Adult Classes
Inside the Museum
A message from the director
Youth Classes
Teenie Harris Archive
Artist’s Lecture and Reception: Forum 65: Jones, Koester, Nashashibi/Skaer: Reanimiation
Forum 65 features contemporary film and video works by artists William E. Jones, Joachim Koester, and Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer. At this lecture, Jones will discuss his video Punctured and then debut selections from his new No Product short film series (2010). The evening also features the film Our Magnolia (2009) by Nashashibi/Skaer and the American debut of Morning of the Magicians (2005) by Koester. Reception with cash bar follows in the Scaife Lobby; Forum Gallery open until 8:30 p.m.
Family Celebration: World Environment Day
Pittsburgh takes center stage as the North American host city for United Nations World Environment Day! See demonstrations on how materials from the earth become pigments for artists, enjoy fun art activities that explore the theme “Water Matters,” and more. Discover related art-making family activities throughout the month of June.
Lecture: Contemporary Design and Craft
Sarah Nichols, independent curator and former curator of decorative arts at Carnegie Museum of Art, discusses trends in contemporary design and craft. This is the last lecture in a series of four celebrating the reopening of the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Galleries of decorative arts and design.
Culture Club: Structure, Music, Space
Happy hour has never been so interesting. Start with a drink at 5:30 p.m. and then join in a salon-style conversation in the galleries. Join Raymund Ryan, curator of architecture, and University of Pittsburgh music professor Roger Zahab for a salon-style conversation in Forum 64: Cecil Balmond. Inspired by Balmond’s installation H_edge, seven composer/musicians from Pitt’s Department of Music will present dynamic and compelling pieces that explore aspects of structure, pattern, and space.
Culture Club: Design vs. Art/Form vs. Function
Happy hour has never been so interesting. Start with a drink at 5:30 p.m. and then join in a salon-style conversation in the galleries. Design vs. Art/Form vs. Function with Dan Byers, assistant curator of contemporary art, and Rachel Delphia, assistant curator of decorative arts, in the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Galleries and contemporary art galleries.
Culture Club: Original Copies: Collecting Architecture
Happy hour has never been so interesting. Start with a drink at 5:30 p.m. and then join in a salon-style conversation in the galleries. Original Copies: Collecting Architecture with Tracy Myers, curator of architecture, Francesca Torello, Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture, and Dan Holland, Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh, in the Hall of Architecture.
