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  • CMOA Third Thursday!

    Friday Aug 10, 2018

    On the third Thursday of every month, we’re keeping the art galleries open late, turning up the volume, and welcoming partners throughout the city to create exciting, one-of-a-kind programs. Explore our exhibitions, enjoy music, indulge in a late-night café menu, and more. Curate your own experience! cmoa.org/calendar/third-thursday/ cmoa.org/

  • CI57: Sarah Crowner Installation – Time Lapse

    Thursday Aug 9, 2018

  • CI57: Postcommodity Installation – Time Lapse

    Friday Aug 3, 2018

  • Art Cat's Annual Checkup

    Friday Jul 27, 2018

    CATurday AUG 18, 2018 12:00 pm–4:00 pm CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF ART AND NATURAL HISTORY Cat-lovers of all ages, don’t miss CATurday at Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History! We're also offering half-price admission for kids 2–18 all day. CMOA will celebrate Art Cat all afternoon. This creative kitty is our Children’s programs mascot! Enjoy activities from his very own sketchbook, get a cattoo, and discover felines throughout the galleries. Our friends at Carnegie Museum of Natural History are in on the fun with Super Science Meowfest! Just pounce on over to meet adoptable kitties and learn all about cats from experts. It’s all free with admission, and it’s all more fun than a thing on a string. Plus, do you know the real Art Cat? We’re searching right now, and will honor them at CATurday cmoa.org/ cmoa.org/event/caturday2/

  • CMOA Third Thursday – 30-Second Ad

    Monday Jul 16, 2018

    On the third Thursday of every month, we’re keeping the art galleries open late, turning up the volume, and welcoming partners throughout the city to create exciting, one-of-a-kind programs. Explore our exhibitions, enjoy music, indulge in a late-night café menu, and more. Curate your own experience! cmoa.org/calendar/third-thursday/ cmoa.org/

  • CMOA Third Thursday – 15-Second Ad

    Monday Jul 16, 2018

    On the third Thursday of every month, we’re keeping the art galleries open late, turning up the volume, and welcoming partners throughout the city to create exciting, one-of-a-kind programs. Explore our exhibitions, enjoy music, indulge in a late-night café menu, and more. Curate your own experience! cmoa.org/calendar/third-thursday/ cmoa.org/

  • Kids Talk Contemporary Art

    Tuesday Jun 26, 2018

    Art ask questions. What are yours? Experience our newly reimagined modern and contemporary galleries and engage with art that speaks to the world today. This complete reinstallation of our postwar and contemporary art galleries places the work of artists at the intersection of history and society. We’re also bringing dozens of rarely and never-before-shown works out of storage. Curator Eric Crosby finds pockets of depth, diversity, and eccentricities, organizing the galleries in a series of “chapters”. Learn more here: cmoa.org/exhibition/crossroads/

  • Kids Talk Contemporary Art – Jack and the Hammer

    Tuesday Jun 26, 2018

    Art ask questions. What are yours? Experience our newly reimagined modern and contemporary galleries and engage with art that speaks to the world today. This complete reinstallation of our postwar and contemporary art galleries places the work of artists at the intersection of history and society. We’re also bringing dozens of rarely and never-before-shown works out of storage. Curator Eric Crosby finds pockets of depth, diversity, and eccentricities, organizing the galleries in a series of “chapters”. Learn more here: cmoa.org/exhibition/crossroads/

  • Kids Talk Contemporary Art – Emily and the Painting

    Tuesday Jun 26, 2018

    Art ask questions. What are yours? Experience our newly reimagined modern and contemporary galleries and engage with art that speaks to the world today. This complete reinstallation of our postwar and contemporary art galleries places the work of artists at the intersection of history and society. We’re also bringing dozens of rarely and never-before-shown works out of storage. Curator Eric Crosby finds pockets of depth, diversity, and eccentricities, organizing the galleries in a series of “chapters”. Learn more here: cmoa.org/exhibition/crossroads/

  • Kids Talk Contemporary Art – The Chair

    Tuesday Jun 26, 2018

    Art ask questions. What are yours? Experience our newly reimagined modern and contemporary galleries and engage with art that speaks to the world today. This complete reinstallation of our postwar and contemporary art galleries places the work of artists at the intersection of history and society. We’re also bringing dozens of rarely and never-before-shown works out of storage. Curator Eric Crosby finds pockets of depth, diversity, and eccentricities, organizing the galleries in a series of “chapters”. Learn more here: cmoa.org/exhibition/crossroads/

  • Kids Talk Contemporary Art – Why Visit the Art Museum?

