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Unblurred: First Fridays on Penn is a monthly art and entertainment crawl organized by the Penn Avenue Arts Initiative and sponsored by The Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation. This month’s #Unblurred is brought to you by Green Mountain Energy! Bringing you Arts on the Ave since 1998!
Each month, people from all over the region stroll Penn Avenue between the 4800 and 5500 blocks to meet with artists and local business owners. Visitors can expect to see everyone and everything. Families, singles, workers, students, long-time residents and first-time visitors alike can bask in Penn Avenue’s creative energy – experiencing a mix of photography, dance, painting, sculpture, music and spoken word performances.
If you take any cool pics during your visit to Unblurred, please feel free to share them on your social media sites with the hashtags #proudtobepenn#unblurred#pennavenue412#openonpenn
We are back IRL! Come on down to Penn Ave and see some Art in Person!!!!
* indicates handicapped restrooms available
VaultArt Studio
5100 Penn Ave, 15224
Closed for January, see you soon!
Bantha Tea Bar*
5002 Penn Ave, 15224
6pm-9pm
The Art of Ally Shah
Free & Open to walk-ins
Irma Freeman Center for Imagination*
5006 Penn Ave, 15224
7pm-9:30pm
The Irma Freeman Center for Imagination is proud to present Extraordinary Visions: an exhibition of youthful imaginings, curated by Sheila Ali. Twenty young artists come from across the United States to form a group exhibition that reveals a vast diversity of inspiration and experience, ranging from raw and complex form.
Artists included in Extraordinary Visions are Ava Conrad, Anny Chen, Tabitha Burnette, Magstar, Eryn Oberst, Fruit Basket Productions (Alicia Baggieri, Amber Gedman, Hana Goodman, Julz Meelsky, Emmy Albert, and Annie Gormaley), and Irma Freeman’s great grandchildren: Natalie Ault and Mom, Jacob Ault, Sylvia Freeman, Irma Ali, Eliza Henderson, Elias Freeman Myers, Abraham Freeman Harris and Clio Riznyk. Music by Heaven on Earth. This is a closing reception; however, the exhibition online gallery will remain up throughout February.
Open to walk ins!
Free, Suggested donation of $5.
Assemble*
4824 Penn Ave, 15224
6pm-9pm
HyperLocal is Assemble’s annual showcase of local artists & makers.
Open to walk ins!
Free
Workshop Pgh
5131 Penn Av, 15224
12pm-6pm
Commonplace Coffee
5467 Penn Ave, 15206
7am-6pm
Pittsburgh Glass Center
5472 Penn Ave, 15206
12pm-7pm
Primanti’s
5491 Penn Ave, 15206
11am-12am
Level Up Studios
4836 Penn Ave, 15224
6pm-11pm
Arts & Crafts
4901 Penn Ave, 15224
1pm-7pm
Spak Bros
5107 Penn Ave, 15224
3pm-9pm, online ordering/payment only
Senseless
5124 Penn Ave, 15224
12pm-5pm
CLOSED:
Bunker
Valut Art
Silver Eye
Assemble
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