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SUMMARY:Open Figure Drawing Sessions
DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 Sessions\nHeld on Sunday afternoons\, the School of Art’s Open Figure drawing sessions are an opportunity to draw from live models in any medium. Open Figure provides a variety of models that range in sex\, age\, and ethnicities from which artists can work. \nAll sessions take place from 6:00 to 8:30 PM in the College of Fine Arts room 308. \nSeptember 6\nSeptember 13\nSeptember 20\nSeptember 27\nOctober 4\nOctober 11\nNo Session: October 18\nOctober 25\nNovember 1\nNovember 8\nNovember 15\nNovember 22\nNo Session: November 29\nDecember 6 \nFor questions\, please contact Keni Jefferson\n412-268-8001\, kjefferson@cmu.edu
URL:https://art.cmu.edu/event/open-figure-drawing-sessions-fall-2026/
LOCATION:CFA Room 308\, 4919 Frew St\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:RJ Messineo: Visiting Artist Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by Carnegie Museum of Art and the CMU School of Art\nJoin us for an evening with artist RJ Messineo as they share an in-depth look at their practice and the works featured in If the word we: 59th Carnegie International. Lectures are free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n    \n        \n            \n                \n                \n                \n            \n        \n        \n    \n\n  \nAbout the Artist\nRJ Messineo (born 1980\, Hartford\, CT; lives in Greenfield\, MA) makes paintings involving observation and abstraction. In the last six years\, Messineo has developed an idiosyncratic device for making paintings that involves attaching thin wooden boards to the surfaces of their canvases with magnets. Messineo received an MFA from the University of California\, Los Angeles (2009) and a BFA from Cornell University\, Ithaca\, NY (2002). They have participated in exhibitions at CANADA\, New York\, NY; Pace Gallery\, New York; James Cohan Gallery\, New York; Thomas Erben Gallery\, New York; Ceysson & Bénétière\, Koerich\, Luxembourg; Night Gallery\, Los Angeles; Artist Curated Projects\, Los Angeles; Redling Fine Art\, Los Angeles; and REDCAT\, Los Angeles. Messineo is a Shandaken: Paint School Fellow and completed the Fire Island Artist Residency in 2014. Their work is held in the permanent collection of the Dallas Museum of Art. \n  \nFinding Kresge Theatre (Doors open at 5pm)\nKresge Theatre is located in the College of Fine Arts building on the south end of CMU’s campus (near the Hunt Library). To find the theatre\, enter the College of Fine Arts building from the west (main) entrance closest to the College of Fine Arts Lawn. Street parking is available along Frew and Tech streets or in CMU’s East Campus Garage. \n  \nAbout If the word we: 59th Carnegie International\nOn view May 2\, 2026\, through January 3\, 2027\nOrganized every four years by Carnegie Museum of Art\, the Carnegie International is the longest-running exhibition of international art in North America. The 59th edition is the most collaborative and far-reaching to date — a clear expression of the museum’s founding commitment to the art and artists of our time\, at once grounded in our locality and extending globally. Titled If the word we\, the 59th Carnegie International considers the first-person plural as an open and evolving proposition — one shaped by listening\, translation\, and transformation — bringing together artistic practices that engage shared experience\, circulation\, and worlds in transition. Drawing from a commissioned catalogue essay by writer Haytham el-Wardany\, the exhibition approaches “we” not as a unified subject but as a complex and porous position\, attentive to contradiction and change. Across a wide range of media\, from painting\, photography\, and sculpture\, to installation\, video\, performance\, and theater\, participating artists traverse cultural\, political\, intellectual\, and spiritual geographies that extend beyond national boundaries. The projects emerge through everyday acts\, materials\, and environments\, offering spatially expansive portraits of collective life in the present. \n  \nAbout the Visiting Artist Lecture Series\nThe Carnegie Mellon School of Art Lecture Series is made possible in part by Elizabeth (Thompson) and Thomas M. Cox (A’29) Distinguished Artists Funds\, Robert L. Lepper Distinguished Lecture in Creative Inquiry\, and Orville M. Winsand Lecture for Critical Studies. Carnegie Mellon makes every effort to provide accessible facilities and programs for individuals with disabilities. This publication can be made available in an alternate format upon request. For accommodations\, contact the School of Art at schoolofart@cmu.edu or 412.268.2409. Lecture and event details are subject to change or cancellation. \n\nSEE FULL SERIES\n\n  \nTop: Installation view of If the word we\, 59th Carnegie International\, Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh (May 2\, 2026–January 3\, 2027)\, featuring works by RJ Messineo; photo: Zachary Riggleman / © Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh\nSlide 1: Installation view of If the word we\, 59th Carnegie International\, Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh (May 2\, 2026–January 3\, 2027)\, featuring works by RJ Messineo; photo: Zachary Riggleman / © Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh\nSlides 2&3: RJ Messineo\, Congregation\, 2026\, oil on canvas\, 112 × 92 × 2 3/8 in. (284.5 × 233.7 × 6 cm); Courtesy of the artist and CANADA\, New York; commissioned by Carnegie Museum of Art for the 59th Carnegie International; photo: Zachary Riggleman / © Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh
