sidewall is a mural exhibition space dedicated to showing works by artists both local and abroad, creative collaborations, etc., with murals rotating the first Friday of every month. this is done in hopes of increasing the opportunity for artists to publicly exhibit work, as well as inspire verbal and visual dialogue. it is hosted on the side wall of a private residence at the corner of 608 S. Millvale & Lima Way, Pittsburgh PA 15224.
NEW CURATORSHIP:
sidewall is excited and honored to announce that the #notwhitecollective will be curating a series of murals for 2019 as part of their Manifesto Project II. Please read their history and mission statement below, and visit their website to learn more about these women, the art and work they do!
#notwhite collective
In 2018, the #notwhite collective was an awardee of the Keyword: International Research Grant, a project of the Carnegie International and the Kelly Strayhorn Theater (KST). As part of this project, the collective developed its first Manifesto, which was presented as a performance during the symposium held in October 2018 at the KST, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In 2019 our year-long residency with the Sidewall Project will expand on the ideas generated as a result of our discussions, research, and sharing during the Manifesto Project. The series of the twelve images will use the collective’s portraits and excerpts from each of their respective manifestos to further our creative vision of inclusion and representation of all of us in-betweeners.
The #notwhite collective is a group of 13 women artists elevating the stories of each other. Those many of us who do not fit neatly in the consensus boxes, neatly in cultural categories.
WE are bi/multi-racial/cultural, immigrant or descendants of immigrants. We have come together, to question, to investigate, dig deep into what identity is within and without the construct and context of white—not in skin color, but as a system of oppression, a system we do not align ourselves with. Happening in our society is police brutality, gun violence, calls for bans, for walls, we hope to provide an artistic platform for difficult discussions on the complexities of cultural identity in the U.S.A. to move us towards humanity. We are the global majority.
sidewall has partnered with Jakprints, to make the participation by artists more accessible and affordable. check out our APPLY page for more details!
