Pitt professor captures pandemic through a camera lens
By Diana Velasquez, Senior Staff Writer
June 2, 2020
Ivette Spradlin’s Instagram page is filled to the brim with images of people in masks posed in front of colorful and creative-looking homes, their gaze fixed on the photographer who takes their picture from at least 6 feet away.
Carnegie Museum of Art debuts online exhibition series with ‘Lake Valley’
By Charlie Taylor, Culture Editor
May 26, 2020
Disorienting sounds play as overlapping cut-out shapes slowly fill the screen, creating the mesmerizing landscapes of artist Rachel Rose’s “Lake Valley.”
‘Writing the Pandemic’ with the Center for Creativity
By Anna Ligorio, Staff Writer
May 26, 2020
Pitt employees, undergraduates and graduate students who recently encountered pandemic-induced writer’s block needed to look no further than their laptop screens for some inspiration on Friday.
New museum studies major proposed
By Anna Ligorio, Staff Writer
May 12, 2020
Students interested in the museum world can currently complete a museum studies minor through the history of art and architecture department, but the department is now working on a new major option.
Studio arts department holds digital senior exhibition
By Maggie Young, Contributing Editor
April 14, 2020
Azize Altay Harvey, a senior studio arts major, couldn't get her supplies out of the Frick Fine Arts Building before it closed.
C4C contest accepting submissions for educational art about COVID-19
By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
April 7, 2020
Pitt’s Center for Creativity organized the Creative Innovations to COVID-19 contest, which calls for members of the Pitt community to flex their creative muscles to educate others on the virus
Pop into the newest place on campus for student art at the Pop Art Den
By Delilah Bourque and Beatrice McDermott, The Pitt News Staff
March 5, 2020
Pop into the University Store and you’ll see Pitt’s newly established Pop Art Den — a pop-up shop that sells more than just pop art.
Pittsburgh artists reflect on femininity and female bodies in two new exhibits
By Nadiya Greaser, For The Pitt News
February 18, 2020
The oil paintings were part of an exhibit on Mary Ethel McAuley, a Pittsburgh journalist and artist, and the quilted skirt was part of an accompanying exhibit called Three Artists (Three Women). The exhibits will be on display in the University Art Gallery until March 28.
Pitt professor Barbara Weissberger creates new life in “Mother” art exhibit
By Beatrice McDermott, For The Pitt News
February 11, 2020
An array of disembodied, floating eyeballs watched from above as people of all ages cradled squishy, handmade fabric intestines in their arms at the Silver Eye Center for Photography in Bloomfield Friday night.
The ‘Art’ of Storytelling: Pitt students find their voice by combining art and social media businesses
By Emma Maurice, Senior Staff Writer
January 23, 2020
For some Pitt students, a love of crafting, art and storytelling has manifested itself into a small business that generates them more than some extra cash — it’s helping them connect with their families and build lasting friendships.