Offroute Residency at Ketchup City Creative
September 1 - December 31, 2026
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Registration is required for some workshops.
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DON'T LOOK AT ME by Mahogany Martin
Calendar + Programming:
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10/30 | 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Gallery Hours
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10/31 | 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Gallery Hours + Roll for Creativity Workshop w/ Mahogany Martin
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Start with a singular reference, then roll a D20 for different attributes! Join Mahogany Martin from 12-3PM to practice drawing from reference while also using our imagination to add distinct features, elements or atmospheres for our characters. Register here!
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Body as Muse: A Group Show
NOVEMBER 5 - 14
Curated by Lelaina Scott
Join us for an exhibition celebrating the human body and portraiture, featuring artists ages 18-25 as part of Offroute’s Fall 2026 Residency at Ketchup City Creative Gallery. Come see what Pittsburgh’s youth artists are making and how the human form inspires their work.
Schedule
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Thursday, 11/5: Opening Reception, 6-8 PM
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Friday, 11/6: Figurative Drawing Workshop with Mia St. Clair. Registration coming soon.
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Saturday, 11/7: Gallery Hours, 1-5 PM
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Sunday, 11/8: Artist Workshop, 11 AM-1 PM
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Friday, 11/13: Gallery Hours, 5-8 PM
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Saturday, 11/14: Gallery Hours, 2-6 PM
DON'T LOOK AT ME by Mahogany Martin
OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 1
Please join Mahogany Martin as she exhibits her first-ever solo show at Ketchup City Creative. Don’t Look at Me features graphite and digital works that explore self awareness, familial trauma, and maturity. Mahogany invites you to share this space with pieces of her most vulnerable work for you to see, not just look.
Her two forthcoming workshops, “Shadows: Drawing What You See, Not What You Know” and "Roll for Creativity: A D&D-themed Drawing Challenge," are deep dives into how she uses value to inform decisions in her artwork and finding the balance between drawing from reference vs. imagination.
Here, at the End of Time by Vincent Wolfe
NOVEMBER 20 - 29
These works are about expressions of time, and the feeling of being in or out of it, as if "time" were a place.
These works come from another world, or an internal one. The world is not a dreamscape because of it's tactility. The only sensation of emotion is beauty.
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Note: We are still finalizing the calendar. Additional events may be coming soon!
Additional November
Classes & Programming
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ABOUT THE RESIDENCY:
Offroute Art, a nonprofit supporting Pittsburgh's emerging artists ages 18–25, is taking over Ketchup City Creative's Sharpsburg gallery from September 1 through December 31, 2026. The four-month residency pairs Offroute's mission of championing young local talent with KCC's history of opening its space to the community.
The residency will feature solo and group exhibitions by emerging artists, each paired with public programming and workshops. Artists will lead their own classes and meetups, keeping the space peer-driven and accessible. It will also serve as home base for Offroute's Fall 2026 Fellowship, run in partnership with The Midwife Center and focused on building communities of care.
The program responds to a common concern among young artists: losing access to studio space, equipment, and community after leaving school, and finding the professional art world costly and hard to break into. The residency is designed to meet that need with peer-led skill-sharing, inviting Sharpsburg and greater Pittsburgh to take part.
KCC is located at 612 Main Street in Sharpsburg and is operated by Artspiration.
