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Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home

September 8, 2017 through February 17, 2018www.exploremindfulart.com | #craftingasafehome

OVERVIEWCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home - Contemporary Craft’s(CC) latest socially engaged art experience focuses public attention on the basic human need forsafe housing through the lens of contemporary craft. The
exhibition explores the impact that housing insecurity is
having on society and how the arts can guide meaningfulconversations within the community.

• The Space Between, a salon-style speaker
series invites local thought-leaders representing
different viewpoints and backgrounds to discuss therole of creativity within their respective fields. Each
event is a fascinating and buzz-worthy local cultural
evening of inspiring and revealing conversation.

The United Nations reports, 65.3 million
people were uprooted worldwide in 2016.
Shelter is universally identified as a basic human right, yetrefuge and protection are out of reach for millions andthe number increases every year. Across the US, realestate development and growth bring increasing concerns
about the effects of gentrification on housing equity.

Following the significant impact of the 2016 exhibition
Mindful: Exploring Mental Health Through Art, CC once
again provides a forum for artists to convey personal
stories and experiences. Highlighting the local andworldwide impact housing inequity has on individuals andsociety, the Shelter exhibition aims to challenge thepreconception of displacement and encourage
everyone to become part of the solution.

ART + ARTISTS• Shelter features 14 artists from the US and abroad.
• There are more than 40 works of art in the exhibition.
• The show highlights a variety of techniques and forms
including innovative art expressions rooted in traditional
craft materials such as glass, wood, fiber, and clay, as well
as art that incorporates found objects to explore therelationships between craft and the inherited history
within objects, and installation art.

• CC is partnering with a range of social service
groups and schools to develop programmingfor Shelter. For CC’s Saturday Information
Sessions, representatives from our partneringorganizations will present in the gallery on the first
Saturday of every month throughout the duration ofShelter as a resource for the visitors.

• A free, family-friendly, hands-on art
activity created by an exhibiting artist is available inCC’s Drop-In Studio.
• A calendar of Shelter related events andprograms - including studio workshops, Saturday
Information Sessions, and lectures can be found atwww.exploremindfulart.com• CC is engaging local partner schools in related
programming and with a free, online Teacher’s
Curriculum Guide for both educators and families.
• Complementary exhibition - Vantage Point:
Maggy Rozycki Hiltner reveals the impact of industry
and human consumption on environment. This
complimentary exhibiton can be seen in CC’s BNY
Mellon Satellite Gallery throughout the run of Shelter.
• A series of Shelter studio workshop
experiences are planned throughout the runof the exhibition. Details are avilable at www.
contemporarycraft.org.

Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home is made possible by the Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Staunton Farm Foundation, the National Endowment for
the Arts, The Fine Foundation, and The Brooks Foundation. Media sponsored by 90.5 WESA, 91.3 WYEP, and NEXTpittsburgh. (As of June 2017)
Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home | a socially engaged art experience | September 8, 2017 - Feburary 17, 2018
Contemporary Craft | 2100 Smallman Street Pittsburgh, PA 15222 | 412.261.7003 | www.contemporarycraft.org | Mon - Sat, 10AM - 5PM | free of charge

ARTISTSARTIST

MEDIA

LOCATION

Kathryn Clark

Fiber

San Francisco, CA

Seth Clark

Wood, Fiber, Found Objects

Pittsburgh, PA

Motoko Furuhashi

Jewelry, Found Objects

Las Cruces, NM

Holly Grace

Glass

Melbourne, Australia

Clara Grace Hoag

Ceramic

Houston, TX

Chris Ivey

Mixed Media

Pittsburgh, PA

Gregory Kloehn

Found Objects

Oakland, CA

Robert LachFound Objects

West Orange, NJ

ROYFound Objects, Metals

Pittsburgh, PA

Demitra Thomloudis

Jewelry, Found Objects

Athens, GA

Consuelo Underwood

Fiber

Cupertino, CA

Tali Weinberg

Fiber

Berkeley, CACharity White

Ceramic,VideoGainsville, FL

Soonran Youn

Mixed Media

Seoul, South Korea

Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home is made possible by the Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Staunton Farm Foundation, the National Endowment for
the Arts, The Fine Foundation, and The Brooks Foundation. Media sponsored by 90.5 WESA, 91.3 WYEP, and NEXTpittsburgh. (As of June 2017)
Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home | a socially engaged art experience | September 8, 2017 - Feburary 17, 2018
Contemporary Craft | 2100 Smallman Street Pittsburgh, PA 15222 | 412.261.7003 | www.contemporarycraft.org | Mon - Sat, 10AM - 5PM | free of charge

IMAGESThis is a small sampling of available Shelter images. Visit www.exploremindfulart.com/shelterimages and use thepassword SHELTERimages to view all of the exhibition artwork.
Email Stephanie Sun at ssun@contemporarycraft.org for high res files and photo credits.
Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home is made possible by the Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Staunton Farm Foundation, the National Endowment forthe Arts, The Fine Foundation, and The Brooks Foundation. Media sponsored by 90.5 WESA, 91.3 WYEP, and NEXTpittsburgh. (As of June 2017)
Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home | a socially engaged art experience | September 8, 2017 - Feburary 17, 2018
Contemporary Craft | 2100 Smallman Street Pittsburgh, PA 15222 | 412.261.7003 | www.contemporarycraft.org | Mon - Sat, 10AM - 5PM | free of charge