The Brew House Association is an

artist collective An artist collective is an initiative that is the result of a group of artists working together, usually under their own management, towards shared aims. The aims of an artist collective can include almost anything that is relevant to the need ...

established in 1991 in the

South Side Flats The South Side Flats is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's South Side area. It is located just south of the Monongahela River. The neighborhood has one of the City of Pittsburgh's largest concentrations of 19th-century homes, which ha ...

neighborhood of

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. It is located at Mary and 21st Streets in a multi-story building that once housed the

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. The lower floors of the building have been converted to gallery and theater space, including SPACE 101, an alternative exhibit gallery founded by the Brew House Association in 1994, while the upper floors have become studio and living areas for resident artists, and shared workshops for

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and

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. The Brew House and the abandoned industrial lots around it have been the site of

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and

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exhibits. They formerly rented studio space and hosted a residency program for

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s before issues with building code violations forced them to temporarily close their doors in 2009.

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Brew House Association
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