Seen+Heard: Winter 2024

Kamins Sponsor Free Day at Science Center

More than 4,000 visitors enjoyed free admission to Carnegie Science Center on September 1, thanks to the generosity of Dan and Carole Kamin. The free day also provided an opportunity to recognize the Kamin family for their transformational $65 million gift to the Science Center, announced in January.

Historical Marker Recognizes Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris

The late Charles “Teenie” Harris, one of the most prolific documentarians of African American life in the 20th century, was recognized on September 27 with a state historical marker outside his home in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood. Visitors to Carnegie Museum of Art now have unprecedented access to the Teenie Harris archives in the museum’s new gallery dedicated to Harris.

Charles “Teenie” Harris, Charles “Teenie” Harris’ brick house at 7604 Mulford Street, with striped canvas awning over porch, Homewood, Heinz Family Fund, © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive

Dispatches From Borneo

Photo: Kara Fikse

In October, Jennifer Sheridan traveled halfway around the world on her latest research trip to the rainforests of Borneo. The associate curator of amphibians and reptiles at Carnegie Museum of Natural History spent two weeks trekking through rainforests and crossing streams to record frog calls, collect specimens, and gather data to better understand the impact of humans on biodiversity. Meanwhile, people 9,500 miles away in Pittsburgh followed Sheridan’s adventures via a pair of livestream events, and even played a game of “Borneo Frog Bingo” to track the different species she encountered.

2024 Davey Awards

The Andy Warhol Museum’s boutique production studio, The Warhol Creative, was honored with several Davey Awards, which recognize films produced by smaller creative agencies. A 30-second- long advertisement for the Miami City Ballet’s production of Swan Lake took home Best in Show, and The Warhol Creative also won awards for a mini-documentary about The Andy Warhol Museum’s 30th anniversary, and another for the Miami City Ballet’s Nutcracker Nation.

“The first step to change is to have an idea of what you want those changes to be.” 

Ron Idoko, associate director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Center on Race and Social Problems, announcing the second annual “Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh” initiative, a call for diverse art co-organized by Carnegie Museums