Culture Club
Start:
July 19, 2012 5:30 pm
End:
July 19, 2012 9:00 pm
Cost:
$10; includes museum admission, gallery discussion, and one drink ticket
Abandoned garage doors, used tires, 72,000 carpet tiles…how have these and other unconventional materials resulted in creative solutions to architectural challenges? Join Pittsburgh based architects Jennifer Lucchino and Freddie Croce, principals at inter*architecture, and John Barbera of Penner & Associates Architects for a look at some inventive designs on view in the Heinz Architectural Center, then apply your imagination to a 30-minute challenge to create an inhabitable space from some unexpected materials. Prizes for winning results! Start with happy hour at 5:30. Join us in the galleries at 6:15.
Culture Club is sponsored by Great Lakes Brewing Co.
Start:
June 21, 2012 5:30 pm
End:
June 21, 2012 9:00 pm
Cost:
$10; includes museum admission, gallery discussion, and one drink ticket
Scientific theories about color, light, and human perception abounded in the 19th century and were discussed and debated by Impressionist artists. Join Amanda Zehnder, co-curator of Impressionism in a New Light, for an observation-based discussion, and have fun with some color-theory experiments to discover the impact of scientific thinking on Impressionist methods for representing optical experiences, movement, light, and colors.
Start:
May 17, 2012 5:30 pm
End:
May 17, 2012 9:00 pm
UPDATE: Tonight’s discussion will be led by poet Kelli Stevens Kane!
This installment of Culture Club includes a free preview screening of the latest season of Art21, the award-winning series of film interviews with leading contemporary artists. From 5:30 to 7 p.m., enjoy happy hour and lively gallery conversation about the museum’s painting Prisoner of Love #1 (Second Version) by African American artist Glenn Ligon. At 7:15 enjoy a free public screening of the Art21 episode “History” featuring Ligon. In this episode, artists play with historical events, explore and expose commonly held assumptions about historic “truth,” and create narratives based on personal experiences. The museum will screen additional segments from this season of Art21 this summer; visit www.cmoa.org for details. This event is part of Art21 Access ’12, a celebration of contemporary art and Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season Six, sponsored by Art21. Visit art21.org for more information.
Start:
February 16, 2012 5:30 pm
End:
February 16, 2012 9:00 pm
Cost:
Free; cash bar
Join author Sherrie Flick as she reads her story “The Lake” inspired by a painting in the museum’s collection. Then have fun exploring and reimagining the titles of works of art in the galleries.
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Start:
April 19, 2012 5:30 pm
End:
April 19, 2012 9:00 pm
Cost:
$10; includes museum admission, gallery discussion, and one drink ticket
The best guitarist I have ever witnessed. Jim Donovan, Rusted Root/Santana
Take a fresh look at some familiar works in the permanent collection through the lens of music. Chuck Olson, abstractionist painter and professor of art at St. Francis University and Paolo Schianchi, guitar virtuoso from Parma, Italy, will share their ideas about relationships in visual art and music. Begin and end the event with short performances by Schianchi in front of Whistler’s painting Arrangement in Black: Portrait of Señor Pablo de Sarasate. In between, join in the discussion on a short tour of the galleries that will close on April 30 for reinstallation and will reopen in an all new configuration in September.
Start:
March 15, 2012 5:30 pm
End:
March 15, 2012 9:00 pm
After a year on the job, Tina Kukielski, associate curator of the 2013 Carnegie International, reveals what fascinates her in the collection. With Tina as your guide, take a journey through the museum’s galleries to find overlooked treasures and discuss personal meanings she finds in the works.
Start:
January 12, 2012 5:30 pm
End:
January 12, 2012 9:00 pm
Cost:
$10; includes museum admission, gallery discussion, and one drink ticket
The August Wilson Center’s offCENTER program relocates to CMA for this special evening of performance in the exhibition galleries. Join Mark Clayton Southers and the August Wilson Center Theater Ensemble for a pairing of Wilson plays and Harris photographs. Exchange ideas about these powerful words and images. Performance begins at 6:30 p.m.
Start:
November 17, 2011 5:30 pm
End:
November 17, 2011 9:00 pm
Cost:
$10; includes museum admission, gallery discussion, and one drink ticket.
Guest experts reveal their favorite Teenie Harris images and how they chose them in the exhibition Teenie Harris, Photographer.
Start:
October 20, 2011 5:30 pm
End:
October 20, 2011 9:00 pm
Cost:
$10; includes museum admission, gallery discussion, and one drink ticket.
Chat with curator of architecture Tracy Myers and Gerard Damiani, principal of studio d’ARC architects, in the exhibition Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey.
Start:
September 15, 2011 5:30 pm
End:
September 15, 2011 9:00 pm
Cost:
$10; includes museum admission and a drink ticket
See the cult-classic 16mm film Debt Begins at Twenty, which chronicles the 1980s Pittsburgh punk scene through fictionalized sequences and documentary footage. Join a discussion with filmmaker Stephanie Beroes and William von Hagen, who portrays the film’s featured character, drummer Bill Bored. Film begins at 6:30 p.m.
