Rip Van Winkle Returns!
After being absent from The Westmoreland’s 19th Century Gallery for almost a year due to its frame undergoing an extensive conservation treatment, visitor favorite Rip Van Winkle by George Frederick […]
Stories from The Westmoreland
Delve deeper into what’s happening at the Museum! Explore articles and multimedia features about current exhibitions, exciting acquisitions, artist interviews, behind-the-scenes activities, works from the permanent collection, conservation efforts, upcoming events, announcements, and more!
Meet the Maker: Jonathan Bolivar
Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jonathan Bolivar of Glass Bolivar has been blowing glass for six years. His glass blowing journey began at Tulsa Glassblowing School, where he learned from and […]
Meet the Maker: Kirsten Lowe-Rebel
Native Pittsburgh artist and small business owner of KLoRebel Art, Kirsten Lowe-Rebel, creates architectural drawings of iconic landmarks and buildings, and reimagines them as pieces that can be used, worn, […]
Meet the Maker: Florence Smith
Maker and artist Florence Smith left the corporate world and founded her own Pittsburgh-based company Djoi Designs, named for her two children, son Dee and daughter Onsaya Joi. Djoi Designs […]
Meet the Maker: David Pearson
Pittsburgh-based artist David Pearson is a self-taught woodworker who takes discarded pieces of wood and turns them into one-of-a-kind bowls, clocks, boxes, cutting/charcuterie boards, jewelry and ornaments. His pieces showcase […]
Meet the Maker: Margaret Dorfman
California-based artist Margaret Dorfman transforms fruits and vegetables into translucent parchments that are shaped into vessels, glass serving ware pieces, and fused to copper to form jewelry. Her Vegetable Parchments […]
Animated Landscape Autumn Edition
For this Animated Landscape installment, we turn toward fall and William Coventry Wall’s View Along the Allegheny Near Aspinwall Pa., 1867. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftyN_OtXNa0[/embedyt] William Coventry Wall was born in London […]
Make a Hat Day: Art, History, and Hats!
Today is #MakeAHatDay! Get inspired by these artworks from our collection all of which feature people wearing hats! Find a little more about the history of the hats in these […]
Take a Walk Down a Country Road
Even though Westmoreland County has moved into the Green Phase of the Plan to Reopen Pennsylvania, many of us are still practicing social distancing and still experiencing a bit of […]
In Conversation with Thomas Agnew and D.S. Kinsel of BOOM Concepts
Beginning in September 2020, the Museum will collaborate with BOOM Concepts during a multi-year project with a focus on engaging Black and marginalized artists through an artist residency program that […]
African American Art in the 20th Century Exhibition Overview!
Written By Chief Curator Barbara Jones This traveling exhibition, organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, presents 45 works dating from the 1930s to the 1990s by 34 black artists. […]
Celebrating LGBTQIA+ Artists in the Collection: Charles Demuth (1883-1935)
In honor of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in June and our upcoming Virtual Pride Celebration Week, July 27-31, we are highlighting LGBTQIA+ artists from our permanent collection. The third LGBTQIA+ artist […]