Spring 2024 ArtistPaul Roden

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Winter 2024 ArtistMaggie Lynn Negrete

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Winter 2023 ArtistKate Lundy

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The Space

The Nesting Box is an ideal space to return to and recharge in after “free-ranging” locally. Close to dozens of eateries and shops on Butler Street and short walk from the Allegheny River. Designers collaborated to maximize the minimal space with creative comforts. The 150 sq ft tiny living/private suite is housed within an urban family homestead. #onstreetguestsuite

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Guest Description

"This is it! This is the Airbnb you will talk about for years to come. The design is perfect. Although your square footage is small on paper, you could comfortably sleep and work out of here for a week. The shower is downright luxurious. The attention to detail is extreme: the local guides to the city are judiciously picked, and the snacks are distinctive. I've stayed at some great Airbnbs over the years, but this is the one I would rave about to others as an example of how cool an Airbnb can be. The location is also outstanding, Lawrenceville has lots going on, but the street itself is quiet."
Jesse, September 2021

The Hosts

We started investing in and imagining our lives here in Lawrenceville 17 years ago. The neighborhood has grown in popularity and in price. Sketchbook Residency is our way of sharing comfort and community at no cost to artists, essentially being funded by the guests who book the space.We love our neighborhood and have shared our space with hundreds of visitors and guests for House, Garden and Chicken Coop tours (for five years we had backyard chickens), fundraisers and Nesting Box, the #onstreetguestsuite. Post Gazette, Tribune Review, Community Bulletin PDF, Pitt's Original Magazine, and Pittsburgh Pat Video have generated content about our house.Nine years ago, when we first completed our shipping container addition, we rented our entire home to guests when we traveled. We were early in the local airbnb space and are pro share/gig economy. We welcome opportunities to contribute to and have conversations about this.

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Spring 2024
Paul Roden

Paul Roden Studio dwells in the interconnectedness of all things. Bold lines, bright colors, and whimsical details bring optimism and humor to economic, environmental, and egalitarian issues. With a perspective that links the real and historical to the future that is possible, PRS illuminates priorities for living in harmony with community and planet.I was born in Nashville, Tennessee to a pair of recent Northeastern transplants, circumstances which led to a self image as an outsider.
As an artist, my career consisted solely of woodcut printmaking for the first dozen years. In 2017 I started to practice more media and returned to outsider-dom with less comfort zone and safety net. I was fortunate to be offered projects that necessitate growth and learning, constantly adding insight and perspective into my studio.
The time-consuming nature of my chosen media and unfortunate lack of attention span keep me both rooted and wandering. This has been evident for many years with a solitary, voyeuristic feeling in my paintings and drawings. More recently, there are traces of social interaction and curiosity with contemporary reality.

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Winter 2024
Maggie Lynn Negrete

Maggie Lynn Negrete is a storyteller & cheerleader of curiosity, available for commissioned illustration, lettering, divination and educational experiences.A proud Pittsburgh resident and Vassar college alumni, Negrete is the Art Director for Women in Sound and is a member of the #notwhite Collective. Negrete’s visual art focuses on hand lettering, portraiture and technical illustrations including infographics for freelance clientele as well as occult & botanical designs for individual merchandise under the brand La Mama Magia.

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Maggie has an amazing talent for creating meaningful portraits and did so in a local series The Wisdom Keepers Project. An oral history of longtime Lawrenceville residents’ memories and stories of the neighborhood to preserve the community’s rich history. | Listen here | Mural viewable at the intersection of 48th, Plummer and Butler Street.

Winter 2023
Kate Lundy

Ever since Kate Lundy was two, she's had a passion for art. Kate grew up around Boston where she won state and national gold and silver keys through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for her paintings and metal making. In 2019, she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a minor in studio arts.Since graduating, Kate has focused on her love for oil painting. She’s inspired by her difficult experiences in life and new beginnings. Her recent work is a mixture of portraits, landscapes, and cityscapes, which balance the ideas of mental hardships, found peace in nature, memories, and a hopeful future.In addition to oil painting, Kate taught herself woodworking and now creates her own frames out of recycled wood.Kate has participated in several art exhibits and continues to pursue her part-time art career in Pittsburgh, hoping she can one day make it her full-time job.

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Connected with Kate after purchasing a lock painting of hers at Pittsburgh Left show. Appreciate her talents capturing both elevated and everyday scapes.