by Elwin Green, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Some Homewood students participating in a training program that combines arts and entrepreneurship will present their
work in an exhibit this evening at the Homewood Carnegie Library.

“Postcards From Homewood” is a project conducted by The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship and The
Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild. The artwork on these postcards includes design and photography by students from
Homewood. Packages of 10 cards will be sold, with proceeds benefitting the students and the library….

For the full Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08177/892437-345.stm

If you plan to visit the Three Rivers Arts Festival on Friday night, then you might want to stop by the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild’s satellite Downtown gallery, MCG@800 Penn Avenue. From 5:30 to 8 p.m., MCG will sponsor a free, public benefit reception for “From Violence to Vision,” a project and exhibit of works by members of MCG Youth’s first group of Arts Leadership and Public Service interns.

The exhibit includes works across media that address violence. The reception will offer an opportunity to meet students featured in the show and kick-off a silent auction, which will run through the end of the exhibition. Advocacy pins also will be available for purchase and food and refreshments will be served. A portion of all proceeds made during the exhibit will go to the Center for Victims of Violence and Crime.

The show will continue through July 6. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and is at 800 Penn Ave., Downtown.

For the original Pittsburgh Tribune Review article:
www.pittsburghlive.com/x/goingout/news/s_573235.html

By Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Congratulations to Pittsburgh guild Women of Vision members JoAnne Bates, Tina Brewer, Elizabeth Asche Douglas and Ruth Richardson, who are among 18 artists selected by jurors Faith Ringgold and Ann Shields to appear in “Celebration of Visual Traditions: New Work of Diverse Pennsylvania Artists.” One of Bates’ works was chosen for the catalog cover. The exhibition opened Friday at the HUB-Robeson Gallery at Penn State, which co-sponsored it with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. It will travel the state, arriving at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild next year.

by Barbara M. Neill, Laurel Mountain Post

Einstein said, “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.” In this the year of the city’s 250th anniversary, I thought it would prove enlightening to speak with a cross-section of the city’s luminaries about Pittsburgh - past, present and future….

For the full Laurel Mountain Post article (PDF):
http://www.laurelmountainpost.com/Archives/LMP-May-June-2008-web.pdf