Art Forever

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

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 ...

                                      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 :-)

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

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 Ur...

Boat of Ra: 2012: This is an assemblage mix-media piece. Here I added various elements that related to the rich and varied history of music and social justice. (Object)

Occasionally I like to work with wood. Here is an example of a piece I hand carved from wood. The Middle Passage 2009 .