Museum visitors sit and watch “Boat Trip” inside Wood Street Galleries during September’s Downtown Gallery Crawl Credit: CP photo: Joie Knouse

Four times a year, dozens of galleries and cultural institutions in Downtown Pittsburgh open their doors to art lovers for a free Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District. According to organizer Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the quarterly event brings nearly 30,000 annual visitors. On Fri., Sept. 27, as temperatures reached a high of 81 degrees, photographer Joie Knouse was there to capture the scene as the streets and museums filled up with folks checking out the artwork. Here are some of her highlights.

Saxon Angerett paints a part of a Pittsburgh Cultural Trust art project. Credit: CP photo: Joie Knouse
Visitors check out SPACE Gallery’s Mutant Media exhibit. Credit: CP photo: Joie Knouse
DJs perform in Garrison Place, an alley illuminated with a light display by artist Andrea Polli Credit: CP photo: Joie Knouse
Janel Young paints a chair for VisitPittsburgh’s “Pull Up a Chair” project. Credit: CP photo: Joie Knouse
Puppeteer Dave English performs along Liberty Avenue. Credit: CP photo: Joie Knouse
Emily Besselman, a student at the University of Pittsburgh, draws at a table set up inside the Catholic Charities Diocese of Pittsburgh. Credit: CP photo: Joie Knouse
An art installation near Liberty Avenue Credit: CP photo: Joie Knouse
Zeeppo the Clown teaches people to juggle during a clown class inside Crazy Mocha. Credit: CP photo: Joie Knouse
Lauren Brawn paints a chair for VisitPittsburgh’s “Pull Up a Chair” project. Credit: CP photo: Joie Knouse

This article appears in Sep 25 – Oct 1, 2019.