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Meadowcroft to Offer Free Admission for Kids in September
Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, part of the Senator John Heinz History Center’s family of museums, will offer free admission for kids ages 17 and under throughout September, presented by Washington Financial Bank and Alex E. Paris Contracting.
PCA&M and the Latino Community Center Residency
During multiple Artist Residency Projects implemented since March 2018, PCA&M Teaching Artist/Visual Artist Alison Zapata and Teaching Artist/Performing Artist Geña Nieves have been creating with children enrolled in the Latino Community Center’s SOY (Supporting Our Youth) Pittsburgh program.
Holiday Shopping in the Era of COVID-19: Handmade Arcade Invites Makers to Take Part in an Immersive Virtual Marketplace
Since 2004, Handmade Arcade has hosted a highly-anticipated annual in-person marketplace with last year’s winter convention bringing in over 10,000 attendees, 250 makers, and 17 hands-on maker activities. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization quickly realized that to continue to meet its mission of supporting Pittsburgh’s creative economy, they needed to pivot their successful in-person model and create a cutting-edge online event: Handmade Arcade Virtual Marketplace.
Soldiers and Sailors Becomes PGH Museums Affiliate
We’re excited to announce that the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum has decided to affiliate with PGH Museums offering 10% admission with your PGH Museums membership card! Become a member of PGH Museums yourself, here.
PA Museums 2020 Special Achievement Awards
The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh’s incredible transformation of an adjacent historic Library, the first commissioned by Andrew Carnegie, into MuseumLab has received a 2020 Institutional Award of Merit from PA Museums. At more than 35 years young, this celebrated museum is well-known for providing meaningful, engaging experiences for elementary school aged children and younger, and their families. The addition of MuseumLab to its campus delivers exceptional museum programming for older kids through three exhibit areas, two learning labs, programming space, a host of commissioned artwork, and multiple partner organizations focused on serving children.
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.
This Week in Culture Newsletter 8.17.2020
Guild of American Papercutters Museum Becomes PGH Museums Affiliate
We’re excited to announce that the Guild of American Papercutters Museum has decided to affiliate with PGH Museums offering 10% at the gift shop with your PGH Museums membership card! Become a member of PGH Museums yourself, here.
Boy and Girl Scout Programs Resume at the Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center
Scouting programs that had been cancelled earlier this year have, for the most part, been rescheduled with changes to accommodate safety measures due to Covid-19.
Online Art Classes Available from the Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History
Join a friendly teaching artist for an engaging series of on-demand online lessons for elementary, middle, and high school students! These video-based classes use our inspiring collection to teach problem solving, art making techniques, and creative self-expression.
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.
New General Manager Takes Over At Kennywood
Kennywood Park is excited to announce that Mark Pauls has taken the helm of America’s Most Thrilling Historic Landmark as the park’s new General Manager.
Votes for Women: History Center to Celebrate 19th Amendment Centennial with Virtual Smithsonian Lecture
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote in the U.S., the Senator John Heinz History Center will virtually host Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence with the Smithsonian’s Kate Clarke Lemay on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 7 p.m.
PA Museums Announces Statewide Awards for Museums and Individuals
Congratulations to the Senator John Heinz History Center for receiving an Institutional Award of Merit from PA Museums, and congratulations to Individual Award winner Sime Bertolet.
Loosening Your Form In Watercolor Online Watercolor Demos by new Artists Hand artist, Jamie Coptic
In this collection of demonstrations Jamie explores the suggestion of life,
rather than mimicking it, and offers life lessons in the creative experience.
Refurbished 8″ rolling mill unveiled at the Heritage Discovery Center
An 8” rolling mill stand from Bethlehem Steel’s Gautier Division has been restored and moved to the Heritage Discovery Center, just outside the entrance of the Iron & Steel Gallery.
Johnstown Children's Museum opening to members only Aug. 13-15, 20-22
We are delighted to re-open the Johnstown Children’s Museum, first to JAHA MEMBERS ONLY, with a public opening to follow. We are sending this information to all our members! (Not a member? Contact Deb Winterscheidt at 539-1889 x315 to join or renew your membership!)
This Week in Culture Newsletter 8.11.2020
Take Me Out to the “Base Ball” Game at Meadowcroft
Pittsburgh’s public art could be likened to the city’s fingerprint. It is unique, celebratory of local voices, and a testament to its post-industrial landscape.
As public art invites everyone to interact with the creative spirit of Pittsburgh, The (New) Pittsburgh Exposition offers seven public art sites in and around the city that have helped define its civic art scene.