McPherson works in the urban-realist tradition, producing finely detailed, beautifully atmospheric ...

McPherson works in the urban-realist tradition, producing finely detailed, beautifully atmospheric renderings of urban and industrial environments. His preference for urban subjects and unpopulated shadowy night scenes is reminiscent of both the early 20th century Ashcan School of mid-century film noir. This exhibition expands upon McPherson's existing Pittsburgh-related works with new works in graphite and pastel.

A couple who seemingly has it all is forced to confront ...

A couple who seemingly has it all is forced to confront the ultimate loss. Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire balances honesty with humor, and tragedy with hope in this moving, five time Tony Award-nominated play exploring a family's journey out of darkness after their lives are suddenly and irrevocably changed.

The exhibition will include works completed by the Bachelor of Fine ...

The exhibition will include works completed by the Bachelor of Fine Arts students from the Department of Art.

Perhaps no other era can boast music so unabashedly upbeat and ...

Perhaps no other era can boast music so unabashedly upbeat and distinctive as that from the 1950s.  It’s time for the RCBB to revisit the ever-popular sounds from that remarkable time in American history.

Two married couples perform a dizzy dance of stylish steps and ...

Two married couples perform a dizzy dance of stylish steps and changing partners in this clever and literate romp directed last summer by Tracy Brigden at the legendary Westport Country Playhouse. Variety said this “delightful comedy…goes straight to the snappy lines, epigrammatic observations and libidinous foolishness.”

Curated by Dr. Sharif Bey of Winston Salem State University, a ...

Curated by Dr. Sharif Bey of Winston Salem State University, a Pittsburgh native, this exhibition presents vessels, sculptures and installation art by nine African American ceramic artists who are from or reside in Pittsburgh or Philadelphia.  The cultural history of these artists and clay's potential to inform their personal excavations of identity are explored through a broad range of processes and techniques. Several of the artists employ traditional African ceramics processes and hand-building techniques, and draw from their interests in African rituals, African design and symbolism, slave narratives and folklore.  

A bel canto vehicle for Laura Claycomb and Vivica Genaux. Claycomb, ...

A bel canto vehicle for Laura Claycomb and Vivica Genaux. Claycomb, the superb coloratura, is Giulietta opposite the astounding mezzo Genaux in a pants role as Romeo. Thor Steingraber directs his L. A. opera production. Antony Walker conducts.

Curated by Douglas Fogle, the show focuses on the increasingly relevant ...

Curated by Douglas Fogle, the show focuses on the increasingly relevant question of what it means to be human in the world today. Foregoing any universal answers to this question, the artists in the exhibition investigate particular aspects of the human condition, moving along paths that are both introspective and worldly while poetically traversing the dramatic spectrum from tragedy to comedy. The question, "Is there life on Mars?" is a rhetorical one, posed in the face of a world in which increasingly accelerating global events—political, social, natural, and economic—seem to challenge and threaten to overtake our most basic forms of everyday existence.

The exhibition features 24 abstract paintings by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian ...

The exhibition features 24 abstract paintings by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (1872 – 1944), including many never shown before in the US. Mondrian’s best known paintings offer a view of abstractions and rigid forms consisting of primarily rectangular shapes of red, yellow, blue, or black, separated by thick, black, rectilinear lines.

Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts announce the 2008 ...

Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts announce the 2008 Biennial, an exhibit of contemporary art.  With the merger of the two organizations providing expanded resources, the 2008 Biennial presents a continuum of visual arts from still to moving images, as disciplines converge.  Encompassing both campuses of PF/PCA, the exhibit includes two new components – a cinema program and a series of art performances.