Dean Cercone

If you happen to drive by a warehouse on the corner of Penn Avenue and North Mathilda Street in Garfield - at 3 A.M. - you can probably catch Dean Cercone painting. As Larkin Page-Jacobs reports, Cercone finds a way to make art, even when conditions are less than ideal.
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Dean Cercone in pittsburghgalleries.blogspot.com

DeanCerconeArt [at] aol dot com

John Metzler

Pittsburgh loses lots of trees to development, disease and pests every year and the Urban Tree Forge gives some of the timber a second life as building material, furniture and art. The woodworker John Metzler founded the organization. He was killed in May 2010 by a runaway U-haul trailer as he cut wood outside the Forge. Larkin Page-Jacobs has his artist profile.
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www.urbantreeforge.com

John with saw

Penny Mateer

Some people express their political leanings through marches, letter writing or phone calls to local lawmakers. Penny Mateer uses a needle. Larkin Page-Jacobs reports this fiber artist began as a traditional quilter before going off script.

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PennyMateer.com

Fiber Arts Guild of Pittsburgh

Dylan Vitone

There’s a term in street photography called the “decisive moment” – where things line up before the photographer hits the shutter. In Dylan Vitone’s photographs, those moments and the ones that come before and after -- often play out in the same image. Larkin Page-Jacobs recently met up with Vitone and has this profile. Click here to listen to the story.

www.dylanvitone.com

Thaddeus Mosley

Past the gates of a nondescript industrial park in Manchester, down the stairs of a brick building to a chilly basement — a visitor can stumble into a forest of sculptures. These pieces are the work of Thaddeus Mosley who carves and chisels cherry wood and walnut into an array of abstract forms — some standing more than 8 feet tall. Larkin Page-Jacobs recently paid Mosley a visit. Click here to listen to the story. 

Kim Beck

Kim Beck is interested in the urban details that are so obvious and mundane, they’re practically hidden in plain sight. Larkin Page-Jacobs reports. Click here to listen to the story.

www.idealcities.com

Rick Bach

Drawing from politics, pop culture, off-beat humor, and well honed techniques, Larkin Page-Jacobs reports Rick Bach spurns labels while making wild, innovative art. Click here to listen to the story.

Link to other works by Rick Bach.

Nino the Crusher (photo credit: Ralf Brown)

Cheryl Capezzuti (Part 2)

The National Lint Project began as a failed children’s art assignment. While it wasn’t fun for the kids to form sculptures out of lint, Larkin Page-Jacobs reports Cheryl Capazzuti found meaning in the material. Click here to listen to the story.

Cheryl Capezzuti (Part 1)

During the city’s annual first night celebration spectators see marching bands, floats, costumes and giant puppets. Larkin Page-Jacobs visited Pittsburgh’s premier puppet maker. Click here to listen to the story.

www.studiocapezzuti.com

photo credit: Don Orkoskey

Duane Rieder

Duane Rieder is one part photographer, one part vintner and one huge part Roberto Clemente fan. Larkin Page-Jacobs says he’s managed to link these disparate passions and make them his life’s work. Click here to listen to the story.

www.riederphotography.com

www.clementemuseum.com

www.enginehouse25.com

Atticus Adams

Atticus Adams is sculptor of metal mesh, a two-dimensional raw material that's shapeless and ready to be formed. Larkin Page-Jacobs sat down with Adams who says he experiments to see what he can learn from the material as it provides a creative direction of its own.

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www.atticusadams.com

Tim Kaulen

The Carrie Furnace was one of Andrew Carnegie’s original steel mills and sits on more than a hundred acres in Pittsburgh’s industrial heartland. The sculptor Tim Kaulen and a group of covert artists erected a sculpture in the abandoned mill…so Larkin Page-Jacobs set out to find it. Click here to listen to the story. 

www.kaulen-art.com

 

Matthew Buchholz

Some narratives can’t be found in history books. When Matthew Buchholz thinks about historic Pittsburgh he imagines smokestacks and steel tycoons, but he also sees rampaging monsters, river serpents and maybe a flying saucer or two.  Larkin Page-Jacobs reports he’s turned his fascination with sci-fi into art by taking old photographs and maps and creating a history that never was...Click here to listen to the story.

alternatehistories.etsy.com

Amisha Gadani

Amisha Gadani describes herself as an artist interested in naturally occurring forms and systems – including animal behavior. One of her projects is a series of “Defensive Dresses” that mimic the ways animals defend and protect themselves in the wild. Larkin Page-Jacobs spoke with Gadani about one of her creations. Click here to listen to the story.

www.amishagadani.com

photo credit: Amy Snyder