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Join me this Friday, September 3rd for an opening reception at Commonplace Coffee at the Mexican War Streets shop on the North Side! I'll have 9 framed prints on display and in addition, an exclusive print will be on sale of the National Opera House in Homewood! This historic building housed the National Negro Opera Company from its founding in 1941. All sales of this print will go directly to the restoration fund to restore and rebuild this historic and cultural landmark. My artwork will be at the Mexican War Streets shop for September and October and after that will...

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Join me at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art this Saturday, June 12th for the Museum Shop Spring Fling! Check out this article in the Trib about the event.

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Check out this article from Docomomo US, featuring my Pittsburgh Modern screenprints as well as more interesting stories about 20th century architecture in the city of Pittsburgh.

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Last month, I was contacted by a woman named Rona who asked me if I could do an illustration of her great-grandfather’s bank on Court Place in Pittsburgh. She didn't have much info about the building itself, but provided me with a drawing that was printed in the newspaper. So what I did next was I checked out Google Maps' Street View of the street I knew to be Court Place in Downtown Pittsburgh, which runs right alongside the Boulevard of the Allies ramp. I searched up and down the street, which is the location of Pittsburgh's very small Chinatown...

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I always like to support my fellow artists, and want to plug Seamus Fegan’s Irish mythology inspired art. I won a contest on his Instagram post (@seamusfeganart) and got this set of creepy cool Christmas cards. Be sure to check his work out! Shane

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