Make/Do: A Celebration of the DIY Spirit

Make/Do celebrates the work of innovative Pittsburgh-area designers, artists, musicians, inventors, and other do-it-yourselfers. The creative output on display includes artworks, gizmos that solve problems in ingenious ways, practical (and impractical) ideas for around the home, and homebrewed answers to needs that would send most people to the local mall. Kevin Smith and Maurice Rickard will be doing an ongoing sound performance during the opening reception using sound generated from obsolete electronic toys and altered video from old Atari games. Also during the reception, Free Ride will be making margaritas in their human – powered “bike blender.”

Featured Artists: Alison Alvarez, Jeff Forster, Will Simmons, Vincent Kwinseck, Joe McManus, Paul Shifino, Michael Jehn, Keny Marshall, Nicholas Hohman, Kevin Smith, Maurice Rickard, Joshua Space, Brian Dougherty, FreeRide, Encyclopedia Destructica, Jared Boyer, Christopher Kardambikis