What I saw (foto faves)
13 June 2011 by Renee Rosensteel in 2011 Festival, Activities
Wow! What a crazy wonderful rollercoaster of experience the last ten days has been. I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to document this festival. I wanted to share my favorite photos with you all! Enjoy! Favorite Shots: Three Rivers Arts Festival – Images by Renee Rosensteel
Pittsburgh poster delights children at the Giant Eagle Creativity Zone
12 June 2011 by Renee Rosensteel in 2011 Festival, Activities, Visual Arts
Carol Skinger is fascinated with Pittsburgh’s architecture. “The incredible variety of architecture here in Pittsburgh, so many styles represented from modern, to robber baron to shack-with-siding and everything in between” inspire her. One of her lovely drawings inspired children in the “I Made It Market” last week. Here is the story in her own words: [...]
Final Weekend of the Festival!
11 June 2011 by Emily O'Donnell in 2011 Festival
The final weekend of the Three Rivers Arts Festival is upon us and there is still plenty to see and do! We have had a great festival so far, with amazing music from the Pittsburgh Symphony, Blind Boys of Alabama, the Tom Tom Club, Tea Leaf Green, Formula 412, James McMurtry, Brandi Carlile and many [...]
Take our survey!
10 June 2011 by Lauren in 2011 Festival, Featured
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Festival is community
10 June 2011 by Renee Rosensteel in 2011 Festival
I’ve been photographing the festival for about a week now. It has a place in my heart because of the COMMUNITY that thrives within it. I hula hoop with young women, listen to toddlers explain their latest “Creative Re-Use” creation, and sit beside master painters as they work. These folks know me–not the photographer, but [...]
Bike Pgh offers free Bike Valet at Festival
9 June 2011 by Renee Rosensteel in 2011 Festival, Environment
Visitors to the Three Rivers Arts Festival can “go (there) green” by biking to the festival. Bike Pgh makes it easy for visitors with their bike valet which is open noon to 9 pm every day of the festival (weather permitting,) through the generous support of the Colcom Foundation. People riding bicycles leave their bike [...]
Juried Art shows the unique talent of Pittsburgh artists.
8 June 2011 by Emily O'Donnell in 2011 Festival, Visual Arts
The Three Rivers Arts Festival has always been a place where established and emerging artists could come together to share their art with the public. Since the beginning of the festival, the Juried Visual Art Exhibition has been a major part of the festivities. The exhibition was begun as a regional show but eventually expanded [...]
Creative Reuse Inspires at The Three Rivers Arts Festival!
7 June 2011 by Emily O'Donnell in 2011 Festival
Under a tent in the Creativity Zone kids are hard at work crafting crowns and swords, and just about anything else they can imagine, out of tinfoil, plastic tubing, forks and spoons and whatever else is found in the many colorful bins that line the tables. On the field in Point State Park, a castle [...]
Emerging Artist Profile: Danna Eve Rzecznik
7 June 2011 by Emily O'Donnell in Artists Market
Danna’s style is inspired by the tension between pleasure and tedium of everyday domesticity, and the imagination experienced in child-like play.
The Pittsburgh Symphony’s Triumphant Return
6 June 2011 by Emily O'Donnell in 2011 Festival, Music
The sound of strings warming up floated through the evening air. A gentle melody is formed with the hum of crickets and the murmur of the three rivers surrounding the park. The crowd stretched from the stage all the way out to the artist’s tents, filling the green space with attentive listeners. They had all [...]