URL:https://art.cmu.edu/event/rj-messineo-visiting-artist-lecture/
LOCATION:Kresge Theatre\, 4919 Frew Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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SUMMARY:Kearra Amaya Gopee: Visiting Artist Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by Carnegie Museum of Art and the CMU School of Art\nJoin us for an evening with artist Kearra Amaya Gopee as they share an in-depth look at their practice and the works featured in If the word we: 59th Carnegie International. Lectures are free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n \n  \n \n  \nAbout the Artist\nKearra Amaya Gopee (born 1994\, Miami\, FL\, raised in Carapichaima\, Kairi (Trinidad and Tobago); lives on Lenape land in New York) is an anti-disciplinary artist and facilitator. Using video\, sculpture\, sound\, and writing\, they identify both violence and time as primary conditions that undergird the anti-Black world in which they work. Gopee has shown work at documenta 15\, Kassel\, Germany (2022)\, and The Kitchen\, among other international film venues. They have participated in residencies at Skowhegan\, the International Studio and Curatorial Program\, Headlands Center for the Arts\, and NLS Kingston. They have been awarded fellowships at MacDowell\, the Leslie Lohman Museum\, Queer|Art\, and the Global Fund for Women. In 2024\, Gopee was an Elaine G. Weitzen Fellow at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. They have lectured at Emory University\, Rutgers University\, and the Caltech-Huntington Program in Visual Culture. In 2025\, Gopee was an artist in residence at MASS MoCA. They hold an MFA from University of California\, Los Angeles\, with a concentration in interdisciplinary studio and a BFA in photography and imaging from New York University. \n  \nFinding the Carnegie Museum of Art Theater\nThe theater is located on the ground floor of the Carnegie Museum of Art. From the main entrance of the museum\, head down the stairs to the right of the reception desk and the theater will be at the end of the corridor. If you are entering from the parking lot at the rear of the museum\, the theatre will be immediately to your right. \n  \nAbout If the word we: 59th Carnegie International\nOn view May 2\, 2026\, through January 3\, 2027\nOrganized every four years by Carnegie Museum of Art\, the Carnegie International is the longest-running exhibition of international art in North America. The 59th edition is the most collaborative and far-reaching to date — a clear expression of the museum’s founding commitment to the art and artists of our time\, at once grounded in our locality and extending globally. Titled If the word we\, the 59th Carnegie International considers the first-person plural as an open and evolving proposition — one shaped by listening\, translation\, and transformation — bringing together artistic practices that engage shared experience\, circulation\, and worlds in transition. Drawing from a commissioned catalogue essay by writer Haytham el-Wardany\, the exhibition approaches “we” not as a unified subject but as a complex and porous position\, attentive to contradiction and change. Across a wide range of media\, from painting\, photography\, and sculpture\, to installation\, video\, performance\, and theater\, participating artists traverse cultural\, political\, intellectual\, and spiritual geographies that extend beyond national boundaries. The projects emerge through everyday acts\, materials\, and environments\, offering spatially expansive portraits of collective life in the present. \n  \nAbout the Visiting Artist Lecture Series\nThe Carnegie Mellon School of Art Lecture Series is made possible in part by Elizabeth (Thompson) and Thomas M. Cox (A’29) Distinguished Artists Funds\, Robert L. Lepper Distinguished Lecture in Creative Inquiry\, and Orville M. Winsand Lecture for Critical Studies. Carnegie Mellon makes every effort to provide accessible facilities and programs for individuals with disabilities. This publication can be made available in an alternate format upon request. For accommodations\, contact the School of Art at schoolofart@cmu.edu or 412.268.2409. Lecture and event details are subject to change or cancellation. \n\nSEE FULL SERIES\n\n  \nTop: Installation view of Kearra Amaya Gopee\, minor demons (2026)\, in If the word we\, 59th Carnegie International\, Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh (May 2\, 2026–January 3\, 2027); photo: Zachary Riggleman / © Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh\nCenter: Installation view of Kearra Amaya Gopee\, marginalia (2026)\, in If the word we\, 59th Carnegie International\, Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh (May 2\, 2026–January 3\, 2027); photo: Zachary Riggleman / © Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh
