tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post116553168624685831..comments2023-09-07T09:38:00.582-04:00Comments on Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Akron, Cleveland Arts And Livable City Blog: John Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11099009144603936211noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post-1165596265227870632006-12-08T11:44:00.000-05:002006-12-08T11:44:00.000-05:00From their website:Watercolors Gallery , 901 Penn ...From their website:<BR/><I>Watercolors Gallery , 901 Penn Ave in the Cultural District of downtown Pittsburgh, is a cooperative gallery financed and run by local artists. Works featured employ various media including watercolors, oils, pastels, acrylic, photography, stained glass, sculpture, etc.</I><BR/><BR/>Notice where it says cooperative? They charge dues, that's what they are surviving on. I lay this all at the feet of the local denizens. There are very few buyers, let alone collectors, in this city. Maybe the spaces downtown wouldn't have to resort to being a co-op, or getting non-profit status, if there was more purchasing power in the city.<BR/><BR/>But the non-profit spaces present an entirely different problem. They're not even trying to sell work. If you don't buy it at the show, forget it. None of them have back rooms.Susan Constansehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12020412045368974973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post-1165580399148020462006-12-08T07:19:00.000-05:002006-12-08T07:19:00.000-05:00What about the watercolors gallery?What about the watercolors gallery?Merge Dividehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09589723464172651599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post-1165540873396874102006-12-07T20:21:00.000-05:002006-12-07T20:21:00.000-05:00Yeah, downtown has already lost Artists Upstairs.M...Yeah, downtown has already lost <I>Artists Upstairs</I>.<BR/>Maybe the powers that be would look more favorably on these spaces if they were making even a passing effort at becoming self-sustaining instead of automatically going for the non-profit staus thing. I can't thin of a single space in downtown that isn't a 501(c)3, can you?Susan Constansehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12020412045368974973noreply@blogger.com