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(Already) Water has become a political issue in Pennsylvania!

Carolyn Speranza — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:56:51 +0000

Hard to imagine that in this off-year, your vote could count for something really important. Besides the library initiative getting you to the polls, consider that legislature governing Marcellus shale drilling and our DRINKING WATER will wind up in Pennsylvania’s Courts. That’s why you should vote for Wecht and give his campaign a few bucks [...]

Navigating Water Run-off in Pittsburgh

Carolyn Speranza — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:20 +0000

An eye opening meeting last night at the Jewish Community Center. Facilitated by our Councilman, Doug Shields, Squirrel Hill area residents aired their grievances to Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, Nine Mile Run Association, ALCOSAN, and City of Pittsburgh Public Works. The big picture is: due to the consistent rise in temperature, northeast cities have seen an upswing in dramatic rainwater events - for which our city's infrastructure is ill-equipped. Residents testified to cleaning up human poop from combined sewage run-off in their yards and in their homes.

A friend of mine has an amazing new web site, dedicated to a campaign for bringing contextual thinking to the 2012 race.

Carolyn Speranza — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 01:28:24 +0000

Loving the new web site: laughlinforpresident.org/default.aspx— Laughlin Artz (@Laughlin_Artz) October 07, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized

“Too Shallow for Diving” Sister Exhibition, “Artists’ Books on the Environment” Closing Reception Tuesday June 28 at Carnegie Mellon

Carolyn Speranza — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:25:07 +0000

Artists’ Books on the Environment Closing Reception Join us on Tuesday, June 28 from 5-7 p.m. at Carnegie Mellon University, Arts Library and Special Collections, on the 4th floor of Hunt Library for a closing reception of the exhibition “Artists’ Books on the Environment.” This exhibition is currently being held in conjunction with “Too Shallow [...]

Local Water Issues and Public Health Presentation at the JCC Monday June 6 at 7:00pm

Carolyn Speranza — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:45:36 +0000

WATER’S WAYS: A Presentation & Discussion of Local Water Issues and Public Health When: Monday, June 6, 7:00pm Where: Jewish Community Center, 5748 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh 15217 (Squirrel Hill near Murray Ave) Contact: Ann Rosenthal, Dargan Street Studios, 412-688-0417, atrart Web Site: http://www.jccpgh.org/page/ajm In conjunction with the exhibition Too Shallow for Diving: the 21st Century [...]

Too Shallow for Diving: the 21st Century is Treading Water opens May 14 at 7:00PM

Carolyn Speranza — Tue, 03 May 2011 17:51:23 +0000

May 14th at 7:00pm Too Shallow for Diving: the 21st Century is Treading Water opens to the public at the American Jewish Museum at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill. I will be speaking at 7:30 to introduce the project and to talk with you about creating new communities; the role of the artist; [...]

AT&T “Rethink Possible” Commercial Eerily Similar to Christo and Jean Claude Masterpieces

Carolyn Speranza — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:24:43 +0000

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Tonight’s Search for Creatives in the Same Place as I

Carolyn Speranza — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:26:37 +0000

Tonight I went searching for examples of online support structures for artists and authors; initially looking for something my “Dawn of the Deadened” concept. The Artist’s Way, is pretty close, although the focus is on writing (understandably so). Here’s a short list of my findings: http://theartistsway.com/forums/ Forums where people use the book as a take [...]

Dawn of the Deadened

Carolyn Speranza — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:41:32 +0000

My most recent experience in re-inventing my artistic practice, awakening the deadened tendrils of expression – was a foray into glass painting this past week at the Pittsburgh Glass Center, in a week-long intensive. For a number of years I worked in layered transparencies, painted, printed, colored gels – using frosted, colored and clear plastics, [...]

Michael Kaiser: Arts in Crisis Video Series

Carolyn Speranza — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:15:14 +0000

I had the profound pleasure of hearing Michael Kaiser speak yesterday at the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Year in Review, at the August Wilson Center. He speaks the language of possibility and transformation. He turned the paradigm for arts management on its ear. You could hear the audience’s brains buzzing in the room, and the [...]