In
Praise of Luke Swank
With its new exhibition, Luke Swank: Modernist
Photographer, Carnegie Museum of Art hopes to
re-establish the Johnstown native’s role
in photographic history. By Christine H. O’Toole
Mission
on The Hill A three-year collaboration
between Carnegie Science Center and Pittsburgh’s
Hill House has been filling a critical void
in the lives of some Hill District youth. And
now, with additional funding and an expanded
curriculum, more kids will benefit. By Leslie Vincen
AIDS
and Art Twenty years ago, after losing
so many of its own to AIDS, the U.S. arts community
used its own clout and creativity to fight a
disease that at the time had no voice and very
little public understanding. By Jane-Ellen Robinet
Mars
Matters We finally made it to the
red planet, and every year we learn more about
its similarities to Earth. But does it really
matter? Scientists say yes, and a new Buhl Planetarium
show about Mars is coming in 2006. By Christine H. O’Toole