Events . #unblurred: July First Friday art Crawl

#unblurred: July First Friday art Crawl

Unblurred: First Fridays on Penn is a monthly art and entertainment crawl organized by the Penn Avenue Arts Initiative and sponsored by The Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation. Bringing you Arts on the Ave since 1998!
Each month, people from all over the region stroll Penn Avenue between the 4800 and 5500 blocks to meet with artists and local business owners. Visitors can expect to see everyone and everything. Families, singles, workers, students, long-time residents and first-time visitors alike can bask in Penn Avenue's creative energy – experiencing a mix of photography, dance, painting, sculpture, music and spoken word performances. If you take any cool pics during your visit to Unblurred, please feel free to share them on your social media sites with the hashtags #proudtobepenn #unblurred #pennavenue412 #openonpenn
We are back IRL! Come on down to Penn Ave and see some Art in Person!!!!

Silver Eye Center for Photography
4808 PENN AVENUE, 15224
11:00 AM-8:00 PM
Silver Eye is open to the public! We currently have a wide selection of work on view, featuring our Fellowship 21 Award winners + honorable mentions, as well as a selection of work from Pittsburgh based artist Mikael Owunna.
silvereye.org / @silvereyecenter
Visual Art
ADA Bathroom Available
OPEN to walk ins

Assemble
4824 Penn Ave, 15224
7:00 PM- 9:00 PM
Zim Syed playfully bends time and space mixing artists, genres, style, and iconography to re-write art history. Come check out these amazing new works by Zim and explore his painting styles through some guided art activities!
http://assemblepgh.org/gallery/zim-syed/
Visual Art, Art (Other), Unblurred, Kid/Family Friendly
ADA Bathroom Available
OPEN to walk ins

Adda Coffee & Tea
4905 Penn Ave, 15224
4:00 PM-8:00 PM
The coffee shop & Bazaar will stay open until 8pm. We will also have food from Gluten Free Goat, flowers + dried bouquets from Bloom & Grow floral and vintage from Klowny LTD.
@addacoffeehouse.com
Food, Art (Other), Kid/Family Friendly
ADA Bathroom Available
OPEN to walk ins

Halcyon Salon
5008 Penn Ave, 15224
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
We'll be hosting Nine O'clock wines, a photographer named Shalom selling prints, and hosting DJ Clprt!
@halcyonpgh on instagram for updates
Music, Art (Other)
ADA Bathroom Available
OPEN to walk ins

VaultArt Studio
5100 Penn Avenue, 15224
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Welcome back.
VaultArt Studio is a project of Achieva, which advocates for, empowers, and supports people with disabilities and their families throughout their lives.
vaultartstudio.org
instagram.com/vaultartstudio
facebook.com/events/202819115074640
Visual Art, Art (Other), Unblurred, Kid/Family Friendly, Pet Friendly
ADA Bathroom Available
OPEN to walk ins

Taquitos
5101 Penn Ave, 15224
11:30 AM-10:00 PM
Mexican food
Www.tastytaquitos.com
Food, Kid/Family Friendly, Pet Friendly
OPEN to walk ins

mossArchitects
5122 Penn Avenue, 15224
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Throughout the final week of June, artist & neighbor atiya jones will perform a new WildLines installation on the windows of the mossArchitects offices- culminating as we celebrate the return of Penn Avenue’s Unblurred event on Friday, July 2nd. jones’ large scale drawings serve as a representation of the ultimate magnitude of small, accumulative actions and the importance of simply beginning.
This new, untitled work will join a series of WildLine installations along Penn Avenue, where her window work is also featured at Crown Barbershop & Fieldwork Gallery.
atiya jones
website: https://atiyajones.com
IG @_____atiya

mossArchitects
website: www.mossarc.com
IG @mossarc
Art (Other), live art
OPEN to walk ins
Our office will be closed to the public. Live artwork will be able to be viewed from outside of the storefront window on Penn Avenue.

The Black Cat Market
5135 Penn Ave, 15224
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
We will be showcasing the work of our monthly featured artist. This month the exhibition is for local artist Rigel Richardson.
https://fb.me/e/1MvZzI5Ws
Visual Art, Kid/Family Friendly
ADA Bathroom Available
OPEN to walk ins
We will also be offering time in the cat room for $5!

BOOM Concepts
5139 Penn Avenue, 15224
6:00 PM-11:00 PM
Apropos Proposal is a textile assemblage created by Jessica Gatlin in 2019, which reinterprets the U.S. flag utilizing the colors and motifs found in watermelon. This flag celebrates sustainability and self-reliance. It rejects shame. And it proposes questions about seeds and seedlessness.
Keeper of the Flag is both the overarching project title and a position currently held by Elizabeth Chodos. The Keeper acts as a steward, partnering with the artist to exhibit and maintain the public life of the flag. Together the keeper and the artist seek out spaces and organizations which serve and/or benefit BIPOC, proposing the flag for public display and dialogue.
About the Artist: Jessica Gatlin is an artist, maker and part-time sorceress based in Baltimore, MD. She received her BFA in Studio Art from Florida State University and MFA from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville. She has participated in numerous residencies and fellowships including Ox-Bow School of Art & Artist Residency (Saugatuck, MI), the Fabric Workshop and Museum (Philadelphia, PA), and the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts (Wroclaw, PL). An non-disciplinary artist, Gatlin takes a speculative approach pursuing ways to deconstruct and destroy a White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy that has rendered her and many others invisible. Gatlin has recently joined the faculty in the Department of Art at the University of Maryland Assistant Professor of Print & Extended Media.
Visual Art, Unblurred
ADA Bathroom Available
CLOSED

Peoples Indian Restaurant
5147 Penn Avenue, 15224
5:00 PM-9:00 PM
Dinner Buffet 5pm to 9pm
Food
ADA Bathroom Available
OPEN to walk ins

GARFIELD NIGHT MARKET RETURNS!
N. Pacific & Penn
113 N. Pacific Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15224
Check out local vendors selling arts, crafts, food, and more!

Pittsburgh Glass Center
5472 Penn Avenue, 15206
12:00 AM-12:00 PM
Multi-media artist in residence Mikael Owunna will display images from his series Infinite Essence as a part of a public art campaign around Pittsburgh titled, "Infinite Essence: Celestial Liberation," in collaboration with curator Larry Ossei-Mensah and Orange Barrel Media. Owunna’s work will be on display in the PGC windows June 1 - Sept 15.
https://www.pittsburghglasscenter.org/events/mikael-owunna-pgc
Visual Art
ADA Bathroom Available
VIRTUAL LISTING
PGC is open to the public Tuesday - Thursday 1-7pm and Saturday 10am-4pm. On July 2 the windows will be activated for people walking by. We will be having a glass sale and open house on July 16 and 17 - https://www.pittsburghglasscenter.org/events/glass-sale-open-house

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Tags: Art