Out & About: The Westmoreland welcomes Pittsburgh artists' group
Tailgate a football game? Sure. But a fine art exhibition? That’s something different.
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art may have experienced its first-ever tailgate (we can’t verify that) on Nov. 9, with the opening of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 107th Annual Exhibition.
On a corner opposite the Greensburg museum, AAP member artist Suzanne Werder of Millvale set up a snack-laden table and chairs and cranked up the tunes in her brightly painted art car. The tailgate was added fun for reception-goers or for anyone happening to pass by, she said.
Among those stopping were Tom and Karen Cascone, Alexis Dillon and Jess Tucker.
Inside the museum, guests enjoyed food and music downstairs and perused the artwork in the upstairs cantilever gallery. Running through Jan. 26, the exhibition includes four installations in the Seton Hill University Art Center in Greensburg.
Making remarks were Anne Kraybill, The Westmoreland’s Richard M. Scaife Director/CEO; Christoper King, AAP board president; and Juana Williams, exhibitions curator at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids, Mich.
“I gained as much as I gave from this experience, if not more,” Williams said, lauding the opportunity to learn about the Pittsburgh art scene and the warm welcome from museum staff, especially Chief Curator Barbara Jones.
Seen: AAP Executive Director Madeline Gent, Chet and Laura Fisher, Bill and Tina Booth, Richard and Eileen Stoner, Gene and Barbara Kravits, Ronald and Carol Zera, Sarah Hunter, Stacey Pydynkowski, Gio Attisano, Jared Wallace, Christopher and Stefanie Ruane, Sheila Cuellar-Shaffer, Stephanie Martin, Dan Miller, Anthony Frischling, Amy Chellel and George and Ginny Leiner.
Shirley McMarlin is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Shirley by email at smcmarlin@triblive.com or via Twitter .
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