Visual Arts Presents January Gallery Crawl, Cultural District

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the line-up for its January Gallery Crawl taking place Friday, January 23, 2015, from 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., in downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District. The Gallery Crawl is a free and festive showcase that features a wide variety of thought-provoking art exhibitions, live bands, DJs, dance, comedy and more. The showcase of arts and entertainment is on display for art connoisseurs of all ages.

"There are unique things taking place during this first gallery crawl of the year," shared Janis Burley Wilson, Vice President of Education and Community Engagement. "In addition to the CircusAfterDark event, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is launching a new series, The Soul Sessions, which will continue to build upon the high level of artistry and increased engagement of diverse artists that thousands of guests have grown to anticipate at these quarterly events."

The Soul Session, during the January Gallery Crawl, will take place at the Trust Arts Education Center at 8:30 p.m., featuring the live sounds of funk, soul and R&B artist Aaron "AB" Abernathy and his band Nat Turner. Abernathy and his band have recently toured with hip-hop singer Slum Village and collaborated with Eric Roberson and The Foreign Exchange. DJ Nate Da Phat Barber will provide music beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Introduced in January 2014, CrawlAfterDark highlights the transformation of the Cultural District, promoting numerous options for late night entertainment which include comedy, music, theater, clubs, dining, and more. One highlight during this winter gallery crawl will include a special ticketed presentation of "CircusAfterDark," where gallery crawl attendees can enjoy music, sideshow acts, and free refreshments while mingling with the cast of PIPPIN, the 2013 Tony Award-winning musical being presented as part of the 2014-15 PNC Broadway Across America series. PIPPIN opens on Tuesday, January 20 at the Benedum Center and runs through Sunday, January 25.

Gallery Crawl events are free and open to the public. For more information and a map of the Gallery Crawl events, visit TrustArts.org/Crawl or call 412-456-6666.

The following is a line-up of the January 23, 2015, Gallery Crawl events:

Wood Street Galleries
601 Wood Street
Absence of Self |Ivana Franke, Lauri Astala, Mirjana Vodopija, Bryndís Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir.
Artists explore and redefine relationships between the visible and invisible, the finite and infinite and the absence or presence of the self or the other.

SPACE
812 Liberty Avenue
Obsessions | Curated by Tom Sarver
Works in painting, sculpture, site-specific installation, video and performance will draw inspiration from personal rituals, cultural trends and studio practices. Participants include Jeremiah Johnson, Jason Lockyer, Nathan Margoni, Mary Ivy Martin, Becky Slemmons and Laurie Trok. Tom Sarver is a Pittsburgh artist know for community-based projects, puppetry and site-specific works.

Window SPACE | Sideways Museum
812 Liberty Avenue
Organized by Tom Sarver
A collection of works by Pittsburgh artists exploring folk and visionary art traditions. Featuring work by Jim Rettinger, Doug Hill, Dorothy Williams, Steve Smith, Tom Sarver and Joann Kielar.

Music by DJ Strawberry Christmas: Rare and vintage recordings, mixing in some classic soul, funk and holiday hits.

Tito Way
Memento Mori by Mary Mazziotti
A set of billboards reminding the viewer that life can be short and its end unpredictable.

Cell Phone Disco | Information Lab
A surface that visualizes the electromagnetic field of an active mobile phone. Several thousand lights illuminate when you make or receive a phone call in the vicinity of the installation.

Shaw Galleries
805 Liberty Avenue
The 5th Annual Bad Art Sale!
An art show and sale of dozens of thrift store paintings and amateur art, as well as picture frames, mats, art books and art supplies. All at rock bottom prices!

Trust Arts Education Center
805-807 Liberty Avenue, Peirce Studio
The Soul Sessions
DJ Nate Da Phat Barber spins at 6:30 p.m. Aaron Abernathy and his live band Nat Turnerperform at 8:30 p.m.

Third Floor | Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP)
These 35 artists selected to become new members showcase their works in the New Member Group Exhibition at Highmark First Night Pittsburgh 2015 and the January 2015 Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District. AAP looks forward to an exciting preview that includes of some of the most noted new artists in Pittsburgh.

Fourth Floor | Carnegie Library Button Making and Books
We supply the materials, you supply the creativity! Want books? Buy them for next to nothing.

Harris Theater
809 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh Filmmakers presents regionally produced short films on a loop.

Arcade Comedy Theater
811 Liberty Avenue
Pop in for some laughs at the Arcade Comedy Theater in the Cultural District, featuring Pittsburgh's best sketch, improvisational and alternative comedy year-round. Time to play!

Catholic Charities Susan Zubik Welcome Center
212 Ninth Street
Being Good
Students from Manchester Craftsmen's Guild documented their neighborhoods during a workshop with photographers Brian Cohen, Scott Goldsmith and Lynn Johnson.

Winter Night Market
925 Liberty Avenue
The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership presents the Winter Night Market; an indoor market that features some of Pittsburgh's most creative independent vendors. Stop by to warm up with hot beverages, treats, jewelry, crafts, and more!

937 Liberty Avenue
3rd floor: Pittsburgh Playwrights Gallery
Nadia Locust's original color pencil drawings will be featured.

