Art & Museums category, Page 43

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg will offer an insider’s view of the Met Gala during its Art as Fashion red carpet cocktail party on May 24. Special guest will be Clyde B. Jones III, Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in...

The Mattress Factory will offer free admission from 1-5 p.m. May 19 in honor of its late founder, Barbara Luderowski. Current exhibitions include “A Selection from the Greer Lankton Archive,” including various 2-D and 3-D pieces, and “Artists in Residence: William Earl Kofmehl III, Laleh Mehran, OSGEMEOS, Karina Smigla-Bobinski, and...

The Andy Warhol Museum is celebrating its silver anniversary today, with plans to mark the 25th anniversary of its May 13, 1994, opening at 117 Sandusky St. on Pittsburgh’s North Side with several special events this year and next. It's our 25th anniversary! On 5/13/1994, we opened with an inaugural...

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art will present two events with internationally renowned culinary leader Chef Sean Sherman, founder of the company “The Sioux Chef” and author of “The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen.” The book earned a James Beard medal for Best American Cookbook for 2018. These culinary experiences are...

The opening of the Westmoreland History Education Center at Historic Hanna’s Town is leading to new and expanded programs this year for children and families. Summer camps for children ages 6-12 will introduce them to the history of their backyards and beyond through educational hands-on activities, living history demonstrations, crafts...

A free Memorial Day celebration to honor and celebrate the military will be held 11 a.m.-4 p.m. May 27 at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum Trust Inc., 4141 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Scheduled rain or shine, the day begins at 11 a.m. with a reflective ceremony in the auditorium...

Jeanne Werner is a primarily self-taught artist, whose lack of formal instruction does not keep her from the painting she loves. Nor do a 1980 diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and more recent cancer challenges, her family members say. Werner, 76, of Monroeville, is one of two artists whose work will...

Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society Inc. will resume its open air market on May 25, continuing each fourth Saturday of the month through Sept. 28. The Bushy Run Market will host a variety of artisans and vendors, while encouraging those attending to visit the grounds of the battlefield, site of...

Why walk the red carpet when you can be carried in on a litter by six buff, shirtless hunks in shiny gold trousers? Always pushing the boundaries of gender and genre, actor Billy Porter thus made his entrance at the 2019 Met Gala in an ancient Egypt-inspired “Sun God” ensemble:...

Artist Stacey Pydynkowski’s exhibit, “Rain or Shine,” will showcase a new series of introspective paintings during a month-long run at the Greensburg Garden & Civic Center, 951 Old Salem Drive. The show is open through May 31, with an artist reception from 6-8 p.m. May 7. Pydynkowski’s paintings explore a...

Photographer and illustrator Tom Gallovich of Vandergrift will be the featured speaker at the East Suburban Artists League’s meeting on Thursday. Gallovich — author of “Power Composition for Photography: Develop Your Artistic Eye,” which provides advice for aspiring shutterbugs — is a former instructor at the Oakbridge Academy in Lower...

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art is just getting started with a new art collection sharing partnership that will bring treasures from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to museums across Pennsylvania. Anne Kraybill, The Westmoreland’s Richard M. Scaife Director and CEO, plans to travel with museum curator Barbara Jones on...

Children 10 and older will find “cutting-edge experiences in art, tech and learning” in the new Museum Lab at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. A grand opening ceremony is set for 9:30 a.m. April 27 in the Lab, adjacent to the North Side museum, in the former Carnegie Free Library...

Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society Inc., will host Jason Cherry, author of the newly published “Pittsburgh’s Lost Outpost: Captain Trent’s Fort.” Cherry will briefly discuss his book during a 10 a.m. program May 4 at the historical site in Penn Township. The book details the history of former soldier turned...

West Overton Museums will host a World War II Victory Ball dinner dance to honor local veterans and raise funds for new education programs. The event will be held in the East Huntingdon Township facility’s Big Barn from 5:30-8 p.m. May 25. Tickets for the Memorial Day weekend event are...

The Greensburg ArtsWalk is coming back strong for a second year. On April 27, painters, sculptors, musicians, dancers and artists working in various other mediums will disperse through downtown for a day of performances, exhibitions and other art activities. As with any other respectable festival, there also will be food....

Murrysville artist Barbara Jewell earned a “Best of Show” award for her watercolor painting, “Standing Ovation,” at the East Suburban Artists League’s recent exhibition at the newly renovated Latrobe Art Center. Jewell’s work was recognized among 80 pieces submitted by 42 ESAL artists, which will remain on display at the...

Spending months in a hospital on an antibiotic made David Krajci tired most of the time. “So, I was always sleeping,” he says. “And when I would wake up, I would remember my dreams and would tell them to my wife Lori. She would write it all down, and by...

This is a picture-perfect event. The seventh edition of PGH Photo Fair is April 27-28 at the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Hall of Sculpture, in Oakland. The event will host 17 international dealers and their photo projects, exhibiting museum-quality prints and photo-based art spanning the history of the medium, from...

Historic Hanna’s Town will open to the public for the 2019 season on May 4. In addition to tours, special opening day activities will include living history demonstrations, early American toys and games for children, planting in the kitchen garden and the annual spring tea. Hours will be 10 a.m.-4:30...

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art will celebrate National Poetry Month with an April 17 reading of Jacob Bacharach’s poem, “Ohr Ein Sof — Light Without End.” Bacharach will read his poetry at 6 p.m. at the museum, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg. His poem is currently featured as the...

The annual spring Gallery Crawl in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District is set for 5:30-10 p.m. April 26. The free event encompasses 21 venues and more than 30 events. A complete schedule is available TrustArts.org/Crawl. The Gallery Crawl has been a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust for 15 years with quarterly...