Artist Talk with Sheryl Oring

On April 28 and 29, Sheryl Oring will be turning Market Square into a public office for Pittsburghers to dictate messages to the current administration. Join the Office of Public Art for an artist talk with Oring after the final performance in Market Square. Oring will talk about her past work and her experience in the public realm.

About the Artist

Artist Sheryl Oring has typed thousands of postcards to the President from locations across the U.S. since launching her "I Wish to Say" project in 2004. Her book, "Activating Democracy: The I Wish to Say Project," was published by Intellect Books/University of Chicago Press in October 2016. Other recent projects include "Travel Desk," a public art commission at the San Diego International Airport and "Maueramt," a performance and exhibition done in Berlin on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Oring, an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, divides her time between North Carolina, New York and Berlin. She is currently working on a large-scale public art commission for the Tampa.

This event is free and open to the public. We ask participants to register at publicartpittsburgh.org.