URL:https://art.cmu.edu/event/kearra-amaya-gopee-visiting-artist-lecture/
LOCATION:Carnegie Museum of Art Theater\, 4400 Forbes Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Jonathan González: Visiting Artist Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by Carnegie Museum of Art and the CMU School of Art\nJoin us for an evening with artist Jonathan González as they share an in-depth look at their practice and the work featured in If the word we: 59th Carnegie International. Lectures are free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n \n  \n \n  \nThe Strikebreakers\nThe Strikebreakers is a new site-specific\, four-hour performance conceived for the Grand Staircase of Carnegie Museum of Art. Performed by five dancers over five consecutive days\, the work unfolds as a slow transformation of bodies\, relationships\, and collective attention\, using the museum’s architecture as both stage and collaborator. \nDrawing its title from the complicated history of labor\, industry\, and Western Pennsylvania\, The Strikebreakers does not seek to reenact a historical event. Instead\, it approaches the figure of the worker as a choreographic proposition: a body shaped by repetition\, endurance\, care\, fatigue\, solidarity\, and the continual negotiation between individual agency and collective responsibility. Historical archives surrounding labor movements and Black social life circulate throughout the work not as illustrations\, but as conditions that quietly inform its movement\, rhythm\, and atmosphere.  \nThe performance is less concerned with representing history than with asking how history continues to move through bodies in the present. The title also resonates with the legacy of the 1892 Homestead Strike and the histories of labor surrounding Andrew Carnegie’s industrial empire\, while opening the work toward broader questions of collective action and social choreography. \n  \nAbout the Artist\nJonathan González (b. 1988\, Queens\, NY; lives in New York\, NY) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans choreography\, sound\, image\, writing\, video\, and collective practice. Their artistic research engages themes of memory\, Black geographies\, and African diasporic temporalities\, often through site-specific and durational performance. By combining movement\, sound\, and image\, González creates works that explore embodiment as both a record of history and a rehearsal for the future. González has presented work nationally at major institutions\, including Spectral Dances (American Academy of Arts and Letters\, 2024)\, a durational performance and sonic installation\, and perejil (Crystal Bridges Museum of Art / The Momentary\, 2022)\, a performance and video installation presented in the exhibition Entre / Between. Their writing extends their choreographic and visual investigations\, with a forthcoming book\, Ways to Move: Black Insurgent Grammars\, to be published by Ugly Duckling Presse in 2025. González is the recipient of major awards\, including the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (Dance\, 2024)\, the MAP Fund (2024)\, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists (Performance Art / Theater\, 2019). Their practice foregrounds hybridity and collaboration\, positioning collective action as both an artistic method and a social intervention. \n  \nFinding Kresge Theatre\nKresge Theatre is located in the College of Fine Arts building on the south end of CMU’s campus (near the Hunt Library). To find the theatre\, enter the College of Fine Arts building from the west (main) entrance closest to the College of Fine Arts Lawn. Street parking is available along Frew and Tech streets or in CMU’s East Campus Garage. \n  \nAbout If the word we: 59th Carnegie International\nOn view May 2\, 2026\, through January 3\, 2027\nOrganized every four years by Carnegie Museum of Art\, the Carnegie International is the longest-running exhibition of international art in North America. The 59th edition is the most collaborative and far-reaching to date — a clear expression of the museum’s founding commitment to the art and artists of our time\, at once grounded in our locality and extending globally. Titled If the word we\, the 59th Carnegie International considers the first-person plural as an open and evolving proposition — one shaped by listening\, translation\, and transformation — bringing together artistic practices that engage shared experience\, circulation\, and worlds in transition. Drawing from a commissioned catalogue essay by writer Haytham el-Wardany\, the exhibition approaches “we” not as a unified subject but as a complex and porous position\, attentive to