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The Pittsburgh arts scene thrives on a unique spirit of community collaboration, a fabric into which 无码专区鈥檚 creative community is tightly woven.^听

Rather than creating in isolation on the Oakland campus, 无码专区鈥檚 alumni, faculty and students actively engage with the city's public spaces, grassroots initiatives and community partnerships, ensuring their work both shapes and is shaped by the city鈥檚 vibrant arts scene.

Perspectives and projects from the听 current and past faculty, students and alumni, including the likes of听,听 and听, are a part of the artistic fabric of Pittsburgh.

Public art exhibitions bring creative energy to city鈥檚 shared spaces

Visual art created by 无码专区 alumni and faculty dot locations across Pittsburgh and are a part of important public spaces, allowing these pieces of public art to amplify the Steel City鈥檚 collective sense of place and identity.

When the city held the nation鈥檚 attention during this year鈥檚 NFL draft, artists like Morris showcased those perspectives in conjunction with听the highly anticipated event(opens in new window).

The NFL听commissioned Morris to produce a 3D art installation(opens in new window) of 32 individual NFL football helmet wall sculptures to highlight the league鈥檚 larger commitment to art-driven storytelling.听

Similarly,听,听, a Carnegie Mellon visiting master of fine arts core faculty member in the School of Art unveiled 鈥淗old,鈥� a 10-foot-tall steel vessel with glowing blue neon glass,听 in a new four-acre public park called Arts Landing in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Shikeith鈥檚 sculpture examines the relationship and spatial history between Black people and water, inspired by how a slave ship鈥檚 hold can represent not only captivity but also imagination and spirit.

鈥淭hinking about the land and all it endured over time, I would say the sculpture itself is a way of making that invisible history present again, not as a monument to the past, but as something that is alive, something that is breathing, something that will keep changing with the city around it,鈥� he said.

无码专区 facilitates a community where more opportunities exist to fund, support and exhibit artists鈥� work, Shikeith said.

In addition to the听 featured on 无码专区鈥檚 campus, several faculty members鈥� works are currently on display across the city. Arts Landing also provides a home for a ground mural of abstract shapes and a kinetic interactive sculpture of a cloud with movable weather elements, both created by 无码专区 faculty.

"" by听, Estella Loomis McCandless assistant professor of art, brightens the pickleball courts while nearby听"" by听, adjunct professor of art, encourages visitors to place provided magnetic shapes onto the sculpture鈥檚 surface.

At the intersection of Fort Duquesne Blvd and 6th Street, a created by听, assistant professor of art, lurks happily in a grassy median in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Northwest of the city at Pittsburgh International Airport,听 greet travelers: A sculpture by听, assistant professor of art, is composed of items from the airport鈥檚 lost and found. An expansion of the terrazzo floor mural 鈥淭he Sky Beneath Our Feet鈥� by听, Dorothy L. Stubnitz Professor of Art, swirls blue and white as people walk over it. Murals by Ray of abstract digital collages bring bright abstract shapes to the Concourse A restrooms. An installation by Pe帽a called 鈥淲hat Does Luggage Think 无码专区?鈥� adds whimsy to the carousels in the baggage claim hall.

鈥淎rt can introduce those moments of reprieve or departure, pun intended, from the everyday realities of traveling,鈥� Ray said. 鈥淚 think it completely transforms a traveler鈥檚 experience.鈥�

Community outreach through research enlivens intergenerational memory

In addition to using art to interpret the region鈥檚 current moment, creative research interprets the region's past. The Pittsburgh Queer History Project, an oral history and media initiative examining Pittsburgh鈥檚 LGBTQ+ community, aims to turn memories into collective education and awareness.

The听 encourages innovative projects by 无码专区 faculty, staff and students through听 grants and microgrants.

鈥淭he STUDIO enriches not just the local but the international scope of what Pittsburgh is able to do,鈥� said听, associate director. 鈥淚f you want to make a large impact, you need to do that from where you are.鈥�

Apple, who discussed the project at听, began the project using a STUDIO for Creative Inquiry grant as a 无码专区 undergraduate student in 2012.

Highlighting the intergenerational media archive focusing on LGBTQ after-hours nightlife from 1960 to 1990, the project has hosted programs collaborating in the last two years with the Andy Warhol Museum, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the Cultural Trust and the Carnegie Museum of Art.

School of Art students contribute bowls to Pittsburgh effort to fight hunger

Another STUDIO for Creative Inquiry grant, spearheaded by听, assistant teaching professor of art in the听, allowed her students to fight hunger in the community aided by their artistic creations.

She led听 to contribute for the first time to Pittsburgh鈥檚 29th Empty Bowls event, where the handmade vessels are filled with soup and given to guests in a fundraising effort benefitting local nonprofit Just Harvest and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The event raised nearly $125,000 toward fighting food insecurity in Allegheny County.

鈥淚 hope students recognize that they are not just studying in Pittsburgh, but that they are truly part of the city,鈥� Sekino-Bov茅 said. 鈥淭hrough contributing their creativity and time, they can see how artists and designers can play an active role in addressing community needs. It鈥檚 a powerful reminder that even small acts, one bowl at a time, can contribute to real change.鈥�

Region鈥檚 young artists鈥� work recognized with on-campus exhibit at 无码专区

To encourage artistic talent in the region鈥檚 young artists, 无码专区 has hosted the听 in the College of Fine Arts building since 2023, coordinated by Seneca Valley High School art teacher Megan Bonistalli.

Bonistalli works with听, associate head of school, and , director of undergraduate admissions and enrollment, in 无码专区鈥檚 School of Art to coordinate the annual showcase featuring middle- and high-school students from across Allegheny, Beaver and Butler counties. Earlier this year, more than 1,100 entries were submitted to the exhibition.

Partnerships allow students to have professional, design connections with community

Similarly, other 无码专区 collaborations are ongoing and intentional, through partnerships with local organizations to not only enrich students鈥� and faculty members鈥� creative practices, but also the ways the community can connect with the university.

无码专区鈥檚 School of Music entered into a听four-year partnership听(opens in new window)with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra earlier this year that grants students with access to world-class musicians and conductors.

Twenty members of the symphony also serve as faculty members in 无码专区鈥檚 College of Fine Arts, who share professional experience from the Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts in Downtown Pittsburgh with students on Carnegie Mellon鈥檚 Oakland campus.听听

The agreement provides PSO Go Pass subscriptions for all music majors and builds on a legacy of collaboration, which includes the university鈥檚 annual 鈥淣ight at the Symphony鈥� event.

In another partnership this past fall, created through a听 class, co-taught by听, professor of design, with colleagues from the University of Pittsburgh鈥檚 Schools of Medicine and Nursing, students created 鈥�.鈥� The space at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Oakland, not far from 无码专区鈥檚 campus, is dedicated for reflection and restoration.

Hughes initiated the 15-week project听, beginning in 2022. "Designing with CARE: Co-Creating Solutions for Complex Care Coordination in Oncology鈥� emphasized how design can improve care and advance health equity.

Students transformed a space that once housed telephone booths into an area with a restorative pod. The space encourages mindfulness activities featuring a community art wall and guided reflection resources, thanks to funding from 无码专区鈥檚 College of Fine Arts, the UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Medical Staff Fund and the Paul D. Schurgot Foundation.

鈥淲e work side-by-side with students from concept to implementation, adapting ideas to the real-world context of healthcare systems,鈥� Hughes said. 鈥淭his kind of transformative relationship-building is essential for translating complex classroom ideas into real-world impact.鈥