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

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

Pedantic Meet and Greet with

June 2023 Cohort

Join us on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 to welcome and meet our third Pedantic cohort. Our first international group, the Pedantic Residents will be giving brief presentations on their backgrounds and their practices.

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

This is a free event, and RSVP is requested to attend. To RSVP, click the button below.

Pedantic Meet and Greet with Residents

Join us on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at the Pedantic Arts Residency building on 5228 Penn Ave to welcome and meet our second 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 co-hosted by Headwater Media and CDCP. We have invited three residents whose practices span visual art, curating, and writing to explore the city of Pittsburgh and its creative communities.

This is a free event, and RSVP is requested to attend. To RSVP, please click the button below.

CDCP x WCDC Present: Screenprinting Community Workshop for Sense of Self by the Wilkinsburg and Braddock Youth Project and Meshwork Press

Community Workshop: Saturday, December 10th, 1-3pm
Free

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

Pedantic Finale
July 1st, 2022
6-8pm

Pedantic Arts Residency Building
110 S. Atlantic Ave.
Pgh, PA 15224

Join us for a farewell to our Pedantic Arts Residents. The residents will be available from 6-7 pm to chat along with co-hosts Headwater Media and Casey Droege Cultural Productions.

While the Pedantic Building is still under construction, you'll be able to get a sneak peek and see what's planned for the future. Follow the driveway to the back entrance of the building to access the event.

Free and open to the public.

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

SPEAKER SERIES
David Kronn, Collector; Tristan Lund, Collecting Advisor
Wednesday, June 30th, 6pm
FREE with RSVP

Join us Wednesday, June 30th at 6pm for our second virtual Speaker Series event. We will be taking a deep dive into the world of contemporary photography collecting with David Kronn, a collector, and Tristan Lund, a collecting advisor. See how a seasoned collector decides on the pieces they choose to purchase.

This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to receive Zoom link when registration opens.

Small Mall x PGH Photo Fair present: 
Tiny Talk with Njaimeh Njie
Friday, July 23rd, 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.

The event is free and guests must sign up in order to receive the Zoom link. The talk begins at 8pm EST.

Next up is Njaimeh Njie!

More on Njaimeh:

Njaimeh Njie is a photographer, filmmaker, and multimedia producer. Her work documents contemporary Black life, with a particular focus on the past shapes the present. Njie’s work has been featured in outlets including CityLab, Belt Magazine, and the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Storyboard Blog, and she has presented at venues including TEDxPittsburghWomen, Harvard University, and Carnegie Mellon University. Among several awards and grants, Njie was named the 2019 Visual Artist of the Year by the Pittsburgh City Paper, the 2019 Duquesne University/August Wilson House Fellow, and the 2018 Emerging Artist of the Year by the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Njie earned her B.A. in Film and Media Studies in 2010 from Washington University in St. Louis.

Small Mall x PGH Photo Fair Tiny Talks are made possible by the William T. Hillman Foundation. 

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 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.

Small Mall Overhaul
Wednesday, Feb. 12th

5300 Butler Street
6-8pm
Free

New year, new Overhaul!

Enjoy new work by new artists in the region.

Light drinks and heavy fun provided.

Small Mall Info Session
Thursday Dec. 12th

317 S Trenton Ave
6-8pm
free

Join us for an info session!

Learn more about how to get involved with CDCP

• How to get your work exhibited 

• How to get your work carried at Small Mall, a retail store and concept shop

• Opportunities for artist lectures and more ways to get involved in the arts community!

Emerging artists welcome! 

Small Mall Info Session
Wednesday Nov. 13th

5300 Butler Street
6-8pm
free

Join us for an info session!

Learn more about how to get involved with CDCP

• How to get your work exhibited 

• How to get your work carried at Small Mall, a retail store and concept shop

• Opportunities for artist lectures and more ways to get involved in the arts community!

Emerging artists welcome! 

