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January 12, 2024
Mercedes Pérez-Shillington –
“Your job is really cool but you're like really dusty,” a child says to me. They are right, working on the open dioramas for “...
January 10, 2024
Jon Krippe –
Jon Krippe, Museum Studies intern at the University Art Gallery, Fall 2023
What do an influential Caribbean novel, a...
January 9, 2024
Sarah El-Hefnawy –
Intern at the O’Brien Foundation for American Art - Fall 2023
As a Museum Studies student at Pitt, I only saw career options...
January 9, 2024
Molly Holz –
This fall I did my internship through the Nationality Rooms, located in the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh...
January 9, 2024
Emma Whittaker –
Interning with the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP) this semester has allowed me to learn more about local artists and...
January 9, 2024
Emma Carpenter –
Museum Studies (Editorial) Intern at Bunker Review - Fall 2023
As an editorial intern at Bunker Review, an influential online...
January 9, 2024
Ella Fosse –
Museum Studies Intern at Hillman Archives and Special Collections – Fall 2023
This fall semester, I was given the opportunity...
January 9, 2024
Bea Palonder –
Museum Studies Intern at the Senator John Heinz History Center – Fall 2023
I was very fortunate that my experience at the...
January 9, 2024
Ashley Choi –
Museum Studies intern at the University Art Gallery
Walking into the Frick Fine Arts building, I couldn’t help but be...
January 9, 2024
Allison Lamonica –
Education Intern at the Mattress Factory – Fall 2023
When I was younger, I wanted to be an art teacher because I enjoyed...
January 9, 2024
Abby Dzwik –
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History – Fall 2023
My experience at the Carnegie Museum of Natural...
September 28, 2023
Layne Shaffer –
Fine Foundation Summer Fellow at the Office of Public Art, 2023
Standing in green fields with the woods and wind surrounding...
September 28, 2023
Charlie Taylor –
My work with the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh this summer brought me into contact with living Pittsburgh artists, but also...
September 25, 2023
Audrey Desnain –
Most people associate Hartwood Acres with its mansion, amphitheater, and large network of wooded trails. Fewer people go to...
September 21, 2023
Kirk Savage –
At the end of August, I had the good fortune to see a remarkable exhibition of six temporary outdoor installations on the...
September 18, 2023
Layne Shaffer –
Fine Foundation Summer Fellow at the Office of Public Art, 2023
Standing in green fields with the woods and wind surrounding...
September 18, 2023
Kale Serrato Doyen –
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, image by author
I traveled to Europe for the first time this summer with the support of a...
September 18, 2023
Vuk Vuković –
Wen-Ying Tsai in his studio at the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies, 1968–1971. Photo: Center for Advanced Visual Studies...
September 14, 2023
Mati Castillo –
This past summer I was lucky enough to work at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s offsite collection facility, the Edward O...
May 9, 2023
Eindra Lin –
How does an organization contend with its rich history while continuing to be the foremost proponent of its contemporary and...
May 9, 2023
Audrey Desnain –
When I first discovered the sculptures at Hartwood Acres, I didn’t know anything about abstract expressionist sculptures from the...
May 9, 2023
Layne Shaffer –
Who is Jack Youngerman? Who is David Von Schlegell? These were the simple – yet important– questions posed at the beginning of my...
May 9, 2023
Maggie Shaheen –
As a museum studies and anthropology major, I never envisioned myself spending so much time in the School of Public Health this...
May 9, 2023
Lily Heistand –
Material culture is a foundational element in creating identity in communities, big and small. Living my whole life in Pittsburgh...
May 9, 2023
Nate Madden –
Gertrude Quastler led a life that I thought could only exist in stories. She nearly died in her twenties from tuberculosis,...
May 9, 2023
Lilly Forrest –
When I first arrived at the University Art Gallery, I was unsure of what my internship would consist of. I had never worked for a...
May 9, 2023
Elizabeth Dragus –
In our world today, it is easy to imagine a material like plastic will be around forever. Plastic waste is one of the top reasons...
May 9, 2023
Mati Castillo –
I first heard of the Latin American Cultural Center during my sophomore year at Pitt when I saw the sign that said, “Latin...
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...