Emerging Artist Profile: Lex Covato

3 May 2011 by Emily O'Donnell in Artists Market

Lex Covato Headshot

The surrealist nature of Alexis Covato’s work makes me feel like I am in a brightly colored dream. Playful images have an odd twist to them, making the viewer slightly uneasy.

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Emerging Artist Profile: Mark Stein

21 April 2011 by Emily O'Donnell in Artists Market

Mark Stein

Emerging Artist Scholarship recipient Mark Stein turns reclaimed materials into wire-framed metal sculptures.

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Visual Art Jurors

17 February 2011 by Lauren in Artists Market, Visual Arts

Each year, we take pride in inviting a diverse and distinguished group of Pittsburgh-region artists and curators to participate in the Festival by acting as jurors for our programs.

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Visual Arts Deadlines Extended

8 February 2011 by Lauren in Artists Market, Featured, Visual Arts

2011 Artists Market and Emerging Artist applications are now due on February 18. Juried Visual Art applications are due on March 11.

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Tribute to Festival Volunteers

2 February 2011 by Lauren in Artists Market

Our thanks go out to Festival artist and caricaturist Vince Ornato for his touching note of thanks to Three Rivers Arts Festival volunteers, published in the Post-Gazette back in September.

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2011 Opportunities for Visual Artists

31 October 2010 by Lauren in Artists Market, Featured, Visual Arts

Applications are now available for the Artists Market, the Emerging Artists Scholarship Program, our Juried Visual Art Exhibition and, in a new partnership with the Festival this year, Showcase Noir.

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Eco-Artists

4 June 2010 by Emily Chiodo in Artists Market, Environment

Many industries are examining the way they do business to determine where and when more earth-conscious decisions can be made. Artists and craftsmen have been keen to this idea for some time – long before “green” became trendy. One dedicated artist even compiled a rather practical and intuitive online how-to list filled with tips to [...]

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Emerging Artist Scholarship Winners – Part 4

10 May 2010 by Tim in Artists Market

This is the final post in a series of posts introducing this year’s Emerging Artist Scholarship recipients.  The following artists, in addition to the artists previously revealed, will be showcasing their work at the Festival’s Artists Market. Deanna Mance Deanna Mance draws complex cities of lines, shapes and colors.  She creates her work, using ink, graphite and acrylics, on tea-stained [...]

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Emerging Artist Scholarship Winners – Part 3

3 May 2010 by Tim in Artists Market

This is part three of a series of posts introducing this year’s Emerging Artist Scholarship recipients.  The following two artists, in addition to the artists previously mentioned, will be showcasing their work at the festival’s Artists Market. Jason Woolslare Painter Jason Woolslare brings ideas that are traditionally associated with the streets to the canvas.  His combination of acrylic [...]

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Emerging Artist Scholarship Winners – Part 2

26 April 2010 by Tim in Artists Market

This is part two of a series of posts introducing this year’s Emerging Artist Scholarship recipients.  These following artists will be showcasing their work at the festival’s Artists Market throughout the festival. Christopher Ruane Christopher Ruane is a photographer and digital artist who dreams of blurring the boundary between art and  technology.  He uses cutting-edge computer [...]

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