Celebrating Creatives in Southwestern Pennsylvania

Providing support, resources, and connections to overcome social and economic barriers and pursue opportunities.

A Focused Approach to Empowerment

About ORIGINS

ORIGINS supports and celebrates makers, designers, artists, and craftspeople starting and sustaining creative businesses in the Pittsburgh area. It is a multifaceted effort driven by social impact lender Bridgeway Capital to foster personal pathways for creatives to maximize business success, creative growth, and community impact. The initiative also advances cultural voices and aesthetics in the regional arts and cultural economy and ecosystem. Want to learn more?

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Featured Creatives

Meet the Creatives

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  • Guidance
  • Peers

Ocular Arcade

Roderick Ramsey
  • Guidance
  • Capital
  • Peers

Kool Image Dolls

Dominique Scaife
  • Guidance
  • Capital
  • Space
  • Markets

Blakbird Jewelry

Selima Dawson
  • Capital

YOGAMOTIF

Alecia Dawn Young

Artists, designers, craftspeople, and makers pursuing creative fulfillment, financial success, and social impact.

Held virtually the last Wednesday of every month from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

ORIGINS Monthly Meetings

A monthly meeting to provide a space for ORIGINS Network members to gather, share ideas and opportunities, collaborate, and build community among peer creative businesses. ORIGINS is a dynamic, quickly growing initiative that seeks to grow connections among entrepreneurs in Southwestern Pennsylvania and beyond. Each month, the network is invited to an hour-long virtual meeting to meet new ORIGINS members, learn about resources and opportunities, and discuss topics that are important to the network.

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