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May 9, 2023
Chrislynn Brownlee –
During my academic career as a University of Pittsburgh undergrad, I have taken many art classes that have allowed me to analyze...
May 9, 2023
Toni Brayo –
In the historic Mexican War Streets in the North Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh, a quaint art gallery occupies the corner of...
May 9, 2023
Samantha Bonawitz –
Jonas Salk’s development of the polio vaccine in 1954 went on to impact people around the world, from Buenos Aires to Los Angeles...
May 9, 2023
Jenna Anderson –
For a long time, I used to see natural history museums as spaces perpetually frozen in time, purposefully organized so that...
May 3, 2023
Samantha Wert –
At the center of the Allegheny Landing site are “Piazza Lavoro” and “Mythic Source”, two sculptures created by Ned Smyth, a New...
April 17, 2023
Diana Flatto –
Taking advantage of the mobility of printed materials via the international postal system, cultural producers forged...
March 29, 2023
HAAARCH!!! is an annual showcase that features the accomplishments of our undergraduates in the History of Art and Architecture,...
December 12, 2022
Odessa Patmos –
This past semester, I had the amazing opportunity to intern at Pittsburgh Glass Center, a creative hub for glass artists to...
December 12, 2022
Angela Nolan –
In my work at the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP), I have contributed to this organization's unique perspective on the...
December 12, 2022
Pierce Mitchell –
This semester I had the opportunity to work at the University Art Gallery, also known as the UAG, where I was able to create my...
December 12, 2022
Morgan Meer –
Just as scuff marks on a shoe can show an owner’s love, or a thread-bare shirt reveals its favored status, fingerprints left...
December 12, 2022
Celia Maiers Cubas –
When walking through a museum, have you ever wondered what it would be like to climb into and touch the displays? Well, during my...
December 12, 2022
Christina Gioia –
This semester I had the opportunity to work at the Heinz History Center with Melissa Marinaro, Director of the Italian American...
December 12, 2022
Heather Hershberger –
On Walnut Street in Shadyside, there is a little gallery that is free to the public. The little-known new spot is filled with...
December 12, 2022
Irene Castillo –
Beelzebub, the fish with human teeth, looked even more horrifying in the histogram in the computer. Moving the Eva to make it...
December 12, 2022
Noelle Derksen –
On Saturday October 22, 2022, I had the great honor of being part of the Silver Eye Center for Contemporary Photography's Annual...
May 4, 2022
Julia Lepre –
This semester, I worked with Professor Alex J. Taylor, alongside two other interns, Lee Silva-Walker, and Tiffany Sims. Professor...
May 4, 2022
Celia Kaine –
Preserving art as a form of personal history has never been a more essential process. Creation, as a reckoning with the...
May 3, 2022
Elijah Cordrey –
During my time with the department in the Spring 2022 semester, I received hands-on training in the collection process while...
April 28, 2022
Ellie Downs –
The return to in-person tours in February of 2022 marked the first time in nearly two years that the Nationality Rooms could...
April 26, 2022
Lee Silva-Walker –
This semester I had the opportunity to work with Alex J. Taylor, the guest curator for the exhibition, Alone Together: Encounters...
April 24, 2022
Isabel Meline –
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP) is a local nonprofit which organizes shows in the Pittsburgh area for artists in the...
April 19, 2022
Lydia Bailey –
Every week, hundreds of students filter in and out of the Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Building. Rushing to and from class, most...
April 19, 2022
Gabby Lynch –
A first internship can be daunting – a new environment with new people and different expectations. The Carnegie Science Center...
April 18, 2022
Carson Sanov –
This semester I worked with independent curator Hannah Turpin to help digitize Marty O'Brien's private art collection. My main...
April 18, 2022
Anika Agarwal –
My time as an intern at the University Art Gallery allowed me to learn about and contribute to the critical work that goes into...
April 18, 2022
Francesca Bonamo –
What do you think about when you visit a museum? Do you ponder the artifacts, read the labels and imagine the people these items...
April 18, 2022
Jackie Bender –
The University of Pittsburgh Library System Archives and Special Collections works to preserve, catalogue, and in some cases...
March 24, 2022
Lily Brewer –
Since the detonation of the Trinity Test in July 1945, the scientific and cultural consequences of weapons testing in the United...
December 13, 2021
Dilann Harris –
I received the opportunity to work alongside the Programming Director Valerie Bundy and Marketing Director Paige Ilkanhipour at...
December 8, 2021
Mythri Sundar –
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP) works to connect visual artists with audiences and displays artists’ work in exhibitions...
December 8, 2021
Brianna Stellini –
This semester I worked at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in the Anthropology department under the supervision of Dr. Lisa...
December 7, 2021
Helena Hyziak –
While normal museum work takes place in back rooms, working to create the perfect in person exhibition context to display ...
December 7, 2021
Mariette Williams –
This past Fall I had the opportunity to internship with Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, in Homestead, Pennsylvania....
December 7, 2021
Angela Koontz –
The traveling exhibit What Natured Destroyed, It Also Preserved - POMPEII: The Exhibition arrived at the Carnegie Science Center...
December 6, 2021
Kaitlin Lloyd –
There’s an expression that ‘the calm comes before the storm,’ but I would like to propose that it is changed to ‘the calm comes...
December 6, 2021
Rebecca Fitzharris –
Walking down any street in Pittsburgh you can see trash cans scattered along the sidewalks. People discard materials into these...
December 6, 2021
Jennifer Kandray –
As the Hampton Hall Condominiums in North Oakland approaches its centennial anniversary marking the breaking of ground for the...
December 6, 2021
Char Pyle –
This past semester, I worked under Coordinator of Archives and Manuscripts David Grinnell to reprocess the American Federation...
December 6, 2021
Yara Makasakit –
Though environmental conservation may seem like just another passing trend, the idea of protecting wildlife has been around for...