Three Rivers Arts Festival prepares for first year at new Arts Landing venue
The past few years have been quite a journey for the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. After decades spent in Point State Park, the annual event moved into Downtown’s Cultural District in 2022, with closed-down streets serving as its venue. Then, in 2025, a shorter and smaller festival moved...
Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra slated to perform at West Overton Village
The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra will perform a “Classics on the Rocks” concert at West Overton Village in East Huntingdon. The concert will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday in the West Overton Village barn, located at 109 West Overton Road. It will feature classics and current music, including “La Vie...
Bell Acres couple gives new home to mysterious Sewickley Bridge photo
Some time ago, Shelley Wygant was browsing Rivertown Antiques in Ambridge when something caught her eye. It was a photograph that she ended up taking home with her — and that she believes has historical significance. “It was like 20 bucks,” Wygant, 66, of Bell Acres, said of the photo....
Gateway junior wins 12th Congressional District’s annual art contest
As a tribute to the Peruvian side of her family, Gateway junior Abigail Whisner initially was planning to visit a local Hispanic community center to create her entry for the 12th Congressional District’s annual art contest. But when she stopped by, the center was eerily empty amid nationwide immigration raids...
Ligonier Country Market vendors, organizers pleased with season debut in Latrobe, despite poor weather
Rain and brisk wind did not deter Western Pennsylvanians from flocking to the Ligonier Country Market’s season debut in Latrobe — its first event in a new location in 25 years. About 3,000 customers perused the wares of 60 vendors Saturday morning, according to market Director Kelly Svesnik. “It all...
Limited-edition exhibit ‘Gilded Glamour’ is open at Westmoreland Museum of American Art
A pop-up exhibit is open to the public for a short time at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Until the end of the month, Gavin Benjamin’s “Gilded Glamour” will be on display for free at the museum in Greensburg. Visitors will find a collection of three of Benjamin’s portrait...
Heinz Endowments shifting cultural funding away from artists and toward organizations
One of Pittsburgh’s biggest grant-making organizations is shifting its approach to arts and culture funding. The Heinz Endowments announced this week it would move away from directly funding artists and programming. Instead, it will support organizations it sees as helping to lift the region’s greater arts and culture community. Heinz...
Petal to the metal: Shaler artist sculpting pollinator piece for Sharpsburg Community Garden
Sharpsburg Community Garden soon will add a heavy metal touch to its ecosystem. Shaler artist Oreen Cohen has spent the better part of the past few months working on a pollinator-themed scrap metal sculpture for the garden next to the Sharpsburg Community Library along Main Street. Cohen, a Carnegie Mellon...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: May 15-17
Take advantage of the (finally!) toasty weather this weekend and get out there. Here are just a few of the many things going on around Pittsburgh this weekend. Shadyside Art Festival Walnut Street in Shadyside is normally for browsing shops and restaurant offerings, but this weekend, it’ll be for browsing...
Works by East Suburban Artists League to be displayed at Monroeville Public Library
For Larry Brandstetter, it all began with the sketch of a house. “When I was 6 years old, my aunt asked me to draw a house,” said Brandstetter, whose work will be shown with other members of the East Suburban Artists League at the Monroeville Public Library beginning May 29....
Fayette County photographer’s work has cameo in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’
About a year ago, Uniontown fashion photographer Robin Ann Moore received an email asking her to sign over the rights to some of her work for possible inclusion in an unnamed feature film. She was surprised but thought little of it, filled out the paperwork and moved on. “They never...
Carnegie Museums’ $500 million campaign will fund projects at all 4 museums
The Carnegie Museums on Tuesday publicly launched a $500 million comprehensive campaign to support operations, programming and exhibitions at the group’s four museums: Carnegie Museums of Natural History and Art in Oakland and the Andy Warhol Museum and the Kamin Science Center, both on the North Side. Steven Knapp, president...
Hand-painted baseballs on display at Westmoreland Museum of American Art
A new exhibit at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art focuses on the intricate artwork of a native Pittsburgher who used America’s pastime as his canvas. Sixty hand-painted baseballs are on display at the Greensburg museum, honoring George Sosnak, a self-taught artist whose work turned an ordinary object into detailed...
