PSI CONFIRMED EVENTS FOR 2026 (updated 5/29/2026) others to be added as they are confirmed:
UPCOMING PROGRAMS PLANNED/CONFIRMED
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Tuesday July 28, 2026, Location South Side Flats restaurant time and venue TBA; SAVE THE DATE!-Gregg Valley presents Illustrator as Muralist. Gregg's career arc has brought him to this demanding and very public illustration market! His creations are all over the United States gracing facades of shopping centers, parking structures, office buildings, living spaces, and interiors of hospitals and office settings. Come hear the story! Details coming soon on the location and time.
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Saturday August 22 all day presentation by national award-winning illustrator RED NOSE STUDIO/CHRIS SICKLES beginning with lecture and followed by a 4-hour stop action animation workshop. Presented at THE HUB WORKS community space 435 Perry Hwy West View PA 15229. Contact Tara Zalewski art@tarazalewsky.com to be added to the lecture time and for more exact details on timing. The stop action animation workshop is maxxed out already at 20.
PSI Socials
Summer socials traditionally rotate around member home/studios rather than a club or restaurant and offer outdoor settings. ALL FULL and AFFILIATE MEMBERS are invited and welcomed, as are your friends and prospects who are not PSI members!
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Friday, June 12, 2026, at John Blumen studio/home 25 Sceneridge Ave, Brentwood PA 15227 7PM. Bring work to share and get feedback. Bring sides and desserts and beverages to share.
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Saturday, August 15, 2026 at President James and Jan Mellett's home/studio 500 South Meadowcroft St PGH (Mt Lebanon) PA 15228. Afternoon-evening timeframe 3PM to ??. Come when you can and stay as long as you want! Bring beverages and sides to share.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2026, circle this date. Plans are in flux about a social related to Gregg Valley's presentation on the South Side flats "Illustrator as Muralist." TBD.
ALL PSI MEMBERS:
Socials from September 2026 onward are in the planning stages. Our goal is to draw more newer and younger members to get involved in getting the most out of their PSI membership, and the Board is discussing alternate plans for the socials beginning in the fall.
Socials offer all members the chance to talk shop, talk marketing that works, meet and ask your Board about the day-to-day workings of PSI, bring your program ideas forward, and get feedback on works in progress and finished commissions. PSI provides main food items and beverages are on the members.
Social Meetings have been held almost every month since our founding in late 1996.
Think Happy Hour! Since 1996, PSI has hosted socials to relieve freelance isolation and expose everyone to the work of other members.
Think Happy Hour! Since 1996, PSI has hosted socials to relieve freelance isolation and expose everyone to the work of other members.
The “Business of Illustration” Meetings and Member Programs
These programs cycle through member's home/studios and various public spots (like the Hub Works in West View or the Wilkins School Community Center in Regent Square) around Pittsburgh. The night typically includes a presentation by a member or outside speaker and networking. Attendees should bring a beverage and/or a snack to share. Locations and featured artists are posted on the PSI website and distributed via Basecamp announcements.
These presentations are open and free to ALL FULL AND AFFILIATE members as a benefit of dues. We welcome the interested public, prospective members, clients, patrons, and trade partners.
Programs for September 2026 onward need your input! Newer members take notice! We can fund your speakers, panels, programs...THIS IS YOUR SOCIETY!