We are delighted to open our next exhibitions in the gallery: Still Standing by Hannah Price and Gentle Landing by Zeal Eva.
Join us from 6pm-9pm on Friday, December 2nd, during Unblurred for the opening of the exhibitions, then join us on Saturday, December 3rd from 11am-12pm for a brunch reception and informal walk-through with the artists! These exhibitions will be on view at Silver Eye from December 2nd, 2022 through February 10th, 2023.
Silver Eye is honored to present Still Standing by Hannah Price, made while an African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Fellow with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Whether honoring Black cultural figures or supporting Black centers of creativity, the Trust brings attention to the importance of historical memory and cultural continuity.
Price documented the restoration of historic buildings in the Hill District and Homewood neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. These included the August Wilson House, the National Negro Opera Company House, and the New Granada Theater. Still Standing includes Price’s portraits of people living in the communities around these landmarks today. These portraits reflect that these structures exist in thriving communities whose heritage inspires the creative life of the Hill District and Homewood now and in the future.
Zeal Eva’s Gentle Landing is a small step in the journey towards self-actualization for the artist who has found herself these past five years in a search for home, while actively finding moments of pause, peace, and humanity in the everyday and the “what’s next?”
We also encourage you to visit Concept Art Gallery where work by Women of Visions, the longest-running collective of African American women visual artists in the United States, is being shown and will be auctioned on December 10th as a benefit for the collective. You may have seen the work of these artists at the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Frick Fine Arts gallery over this last year. Women of Visions’ mission is to expand the range of opportunities available to African American women artists in Pittsburgh and beyond and you can support them through this auction.