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Carnegie Magazine / Page 15

Category: Carnegie Magazine

Connecting with what matters most: each other

“Many kids don’t naturally see themselves in the museum, but when you bring the museum staff to their school and there is a multiple-day connection—it’s like, ‘hey, we can connect

Painting of a man's face using broad brush strokes.

Art in the Time of Crisis

By Barbara Klein

Through expressions of grief, fear, and rage, how artists have helped us make sense of past pandemics.

Custodian J.W. Williams, who has worked at Carnegie Museums for 38 years, sanitizes the handrail leading up to the Scaife Galleries at Carnegie Museum of Art.

The Caretakers

By Julie Hannon

From conservators to custodians, a small and nimble team of museum staff kept Carnegie Museums’ treasures—and each other—safe during the extended COVID-19 closure.

photo of Don Mahaney in Scratch Food & Beverage in the Troy Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

Good Neighbors

Text and photography by Joshua Franzos

Inspired by one of Pittsburgh’s most famous neighbors, a photographer captures his city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A sampling of colorful protective masks.

Making Community

By Cristina Rouvalis

Four Pittsburgh-based creatives give back to their community while finding innovative ways to cope with a drastically changed world.

A portrait of Tim Pierce

Q+A: Tim Pearce

By Cristina Rouvalis

In conversation with the head of mollusks at Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

A man removing a bird from a net used to catch birds for banding.

In Service of Science

By Julie Hannon

One donor fell so hard for Powdermill Nature Reserve that she’s spent decades helping to propel it forward.

A teen and a mentor working on a project.

Learning, Together

By Kate Benz

Carnegie Science Center pairs local high schoolers with STEM professionals in a program designed to teach both new skills.

Portrait ohoto fo Elizabeth Tufts Brown standing in art storage area.

History’s Keeper

By Julie Hannon

For more than two decades, Elizabeth Tufts Brown has stewarded the fascinating and sometimes unwieldy archives of Carnegie Museum of Art.

Illustration of 2 human figures connecting in various ways.

Connectedness

By Stephen J. Tonsor, the Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Interim Director, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

We are for and of each other.

Small crowd gathered outside Studio Dee, WHOD radio station

At Home with Teenie

By Julie Hannon

Pittsburgh and the work of its preeminent photojournalist go prime time in the Scaife Galleries.

A woman outside looking at a plant and a man standing next to her writing in a notebookk.

The Brave New World of Botany

By Jason Bittel

Carnegie Museum botanists are using a centuries-old plant collection to provide novel insights into the globe’s most pressing environmental issues.

A battle scene of a downed airplane with soldiers nearby

War at a Side-glance

By Elizabeth Hoover

Artist An-My Lê, who lived through the Vietnam War, focuses her lens on the intricacies of armed conflict.

A closeup of Candy Darling

A Feminine Force

By Cristina Rouvalis

Women and femmes, integral in the making of Andy Warhol, take center stage.