I have long admired the art writing and advocacy of Emma Riva, Petrichor’s founder and editor-in-chief. After reading this exhibit review, you’re going to want to follow Petrichor and everything Emma does! Click below…
A little more from Emma about Pittsburgh’s art scene and her place in it:
“I do know one thing, whether Pittsburgh is in the Midwest, Appalachia, or the Mid-Atlantic, Pittsburgh is home. And something great is happening here. My writing background is in the novel, and I’ve struggled with whether being an art critic and being an author are mutually exclusive. But maybe I was never meant to tell stories by myself. This magazine is the novel of our art scene here in Pittsburgh. I want us all to create it together.”
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Rust Belt Girl 
Thanks for swinging a spotlight on Emma!
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Thank you for being here, John!
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If anything, I think an author might possess a better understanding of art. It’s really just another form of creativity.
I want to visit Pittsburgh someday. I don’t consider it the Midwest (some people think even Ohio is a stretch), but I feel like it’s got a lot to offer.
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Yeah, it really works for Emma–she’s an excellent art critic, who really has her ear to the ground in the art world.
Pittsburgh is such a fun city–something a Cleveland native should NEVER say. Oh well. Lots of fun neighborhoods, great art, nice people (except for Steelers fans, ha). And, you’re right, not exactly Midwestern, but not East Coast–like Cleveland, just decidedly Rust Belt, I think.
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This really opened my eyes to how art critics view avant-garde photography and what the pieces are really trying to say. The photograph of a hand holding a shell over a former plantation field is especially poignant. This essay also helped me realise that there’s so much more to an unsettling photograph beyond the creepiness and sensationalism that people decide define it. Thank you for sharing 🙂.
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