Virtual Dollar Bank Three River Arts Festival
About: A production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, this year’s festival will be presented for the first time in its history as an all-digital festival. This year’s Festival grounds will take place on the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust website via TrustArts.org/TRAF during June 5-14, 2020.
Opportunities: Interviews with festival management, artists, collaborative partners.
Featured Programming
Artist Market
350 artists are featured over the 10 days. Links to each artist web page to view and purchase art.
Digital Stages
Dollar Bank Digital Main Stage
Livestream performances, June 5-14, at 7:30 p.m.
24/7 Stage
Continuous performances through the festival 10 days.
See full press release for artist line-up.
Visual Art
Transverse: Juried Visual Art Exhibition, featuring works on display by juried artists.
Compass Roses Maps by Artists, featuring 20 artists maps from the Pittsburgh area.
“holding pattern” an innovative and interactive dance film streaming on Monday, June 8, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.
The Anthropology of Motherhood: Culture of Care, an exhibition featuring works of art and focused on lived experiences of motherhood.
Food
Food vendors from around the city will be participating in the festival.
Opportunities:
Calling all food bloggers, writers, and enthusiasts! Order food from one of the festival’s participating restaurants and tag the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and #TRAF20.
Creative Activities
Daily activities and workshop for all ages presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and other participating organizations.
Opportunities:
Encouraging all mom bloggers and family focused writers to participate in and feature all the family fun activities DBTRAF has to offer.
Film
Harris Theater @ Home will feature two historic films during the festival.
Harris Theater @ Home
About: Harris Theater @ Home is a virtual cinema accessible through our website. Patrons can purchase tickets to films currently unavailable for public rental or sale and the film distributor will share a portion of their ticket payment with the Harris Theater.
Below are the films coming to the Harris Theater @ Home in June. If you are interested in reviewing a film or would like additional information or assets for any film, please contact Lucy Friedman-Bell at friedman@trustarts.org.
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Available to stream starting June 5
A comic-tragic feature documentary about director Peter Medak’s biggest disaster – the film Ghost in the Noonday Sun, which star Peter Sellers did his best to sabotage – and what it took to survive it.
Shirley
Available to stream starting June 5
A psychological drama starring Elisabeth Moss as famed horror author Shirley Jackson with Michael Stuhlbarg as her professor husband Stanley Hyman.
Mr. Topaze (1961)
Available to stream starting June 12
The story of an honest and unassuming schoolteacher (Peter Sellers) in a small French town who gets wrapped up in a corrupt government official’s crooked financial business.
The Deeper You Dig
Available to stream starting June 12
This independent supernatural horror film follows Ivy, her daughter Echo, and the recluse Kurt as their lives crash together with unfortunate results.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale
Available to stream starting June 12
Delivered alongside dazzlingly colorful, sweeping designs, this film follows an optimistic stray dog named Marona as she looks back on the human companions she has loved throughout her life.
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
Available to stream starting June 26
This film follows Ella Fitzgerald’s extraordinary journey over six decades as her sublime voice transforms the tragedies of her own life and the troubles of her times into joy.
Camps for Creatives (On Sale Now)
About: This summer, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is bringing art directly to families through Virtual Camps for Creatives. The Trust provides the resources, support, and structure for the week so that kids can let the creativity flow all summer long!
This program offers three different virtual camps:
Writing is Everywhere Camp - Virtual
Mon, Jul 13, 2020
For Students Entering Grades 4-6
Visual Arts Camp - Virtual
Mon, Jul 20, 2020
For Students Entering Grades 4-6
Theater Production Camp - Virtual
Mon, Jul 27, 2020
For Students Entering Grades 7-9
Opportunities:
Interviews with Program Manager Seth Laidlaw
Liberty Magic @ Home
About: Liberty Magic @ Home, is a live, virtual close up magic experience hosted by Liberty Magic's very own venue manager, Zoe Ruth. Patrons can tune in every Friday night at 7:30 p.m. on The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust YouTube or Facebook pages. The live streams feature tricks and Q&As with magicians.
Opportunities:
Interviews with show host Zoe Ruth & featured Magicians
Inside the Scene
About: Inside the Scene is a four-part digital miniseries offering a virtual happy hour and an insider look at Pittsburgh’s growing music community featuring performances and interviews with some of the city’s leading local musicians.
Opportunities:
Interviews with Program Manager and host Aaron Rodden and featured artists