    Tuesday Jun 26, 2018

    Art ask questions. What are yours? Experience our newly reimagined modern and contemporary galleries and engage with art that speaks to the world today. This complete reinstallation of our postwar and contemporary art galleries places the work of artists at the intersection of history and society. We’re also bringing dozens of rarely and never-before-shown works out of storage. Curator Eric Crosby finds pockets of depth, diversity, and eccentricities, organizing the galleries in a series of “chapters”. Learn more here: cmoa.org/exhibition/crossroads/

  • Kids Talk Contemporary Art – What is contemporary?

    Monday Jun 25, 2018

    Art ask questions. What are yours? Experience our newly reimagined modern and contemporary galleries and engage with art that speaks to the world today. This complete reinstallation of our postwar and contemporary art galleries places the work of artists at the intersection of history and society. We’re also bringing dozens of rarely and never-before-shown works out of storage. Curator Eric Crosby finds pockets of depth, diversity, and eccentricities, organizing the galleries in a series of “chapters”. Learn more here: cmoa.org/exhibition/crossroads/

  • CMOA Third Thursday: Flow State

    Monday Jun 18, 2018

    Music provided by Kevin_Adams_Music/Pond5: pond5.com Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one. The ego falls away. Your whole self is here. Pittsburgh’s music & nightlife collective girlFx, and a cast of performers, athletes, and artists respond to the static form of statues, sculptures and photography with music and movement. Find your place on the floor and let go. Our body guides are performers and leaders. They’ll create site-specific pieces throughout the Hall of Architecture & Forum gallery that invite you to follow their lead. Look for a new sequence every 30 minutes. featuring girlFx DJs: bijoux, Boo Lean, and Scout with Pole work by Gia Fagnelli 3rd generation yinzer by way of Orlando, FL and Oakland, CA, Gia is a movement and performance artist responding to the symbology of the tombs featured in the Hall of Architecture. They are a featured performer with XOXA events in Brooklyn, and a resident performer with the Steel City Kitty Variety Show with roots in drag and stripping. Combat / Self-Defense Choreography by Alecia M Certified Krav Maga & Kettlebell instructor who uses the realm of movement to find unleashed potential, correct and maintain the body, and break through the mental barriers we face, hesitate, or doubt within. Site-Specific Performance / Hair Braiding by Tara Fay Coleman Using conceptual performance art to challenge cultural norms, she create conversations built around the idea of the performative nature of existing as a black woman. Tara will be responding to Deana Lawson’s photography in the Forum Gallery. Shibari Acrobatics by Samantha & David Supporting one another in multiple senses, samantha and david explore movement and connection through freedom and restriction. Combining elements of balance and bondage, samantha and david share their own version of shibari acro. They will be responding to the cast of Porch of the Caryatids. Improvisational Dance by Roberta aka RGM/lightentry Ranging from emotional/authentic outpouring to character-driven exploration in the pursuit of relatability & meaning. Recently, they released a dance film with director Patrick Gregg examining their body and boundaries in a hyper-gendered/sexualized world. Roberta will be responding to the portal of the cathedral, Saint Andre. Naxian Sphinx by anna slowdanger (Anna Thompson) Movement artist, vocalist, director, choreographer, DJ, producer, one half of the performance duo slowdanger. From directing music videos to scoring plays, slowdanger transforms their shape to adapt to a variety of different containers. Anna will be embodying the role of the ancient mythological guardian, the sphinx, lounging on the periphery and speaking in riddles. Guide by Princess Jafar Media mogul & super villain last traced to an underground recording studio & evil lair in Pittsburgh, PA. With a moderately successful release of a few mind-numbing pop singles, Princess Jafar has been able to gather a sizeable number of lackeys and fanatics ready to defend their Princess by any means necessary. Princess jafar will be performing a hercules medley at the Cast of Porch of the Caryatid, and will also be reciting the opening monologue. ***Schedule:*** Hall of Architecture 8-8:30 - opening monologue, warm-up with all artists 8:30-9pm - shibari acrobatics, improvisational performance 9-9:30pm - pole work, shibari acrobatics 9:30-10pm - combat choreography/self-defense, improvisational performance 10-10:30pm - pole work, combat choreography/self-defense 10:30-11pm - closing monologue, close-out with all artists Forum Gallery 8:30-10:30pm - site-specific performance / hair braiding Art Making//Art Tours 8:30pm - plaster flow 9:00pm - guided tours on the theme of movement 9:30pm - plaster flow ABOUT girlFx girlFx ("girlfriend") is a collective of women and non-binary individuals who stand for ownership and representation in the nightlife community. We host a resident party at Hot Mass every 5th Saturday, Ace Hotel’s monthly “In The Weeds”, and “Tea Time” a sober after hours during the cold months at Dobra Tea. We welcome people of all identities. Artwork: Julie Mallis Third Thursdays On the third Thursday of every month, we keep the art galleries open late, turn up the volume, and welcome partners throughout the city to create exciting, one-of-a-kind programs. Explore our exhibitions, enjoy music, indulge in a late-night café menu, and more. Curate your own experience! cmoa.org cmoa.org/calendar/third-thursday/

