The Westmoreland Museum of American Art is joining in the Westmoreland 250, a yearlong celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Westmoreland County, with the exhibit,“Block Party: Community and Celebration in American Art.” Running through Sept. 17, the exhibit takes inspiration from the World War I-era innovation of
In museum circles, Barbara Jones is known for her curatorial expertise in the areas of 19th- and 20th-century art. Less well-known is her interest in a niche area of popular culture — diner food. That interest was celebrated at a retirement luncheon in Jones’ honor on Friday, the end of
Mother-daughter artwork An opening reception for “A Little Bit of Everything,” a joint exhibition of paintings by Indiana County artists Jolene Joyner and Jonelle Summerfield, is set for 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday at Latrobe Art Center, 819 Ligonier St. A former surgical nurse, Joyner is a member of the Indiana Art
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Detail from the Richard Misrach photograph, “Effigy #2, near Jacumba, California,” included in “Border Cantos | Sonic Border” at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art.
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A tattered flag used to mark a water station along the U.S. southern border is part of “Border Cantos | Sonic Border” at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art.
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Richard Misrach, a photographer based in the Bay Area of California, has been capturing images along the southern U.S. border for about 50 years.
Pattern Makers Exhibition Opens February 7 at The Westmoreland
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William Henry Clapp, (1879–1954) Neptune Beach no. Oil on board, 16 x 19 in. Bequest of Richard M. Scaife, 2016.9.
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Pattern Makers, on view through May 9, with a selection of virtual programs.
Pattern Makers tracks the presence and meanings of patterns across a selection of over 60 works from The Westmoreland’s permanent collection. To develop this exhibition, museum staff collaborated with Professor Alex Taylor from the Department of History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh to offer a virtual Curatorial Practicum during the fall 2020 semester. The graduate-level course provided students with an opportunity to conduct new scholarship as well as a practical understanding of exhibition development and interpretation for a public art museum. The students mined T