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Fellowship 24 Opens at Silver Eye
Taking the Fellowship 24 competitionas a point of departure, this exhibition reflects the unique perspectives of this year's artists. Works in this exhibition speak to the power of devotion in many forms, place as an intersection of personal, social, and political concerns, and visual language as a means to new narratives.
Pine-Richland Sixth-Graders Complete Architecture Apprenticeship
For the ninth consecutive year, gifted students at Eden Hall Upper Elementary School in the Pine-Richland School District took part in a program that brings to light the mutually reinforcing benefits of historic preservation and environmental sustainability.
Landmarks Foundation Seeks Docents
Consider becoming a docent for the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation.
GLASS CENTER GIVES $15 MILLION EXPANSION PROGRESS REPORT
The doors are open again after six weeks of major demolition and reconstruction at Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC), one of the top public access glass art centers in the US. The $15 million expansion is not complete, but everyone is welcome to take a glass class, watch glassblowing demonstrations, and explore the growing facility.
History Center Voted America’s #1 History Museum
The Smithsonian-affiliated Senator John Heinz History Center has been voted as the #1 History Museum in America by USA Today as part of its annual Readers' Choice Awards.
Irma Freeman Announces Zim Sayed (Legal Dense Fund) Pop-up Exhibit
The Irma Freeman Center for Imagination presents Zim Sayed (Legal Defense Fund), a pop-up exhibition opening Friday, March 1st, 2024 This exhibition showcases the thought provoking work of artist, Zim Sayed.
PITTSBURGH GLASSBLOWER ON NETFLIX'S BLOWN AWAY
Pittsburgh glassblower Leana "Quade" competes in "Blown Away" Season 4, a glassblowing competition on Netflix. All 10 episodes of Season 4 will be released on Friday, March 8, 2024. Quade, who is from Cleveland, lives in Pittsburgh and works at Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC).
Yan Pang's One-Log Bridge is a New Opera Theater Work Breaking Barriers and Connecting Cultures
This December, the New Hazlett Theater invites audiences to the premiere of One-Log Bridge, composer Yan Pang's new opera theater work about the immigrant experience in the U.S.
Meet Ever Evolving Artist, Ellen Chides-Neuberg
“I have discovered, in these over 50 years as a painter, mark-maker, color enthusiast, and social animal, that I need to express myself with paint.”
Mattress Factory Presents:Luke Stettner State of the Sky
Mattress Factory announces the opening of a dynamic and evolving two-year exhibition, State of the Sky, by artist Luke Stettner which features more than 10 creative collaborators. Stettner’s new work deploys a range of mediums and processes across photography, sculpture, and poetry. Drawing inspiration from the changing conditions of the sky in Pittsburgh and the surrounding area
Silver Eye Fellowship Closes Soon
People and Places Trolley Tour Highlights Pittsburgh Architecture
A class of fourth-grade students from Pittsburgh Greenfield, a PreK-8 neighborhood school, participated in a trolley tour, “Pittsburgh People & Places,” on May 11, as a part of the Pittsburgh History and Landmark Foundation’s (PHLF) ongoing immersive educational experiences for K-12 students.
Grants Help Congregations Renovate Historic Religious Properties
A crew from Alex Restoration and Masonry Repairs worked on the renovation of the bell cot of Pittsburgh New Church in Point Breeze in May. The work included the removal of the existing mortar and caulking in the church’s bell tower, which was leaking. The tower’s renovated masonry was to be cleaned and its color and texture matched to the building’s exterior as much as possible.
Cut and Paste to open at Irma Freeman Center
Cut & Paste: A Group Exhibition is a collage art exhibition at the Irma Freeman Center for Imagination. Cut & Paste opens Friday, June 2nd and runs through July 7th 2023. This IFCI exhibition features the work of 48 local, national and international artists:
Hazelwood Local Releases Call for Artists
Hazelwood Local is teaming up with Hazelwood Initiative to deliver a sculptural art piece affixed to the north and/or east building faces of 4800 Second Avenue. The 4800 Gatewaywill serve as a welcome to passersby entering the Hazelwood neighborhood at its northern boundary, and identify the nexus of Hazelwood Green and the historic Second Avenue corridor.
PGH International Airport Call for Visual & Performing Artists
The Allegheny County Airport Authority (ACAA) accepts applications from individual artists or artist collaboratives for Rotating Art Installations at the Pittsburgh International Airport. Respondents are encouraged to submit work samples of 2Dimensional, 3Dimensional, Video and Installation work for display in various locations around the airport.
Silver Eye Announces New Lab
The Lab @ Silver Eye is expanding! Silver Eye is creating an Education Center where our growing community of photographers, artists, researchers, and art lovers can come together to create, learn, and connect.
Bunker Projects Announces Open Call for Residency
Our mission is to provide the resources and supportive environment emerging artists need to self-direct their artistic growth. Bunker Projects provides an immersive space for living, working, and exhibition alongside intimate cultural programming. By blending production, exhibition, and art interpretation, our programs center the work made by artists from diverse backgrounds in Pittsburgh.
Heinz History Center wins S.K. Stevens Award
The Pennsylvania Historical Association secured a PA Museums Institutional Award of Merit as part of our 2023 Special Achievement Awards, and PA Museums is also recognizing Senator John Heinz History Center with an S.K. Stevens Award for its exhibition on American Democracy.
Three Rivers Arts Festival Releases Featured Music Lineup
The Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival returns this June for 10 days of free art and music! The featured concerts run the gamut this year, representing hip-hop, pop, funk, jazz, classical, rock, and more. Experience an incredible and diverse mix of celebrated musicians in the heart of the Cultural District—free and open to everyone.
Four presenters took what many of us know of as a regional conflict which we call the “French and Indian War” involving the British and French Empires, as well as several indigenous nations and confederacies, and opened our eyes to a wider world conflict.