  • KEYWORD: INTERNATIONAL – Grantee Dinner

    Thursday Jun 14, 2018

    KEYWORD: INTERNATIONAL A catalyst for creative research and conversation A community-building project and celebration A collaborative initiative of Kelly-Strayhorn Theater and Carnegie Museum of Art A congress! KEYWORD: INTERNATIONAL supports three interrelated activities. 1/Research: up to 20 small grants to research concepts of “international” An open call to arts activators will invite short proposals (200 words or less) that frame a research question, budget, and approach to KEYWORD: INTERNATIONAL. Sample questions: What does “international” mean for your audience? How does your program connect to an international network? Sample proposals: travel to an exhibition or institution; bring a colleague here; conduct interviews with focus groups. A Review Panel will meet for one day to read the proposals and award the grants. The Panel will consist of three community members and the Co-chairs. Key criteria will be the imaginative potential of the research to create a sense of community; the recognition of the diversity of spaces for art; the fostering of the rich ecology of approaches and programs and the variety of audiences across Pittsburgh; and the practical scope of the proposed research. 2/Congress: a celebratory supper for research grant recipients & a daylong public symposium. Following the selection process, a celebratory supper will bring together participants to meet and share their research topics. Six months later, participants will reconvene to interpret and present their findings at a daylong symposium. What form these presentations take is open to discovery. Maps? manifestos? slideshows? poetry? performance? Successful research often leads to the unexpected. Short and lively presentations will be followed by an open dialogue session, then snacks. This symposium is sure to be a catalyst for an on-going exchange of ideas, approaches, questions, and visions. There are as many arts and culture communities in Pittsburgh as there are neighborhoods; this is one of the things that makes the city increasingly vibrant. The symposium will be free and open to the public. 3/Publication: an essay in the catalogue for the 2018 Carnegie International exhibition. A writer will be commissioned to attend and document the symposium with an interpretive essay. Reflecting on the research, the presentations, and the conversation that follows, this essay will tell the city a story about its cultural community, at the same time sharing it with thousands of readers outside of Pittsburgh. “KEYWORD: INTERNATIONAL” will be published in the catalogue for the 2018 Carnegie International, which will investigate the meaning of the word “international” for the contemporary art world. Pittsburgh’s own case-study will be a bold and relevant contribution. 2018.carnegieinternational.org