Small Mall Overhaul
Thurs. Nov. 7th, 6-8pm

5300 Butler Street
Free

Small Mall is having an overhaul for our winter season.

Enjoy new work by new artists and see what we have in store for the holidays.

We’ll provide light drinks and heavy fun.

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.  

Aesthetics Co. Pop Up
Saturday Oct. 5th

5300 Butler Street
1-4pm

Join us for a Saturday pop up at Small Mall with Aesthetics Co. Buy custom jewelry and learn more information about crystals and their healing properties. Light refreshments will be served. Oct. 5th from 1-4pm.

Follow Aesthetics Co. on Instagram

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

Just Flowers with Ali Karsh
Thursday Aug 22nd

​5300 Butler St.
6-8PM 
free

​A night of celebrating the magical powers of flowers featuring drawings, vases, and more by Ali Karsh. Blossoms and lush greenery have graced this fair city with their annual presence, so let's take the opportunity to appreciate them and share our favorite flower-related moments together. Gather for refreshments, art viewing, and general merriment, and maybe even bring some flowers home for yourself. 

​This event is free. Please RSVP here.

Small Mall Overhaul
Thurs August 8th
6-8pm

Join us for light drinks and heavy fun as we welcome new artists into our space for our summer edition Overhaul!

View and purchase works in the shop from Pittsburgh based artists.

The event is free and open to the public.

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.

Open Up PGH is hosting an Improv Theater and Social Skills workshop in the CDCP Project Space! This event is part of the programming for our Wild Things exhibition. Participants of all abilities are welcome!

Learn strategies that you can do at home, in school, or at work! Explore the opportunity to accept and express feelings appropriately through breathing, movement, mindfulness, and improvisational theater activities. Focus on the social and therapeutic benefit of imaginative, interactive games. This workshop will be tailored to meet individual ability levels –a perfect fit for participants with special needs. We welcome caregivers or parents to remain and participate in class!

Session will be centered around bringing levity and joy through social skill building. Our teachers can adapt or support depending on individual needs. Please let us know how you, or someone who is joining you can best experience the class.

This event is free. For more information and to register:
http://www.openuppittsburgh.com/register-for-classes/inclusive-family-yoga-peycs-84eww

Friday June 21st from 6-9pm

Join Small Mall, Three Pigs Collective, Full Pint Wild Side Pub, Allegheny Wine Mixer, and Caffe D'Amore in an art crawl and market highlighting the businesses in upper Lawrenceville!

Come around the bend to enjoy refreshments, food trucks, work displayed and for purchase by Pittsburgh artists, caricature drawings, live performances, music and more!

For more details, please visit our Facebook page.

PGH Photo Fair returns to the Carnegie Museum of Art this April.

PPF is Pittsburgh’s only art fair promoting photography within the contemporary and fine-art market. Each year, PGH Photo Fair hosts 13 internationally known dealers and photography projects. These experts exhibit museum-quality prints and photo-based art spanning the history of the medium, from 19th Century vintage prints to contemporary photography, alongside photographic books and photo-based magazines.

For more info on the fair, visit pghphotofair.com

PGH Photo Fair returns to the Carnegie Museum of Art this April.

PPF is Pittsburgh’s only art fair promoting photography within the contemporary and fine-art market. Each year, PGH Photo Fair hosts 13 internationally known dealers and photography projects. These experts exhibit museum-quality prints and photo-based art spanning the history of the medium, from 19th Century vintage prints to contemporary photography, alongside photographic books and photo-based magazines.

For more info on the fair, visit pghphotofair.com

Join us for the first PGH Photo Fair Speaker Series:

APRIL 25TH - NAOMI BECKWITH, CURATOR - MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO

 Ace Hotel Ballroom on the following Wednesdays. 6pm doors open, starts at 6:30pm.

After each lecture, everyone is invited to stay for drinks at the hotel bar.

More information here.