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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | July 13, 2012
What is your official title, and what are some of your general responsibilities? My official title is Senior Research Associate for the Time-Based Media Collection, which is a roundabout way of saying that I’m an archivist working with the museum’s film and video holdings. The collection is in need of organization, and it will be my responsibility to research and catalog each work,…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | July 2, 2012
Last weekend, Katie Reilly (Head of Publications) and I attended the National Museum Publishing Seminar in Chicago, and I am happy to say our brains are still percolating. On the first night, print and digital media guru (and keynote speaker) Dan Sinker tried to calm everyone’s fears about the brave new world of digital publishing by advising us to just create…
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Linda Benedict-Jones, Curator of Photography & Amanda Zehnder, Associate Curator of Fine Arts | June 21, 2012
Linda Benedict-Jones, Amanda Zehnder & Akemi May We are asked all the time how long it took to put together Impressionism in a New Light. When we tell people that it took more than two years, they always wonder why. Well, there are lots of reasons for that. To begin, we had to simply sit down and discuss whether it made any…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | June 18, 2012
This morning, all departments from CMA took part in a staff “retreat” (in the café) to discuss our current strategic plan for the museum and some of the ways that we can further improve our day-to-day processes to help create compelling exhibitions and programs for the public. The meeting included a brainstorm session where we worked in groups identifying things we feel we…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | June 14, 2012
In front of the Cloud Factory behind Carnegie Museum of Art Welcome, Lauren. Tell us your official title, and what are some of your responsibilities at the museum? As the curatorial assistant for the 2013 Carnegie International, I’m here to help the three intrepid curators, the ever-poised curatorial assistant in contemporary art, Amanda Donnan, and all the unflagging members of the…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | April 27, 2012
Tonight marks the opening of Duncan Campbell, the 68th installment in our Forum series. The show features three of Campbell’s films, described by exhibition curator Amanda Donnan as “meta-documentaries,” combining historical footage with fictional elements in order to gain a more in-depth, if approximate and subjective, understanding of historical figures and events. The show also includes some of Campbell’s print works, and a few days ago I took some photos…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | April 27, 2012
Just like Andy Warhol, Duane Michals, Philip Pearlstein, and others before them, many young artists from the region get their start in our studio classes, designed for students in grades 5–9. The Art Connection Annual Student Exhibition is a chance for these artists to share their vision, and the diversity of materials and styles currently on display in the Hall of Sculpture is pretty astounding. The exhibition features…
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RAYMUND RYAN, CURATOR OF ARCHITECTURE | April 21, 2012
Tatiana Bilbao (architect), Jardín Botánico de Culiacán, interior view of Educational Building with lofted storage and learning spaces (Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico) This Monday (April 23) architect Tatiana Bilbao comes to Pittsburgh to give a lecture titled “How We Do Architecture.” Bilbao (b. 1972) is one of the leading architects working in Mexico today. Her projects include Observatory House, a collaboration with…
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Ian Finch, Associate Editor, Publications | April 12, 2012
Despite the surprise smattering of hail and snow seen across Pittsburgh yesterday, today marks the official start of spring here at the museum with the opening of the fourth annual Art in Bloom, a four-day celebration featuring traditional and contemporary flower arrangements paired with paintings, sculpture, furniture, and decorative art objects from CMA’s collection (photos below). Art in Bloom is open today and will…
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IAN FINCH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR, PUBLICATIONS | April 5, 2012
Okay, so you won’t find that in your standard chart of weights and measures, but you’re going to have to take our word for it. Yesterday the bulk of the museum’s installation and preparation staff were on hand to hang one of the most treasured works from our collection and a visitor favorite—Henri Matisse’s massive paper cut-out, The Thousand and One Nights—in preparation for the exhibition opening…
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