Wood Street Galleries

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Wood Street Galleries is an Art Gallery located in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, operated by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The Gallery has built a reputation for exhibiting International New Media Artists due to the years long curation of former Director and Curator, Murray Horne. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} The gallery occupies the upper floors of the Wood Street 'T Station' building. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

History

The trapezoidal building that houses the gallery has been rented to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust since 1990 by the Pittsburgh Port Authority for $1 per year. ^[9] Wood Street Galleries was established two years later in 1992, with former Director and Curator Murray Horne joining the gallery later in the 1990's. ^[9]

References

1. Dan Eldridge (August 5, 2014). Moon Pittsburgh. Avalon Publishing. pp. 230–. ISBN   978-1-61238-846-5.
2. "A Thousand Points of Light; WOOD STREET GALLERIES OFFER AN ILLUMINATING NEW EXHIBIT". Pittsburgh City Paper . October 1, 2003. Archived from the original on September 21, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
3. Shaw, Kurt (July 19, 2007). "Wood Street Galleries' Installation Exhibit Examines 'Poetic' Relationships". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review . Retrieved April 27, 2017.
4. Shaw, Kurt (October 13, 2010). "Wood Street Galleries Exhibit Is Short on Visuals, Long on Audio" . Pittsburgh Tribune-Review .^{[ dead link ]}
5. Gwen Shaffer; Douglas L. Root; Caroline Tiger (November 18, 2008). Pennsylvania. Fodor's Travel Publications. ISBN   978-1-4000-0739-4.
6. "Wood Street Galleries".
7. "The Azen Family - Rauh Jewish Archives". October 21, 2014.
8. "Wood St "T" Station - Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA".
9. Roy Lubove (August 1, 1995). Twentieth-century Pittsburgh: The post-steel era. University of Pittsburgh Pre. pp. 199–. ISBN   978-0-8229-7167-2.

External links

• Official site
• Media related to Wood Street Galleries at Wikimedia Commons

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