Join us at the Shadow Lounge on May 26th to celebrate the hard work of Arts Greenhouse participants over the last 8 months to produce the next installment of the Arts Greenhouse mixtape series. AG participants will be performing selections from the album. The show will also feature a set by The H&T – rap group of Arts Greenhouse Assistant Program Coordinator and alumni, Kai Roberts.

The evening will also feature awards for the best AG participants over the past two semesters, refreshments, and a live DJ (TBA).

This event is 100% free.

Saturday, May 26th
Shadow Lounge
5972 Baum Blvd
5pm – 8pm

See you there!

Born in Flames Tour

Monday, March 5, 2012

Carnegie Mellon University

University Center Building

4:30 pm—Workshop in Connan Room

7:30 pm—Concert in Rangos Ballroom

The Born in Flames Tour bridges the worlds of hip hop and rock, and spotlights women who represent the best of both worlds. The name of the tour, Born in Flames, speaks to the pressure these artists confront from a world that’s often at odds with their very existence, be it black/woman/queer/punk, etc. Featured artists JeanGrae, Invincible and Tamar-kali are each highly respected in their individual scenes, with ever-growing fan bases.

This genre-rich tour also crosses over into education and activism through a workshop that the participating artists will host at Carnegie Mellon. Directed toward students and community members, the workshop will take a critical look into the marginalized impact of women, women of color, and LGBT communities on the history of music – from both the artistic and business perspectives. The discussion will then move from analysis to action, highlighting strategies that artists have used to counter these narratives. Students and Pittsburghers will consider how the strategies could be adopted to affect change within their local communities.

The concert and workshop are set to take place on Monday, March 5th, 2012, at the Carnegie Mellon University Center. Both events are free and open to the public.

Check out the following music videos from the featured performers.

Please RSVP on Facebook for the concert and the workshop.

Arts Greenhouse was invited down to the 1 year anniversary show for LOCKdown Radio, a youth-hosted community focused broadcast out of WRCT, 88.3FM, Pittsburgh. Tons of MCs were in the house, and Arts Greenhouse participants Tairey Perez, Jordan Montgomery, Curtis Pope and Linwood Randolph flexed their rap skills alongside some of Pgh’s finest. LOCKdown Radio airs live every Tuesday, from 7-8pm on WRCT, Pittsburgh.

If you missed the show, you can stream the broadcast online here.

Greater Pittsburgh Chapter of the ACLU of PA presents:

The School-to-Prison Pipeline
A Community Discussion

With a performance by:

The Arts Greenhouse

Thursday, February 9, 2012
5:30pm – 7:00pm
CLP Homewood Library – Auditorium
7101 Hamilton Avenue

The “school-to-prison pipeline” refers to the national trend of criminalizing rather than educating our nation’s children.

Join us for an evening of performance, information, and community discussion! This event, co-sponsored by the NAACP Pittsburgh Branch and A+ Schools and Arts Greenhouse, will feature a presentation on school discipline in the Pittsburgh Public Schools by A+ Schools. The talented youth of Arts Greenhouse will be performing the song they wrote following a similar talk with A+ Schools. Don’t miss this event! Come hear their reflections and share your thoughts on this important civil liberties issue.

RSVP & share this event on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/aclupa

For more information contact pghinfo@aclupa.org or 412.681.7736.

New short Arts Greenhouse promo video featuring highlights from our MLK Day performance at Carnegie Mellon University. Filmed, directed and edited by former AG participant, Freeze, who is currently attending The Art Institute of Pittsburgh as a videography student.

“The cops brought hoses, not for roses
but for the children’s march.
Lock us up, and wonder why we spit bars”

Deep lines from Arts Greenhouse participant, Jordan Montgomery. This Monday, Jan 16th, at 2:30pm, Montgomery and three of his AG peers, Tairey Perez, Elijah Brewer (aka EZ Scarz), and Curtis Pope, will premier these lines as part of the new AG music video, Dreams of Kings. The video reflects on the modern-day relevance of Martin Luther King Jr. A live performance will follow the screening, featuring more music from the Arts Greenhouse. This screening/concert is part of a day of activities and events at Carnegie Mellon’s University Center, celebrating the life and legacy of MLK. Click here for a full schedule of the day’s events. Everyone is invited, all ages!

Dreams of Kings was developed with the help of Nico Slate, professor of history at Carnegie Mellon. “As a historian,” Slate explained, “it was especially meaningful to see the Arts Greenhouse participants grapple with the rich legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Like the best historical scholarship, these talented young musicians understood both the achievements of Dr. King and the larger civil rights movement and the many obstacles we as a society have yet to overcome.” The beat for the song was composed by former AG participant, and current AG volunteer, Anthony Freeze. Dreams of Kings will be included on “Volume 4,” an album entirely written and recorded by Arts Greenhouse participants, which will be released this May.

