GA/GI Fest 7 / Fertile Ground
Pittsburgh's Geek Art/ Green Innovator's Festival 2016, Friday, May 6 @ Unblurred
Monday, May 9, 2016
THANKS FOR ANOTHER GREAT GA/GI FEST!!!
Pics to Come....
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
After Work this Friday--Eat, Drink and Meet Harry @ the Pittsburgh Glass Center + Enjoy All GA/GI Festival Events @ the "Unblurred" Art Crawl on Penn Ave
Get all your best friends together for the Night of all Eco-Tech-Arts Nights! The Geek Art/Green Innovator's Festival at Unblurred on Penn Avenue IS THIS FRIDAY, MAY 6. This is also the time to trot out your funky clothes, and fun gear. Don't be scared, this is GA/GI Look so artistic we can't stand it--and stop by the city best galleries and eateries to enjoy a total unique
OTHER EVENTS,
@ UNBLURRED during GA/GI FEST on Penn Avenue
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5450 Penn Avenue/Refresh and Daily Bread/ 8 PM-
***GA/GI HQ 5472 Penn/ 5:30-9 pm /Pittsburgh Glass Center--Natural Formations exhibition. Spoken word/glass blowing/dance installation by
5467 Penn/Commonplace Coffee/open
5149 Penn/BGC Restaurant and Cafe Gallery
Penn Ave at North Pacific/
Near the Night Market
Bonsai Society Pop Up Event-- 113 N. Pacific Ave
5130 Penn/ Boom Concepts--A photography exhibition by Curtis Reaves on African/American Male Gender ID in Pittsburgh, PA.
5125 Penn/5-10 pm/Assemble--Meet a sound experimentation expert--Echo Lightwave Unspeakable aka Jonathan Hodges, who has 15+ years of use/misuse of electronics
5123 Penn/
5122 Penn/
5111 Penn/Clay Penn-- The whimsical and the nearly magical work of Laura McLaughlin with an exhibition of
5110 Penn/6-10 pm/Mostly Mod and Artica Gallery--Comic book signing for 'Free Money" author Dan McCloskey; retro finds in furniture, art, music, lamps, jewelry and collectibles.
5107 Penn/ Roboto Project--TBA
5015 Penn/ 6-11 pm/Most Wanted Fine Art--Cafe Con Leche's annual art exhibition with three nationally known Latin American artists, one who works
5020 Penn/Avenue International Children's Gallery--Minimal: Richard Rappaport New Works and Water. For information call:
5006 Penn/Irma Freeman Gallery--Closing of "Witness Aleppo"
5001 Penn/Artisan Gallery--These nationally known tattoo artists will host artist Nicholas Volpe, a master of wood and salvage creations, whose items will be on sale to the public.
5002 Penn/ Bantha Tea Bar--Sit for Tea and conversation in a uniquely
5005 Penn/9 pm to late/RJW Law Office and Dance Emporium--Attorney by day, Tango Master by night. Learn something of this exotic dance and culture in a very unexpected place.
4913 Penn/6-8 pm/Center for Post Natural History--Exhibit: the Domestication of the Dinosaur continues. This is the perfect time to see this renowned and amazing mini museum.
4901 Penn/Local 412 Gallery--"One Man's Trash:" a "totally radical" event! Musical artists blur the beats, music and
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Dinosaurs Still Rock at the Post Natural Museum
Think you know all there is to know about Dinos? Think again. A trip to the Museum of Post Natural History (4913 Penn) Opens your eyes to a whole new world, and gets you to rethinking eveything you've ever learned. But, you see, that's the whole idea. This venue is focused on nature that has been intentionally or unintentionally altered by its relationship with man. Often this means by selective breeding or genetic engineering--conditions considered "post natural." According to Wiki, the museum is dedicated to the complex interplay of culture, nature and biotechnology. Exhibits are narrated through old school telephone receivers, and a range of formats are used to tell the needed stories, which are brought to life through film, photography and taxidermy. In addition the center has an extensive online archive of artifacts, specimens and seeds. Open from 6 to 8 pm, on Friday, May 6. Bring the kids to this one.... For more to see @ GA/GI Fest check our Events Schedule tab at the top of the page.
Lauren Allen and Richard Pell of CPH |
Have Your Daily Bread, Refresh and Repeat @ GA/GI
Like the twin cities, these two shops with their high energy associates, sell, design, and collaborate on just about everything, making them a unique brotherhood in the retail businesses. Daily Bread is a lifestyle brand that connects culture, style, art and music. Refresh specializes in rare sneakers and sneaker restoration. If you're
Daily Bread and Refresh Partners |
Monday, April 25, 2016
Pgh Bonsai Society Presents Blends Eco Art & Tech @ GA/GI
Bloomfield/Garfield Community Center |
The Pittsburgh Bonsai Society, 59 years old, will be presenting bonsai demonstrations, and a small exhibition of their amazing "little
Interior scene |
That Guy Who Created FREE MONEY @ Mostly Mod & ARTIca Gallery @ GA/GI
You may have seen, there the story on McCloskey in the Bloomfield/Garfield's March Bulletin (
Mute The Stereo(types) Talks About Gender ID @ GA/GI
At Boom Concepts (5139 Penn Avenue) The exhibition: More Than Media... Mute the Stereo( types) -- is a photographyshowcases and celebrates same gender loving men of African descent in Pittsburgh, their positive achievements, images, and self-identities as portrayed by photographer Curtis Reaves. Project Silk's Youth Advisory Group created the title of this exhibition, expressing that we are more than what and how the media labels and profiles black men. We can mute the stereotyping.
