Gallery Walk Kicks Off in Sewickley

The fifth annual Sewickley Spring Gallery Walk kicked off Friday and continues today with opening receptions from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This year's walk, organized by the Sewickley Arts Initiative, features more art exhibition venues than ever and includes local artists from the Pittsburgh area. Exhibits also include student art works from and .

In all, 25 businesses are participating in this year’s Gallery Walk. Venues range from galleries to retail shops.

If You Go:

• Be sure to stop by and visit Sewickley Patch on Division Street.
• Fine Art Gallery will offer gallery talks today featuring Fern Hollow Nature Center and selected artists. The exhibition will remain through May 28. Gallery hours for the month-long event are 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, or by appointment. 
• Free parking will be available in Sewickley’s business district. Both sections of Division Street will be closed to traffic to accommodate pedestrians and feature musical entertainment.

A list of exhibitions:

• Sweetwater Center for the Arts, 200 Broad St., “Remnants Revisited,” by Joyce Werwie Perry
• Élan, 427 Broad St., “Treelines” Group Exhibit
• International Images Ltd., 514 Beaver St., “Beautiful/Gritty: Nature/City,” Photographs by Rafaelo Kazakov, “Flora Lunatica,” and “landscapes,” by Michel Hersen.
• Clearview Federal Credit Union, 510 Beaver St., Paintings by Joseph C. Cirelli
• Nickelodeon Mall, 431 Beaver St., “Master Drawings, Paintings, and Photographs” from Sewickley Academy
• Orr’s Jewelers, 532 Beaver St., Sculptures by Dan Pelusi
• Big Bang Comics & Collectibles, 437 Broad St., “Side Show Collectibles,” by Pat Olliffe
• Otto Building, 541 Beaver St., RMU Media Arts program
• Sewickley Gallery & Frame Shop, 549 Beaver St., “Elgin Park or Sewickley,” by Michael Paul Smith
• Sewickley Confectionary, 600 Beaver St., “Sewickley Photos,” by Rebekah Ragan
• House of Two Sisters, 509 Beaver St., Gallery Artists Group Exhibition
• The Penguin Bookshop, 420 Beaver St., “Paintings,” by Sarah Zeffiro
• Carly M, 415 Beaver St., “Paintings,” by Dianne Very Stetzer
• Starbucks, 425 Beaver St., Paintings by Local Artists
• Yarns Unlimited, 435 Beaver St., in “Celebration of the Royal Wedding – fiber arts from the British Isles,” by the staff and friends of Yarns Unlimited
• Sewickley Arts Initiative, 419 Beaver St., Paintings by Brian Brown
• Café Des Amis, 443 Division St., “Photographs of Corsica,” by David St. Jacques
• Cuttings, 524 Locust Place, "The Tropics," by Cathy Kelly
• No Good Riding Hood, 559 Beaver St., “The Journey Back From the Curb, Trash to Treasure Furniture,” by April Meredith and Mia DiBattista
• Vita Hair for Life, 421 Walnut St., “Eclectic paintings,” by Deborah McLaren
• Former Travelwares Store, 429 Broad St., “Quaker Valley Middle School: After-School Art Program”
• Sewickley Arts Initiative, adjacent to Clearview Federal Credit Union, “Bending the Rules – an Installation of Modified Games,” by Andrew Y. Ames
• Robinsons Home & Garden Center, 527 Blackburn Ave., “Prints from Adorable Animals, Big Bell Laughs, Creative Critters: An ABC book of funny animal limericks,” by Trish Elliot-Marcrum
• Habitat, 519 Locust Place, “Paintings: Spring Things,” by Claire Hardy
• Sewickley Library, 500 Thorn St., “Illustrations from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and other publications,” Mark Brewer, and “Children’s book and magazine illustration,” Nora Thompson.

(Note: The Sewickley Arts Initiative exhibitions will remain open until May 7.)

For more information visit the Sewickley Arts Initiative or for a complete list and street map of the exhibitions click here.