Shirley McMarlin | Tribune-Review
Art materials belonging to artist Jan Pini of Venetia, a participant in the recent winter paint-out hosted by the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art-Ligonier Valley.
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Revisit the royal wedding of Prince William and Duchess Kate reimagined as a “fantastical dreamscape,” or plan now to attend an old-fashioned, foot-stompin’ Pittsburgh St. Paddy’s Day party.
Check out some online music or theater, satisfy your creative urges by signing up for an art class, or head to Ligonier to buy some frame-ready art.
A new grant program of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council (GPAC) will provide up to $2,000 to support Western Pennsylvania teaching artists and arts educators seeking career training and other
• Reality and roast: Upcoming online shows from Arcade Comedy Theater include:
• An American Roast, 9 p.m. Friday on YouTube. The roast game show will poke fun at the nation’s history.
• The Latchkey Kids: Reality Still Bites, 9 p.m. Saturday on YouTube Live. The monthly Arcade improv show will be an ally-production of Black History Month with special guests, musicians and improv inspired by the 1990s.
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• Sky’s the limit: Pittsburgh writer and skyscraper tour guide Mark Houser will give a Zoom lecture on “America’s Best Antique Skyscrapers” at 6 p.m. Thursday, hosted by Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. Houser will share his own photos of Beaux-Arts features of high-rises around the country, along with details about the early millionaires who commissioned them.
Courtesy of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
Yvonne Hudson leads a Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council artist workshop (photo taken pre-covid-19)
Courtesy of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
Yvonne Hudson leads a Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council artist workshop (photo taken pre-covid-19)
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The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council has created the Teaching Artists Opportunity Grant to benefit arts educators in Western Pennsylvania.
It will provide up to $2,000 per artist for continued learning and professional development.
According to a survey by the council, more than 40% of artists earn income from teaching in K-12 schools or through other partnerships. Previous grant opportunities did not include teaching artists, said Kristen Wishon, director of communications for council.
Courtesy of Bekezela Mguni
Detail from “Uses of the Erotic In Honor of Audrey Lorde,” by Bekezela Mguni, featured in “202021: a new constellation.”
Courtesy of Shori Sims
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Pittsburgh-based fashion designer Tereneh Idia says she’s been thinking about constellations since visiting the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
“I’ve been obsessed with the idea of how constellations are made and how we identify constellations in space,” she said. “I saw that there are peoples of these countries that we now call America that saw the darkness in the sky as constellations, as well as the lights.”