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  • Activating vacant spaces: Re:NEW Festival highlights creative reuse

    Arts Loud & Clear  Pittsburgh Post Gazette by Adam Reger, August 29, 2016 When the Re:NEW Festival, a month-long celebration of creative reuse, sustainability, and transformation hits Pittsburgh on September 9, Neu Kirche Contemporary Arts Center will be ready. That’s because one of the arts organization’s most striking—and highly visible—exhibits, the Fallow Grounds sculpture series, is…

  • A community bake oven fills a vacant lot on the North Side

    A Community Bake Oven Fills A Vacant Lot in the North Side Adrian McCoy  June 21, 2016 Pittsburgh Post Gazette Neu Kirche invited three artists “to engage with a space on the North Side and to activate it,” said artist M. Michelle Illuminato, who has transformed one lot into “Tripoli Street BakeYard” — a place where…

  • Tripoli Street BakeYard

    Tripoli Street BakeYard sprouting up in vacant North Side lot May 13, 2016 By Maya Henry / NEXT Pittsburgh A handmade cob bake oven and a huge arrow-shaped picnic table for community gatherings will soon transform a vacant lot on the North Side into a culturally vibrant space. As part of Fallow Grounds, a series of…