21+ hour, 4+ min ago   (455+ words) Textile artist Rachel Weinblum contributed to the Pennsylvania panel in the “America’s Tapestry” exhibition at Seton Hill University, but was still taken aback to see it on display during the show’s opening on Sunday. “It’s wonderful to see them all,…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (596+ words) Tomas Ives’s first impression of Pittsburgh is that it’s a welcoming community. He’s also struck by how the city has transformed from a steel town into an innovative hub focused on technology, medicine and education. Those ideas, the Chilean artist…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (499+ words) A new piece of artwork is starting to grow people’s interest in the Sharpsburg Community Garden. Shaler artist Oreen Cohen, with assistance from borough public works, recently installed a pollinator sculpture in the garden along Main Street behind the Sharpsburg…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (182+ words) A Penn Township photographer has been accepted into the inaugural International Nature Photography Competition & Exhibition in Maryland. Joe Allen, of Penn Township’s Harrison City neighborhood, was admitted to the exhibit for his photograph “The Bird Tree.” The exhibition will open…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (498+ words) The swirling multicolor art installation on the pavement of Downtown Pittsburgh’s Strawberry Way will be replaced with a new design next month. This marks the fourth iteration of public art on the pedestrian-only roadway since the nonprofit Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (625+ words) Maxwell King has brought local luminaries Fred Rogers and John Kane to vivid life on the page in recent years with his biographies. His newest book, published on Tuesday, highlights early 20th-century industrial artist Aaron Harry Gorson. “Fire in the…...