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Work from the Hands of J.R. Holtz at Spak Bros Pizza @ GA/GI
Friday, April 22, 2016
Thomas Merton Center Advances Talks on Affordable Housing as Thrift Store Celebrates 20 Years
"In the Middle" hosted by Filmmaker |
Volunteer Lynne Tests some old technology |
Vol/Alice Wilson; Mgr,/Shawna Hammond; Vol,/Mig Cole; Mgr/ Shirley Gleditsch |
Thursday, April 21, 2016
The "Bantha Boys" Looking to Tea You @ GA/GI @ Unblurred
Tea, not coffee, and Star Wars, not Star Trek are what inspired Brett Boye and Jack Ball to create the Bantha Tea Bar at 5002 Penn Avenue. It wasn't like it was an epiphany. Already associates working with the Irma Freeman Center, the two friends and Star Wars aficionados just thought there should be a cool place in Pittsburgh to sit, sip tea and have conversation . The natural thing to add to that was art.
Said Ball, "We wanted to expand on what was already happening during Unblurred on Penn; we wish more eateries would do that. You have a wall and you hang art on it. How hard is that?"
He also sees supporting local artists as giving people another reason to visit their establishment. Newly opened, they are quickly becoming a regular gathering place for many hipsters who like the earthy vibe. Their Yelp Reviews say it all: Stumbled upon them during an art crawl, overcoming a ferocious cold and thinking I was seeing a heavenly mirage.... Love the service; if you're lucky schmooze with the teatender .... Laid back atmosphere , I'll definitely be coming back!"
Wall art that becomes a table by Fuchs |
The place has an appearance you will find oddly familiar and comforting, with hay embedded stucco walls and arched ceilings that give it an otherworldly appearance. With all they've done at Bantha, Boye is looking forward to doing more improvements and changes. "Actually, we're set up for change," he said, "and so many artists want shows." Now through May, their exhibition is "By Any Means Necessary--Art by Samm Fuchs," a local artist whose current focus is to work with whatever she can get her hands on. It's on the walls now or you can see the collection of her work at Bantha Friday, May 6 during GA/GI. They'll be open until 10 pm.
The Bantha mistique |
Enuff DIY for All at Workshop Pgh-- Debuts @Unblurred @ GA/GI
Kelly Malone thinks people should have more fun |
GAGI gets it. Workshop was in Kelly Malone's own words "an insane idea," when she came up with it four years ago. Much like the beginnings of the Geek Art/Green Innovator's Festival, there was a no business model and no idea how to do it. Still, Malone wanted to see her dream come alive---and she did it anyway (with very little money). And the reason the concept has worked so well since the inception of the company in California, is that Malone knew a DIY shop had to inspire people and most importantly, be fun! We applaud this wonderful enterprise, who dares to boldly go where no shop has gone before. Workshop Pgh debuts with a Preview Party and Fundraiser on May 6. Starting on May 14, they will be bringing a plethora of one-stop DYI opps to the city, including: woodworking shows, retail pop ups, screen printing, block printing, floral making, emboriodery , home design projects, sewing, cocktail making, and justaboutaythingyoucaname making. Get the details at the newest Workshop Pgh location at 5122 Penn Avenue duirng GA/GI @ Unblurred on Friday, May 6. And keep checking back on our blog!
BGC OPENS Night Market!-- Supports GAGI Guest--The Pittsburgh Bonsai Society
http://pennavenue.org/ |
Also part of the excitement is the Garfield Night Market, hosting its first Unblurred event the night of the May, 6th
PLUS...
Dual Garden Groups Get a Boost @ GA/GI and Most Wanted Fine Art Pitches In
Sample of art "can" |
With your kind donation, your seedlings await! |
Rock Musician Raises Hope w/ Pre-War Sights and Sounds of Syria @ Irma Freeman @ GA/GI
Long before Syria was the focus of war and hateful rhetoric, it was a destination for
On May 6 at the Irma Freeman Center, Jason Hamacher, owner of Lost Origins, brings the sights, sounds and music of this timeless, near
Pre-war Allepo |
"It was ambitious, but humble proposal," said Ahmed Salkini, from the Syrian Embassy, "
Hamacher, who admits he started out with very selfish motives, now feels compelled to faithfully record hours upon hours of sacred music that has never been documented, most of
The exhibition: Witness Aleppo: Photographs, Stories and Sounds of Pre-War Syria, is currently on view at the Irma Freeman Center (5006 Penn Avenue), curated by Jack Ball, Co-owner of the Bantha Tea Bar. Friday, May 6 from 7-10 pm @ GA/GI Festival will be the closing reception. For more information visit here.
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