Art & Museums category, Page 13
Revolutionary War reenactors will bring history to life at Compass Inn Museum
The sounds of flintlock rifles firing in unison and hammering on a blacksmith’s anvil will greet visitors to the Compass Inn Museum on Saturday and Sunday. Reenactors from Proctor’s Independent Battalion of Westmoreland County and blacksmithing demonstrations will be featured at the historic Laughlintown site during its final Living History...
You Are Here is a thriving part of Jeannette’s cultural scene
When something is meant to be, it will be. Case in point: You Are Here in Jeannette. The art gallery and maker space recently celebrated its fifth anniversary, despite its founders not starting with a clear vision of what exactly they wanted to do. Jen Costello of Hempfield and Mary...
New mural, lighting project add to downtown Greensburg aesthetics
The South Pennsylvania Avenue parklet in downtown Greensburg is getting a face-lift with the addition of a mural on the wall of a building on its north side. The mural is sponsored by Suzanne and Michael Ward, owners of City Cribs 2 and RSVP Gifts and More. Both the parklet...
Murrysville artist will launch augmented reality app at Export’s annual community festival
It’s been quite some time since a train rumbled along the tracks through downtown Export. But through the technological magic of augmented reality, visitors at the annual Export Ethnic Food & Music Festival will get a chance to see one, at least on their smartphones. The festival will include the...
Italy gets back 266 antiquities from New York seizures, Houston museum
ROME — Italy celebrated the return Friday of 266 antiquities from the United States, including Etruscan vases and ancient Roman coins and mosaics worth tens of millions of dollars that were looted and sold to U.S. museums and private collectors. The returned items include artifacts recently seized in New York...
Mt. Lebanon artist painting image of Andy Warhol on North Side building
Early in her art career, Ashley Hodder recalled visiting the “Silver Clouds” exhibit at the Andy Warhol Museum. “The bouncing silver balloons opened my mind into what art can be,” said Hodder, who has been painting a mural of Warhol’s image not far from the North Side museum. “Instead of...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Aug. 4-6
It’s the first weekend of August. In addition to the Pink concert on Saturday at PNC Park on the North Shore, here are some fun ways to spend it. Art crawl The Lawrenceville Art Crawl is from 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday. This festival along Butler Street has indoor and...
Hand-cut collages turn heads at Shaler North Hills Library
Ask a visual artist what motivates them and you’re likely to hear a good number mention the therapeutic benefits of engaging in the creative process. That certainly goes for the artists who have created the nearly 90 hand-cut collages on display at Shaler North Hills Library through Aug. 26. Many...
Thousands turn out for iconic-themed Vandergrift Artfest
Tommy Scanga got serious with his spuds Sunday in anticipation of feeding hundreds of hungry festivalgoers in Vandergift. Scanga, owner of Del Vecchio’s Sausage & Fries, had 1,000 pounds of potatoes at the ready in his food truck to make his specialty fresh-cut fries for the 16th annual Vandergrift Artfest,...
From raw fiber to artistic creations, felters get to the point
A pastime that puts you at risk of poking yourself with a sharp needle doesn’t sound all that appealing — but its devotees risk the pricks to produce charming works of art. They’re practicing needle felting, a craft that turns raw fibers into matted fabric that in turn can be...
Saint Vincent College receives 88 paintings in major art bequest
The art collection at Saint Vincent College has increased in size and scope with a bequest of 88 Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings from philanthropists Michael and Aimee Rusinko Kakos of Latrobe and Winter Park, Fla. The collection principally includes works from the 1880s through the 1930s. Many are by artists...
Nigerian activist’s work inspires Greensburg Art Center exhibit
“Hope” is the simple title of the current exhibit at Greensburg Art Center, but there are layers of meaning conveyed in that one word. Featured artists Nancy Rusbosin of Hempfield and Becky Mormack of Unity took their inspiration from the work of Nigerian activist/entrepreneur Olutosin Oladosu Adebowale. Adebowale not only...
Franklin Regional graduate’s ‘non-objective’ art on exhibit in Greensburg
Most of the time, Darryl Audia of Greensburg is encouraging his art students at Greensburg Salem High School to follow their creativity and see where it takes them. This month, Audia’s own creativity will be on display at an exhibit of his artwork, “Pieces of a Whole,” at DV8 Espresso...
