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IUP ART AND DESIGN FACULTY FEATURED IN UNIVERSITY MUSEUM FOR APRIL 2021
The University Museum at IUP presents the IUP Art and Design Faculty Triennial 2021 scheduled to open Friday, April 2. Curt Scheib, Dean of the College of Fine Arts, invites visitors to the exhibit with this statement: “We are excited to present this exhibition of works by the faculty of the Department of Art and Design at IUP. As teaching artists and designers whose works are seen and experienced by people both nationally and internationally, our faculty serve as mentors to students, helping them to develop their own artistic voice while also fully engaging them as members of a dynamic and creative community.” Continuing the tradition of showcasing the talent of the faculty, the Department of Art and Design participated in exhibitions at the University Museum in 2015 and 2018.
The University Museum at IUP returns to the Artists Hand Gallery in April
For the seventh time The University Museum will present an exhibition at the Artists Hand Gallery located at 732 Philadelphia Street, Indiana beginning April 6. The exhibition, “The University Museum at IUP Goes Downtown: From Our Walls to Your Home” presents art works from the museum’s collection which will be for sale.
The Oil Region Historic Preservation Awards Nominations Open
The awards program was created to: recognize projects that represent appropriate standards of preservation, restoration and rehabilitation; acknowledge individuals and groups for initiatives, services, or commitment to the preservation of historic structures; to create an advocacy for historic preservation through a greater public awareness of the built environment; and to enhance a region-wide preservation ethic in both the public and private sectors.
1889 Foundation supports Johnstown Flood Museum Revitalization Project
The Johnstown Area Heritage Association (JAHA) has received a major grant from 1889 Foundation in support of the Johnstown Flood Museum Revitalization Project. The grant will fund exhibition upgrades at the museum, one of Johnstown’s flagship tourism attractions.
IUP’s An Evening of Dance & Percussion Takes the Stage for One Final Performance
Collaborating one final time, the IUP Dance Theater Company and the IUP Percussion Ensemble will present “An Evening of Dance and Percussion: Legacy.” Under the direction of Holly Boda-Sutton and Michael Kingan, these two ensembles come together for one final performance celebrating almost 20 years of exciting collaboration. The performance will take place on March 27 at 7:00pm in Fisher Auditorium located in the Performing Arts Center.
GREASEPAINT PLAYERS SEARCH FOR TEACHER IN “MISS NELSON IS MISSING”
Greensburg Civic Theatre’s Greasepaint Players present a family show that leads a teacher’s students to a better appreciation of her! In the storyline of “Miss Nelson is Missing” by Jeffrey Hatcher, Miss Nelson’s class is the worst behaved in the whole school. But the students of Room 207 are in for a surprise when Miss Nelson turns up missing and is replaced by Viola Swamp, a scary substitute teacher who assigns loads of homework and wields her ruler like a sword! In desperation, the students set out to find their beloved Miss Nelson ... but will they ever get her back?
New exhibit, "New to the Collection", opens at CMOA
For the last 125 years, Carnegie Museum of Art has collected the art of its time, recording artistic innovation in our complex and ever-changing present moment. On the occasion of this significant anniversary, we are proud to present this snapshot of collecting activity with notable examples of contemporary art that have entered the collection since 2018.
History Center’s Seventh Annual Irish Genealogy Workshop Goes Virtual
Family history researchers can celebrate their Irish roots safely from home this year during the Senator John Heinz History Center’s seventh annual Irish Genealogy Workshop, which will be presented virtually via Zoom on Tuesday, March 30 at 9 a.m.
BOOM is excited to introduce Maggie Negrete, BOOM's Spring Resident Artist.
Maggie Negrete is a Pittsburgh-based illustrator and designer known internationally as Art Director for Women in Sound, a diy zine and now, a podcast on Sonos Radio. Her personal work includes comics, hand-lettering and drawings that incorporate her experience as a mother and witch.
Local artist designed Carnegie Library cards now available
Carnegie Library asked four local artists—Takara Canty, Cue Perry, D.S. Kinsel and Janel Young—to interpret the phrase, Free to the People, which is carved in stone above the entrance of CLP – Main. Their inspiring responses are featured in a collection of vibrant, commemorative library cards, now available to new and existing library card holders!
Use Amazon Smile to support PGH Museums
We are pleased to inform you that you can help support our mission to bring Pittsburgh culture to you through AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile does not cost you anything. You are able to receive the same deals as you would if you did not use AmazonSmile but with AmazonSmile, Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase to PGH Museums.
