Programs
ALMA | LEWIS is a home for rigorous artists to build sustainable art practices and show their work in meaningful ways to a wider audience.
The Exhibitions
ALMA | LEWIS will hold gallery exhibitions, in order to give emerging and mid-career artists the opportunity to present their work to a larger audience.
Each selected artist will receive:
- A $3,000 honorarium to participate in the exhibition.
- Shipping and insurance for their work.
- Travel and lodging for events surrounding the exhibition.
- A range of career development services and public engagement opportunities guided by experienced professionals.
Artist Residency
ALMA | LEWIS offers artists dedicated time and space for research, experimentation, and critical reflection on the creative process. During a three-month residency, each artist has opportunities to engage with arts professionals, partner arts organizations, and others in the community.
The selected artist will receive:
- A private studio for three months and housing if you live out-of-the region
- A $15,000 honorarium
- A $3,000 stipend towards supplies, materials, food and transportation
- A range of professional development and public engagement opportunities
The Black Archive
The Black Archive (TBA) is a non-circulating collection of unique books, catalogs, ephemera, artwork, and research-based materials centering the Black arts, culture, and history.
ALMA | LEWIS has begun to collect books, journals, and ephemera relating to Black art, culture, and history. This inspiring project is in progress, with hundreds of items already collected and catalogued. A | L plans to build out a library space where artists, scholars, and writers can come to sit and do research and study in our archive. A | L is also in discussions about the exciting possibility of making this archive available online.
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By Any Means
By Any Means (BAM) is a signature program of A | L. BAM is a contemporary art series begun in 2015 that works to bring emerging and established art practitioners and critics together. BAM examines the significant influence of Black culture and art in society and aims to create a forum where artists, cultural workers and writers share knowledge and resources, connect with the larger community of the art world, and ensure that Pittsburgh’s cultural institutions truly reflect the diversity of our city in their assets stakeholders, and decision makers.
Slow Listening Sessions
Slow Listening Sessions (SLS) are educational and networking opportunities designed to bring emerging, mid-career, and established art professionals together. SLS will consist of virtual studio visits, art world conversations, health and wellness discussions, knowldege sharing and building, reading groups and meetups, professional development opportunities, and mixers. These invite-only events will provide intimate, supportive spaces for artists, scholars, and writers to build community with each other.