Central Pa. Festival of the Arts set to take over State College
With more than 300 juried sidewalk artist booths, a juried exhibition, multiple activity stations, eight entertainment stages, six locations to buy food and thousands of people milling about, the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is a lot to take in. This year, organizers are making it easier for attendees...
‘Pittsburgh’s Historic Ballparks’ exhibit opening at North Side’s Photo Antiquities
The Pirates aren’t playing until Friday night because it’s Major League Baseball‘s all-star break — but there is still a way to get your fill of a ballpark atmosphere. Photo Antiquities Museum of Photographic History on the North Side has a gallery exhibit titled “Pittsburgh’s Historic Ballparks.” It’s inspired by...
The Westmoreland’s ‘Block Party’ explores ideas of community, celebration
The current exhibit at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art is titled “Block Party: Community and Celebration in American Art,” but chief curator Jeremiah William McCarthy warns that visitors won’t find a single image specifically depicting that phenomenon. Rather, the works explore themes and emotions that might be tied to...
Behind the Art: Art in the Alley sax player memorializes its creator
Editor’s note: Behind the Art is a recurring series highlighting artistic works throughout the county. The late Demetre Josebeck used himself as a model for his painting of a saxophone player in Art in the Alley in downtown Greensburg. The work was one of the first pieces created for the...
Warhol Museum, Citizens partnership boosts public art, artist development
June 27 was a red-letter day for The Andy Warhol Museum, with the unveiling of a large-scale piece in its public art installation, The Pop District, and the announcement of a partnership with Citizens Financial Group Inc. in support of that initiative. Pittsburgh artist Mikael Owunna’s “Anatomy of a Human”...
Klimt painting sets European record with $108 million price tag at Sotheby’s auction in LondonVideo
LONDON — A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold Tuesday for ($108.4 million, making it the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe. “Dame mit Fächer” — Lady with a Fan — sold to a buyer in the room at Sotheby’s in London after a 10-minute bidding war...
Paul McCartney’s rediscovered photos show Beatlemania from the insideVideo
LONDON — Is there really a new way to look at The Beatles, one of the most filmed and photographed bands in history? Yes, says Britain’s National Portrait Gallery, which is providing a fresh perspective with an exhibition of band’s-eye-view images that Paul McCartney captured as the group shot to...
Behind the Art: ‘Civics’ painting emphasizes voter responsibility
(Editor’s note: Behind the Art is a recurring series highlighting artistic works throughout the county.) “You pay taxes/Obey the law/Serve in time of war/And vote.” These lines are from “Civics,” a poem by David Joseph Kutcher that inspired an oil painting by the same name that is included in the...
City’s Roving Art Cart rolls through area parks this summer with puppet shows
The Roving Art Cart is more than traveling tents and tables filled with paint, crayons and markers. It’s a vehicle to reach a child’s imagination. Artists from the city are available Tuesdays and Fridays throughout the summer as the roving art cart rolls into area parks giving youngsters the opportunity...
The Westmoreland names Silvia Filippini-Fantoni as new director and CEO
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art has named Silvia Filippini-Fantoni as its new Richard M. Scaife Director/CEO, effective in August. Filippini-Fantoni comes to The Westmoreland from The Newark Museum of Art in New Jersey, where she is deputy director of learning and engagement. “I am dedicated to ensuring that this...
Behind the art: Artist’s eye views Pittsburgh yard as peaceful cloister
(Editor’s note: Behind the Art is a recurring series highlighting artistic works throughout the county.) “Quaint Courtyard on Dithridge” is “a beautiful, beautiful cityscape,” said Barbara Nakles of the Ottmar F. Von Fuehrer oil painting that depicts a backyard scene from Pittsburgh’s Oakland section. The artwork was a 1956 acquisition...
Fox Chapel library auctions desks, benches handcrafted from site’s old walnut tree
A towering 80-year-old walnut tree that shaded the Cooper-Siegel Community Library in Fox Chapel has a new chapter in its story. The gargantuan tree was felled in August to make way for parking expansion at the facility along Fox Chapel Road – but it didn’t end up on a wood...