  • Teenie Harris Photographs: Around the Clock

    Thursday May 17, 2018

    Charles “Teenie” Harris worked around the clock. As a photographer for the Pittsburgh Courier, as a freelancer at nightclubs, at his portrait studio, as an artist, he was seemingly everywhere. CMOA’s Teenie Harris Archive contains nearly 80,000 examples of Harris’s tireless practice. Teenie Harris Photographs: Around The Clock collects 25 images that reveal how one individual managed to document the experiences of a community. At the Courier, one of the nation’s most important black newspapers, he was out on the beat, covering the day’s news—from civil rights struggles to local politics, from celebrations to tragedies. He was an insider, heading backstage to shoot jazz musicians and sharing candid moments with sports legends. Harris also ran his own portrait studio on The Hill, catering to weddings, social clubs, and churches. On his daily travels around Pittsburgh, Harris captured the vibrant landscape he knew so well. Closer to home, he recorded tender, funny moments with his kids and family. Inevitably, even after covering scenes of nightlife or an after-hours emergency, he returned to his basement studio in Homewood to develop the day’s photos. Organized by Charlene Foggie-Barnett, archive specialist, Teenie Harris Photographs: Around the Clock offers a glimpse into the breadth of this hardworking photographer’s activities. Charles “Teenie” Harris (1908–1998) photographed Pittsburgh’s African American community circa 1935–1975. With nearly 80,000 images by Harris, the Teenie Harris Archive at Carnegie Museum of Art is one of the most detailed and intimate records of the black urban experience known today. teenie.cmoa.org cmoa.org

  • Hiroshige's Tokaido Road – ARTventures: Printmaking Sundays

    Monday Apr 30, 2018

    ARTventures: Print-Making Sundays APR 8–MAY 27, 2018 12:30 pm–4:30 pm CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART Free Event Just drop in for this all-ages printmaking workshop inspired by the masterwork Japanese woodblock prints in Hiroshige's Tōkaidō Road If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be? What would it look like? Would there be buildings and people? Animals and trees? Take a journey through 53 views of Japan’s southern coastal highway in the exhibition Hiroshige’s Tōkaidō Road. Created using Japanese wood blocks, these 19th century prints captured the landscapes, towns, people, and souvenirs along the route. Replicate the style and process of a wood block print using scratch foam. Our teaching artists will guide you to create a series of small prints about your favorite journey. cmoa.org

  • Copy + Paste: Low-Relief Studio on view in Heinz Architectural Center Galleries

    Tuesday Apr 17, 2018

    Visitors to CMOA’s Hall of Architecture are constantly wowed by the nearly 150 building facades, monuments, and fragments from across the Western World. What many people don’t realize is that this collection is entirely plaster copies, painstakingly cast and reassembled in 1906–1907. It is the only remaining collection of its type in the US, and one of Pittsburgh’s most iconic spaces. Over the course of Copy + Paste, curators, technologists, students, architects, and artists will test new ways of presenting information about the Hall. Through this eight-month investigation, we invite visitors to try augmented reality, 3D printing, creative interventions, and hands-on activities. In addition, Carnegie Mellon University professor of architecture Joshua Bard leads a studio exploring the material culture of architectural plaster, examining its historic importance and possible future robotic applications. Students will work in the exhibition galleries, and their resulting experiments will join the Copy + Paste presentation. Copy + Paste: Hall of Architecture is organized by Alyssum Skjeie, Program Manager, The Heinz Architectural Center. HACLab is a project of CMOA’s Heinz Architectural Center. Each Lab invites creative thinkers to design dynamic experiences investigating architecture in Pittsburgh and beyond. The projects are fluid, experimental, and evolve using visitor participation and feedback. We hope that HACLabs offer visitors a new appreciation of human encounters with the built environment. cmoa.org cmoa.org/records/hall-of-architecture-archive/ soa.cmu.edu

  • CMOA Third Thursday: TOGA!

