Painted Pianos will be Installed on June 21 for the Public to Play in Downtown York
/York Art Association brings both music and art to the streets!
Any pianist from beginner to grandmaster can tickle the ivories at various locations in Downtown York beginning at noon on Wednesday, June 21, on Make Music Day. The York Art Association found five unwanted pianos and is giving them a new life by having them creatively painted and installing them on the street for the public to play.
“Our Plein Air Piano Project brings music and art together on this special day so the public can enjoy both creative endeavors,” said Roth Preap, York Art Association’s Executive Director. “To keep the community vibe going, the painted pianos will stay in place for anyone to play through the end of September.”
YAA commissioned artists to paint four of the pianos over the past week. The public is encouraged to come and help paint a fifth piano during a community art event on Wednesday in the Harmony Café courtyard on Philadelphia Street between 3-6 PM.
The locations where the pianos will be installed are listed below:
Continental Square, 1 E. Market Street, York (two pianos at this location)
Outside Aviano’s Corner Trattoria, 101 S. Duke Street, York
Penn Market, 380 W Market St, York, PA 17401
Harmony Café 46 W. Philadelphia Street, York (this is the one to be painted by the public)
A representative of York Art Association will be available to speak about the Plein Air Piano Project or the community piano painting event on Wednesday between 12 and 3 p.m. Please call or text Suzanne Stoltenberg, a YAA Board member, at 717-779-4721.
The local artists commissioned to paint the pianos are Brett Greiman, Annelise Vuono, Amelia Mellberg, and Derek Henry.
York Art Association’s Plein Air Piano Project was made possible by the generosity of the following sponsors and donors -- Royal Square Development/Parliament Art Organization, The Appell Center for the Performing Arts, UPMC, Explore York, Cultural Alliance, Resource York, and the Grotto.