Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
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Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP) is the oldest, and largest nonprofit visual arts
membership organization in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
, United States
.
It was founded in 1910 to create opportunities for local artists to display their work and to foster an appreciation of visual art.
Membership is open to any artist within a 150-mile radius of Pittsburgh and who is over 18 years of age. Admittance is based on the quality of the applicant's work, as judged by the AAP Membership committee. Screenings are held twice yearly.
Past membership has included such well-known artists as Andy Warhol
, Samuel Rosenberg, John Kane
, Mary Cassatt
, and Philip Pearlstein
.
The Associate Artists of Pittsburgh organized March 4, 1910.
Exhibitions will be held annually.
The society is designed to foster a love for the fine arts and a true appreciation of what Pittsburgh artists are doing. It owes the success of its first exhibition to the enthusiastic and practical co-operation of men and women in Greater Pittsburgh who are engaged in the creation of works of art, and the public spirit of Mr. Harry Davis, who volunteered the use of the Grand Opera House building as a place where the public may view the collection and become better acquainted with the talents of Pittsburgh artists.
The Second Annual Exhibition was held at the Carnegie Institute [now the Carnegie Museum of Art], with an Acknowledgment printed in the Second Annual Exhibition catalog as follows:
The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh desires to acknowledge its indebtedness to the Trustees of the Carnegie institute and its Director, Mr. John W. Beatty, for their courtesy in extending the use of the Galleries for this Exhibition.
Visual arts
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membership organization in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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It was founded in 1910 to create opportunities for local artists to display their work and to foster an appreciation of visual art.
Membership is open to any artist within a 150-mile radius of Pittsburgh and who is over 18 years of age. Admittance is based on the quality of the applicant's work, as judged by the AAP Membership committee. Screenings are held twice yearly.
Past membership has included such well-known artists as Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
, Samuel Rosenberg, John Kane
John Kane
John Kane was an American painter celebrated for his skill in Naïve art.He was the first self-taught American painter in the 20th century to be recognized by a museum...
, Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt
Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists...
, and Philip Pearlstein
Philip Pearlstein
Philip Pearlstein is an American painter, and part of the contemporary Realist school.-Biography:Pearlstein was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and received his Masters in art history at New York University. He was a friend of Andy Warhol from...
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Exhibitions
The following is from the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh's First Annual Exhibition catalog from 1910:The Associate Artists of Pittsburgh organized March 4, 1910.
Exhibitions will be held annually.
The society is designed to foster a love for the fine arts and a true appreciation of what Pittsburgh artists are doing. It owes the success of its first exhibition to the enthusiastic and practical co-operation of men and women in Greater Pittsburgh who are engaged in the creation of works of art, and the public spirit of Mr. Harry Davis, who volunteered the use of the Grand Opera House building as a place where the public may view the collection and become better acquainted with the talents of Pittsburgh artists.
The Second Annual Exhibition was held at the Carnegie Institute [now the Carnegie Museum of Art], with an Acknowledgment printed in the Second Annual Exhibition catalog as follows:
The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh desires to acknowledge its indebtedness to the Trustees of the Carnegie institute and its Director, Mr. John W. Beatty, for their courtesy in extending the use of the Galleries for this Exhibition.