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Call for applications 2024: MFA program in Art Photography at Syracuse University.

Following a five-month, nationwide search, the Mattress Factory found its next executive director close to home. David Oresick, the current executive director and chief curator of Silver Eye Center for Photography, will begin his new role May 16 at the contemporary installation art museum in Pittsburgh’s North Side. ”David exemplified

The Mattress Factory has chosen a new executive director, and the name might be familiar to those in the Pittsburgh arts community. The North Side...

Vanessa and Diane (2016). Courtesy of Silver Eye. For a decade and a half, an annual survey called the Black List has highlighted Hollywood executives’ favorite unproduced screenplays in the industry, staking a reputation as a wellspring of up-and-coming writing talent. Black List alumni have gone on to pocket Oscars, partner with iconic directors, and otherwise sculpt the zeitgeist. Now, a small non-profit art space in Pittsburgh called Silver Eye is adopting the idea to create a similar ...

Courtesy of Mikael Owunna A photo by Mikael Owunna, a Pittsburgh-based artist included in the Silver List of exceptional upcoming artists, compiled by Silver Eye Center for Photography in partnership with the Black List and Carnegie Mellon University.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A Carnegie Mellon University student’s combined interests in photography and data science led to creation of the Silver Lis...

For more than 15 years the Black List, founded by Vanity Fair contributor Franklin Leonard, has featured the most-loved unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, and put spotlights on future hits like The King’s Speech, Juno, Looper, and many more. But can the Black List model of encouraging up-and-coming talent be recreated outside of Hollywood? The inaugural Silver List is ready to find out. Launched this year by the Silver Eye Center for Photography, in partnership with Carnegie Mellon Unive...