contradiction and change. Across a wide range of media\, from painting\, photography\, and sculpture\, to installation\, video\, performance\, and theater\, participating artists traverse cultural\, political\, intellectual\, and spiritual geographies that extend beyond national boundaries. The projects emerge through everyday acts\, materials\, and environments\, offering spatially expansive portraits of collective life in the present. \n  \nAbout the Visiting Artist Lecture Series\nThe Carnegie Mellon School of Art Lecture Series is made possible in part by Elizabeth (Thompson) and Thomas M. Cox (A’29) Distinguished Artists Funds\, Robert L. Lepper Distinguished Lecture in Creative Inquiry\, and Orville M. Winsand Lecture for Critical Studies. Carnegie Mellon makes every effort to provide accessible facilities and programs for individuals with disabilities. This publication can be made available in an alternate format upon request. For accommodations\, contact the School of Art at schoolofart@cmu.edu or 412.268.2409. Lecture and event details are subject to change or cancellation. \n\nSEE FULL SERIES\n\n  \nTop: Jonathan González\, Spectral Dances; Photo: Maria Baranova\nCenter: Rehearsals for Jonathan González\, The Strikebreakers\, 2026\, commissioned for the 59th Carnegie International; photos: Zachary Riggleman
URL:https://art.cmu.edu/event/jonathan-gonzalez-visiting-artist-lecture/
LOCATION:Kresge Theatre\, 4919 Frew Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Walter Scott: Visiting Artist Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by Carnegie Museum of Art and the CMU School of Art\nJoin us for an evening with artist Walter Scott as he shares an in-depth look at his practice and the works featured in If the word we: 59th Carnegie International. Lectures are free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n \n  \n\n    \n        \n            \n                \n                \n            \n        \n        \n    \n\n  \nAbout the Artist\nWalter Scott (born 1985\, Kahnawà:ke\, Canada; lives in Montreal\, Canada) is an interdisciplinary artist working across comics\, drawing\, video\, and installation. His comic series Wendy has been featured in Art in America\, ArtReview\, The New York Times\, and The New Yorker. Recent exhibitions include Reframed into Oblivion\, Naughton Gallery\, Belfast; Open Ended\, Painted Shut\, Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art; and Indian Theater\, Hessel Museum of Art\, Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York. His recently completed short film\, Organza’s Revenge\, has been presented at indieLisboa\, Lisbon; Vancouver International Film Festival; European Media Arts Festival\, Innsbruck\, Austria; ImagiNative Film Festival\, Toronto; and Available Light Film Festival\, Whitehorse\, Yukon. \n  \nFinding the Carnegie Museum of Art Theater\nThe theater is located on the ground floor of the Carnegie Museum of Art. From the main entrance of the museum\, head down the stairs to the right of the reception desk and the theater will be at the end of the corridor. If you are entering from the parking lot at the rear of the museum\, the theatre will be immediately to your right.   \n  \nAbout If the word we: 59th Carnegie International\nOn view May 2\, 2026\, through January 3\, 2027\nOrganized every four years by Carnegie Museum of Art\, the Carnegie International is the longest-running exhibition of international art in North America. The 59th edition is the most collaborative and far-reaching to date — a clear expression of the museum’s founding commitment to the art and artists of our time\, at once grounded in our locality and extending globally. Titled If the word we\, the 59th Carnegie International considers the first-person plural as an open and evolving proposition — one shaped by listening\, translation\, and transformation — bringing together artistic practices that engage shared experience\, circulation\, and worlds in transition. Drawing from a commissioned catalogue essay by writer Haytham el-Wardany\, the exhibition approaches “we” not as a unified subject but as a complex and porous position\, attentive to contradiction and change. Across a wide range of media\, from painting\, photography\, and sculpture\, to installation\, video\, performance\, and theater\, participating artists traverse cultural\, political\, intellectual\, and spiritual geographies that extend beyond national boundaries. The projects emerge through everyday acts\, materials\, and environments\, offering spatially expansive portraits of collective life in the present. \n  \nAbout the Visiting Artist Lecture Series\nThe Carnegie Mellon School of Art Lecture Series is made possible in part by Elizabeth (Thompson) and Thomas M. Cox (A’29) Distinguished Artists Funds\, Robert L. Lepper Distinguished Lecture in Creative Inquiry\, and Orville M. Winsand Lecture for Critical Studies. Carnegie Mellon makes every effort to provide accessible facilities and programs for individuals with disabilities. This publication can be made available in an alternate