After ten years, the PGH Photo Fair will be coming to a close.
This event began from a place of pure passion and it has been a thrill to build, shape, and iterate this project over the years. Evan Mirapaul started the Fair in 2012 at the former Ace Hotel in East Liberty, moving then to UnSmoke Systems Artspace in Braddock, and finally landing for five of its seven exhibiting years at the Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA), with Casey Droege joining as Co-Director in 2016. We not only facilitated the sale of much great art, some of which went directly into CMOA’s own collection, but also organized a fantastic Speaker Series with guest artists and curators, which even continued virtually during the first two years of the pandemic.
We are grateful to all who came along for this ride including our dozens of gallerists, special program guests, staff and volunteers, art collectors, event participants, and fair visitors. Your enthusiasm kept us going and we hope PGH Photo Fair ignited a love for art, collecting, and photography that will continue on.
Although the Fair itself will be over, the archive of PGH Photo Fair will live under the stewardship of Silver Eye Center for Photography. It will remain accessible as a record of all the significant figures who played a part and the community of arts appreciators that emerged to support this project.
To the future,
Evan + Casey
PGH Photo Fair