Lindsey Peck Scherloum
Lindsey Peck Scherloum with The Brashear Association, Inc.
Artist
Date
2021–2023
Location
South Pittsburgh, PA
Organizational Partner
The Brashear Association, Inc.
Overview
Part of the Public Art and Communities Program, this collaboration between artist Lindsey Peck Scherloum and The Brashear Association, Inc. addresses the issue of food insecurity in eleven Hilltop neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. By reducing the stigma surrounding accessing services, such as Brashear’s food pantry, the project seeks to create pride in food and community.
Process
In 2021, Scherloum began to work closely with Brashear to learn more about the residents and neighborhoods it serves. In December, Scherloum created a postcard mailer that was distributed to Brashear’s community members, which asked residents to answer questions about their relationship to food, culture, and community. Through discussions with residents and community groups, Scherloum has listened and learned about how community members view food and food access, as well as existing stigmas around engaging food support services.
Scherloum is currently working on a larger campaign to collect ‘Food Stories’ through mailers, an online survey, a telephone hotline, and physical survey dropboxes. These community stories, gathered from residents across Brashear’s service areas, will become the foundation for Scherloum’s artistic concept as she transitions from her engagement phase into conceptual design and development in 2022.
Online Resources
Website
Learn more about Lindsey Peck Scherloum and her other projects on her website.
Learn more about The Brashear Association, Inc. on their website.
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PROJECTS
Lindsey Peck Scherloum with United Somali Bantu of Greater Pittsburgh
Scherloum collaborated with residents of the Northview Heights public housing complex, including Somali Bantu refugees, Central African refugees, and generational African American residents, to gather and share their stories of migration.
About the Artist
Lindsey Peck Scherloum is a North Braddock based artist who works in sculpture, installation, media arts and performance to create collaborative and participatory experiences that prompt stories and human connection to one another and their environments. She has done this with audience-collaborators at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Center for Creative Reuse, The Mattress Factory, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and with rural, incarcerated and otherwise underrepresented communities across the US and internationally. She is currently researching strategies to collectively examine, introspect, and share stories around hard topics through explorations of the future, handwork, and collaborative creation. Her work has been shown in spaces across the US including Carnegie Museum of Art and the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, and has been published in journals such as Hot Metal Bridge and Fiber Art Now.
About the Organizational Partner
Based on the core belief that everyone deserves a fair shot, The Brashear Association, Inc. provides South Pittsburgh residents and community groups with access to quality programs and services that address social, educational, health, and economic issues.
Image credits
Gallery, top:
Artist Headshot by Sarah Laponte
Related
PROJECTS
Lindsey Peck Scherloum with United Somali Bantu of Greater Pittsburgh
Scherloum collaborated with residents of the Northview Heights public housing complex, including Somali Bantu refugees, Central African refugees, and generational African American residents, to gather and share their stories of migration.
PROGRAMS
Public Art and Communities Program
This program supports the development of place-based strategies and temporary artworks in Pittsburgh communities that respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and address its intersection with other public health issues.