The funding will help the organizations rebound from financial difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 26, 2021
FRICK ART MUSEUM
The pandemic has had a devastating impact on the local entertainment industry, with many music venues, art exhibitions and theaters forced to close due to COVID-19.
Now, they’re getting aid from the Henry L. Hillman Foundation, which is granting $7 million to 57 different nonprofit arts and cultural organizations around the region.
The grants, which range from $20,000 to $1 million, will go toward helping these organizations prepare for reopening, extend exhibitions and overcome any losses experienced throughout the last year, such as bringing back furloughed staff or closing budget gaps.
Pittsburgh Playwrights
Theatre’s 17th season will be available for free. Each filmed production will be accompanied by an artists’ interview pre-show and a watch party on Facebook Live. Reserve seats online at pghplaywrights.org.
”Dear Edwina,” a musical production by California University of Pennsylvania, will be streamed Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m through ShowTix4U. The cost for the stream is $5 plus a processing fee. Visit https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/50844.
Voices: Celebrating the Beauty and Diversity of America’s Literary Landscape will offer its fourth round of author readings on Thursday, April 22, at 8 p.m. The virtual gathering is hosted by the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg and is designed to celebrate the richness of human lives and stories. The event is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required at http://bit.ly/2021VoicesRegistration.
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The Amon Carter Museum opens the first comprehensive survey of contemporary photographer An-My Lê
An-My Le in her New York studio, Feb. 7, 2020. From war enactors to Americas southern border, the artist blurs boundaries between directing and documenting. Tony Cenicola/The New York Times.
FORT WORTH, TX
.-The Amon Carter Museum of American Art will present the first comprehensive survey of the work of Vietnamese-American photographer An-My Lê (b. 1960), on view April 18 through August 8, 2021. Featuring photographs from a selection of the artists five major bodies of work, the nationally touring An-My Lê: On Contested Terrain draws connections across Lês career and provides unprecedented insight into her subtle, evocative images that draw on the classical landscape tradition to explore the complexity of American history and conflict.