Posts by popemaster
Outsider Art Comes Home | June 14 – July 23
The International Outsider Exhibition of Modern Art (IOEMA) Collection began with a modest website, innercityartist.com, created by John and Susie Yimin in the late 1990s to showcase inner-city artists they had met and whose work they collected. The website accepted online contributions from street artists, basement outsiders and curated which work and artists were shown…
Read MoreHOLLOWS AND KNOBS | PRINT MEDIA OF APPALACHIA
April 21 – May 29, 2023 OPENING EVENT: APRIL 22, 3-5PM In a time of infinite feeds and endless extraction, print media and Appalachian community endures. The intimate bonds forged in producing a homespun zine, blazing a trail or standing up to a multinational company speaks to a sense of rootedness to place and its…
Read More2022 HOLIDAY ARTISAN FAIR | SAT NOV 26 2022
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 26, 10am – 3pm Shop for the holidays and support local artists in the process. Artists include: Aileen Lampman of Ai Jewelry: Silversmith and micromosaic jewelry Art by Avalon Hand-forged Metalwork by Jody Best Childers Fabric Art: Fabric Landscapes Kevin Kaufffman Pottery Sticks & Bones Knits by Siobhan TNKR Studio by Conrad Hamather…
Read MorePoints, Lines, and Planes | October 1 – Nov 16, 2022
We Were Featured in Thrillist
By @megstesprit When visitors arrive in the tiny, rural Pennsylvania hamlet of Confluence, it’s often by bicycle. Nestled in the Allegheny mountains, the town is home to just around 600 people—and biking wasn’t always so popular here. For generations, life in Confluence revolved around coal mining and logging. The town hammered out a rhythm of life…
Read MoreKidsburgh! ‘Family Road Trip’
All photos by Alex Byers, courtesy of Go Laurel Highlands. Family travel can be an incredible way to make memories, but we know it can also be a bit of a challenge. Flying is expensive, and frequent flight cancellations and delays have frustrated many families this year. Gas prices are improving, but they’re still not low. …
Read MoreAdorkables | By Pope & DALL-E
I’ve gone down the AI Art Rabbit hole. I’ve been learning to engineer prompts (it’s quite a learning curve and much like learning to code in a new language) and after much work I am finally able to produce things (with many iterations) that I find worthy of showing. And I can’t stop creating adorkable…
Read MoreBusiness // Front | Party // Back
August 11 – September 19, 2022 Reception: Saturday, August 13th (3-5 pm) An exhibition featuring emerging artists from Touchstone Center for Crafts. Organized by Touchstone’s 2022 Interns. FEATURED ARTISTS: Chris Lucibella Julia Castor Liz Wells Madeline Kelly Stacy Larson Terra Hedgecock Victoria Baron Business // Front | Party // Back features artwork by emerging artists…
Read MoreCome See our New 1949 Chevy Coupe!
Who would’ve imagined. A 1949 Chevy coupe, in a 1941 Chevrolet Building! It was graciously donated by the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh. Come get a coffee and your instagram shot!
Read MoreTraveling Creature | Collected works by seth.
JUNE 16 – JULY 30, 2022 An assortment of perspicacious and peculiar illustrations, drawings, poems and paintings Originally from Michigan, Seth currently works out of a small town in the mountains which is his favorite town he’s ever been to. It’s a tiny town in West Virginia, which is located within the United States which…
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