    Thursday Apr 12, 2018

    Music provided by MIDNIGHTSNAP/Pond5: pond5.com Two words: TOGA PARTY. Beware the Ides of March! Dust off your curtains, wash those sheets, and get wrapped up for an adults-only (18+) party for the ages! Your Third Thursday ticket gets you free access to all of this goodness: Et tu, Thursday? Talk with experts in Visions of Order and Chaos, our exhibition exploring the Age of Enlightenment (it’s full of togas and treachery!) First views of photography show Deana Lawson which literally JUST opened an hour before the party Floral and laurel crown making with WorkshopPGH to match your toga UPMC Health Plan lounge with giveaways (glow sticks, because YES) and some surprise healthy treats Disco dance party with DJ Jarrett Tebbets Plinth posing selfie station -- work your inner statue Performances by WVU's West African Drum Ensemble (as part of the National Council of Ceramic Arts (NCECA) annual convention) Demonstrations of ceramic making from NCECA CMOA galleries will be open all night long. Late night snacks and drinks will be available to purchase from The Café Carnegie. Third Thursdays On the third Thursday of every month, we keep the art galleries open late, turn up the volume, and welcome partners throughout the city to create exciting, one-of-a-kind programs. Explore our exhibitions, enjoy music, indulge in a late-night café menu, and more. Curate your own experience! cmoa.org cmoa.org/calendar/third-thursday/

  • Copy + Paste: Hall of Architecture – Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman Talk and Discussion

    Thursday Apr 12, 2018

    London-based design star Adam Nathaniel Furman talks about his own practice, from architecture and interiors, to writing and product design. Furman will also share his impressions of our Hall of Architecture, and how the past and future can be in dialogue. Followed by questions and discussion with voices from the Pittsburgh architecture scene, and a reception in the Hall of Architecture. Adam Nathaniel Furman is a London based designer whose practice ranges from Architecture & interiors, to sculpture, installation, writing and product design. He pursues research through his studio 'Productive Exuberance' at Central St Martins, and the Research Group 'Saturated Space' which he runs at the Architectural Association, exploring color in Architecture and Urbanism through events, lectures and publications. He was Designer in Residence at the Design Museum in London for 2013-14, received the Blueprint Award for Design Innovation in 2014, was awarded the UK Rome Prize for Architecture 2014-15, was one of the Architecture Foundation's "New Architects" in 2016, a L'Uomo Vogue Design Star 2016, was described by Rowan Moore, architecture critic for the Observer, as one of the four 'rising stars' of 2017, and is a ‘Rising Talent of 2018’ for Elle Decor Italia. He has worked at OMA Rotterdam, Ron Arad Architects, Farrells and Ash Sakula, and has written for Abitare, the RIBA Journal, Icon, the Architectural Review, and Apollo Magazine, amongst others. In all his work Adam explores the relationship between memory, imagination, history and communication at multiple scales, always with a critical eye towards the way in which sensual architectural form, in a dialogue with the past and the future, can communicate complex issues through eloquent and expressive shapes, colors, and environments. He has laid out an approach to the relationship between form and the conveyance of content, which simultaneously draws on new technologies and mediums, whilst anchoring itself firmly in the wealth of past traditions; a dialogue between progress and positivity, memory and loss, the ephemeral and fashionable and the eternal and immutable, which is vital to the production of designs that accurately reflect our contemporary condition. cmoa.org cmoa.org/records/hall-of-architecture-archive/

  • CMOA Midway Promo

    Wednesday Apr 4, 2018

    CMOA Midway MAY 11, 2018 6:00 pm–9:00 pm CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART Early Bird (first 200 tickets sold): $25 (Members: $20); Regularly priced tickets: $35 (Members: $30) Step right up to the greatest 21+ party of the year! Unleash your inner child at a springtime, adults-only carnival filled with games, entertainment, and more! Featured (and free) activities: Classic carnival games Dunk tank with special guests High-flying aerial performances by Bombyx Collective Magic with comedian and magician Lee Terbosic Sideshow entertainment with puppeteer Dave English Dance party with Strangeways Wandering stilt walkers and balloon artists Cotton candy sugar rushes Special collection tours Bounce house jumping Face painting Food and beverages will also be for sale. Chill out in our beer garden or enjoy a carnival-themed cocktail, and indulge in fair fare in our Sculpture Court. We are putting the FUN in funnel cake… so you batter be here! cmoa.org