format upon request. For accommodations\, contact the School of Art at schoolofart@cmu.edu or 412.268.2409. Lecture and event details are subject to change or cancellation. \n\nSEE FULL SERIES\n\n  \nTop: Installation view of Walter Scott\, REALITY HAS LESS TO DO WITH ME THAN I THOUGHT (2026) in If the word we: 59th Carnegie International\, Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh (May 2\, 2026–January 3\, 2027); photo: Zachary Riggleman / Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh\nSlides 1&2: Installation view of Walter Scott\, EURO TRASH GIRL (2026) in If the word we: 59th Carnegie International\, Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh (May 2\, 2026–January 3\, 2027); photo: Zachary Riggleman / Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh
URL:https://art.cmu.edu/event/walter-scott-visiting-artist-lecture/
LOCATION:Carnegie Museum of Art Theater\, 4400 Forbes Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Jason Hirata: Visiting Artist Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by Carnegie Museum of Art and the CMU School of Art\nJoin us for an evening with artist Jason Hirata as he shares an in-depth look at his practice and the works featured in If the word we: 59th Carnegie International. Lectures are free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n \n  \nAbout the Artist\nJason Hirata (born 1986\, Seattle\, WA; lives in New Jersey) performs an artistic ambiguity that parallels his personal comfort with indirectness\, abstraction\, and indeterminacy. Artistically\, this invites interpretation. Psychologically\, it might function as defense\, avoidance of emotional exposure\, and dissociation. Intentional ambiguity can foster reflection and collective engagement\, but overuse of vagueness may impair clarity in personal relationships and professional collaboration. Role fluidity enables experimentation and boundary navigation\, but identity fusion may scuttle the definition of self and direct assertiveness. Hirata has shown at Ulrik\, New York; Fanta-MLN\, Milan; CCS Hessel Museum of Art\, Annandale-On-Hudson\, New York; Fluentum\, Berlin; Simian\, Copenhagen; Paid\, Seattle; Theta\, New York; The Wig\, Berlin; B. Beamesderfer Gallery\, Highland Park\, New Jersey; Billytown\, The Hague; Artists Space\, New York; 80WSE\, New York; Svetlana\, New York; Veronica\, Seattle\, and elsewhere. \n  \nFinding Kresge Theatre\nKresge Theatre is located in the College of Fine Arts building on the south end of CMU’s campus (near the Hunt Library). To find the theatre\, enter the College of Fine Arts building from the west (main) entrance closest to the College of Fine Arts Lawn. Street parking is available along Frew and Tech streets or in CMU’s East Campus Garage. \n  \nAbout If the word we: 59th Carnegie International\nOn view May 2\, 2026\, through January 3\, 2027\nOrganized every four years by Carnegie Museum of Art\, the Carnegie International is the longest-running exhibition of international art in North America. The 59th edition is the most collaborative and far-reaching to date — a clear expression of the museum’s founding commitment to the art and artists of our time\, at once grounded in our locality and extending globally. Titled If the word we\, the 59th Carnegie International considers the first-person plural as an open and evolving proposition — one shaped by listening\, translation\, and transformation — bringing together artistic practices that engage shared experience\, circulation\, and worlds in transition. Drawing from a commissioned catalogue essay by writer Haytham el-Wardany\, the exhibition approaches “we” not as a unified subject but as a complex and porous position\, attentive to contradiction and change. Across a wide range of media\, from painting\, photography\, and sculpture\, to installation\, video\, performance\, and theater\, participating artists traverse cultural\, political\, intellectual\, and spiritual geographies that extend beyond national boundaries. The projects emerge through everyday acts\, materials\, and environments\, offering spatially expansive portraits of collective life in the present. \n  \nAbout the Visiting Artist Lecture Series\nThe Carnegie Mellon School of Art Lecture Series is made possible in part by Elizabeth (Thompson) and Thomas M. Cox (A’29) Distinguished Artists Funds\, Robert L. Lepper Distinguished Lecture in Creative Inquiry\, and Orville M. Winsand Lecture for Critical Studies. Carnegie Mellon makes every effort to provide accessible facilities and programs for individuals with disabilities. This publication can be made available in an alternate format upon request. For accommodations\, contact the School of Art at schoolofart@cmu.edu or 412.268.2409. Lecture and event details are subject to change or cancellation. \n\nSEE FULL SERIES\n\n \nImage: Jason Hirata (2021)\, courtesy of the artist
URL:https://art.cmu.edu/event/jason-hirata-visiting-artist-lecture/
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CATEGORIES:Lectures
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