Art on Fire

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AT OUR BIGGEST ART ON FIRE YET!

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A HOT PARTY & PITTSBURGH'S ONLY GLASS ART AUCTION

Art on Fire is our most important fundraiser. It attracts nearly 500 community leaders and art appreciators and generates over 10% of our annual operating funds in ONE evening! Proceeds directly support free public programming and accessibility initiatives at PGC, which include free monthly open houses and demonstrations, three exhibitions a year in our public-access gallery, and scholarships for veterans and students of color.

Art on Fire is Pittsburgh's only glass art auction. The silent and live auctions feature over 150 pieces of one-of-a-kind glass art by internationally renowned glass artists and local glass artists such as Rik Allen, Nancy Callan, Joe Cariati, Shane Fero, Robert Mickelsen, Janusz Pozniak, Richard Royal, Davide Salvadore, Susan Taylor Glasgow.

All of the auction items can be viewed in the Hodge Gallery at PGC one month prior to the auction or online in August. Online bidding on silent auction items opens September 3.

We hope that you attend the event and bid in person. The live auction begins at 8pm. If you cannot attend Art on Fire, bids on live auction items will be accepted by telephone at 412-365-2145.

HONORARY ARTIST

Shelley Muzylowski Allen was born in Manitoba, Canada, and has a B.F.A. in Painting and Intaglio from the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design (Vancouver, B.C.). In 1998, Shelley worked with the William Morris sculpture team in Washington State as a glass-sculpting assistant through 2004.

In 2005, Shelley established a glass and sculpture studio with her husband, artist Rik Allen at their property in Skagit County, Washington. In addition to being an artists, Shelley and Rik and have taught internationally at the Toyama Institute of Glass in Japan, Nuutajarvii Lasikyla, Finland and the International Glass Festival in Stourbridge, England. They have also taught nationally, including the Penland School of Craft, Pittsburgh Glass Center, and at Pilchuck.

Shelley has been awarded Provincial and Canada Council grants, and her work is held nationally and internationally in public institutions and private collections. In 2008, Shelley had a solo exhibition at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, Washington, titled Modern Menagerie. Other selected shows include The San Juan Museum of Art, Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe and Scottsdale; Habatat Galleries, Michigan; Traver Gallery, Seattle; and Schantz Galleries, Massachusetts. In 2012, Shelley was a guest artist at Studio Salvadore in Murano, Italy, where she collaborated with Davide Salvadore on a series of large-scale sculptures.

PARTNERING SPONSORS

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

FRIEND SPONSORS
Amy Brourman and Charles Snyder
Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.
CorCom, Inc.
Randi Dauler and Donn Neal
Kim* and John Dingess
EPIC Brokers
First Commonwealth Bank
Doug and Mary Louise Fowkes
Franklin West, Inc.
GBBN Architects
Grossman Yanak & Ford LLP
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Interior Supply
Tricia and Bill Kassling
Elizabeth Lawrence
Midnight Blue Technology Services
Mathew Gordon Monroe*
Amy Morgan
Ohio Valley Supply
PJ Dick - Trumbull - Lindy Paving
Porter Loves Creative
PPG Paints
Primanti Bros.
Karl and Jennifer Salatka
Pat and Alan Siger
Simpson & McCrady
Tudi Mechanical Systems
Marla and Greg Vroegindewey

ARTIST SPONSORS
Vivian and Bill Benter
Debbie and Sam Berkovitz
Jay and Lara Cosentino
Dawn and Chris Fleischner
Steven and Lynn Forman
General Wire Spring Company
Tom* and Hannah Hardy
Ellen and Jack Kessler
Larry Leahy* and John Van de Grift
Liberty Insurance Agency
Wendy and Peter Mars
 Helen and Regis McQuaide
Lorelli Moser and John Wojtyna
Sloan and Alex Overstrom
Jan and Dick Pagliari
Sue* and Jeff Roberts
Stephen and Teresa Robinson
Maria Rubio
Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds
Wepfer & Associates, LLC
Susanne Wilkinson
David Zubrow

HOST COMMITTEE

Carol and Dale Arnold | Gavin Benjamin* | Vivian and Bill Benter | Debbie and Sam Berkovitz | Rose Brailsford and Jane Black | Janet and John Brendel | Amy Brourman and Charles Snyder | Felicia Browell | Mark J. Caldone and Dr. Paul J. Lebovitz | Jim and Lynn Cauley | Tracy* and Nickolas Certo | Anne Chen | Lloyd Corder | Jay and Lara Cosentino | Kent and Merle Culley | Randi Dauler and Donn Neal | William S. Demchak | Kim* and John Dingess | Katherine Donaldson | Joe* and Cathy Dowd | Fran* and Emily Escalante | Brenda and Mark Falcione | David Finegold | Rich Finoli | Dawn and Chris Fleischner | Leslie and Hans Fleischner | Steven and Lynn Forman | Doug and Mary Louise Fowkes | Adam Golomb | Merriann* and Mac Grant | Robert J. Grossman | Amy Harakal | Tom* and Hannah Hardy | Laura Heberton-Shlomchik and Mark Shlomchik | Mara Hellman | Dan and Barb Henderson | Maureen Mahoney Hill and Chris Hill | Diana Jannetta | Charlotte Ka* | Tricia and Bill Kassling | Barrie Kaufmann | Ellen and Jack Kessler | Betsy and Jim Krisher | John and Peg Lagnese | Les Lagnese and Bill Antonucci | Blaine Lamperski | Elizabeth Lawrence | Larry Leahy* and John Van de Grift | Dave and Julianne Lettrich | Kevin Marpoe* | Wendy and Peter Mars | Judy Mayfield and Dick Burge | Philip and Maria McCalister | Nona and Rick McCown | Zach Mendelson | Robin Reid Mickey | Mathew Gordon Monroe* | Amy Morgan | Dennis Morgret | Erin Morris* | Lorelli Moser and John Wojtyna | Kathleen Mulcahy | Gregory Murman and Doug Evans | Kathleen* and S. Kumar Nandan | Mary Navarro | Alison Brand Oehler* and Paul Oehler | Nancy and Woody Ostrow | Sloan and Alex Overstrom | Jan and Dick Pagliari | Richard Parsakian | Jim* and Kathe Patrinos | Adam and Amy Polcyn | Steve and Debbie Pusateri | Damon Rhodes and Carly Rusnak | Stacey* V. and Andrew B. Rhodes | Sue* and Jeff Roberts | Stephen and Teresa Robinson | Hans* and Molly Rottmann | Marcia and Gerald Rubenstein | Maria Rubio | Jim and Louisa Rudolph | Karl and Jennifer Salatka | Larry Schwartz | Elizabeth and Brooke Scott | Barbara and Danny Shapira | Pat and Alan Siger | Lee and Myrna Silverman | Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds | Nancy Simpronio and Chuck Culbertson | Bill and Gayle Simpson | Serge Smailbegovic* | Ann* and Peter Steenkiste | Marcia Taylor* | Luke Tomaselli | Jeff Vandergrift | Marla and Greg Vroegindewey | Sam Watts | Beth and Jim Webster | Jason* and Emily Weisser | Ruth Wepfer | Caroline West and Antonio Castracani | Susanne Wilkinson | Carol and Mark Williams | Brian Wongchaowart | Susan Zelicoff | David Zubrow

*Pittsburgh Glass Center board member