General contact:
Stephanie Sun, Marketing Manager
ssun@contemporarycraft.org
412.261.7003
www.contemporarycraft.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Crafting Conversations: A Call and Response to Our Changing Climate
PITTSBURGH, PA – September 1, 2019 – Featuring a selection of works in a range of media by 12 artists
who address the challenge of climate change, Crafting Conversations: A Call and Response to Our
Changing Climate through Art, organized by Creatives 4 Climate (C4C), will be on view at Contemporary
Craft’s (CC) BNY Mellon Satellite Gallery in downtown Pittsburgh from September 1, 2019 through January
15, 2020.
Curated by Katy DeMent and Ann Rosenthal, the artworks created by the 12 exhibiting Pittsburgh artists
are exhibited thematically. Each thematic group/installation addresses issues related to climate change
through craft, while posing literal questions for the public to ponder. These works demonstrate how local
artists are attempting to change their environmental footprint while crafting conversations for thousandsof transit users who pass through the exhibition daily, prompting them to consider how they arecontributing to mitigate climate change and how they can do better (e.g., using mass transit). Crafting
Conversations invites viewers to take a “long view,” suggesting we shift our thinking, actions, and culture
to allow for a more sustainable, life-affirming relationship between human and non-human nature.
Featured artists and collectives include Rose Clancy; C4C; Katy DeMent; Joan Guerin; Elizabeth Ashley
Kyber; The Mobile Sculpture Workshop; Albert Pantone; Pamela Paulsrud, “Tree Whisperers”; Laura
Ramie; Ann Rosenthal, “LUNA”; Lindsey Scherloum; Sarah Simmons; and Remembering Hiroshima,
Imagining Peace (RHIP).
CC’s BNY Mellon Satellite Gallery is located in the lobby of the Steel Plaza T-Station in downtown
Pittsburgh (500 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15258). Crafting Conversations is free and open to the public
daily through midnight. For more information or high-res photos of works in Crafting Conversations,please contact the exhibition curators, Katy DeMent at katydement@gmail.com and Ann Rosenthal at
atrart@gmail.com. For general information about CC, please contact Stephanie Sun at
ssun@contemporarycraft.org or 412.261.7003.
ABOUT CONTEMPORARY CRAFT
Presenting contemporary art in craft materials by regional, national, and international artists since 1971,
CC offers cutting edge exhibitions focusing on multicultural diversity and art, as well as artist-led, hands-on
studio workshops, community outreach programs, and a retail store. For more information, visit
https://www.contemporarycraft.org.
ABOUT CREATIVES 4 CLIMATE
Creatives 4 Climate (C4C) collaborative develops and organizes projects and events that invite, challenge,and empower people and communities in Southwestern Pennsylvania to learn about environmental andsocial challenges, explore their personal relationship to global and local challenges, and explore ways eachone of us can be part of the solution. In addition to supporting climate mitigation efforts, C4C ignites
honest and open conversation about climate adaptation. C4C helps people approach, explore, and reflect
on climate crisis/trauma/chaos holistically, with their minds, hearts, and bodies. C4C projects make ourconcerns and grievances, as well as our love for the world, visible and collective.

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