PSI CONFIRMED EVENTS FOR 2025 (updated 4/24/2025) others to be added as they are confirmed:
UPCOMING PROGRAMS CONFIRMED
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Kidlit illustration star Rebecca Green at the Hub Works in West View, organized by Laura Garvin and the PSI Board. Program will be presented Tuesday June 17, 2025 at 6:30pm. Hub Works is located at 435 Perry Hwy, West View PA 15229 (North Hills only minutes off I-279). Members are encouraged to bring pot luck foods & beverages.
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MAY 29, 2025 THURSDAY EVENING 6:30pm. Career overview presentation by one of our most noted cartoonist members WAYNO. Location: Kim Fox/Workerbird Studio, 415 West Warrington Ave, PGH PA 15210 near the south entrance of the Liberty Tunnels. In person, powerpoint and original works. All illustrators will gain from the insights of WAYNO's 40-year+ career in the illustration and comic fields.
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PLANNED: Scott Mason, Fashion and Event Illustrator hailing from London, UK. Tara Zalewski is working on this program with the PSI Board. Scott would be open to lecturing to PSI on his art and Live Illustration work in an hour long Zoom with lecture/demo for 30 - 45 min and Q&A at the end. PSI would plan a group meeting at Tara's studio in Monroeville and members who couldn’t make it could join in on Zoom. Stay tuned for final scheduling of this presentation.
PSI Socials
ALL PSI MEMBERS:
Regular socials at J Gough's Tavern in Squirrel Hill, 4213 Murray Avenue PGH PA 15217, continue our second Tuesday socials on 5/13. At 6:30pm. Summer socials for June, July, August TBA. Then we're back to J Gough's for 9/9, 10/14, 11/11.
Share your current work, have a drink, enjoy some PSI complimentary snacks from the delicious J. Gough's menu, or just hang out and visit with other members. Hear more about the upcoming show we are scheduling with the Heinz History Museum to run fall 2025 through December 2026. Bring a friend if you don't want to come out alone. We'd love to see everyone. Members usually start arriving around 6:30 PM. Plenty of on-street parking or you can use the Giant Eagle lot across the street.
Meetings
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. Join us for informal shop talk along with great food and drink at different centrally located restaurants or at member home/studios. Appetizers supplied by PSI. All members and prospective members welcome!
Think Happy Hour! Since 1996, PSI has hosted socials to relieve freelance isolation and expose everyone to the work of other members. Join us for informal shop talk along with great food and drink at different centrally located restaurants or at member home/studios. Appetizers supplied by PSI. All members and prospective members welcome!
The “Business of Illustration” Meetings
These programs cycle through member's home/studios and various public spots (like the Hub Works in West View) 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 programs cycle through member's home/studios and various public spots (like the Hub Works in West View) 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.