New Arts Festival

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• Photo courtesy of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
• Piece by artist Quim Rifà, which was included in Drap-Art '15 in Barcelona

On Jan. 30 and Feb. 1, the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council holds information sessions for the inaugural Re:NEW Festival, a month-long, citywide event slated for the fall.

Re:NEW is billed as a “celebration of Creative Recycling, Transformation and Sustainability.” The programming will include “art exhibitions, expos and conventions, markets of artwork and goods made of upcycled materials, workshops, performances, talks and tours, ” and more. The festival is geared for visual art, performing arts and music.

GPAC will soon issue calls for artists and volunteers, as well as vendor application forms.

In the meantime, it’s holding the free info sessions. The first is at 2 p.m. Sat., Jan. 30, at the Carnegie Museum of Art Theater, 4400 Forbes Ave., in Oakland. Register here.

The festival is presented by GPAC, the Downtown Partnership, The Andy Warhol Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art, Sustainable Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Resources Council, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, VisitPITTSBURGH, and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.