Click here to watch the Dreams of Kings music video

Official music video premier/live performance at the Carnegie Mellon University Center, Monday, January 16th, 2:30pm. The performance will be a part of CMU’s MLK Day activities.

More info coming soon.

Tomorrow night there is this amazing panel discussion and free rap concert going on at the August Wilson Center. Participants from the Arts Greenhouse have been invited to perform a few of their songs. I hope you can make it!

One Hood Media, founded by Jasiri X and Paradise “The Arkitech” Gray, in conjunction with August Wilson Center for African American Culture and a generous donation provided by the Heinz Endowments, will host the New Media Academy Closing Ceremony, Celebration, and Concert at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, beginning at 7:00pm.

Jasiri X and Dr. Goddess will moderate a panel discussion entitled, “Taking Control of Our Image”, which will include Hip-Hop journalist Davey D, Wise Intelligent of the legendary rap group Poor Righteous Teachers, renown author and educator Bakari Kitwana, journalist and social media expert Jesse Muhammad, Co-founder of Occupy the Hood Malik Rhasaan and Grammy award winning Hip-Hop artist Che “Rhymefest” Smith.

Following the panel, Paradise Gray will host the concert featuring performances by Rhymefest, Wise Intelligent, Jasiri X, and the New Media All Stars. DJ Davey D and Pittsburgh’s own DJ Selecta will provide the soundtrack for the evening. Jasiri X also plans to release his latest DVD/CD “The Whole World is Watching”, which features his groundbreaking viral videos “I Am Troy Davis” and “Occupy (We the 99)”

Rhymefest is one of Chicago’s best respected MCs who has never crossed-over into the mainstream. His biggest accomplishments include writing “Jesus Walks” for Kanye West and beating Eminem for the 1997 Scribble Jam freestyle championship. He’s worked with many top tier MCs and producers including:, Phonte, Q-Tip, Kanye, Siagon, NO ID, Just Blaze, Lil Jon, Mark Ronson, Cool & Dre. Rhymefest’s album “El Che” last year reached #53 on the Billboard’s top Hip-Hop/R&B charts last year.

Wise Intelligent is best known as the lead MC of Poor Righteous Teachers, a black-consciousness rooted rap crew that gained a large following in the late 80s and early 90s as part of the Public Enemy era. Although PRT lost the spotlight in the gangster rap era, Wise Intelligent has continued to record and release music independently, including his critically acclaimed 2007 LP, “The Talented Timothy Taylor”. He also runs a number of activist programs in his hometown of Trenton, NJ.

Since 2007, Jasiri X has been rising steadily from the Pittsburgh underground to one of the leading politically engaged voices in hip-hop nationwide. Recording hard hitting raps about popular struggles around our country – and creating a music video for nearly every single one – Jasiri has found a large audience who want anthems for their outrage. His Youtube channel boasts over one million views.

2011 Each One Teach One 3rd Music and Radio Conference

Sponsored by: New Pittsburgh Courier, Soul-Patrol.com, Arts Greenhouse, Umoja African Arts, Laptop ETC., Black Music Education Project

Kevin Amos is assembling together once again a dynamic group of folks from international, local and national levels that he has been associated with throughout his 31 years in broadcasting and the arts.

On Saturday November 19 2011, Amos will gather friends and colleagues from around the country for his third “Each One, Teach One” conference. The Each One Teach One music and radio conference will bring together incredible array of musicians, arts advocates, policymakers, technologists, media representatives and industry figures to discuss issues at the intersection of music, technology, policy and law. Your participation in these conversations are crucial. Please join us on November 19 for Pittsburgh’s one and only home grown music-tech- radio conference. This year’s conference returns to the Campus of Carnegie-Mellon University. The location is Room 103 in Margret Morrison Hall.

The event brings together a wide array of music, broadcasting and journalism professionals and novices, who discuss everything from the local music scene to navigating the ever-evolving world of online content.

The conference will take place from 9:00AM-4:30PM. Admission is free of charge and open to the public.

The conference is important for young people, consumers, and music fans in general as well as the artists. It provides an excellent opportunity for networking. The information that will be shared is invaluable and is being provided at no cost. The participants are donating their time and are willing to share information. All we are asking everyone to do is just show up to take in the knowledge shared.”

Co-sponsorships for this groundbreaking annual event are available by contacting Kevin Amos: kevinamosproducer@hotmail.com

Register here: http://2011eachoneteachoneconference-autohome.eventbrite.com/

Schedule here: http://www.eventbrite.com/rss/event_list_news/1383236297