Artist collective combines art and activism
By Charlie Taylor, Culture Editor
July 8, 2020
Redfishbowl and its collaborating artists are leading other initiatives to raise money for Pittsburgh organizations dedicated to bailing out protestors and supporting Black and trans people.
Carnegie Museums to reopen amid pandemic uncertainty
By Charlie Taylor, Culture Editor
June 16, 2020
The Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh will reopen later this month after a three-month closure, and visitors may have to treat each other like priceless works of art.
Poetry Partnership elevates voices of Black poets
By Diana Velasquez, Senior Staff Writer
June 16, 2020
The reading featured 10 poets reading their work — Joss Green, Diarra Imani, Dani Janae, Medina Jackson, Maria Kent, Joy KMT, Crystal Massie, Tresa Murphy Green, Christina Springer and Jahqwahn Watson. Much of the subject matter revolved around themes of womanhood, motherhood, Black ancestry and what it means to be Black today in the United States.
Local bookstores offer anti-racist books for all ages
By Ananya Pathapadu, Staff Writer
June 9, 2020
To help educate adults and children on racism, Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum and White Whale bookstores have created anti-racist booklists with books that discuss race, culture and what it’s like to be black in America.
Three Rivers Arts Festival brings Pittsburghers together digitally
By Kaitlyn Nuebel, For The Pitt News
June 9, 2020
Now in its 61st year, the Three Rivers Arts Festival normally brings about 500,000 people to the Cultural District, Gateway Center and Point State Park. But this year’s festival looks a little different from what most Pittsburghers have seen in the past.
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.