Video of Breathtaking Installation by Artist Soo Sunny Park

I just saw this video, and had to share it here on the blog because it is so gorgeous and uplifting.  Mixed media artist Soo Sunny Park has created "Unwoven Light," a wonderful, light-filled, other-worldly installation made from sections of chain link material embedded by hand with thousands of individual scale-like pieces of plexiglass covered in dichroic film.  Park's work will be on view at Rice University's Rice Gallery through August 30, and I wish so hard that I could go see it in person!  Any readers who are in Texas, go experience this magic!




Soo Sunny Park: Unwoven Light from Walley Films on Vimeo.

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Art All Night 2013 (post 3 of 3)!

Here is the third installment of my series covering Pittsburgh's amazing annual art event, Art All Night.

Enjoy the final batch of artwork, and maybe I'll see some of you at Art All Night next year!

*Note* I am including photos of some artwork that could be considered R-Rated, and so if you're not a fan of the occasional penis or other nudity-related themes, proceed with a little bit of caution! 

*Note #2* As always, forgive the poor quality of some of my photos!

"The Morbid Cycle of Robot Love" by Tricia Chicka - Digital Sketch printed on paper

"The Majestic Cleaning Lady" by Aleksei, Age 14 - Water based ink on cardboard

"The Joy of Painting" by Christine Heiner, Mixed Media

"The House that Jack Built" (with detail) by Jay Ressler, Composite Photograph & Jaccquard Weaving

"Sweetheart" by Maddalena McDonnell, Oil on Canvas

Volunteers at Art All Night rigged up a fancy backlit display to show the stained glass pieces that were submitted.  My dad did the hanging, and his piece can be seen on the bottom level!

"Spider, Spider" by Jason Iwinsky, Ironwork

"Silvia" by Abby Kemble, Oil on Canvas

There was a table set up so that visitors to Art All Night could try their hand at silkscreen!

Shawl from Antique Doily Pattern by Gail Belikiewicz, Lace knitting in Wool

"Senior Yeti" by Brian Plank - Collage

"Second Ladle" by Rhiannon Scheidt, Cast Iron

"Sale e Pepe" by Alexis Rzewski, Mixed Media

"Redux" by Helen Wilson, Macrame

"Quito" by Dennis Stefan, Mosaic tile on board

"Queen of the Road" by Rachel Tribley, Mixed Media

"Pride" by Marsha Moore, Acrylic

"Pittsburgh Suspended" by Gina Tomsky, Encaustic, Oil & Mixed Media

"Paradigm Red Shift" by Natiq Jalil - Ink, Post-it Notes, watercolor

"Papercuts ROYGBP" by Lynn Lewandowski, Paper

Art All Night 2013 (Post 2 of 3)!

Welcome back to this year's coverage of Pittsburgh's fabulous annual open participation art event, Art All Night!

Here are more of the photos I took, once again in no particular order.  Enjoy!

*Note* I am including photos of some artwork that could be considered R-Rated, and so if you're not a fan of the occasional penis or other nudity-related themes, proceed with a little bit of caution! 

*Note #2* As always, forgive the poor quality of some of my photos!

"Lincoln" by Rob Stinogle, Acrylic

Live Painting Demonstrations went on throughout Art All Night!

More Live Painting Demonstrations

"Man in Definance" [sic] by Dawn Pogany, Mixed Media

"Marine Life" by Nichole Musser, Pen & Ink

"Marion Page" by Jim Phillips, Acrylic

Untitled Acrylic Painting with India Ink by Mike Szymarek

"Minor Vocabulary" (two views) by Christopher Fredrick - sculpture

"Missing in Action Figures," by T. Wesley Snead, Ink on Paper

"Oh! Lydia" by Desiree Resetar, oil on canvas

"Papa Sid" by Sonya, Age 17, Ceramics

"Western PA, Oh What a Relief" (with detail) by Martha Ressler, Contemporary Art Quilt

"Vampire Hunting Kit" by Castle Spooktacular, Mixed Media

Untitled Pen Drawing by Sarah Hartung

Untitled Ink Drawing by Michael Williams

"Untitled (H48BDSXOS)" by Stan Sylvester, Paper

"Tyrants" (with detail) by Andrew Lotz, Acrylic & pen on canvas

"Tree Tresses" by Kira Yeversky, Watercolor & colored pencil

"Tomatillos on Wood" by Mark Neuherz, Colored Pencil

"The Real." by Charlie Riley - Textile

Art All Night 2013 (post 1 of 3)!

I have just returned to New York after attending one of my absolutely favorite annual art events, Art All Night, which takes place for twenty two hours over the last weekend in April in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood.  I really cannot imagine a more fun, engaging and unpretentious way to celebrate art than Art All Night (you can read many more details about the event either on their website or in this post I wrote last year).

I took lots of photos at this year's event, and I'm just going to split them up into three posts and get them up for you to enjoy, in no particular order.  I hope you all get at least a tiny sense of how wonderful Art All Night is, and if anyone who reads the blog actually attended the event, I would love for you to comment and let me know what you thought of it!

*Note* I am including photos of some artwork that could be considered R-Rated, and so if you're not a fan of the occasional penis or other nudity-related themes, proceed with a little bit of caution! 

*Note #2* As always, forgive the poor quality of some of my photos!

This year I didn't take many photos of the actual crowd at Art All Night, but I did get a shot of what the gigantic Willow Street Development, where the work was displayed, looked like on Sunday morning.

"Afrodisiac vs. Moby Dick" by Jim Rugg, Ink on paper

"Army of None" (front, back & detail shots) by Cara Monigold, Fabric

"Awaken/Empire of Light" by Amanda Jaskey, Colored pencil & watercolor

"B.A.R.D.I.S (Booze & Relative Drinks in Space)" by Joseph Bookert (the medium for this one was listed as "Time"!)

"Baa baa Sheep" by Lili, age 5, oil pastel on paper mounted on foamcore

"Camp AIM's Masterpieces" (with detail) by Meena Wojtczak and the campers of YMCA's Camp AIM - Artist trading cards

"Comfort" by Reyghan Pierce,  Mixed Media

"Dark Red Light" by Gary Weiss, wood, metal, glass, & electricity

"Deer Johns" by Bonnie Gloris, Oil on Wood

"Dick in Boots" by Gillian Lerner, Pen & Colored Pencil

"Dragonus" by Bill Walter, relief carved roof slate & enamel paint

"Earth Sky" by C. Noel Kennard, Digital Art

"Eastern Star" by Kate Bechak, Gouache

"Fictional Animals," by.... ME!  I actually sold a couple of these little guys this year, and I think I've finally cracked the "selling stuff at Art All Night" code!

"Giant Squid" by Jenny Green, cotton fabric

"Greenhouse" by Arto, age 8, wood, poster paint, recycled fabric ball

"Holly X 3" by Carmen Cerra, oil on canvas

"JFKFC" by Daniel Bolick, acrylic on canvas

"Lawrenceville" by Lynn Jacques, acrylic