WDUQ’s Katherine Fink was on the scene for Art Olympic Theatre III, which took place Saturday, April 5th, 2008 at the Union Project in Highland Park.
Category Archives: Art
TMTV – Doug Hill’s Cardboard Gears
I met East Pittsburgher Doug Hill around 2001 when I was working on Craig Street in Oakland. Back then he was making a lot of colored pencil drawings and watercolors of places that were changing in Oakland. (Views that would no longer exist after new buildings were constructed)
A few years back, Doug started making a wide variety of gears and gadgets out of cardboard. I kept in touch with him as I transitioned into The Tom Museum. Not long after I opened, Doug became a regular at the museum, appearing at least once a month to conduct demonstrations for visitors. Doug’s work has caught the attention of people from around the world.
Mr. Tom
Over the course of the Tom Museum project, I have taught many children’s workshops and visited schools for residency projects. I really enjoyed the way that the children captured memories of my house at a recent elementary school residency.
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Tom Museum Closing May 31st
Photographs by Larry Rippel
After working on the project for nearly two years, I will be closing The Tom Museum at the end of the day on May 31st, 2008. Creating a project like this has been a life-long dream, and I am thrilled to have completed it in Pittsburgh. Many have been asking, “What will happen to everything in the museum?’ or “What are you going to do next?” Well, I still have a whole summer of TMTV and Art Olympics to keep me busy. I will probably have a house sale in June to get rid of some of the Tom Museum art. I might try to sell some things in other places. Some things may get packed away for a while.
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Sarver’s Fishing Report Part 1
Over the past two years, my work has gravitated strongly towards projects that directly engage the public. I also aim to seek connections between art and everyday activities. In Part I of Sarver’s Fishing Report, my two great interests, art and fishing, have come to a crossroads and sparked a new project, a video piece on fishing in Pennsylvania as seen through the eyes of an artist. In working on the video, I discovered an interesting group of people with a variety of backgrounds and interests. I plan to continue work on the project and to release an hour-long piece in 2009.
Part I of Sarver’s Fishing Report
11 Minute video, 2008
Tom Sarver – Director, camera, editing
Liz Hammond – Camera
Jeremiah Johnson – Camera
Susanne Sarver – Music
Thank you – Anglers of North Park Lake & Hereford Manor Lake, Officer Furlong of The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and North Park Sports Shop.
Tom Museum Tour
I will be releasing an updated tour of The Tom Museum soon. This one is only a test!
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MIXTAPE
The final Tom Museum exhibition, MIXTAPE, is opening on Friday, April 11th, 2008. The show will feature a variety of audio recordings and art made by artists from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Louisiana, and Virginia. Cassette player listening stations will be available throughout the house during the exhibition.
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Tom Sarver 
