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Shuttered factories, abandoned warehouses and boarded up store fronts are being re-purposed as galleries and performance spaces by people with passion and vision. Art From the Ground Up was created to provide a showcase for some of the most innovative members of Pittsburgh’s emerging arts community.00000176-e6f7-dce8-adff-f6f7706f0000Art From the Ground Up is hosted by Bob Studebaker and is a monthly series highlighting small grass roots arts organizations and individual artists that take non-traditional approaches to the creation, presentation, and even the definition of art.Know an organization Bob should check out? Email him with your suggestions.

With Alloy Pittsburgh, Emerging Artists Explore Creative Reuse Of The Carrie Furnace

Courtesy Alloy Pittsburgh

Alloy Pittsburgh was conceived as a biennial laboratory where emerging artists in the Pittsburgh region would create temporary, site-based artwork that explore the creative reuse of the Carrie Furnace national historic landmark. Chris McGinnis and Sean Derry are the co-founders.

The project was developed in collaboration with the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area and the Kipp Gallery at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Alloy Pittsburgh offers 15 artists the opportunity to develop and exhibit their work for this year’s presentation, which opens to the public Saturday, Sept. 29.

McGinnis said the intent is “to bring artists to the site to participate in the dialogue around the site.”

Not your usual venue for art, the buildings are immense, and they’re situated on a surprisingly large tract of land. This creates an interesting and unique location as well as context for the creation and exhibition of art.

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