Adam Grossi is a fine artist, writer, and yoga practitioner operating out of Chicago, IL. My first exposure to his work was by fervent recommendation. A friend of mine with a passion for David Lynch’s Blue Velvet and Don DeLillo’s White Noise, had noticed my own fixation with suburban America’s dark side, and while working at the Mattress Factory Art Museum, had come across the art of Adam Grossi. At the time, Grossi was a widely exhibiting BFA student at Carnegie Mellon University, who had just been named Emerging Artist of the Year by the PCA. Grossi’s talent for distilling the tensions and anxieties unique to American life in a single image was on a lot of our minds here in Pittsburgh, PA. Continue reading →
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HERO Sans Healthcare
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HERO Sans Healthcare
Article by Weenta Girmay & Julie Sokolow
Photos by Ohad Cadji
Not just any ol’ artist with a set of colored pencils can peddle her wares at Handmade Arcade – Pittsburgh’s largest indie craft fair. Handmade Arcade just celebrated its 9th year largely due to its rigorous selection process, hand-picking a fine medley of budding and seasoned indie makers, not just from Steel City, but from all over the United States. For example, the husband and wife team behind HERO, a studio that has designed posters for Grizzly Bear, St. Vincent, and The Decemberists, to name a few, trucked on over from their Buffalo base to show their work at this year’s Handmade. Continue reading →
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Brett Yasko
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Interview with Brett Yasko
by Julie Sokolow
It is hard to leave the house without running into Brett Yasko’s design work. From Pittsburgh Love Stories on bookshelves, to the building facade of Conflict Kitchen, to the gallery guides and exhibition walls at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Brett’s work is a major contributor to Pittsburgh’s identity. Now, his discerning eye can be felt on the east coast too. Just this past October, he was appointed the Director of Design at MASS MoCA. Continue reading →
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Morgan Cahn
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Interview with Morgan Cahn
by Lexi Miller-Golub
Once upon a time, you may have spotted a pink-haired lady, with a hoodie made of neon patches and gemstones, skipping down a Pittsburgh street. Or maybe you even peeked into a window on said street, to find this singular lady suspending a giant squid from her living room ceiling. I only hope you were so lucky to encounter the inspiring and elusive artist, Morgan Cahn, before she took off for the UK.
Morgan Cahn is a prolific 32-year-old artist who weaves a vibrant, multimedia fabric, out of illustration, textile, video, performance, mail art, and installation work. Continue reading →
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Salvatore Pane
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Interview with Salvatore Pane
by Lexi Miller-Golub
In my sophomore year of college, I took an Intermediate Fiction class taught by a young writer rumored to be the “Hipster Prince of Pittsburgh”. The class was like nothing I had experienced prior. Salvatore Pane, a prolific 27-year-old, taught with the technological savvy still new to English departments and the credential-backed confidence of someone twice his senior. Sal’s workshop atmosphere was casual, yet rigorous, and big on cutting the indulgent fluff from stories. In his class, I learned what it means to be a writer in an age when a new online publishing opportunity is born everyday, but the challenge of getting paid is ever-present. Continue reading →