Will Taylor: The End of the Rainbow

Ellis Gallery School of Art 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

The imagery depicted in the artwork was created through memories, photo and video documentation, objects collected from the ruins, and abstract representations of experiences we shared at the Rainbow Lounge, in addition to the fire that destroyed it.

Erin Mallea: Maintaining Utopia

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

In 2017, Erin Mallea spent three months at Old Economy Village (OEV) a regional museum and historic site to learn more about the living history of historic maintenance.

STUDIO Lecture: Gene Kogan

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

Gene Kogan is an artist and a programmer who is interested in generative systems, artificial intelligence, and software for creativity and self-expression.

Lecture Series: Allison Smith

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

Allison Smith takes an expansive view of sculpture, combining social practice, performance, and traditional crafts to examine how American history has been constructed and how it may be revised, retold, and reinterpreted.

Lecture Series: Cristóbal Martínez

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

Cristóbal Martínez's work seeks to reveal the vexing nature of our complex memories, amnesias, behaviors, beliefs, assumptions, choices, and relationships to create experiences that move beyond the human instinct to simplify.

Miller Gallery Talk: Faith Wilding

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

On the occasion of her first retrospective exhibition, join artist Faith Wilding for a talk at the Miller Gallery at 5:00pm followed by a reception from 6:00 to 8:00pm.

Nick Crockett: The Sun Lies Heavy

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

"The Sun Lies Heavy" is an exhibition by MFA Candidate of new scenes from an ongoing project presenting an alternative history of coal mingled with myths of forgotten forests, crawling proto-reptiles, and chthonic infernos as real-time virtual puppet theater.

Chantal Striepe: Here Somewhere There

Ellis Gallery School of Art 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

This exhibition presents a singular representation of the boundaries of the human mind and body with regards to being present, aware, and mindful through the use and unspoken restrictions of materiality and other formal components of the installation works.

Lecture Series: Dread Scott

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

Dread Scott works in a range of media including performance, photography, screen-printing, and video, challenging viewers to reexamine unifying ideals and values of American society, often by focusing on African American experience.

Angela Washko Plays “The Game: The Game”

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

To coincide with her current solo exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image and the online release of "The Game: The Game," Professor Angela Washko will discuss the multi-year research process behind her pick-up artist dating simulator.