Open Figure Drawing Sessions

CFA Room 308 4919 Frew St, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Fall 2025 Sessions Held 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. All sessions take place from 6:00 to 8:30 PM in…

What’s in the Fridge? MFA Presentation Night 2025

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

Please join the MFA cohort for its annual Research and Practice Presentation Night. Free and open to the public. Back in person after several years in a virtual format, this annual event showcases 5-minute talks from every MFA candidate. Hear from first-years as they share the ideas driving their work, and see how second- and…

Artist Public Lecture: Sharmistha Ray

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

Join us for a public talk, titled “Resident Alien,” by Sharmistha Ray, Estella Loomis McCandless Assistant Professor of Art, followed by a Q&A.

Pittsburgh Art Book Fair 2025

Carnegie Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Join this free celebration of printed matter featuring over 60 local, national, and international exhibitors.

ICA Pittsburgh Symposium

Carnegie Museum of Art Theater 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Join us for a keynote presentation by Elizabeth Chodos, Founder & Director, Institute for Contemporary Art Pittsburgh, followed by a moderated panel discussion.

Visiting Artist Public Lecture: Everest Pipkin

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

Join us for a public talk with artist Everest Pipkin, a 2018 MFA graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Art and previous Visiting Assistant Professor of Art.

Open Studios 2025

College of Fine Arts 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, United States

The Carnegie Mellon University School of Art presents Open Studios 2025 “Enter the Clouds,” where artists open their doors high up into the sky for anyone below to explore. Join us Friday, December 5 from 6 to 9 pm for this annual tradition in the College of Fine Arts (3rd and 4th floors) and the…

Visiting Scholar Public Lecture: Claire Bishop

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

Join us for a public talk, titled “Ancestral Avant-Gardes: Contemporary Art and Mongrel Spirituality,” by visiting art critic Claire Bishop.