If you haven’t met Vanessa German, one of Pittsburgh’s most engaging and accomplished artists, there’s no better time than Saturday to do so as she leads a procession — part performance, part ritual — from Homewood to an exhibition of her sculpture at Concept Art Gallery in Regent Square.
The procession will begin at her home studio between 1:30 and 2 p.m. and continue along Braddock Avenue, gathering steam as people join at Braddock’s intersections with Hamilton, Penn and Forbes avenues, and ending at the gallery at 1031 S. Braddock.
Ms. German has been inviting people via a Facebook page to send a personal message to be added to a figure that will be carried in the procession and placed in the gallery:
“Greetings, Vanessa German here. I’m making prayer beads and perhaps you need or have a name or a prayer to be included inside of a bead? A word? A focusing
Article source: http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2014/01/08/An-art-filled-Saturday-You-can-pick-between-2-major-exhibitions/stories/201401080024