KIRSTEN ERVIN: ARTIST C.V

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

2017 - present    Art Instructor, Community Living and Support Services, Pittsburgh

 

2017                    Teaching Artist, Rug Hooking Workshop, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh

 

2017                    Teaching Artist,  After School Program, Propel Schools, Pittsburgh

 

2016                    Studio Assistant, Studio Cappezutti, Pittsburgh                                                                                                     

2015                    Manager, ACHIEVA Creative Art Studio, Pittsburgh

                                                                                                           

2012 - 2015         Co-Director, Creative Citizen Studios, Pittsburgh                                                                                                   

2013 - 2015         Art Instructor, Adult Day Program, Catholic Youth Services, Pittsburgh

 

2012 - 2013         Artist in Residence, Creative Aging Grant, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh                                                      

2010 - 2012         Art & Drama Instructor, Day Treatment & Deaf Services, Milestone Centers, Pittsburgh

 

2007 - 2010         Gallery Curator & Art Instructor, Everyone an Artist, Milestone Centers, Pittsburgh                                               

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EXHIBITIONS

 

SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS

 

2019    Pittsburgh Passenger Portrait Project, Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh

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2014   Imaginary Insects,  Studio 5013 Gallery, Penn Avenue Unblurred, Pittsburgh

 

2012   I Was a Child Actor, Studio 5013 Gallery, Penn Avenue Unblurred, Pittsburgh

 

2010   High School, Zombo Gallery, Pittsburgh

 

2007   Plunge!, Coca Cafe, Pittsburgh

 

2006   Pluck! Image Box Gallery, Penn Avenue Unblurred, Pittsburgh

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2019   Group A 75 Anniversary Exhibition , Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh

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        2018   Inspired , Fiber Arts Guild of Pittsburgh, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA

 

2018   Entangled, Group A, Irma Freeman Center for the Imagination, Pittsburgh

 

2017   Blue, Fiber Arts Guild, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh

 

2016   Figure Drawing Show, Panza Gallery, Pittsburgh

 

2011   LASCAUX to GARFIELD: Art Salon & Puppet Happening, Irma Freeman Center for Imagination,         

2011   Figure Drawing Show, Panza Gallery, Pittsburgh

 

2010   H2O, Group A, Fe Art Gallery, Pittsburgh

 

2008   Re-Look, Re-New, 820 Liberty Gallery, First Night Pittsburgh

 

2008   Birds in Art, Zombo Gallery, Pittsburgh

 

2008   Girls, Girls, Girls!, Zombo Gallery, Pittsburgh

 

2008   Magarac Attack!, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh

 

2006   Under My Bed, Artists Upstairs Gallery, Pittsburgh Gallery Crawl,

 

2005   Black Sheep Gallery Exhibit, Black Sheep Puppet Festival, The Brew House, Pittsburgh

 

2003   SALVO, Festival of the Salvage Arts, Construction Junction, Pittsburgh

COMMISSIONS
 

        2018  Marching Band Hats , Colonel Eagleburger's High Stepping Goodtime Band, First Night,

                  Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh

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2018   Finger Puppets of Pittsburgh City Council, Presented to Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto,

           Pittsburgh Day of Puppetry, World Day of Puppetry

 

2017   Art of  Belonging Poster, Sprout Fund, Pittsburgh

 

2017   Feeding the Birds, hand hooked wool tapestry, Lisel Virkler

 

2016   Art Car, First Night Parade, Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh

 

2014   Portraits, Anthrocon & Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Pittsburgh

 

2012   Art Car, First Night Parade, Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh

 

2011   Art Car, First Night Parade, Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh

 

2011   5 Minute Portraits, Youth Invasion, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh

 

2008   Art Car, First Night Parade, Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh

CRAFT FAIRS

 

2016   Vendor, Gift Gallery at the Plate, Spinning Plate Gallery, Pittsburgh

 

2013   Vendor, Gift Gallery at the Plate, Spinning Plate Gallery, Pittsburgh

 

