Art & Museums category, Page 29

The Senator John Heinz History Center and Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum in the Strip District and the Fort Pitt Museum at Point State Park in Downtown Pittsburgh, will reopen at 10 a.m. on Saturday. They were temporarily closed because of state covid-19 restrictions. “We are excited to welcome back visitors...

The Winter Flower Show: Home for the Holidays has been extended through Jan. 17 at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh. The extension offers visitors an opportunity to view the annual show that they might have missed due to the site’s recent pandemic-related shutdown. “We wanted to give everyone...

The winning entry, “Christmas on the Mountain,” was inspired by the creator’s name. Eva Mountain, 12, fashioned a cozy cottage gingerbread house for the 18th annual City of Pittsburgh Office of Special Events’ annual Gingerbread House Competition and Display. It was held virtually because of the pandemic. The Franklin Park...

Three new members have joined the leadership team of the Carnegie Museum of Art, as the institution reopens after the second pandemic-related shutdown and moves into the new year. “This is a really exciting time to build new leadership, as we move out of the pandemic reality,” said Eric Crosby,...

Citing “an abundance of caution and with the health and safety of staff and visitors as the top priority,” The Westmoreland Museum of American Art is extending its temporary closure. The Greensburg museum is now scheduled to reopen to the public on Feb. 7, with resumption of operating hours from...

Two artists will discuss their involvement in the Diversity Billboard Art Project during a Jan. 14 virtual conversation hosted by The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Ginger Brooks Takahashi and Susanne Slavick are among 10 artists whose original commissioned work has appeared on billboards across Westmoreland County in a public...

The band will play on for Fort Ligonier’s Twelfth Night celebration, just not in person. One of the most popular programs at Ligonier’s reconstructed 18th-century fort, the fourth-annual Twelfth Night event will be held virtually on Jan. 9 because of covid-19 pandemic restrictions. “It’s one of our most favorite events,”...

Elliott Cramer was helping move a neighbor’s water heater when he had a revelation. Some might say it was out of the box — or, rather, inside a large cardboard box. “I thought, the cardboard box would make for a perfect rocket ship,” said Cramer, who was assisting a neighbor...

How much can you say about a desk? Pittsburgh-based designer Tony Allgeier can go on for at least 30 minutes. Granted, it’s not just any desk — it’s an 18th-century Chippendale mahogany slant-front desk that he’ll be examining during an online “For the Love of Furniture” program at 7 p.m....

Fans of Community Day programming at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art might want to make sure they join in the Jan. 3 virtual installment. Not only will it offer three hours of diverse programming, it also will be the last session for a while. “This will be the museum’s...

Workers across the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh system have voted by a substantial margin to join the Pittsburgh-based United Steelworkers union. Out of the 529 employees eligible to vote, a total of 353 votes were counted. Of that number, there were 278 yes votes. The workers will become part of...

A misty morning on the Youghiogheny River has earned a Latrobe woman an award in the Pennsylvania Parks and Forest Foundation’s “Through the Seasons” photo contest. Clare Kaczmarek, 68, won the Judges’ Choice award in the contest’s “Motion” category for her photo of the river running through a bed of...

The Senator John Heinz History Center and Fort Pitt Museum in Pittsburgh will temporarily close due to new covid-19 restrictions. To comply with Gov. Tom Wolf’s latest covid-19 mitigation orders, the facilities will be closed to the public from Saturday through Jan. 3. “The health and safety of visitors, staff,and...

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art will be closed beginning Saturday through Jan. 5. The Greensburg museum cited “recently implemented restrictions” that are part of the state’s reponse to the covid-19 pandemic for the closing. The museum is scheduled to reopen 10 a.m. Jan. 6, when the regular operating hours...

Sarah Crawford is experiencing something of a homecoming in taking a post as director of exhibitions at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh’s Oakland section. The Flint, Mich., native studied at the former Art Institute of Pittsburgh from 2001-04, earning a degree in graphic design. One of the...

The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership is adding a twist to holiday window displays with a contest this season. “As a retail store, your window displays are one of the most important marketing tools you have,” said Suzanne Mauro, a Pittsburgh-based retail consultant. “They can make someone passing by, enter your store...

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Carnegie Science Center and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh were among several local museums to receive grants to support them during the covid-19 pandemic. The three museums, along with the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, each received a $40,000 grant from the Pennsylvania...

Barbara Rothermel received a text message from her daughter Monica Gesk when she heard the City of Pittsburgh’s Gingerbread House Display and Competition was returning this year despite the pandemic. “She told me she had the perfect idea,” said Rothermel of Peters. “She said ‘Mom, we have to make the...

When art teacher Brenda Christeleit attended Greater Latrobe High School, she and other students had a chance to appreciate the district’s Art Conservation Trust. Established in 1991, the trust is a unique art collection, in that its 200 paintings are chosen by students. Today, Christeleit teaches in the Penn-Trafford School...

The weekend after Thanksgiving offers an array of shopping opportunities, from Black Friday to Small Business Saturday to Museum Store Sunday. On Nov. 29, about 1,600 museum stores across all 50 states and 24 countries will participate in this year’s edition of the special event, showcasing collections of items that...

Pittsburgh’s popular Handmade Arcade, a twice-yearly market featuring wares from cutting-edge craft-based artists, designers and makers, is going virtual. The winter marketplace is usually a Friday evening and all-day Saturday event in the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh. Going online due to the pandemic just might have...