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April 14, 2020
Erin Patrick –
Humans shape the world in more ways than you think. Spraying your hairspray every morning can have a direct impact on the quality...
March 2, 2020
Shirin Fozi –
On February 22 a group of 37 HAA undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty were in Toronto to see the Aga Khan and Royal...
March 1, 2020
Author: Emi Finkelstein
PhD Student in History of Art and Architecture
Say their names: Tina Williams Brewer, Fran Gialamas...
March 1, 2020
Author: Thomas J. MortonSenior Lecturer, Architectural Studies Program, History of Art and ArchitectureWhile approximately 50% of...
March 1, 2020
Author: Sarah Reiff ConellPhD Student in History of Art and ArchitectureThis Valentine’s Day, members of the History of Art and...
March 1, 2020
*You can read this text in English below the Spanish versionAutora: Marisol Villela BalderramaDoctoranda en Historia del Arte y de...
February 3, 2020
Authors: Paula Kupfer and Paulina Pardo GaviriaPhD Students in History of Art and ArchitectureOn Saturday, January 18, scholar...
February 2, 2020
Author: Sylvia RhorDirector, University Art Gallery“I refuse to be one of the forgotten women!” Artist Lila Hetzel’s defiant words...
February 2, 2020
Author: Paula KaneJohn and Lucine O’Brien Marous Chair of Catholic Studies, Department of Religious StudiesIn a year that honored...
January 6, 2020
Author: Katie LoneyPhD Student in History of Art and Architecture and Graduate Student Assistant in Public HistoryHow can furniture...
January 6, 2020
Author: Christopher NygrenAssistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Director, Medieval and Renaissance Studies...
December 16, 2019
Museum Studies Intern at Silver Eye Center for Photography – Fall 2019 When I began my internship at Silver Eye Center for...
December 9, 2019
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History – Fall 2019This semester, I had the opportunity to intern as the...
December 9, 2019
Museum Studies Intern at Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation – Fall 2019Botany can pertain to more than the study of plants...
December 9, 2019
Museum Studies Intern at the Senator John Heinz History Center – Fall 2019As an intern at the Detre Library and Archives at the...
December 9, 2019
Museum Studies Intern at Associated Artists of Pittsburgh - Fall 2019 In the fall of 2019, I had the opportunity to intern with the...
December 9, 2019
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Art – Fall 2019
Women have historically been excluded from museums and...
December 9, 2019
Museum Studies Intern at the Office of Public Art – Fall 2019I have always had an interest in how to connect people to art. After...
December 9, 2019
Museum Studies Intern at the Pittsburgh Glass Center – Fall 2019During my internship at Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC), I was lucky...
December 9, 2019
My internship at the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh offered me a chance to delve into the deep-rooted history of Pittsburgh’s...
December 9, 2019
During the Fall semester of 2019, I was a Museum Studies intern under Rebecca Giordano, the Mellon Fellow of Curation and Education...
December 2, 2019
Author: Joshua McDermottPhD student in Sociology and Work Forces workshop participantThere’s a long and stubborn tendency among...
December 2, 2019
Author: Ellen DownsHAA 1020 Exhibition Development student - Fall 2019The Nationality Rooms in the Cathedral of Learning have long...
December 2, 2019
Author: Sylvia Rhor SamaniegoDirector, University Art Gallery“What is your aluminum story?” That was the question we posed to...
October 31, 2019
Author: Rebecca Giordano PhD Student in History of Art and ArchitectureOn October 25th, Pitt’s Humanities Center hosted a...
October 31, 2019
Author: Arushi SahaiPhD Student in History of Art and ArchitectureHomes are machines that we live in. Last month, the Department of...
October 31, 2019
Author: Ilhan OzanPhD Student in History of Art and ArchitectureOn October 17, the Department of History of Art and Architecture...
October 29, 2019
Author: Jon Engel, Milton Fine Museum Profession Fellow at Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area – Summer 2019How can art serve...
October 1, 2019
Author: Paula Kane, Professor and Marous Chair, Religious Studies Department and Work Forces workshop participantPittsburgh justly...
October 1, 2019
Author: Carolyn WargulaPhD Student in History of Art and ArchitectureDr. Mimi Yiengpruksawan, Professor of Art History at Yale...
September 30, 2019
Author: Emma Squire PhD student in Theatre and Performance Studies and Work Forces workshop participantOn October 25th, 1915 a fire...
September 26, 2019
Author: Kenneth Wahrenberger, Milton Fine Museum Profession Fellow at The Andy Warhol Museum – Summer 2019After innumerable hours...
September 3, 2019
Author: Alex J. Taylor Assistant Professor and Academic Curator, Department of History of Art and ArchitectureAs part DiscoverU Day...
September 3, 2019
Author: María Lis BaiocchiPhD student in Anthropology and Work Forces workshop participantThe history of Pittsburgh as a center of...
September 2, 2019
Author: Thomas J. MortonSenior Lecturer, Architectural Studies Program, History of Art and ArchitectureAs the world continues to...
August 30, 2019
Author: Zoe Creamer, Milton Fine Museum Profession Fellow at the Senator Heinz History Center – Summer 2019How many movies can you...
August 29, 2019
Mellon Museum Profession Fellow at The Frick Pittsburgh – Summer 2019As a native of Point Breeze, I was excited to return to the...
May 1, 2019
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Art – Spring 2019"The whole room is filled with joy!” was just one of thousands of...
May 1, 2019
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Art – Spring 2019The visual is always an art historian’s first resource, and it is...
May 1, 2019
Museum Studies Intern at Rivers of Steel Arts – Spring 2019Rivers of Steel Arts (RoSA) is an organization which connects Pittsburgh...