2011   Vendor, I Made it! Pittsburgh, Union Project, Pittsburgh

 

2006   Vendor, Handmade Arcade, Construction Junction, Pittsburgh

 

2005   Vendor, Handmade Arcade, Construction Junction, Pittsburgh

 

2004   Vendor, Handmade Arcade, Construction Junction, Pittsburgh

PERFORMANCE & PUPPETRY

 

2018   Groundhog Underground, Groundhog's Day Showcase, Glitter Box Theater, Pittsburgh

 

2017   Freak Show, Puppetry Guild of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art,     Pittsburgh

 

2016   I Am A Woman, Wordplay, Bricolage Theater, Pittsburgh

 

2016   Anatomy of a Crumb, Puppetry Guild of Pittsburgh, Union Project, Pittsburgh

 

2014   Purple Peter's Potluck Party, Lovelace Puppet Festival, Pittsburgh

 

2003   Perseus, Medusa & the Magic Frisbee, Tom Sarver Puppet Express, Black Sheep Puppet Festival,                   The Brewhouse, Pittsburgh

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

 

2017   Springhill Suites North Shore Art Night: CLASS Art Show,  Pittsburgh North Shore Marriott,

              

2017   Art with CLASS, Annual Art Show, Community Living and Support Services, Pittsburgh

 

2016   Handmade Arcade, Guest Curator, David Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh

 

2015   Mom & Me, Creative Citizen Studios, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

 

2015   Now You See Me, Creative Citizen Studios,  Art on the Walls, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

 

2014   Inspired: New Work from Creative Citizens, Carnegie Library Main, Pittsburgh

 

2014   Super Citizens! , Creative Citizen Studios, Crazy Mocha Coffee Shop in Bloomfield, Pittsburgh

 

2014   Where Dreams Come From, Kiln-N-Time, Pittsburgh

 

2011   The Art of Giving, Kane Regional Hospital, Pittsburgh

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2010   Warmth: An Immersion of Poetry & Photography, Everyone an Artist, Pittsburgh

 

2009   Surprise!, Everyone an Artist Gallery, Pittsburgh

 

2009   Speaking Visually, Everyone an Artist Gallery, Pittsburgh

 

2009   Images of Our Lives, Everyone an Artist Gallery, Pittsburgh

 

2009   Captastic!, Everyone an Artist Gallery, Pittsburgh

 

2008   Above and Below, Everyone an Artist Gallery, Pittsburgh

 

2008   Marks & Gestures, Everyone an Artist Gallery, Pittsburgh

 

2008   Re-Look, Re-New, 820 Liberty Gallery, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, First Night Pittsburgh

 

2008   Form & Function, Everyone an Artist Gallery, Pittsburgh

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LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS

 

2015   Adaptive Art for Individuals with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities,

           Art Therapy Department,  Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA

 

2014   Looking Beyond: Art & Engagement for Blind Artists & Audiences,

           History of Art and Architecture Colloquium, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

 

2014   Bringing Arts & Disability Communities Together: the Accessible Art Studio, Summer Learning Lab,             Erie Arts and Culture, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA

 

2014   Touch Art: Making Art with Pittsburgh's Blind Community, Pennsylvania Council for the Blind                        Regional Conference, Pittsburgh

 

2014   Touch Art: Making Art with Pittsburgh's Blind Community, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 

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2011   Panelist, Disability & The Arts: For Once in My Life, Independent Lens, WQED-TV, Pittsburgh

 

2009   Co-Facilitator, Arts & Disability Awareness Workshop, Chatham University, Pittsburgh

 

2009   Panelist, Art & Mental Illness: Seraphine, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh

 

2008   Panelist, Diversity and the Arts Roundtable, Pittsburgh Creativity Project, New Hazlett Theater,                     Pittsburgh

 

MEMBERSHIPS, PROFFESIONAL GUILDS

 

• Fiber Arts Guild of Pittsburgh

• Group A, Pittsburgh

• Puppetry Guild of Pittsburgh