Award-winning Aliquippa artist featured at Pittsburgh International Airport
FINDLAY TWP. – The vivid joy and creativity of Aliquippa artist Marlon Gist will be showcased at Pittsburgh International Airport.
The Allegheny County Airport Authority chose Gist, an award-winning fine artist and educator, for inclusion in the Rotating Art Installations at the Pittsburgh airport's Landside Terminal.
The arts program aims to enhance the airport experience for visitors and staff by presenting dynamic visual art, performing art and public art by local, regional, national and international artists. The display also showcases esteemed artists in the greater Pittsburgh area, like Gist, who specializes in versatility, from abstract to realism and graphite to oil paint.
Gist's selected pieces echo the dynamic, stimulating, robust history of what it means to be a Beaver County-ite, according to the Genesis Collective, a Beaver County-based nonprofit to which he belongs, composed of a diverse group of artists, activists, academics and organizers who bring their unique background, experiences and passions to help increase the public’s access to art and creativity.
“Mila’s Art Gallery” and “Gist Ave.” are two of Gist's art pieces to be displayed at the airport.
“‘Mila’s Art Gallery’ is a collaboration between my daughter and I. Mila is a young artist, so I wanted to featureher art in my art collection,” Gist said. "Gist Ave.’ is a very happy place to be. It’s a place where everyone getsalong. A community that thrives off of friends, family, and family business.”
Gist’s art will remain on display through June, visible on the top level of the airport’s departures area in the Landside Terminal.
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"It's a delight to celebrate Marlon's art, and making sure his audience widens is totally in line with The GenesisCollective's work in supporting and promoting local artists,” Pamela Rossi-Keen, executive director of TheGenesis Collective, said. “Marlon's work is so distinctive and full of joy. It's only right that travelers from all overthe world will be experiencing the vibrant reality Marlon creates."
Scott Tady is entertainment editor at The Times and easy to reach at stady@timesonline.com.
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