Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP) is the oldest, and largest nonprofit visual arts membership organization in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States and the oldest continuously exhibiting visual arts organization in America.
Admittance is based on the quality of the applicant's work, as judged by the AAP Membership committee.
Past membership has included such well-known artists as Andy Warhol, Samuel Rosenberg (artist), John Kane, Mary Cassatt, Philip Pearlstein, Robert Qualters, Rochelle Blumenfeld, and Aaron Harry Gorson.
The society is designed to foster a love for the fine arts and a true appreciation of what Pittsburgh artists are doing.
It owes the success of its first exhibition to the enthusiastic and practical co-operation of men and women in Greater Pittsburgh who are engaged in the creation of works of art, and the public spirit of Mr. Harry Davis, who volunteered the use of the Grand Opera House building as a place where the public may view the collection and become better acquainted with the talents of Pittsburgh artists.