The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania is co-hosting "My Mommy Is Beautiful," an installation that is part of an ongoing project by Yoko Ono that opens with a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Mother's Day, at The Andy Warhol Museum (free with museum admission; 412-237-8300).
Ms. Ono, a Japanese native, is an internationally lauded conceptual artist and the widow of musician John Lennon. The Warhol segment comprises large wall panels that invite visitors to write thoughts about their mothers. At the project website, http://mymommyisbeautiful.com, visitors may post pictures of their mothers, their names and notes to them -- "to celebrate the maternal love we experienced as children, or perhaps much later in life."
The JASP website says that the exhibition "inspires us to celebrate the role of mothers and mentors in our lives. Now, in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in Japan, it also reminds us to cherish the concept of the motherland, and the importance of our physical, geographic and spiritual roots."
"Gift to America," a one-hour dramatic interpretation of the story of Croatian artist Maxo Vanka's murals in St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church, will be performed there at 8 p.m. today and Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday ($20 in advance, $25 at door), with a benefit performance beginning at 6:30 p.m. Thursday ($75, $80). The church address is 24 Maryland Ave., Millvale (not the St. Nicholas adjacent Route 28). Tickets are at www.proartstickets.org or 412-394-3353.
Textile artist Lia Cook and Dr. Greg Siegle, University of Pittsburgh professor of psychiatry, will speak at 6 p.m. Thursday on "Woven Faces: Mapping the Emotional Brain," in conjunction with the exhibition "Bridge 11: Lia Cook, Mariko Kusumoto, Anne Drew Potter," at the Society for Contemporary Craft, 2100 Smallman St., Strip District ($5; 412-261-7003).
A reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday for "10 x 10 x 10," works by more than 200 glass artists including important American studio glass art movement participants, contemporary international artists, and regional emerging artists, at the Pittsburgh Glass Center, 5472 Penn Ave., East End (free; 412-365-2145).
New York eco-feminist artist Helene Aylon will speak at 2 p.m. Sunday, followed by a reception, at The Andy Warhol Museum in conjunction with the next in an exhibition series addressing the great religions, "The Word of God: Helene Aylon's The Liberation of G-d and The Unmentionable." Free with museum admission, seating is limited (412-237-8300).
Following last summer's successful inaugural Two-Minute Film Festival, Carnegie Museum of Art is planning a second on July 21. Professional and amateur artists and filmmakers are invited to submit a film two or fewer minutes in length that responds to the theme "The Labor Party." Entry is free and the deadline is June 20. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age. Contemporary art department staff will jury the submissions. For information, visit www.cmoa.org/2minutefilms.
First Published: May 4, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
