Porter Loves

09/04/2026

Human artists, with a perfect little princess (not robot) dog, wearing human artist made clothing in front of human made art, in a kitchen designed and built by humans.

Representing their small business dedicated to supporting handmade artists and craftspeople, in a photo taken by a brilliantly creative human.

08/27/2026

Wissmach Glass is a 2026 nominee in the West Virginia Manufacturers Association Coolest Thing Made in West Virginia contest! (Among an array of other really cool things!)

CTMIWV is an online voting tournament that showcases the world-class products manufactured in the Mountain State.

Now through September 7, you can vote once a day for your favorite thing made in WV at https://www.coolestthingwv.com/nominees/glass-paul-wissmach-glass

08/27/2026

📣 Attention party planners, wedding coordinators, retreat organizers, social committee chairs, and other gatherers of people! 📣

Did you know that Pittsburgh Glass Center offers flexible space for hosting your group event, from intimate dinner parties and milestone celebrations to corporate gatherings and team-building activities. The opportunity to add live glass demonstrations and hands-on glassmaking experiences for you and your guests is the icing on the cake! 🎂 🎈 🥳

Visit us Tuesday, September 1 at 5pm to see how our unique venue would accentuate YOUR next holiday party, retreat, birthday, or other group event. 🎉 🥂 🪩

Attendees will enjoy light refreshments, a tour of our facilities, and live glassmaking demonstrations. The open house is free, but registration is requested: https://www.pittsburghglasscenter.org/class-details/?classId=e9944d66972d11f185ff0affe5650d13

08/27/2026

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08/21/2026

Work lately. It's like life lately, but with fewer dogs. And while fewer dogs is never our goal, we can't really complain about our annual multi-day photo-thon with our besties and 200ish pieces of stunning, creative, colorful glass art.

Every donated piece helps provide studio access, artist residencies, and opportunities for makers at every stage of their careers.

08/15/2026

Life lately. Quality time with Jeanie Beanie and Neighbor Friend Buddy, and coloring.

Buddy is a BEEG dog with an actual tail, an otherworldly level of energy, and an obsession with BirbTV. We love this looney toon but are also jealous of his hoomans being in Europe eating all the helado right now!

08/11/2026

Order Now and Personalize is a curatorial project that ran at Brew House exhibition openings from January 2025-February 2026. Curated by Centa Schumacher, each opening featured a photograph from a Pittsburgh photographer printed on a Giant Eagle sheet cake. Each cake was photographed as it was eaten in order to document its fleeting existence and see how it changed as it was consumed.

Now, Centa, Brew House, and Almost Perfect Press are partnering on a photo book featuring some of the best images of each cake and Centa’s collected writing about on the photographs. There will be a book launch on September 3rd at 7:00 pm and obviously there will be cake! We’ve also invited Laurie Trok and Indigo Baloch, two other artists who work with cake as a medium, for a panel discussion on what it means to use food in creative expression. They will each be baking something special for the occasion.

Tickets are available on Eventbrite for $35, which includes a copy of Order Now and Personalize: The Book. Link in bio. (Ticket prices support artist labor and materials for the event. If the full ticket price is prohibitive to you, we have a discount of $5 with code ONAP5).

08/07/2026

Sunshine and fun times with the brilliant and hilarious niblings.
Magestic gluten free waffle from the happiest place on earth . Not pictured: equally delish gf burrito.
Jeanie Bean living her best life being passed around a delightful cadre of baby-old-lady caretakers.
We made dog friends at the airport because of course we did.

We’re back and we still hate AI slop.

08/06/2026

✨ We currently have one artist studio for rent: 415 sq. ft, available August 15 for $391/month self-renewing 3-month lease.✨

Studio has access to utility sinks, A/C, wifi, and utilities are included in price. Studio is located within areas accessible to our other studio artists.

Please contact [email protected] if interested.

07/27/2026

This will be great! Celeste Neuhaus is such an inspiring and brilliant guide through creative process.

This Wednesday, July 29 from 12 - 2 PM, join Celeste Neuhaus at Shore Thing for the workshop Pollinate Your Creative Flow.

Participants will engage with the river and local ecosystem to discover the interconnections between their creative process, the act of pollination, and the element of water. Through writing prompts and guided watercolor explorations, participants will be supported through making contact with their creative blocks, allowing for these blocks to release and metamorphosize into flow. No prior experience necessary to participate.

This event is free and open to the public, but advanced registration is required. For more information and to register, please visit: https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/shiftworks-at-shore-thing-pollinate-your-creative-flow-with-celeste-neuhaus/

This workshop is part of the Pittsburgh Creative Corps artist program series, presented by Shiftworks Community + Public Arts and made possible by the City of Pittsburgh's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Arts Programming initiative.



Photo by Anna Brewer.