Art & Museums category, Page 19

Following a tenure of more than 26 years, Barbara L. Jones will retire April 1, 2022, from her position as chief curator for The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. The museum will commemorate her retirement and her body of work with special public programming for the spring of...

Art is a deeply personal experience, from the feelings a person gets when viewing a painting to the emotions that started the artist’s brush moving in the first place. For Pamela Cooper of Greensburg, one of the artists whose work will be part of the State Museum of Pennsylvania’s 54th...

Latrobe will welcome visitors Wednesday to help celebrate completion of downtown infrastructure improvements. The public also will find retail bargains and art displays throughout the business district as part of an Art Walk event and monthly Shop Hop Night promotion. Activities begin at 3 p.m., when city officials, merchants and...

The Cannon Ball returns to the grounds of Fort Ligonier on Sept. 17, after going online in 2020 because of the pandemic. Under two large tents on the patio of the education building and adjacent lawn, the signature fundraising event will feature the unveiling of a new whiskey collaboration with...

Those attending Saint Vincent College’s Eighth Catholic Arts Biennial exhibit will be greeted by new surroundings and fresh perspectives that reflect the intersection of modern faith and social concerns. The juried show will be on display Sept. 7 through Oct. 29 in the Verostko Center for the Arts, a new...

The long tradition of jazz music at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art will continue this fall with two concerts by audience-favorite musicians. Kevin M. McManus and The Bone Forum will open the series Sept. 15 in the Greensburg museum, with pianist Eric Barchiesi next up on Oct. 20. Both...

It’s the final weekend of August. Here are some ways to spend it. Party at the Pier The Riverlife Party at the Pier is Saturday at a new location – The Highline on the South Side, a converted train terminal. The open space encompasses a 500-foot long elevated park overlooking...

There’s another opportunity to hear the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra perform outdoors, as the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art-Ligonier Valley and Ligonier Country Club present “An Evening Under the Stars.” The benefit for the museum is set from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 18 on the grounds of the country club...

Diners are invited to take a culinary trip south of the border via the Border Cantos Dinner at 6 p.m. Aug. 28 at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Presented in conjunction with the “Border Cantos | Sonic Border” exhibition showing through Sept. 5 in the Greensburg museum, the dinner...

Proctor’s Militia, a local Revolutionary War reenactment group, is returning to Laughlintown’s Compass Inn Saturday and Sunday for the site’s final Living History Weekend of the summer. Activities will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Scott Henry of Greensburg, captain of the unit,...

Bill Viola Jr. knows exactly where he was the night of Aug. 18, 2001. “I was at Heinz Field for the ’NSync concert,” said Viola of North Huntingdon, who attended with wife Jenn and some friends. “That was the place to be. Everyone wanted to be at that concert.” It...

In a two-part program, Latrobe Area Historical Society will present a documentary film produced in 1937 that depicts the people and places of the community in the period before World War II. Originally sponsored by Latrobe’s public school system, the silent black-and-white film includes images of local schoolchildren, businesses and...

UPDATE 8/13/21: CCAC has made the decision to cancel the ESAL show due to covid concerns. • • • Several decades ago when she was living in the Washington, D.C., area, artist Eileen Yeager took a printmaking class. It started her fascination with monotyping, a process by which a unique,...

On Saturday, visitors to The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg can browse a pop-up shop, grab a bite to eat, hear live music and finish the late-summer fun day with a free movie. Three small business owners will be selling their wares from 3-8 p.m., including: • A...

It sounds like a child’s dream and a parent’s nightmare. It’s the annual MessFest, set for 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 22 at Carnegie Science Center on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. Science enthusiasts of all ages are invited to take part in the visitor-favorite family event that includes egg-drop challenges, bubble science,...

That fateful day 20 years ago when planes were grounded, Heather Penney took flight. The U.S. Air Force fighter pilot flew a mission on Sept. 11, 2001 prepared to shoot down the enemy – even with the chance her father might be flying one of the other aircraft, although she...

You Are Here gallery is celebrating its third anniversary with an exhibition opening Saturday. A public reception is scheduled for noon-6 p.m. in the art space at 406 Clay Ave., Jeannette. At 3 p.m., there will be a toast to the featured artists, along with a reading of original haiku...

West Overton Village near Scottdale has its sights set on expanding its museum and distillery. West Overton is a pre-Civil War era village that was home to industrialist Henry Clay Frick — founder of H.C. Frick & Co. coke manufacturing — and his grandfather, whiskey distiller Abraham Overholt. The family...

The Café at the Frick reopened Thursday — and with a new look. After being closed since March 2020 because of the pandemic, the Point Breeze eatery at The Frick Pittsburgh has been transformed into what spokesman Greg Langel describes as “a café that will serve carryout lunch offerings such...

Latrobe Art Center will be painting the town yellow once again, as its Yellow Tie Gala returns Aug. 20. The party will spill out of the center at 819 Ligonier St., turning the street into a pop-up night club complete with seating and a stage on which Neon Swing X-perience...

Opening Sept. 3 at the Carnegie Museum of Art, “Wild Life: Elizabeth Murray & Jessi Reaves” will offer visitors a window into the worlds of two celebrated artists whose works complement each other, while defying conventional categorization. “While Murray and Reaves were born 46 years apart, there are fascinating connections...

Five cannons, 10 presenters, a regimental band and a working telegraph station will help bring the mid-19th century back to life during a Civil War battle reenactment and encampment Saturday and Sunday at Historic Hanna’s Town. Hempfield resident Bob Sidley is helping to organize the weekend event as a member...

“Americana” is more than a genre for the New Kensington Camera Club — it’s everyday life for area photographers. The works of 17 local photographers are showcased in the new exhibit, “Americana,” at the Pittsburgh Mills mall until Sept. 4. “We decided to do Americana history — rural, patriotic and...

In selecting works for Pittsburgh Watercolor Society’s “75th + 1” exhibition, juror Barbara Jones said she “tried to pick a broad range of techniques. What I’m always attracted to with watercolor is the technique and the layering and how the artist uses that to sort of finesse it and create...

Like so many other large-scale public events, art shows largely went by the wayside during the covid-19 pandemic. So, when Murrysville artist Barbara Jewell saw that a new coffee shop, Brushes and Beans Café, offered their space as a venue for local art displays, she was immediately energized. It cemented...