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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Carnegie Museum of Art debuts online exhibition series with ‘Lake Valley’

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.”
Nancy Kirkwood, an assistant at Pitt’s Center for Creativity, led participants in a virtual writing workshop on Friday afternoon.

‘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.
Pitt students often intern at the Carnegie Art Museum and other Pittsburgh art museums, but the museums are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.
Senior studio arts major Azize Altay Harvey has had to figure out ways to finish art projects at home while learning remotely.

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.
Members of the Pitt community are invited to submit art from any medium designed as a creative response to the public health discussions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Image via Center for Creativity.

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
The Pop Art Den was founded by the College of Business Administration as part of a class and became a full-fledged space for student internships and for student artists to sell their work.

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.
The oil paintings of Mary Ethel McAuley, a Pittsburgh journalist and artist, are on display in the Frick Fine Arts building.

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.
Barbara Weissberger’s artwork in her “Mother” exhibit mimics the human form using bizarre fabric shapes.

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.
Cecilia Kahle, left, and Sarah McLaughlin, right, sell embroidered works and cross stitches on Instagram.

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.
Brackenridge Fellow Brianna Mims braids hair as part of her performance at the 11th Annual Summer 2019 Creative Research Exhibition.

Creative Research Exhibition showcases work from summer 2019 fellowships

By Siddhi Shockey, Senior Staff Writer • January 21, 2020
The 11th Annual Summer 2019 Creative Research Exhibition opened this past Thursday. The exhibition presents the works of six artists who pursued summer research opportunities through the University Honors College.
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