This Month’s Intermission Lights Up Liberty Avenue

This Month’s Intermission Lights Up Liberty Avenue | SEP 17

INTERMISSION: AN ARTFUL NETWORKING SERIES

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 | 6:00PM-9:00PM

This month’s Intermission is a special Lights ON Liberty! edition. Enjoy a live performance by Chuck and the Fellas as you connect with a dynamic community of creatives and professionals, explore the galleries, and meet representatives from Urban League Young Professionals, 100 Black Men of Western Pennsylvania, Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., Beta Omicron Omega Alumni Chapter, and the NAACP Pittsburgh Branch before heading outside for the official lighting ceremony.

Caleb Richardson, Urban League Young Professionals
Al Valentine, 100 Black Men of Western Pennsylvania
Johnnie Geathers, Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., Beta Omicron Omega Alumni Chapter
NAACP Pittsburgh Branch

Following Intermission, join us outside as we unveil Give Light to the Whole Circumference, a new permanent artistic lighting installation that will transform AWAACC’s iconic sail-like exterior into an evolving public art experience. Designed by Rainbow Serpent and SPRK, the programmable installation draws inspiration from August Wilson’s American Century Cycle and will feature immersive lighting sequences that bring memory, movement, and storytelling to the building’s architecture.

Phase I of the Lights ON Liberty project is made possible by the Henry L. Hillman Foundation and Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD), with support from the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership. Phase II, coming soon, is financed in part by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development.

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