Tonic
971 Liberty Avenue, 2nd floor Gallery. NOT UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE
Works of art by Chris Boles and live music by Pierce Cook of South City Jazz

Urban Pathways 6-12 Gallery
914 Penn Avenue
Starting Out
Middle and High school student art work and performance. Student guides will be available for tours.

Live music by The Sounds of Steel band at 6:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m.; plus Hula Hooping for all - throughout the night!

CAPA Gallery
111 Ninth Street
Digital Media and 3D Forms
An exhibition of digital media and sculptural forms by Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 visual art students.

Future Tenant
819 Penn Avenue
Skylights
An experimental, improvisational fueled guitar trio from Pittsburgh, PA. 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
810 Penn Avenue, 7th floor
Public Art Expedition
Join the Office of Public Art for a public art expedition! Pick up a scavenger hunt card, explore Downtown artworks in the public realm, and then claim your prize upon completion of the expedition! Scavenger hunt cards will be available for pick up from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at 810 Penn Avenue, 7th Floor.

Bend Yoga
808 Penn Avenue
Stop in for some Downtown Dog! Free mini classes from 5:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.: Pre-register at info@bendyoga.com.

709 Penn Gallery
709 Penn Avenue
Recent works by Shelia Cuellar-Shaffer
Fragments of memories, vivid or blurred in the process of one's evolution

707 Penn Gallery
707 Penn Avenue
Here | Danny Bracken
In his first solo exhibition, Danny Bracken explores the ways in which technology has shifted concepts of place. Influenced by urban planning, home renovation, and responsive installation art, the work approaches place-making through a number of channels. Using video, sound, sculpture, and printed material, Bracken investigates the intersection, conflict, and possible compatibility of our physical and digital worlds.

Katz Plaza
7th St. and Penn Avenue
Steel Town Fire
Pittsburgh's premier Fire Art performance wows crowds with dancing and intricate moves on poi, snakes, swords, and other burning props. Shows: 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., and 8:30 p.m.

Backstage Bar
655 Penn Avenue
Live Music by Velvet Beast 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

all down but nine | Jason Woolslare
Toyish, Lichtenstein-esque Pop Art writ large. Mixed media collage.

PNC Legacy Project
600 Liberty Avenue
The PNC Legacy Project is honoring our region's veterans who have served in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Hear oral histories from a WWII aviator who was among the first female pilots for the U.S. military; a field medic in Vietnam who believes his medals were awarded for loyalty, not bravery; and a U.S. Marine who marched to Baghdad in the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom. See artifacts from the Soldiers and Sailors Museum, including a 48-star American flag that flew on a craft that landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day.

Boutique 208
208 Sixth Street
Enjoy live music by Jonathan Dull, art and other handmade items, all made by local artists.

Olive or Twist
140 Sixth Street
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Alumni & Student Show
See what our creative alumni and students have been up to lately.

Arthur Murray Dance Studio
136 Sixth Street (above Melange Bistro) NOT UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE
Free Dance Lessons and Demos: Swing at 7:30 p.m., Bachata at 8:00 p.m., Salsa at 8:30 p.m.

Braddock's American Brasserie
107 Sixth Street
Braddock's American Brasserie features deconstructed plates

The following is a line-up of the January 23, 2015, CrawlAfterDark events:

CircusAfterDark, Trust Arts Education Center - 4th floor, 805-807 Liberty
9:30 p.m.
Become a Member of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust at $50 and join us for CircusAfterDarkfollowing the Gallery Crawl. Noshes and libations, music, sideshow acts, and mingling with the cast of PIPPIN included! Join online at TrustArts.org/support, call 412-471-3518 or join at the door.

Harris Theater
809 Liberty Avenue
Polyester... Presented in Odorama!
9:30 p.m., All Seats $5.00
John Waters' bad taste comedy stars Divine as a suburban housewife tormented by an adulterous husband, perverted offspring and bad smells. In an homage to the great B-movie showman William Castle, Waters created a scratch-and-sniff card which viewers are instructed to inhale at key points in the film. With smells ranging from pizza to model glue to ahem 'natural gas', viewingPolyester as its director intended promises to be a truly unique experience. (USA, 1981, 86 mins, DCP)

Arcade Comedy Theater
811 Liberty Avenue
After the Crawl Comedy Show
10:00 p.m., $10 / $5 for students
A mix of local stand-up comedians and some of the Arcade's best improv comedy troupes. The show is BYOB.

Jazz at Andy's
Fairmont Hotel, 510 Market Street
8:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m., No Cover
Featuring Guest Artist: Kenia

Salsa Fridays
Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue
10:00 p.m. Free Lessons; 10:30pm-1:30pm
No Cover, Cash Bar
Dancing with DJ Paul Mitchell

Ruckus Improv
Future Tenant, 819 Penn Avenue
9:15 p.m., $10, 18+
A Pittsburgh based improvisational comedy (improv) troupe of gifted and fearless young Pitt students.

Karaoke staring Rock 'n Ray the DJ and YOU
August Henry's City Saloon, 946 Penn Avenue
10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.

All information and locations are subject to change. Visit TrustArts.org/Crawl for updated and more detailed information.

Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District is a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Education and Community Engagement Department.

Gallery Crawl sponsors include City Paper, WYEP 91.3 FM, and Kreider Printing.

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