16 - Mox Box - Urbanic III: Expanding the Microcosm

Mox Box Consulting Presents

Urbanic III: expanding the microcosm

Mox Box Consulting will debut the third installment of their series

"Urbanic" at Future Tenant Gallery in downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District. The exhibition will run from April 16 - May 7, 2011. Join us for the public reception which will be held on Friday, April 15th from 5 - 9pm. It is free and open to the public!

About Urbanic III: expanding the microcosm

In the past ten years, many American cities have evolved; urban revitalization, gentrification, or the redistribution of population have been at the forefront of redirecting the progress or decay of major urban centers.

Whether it is the loss of population as with Rustbelt cities like Pittsburgh, Cleveland, or Detroit or the increase of population in the South like Atlanta and Dallas, flux affects the cultural interior and the physical character of the urban environment.

Artists view these shifts and changes in the metropolitan landscape and its surrounding areas. Whether for educational, economic, site-specific, or access to intellectual or artistic communities, the goal for many artists is to gain access to a larger audience and make a livelihood with their art. In doing so, their world view is developed and notions into the general nature or urban living is redefined.

About Mox Box Consulting

Mox Box Art Consulting is committed to the communities in which we live and work. We encourage and support artists, nonprofit organizations, private entities, and enterprises that work to improve the quality of life for all people in our communities.

Our Mission is to:

- FACILITATE art projects using collaborative communication and cooperative activity.

- PROVIDE thorough research to enable educated public art related decisions.

- INTEGRATE fun and creativity into the art acquisition process for stakeholders and the community.

- CREATE a vision of an expanding urban economy with a social, political, and economic rationale.

- BE EFFICIENT with our client's time and financial resources.

Working directly with artists world-wide to acquire artwork for our clients, Mox Box offers a full range of art advising services that include research, presentation, procurement, shipping, framing, site-specific commissions, curatorial services, as well as exhibition design and installation.

Participating Artists:

Chung (Fanky) Chak

Seth Clark

Brian Dougherty

Keith Garubba

Katie Hudnall

John Humphries

Dom Lippillo

Michael Vincent Manalo

Chris McGinnis

Nadim Sabella

Mark Schoon

Hisham Youseff

View participating artist information and images of the artwork that will be featured in the exhibition!

819 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222
info@futuretenant.org

Future Tenant is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. All donations are tax deductible.

Gallery Hours:
Wed - Sun: 1-5pm

Urbanic III:

expanding the microcosm

Public Reception:
Friday, April 15th: 5-9pm

Gallery Crawl:
Friday, April 29th: 5:30-9pm

During the Gallery Crawl, Urbanic III will feature performances by Fae Gibson, subject of his biographical documentay Gender Redesigner, and Merideth Maloney, a local Pittsburgh artist, will showcase a performace which fuses urban synth pop and social issues. Other performances will follow. These performances will announce Mox Box Consultiing's forthcoming new curatorial series Gender.

Free and open to the public!

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