Current Programming

Pittsburgh International LitFest 2023 with City of Asylum

McDonough Museum of Art, #notwhite collective, September 5-November 4, 2023

McDonough Museum of art

525 WICK AVENUE
YOUNGSTOWN OH 44502

#NOTWHITECOLLECTIVE
SEPTEMBER 5 - NOVEMBER 4, 2023

SEPTEMBER 8 · 5-7 pm · Opening Reception
SEPTEMBER 20 · 6:30-8 pm · Walking Tour with the #notwhite collective
OCTOBER 19 · 7:30-8 pm · Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Fest · REGISTER HERE
NOVEMBER 4 · 11 am - 2 pm · Ekphrastic Writing Workshop with Veronica Corpuz

City of Asylum

40 WEST NORTH AVENUE
PITTSBURGH PA 15212

PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL 2023

OCTOBER 12, 7-8:30 pm VIEW HERE

Pittsburgh International Literary Festival, LitFest 2023, features two full weeks of free programs that highlight global voices and perspectives, celebrate literature from around the world, and encourage cross-cultural exchange.

From September 30 through October 15, we welcome more than 50 artists representing over 20 countries and nations to Alphabet City. With 17 free workshops, panels, author interviews, and special performances for kids, teens, and adults, there is something for everyone at LitFest.

See full schedule here. Free and open to the public.

pITTSBURGH pUBLIC tHEATER

621 PENN AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR
PITTSBURGH PA 15222

Pittsburgh Public Theater Welcome Weekend hosted by the #notwhite collective
JULY 8 · 1-4 pm

Join artist and human liberation teacher Martiza Mosquera in dialogue, art and sound about being and loving nature. Then, meet artist and licensed clinical liberation specialist Liana Maneese to learn about the foundations and necessity of somatic abolitionism for all social justice practices, public and private. We will conclude the afternoon with conversation with collective members Maggie Negrete and Sara Tang.

space gallery

812 LIBERTY AVENUE
PITTSBURGH PA 15222

#NOTWHITE COLLECTIVE 2016-2022
NOVEMBER 18, 2022 - MAY 14, 2023

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | FREE TO THE PUBLIC

NOVEMBER 18 · 5:30-8 pm · Opening Reception and Book Launch
NOVEMBER 19 · Abafasi Drumming with Kelly E. Parker
DECEMBER 15 · 6:30-8 pm · Body:WARds Conversation with Maritza Mosquera
DECEMBER 21 · 6:30-8 pm · The Longest Night Writing Workshop with Veronica Corpuz
DECEMBER 31 · 6-11:59 pm · Highmark First Night Pittsburgh
JANUARY 15 · 2-5 pm · A Gathering of Days and Practices Salon Circle
JANUARY 27 · 5:30-10 pm · Musica del Ayer Corta-Venas con Geña y Peña
MARCH 5 · 2 pm · Just Sing! Workshop with Anqwenique Kinsel
APRIL 28 · 5:30-10 pm · Gallery Crawl with DJ HUNY XO & Madame Dolores
APRIL 30 · 2-5 pm · Excavating Stories from the Body Through Music, Poetry & Art
MAY 14 · 3-5 pm · #notwhite Book Party & Reading featuring Kevin Araujo

city of asylum

40 WEST NORTH AVENUE
PITTSBURGH PA 15212

IN-DIALOGUE SERIES · LIVESTREAMED FROM CITY OF ASYLUM

OCTOBER 11, 2021 6 pm · COREY CARRINGTON
NOVEMBER 8, 2021 6-8 pm · JASMINE CHO · CHRIS IVEY
DECEMBER 13, 2021 6-8 pm · EMMAI ALAQUIVA · WILLY JAMES
JANUARY 10, 2022 6-8 pm · SYLVIA RHOR SAMANIEGO · LEIGH SOLOMON PUGLIANO · MADELINE GENT
FEBRUARY 14, 2022 6-7 pm · JOSÉ CARLOS DIAZ
MARCH 21, 2022 6 pm · BEKEZELA MGUNI
MARCH 30, 2022 6 pm · ERIN PERRY
APRIL 11, 2022 6-8 pm · MARIKA CONSTANTINO · DS KINSEL
MAY 9, 2022 6-8 pm · RAUL MOARQUECH FERRERA-BALANQUET · TOI DERRICOTTE
JUNE 13, 2022 6-8 pm · STAYCEE PEARL · KULDEEP SINGH
JULY 11, 2022 6-8 pm · ANQWENIQUE KINSEL · CHARLIE AMÁYÁ SCOTT
AUGUST 8, 2022 6-8 pm · NATIQ JALIL · VICTORIA SNYDER
OCTOBER 10, 2022 6-8 pm · SHEY RIVERA · MARQUIS “TEN THOUSAND” BURTON
NOVEMBER 14, 2022 6-8 pm · ROSIE GORDON-WALLACE · DOMINIQUE ENRIQUEZ
DECEMBER 12, 2022 6-8 pm · SEAN LEE · URAYOÁN NOEL

Funding for the In-Dialogue series was provided by the Arts and Equity Reimagined Fund.

harlan gallery
seton hill art center

205 WEST OTTERMAN STREET
GREENSBURG PA 15601

WE ARE THE GLOBAL MAJORITY: redux
FEBRUARY 10, 2022 - MARCH 11, 2022

FEBRUARY 10, 2022, 4-7 pm · OPENING RECEPTION

Funding for the We Are The Global Majority was provided by the A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation and the Small Arts Initiative of the Heinz Endowments.

greater pittsburgh arts council

ARTIST PANEL WITH THE #NOTWHITE COLLECTIVE: TEACHING ARTIST INITIATIVE FALL MEET-UP
OCTOBER 11, 2021, 10 am - 12 pm · ZOOM CONFERENCE

unsmoke systems artspace

1137 BRADDOCK AVENUE
BRADDOCK PA 15104

MURMURATION

AUGUST 27, 2021 6-8 pm · FLOCK
an evening of undetermined, spontaneous performances by members of the collective
AUGUST 28, 2021 6-8 pm · CLOSING RECEPTION

space gallery

812 LIBERTY AVENUE
PITTSBURGH PA 15222

WE ARE THE GLOBAL MAJORITY | DECOLONIZING SPACE
JUNE 4, 2021 - AUGUST 1, 2021

MAY 21, 2021 · LIVESTREAM DINNER PARTY
JUNE 4, 2021 5-7 pm · OPENING RECEPTION
JUNE 5, 2021 5 pm · GEÑA Y PEÑA
JUNE 12, 2021 5 pm · KENIA

Funding for the We Are The Global Majority was provided by the A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation and the Small Arts Initiative of the Heinz Endowments.