Environment
January 12, 2024
Author: Mercedes Pérez-Shillington
“Your job is really cool but you're like really dusty,” a child says to me. They are right, working on the open dioramas for “...
January 10, 2024
Author: Jon Krippe
Jon Krippe, Museum Studies intern at the University Art Gallery, Fall 2023
What do an influential Caribbean novel, a...
January 9, 2024
Author: Sarah El-Hefnawy
Intern at the O’Brien Foundation for American Art - Fall 2023
As a Museum Studies student at Pitt, I only saw career options...
January 9, 2024
Author: Molly Holz
This fall I did my internship through the Nationality Rooms, located in the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh...
January 9, 2024
Author: Emma Whittaker
Interning with the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP) this semester has allowed me to learn more about local artists and...
January 9, 2024
Author: Emma Carpenter
Museum Studies (Editorial) Intern at Bunker Review - Fall 2023
As an editorial intern at Bunker Review, an influential online...
January 9, 2024
Author: Ella Fosse
Museum Studies Intern at Hillman Archives and Special Collections – Fall 2023
This fall semester, I was given the opportunity...
January 9, 2024
Author: Bea Palonder
Museum Studies Intern at the Senator John Heinz History Center – Fall 2023
I was very fortunate that my experience at the...
January 9, 2024
Author: Ashley Choi
Museum Studies intern at the University Art Gallery
Walking into the Frick Fine Arts building, I couldn’t help but be...
January 9, 2024
Author: Allison Lamonica
Education Intern at the Mattress Factory – Fall 2023
When I was younger, I wanted to be an art teacher because I enjoyed...
January 9, 2024
Author: Abby Dzwik
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History – Fall 2023
My experience at the Carnegie Museum of Natural...
September 28, 2023
Author: Layne Shaffer
Fine Foundation Summer Fellow at the Office of Public Art, 2023
Standing in green fields with the woods and wind surrounding...
September 25, 2023
Author: Audrey Desnain
Most people associate Hartwood Acres with its mansion, amphitheater, and large network of wooded trails. Fewer people go to...
September 18, 2023
Author: Layne Shaffer
Fine Foundation Summer Fellow at the Office of Public Art, 2023
Standing in green fields with the woods and wind surrounding...
May 3, 2023
Author: Samantha Wert
At the center of the Allegheny Landing site are “Piazza Lavoro” and “Mythic Source”, two sculptures created by Ned Smyth, a New...
December 12, 2022
Author: Celia Maiers Cubas
When walking through a museum, have you ever wondered what it would be like to climb into and touch the displays? Well, during my...
May 3, 2022
Author: Elijah Cordrey
During my time with the department in the Spring 2022 semester, I received hands-on training in the collection process while...
April 19, 2022
Author: Gabby Lynch
A first internship can be daunting – a new environment with new people and different expectations. The Carnegie Science Center...
December 7, 2021
Author: Angela Koontz
The traveling exhibit What Natured Destroyed, It Also Preserved - POMPEII: The Exhibition arrived at the Carnegie Science Center...
December 6, 2021
Author: Rebecca Fitzharris
Walking down any street in Pittsburgh you can see trash cans scattered along the sidewalks. People discard materials into these...
December 6, 2021
Author: Jennifer Kandray
As the Hampton Hall Condominiums in North Oakland approaches its centennial anniversary marking the breaking of ground for the...
December 6, 2021
Author: Yara Makasakit
Though environmental conservation may seem like just another passing trend, the idea of protecting wildlife has been around for...
April 20, 2021
Author: Raina Holt
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has a wide array of departments. Over the course of my internship, I provided research for...
November 20, 2020
Author: Marisol Villela Balderrama
As the Teaching Fellow for Pitt’s course Arts and Politics in Modern Latin America (HAA0520), I participated in the class’s first...
November 18, 2020
Author: Isaac Pleta
I surely don't have to express how strange this year is, but I would like to discuss how important social media and virtual...
October 31, 2020
Author: Sahar S. Hosseini
In the past few months, I have been researching and reading about Pittsburgh and its minority neighborhoods. The drive behind...
April 20, 2020
Author: Kelli Slogan
Though people walk by public works of art every day, information about them is often not easily accessible to the average...
April 20, 2020
Author: Christina Hansen
When exploring the hallowed halls of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, guests might expect to find themselves enraptured by...
April 14, 2020
Author: Erin Patrick
Humans shape the world in more ways than you think. Spraying your hairspray every morning can have a direct impact on the quality...
April 26, 2019
Museum Studies Intern at the University Art Gallery - Spring 2019My semester-long internship with the University Art Gallery...
February 2, 2017
In the Fall semester of 2016, I started training potential Itinera contributors outside the post of project manager. These...
November 14, 2016
Since starting on Itinera, I've focused on Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, an 18th-Century aristocrat and poet. Specifically, I focus...
May 23, 2016
Our workshop ended on Friday the 13th with a beautiful day at the Carnegie Library of Braddock with the artist collective...
November 6, 2015
This blog post was created in the context of our Methods class in which we (Sarah, Jackie, Clarisse) are working on the notion of...
March 26, 2015
With generous support from the Dean of Graduate Studies, ten HA&A graduate students (Maria Castro, Nicole Coffineau, Clarisse...
March 17, 2015
CAA has produced the pamphlet, "Code of Best Practices for Fair Use for the Visual Arts." It is clear, concise, and direct. Do read...
October 1, 2014
For those of you who weren't at the Agency meeting on Sept 28, we decided that we would take up the challenge offered by Barbara to...
September 6, 2014
I took four undergrads to the Flight 93 Memorial today, three of them TAs in my 1010 course and one of them my daughter. The fields...