WHAT IS CSA PGH?

Community Supported Art (CSA PGH) was a program that built lasting relationships with artists and cultural consumers between 2013 and 2020. Not unlike the boxes of fruit and vegetables that one might get from a local farm as an agricultural CSA, CSA PGH created “shares” of art to feed the public’s cultural appetite. We were part of a national artist-driven movement that commissions artists to produce editionable works that are grouped and sold to the public as CSA PGH shares.

Shareholders were invited to special events to pick up the artwork, meet the artists, and talk with the CSA PGH team. The program commissioned 35 artists and produced 210 shares.

 

CSAPGH Founders

CSA PGH Co-Founders (from left) Kilolo Luckett, Corey Escoto, Blaine Siegel, and Casey Droege.

As part of the CSA-PGH platform, I was able to spend time in my studio developing and creating a new body of work that stands now as one of the best photographic series I ever made. It pushed me in new directions with my work and was extremely well received.
— JENNIFER MERIDIAN (FORMERLY NAGLE MYERS)

HISTORY

Community Supported Art Pittsburgh (CSA PGH) was co-founded in 2013 by Casey Droege, Corey Escoto, Kilolo Luckett, and Blaine Siegel.  Initial help from Christiane Leach at GPAC and partnerships with Springboard for the Arts, the Warhol Museum, Space Gallery, and Fractured Atlas, made our first year an incredible success. 50 shares showcasing 6 local artists sold out quickly and we were thrilled to receive local and national press.

For the 2014 and 2015 seasons, we expanded our artists and size of offered shares. Our programming included an exhibit of participating artists at fieldwork Gallery, a panel talk at the Mine Factory, the Small Mall Pop-up shop and several workshops.

After 2017, CSA PGH was run by Casey Droege as a keystone program of Casey Droege Cultural Productions.