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October 29, 2010
Celebrate the season in a unique way with Happy Hour at Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History! Mix and mingle, enjoying drinks, food, and world-renowned exhibitions while DJ J. Malls puts a new spin on traditional holiday music. Members may pre-register online for the Happy Hour. The deadline for pre-registration is December 8, 2010.
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October 29, 2010
Join singer/songwriter Frank Cappelli for an afternoon at the museums, featuring a lively and festive sing-along of your favorite seasonal tunes. Have fun with the family in the Hall of Architecture, where the Holiday Tree Display and the famous Neapolitan presepio are on view. Frank Cappelli is perhaps best known for his television show Cappelli & Co., which aired on…
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October 29, 2010
Five 20-foot Colorado spruce trees line the Hall of Architecture, each adorned with ornaments that celebrate the muses that inspire art, culture, and science. An additional 10-foot tree welcomes you at the Carriage Drive Entry. Contact Jenny Tabrum at 412.622.3325 or tabrumj@carnegiemuseums.org. You may also click here to register online.
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October 25, 2010
Opening Reception and Film Screening: 7–9 p.m., October 14 Pittsburgh, PA…Carnegie Museum of Art will present Ordinary Madness, an exhibition that mines the museum’s rich holdings of contemporary art to suggest an unsettling observation: that the ordinary is in fact laced with the contradictory, uncanny, and surreal. On view will be a wide array of works that engage the everyday…
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October 25, 2010
A program about making art accessible to people living with dementia Alzheimer’s caregivers, healthcare professionals, and arts organizations are invited to learn how In the Moment at Carnegie Museum of Art creates an accepting and engaging environment for individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers. In this morning workshop, professionals from the Museum of Modern Art’s Alzheimer’s Project, the…
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October 14, 2010
Drop in for just one lecture, or attend all three days. In this symposium organized by the University of Pittsburgh and cosponsored by Carnegie Museum of Art, graduate students from all over the country present formal papers about the relationship between image and place across different time periods and geographic locations. 2–2:30 p.m. Registration, CMA rear entrance 2:30–3 p.m. Symposium…
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October 14, 2010
Get your first look at this exhibition culled from our rich collection of contemporary art. This evening only, see the proto-psychedelic film Heaven and Earth Magic (1957–1962) by American avant-garde artist Harry Smith, on view in the Hall of Sculpture. Smith, known to many as the creator of the famous 1952 Anthology of American Folk Music, which influenced musicians like…
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October 11, 2010
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City traces the life of Daniel Burnham, one of America’s most important architects and urban planners in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Burnham designed numerous buildings around Pittsburgh, including the Pennsylvanian Apartments located downtown. This film is co-sponsored by the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh.
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October 8, 2010
Drop in for just one lecture, or attend all three days. In this symposium organized by the University of Pittsburgh and cosponsored by Carnegie Museum of Art, graduate students from all over the country present formal papers about the relationship between image and place across different time periods and geographic locations. 10:30–11 a.m. Late registration, Coffee break, outside CMA Theater…
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October 8, 2010
Drop in for just one lecture, or attend all three days. In this symposium organized by the University of Pittsburgh and cosponsored by Carnegie Museum of Art, graduate students from all over the country present formal papers about the relationship between image and place across different time periods and geographic locations. 9:30–10 a.m. Late registration, CMA rear entrance 10–10:45 a.m….
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