Visual Knowledge
September 28, 2023
Charlie Taylor —
My work with the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh this summer brought me into contact with living Pittsburgh artists, but also...
September 18, 2023
Vuk Vuković —
Wen-Ying Tsai in his studio at the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies, 1968–1971. Photo: Center for Advanced Visual Studies...
May 9, 2023
Eindra Lin —
How does an organization contend with its rich history while continuing to be the foremost proponent of its contemporary and...
May 9, 2023
Audrey Desnain —
When I first discovered the sculptures at Hartwood Acres, I didn’t know anything about abstract expressionist sculptures from the...
May 9, 2023
Layne Shaffer —
Who is Jack Youngerman? Who is David Von Schlegell? These were the simple – yet important– questions posed at the beginning of my...
May 9, 2023
Maggie Shaheen —
As a museum studies and anthropology major, I never envisioned myself spending so much time in the School of Public Health this...
May 9, 2023
Lily Heistand —
Material culture is a foundational element in creating identity in communities, big and small. Living my whole life in Pittsburgh...
May 9, 2023
Nate Madden —
Gertrude Quastler led a life that I thought could only exist in stories. She nearly died in her twenties from tuberculosis,...
May 9, 2023
Elizabeth Dragus —
In our world today, it is easy to imagine a material like plastic will be around forever. Plastic waste is one of the top reasons...
May 9, 2023
Chrislynn Brownlee —
During my academic career as a University of Pittsburgh undergrad, I have taken many art classes that have allowed me to analyze...
May 9, 2023
Toni Brayo —
In the historic Mexican War Streets in the North Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh, a quaint art gallery occupies the corner of...
May 9, 2023
Samantha Bonawitz —
Jonas Salk’s development of the polio vaccine in 1954 went on to impact people around the world, from Buenos Aires to Los Angeles...
May 9, 2023
Jenna Anderson —
For a long time, I used to see natural history museums as spaces perpetually frozen in time, purposefully organized so that...
December 12, 2022
Angela Nolan —
In my work at the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP), I have contributed to this organization's unique perspective on the...
December 12, 2022
Pierce Mitchell —
This semester I had the opportunity to work at the University Art Gallery, also known as the UAG, where I was able to create my...
December 12, 2022
Irene Castillo —
Beelzebub, the fish with human teeth, looked even more horrifying in the histogram in the computer. Moving the Eva to make it...
April 19, 2022
Lydia Bailey —
Every week, hundreds of students filter in and out of the Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Building. Rushing to and from class, most...
April 18, 2022
Carson Sanov —
This semester I worked with independent curator Hannah Turpin to help digitize Marty O'Brien's private art collection. My main...
March 24, 2022
Lily Brewer —
Since the detonation of the Trinity Test in July 1945, the scientific and cultural consequences of weapons testing in the United...
December 8, 2021
Brianna Stellini —
This semester I worked at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in the Anthropology department under the supervision of Dr. Lisa...
December 7, 2021
Helena Hyziak —
While normal museum work takes place in back rooms, working to create the perfect in person exhibition context to display ...
December 6, 2021
Kaitlin Lloyd —
There’s an expression that ‘the calm comes before the storm,’ but I would like to propose that it is changed to ‘the calm comes...
December 6, 2021
Jamie Roncinske —
Museum experiences are different for everyone. That is part of what makes a museum such an important venue of culture: where you ...
April 21, 2021
Danielle Baxter —
I interned at the University of Pittsburgh’s Art Gallery (UAG) under the guidance of Dr. Sylvia Rhor Samaniego, the Director and...
April 21, 2021
Delia Franklin —
I was not sure what to expect when I began my internship at the Mattress Factory in the Greer Lankton Digitization Project in...