Brew House Arts

Brew House Arts provides space and support for people to connect and expand their relationship with the arts.

We hope to make Brew House Arts a nationally recognized art center that enables creatives to experiment, exhibit, and connect directly with communities in Pittsburgh.

Our Values

Connection – Nurturing long-term relationships cultivated through shared time and space and providing opportunities for collaboration and exchange.

Representation – Increasing social awareness through representation of justice oriented & non-mainstream perspectives.

Mentorship – Fostering peer-to-peer mentorship networks that value non-hierarchical structures of learning.

Livability – Centering art as an accessible & integral part of a full life and as a sustainable means for income generation for artists and other arts workers.

Practice – Honoring flexible and adaptive ways of working, experimentation, and creative risk-taking towards continuous artistic growth.

Staff

Natalie Sweet

Executive Director

Natalie Sweet has worked with various arts organizations in the Pittsburgh area since locating to the region in 2009. She holds a BA in the History of Art and Architecture from the University of Pittsburgh. In 2012, Sweet was named the Milton Fine Museum Profession Fellow with the Andy Warhol Museum. She then worked as the Exhibition and Program Coordinator at Contemporary Craft from 2013-2018. She began her time at Brew House Arts on the Board of Directors and curated the inaugural exhibition in the newly renovated BHA gallery, Homecoming: Artists and Adaptation.

Stephanie Garrison

Operations Director

Stephanie Garrison has held positions at various non-profit arts organizations in Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, Orlando, and Dallas since 2007. She holds a BFA in Drawing and Painting and a BA in Art History from Southern Methodist University. After some initial museum internships, Garrison recognized that successful arts administrators must nurture their analytical and business-minded capabilities so she moved to Pittsburgh to enroll in Carnegie Mellon’s Master of Arts Management program, graduating in 2013. Garrison previously worked as the Department Coordinator of Learning & Public Engagement at The Andy Warhol Museum, Managing Director of Radiant Hall Studios, has consulted with the Arts-Finance Cohort on millennial engagement in the arts, and organized a 1-day professional development conference for Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. She lives with her partner and cat in Point Breeze.

Brent Nakamoto

Program and Marketing Coordinator

Brent Nakamoto is a multidisciplinary artist and educator with a background in painting and drawing, printmaking, photography, and book arts. He has a BA in Art from UC Santa Barbara and an MFA in Visual Art from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. He has taught at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Community College of Allegheny County. In 2022, he curated Plain Silk, Uncarved Wood, an exhibition of eight Asian-American artists living in Pittsburgh. He is the owner and operator of Almost Perfect Press, a micro-publisher specializing in hand-bound, small-batch publications featuring emerging writers and artists. Before joining the Brew House staff, he was exhibited in Lost and Found and was an artist mentor for the 2021-2022 Distillery Emerging Artist Residency.