Opening Reception

SPACE Gallery
Friday, May 31
5-7 pm

Attend the opening reception of Furry Friends, the 2024 edition of the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival’s annual Juried Visual Art Exhibition, which celebrates the diverse ways in which animals enrich our lives, challenge our perspectives, and inspire our creativity. This exhibition is the result of an open call for artists living and working within a 150-mile radius of downtown Pittsburgh whose work explores the profound and complex connections between humans and animals– be they companions, pets, wildlife, or creatures of myth or imagination.

Furry Friends, the 2024 edition of the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival’s annual Juried Visual Art Exhibition, celebrates the diverse ways in which animals enrich our lives, challenge our perspectives, and inspire our creativity. This exhibition is the result of an open call for artists living and working within a 150-mile radius of downtown Pittsburgh whose work explores the profound and complex connections between humans and animals– be they companions, pets, wildlife, or creatures of myth or imagination.

Each year, esteemed jurors select artists from hundreds of submissions to include in the exhibition. Six individual prizes are awarded, including the prestigious Best in Show award which comes with a $2500 cash prize. Past recipients of the Best in Show award include: Evangeline Mensah-Agyekum (2022), Scott Hunter (2022), Ana Armengod (2019), and Ulric Joseph (2019).

The juried winners for the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Visual Arts Exhibition are in!

Best in Show:

Tessa Moeller for Within Us All (2024)

Juror's Choice Awards:

Lizz Ford for Betrayal (2022)

AJ Evans for Late Night Games (2022)
Amy Short for Hamlet (2023)