BOOM Concepts

08/29/2026

On September 19, Assemble is throwing Unicorn Palooza, a one-of-a-kind celebration of Assemble's 15 years of creativity, play, and community, and we’re looking for local creatives to help make the night magical. We’re remixing classic carnival games into opportunities for guests to discover something new. We’re looking for local artists, makers, creatives, and technologists to help us make it happen. We’d love for you to be part of it!

Donate a maker experience, art or swag: https://forms.gle/sshZrauLRWeVRi7v7

It’s a chance to support the next generation of creators while sharing your own creativity with a new audience. Your participation helps fuel Assemble’s hands-on arts and technology education and gives guests an opportunity to discover the artists, makers, and creative talent that make Pittsburgh so special! In 2025 alone, Assemble served 4,629 people, including 2,063 youth and their families, through STEAM programs that build creativity, confidence, curiosity, and problem-solving skills.

PS. BOOM Concepts is a sponsor of the event and our very own D.S Kinsel will be hosting the Unicorn Palooza event! We hope to see you there.

DEADLINE TO APPLY August 31, 2026 11:59 PM! Calling all Pittsburgh Creatives! Assemble is seeking Maker Experiences for our new, unique, and interactive annual fundraising event, Unicorn Palooza. Past Makers from MakerDate are encouraged to apply! All of the funds we raised from Unicorn Palooza dire...

08/20/2026

Take ‘The Long Walk’ in nature through art!

When was the last time you slowed down? A new exhibit of landscape paintings by Darrell Kinsel at The Frick Environmental Center in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park invites visitors to examine “the quiet spaces that exist beyond the pace and noise of everyday life.”

Landscape paintings by Pittsburgh-based multimedia artist DS Kinsel are on display at the Frick Environmental Center in Pittsburgh through September 26.

08/19/2026

Thank you to our partner AIR: Artists Image Resource for touring the work space with RaiZArts (Ray's Arts) and RaiZArts (Ray's Arts)ly. TKorey Edmonson different styles of screen prints, shown some special archive work, given a demo on sizing, coloring and printing of archival prints, along with prep & process for screen printing. S/O to Robert, Erin, and Jacob. Thank you for the continued program support!

Artists Image Resource (AIR) is an artist run, non-profit print and imaging laboratory established in 1996 to serve artists, educators and the community.

Support future and current projects by donating, learn more about their work, and sign up for the mailing list at www.airpgh.org

08/17/2026

BOOM Concepts (BOOM_Concepts) and Radiant Hall (Radiant Hall Studios) are pleased to announce Korey Edmonson (Korey Edmonson) and Raymont Youngblood (RaiZArts (Ray's Arts)) as the 2026-2027 resident artists in their ongoing residency partnership.

BOOM Concepts is excited to announce the continuation of our partnership with Radiant Hall to serve as a site for the BOOM Universe Residency program. For the 2026-2027 partnership, the organizations have selected. Korey Edmonson (artist, instructor, and muralist) and Raymont Youngblood, (digital freelance illustrator and comic producer). Both artists will receive a six-month fully subsidized studio space in the recently opened Radiant Hall Downtown Pittsburgh location. The selected artists will also have full access to the roster of BOOM Universe partner organizations to develop their holistic practice. The artists will participate in a structured program focused on providing job opportunities in the field while also serving as a space for skill building, goal setting, and establishing a consistent studio practice.

08/10/2026

1 down and 2 more to go! We had fun making a chalk mural with the youth led by Takara Kuwame Kinsel and DeVaughn Rodgers.

The youth also enjoyed coloring, basketball, football, hopscotch, and a few other games. Catch us on the portico on Sunday August 30th for more family friendly fun with the BOOM team.

Stoop Games invites neighbors into joyful, low-barrier engagement while introducing BOOM’s Forever Home to the surrounding community.

Stoop Games Happens Sunday’s on:
8/30
9/27

The event runs from 12P - 3P
327 N Negley Ave

Parents please stay and supervise your children for their safety!

Thanks to our Supportive Sponsors
Awesome Pittsburgh
Duolingo
Dollar Bank
Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation

*BOOM chooses not to share visuals with youth during this programming without parent consent*

08/03/2026

Last Thursday we kicked off our 1st of 3 BOOM_Concepts Field Trips for the Carnegie Prize Club which connects attendees with curators and artists participating in the CMOA Carnegie International.

Associate Curator, Ryan Inouye, led the tour through the exhibition delivering information about how the curators chose artists, backgrounds in who they were and specials notes about the work on display. Having drinks and listening to DJ’s during the pvkvsv led Inside Out was a plus!

Carnegie Museum of Art
Ryan Inouye
Darrell Kinsel
J. Thomas Agnew
dana bishop-root
Delaney Oakes

07/20/2026

Introducing...Stoop Games on the Rotunda Portico!

Stoop Games @ The Rotunda is a free, intergenerational community activation transforming the Portico and front steps of The Rotunda into a vibrant space for play, music, and cultural exchange.

Featuring DJs, live music, karaoke, sidewalk chalk, jump rope, bubble machines, and pop-up basketball hoops.

Stoop Games invites neighbors into joyful, low-barrier engagement while introducing BOOM’s Forever Home to the surrounding community.

Stoop Games Happens Sunday’s on:
7/26
8/30
9/27

The event runs from 12P - 3P
327 N Negley Ave

Parents please stay and supervise your children for their safety!

Thanks to our Supportive Sponsors

bank

07/15/2026

The Long Walk, an exhibition by DS Kinsel
Frick Environmental Center
2005 Beechwood Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15217

On view now until September 26, 2026

The Long Walk is a collection of encaustic landscape paintings on glass block that explores humanity’s enduring relationship with nature, memory and stillness. Inspired by long walks through Pittsburgh’s Frick Park, the exhibition examines the quiet spaces that exist beyond the pace and noise of everyday life. The works depict imagined fields, meadows and rolling landscapes that hover between observation and memory. Rather than documenting specific locations, Kinsel creates environments shaped by reflection, solitude and emotional resonance.

DS Kinsel is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist, cultural producer, and creative entrepreneur based in Pittsburgh, PA. His practice spans painting, printmaking, collage, installation, curation, performance, and public art, often engaging themes of space-keeping, urban tradition, hip-hop culture, informalism, and cultural re-appropriation. Through a joy-driven and agitational lens, Kinsel’s work challenges conventional narratives on Black existence and amplifies Black experiences across genres. Kinsel regularly engages in national and international arts residencies that support research, production, and the creation of his work.

06/30/2026

Congratulations to BOOM Concepts co-founders and on being named to the 2026 Men of Excellence class.

For more than a decade, their leadership, vision, and commitment to artists and community have helped shape Pittsburgh’s arts ecosystem into what it is today.

Also S/O who is also honored!

The Men of Excellence Dinner and Ceremony happens Friday August 21st at the Sheraton Pittsburgh Hotel at Station Square starting at 6P.

06/29/2026

Join our team! Contemporary Craft is currently hiring for two open positions:

CC is searching for a self-motivated, detail-oriented, and collaborative individual to join us Full-Time as Development Coordinator. If you're passionate about advancing the arts and building community, then this job might be for you!

CC is also searching for a creative and detail-oriented communications professional to join us as our new Part-Time Marketing and Communications Coordinator. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a passion for connecting community to an organizational mission, an interest in graphic design, and strong written and digital creation skills.

Does this sound like you or someone you know? You can learn more and apply HERE: https://contemporarycraft.org/opportunities/job-opportunities/