine Jasmin, Eriko Hattori, and Nicole Czapinski.

Fringe Benefits // A CDCP Staff Show is up at the CDCP Project Space thru Sunday, October 20th.

Come see what we do when we're not promoting other artists!

Tiny Talk with Selena Hurst
Thursday Sept 26th

5300 Butler Street
6-8pm
Free

Join us as our window residency artist Selena Hurst gives a Tiny Talk about their work.

View Selena's window residency installation up now through 9/29.

6-8pm

Free

WILD THINGS ARTIST TALK
Saturday July 20th, 2-3:30pm

CDCP Project Space
317 S. Trenton Ave.

Join us Saturday July 20th, from 2:00pm - 3:30pm for an engaging afternoon as we hear from artists Karen Antonelli, Amber Epps, Mick Fisher, and Ann Rosenthal. Moderated by curator Carolyn Pierotti, the four artists will be having an artists talk about their work and being in Wild Things.

We are very excited to have the opportunity to present works from Creative Citizen Studios students for this exhibit.  Along with our talk, we will hear from Tirzah DeCaria, Director of CCS, who will talk about CCS and how their work is impacting our community.

We also want you to know that CCS can’t do all of this amazing work alone. We are asking that everyone please bring colored pencils, oil pastels, and/or stretched canvas as a donation to CCS (new items only).  These items will help the students with their creative process! If you are unable to attend, please feel free to go to their website where you can donate to their scholarship fund.

For more information on the event, visit our webpage.