Cataclysmic January 10, 2007
Art Event: Cataclysmic: An Art Revival in Lawrenceville
Artists have already begun the process of reviving Lawrenceville. Now comes Cataclysmic: An Art Revival, an event to revive the artist in each of us, while also building a sense of connectedness within our community. On Saturday, January 13, the creativity of more than 30 local artists will be on display and for sale from 6 p.m. to midnight at the Stephen Foster Community Center, located at 286 Main Street in Lawrenceville. In addition, there will be multi-media presentations, poetry readings, live music, and food throughout the evening. And if the creative drive within is so inspired, there will be opportunities for anyone and everyone to join the fun by creating some art on the spot. Cataclysmic is an event for all ages and is completely free of charge. Our desire is to support and get to know the local artists community while at the same time, creating a midwinter event that is fun for the entire Lawrenceville community, says event co-organizer Tom Cox. Cataclysmic: An Art Revival is being sponsored by Catalyst Faith Community, a Lawrenceville alternative church-plant out of the Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community on the South Side. Organizers assure all that there will be no religious mumbo-jumbo, just art, food, music, and fun!
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Date:
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Saturday, January 13, 2007
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6 p.m.-Midnight
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Location:
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Stephen Foster Community Center, 286 Main Street (Lawrenceville)
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Cost:
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Free
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We’ll see you tonight around 7! Looking forward to seeing your work and hearing Soul Harmonic play.
Cheers,
Shannon
So how do you feel about Lawrenceville personally? I wonder if it is the blooming new epicenter for art and progressive action in Pittsburgh or if it’ll just sort of fade the way of ghetto starvation…
I have this idea in my head that Pittsburgh may be the next “place” - like SF in the 60s or Seattle in the 90s or what Portland is today. I love our little mountain home but can’t wonder if we’re actually becoming a younger, vibrant, progressive place or if we have too much yinzer-steel-city-smog PR recovery to do to ever make it…..
Ok, so the post did say that it started at 6 o’clock. I’ll have to read more carefully next time.
It wasn’t open at 4 p.m.
I hope it went well!
shanny i’m so glad you made it out! it was great to see you!
shoot, rob, i’m sorry i missed you. it was an incredible evening…the place was overflowing with talent! some amazing artists, and the musicians blew me away! i met some great folks- it was a good time all around. and the next exposure is february 2. they moved them to the first friday of every month from now on.
nathan- to answer your question: i dig lawrenceville. coca cafe is my favorite, and there are some pretty amazing abandoned spaces in l-ville. i definitely think it’s on the upswing- there’s a ton of cool stuff happening, and businesses are starting to take note. lots of new construction and renovations going on. it certainly seems to be gaining momentum…whether or not that momentum reaches the critical mass needed for a new epicenter remains to be seen, but i’d say it’s headed in the right direction.
will the ‘burgh be the next ‘it’ town? i dunno. there’s a heckofa lot more going on now than there was 7 years ago when i got out of art school and moved away because there were no jobs here. most of my friends did the same. maybe it’s because i’m in the city now and closer to the scene, but i’ve been seeing a lot of interesting things happening over the last year, and meeting a lot of people that have some grand ideas- that are making some changes. there’s definitely a pretty hardcore artists community here now that i don’t remember- or wasn’t aware of- a few years back. will we make it ‘big time’? maybe. but i kind of hope not. i don’t want pittsburgh to be ‘the next big thing’. where would we be without our yinzers? i am looking forward to seeing where this burdgeoning arts community is headed. i foresee good things in the future!