We the People: History Center Partners with Smithsonian to Debut New Exhibition on American Democracy
Revolutionary Americans took a great leap of faith by establishing a new government based on the sovereignty of the people. Since that revolution, generations of Americans have been on a quest to form “a more perfect union.” The Senator John Heinz History Center will examine this bold experiment to create a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people” in its new exhibition, American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith, which opens on Saturday, March 13 at the Smithsonian’s home in Pittsburgh.
BoxHeart presents Carolyn Reed Barritt: Puppet Show on exhibit from April 14th through May 21st, 2021 in the upstairs gallery.
Carolyn Reed Barritt’s artworks are a combination of raw, fluid expression and deliberate, controlled mark-making. Her drawings and paintings exist between the diametrical realms of abandon and restraint and are borne of a balance between doing, then contemplating, then doing again: immediacy supported by intention. The off-balance imagery she explores springs from her interest in topics that teeter between science and fiction, such as artificial intelligence, automation, and space. Barritt’s practice includes large and small scale paintings and drawings on canvas and paper. She creates her artwork with acrylic ink, acrylic paint, graphite, charcoal, oil pastels, oil stick, and wax crayons.
BoxHeart presents Nicole Renee Ryan: Experiments in Reality on exhibit from April 14th through May 21st, 2021 in the main gallery.
Nicole Renee Ryan paints distant landscapes based on her memories of memories. Things remembered and things forgotten, emotionally charged ambiguous imagery, are represented by half realistic and half abstract shapes in vivid color - things real and things unreal. Her painted worlds are defined as much by what is missing as by what is present.
The Social Significance of Fan Language
The language of the fan was a vital aspect of a lady's expression but regardless of how fashionable her fan was, knowing how to hold it correctly was quite crucial. It was also a one of the many methods a lady would use to communicate with. This included the accepting or rejection of a potential suitor.
Two Months Until Kennywood’s Open. New Food Festival and Returning Favorites Highlight 2021 Plans
Spring is just a couple weeks away, which means it can’t be much longer until Kennywood and Sandcastle welcome back Guests and Team Members for another summer!
2021 promises to bring better times to fun seekers than last year’s roller coaster. Kennywood will begin its 123rd season on Saturday, May 8, two months earlier than in 2020 and much closer to a traditional Opening Day, with Sandcastle opening its pools and waterslides for Memorial Day weekend on May 29. Along with expanding schedules towards pre-COVID periods, 2019’s Best New Roller Coaster, Steel Curtain, will be back in action after spending last summer sidelined, as will Kennywood’s largest non-roller coaster, Black Widow. Plus, a new special event series at Kennywood! The Bites & Pints Food Festival will showcase a special menu of food and drink for tastings on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in June. Other perennial favorite events will return to the calendar, including the Father’s Day Flop at Sandcastle, early-season school picnic days at Kennywood, and the 71st edition of the Fall Fantasy parades featuring local marching bands.
Latrobe Art Center presents new Women’s History Month exhibit, “Remembering Her: A Reflection on Latrobe’s Women in the Arts”
On display now through March 31, 2021, “Remembering Her” encourages visitors to reflect on women who not only were gifted artists but also were instrumental in the development and growth of Latrobe through their leadership and other activities. The exhibit features five notable women including renowned artist and teacher Mary Martha Himler, legendary librarian Dr. Sara McComb, Latrobe’s Summer Day Camp Director Virginia Daniels, and the Latrobe Art Center co-founders, Elizabeth Hazlett and Nancy Rogers Crozier.
History Center to Host Virtual Program with Famed Pathologist Cyril Wecht
The Senator John Heinz History Center – the Smithsonian’s home in Pittsburgh – will host a fascinating conversation with Pittsburgher and famed pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht, co-author of the new book, “The Life and Deaths of Cyril Wecht: Memoirs of America’s Most Controversial Forensic Pathologist,” on Thursday, March 18, at 7 p.m., on Zoom.
IUP’s Theatre-by-the-Grove Offers Virtual Performances for Spring 2021
Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Theater-by-the-Grove will continue their 2020-21 season with four virtual presentations of Topher Payne’s 2013 play Perfect Arrangement. Directed by Michael Schwartz, the production will be presented on March 5, 11, 13, at 7:30 p.m., with a Sunday matinee on March 7 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets (unique streaming codes) will be available for purchase for live-streaming only. There will be no live audience for these performances.
Community Members Volunteer to Take a Pie for The Palace
Westmoreland County community members and arts supporters will take a “Pie for The Palace” during Westmoreland Cultural Trust’s Party at The Palace virtual fundraising event on Saturday, February 27. From now through 8:30 PM the evening of the event, the public can vote on who they would like to see splattered with a pie. The top three participants with the most votes will take a pie live during the event finale. Voting is available with a $5 donation on the Westmoreland Cultural Trust’s website (www.westmorelandculturaltrust.org) or by calling 724-836-8000.
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.