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Blues Heritage Festival 2020
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Blues Heritage Festival 2020

The HBHF typically takes place in the streets of Downtown Pittsburgh and in the theater at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, with a combination of free, community concerts and ticketed special events. Due to Covid-19, we have to keep the music flowing virtually with musicians performing in their homes, from the Mississippi to New Zealand, and NOLA to Ireland.

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Carnegie Museum of Art's Trevor Paglen: Opposing Geometries Opens Friday, September 4
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Carnegie Museum of Art's Trevor Paglen: Opposing Geometries Opens Friday, September 4

Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA) today announced programming and details for its next major exhibition, Trevor Paglen: Opposing Geometries, which opens at the museum on September 4. This exhibition is part of the third iteration of the Hillman Photography Initiative (HPI), a CMOA project committed to exploring new ideas about photography. This cycle of the initiative, titled Mirror with a Memory, will also feature an interdisciplinary podcast series hosted by Martine Syms, launching in October, a scholarly publication, slated for December 2020, and free online programs taking place throughout the fall. Visitors to CMOA can purchase a timed ticket, which includes access to Trevor Paglen: Opposing Geometries, at CMOA.org

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Art on Fire is Online NOW!
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Art on Fire is Online NOW!

Over 100 one-of-a-kind glass art items by internationally renowned glass artists and emerging glass artists will be included in the Art on Fire online silent auction. An exclusive curated collection of 5 items will be in the live auction featuring this year's signature work of art by Sharif Bey. Anyone can participate in the auction online using a tablet, computer or mobile phone.

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AWAACC Reopening  Friday, September 18, 2020
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AWAACC Reopening Friday, September 18, 2020

This summer has been unlike any of us have ever experienced in our lifetime, but it is also one that has given me hope: hope that our community will continue to work together to ensure that our families and neighbors remain healthy; hope as people around the world demand equality and stand against systemic racism; and hope that the art and conversations that the August Wilson African American Cultural Center has planned inspires meaningful discussions around these issues and brings you moments of joy in the weeks and months ahead.

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Mosaic Kits Are Available at the Pittsburgh Glass Center
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Mosaic Kits Are Available at the Pittsburgh Glass Center

Create your own custom glass mosaic artwork to hang, display, or use as a coaster! Arrange small pieces of colorful glass on our fun shaped bases to produce your own unique design. Customize your project by choosing either a standard wooden base or a luminous plexiglass base to start. Then, choose up to three different colors of glass to really make this project your own.

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Call for Artists!
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Call for Artists!

Vanka Murals’ annual fundraiser -- the 7th Annual Cocktails & Conservation – is on Thursday, November 5th . Attendees of the virtual and global celebration will add to their support for the preservation of Maxo Vanka’s Murals through the Art of Social Justice Art Auction: the annual opportunity to celebrate one artist by appreciating, supporting and buying the works of others!

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