Art & Museums category, Page 32

As part of Fort Ligonier’s six-part Speaker Series, author Jason Cherry will discuss his book, “Pittsburgh’s Lost Outpost: Captain Trent’s Fort,” in the fort’s history education center at 2 p.m. Feb. 16. In 1754, before a young George Washington sets the world on fire in the glen, Ohio Company Factor...

More than 3 inches of snow blanketed the region through Friday afternoon. Saving some of it could pay off in June. Anyone who makes a snowball this winter, saves it in their freezer and then brings it to the Carnegie Science Center’s annual Snowball Day celebration on June 19 will...

Three Zone 1 police officers are taking 18 Manchester Academic Charter School students to see Carnegie Science Center’s Mummies of the World exhibit this Saturday. It’s all part of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police efforts to strengthen community relationships. Mummies of the World is touted as the largest exhibition of real...

After serving as interim since June, Henry C. Scully will now serve as Fort Ligonier’s executive director, its board of trustees has announced. Scully, a former trustee, originally was appointed following longtime director Annie Urban’s resignation to accept a position with Seton Hill University. Scully has a long history of...

The exhibit is about more than art. “Building Our Futures, Keeping Our Spaces” highlights environmental injustices, their consequences and human impact in Hazelwood and neighboring communities from the perspective of youth artists. The Center of Life in Hazelwood teamed with New Voices Pittsburgh, Art Excursions Unlimited and Women for a...

The University of Pittsburgh’s Nationality Rooms have been described as “31 mini-museums” representing Pittsburgh’s ethnic communities. They are one of the best known features of the school’s Oakland campus, bringing in some 25,000 visitors from around the world each year. And reviewers on the travel site TripAdvisor have ranked the...

The Westmoreland Historical Society will celebrate the season of love with a pop-up exhibit and day of activities called “Won’t You Be My Valentine?” The event will be held 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Westmoreland History Education Center at Historic Hanna’s Town, 809 Forbes Trail Road, Hempfield. The...

Dick’s Sporting Goods is sponsoring eighth annual NFL Play 60 Training Camp from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum inside the Senator John Heinz History Center in the Strip District. Admission to the museum is free for kids age 17 and under. No registration...

AMSTERDAM — After years of doubts about its authenticity, experts in Amsterdam have confirmed that a Vincent van Gogh self-portrait was indeed painted by the Dutch master as he recovered in a French asylum from a mental breakdown. Van Gogh Museum researcher Louis van Tilborgh dispelled the doubts Monday, saying...

If you have a piece of jewelry or furniture and you’re wondering if it’s just old, or may hold some value, bring it to the Westmoreland Historical Society’s “Antiques Appraisal Day” and find out. Historic Hanna’s Town will hold the appraisal event from 4 to 8 p.m. Feb. 25 at...

Budget-conscious artists are invited to a rummage sale of recycled art materials from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 18 at You Are Here art center, 406 Clay Ave., Jeannette. Materials from the center’s Oh, Scrap! art supplies market will be available at discounted prices. The entire Oh, Scrap! inventory will be...

An exhibit focusing on computing technology in the early textile industry will open Jan. 17 in the Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet at Saint Vincent College. A reception for “Technological Textiles: Computing History and Decorative Textiles” is planned for 5-7 p.m. that day in the gallery is on the ground...

The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Ligonier Township will host a paper pop-up sculpture card workshop for children. The 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 15 event is to teach children ages 8 to 12 to create the cards. Participants will learn how to turn a flat sheet of paper...

Get on track at the Carnegie Science Center’s “Locomotion Weekend,” a two-day celebration of all things model trains. The North Shore museum is hosting its holiday season’s family fun finale Saturday and Sunday. Visitors can operate trains and bring their trains for a free checkup by the “Loco Doctor,” which...

Art created by students from four North Hills high schools will be on display at The Block Northway shopping center in Ross Township from Jan. 13 to Feb. 7. The artwork, which will be displayed in the lower level of the shopping center’s South Corridor, is created by elementary, middle...

Master shoemaker Brett Walker will conduct the winter quarters workshop series “Leatherworking 101 Document Case” at Fort Ligonier. The program from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 25 is a hands-on opportunity for students to learn basic leather-working, hand-sewing and simple decorative skills, according to the museum. Walker, a re-enactor and historian,...

This is one time it’s OK to be messy. In fact, it’s encouraged. MessFest at the Carnegie Science Center on the North Side is Wednesday. The annual New Year’s Day tradition is in its 14th year and invites children of all ages to come and enjoy the first day of...

A new study has found no evidence to corroborate that a beaver-skin stovepipe hat — for years a centerpiece of Illinois’ Abraham Lincoln museum — ever actually belonged to the 16th U.S. president, according to a published report. Among the findings spelled out in a 54-page report was that the...

Last-minute shoppers are invited to the Greensburg Art Center from 6-8 p.m. Dec. 19 for the final hours of the annual “Art of GIFTing” market. All items will be 10% off. The annual holiday show and sale features artisan gift items handmade by about 30 area artists. The show, which...

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg has announced four temporary exhibitions to be featured in the museum’s Cantilever Gallery during 2020. “The varied roster of upcoming exhibitions is an exciting one, addressing both historical and contemporary art, while offering a broad range of artists, styles, mediums, subjects and...

The Senator John Heinz History Center is opening a new exhibition featuring the work of accomplished local artists. “Master Visual Artists VII: Preserving the Legacy,” opens Dec. 14 and will remain on display in the museum’s Barensfeld Gallery through Sept. 13, 2020. The exhibit is presented in partnership with the...

Just in time for the holidays, the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh is opening over 20 new exhibits. They are part of two overarching exhibitions: Bricksburgh, an art- and engineering-themed experience stocked with thousands of building bricks, and USS Requin Gateway, a series of artifacts and interactive exhibits connected to...

The director of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History is leaving his position after almost four years for a job in North Carolina. Eric Dorfman, who became director of the museum and the Powdermill Nature Reserve in Cook Township in 2015, has accepted a position as director of the North...