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 Katie and Rachel Saul Rearick, proprietors KURATEDpgh
Katie and Rachel Saul Rearick share a great deal of their existence with each other, each as a married pair and as arts professionals. Now the two have opened KURATEDpgh, a new gallery in Aspinwall made to improve the visibility of Pittsburgh artists.
Situated in a former professional medical supply retail outlet at 405 Freeport Road, KURATEDpgh just lately opened with a assortment of items by nine artists working in good arts and ceramics. 



Rachel understands that it could seem dangerous opening a gallery in a time when several corporations are having difficulties, but she and Katie felt an obligation to assist community artists influenced by the pandemic. She has witnessed this 1st-hand as the Arts and Lifestyle Supervisor at Pittsburgh Global Airport, saying that software — developed to expose neighborhood artists to globe vacationers — was put on maintain.


“We have toyed about with the thought a small little bit,” states Rachel. “In some way, receiving our sleeves rolled up and undertaking this was pretty much a reaction to the pandemic simply because in my field, I observed so many artists dropping prospects to engage with the public. I consider the pandemic, in a way, encouraged us even far more to do it.”



As both equally arts producers and collectors, they wanted to introduce a lot more persons to the concept of acquiring collections, no matter whether it is paintings or functional ceramic parts. Guests are cost-free to stop by the gallery and see the perform in person, or perspective it on the internet. 



“People are shelling out additional time at house now, so they’re a lot more intrigued in what their area appears to be like like,” says Rachel. 



The gallery provides to quite a few projects that the two women have taken on. In the previous, they have demonstrated their respective get the job done in collaborative exhibitions — Rachel works in printmaking and portray, Katie in jewelry and installations — and they have also curated displays jointly. They even have a web site (rkrearick.com) outlining their mission of doing the job with each other.


KURATEDpgh serves an additional objective as a way for the females to create areas that are “inclusive and discuss to equality and being welcoming to all people,” states Rachel. 



“For us, staying a very same-sex married pair … we are truly focused on creating absolutely sure to have illustration for ladies, people today from the queer community, and people of coloration,” suggests Rachel. “That’s truly one thing that’s essential to us.”



Katie, who teaches at Waynesburg College and founded the Allegheny Metals Collective, hopes to also showcase jewellery at KURATEDpgh with a dedicated wall room or exhibition.



As they get ready to settle in Aspinwall, the two Stanton Heights inhabitants share a giggle about not becoming overly common with the neighborhood and say they glimpse ahead to participating with and creating partnerships with the area’s places to eat and other establishments.



“We hadn’t spent that considerably time in Aspinwall, and now ended up like, ‘Why have not we been about right here?’ There is certainly so significantly heading on and it takes 7 minutes to get below,” says Rachel. “We definitely want to hook up with the bordering companies and group to make it a extra robust expertise for individuals who are coming.”


In addition to the gallery, both equally women of all ages plan on retaining their whole-time work opportunities. Rachel claims the airport has started to “rebound a minimal bit” immediately after a significant fall in visitors, and they prepare on bringing exhibitions again shortly. Katie says “everything is total steam forward on campus” at Waynesburg College, where by she has been instructing the arts to smaller sized or break up-up, in-man or woman courses.



Even as the pandemic leaves several factors unsure, Rachel and Katie are ready to welcome guests and opportunity art consumers to KURATEDpgh, albeit at a limited or appointment-only potential so all people can social distance.



“I’m hunting forward to settling into the gallery and gradually bringing in a huge variety of media and types to exhibit,” suggests Katie.