Event MFA

Immutable Stage: MFA Exhibition

Miller ICA, Purnell Center for the Arts 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Created within the current political tumult, new works by the 2018 CMU School of Art MFA candidates examine pop culture fantasies of entertainment, capital, and collapse.

Talya Petrillo: Emotional (Re)location

Powder Room 201 N Braddock Ave, #209, Pittsburgh, United States

Emotional (Re)location, a solo exhibition by MFA Candidate Talya Petrillo, uses sentimentality and satire to question the mental space of loss, acceptance and moments of insanity.

It’s A Long Story I’ll Save For Later

Powder Room 201 N Braddock Ave, #209, Pittsburgh, United States

"It's A Long Story I'll Save For Later," a solo exhibition by MFA Candidate Paper Buck, traverses the former homesites of his (post-) Irish Catholic family across backwoods Pennsylvania and Southwestern Ireland.

Jamison Edgar: PERV

Powder Room 201 N Braddock Ave, #209, Pittsburgh, United States

New paintings and sculptures by first year MFA candidate Jamison Edgar celebrate the queer desires embedded within childhood fantasy and curiosity.

Tsohil Bhatia: [ ]

Powder Room 201 N Braddock Ave, #209, Pittsburgh, United States

is an elaboration through sculptural objects on the fullness of 'nothing'. Tsohil Bhatia MFA '20 brings together mundane, quotidian images observed over mediation in a domestic space.

Something Nothing

Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry CFA 111, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

"Something Nothing" is a presentation of papers by first year MFA candidates.

Michael Charles Neumann: Shadow and Dust

Powder Room 201 N Braddock Ave, #209, Pittsburgh, United States

"Shadow and Dust" is the first presentation of artistic research by Michael Charles Neumann MFA'20. Tracing bodies in a mixed reality performance, Michael investigates resistance, failure, time, and embodiment.

EXQUISITE

Powder Room 201 N Braddock Ave, #209, Pittsburgh, United States

Taking its name form the surrealist game, exquisite corpse, "EXQUISITE" is a week long collaboration exhibition featuring eight artist from the Carnegie Mellon and Pittsburgh community.

Nick Crockett: Friends in Low Places

Powder Room 201 N Braddock Ave, #209, Pittsburgh, United States

In celebration of the 97th anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain, Powder Room presents new scenes from MFA candidate Nick Crockett's ongoing project.

There’s More Than One Way to Spin a Cat

Kresge Theatre 4919 Frew Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Join the School of Art MFA Candidate for 5 minute presentations about their research and practice.