  • CMOA The Art Connection 2018

    Tuesday Apr 3, 2018

    The Art Connection They have potential. They have ideas. We provide the instruction, the inspiration, and the space to create. Pittsburgh’s premiere art program for young people in grades 5 to 9. Learn drawing, printmaking, painting, sculpture, and digital tools, culminating with an exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Art. Active for more than 80 years, this combination of big ideas and practical know-how prepares young people for a world of visual information, problem-solving, and managing complex projects. The 18-week course is split into two 9-week semesters. cmoa.org/programs/the-art-connection/

  • William Henry Fox Talbot and the Promise of Photography: Rethinking William Henry Fox Talbot

    Monday Apr 2, 2018

    In conjunction with CMOA’s exhibition William Henry Fox Talbot and the Promise of Photography and to celebrate its final weekend, artists Lisa Oppenheim and Sara VanDerBeek come to Pittsburgh to discuss their practices and the influence of William Henry Fox Talbot on their work. Lisa Oppenheim engages the full scope of photography’s history from William Henry Fox Talbot’s innovations to 21st-century social media. She activates both historical and contemporary imagery and techniques to consider changes in the medium’s technology and consumption and in an image’s interaction with the photographer and viewer. Sara VanDerBeek explores the relationships between images and objects, and photography and memory. By combining photographs with both made and found sculptural forms, VanDerBeek exposes how images inform and distort our understanding of a subject and the contextual experience of its time, place, and scale. This program is free and open to the public. William Henry Fox Talbot and the Promise of Photography is open through Sunday, February 11, 2018. cmoa.org

  • Copy + Paste: Hall of Architecture – CMU Architecture Students Experiment with Robotics and Plaster

    Tuesday Mar 27, 2018

    Low Relief: The Virtual and Material Cultures of Architectural Deceit Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture Studio On Wednesday and Friday afternoons, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) architecture students work in this studio space, exploring the plaster cast collection found downstairs in the Hall of Architecture. Using the historic Hall as inspiration, the students are examining the intersection of emerging digital technologies and historic craft, including robotic fabrication and traditional construction techniques. As the second experimental studio collaboration between the Heinz Architectural Center and CMU’s School of Architecture, students are given space to investigate the truths and illusions of the built environment. Through historical research, hands-on learning, and full-scale prototyping, the class is considering a number of questions: What do architecture and virtual reality have to do with each other? How can robotics play a role in learning about architecture from the past? Can architects use digital tools to generate new ideas in the design process? Check back frequently to see how the students’ projects unfold. The experimental work may lead to unexpected and exciting results. cmoa.org cmoa.org/records/hall-of-architecture-archive/ soa.cmu.edu

  • Copy + Paste: Hall of Architecture – CMU Architecture Students Experiment with Robotics and Plaster

    Friday Feb 23, 2018

    Low Relief: The Virtual and Material Cultures of Architectural Deceit Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture Studio On Wednesday and Friday afternoons, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) architecture students work in this studio space, exploring the plaster cast collection found downstairs in the Hall of Architecture. Using the historic Hall as inspiration, the students are examining the intersection of emerging digital technologies and historic craft, including robotic fabrication and traditional construction techniques. As the second experimental studio collaboration between the Heinz Architectural Center and CMU’s School of Architecture, students are given space to investigate the truths and illusions of the built environment. Through historical research, hands-on learning, and full-scale prototyping, the class is considering a number of questions: What do architecture and virtual reality have to do with each other? How can robotics play a role in learning about architecture from the past? Can architects use digital tools to generate new ideas in the design process? Check back frequently to see how the students’ projects unfold. The experimental work may lead to unexpected and exciting results. cmoa.org cmoa.org/records/hall-of-architecture-archive/ soa.cmu.edu

  • Studio Visit: Thaddeus Mosley – Trailer

    Tuesday Feb 13, 2018

    To walk into the Northside studio of sculptor Thaddeus Mosley is like wandering into an underground forest. His towering sculptures, some of which reach heights of 8, 9, and 10 feet tall, are spread throughout the space. In the in-depth video for Carnegie Museum of Art’s Storyboard, director Brennan Maine examines Mosley’s longstanding studio practice: vimeo.com/251807466 cmoa.org blog.cmoa.org