RECAP // Factory 500: Mine Factory Open Studios

Thank you to everyone who came out in the snowy weather last Saturday, January 25th for the Factory 500 tour at the Mine Safety Building, home to dozens of diverse artist studios. A special thanks to Board Member Delanie Jenkins, who invited the group to the building and coordinated the participation of over 30 artists with studios in the building. The participating artists presented a variety of work, from painting and sculpture to Daguerreotype photography and installation art.

Factory 500 members tour Stunden Studios.

Carin Mincemoyer's work in her studio on the second floor.

Members view Sarika Goulatia's studio and work on the second floor.
Sarika exhibited at the Mattress Factory in 2007.

Artist Alexi Morrissey shows the group  his latest work for Community Supported Art (CSA).

Factory 500 members watch the snow from the windows
 of Kathy Montgomery's sixth floor studio.

Factory 500 is the Mattress Factory's premier membership group. Chaired by Susan Lammie, the members meet several times a year to tour artist studios, businesses, private collections and more.  The next Factory 500 will be March 28, 2014. We will explore some new sights in Lawrenceville– a neighborhood that is rapidly growing and changing, with a diverse culture of art, food, and drink. For more information about Factory 500, contact Abby at the MF.

Best of 2013 Mattress Factory Instagrams!

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE MATTRESS FACTORY!

In honor of the new year, the Mattress Factory has been perusing its Instagram tags (to bolster our ego, of course) and decided to showcase the best #mattressfactory Instagrams from 2013. So from the MF to you, avid Instagrammers, THANK YOU for posting such beautiful pictures of our museum and the amazing installations we have the privilege of exhibiting. Enjoy!

THE MUSEUM:

@zaheen139, @santillsby, @apemade

@jolieelisew, @charisnotes, @brandonfo

@pennstmegan, @lisbet_lee, @tessameline

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:

DETROIT: ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 - MAY 25, 2014
 

 

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FRANK PAHL - @hbeschizza, JESSICA FRELINGHUYSEN - @palmawurzel
RUSS ORLANDO - @lt_ellis, SCOTT HOCKING - @phillip_adams

DESIGN 99 - @avesmaria, ADAM LEE MILLER & NICOLA KUPERUS - @floralfolk

CHIHARU SHIOTA: TRACE OF MEMORY
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 - INDEFINITELY

  @candice_danielson, @heyitsmedrew 

PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS:

YAYOI KUSAMA

 

 

@emnicoleee, @ne_vinci

@jessmgreen, @boxcartaydad

JAMES TURRELL

 

 @_nicholasj_, @literatureasadeadart

@jojoisonthegogo

 

 

JENE HIGHSTEIN  - @bowdownza, ALLAN WEXLER, WILLIAM ANASTASI, VANESSA SECA + CHRIS KASABACH - @eye_akwinta

ROLF JULIUS  - @greatbritton29, GREER LANKTON  - @joshbakaitus

SARAH OPPENHEIMER  - @t_grinks

JOHN LATHAM  - @kerrysosovery

PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS:

GESTURES: INTIMATE FRICTION

MARCH 30, 2012 - JUNE 6, 2013

 

 

NICK LIADIS  - @mzicka, NICK LIADIS  - @trousetiki

GILL WILDMAN  - @trousetiki, GILL WILDMAN  - @sydcity

FEMINIST AND…

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 - MAY 26, 2013

 

 

AYANAH MOOR  - @chelsbundy, BETSY DAMON  - @triangular_field

PARASTOU FOROUHAR - @halocline, PARASTOU FOROUHAR  - @sydcity

EVENTS:

35th Anniversary Auction - @kharimosley, SHARE: An Evening of Sharing Food & Ideas - @begoodbertha

Family Day - @wytock, Urban Garden Party: Soul Factory - @malinargh


FUNNIES:

 

 

 SCOTT HOCKING - @rambleready, GARDEN - @rambleready
SCOTT HOCKING - @tessameline, YAYOI KUSAMA - @thechrisstanton

Keep on Instagramming, and don't forget to tag us in all your 2014 Mattress Factory adventures! See you at the museum soon.

Love,

#mattressfactory

Mini-Factory: Big Ideas for Small People

This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Mattress Factory celebrated with cakes, crowns and the launching of our new learning program called Mini-Factory: Big Ideas for Small People. Mini-Factory is an interactive mobile space designed by artist Katie Ford, for children ages 3-6 years of age. This is a great opportunity to have your child collaborate with others and experience a new work of art.

The concept behind Mini-Factory is for the space to adapt and transform with each installment. Children will be able to experience a piece of art, have story time, and participate in a project in the mobile pop-up space based on the theme of the day. We want children to begin thinking about space and the world around them. Through this program we hope that parents and families will explore the Mattress Factory and learn more about the educational opportunities within our installations.

While Mini-Factory is FREE, you must RSVP in order to attend. Interested? You can respond by email to felice@mattress.org, or by phone at 412-231-3169. If you are signed up but cannot make it, please be sure to let us know so the next family can be informed immediately. Be sure to get your pick of the following dates and times, as many are already filling up!

Saturday, February 1^st at 11 am    -    SPACE

Friday, February 7^th at 10am    -    LIGHT

Saturday, February 22^nd at 1pm    -    PATTERN

Wednesday, March 12^th at 10am    -    LINE

Tuesday, March 18^th at 3pm    -    SOUND

Sunday, April 6^th at 1pm    -    STORIES

Wednesday, April 16^th at 3 pm    -    SEASONS

Thursday, April 24^th at 10am    -    COLOR

Friday, May 2^nd at 11am    -    VIEWPOINT

Wednesday, May 21^st at 10am    -    MY FACTORY

Detroit Artist Scott Hocking

Among the many Detroit artists exhibiting in the Mattress Factory is Scott Hocking, well known for his site-specific installations and photographs. To say that Hocking’s work incorporates mixed media might be a slight understatement. In the Detroit: Artists in Residence exhibition currently on view at the Mattress Factory, his installation "Coronal Mass Ejection" uses seventeen different materials that reflect the history of the room it resides in as well as the city of Pittsburgh itself.

As we approach the end of the month, we look forward to joining this innovative artist in several events, two of which include his participation in An Evening of Art and Conversation with Scott Hocking and ARTLab: Hip Hip Mache! 

On January 30^th, 6-9 PM, An Evening of Art and Conversation invites you get a first-hand look into Scott Hocking's installation and hear him speak about his work and process. You can also make your own Valentine while you enjoy some delicious food and cocktails provided by Bar Marco. Be sure to order tickets ($10 MF Members, $15 Non-Members) as soon as you can so you don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to meet Scott Hocking: installation artist, photographer, and some might say part-time comedian.

While An Evening of Art and Conversation might be an adults-only event, ARTLab is always open for all ages every first and third Saturday of the month. February 1st's ARTLab: Hip Hip Mache! includes a collaboration of our educator, Derek Reese and artist, Scott Hocking as they instruct participants in making fictional pre-historic paper mache creatures using mixed media. These creatures will be installed in a space according to their intended habitat, whether they be land dwellers or take more to the sky. ARTLab is always a great opportunity to come and make something different with materials that you may not get to use every day. Mark your calendars and come prepared to participate in many hands-on activities that the Mattress Factory is never in short supply of.

An Evening of Art + Conversation with Artist Scott Hocking

Thursday, January 30th, 2014

6-9pm

$10 MF Members, $15 Non-Members

E-mail RSVP@mattress.org for tickets

21+ event

ARTLab: Hip Hip Mache!

Saturday, February 1st, 2014

1-4pm

FREE with museum admission

No RSVP

Open to all ages