2016 – Page 2 – Arts Excursions Unlimited

Excursion: Mix-N-Match

April 2016

Market Square

Making kites in Market Square. Photo by Dashawn Gray.

We went to Market Square in Downtown Pittsburgh to experience the 2016 Market Square Public Art Program project, Mix-N-Match. The artwork by Dutch artist Allard van Hoorn turned the Square into a record player. It featured several tracks of music by community groups.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Hazelwood was one of the community groups to participate in making sounds for the tracks. Edith and a group of Hazelwood residents created tape drawings and van Hoorn recorded the noise.

We had a fun day of creating kites, playing games, and enjoying the public art.

Excursion: Pittsburgh Past, City Future

March 2016

A group in the Carnegie Library. — Looking at archival material in the library.

Urban design, community development, architecture, photography, and history are the topics we examined in the Pennsylvania Room of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main and the Carnegie Museum of Art.

A group sitting in the Hall of Sculpture at CMOA. — Learning about the Hall of Sculpture in Carnegie Museum of Art.

We toured the Hall of Sculpture at CMOA and had a drawing session in the Heinz Architectural Center.

The group draws on the floor of the Heinz Architectural Center. — Drawing in the Heinz Architectural Center.

Excursion: Ink & Clay

February 2016

Braddock Carnegie Library

Working with clay in the Braddock Library. — The group makes clay tiles.

The BCL Arts and Culture Facilitator was our guide to the Art Lending Collection, the Puppet Collection, the Neighborhood Print Shop, and the Bath House Ceramic Studio.

A child with clay creations. — Working with clay is fun!

We screen printed a two-color poster for the Hazelwood YMCA Easter Celebration and designed ceramic tiles during our afternoon of art making.

Screen printing with a group at the Braddock library. — Screen printing in the Neighborhood Print Shop.

Excursion: Skin

January 2016

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Homewood

We joined in the celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Skin I’m In by author Sharon Flake at CLP-Homewood with a staged reading of a new play based on the book. The Skin I’m In is a novel published by Hyperion Books that depicts the story of seventh grader Maleeka Madison who has low self-esteem because of her dark skin color. All participants received a copy of the book.

Excursion: Light

January 2016

This was a seniors only excursion.

Group members sitting at the Studio for Creative Inquiry. — At the Studio for Creative Inquiry.

AEU, Hazelwood Active Living Center, and POORLAW hosted a trip to the Studio for Creative Inquiry for a dinner and presentation by Conflict Kitchen. We shared a Persian meal from Conflict Kitchen.

After dinner, we went for a night time stroll through the Winter Flower Show and Light Garden at Phipps Conservatory.

Workshop Artist: Martha Rial

Photographer Martha Rial spent several months with Arts Excursions Unlimited in 2016. Hazelwood residents could learn about and create photography projects.

Artist Martha Rial talks about her project with AEU.

After several months, a community mural, Hazelwood Rising, was temporarily installed at the corner of Second Avenue and Tecumseh Street. The mural featured the photography of Hazelwood residents.