Pittsburgh artists turn industrial relics into creative hubs
Pittsburgh’s identity is deeply rooted in its history as the Steel City and “The City That Built America,” at one time producing more than half of the nation’s steel and 80% of its glass. Though these heavy industries have faded, their remnants are visible all over, in old buildings and...
Meet Joe Wos, the Pittsburgh artist behind ‘Mazetoons’
Those in the habit of heading to the comics section of the newspaper can expect something a little different in the Tribune-Review, courtesy of local cartoonist Joe Wos. Wos is the creator of syndicated comic-puzzle “Mazetoons,” and he’s excited to see his work appear in a Pittsburgh newspaper. It debuts...
Carnegie Museum of Natural History closing Polar World exhibit
Polar World, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History exhibit giving a glimpse into Inuit culture and Arctic wildlife, will close June 28. The area’s replica igloo, life-size dioramas and animal specimens have been staples of the museum for decades. It started development in 1978 before opening in 1983 as one...
Calligraphy Guild exhibit in Sharpsburg encourages people to pick up a pen
With so much of today’s communication typed on phones and screens, a group of artists is holding tight to their passion for hand-lettering. Calligraphy Guild Pittsburgh members will share their enthusiasm for the lost art during an exhibit at Ketchup City Creative in Sharpsburg. The show runs May 9-16 at...
France reckons with Nazi-looted art in new Paris museum gallery
PARIS — The painting shows a girl in a bonnet and her younger brother staring across the Normandy coast toward an unknown horizon. The artwork itself faced an unknown future in 1942, when it was acquired in Paris for Adolf Hitler, one of countless works swept up in the Nazi...
59th Carnegie International, titled ‘if the word we,’ focuses on collaboration
Every four years, the Carnegie Museum of Art in Oakland pulls together an exhibition of modern artists from around the world for the Carnegie International. Starting Saturday, the 59th Carnegie International will be open — and it’s all about collaboration. “The Carnegie International … is a programmatic high point for...
Heinz History Center offers glimpse inside newly underway expansionVideo
The Strip District’s Senator John Heinz History Center — the largest history museum in Pennsylvania — is now in the process of getting even bigger. Officials broke ground Thursday on a massive new expansion that sports sterling new features aimed at carrying the museum into the future. The moment comes...
How a father and daughter duped NYC’s art world with fake Warhols and Banksys
NEW YORK — A little over a year ago, the New York City art dealer Robert Rogal received a visit to his private showroom from a young woman, who seemed eager to offload a family heirloom. Introducing herself as Karolina Bankowska, she carried a framed painting signed by Andrew Wyeth,...
Kamin Science Center to unveil climate change exhibit
The Kamin Science Center is reopening its doors following the NFL Draft and unveiling its first exhibit as part of the Rapid Science Engagement Initiative, designed to get people talking about science topics that tend to be considered more controversial. On Saturday, guests will get their first look at the...
Robot dogs with Musk and Zuckerberg heads roam around Berlin gallery in Beeple’s new exhibit
BERLIN — Robot dogs with hyper-realistic silicone heads modeled after world-renowned figures — including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso — can be seen roaming around a Berlin gallery, occasionally “pooing” printed images of their surroundings which they’ve previously captured with integrated cameras. The animals...
Westmoreland Cultural Trust to recognize 64 high school seniors at ‘Achievement in the Arts’ ceremony
Sixty-four seniors from 16 Westmoreland County high schools will be recognized by the Westmoreland Cultural Trust for their exceptional artistic abilities. The Cultural Trust will host its 28th annual Achievement in the Arts award ceremony on May 13. It recognizes graduating seniors who have excelled in vocal or instrumental music,...
Philadelphia museum brings Rocky statue inside after decades of tension
PHILADELPHIA — Every day, visitors from around the world make their way to the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art — not necessarily for the galleries inside, but for a statue of a fictional boxer from South Philadelphia. The bronze figure of Rocky Balboa — arms raised in victory,...
