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Some of the local and regional artists are Ron Donoughe, George Hetzel, and William H. Rau. [1] The museum is a repository for several distinctive special collections such as the Charles M. Schwab Collection of Presentation Silver and Other Memorabilia, the Colleen Browning Collection, and the Rezk Collection of Tibetan and Nepalese art. [1]
The following is from the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh's First Annual Exhibition catalog from 1910: The Associate Artists of Pittsburgh organized March 4, 1910. Exhibitions will be held annually. The society is designed to foster a love for the fine arts and a true appreciation of what Pittsburgh artists are doing.
Elizabeth “Betty” Rockwell Raphael, who has been called one of the most groundbreaking women in the arts [2] was the first to transform the Pittsburgh arts scene. Before its foundation in 1971, Raphael opened a small art gallery in 1941 making the first modern art gallery Pittsburgh had ever seen.
The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (PCA) is a non-profit community arts campus that offers arts education programs and contemporary art exhibitions in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. [2] It also provides services and resources for artists throughout Western Pennsylvania. PCA provides a venue for the community to create, see, support ...
Fresh Works is KST's creative learning program for Pittsburgh-based artists. In the program, artists receive 80 hours at The Alloy Studios to research, explore, play, and create a work-in-progress performance for audience input. [3]
In November 2020 it was announced that Malvern Hills College would close down in the summer of 2021. [10] [11] A covenant on the buildings requires the site to be used for educational purposes, despite a bid from the community to save the college and Malvern Town Council appointing the college as an asset of community value, WCG continued with the closure.
The society was established in 1969 with Colin Sterne as one of its key founders. Sterne, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh , where he taught for 38 years until his retirement in 1986, was an expert on early music performance practice and the founder of the period-instrument ensemble, Ars Antiqua Players.
The Mattress Factory is a contemporary art museum located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was a pioneer of site-specific installation art and features permanent installations by artists Yayoi Kusama, [3] James Turrell, [4] and Greer Lankton. [5] The museum's roof itself is a light art installation and part of Pittsburgh's Northside evening ...