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Crawl for Culture: The Trust's quarterly ramble has an Australian twist
Thursday, October 18, 2007
A work by Jonah Rowen, a CMU architecture student, on view at the 937 3rd Floor gallery, part of "Continuum," a transcontinental collection of experimental student work from Pittsburgh and Sydney, Australia.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's quarterly Gallery Crawl has Australian twist when it hits the Cultural District Friday from 5:30 to 9 p.m. The Crawl showcases art and entertainment in 21 venues, celebrating the Australia Festival and the conclusion of the Allegheny Regional Asset District's RADical Days.

All events are free to the public. For more information and a map of the events, please visit www.pgharts.org or call (412) 456-6666.

WOOD STREET GALLERIES
601 Wood Street
"Workin' Down Under (Australia Festival)": A survey of contemporary video and installation artists from Australia including Philip Brophy, John Gillies, Christian Thompson, John Tonkin and Dennis Beaubois.

SPACE
812 Liberty Ave.
"New Works from Utopia: Paintings by Australian Aboriginal Artists (Australia Festival)"
Live music by New Invisible Joy
Performance by Christian Bumbarra Thompson at 6:30 p.m.

PENNSYLVANIA CULINARY INSTITUTE
808 Liberty Ave.
Culinary Sculptures -- various sugar and tallow sculpture pieces created by PCI faculty. Hot food and beverages prepared by PCI students available for $1

820 LIBERTY
820 Liberty Ave.
Gallery Invitational, presented by Art-iculate; Pittsburgh Creative Network

951 LIBERTY
951 Liberty Ave.
"Living Exposed": An exhibit of the art of architecture and interior design within downtown living spaces

BRICOLAGE SPACE
937 Liberty Ave. -- 1st floor
"In Service: The Photography": Work by Nina Berman, Chris Hondros, Justin Merriman and Jeff Swensen

THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL GALLERY
937 Liberty Ave. -- 2nd floor
"American Caricature": An international collection of political cartoons commenting on U.S. domestic and foreign policy.

937 3RD FLOOR
937 Liberty Ave --3rd floor
"Continuum -- tactics for Contingent Environments" (Australia Festival): Anthony Burke (University of Technology, Sydney) and David Burns (CMU School of Architecture) present a transcontinental collection of experimental student work.

FUTURE TENANT
819 Penn Ave.
"POWER: The Definition of Feminine Power": Expressions of feminine power defined through the eyes, heart and souls of 18 women. Curated by Christiane D.

707 PENN GALLERY
707 Penn Ave.
"SONAR": Pittsburgh's Christopher Lisowski and Buffalo's Tullis Johnson present an interactive installation that explores the cultural significance of whales, and addresses the atypical mass strandings that occur on our borders to the sea.

709 PENN GALLERY
709 Penn Ave.
"Reflections, Rotations, Symmetries: Works by Brian Chapman": Reflections and rotations of detailed photographs of common objects like wood, rust and ice from Hawaii, Utah, and Pennsylvania, are used to create kaleidoscope-like visual patterns.

CAPA GALLERY
111 Ninth St.

CAPA Arts Faculty Show

MCG@800 PENN
800 Penn Avenue
"negative/space": A collaborative photo installation by MCG instructor Dror Yaron and students.

NORTHSIDE URBAN PATHWAYS GALLERY
914 Penn Ave.
"Destination Australia (Australia Festival)": Northside Urban Pathways' students will display their Australian-inspired works while the Sounds of Steel Steelband perform. Pumpkin cookies and cider will be available for purchase.

WATERCOLORS GALLERY
901 Penn Ave.
"Sweet Potato Pie": Decorate your home with fall creations by the Wednesday Night Painters. Live music by Red Moon Run

933 PENN
933 Penn Ave., 6th Floor
AIA Pittsburgh's 2007 Design Competition

209/9 -- AUGUST WILSON CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE GALLERY
209 9th St.
"SoulScapes" by Women of Vision: Exhibit by African American women analyzes the many manifestations of soul in oil, watercolor and acrylic paintings, ceramics, computer-generated and silver gelatin photographs, fiber, collage and multimedia works.

TROMBINO PIANO GALLERIE
942 Penn Ave.
Renaissance Art Gallery presents original oils by Pittsburgh based sports artist Dino Guarino.

ARTHUR MURRAY DANCE STUDIO
136 Sixth St.
Open Dance Lessons
7:30 -- 8:00 Foxtrot, 8:00 -- 8:30 Swing
First Commonwealth Hospitality Spot / Cabaret at Theater Square

655 PENN AVENUE
First Commonwealth Hospitality Spot
Salsa Lessons presented by Tracie Yorke Dance (7-8:30), Live jazz by Thoth Trio in Backstage Bar

CABARET AT THEATER SQUARE
Gallery Crawl After-Party with Larry Harlow and the Latin Legends Orchestra (9 p.m., $20; 412-456-6666).

Visit www.pgharts.org for information.

First published on October 18, 2007 at 12:00 am
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