Alloy Pittsburgh 2013, 2015, 2018, 2021
Alloy Pittsburgh is a unique visual and performing arts project developed fro the Carrie Furnaces National Historic Landmark in Rankin, PA. This is a biennial event took place every two to three years until 2021.
Light|Play 2020
An evening light-based experience at the Carrie Blast Furnaces September 10 – October 1, 2020. Curated by Rivers of Steel Chief Curator Chris McGinnis.
Featuring Pittsburgh artists Danny Bracken, Ian Brill, Aaron Henderson, Ryder Henry, Lori Hepner, Ricardo Iamuuri, Shohei Katayama, Todd Keebs, Julie Mallis, ProjectileObjects & Alisha Wormsley
2015 The Mountain and the Bumblebee
The Mountain and the Bumble Bee brings together selected works by contemporary artists and poets who confront broadly defined notions of landscape as both cultural icon and raw material. Working in a variety of media including photography, sculpture, painting, digital media and poetic verse, featured artists maneuver the complex web of references contributing to our understanding of landscape. Scenes from Hollywood westerns abut survey photographs and miniature paintings to highlight America�fs often�]contradictory role as both steward and exploiter of the land.
2014 Children of the Romantic Age
Children of the Romantic Age is an exhibition of artworks by Brooklyn artist Gwyneth Scally curated by Chris McGinnis in the Spring of 2014.
2014 Songs, Sonnets and Stolen Lines
Songs Sonnets and Stolen Lines is an exhibition of paintings and kite drawings by artist Teresa Getty. The works were curated by Chris McGinnis for a solo exhibition of the artists work at Kipp Gallery in 2014. Getty’s work is inspired by literary memories from her childhood, including rhymes, song lines, and poems.
2013 Promiseland
Promiseland is a video installation by featuring Wisconsin based artist Chele Isaac. The show was curated by Chris McGinnis, Director for Kipp Gallery.
Kipp Gallery
Indiana University of Pennsylvania2013 A Small Craft
A Small Craft is an exhibition by artist Adam Manley that was curated in 2013 for Kipp Gallery at Indiana University of PA.
"Adam Manley creates human scale sculptures and objects that are meant to speak of and interact with the landscape and those that inhabit it. Adam is interested in the wide expanses of land and space that we inhabit."
2013 We Two Founts
We Two Founts is an exhibition produced by Chris McGinnis and Kipp gallery. The show was guest curated by Marc Mitchell and featured the work of both Mitchell himself and multimedia sculptor Derek Larson.
2012 Brascapes
An installation curated by Chris McGinnis, Director of Kipp Gallery featuring the work of contemporary artist/architect Nina Barbuto.
Kipp Gallery
Indiana University of Pennsylvania2012 Fauna: Figuring and Fathoming
Exhibition produced for Kipp Gallery by Chris McGinnis, Gallery Director 2012/13. This exhibition was curated by Carnegie Mellon Professor Susanne Slavick.
Kipp Gallery
Indiana University of Pennsylvania2012 Permutations
Permutations is an exhibition of work created by IUP Art Students focused on Expanded notions of drawing and painting. The exhibition was curated by Chris McGinnis, Director Kipp Gallery.
Kipp Gallery
Indiana University of Pennsylvania2011 Manufacturing Identity
Manufacturing Identity is an exhibition focusing on the relationship between industry and identity. The exhibit featured prints, paintings and ceramic art by artists Dan Kuhn, Aaron Miller and Chris McGinnis. Manufacturing Identity was curated by Chris McGinnis
Steel Valley Arts Council Homestead Pennsylvania.