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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT // TIM PORTLOCK AND ‘NICKELS FROM HEAVEN’
Artist Spotlight, SwitchbacksHeather BlakesleeAugust 6, 2022Heather Shayne Blakeslee, 4.1, Excerpt
Opening Salvo // Taking the Wheel
Opening SalvoHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Excerpt
Constellations // One Table, Many Bowls
ConstellationsHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Diana Lu, Excerpt
Destination // Celebration and Sanctuary at the Colored Girls Museum
DestinationHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Jared Michael Lowe, Excerpt
Recommendation // The 7th Hand
RecommendationHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Excerpt
Of Puritans and Progressives
ProfileHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Excerpt
Toleration's Mystery
EssayHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Donna Foley, Excerpt
'Ashkenormative'
EssayHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Jesse Bernstein, Excerpt
'Science's Dark Altar'
EssayHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Will Caverly, Excerpt
Artist Spotlight: Katherine Fraser
Artist SpotlightHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Excerpt
New Blasphemies
ProfileHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Excerpt
Sacred Clowns, Noble Dogs
EssayHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Walter Foley, Excerpt
Switchbacks // 'Father, Son & Holy Ghost'
SwitchbacksHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Lauren Earline Leonard, Excerpt
New Paradise in Pennsylvania?
3.3, SwitchbacksHeather BlakesleeJanuary 17, 2022Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Judy Wicks, Excerpt
RECOMMENDATION // AN ARTIST IN EVERY STOREFRONT
RECOMMENDATION // AN ARTIST IN EVERY STOREFRONT

A Q&A with Pittsburgh’s Vestige Concept Gallery



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3.3, RecommendationHeather BlakesleeJanuary 17, 2022Kelsey Dennis, Excerpt
ART // A Time of Fire
ART // A Time of Fire

A preview of an upcoming permanent exhibition at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center honoring the playwright.



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3.3, Art & IdeasHeather BlakesleeJanuary 17, 2022August Wilson, Lauren Earline Leonard, Excerpt
Profile // Break the Nose of Every Beautiful Thing
Profile // Break the Nose of Every Beautiful Thing

Sighs from the depths of galactic artist Sabrina Small





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3.3, ProfileHeather BlakesleeJanuary 17, 2022Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Sabrina Small, Excerpt
Essay // ‘I Am the Sun’ or  ‘Two People in a Room’
Essay // ‘I Am the Sun’ or ‘Two People in a Room’

How painting men shifted my center of gravity in relation to half of the planet





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3.3, EssayHeather BlakesleeJanuary 17, 2022Elizabeth Bergeland, Kuf Knotz, Excerpt
Profile // ‘The Ballad of Kuf and Christine’
Profile // ‘The Ballad of Kuf and Christine’

An origin story of the unlikely pairing of a Philadelphia hip hop artist and a classical harpist, both tuned into how to create community through art.



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3.3, ProfileHeather BlakesleeJanuary 17, 2022A.D. Amorosi, Kuf Knotz, Christine Elise, Excerpt
ART // FLIPPING THE MATTRESS
ART // FLIPPING THE MATTRESS

Pittsburgh’s fabled Mattress Factory embarks on a new chapter with new leadership and recommits to ‘art you can get into’



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3.3, Art & IdeasHeather BlakesleeJanuary 17, 2022Jared Michael Lowe, Excerpt
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