NEIGHBO(U)RHOOD OPENS 5/13
Curator-in-Residence: Georgina Jackson
Opening: Friday, May 13, 2011, 6-9PM
$10; FREE for MF Members, CMU w/ID
Ferhat Özgür, Metamorphosis Chat video still
On Friday, May 13, our next exhibition, Neighbo(u)rhood, will open with a reception from 6-9pm. Curator-in-Residence Georgina Jackson has invited the following artists to create site-specific installations which reconsiders the idea of the neighborhood here and now: Glenn Loughran, Ferhat Özgür, Seamus Nolan, Sarah Pierce/The Metropolitan Complex, Diane Samuels, John Smith, Elisabeth Subrin and Dawn Weleski.
Neighbo(u)rhood artist Glenn Loughran, working with Tim Cook of the Saxifrage School, will be offering unique no- or low-cost classes under many disciplines including shanty boat construction and the history of the Pittsburgh textile industry. This series of classes entitled PUB:THINK will be held at 120 Federal Street in a vacant pub space. Stay tuned to the PUB:THINK website for upcoming details!
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BARBARA LUDEROWSKI HONORED
Co-Director Honored by ArtTable at MoMA
Barbara Luderowski, circa 1977 (the year the MF was founded)
Last Saturday on April 16, 2011, Mattress Factory Founder and Co-Director, Barbara Luderowski, was recognized for her contributions to the visual arts during ArtTable’s 30th Anniversary gala celebration at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
ArtTable is the leadership organization for professional women in the visual arts. The organization’s President, Lowery Stokes Sims, notes, “Since our founding in 1980, we have recognized that a network of women leading, managing, and working in the arts is the source of much of the profound growth and change in the art world.” The event was co-chaired by Agnes Gund and Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and attended by 700 ArtTable members and guests.
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GARDEN PARTY HEADLINERS!
Chaired by Michael White + Rick LeBeau
Friday, June 17, 2011
VIP 6PM, Garden Party 7-11PM
Tickets on sale now!
Credit: NYSD
AndrewAndrew:
They're DJs. They're art. They're artful DJs.
The Mattress Factory is excited to announce our headlining music performers for the our biggest fundraiser of the year, the 2011 Urban Garden Party! AndrewAndrew, the iPad DJs from New York City, will be the best sounding twins you'll ever hear. Pittsburgh's very own Dr. Zoot will be featured at the VIP party to get you on the dance floor.
Dr. Zoot: Get ready to shimmy and sway to the beat
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The Mattress Factory's Curator-in-Residence Program is supported by a generous grant from The Fine Foundation. Neighbo(u)rhood is supported by Culture Ireland and the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. Artistic programming is made possible by generous support from the Allegheny Regional Asset District, The Heinz Endowments, Roy A Hunt Foundation, Anonymous Donor, Richard King Mellon Foundation, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and Mattress Factory members.
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