WCDC's Lohr Gallery
725 Wood St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
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.
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
WORKSHOP 3
Saturday May 26th, 10:30am-12pm @ CDCP (937 Liberty Ave, fl 2)
Brush It Up! Writing
Information about yourself is imperative when representing you and your work. But the specifics of your wording and tone depend on a variety of factors. How you speak about your work will vary from how you write about it in a blog post, which will, in turn, differ from how you write about it in a grant application, social media post, exhibition catalog, etc.
Why are words so important for a visual artist? Getting the story behind the work increases the understanding of you and your art, the likelihood of a patron purchasing it, and the probability of them sharing it with others. When you tie an artist statement to your work, it humanizes the creator. And when people understand that a human person made this thing they are interested in, it increases the perceived value of the work.
We’ll share examples of great writing and writing that is...not so great. We’ll send you home with a writing exercise to practice what you learn, plus strict instructions not to use the online artist statement generator.
WORKSHOP 2
Wednesday May 16, 6-7:30pm @ CDCP (937 Liberty Ave, fl 2)
Brush It Up! Images + Graphics
Clear and concise visuals are key to presenting yourself as a professional visual artist. Your graphic elements don’t need to be fancy, but they should be clean, consistent, and easy to understand. These visual components are what connect your collateral materials to your work and to you.
While we’re talking about graphic elements here, we’ll also discuss the why/what/how behind getting high-quality images of your work. These not only document your work, but act as your currency in the art world when applying to exhibits, grants, and residencies. The quality of your graphic elements and images directly impacts your collateral materials and professional pathway, so let’s brush it up.
WORKSHOP 1
Monday May 7, 6-7:30pm @ CDCP (937 Liberty Ave, fl 2)
Brush It Up! Collateral Materials
You’re making mistakes with how you present yourself. There, we said it (lovingly, but we said it.) It’s okay, everyone does, especially when you’re just starting out or you have been on autopilot and tend to keep doing things as they’ve always been done. After working with many different artists at various stages, we can say with confidence: you’re making mistakes, but you can fix them.
Collateral material refers to the elements out in the world representing you and your work- think business cards, websites, inventory lists, etc.
Join us to learn what you need and why. See examples of what works and what doesn’t. Ask questions and leave this workshop armed and ready to brush up your stuff.
