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Brew House Arts (BHA) is a non-profit art center in Pittsburgh's South Side. Today, BHA programs 14,000 sq. ft.

Located in the former Duquesne Brewing Company complex, BHA was founded by a community of artists and functioned as an artist-owned cooperative and hub of cultural programming and housing. In 1993 the group formally organized and incorporated as a non-profit 501(c)3 focused on creative risk-taking and experimentation. of space which includes a public gallery, flexible artist studios, and two resid

ency programs all under one roof. BHA nurtures the artistic and business growth of professional artists and curators in a connected and community centered environment.

08/28/2026

Centa Schumacher () is a Pittsburgh-based artist working in photography, video, and textiles, and the curator of Order Now and Personalize, an edible exhibition series that ran at Brew House openings from January 2025-February 2026.

Next Thursday, September 3 at 7pm, we’ve invited Canta to speak alongside artists Indigo Baloch () and Laurie Trok (), to celebrate the launch of Order Now and Personalize: The Book. All three artists will discuss what it means to work with food as a part of their practice, and they will be making three special cakes for the occasion.

Tickets are available on Eventbrite for $35, which includes a copy of Order Now and Personalize: The Book. (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).

08/27/2026

Laurie Trok () is a multidisciplinary artist who frequently works with food sculpture, cake, and performance, and creates menus which investigate our relationship to time. By imagining and facilitating new rituals, Laurie’s work engages their audience as collaborators in generating alternative system.

Next Thursday, September 3 at 7pm, we’ve invited Laurie to speak alongside artists Indigo Baloch () and Centa Schumacher (), to celebrate the launch of Order Now and Personalize: The Book. All three artists will discuss what it means to work with food as a part of their practice, and they will be making three special cakes for the occasion.

Tickets are available on Eventbrite for $35, which includes a copy of Order Now and Personalize: The Book. (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).

08/26/2026

Indigo Baloch () is a Pakistani American writer and artist based out of Pittsburgh, who believes food should be an experience, an art form, and a deep expression of love.

Next Thursday, September 3 at 7pm, we’ve invited Indigo to speak alongside artists Laurie Trok () and Centa Schumacher (), to celebrate the launch of Order Now and Personalize: The Book. All three artists will discuss what it means to work with food as a part of their practice, and they will be making three special cakes 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).

08/24/2026

72 Names of G@d, 2023.

"Storytelling helps our finite minds grasp the ineffable. One story that defies reality is the parting of the Red Sea from the Hebrew Bible. To explain the miracle, mystics devised a complicated formula of 72 Hebrew letter combinations. According to the sages, these 72 forms, taken in totality, allowed the sea to part."

Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough, solo exhibition by Louise Silk, will be on view through September 5.

08/20/2026

“During challenging times, people crave spaces that are accepting and conducive to self-reflection, compassion, and intrinsic connections. ‘Spirit Place’ is a space to discover connections to something greater than oneself. Take a moment to contemplate possibilities for healing individually and together as a society.” The Soft Rocks are fashioned from fragments of previous quilts and filled with tiny scraps.

Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough, solo exhibition by Louise Silk, will be on view through September 5.

08/18/2026

From January 2025-February 2026, all of our exhibition openings also featured an edition of Order Now and Personalize, an edible exhibition series curated by Centa Schumacher. Each edition featured a photograph from a Pittsburgh photographer printed on a Giant Eagle sheet cake, and each cake was photographed as it was eaten in order to see how it changed as it was consumed.

Now, the series is available as a book, produced by Brew House Arts and Almost Perfect Press. The book includes a new essay by Centa Schumacher, and includes 52 color photographs featuring artists Sandy Loaf, Karen Lue, Barbara Weissberger, Christine Lorenz, Jacob Woodyard, and Steve Root.

There will be a book launch on September 3rd and obviously there will be cake! We’ve also invited artists Laurie Trok and Indigo Baloch 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 for $35, which includes a copy of Order Now and Personalize: The Book. Link in bio.

08/14/2026

Louise Silk’s grandfather founded the retail record company National Record Mart, where she worked when she was younger. “To this day, I encounter people who cherished their experiences with National Record Mart. Making eighteen single play records is a tribute to the family. The lucky Jewish number, 18, chai, is the Hebrew word for life. The titles and labels epitomize the music of my youth.”

Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough, solo exhibition by Louise Silk, will be on view from July 16 to September 5, 2026.

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

Louise Silk has been creating art quilts for over 50 years. She has exhibited throughout the US and has had seven solo exhibitions, including Louise Silk: A Patchwork Life, a career retrospective at the Heinz History Center in 2024. Silk lives and works in the South Side, and was recently included in our exhibition, Art of Pittsburgh’s South Side.

Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough will be on view from July 16 to September 5, 2026. The exhibition will have expanded regular gallery hours: Wednesdays and Thursdays 2-7 pm, and Fridays and Saturdays 11-4 pm, with Louise working in the gallery every Wednesday.

08/06/2026

💃 Tu B'Av: Celebration of Love with 412Step 🕺
Thursday, August 27, 6-9pm—In celebration of Tu B’Av, the Jewish holiday of love, we're partnering with 412Step for an evening of dancing, celebration, and art. Dayenu will be on view in the gallery, attendees are invited to participate in a potluck and bring a dish to share with one another. No partner or previous dance experience is necessary. Come dance with us! Tickets are available on a sliding scale from $0-$20.

Address

711 South 21st Street
Pittsburgh, PA
15203

Telephone

+14122126650

Website

http://brewhousearts.org/

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