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May 2021 Update

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 I have been trying to stay busy during the pandemic. Thankfully my gardening has not been  affected. Instead of posting fruits and vegetables, I will be posting new art work soon.  Stay well everyone and All the Best!     Photo by J.L. Martello

Virtual Studio Tour - video coming soon!

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I participated in a virtual studio on July 30, 2020. Thank You to Samantha Black for this great opportunity to share my workspace and some history about my work. And thank you to fellow artist Lynne B. for recording me. This was great fun despite Zoom going on and off on us, Hopefully I  will be able to provide some video of the tour. These times are strange and trying for all yet we must keep on producing art and music.More work coming soon. Stay safe and Well!

Furniture Experiments

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                                                                                                      This is a table I made. I hand carved the wood and used a found rack at the bottom This is a night stand.   

My CV edit

Amir Rashidd​: ​ AmirRashiddart@gmail.com​ Multi-media Artist, Educator, Musician and Writer experienced in several platforms of imaginative and social communicative program structures and objectives.   Exhibitions   2017: Pittsburgh Office of Public Art: Selected community artist for Allegheny County and Sports and Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh mixed media art project: Gateway to the Arts  2016: Hill House: Artist of the Week 2014: Community Empowerment Association: artist and educator   2009: August Wilson Center: sculptures, music, and lecture 2006: Artica: Mix-media art exhibit  Group Exhibitions ​   2016: Harambee Arts Festival: Featured Artist  2015: Frick Fine Arts: Exposure, Black Art 2014: Sweetwater Mavuno Festival: Connected at the Roots  2011: Brigadoon Art Salon: African American Artists of Pittsburgh  2008: August Wilson Center: Art Kings of the Hill: Life in Pittsburgh's Hill District  Educator/Art Instructor, Pittsburgh, PA  

Where I work

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                                      I'm trying to keep my studio organized. Ive been busy making art. No projects in particular - trying to keep busy!                                                I'm working on some sculptures. Wish me luck! I'm  going for the feminine form :-)

Blueburgh

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This is a mix-media piece with seashells, paper, wood, acrylic paint and vinyl. In case one forgets, Pittsburgh has a rich musical history.

How Green Is My Garden

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HOMEWOOD NATION Let's elevate the conversation! Homewood15208 Post New Entry « Back to Homewood15208 « Older Entry  |  Newer Entry » Homewood Farmers Market Launches Posted by  Elwin Green  on June 8, 2016 at 10:05 AM Homewood resident Celeste Taylor (r), chats with YMCA garden program director Hanna Mosca (l) and Shiloh Farm manager Nick Lubecki of Grow PIttsburgh (c). In a January post titled,  "A New Script for Homewood,"  I wrote, “An alternative way of developing both people and land would be through urban agriculture.... Residents of a neighborhood with as much vacant land as Homewood has should never go hungry. Period.” The movement to make agriculture a significant part of Homewood's economy made a step forward Saturday, with the grand opening of the Homewood Community Farmers Market. The open-air market, conducted on the parking lot of House of Manna Worship Center on Frankstown Avenue, was presented by the Black Urban Gardene