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Meet Julia Castor (Video)
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Meet Julia Castor (Video)

The Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Mediad recently sat down to talk with Julia Castor, one of the three talented ceramic artists in Path of the Flame. Over the past months, Julia has been in an apprenticeship with Dan Tomcik at Touchstone Center for Crafts, and has been learning how to master the art of wood-fired atmospheric ceramics.

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2023 LEAP Award - Applications Now Open!
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2023 LEAP Award - Applications Now Open!

The LEAP Award was established in 2007 in honor of Contemporary Craft Director of Exhibitions Kate Lydon’s 20-years of service. The program recognizes exceptional emerging talent in the contemporary craft field and provides opportunities for these early career artists to bring their artwork to the consumer market. The yearlong retail program features, markets and sells the work of one winner and four finalists. The winner also receives a $1,000 prize.

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Local Playwright Premieres Modern Shakespeare at New Hazlett Theater
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Local Playwright Premieres Modern Shakespeare at New Hazlett Theater

New Hazlett Theater is thrilled to premiere Pittsburgh playwright Nathan Wagner’s Perdita on December 1. Directed by Tru Verret-Fleming and with dramaturgy by Carnegie Mellon University's Kristi Good, the play follows Ethan Cole, a high school student struggling to navigate his senior year while being constantly interrupted by the ghost of a certain famous playwright.

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Charles "Teenie" Harris on PBS's Making Black America (Video)
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Charles "Teenie" Harris on PBS's Making Black America (Video)

Teenie, the preeminent photographer for The Pittsburgh Courier, one of the nation’s most influential Black newspapers, created an unparalleled chronicle of Black history and culture during the mid-twentieth century. In 1999, Carnegie Museum of Art acquired Teenie’s archive, and today, nearly 80,000 photos are available to browse on the Carnegie Museum of Art’s website.

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History Center to Host “History’s Mysteries: The Allegheny Arsenal Explosion”

On Halloween weekend, the Senator John Heinz History Center – the Smithsonian’s home in Pittsburgh – will host a book talk, “History’s Mysteries: The Allegheny Arsenal Explosion,” with History Center President and CEO Andy Masich and authors Tom Powers and James Wudarczyk of the Lawrenceville Historical Society, Friday, Oct. 28, from 6:30-8 p.m.

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Handmade Arcade Announces Makers for 18th Annual Holiday Market

Handmade Arcade is delighted to announce the selected makers for its 18th annual Holiday Market, which returns to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Friday and Saturday, December 2-3, 2022. A keystone of Pittsburgh's holiday traditions, the Handmade Arcade Holiday Market is the region's largest, drawing approximately 10,000 shoppers each year.

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GLASS CENTER RECEIVES $100,000 GRANT
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GLASS CENTER RECEIVES $100,000 GRANT

Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC) received a $100,000 grant from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation through its Frankenthaler Climate Initiative to support the construction of a thermal envelope for its expanded facility using new high-efficiency glass donated by Vitro Architectural Glass. This will be the first installation of this new technology in Pittsburgh.

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Video: Smithfield Street Bridge
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Video: Smithfield Street Bridge

We look at the Smithfield Street Bridge in our ongoing series, "Past is Present," profiling the aesthetic beauty of Pittsburgh's historic built environment. Through this series of vignettes featuring stories and a look at the history of buildings, bridges, and landmarks, we hope to give some insight into our city’s built environment and its rich architectural history.

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Landmarks Foundation Accepts Applications for  Historic Religious Properties Grant
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Landmarks Foundation Accepts Applications for Historic Religious Properties Grant

The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) is now accepting grant applications for the 2023 cycle of the Historic Religious Properties Grant program. The only one of its kind in Allegheny County, the program offers matching grants of up to $10,000 for the restoration and renovation of architecturally significant historic religious buildings...

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Sculptor Inna Babaeva wins the Pittsburgh Glass Center 2022 Ron Desmett Memorial Award, which comes with $2,500 cash prize
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Sculptor Inna Babaeva wins the Pittsburgh Glass Center 2022 Ron Desmett Memorial Award, which comes with $2,500 cash prize

The Pittsburgh Glass Center announced the winner of its 2022 Ron Desmett Memorial Award for Imagination with Glass, which honors artists using glass in experimental and innovative ways. New York-based Ukrainian multimedia sculptor Inna Babaeva’s willingness to take risks and think outside the box were cited in the announcement that she will be the recipient of a $2,500 cash prize as well as studio time at PGC.

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Transformation 11: Contemporary Works in Glass to open at Contemporary Craft
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Transformation 11: Contemporary Works in Glass to open at Contemporary Craft

Glass is itself a transformation: created when ordinary sand encounters extreme heat. In this breathtaking exhibition, glass is transformed again, this time by 17 contemporary artists from across the globe. The resulting work pushes the boundary of traditional craft techniques and takes glass from the realm of the ordinary to the extraordinary.

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Relive your childhood. Still drink beer.

“Yes I do [skateboard] but it is important for me to say that I am not good” artist Bob Freyer told me when I asked him if he was a skater after a skate deck show at .5 gallery. That’s okay that he’s not a particularly good skater because he’s really good at making bad ass skate deck designs. Last Saturday .5 featured skate decks from a variety of artists.

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"Old' Buildings, New at Woodville!
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"Old' Buildings, New at Woodville!

Visitors who haven’t been to Woodville in a few years may notice some changes on the property. In addition to the circa 1810 barn that was moved to the site in 2020, the plantation has made several changes and improvements to many of the buildings on the property.

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