Culture Club

Culture Club: Experiencing Architecture through Film and Photography

Start: April 21, 2011 5:30 pm
End: April 21, 2011 9:00 pm
Cost: $10; includes museum admission, gallery discussion, and two drink tickets.
This event is part of the series Culture Club

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. Tracy Myers, curator of architecture and organizer of You Are Here: Architecture and Experience, leads the discussion.

Culture Club: “A Brief History of…” A Two-Minute Film Festival

Start: July 15, 2010 7:30 pm
End: July 15, 2010 10:30 pm
This event is part of the series Culture Club

To see the list of participants, click here.

Food and drink available at 7:30 p.m.; film screening in the Sculpture Court begins at 9:30 p.m.

Culture Club goes late night! Start with a visit to Forum 65: Jones, Koester, Nashashibi/Skaer: Reanimation. Then enjoy drinks, summer fare, and a screening of two-minute films submitted by you. Two drink tickets are included with admission; picnic dinner is available for purchase.


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Opening Reception for Ragnar Kjartansson: Song and Culture Club: Is the Artist Present?

Start: March 10, 2011 5:30 pm
Cost: Free; cash bar
This event is part of the series Culture Club

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. To celebrate the opening of Ragnar Kjartansson: Song, the artist talks with Dan Byers, associate curator of contemporary art, about his artistic and musical process.

Culture Club: Structure, Music, Space

Start: April 15, 2010 5:30 pm
End: April 15, 2010 9:00 pm
This event is part of the series Culture Club

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: Original Copies: Collecting Architecture

Start: February 18, 2010 5:30 pm
End: February 18, 2010 9:00 pm
This event is part of the series Culture Club

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.

Culture Club: Design vs. Art/Form vs. Function

Start: March 18, 2010 5:30 pm
End: March 18, 2010 9:00 pm
This event is part of the series Culture Club

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: If these walls could talk…

Start: January 21, 2010 5:30 pm
End: January 21, 2010 9:00 pm
This event is part of the series Culture Club

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. “If these walls could talk…” with Dan Byers, assistant curator of contemporary art, Chris Craychee, supervisor, installation and preparation, and members of the museum’s art handling crew.