Celebrate International Women’s Day by Getting to Know These 5 Women Artists!
Name 5 artists? How many of them that you named were women? Can you name 3 women artists? How about 5? If you are wondering why you may have named […]
Blogs 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!
The Making of Pattern Makers
Like many art museums across the county, The Westmoreland postponed its temporary exhibition program due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This provided the Museum with an opportunity to examine and exhibit […]
Celebrating Contemporary Black Artists in Our Collection: 3 Artists You Should Know
Throughout history, artists of color have been excluded from academic associations and teaching institutions and have not been fully recognized for their talents, achievements, and contributions to the art world. […]
LOVE is in the air at the Museum Shop!
Instead of limiting yourself to thinking of Valentine’s Day as just for those who are coupled up, use Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to celebrate and appreciate all of the […]
Art Making Activity: Make Your Own Fraktur
What is a Fraktur? The term fraktur is used to describe a wide variety of folk-art documents, as well as the distinctive, angular letter style that is central to it. […]
Virtually Attend an Upcoming Artist-In-Residency Public Program!
Partnering with BOOM Concepts to host a new Artist-in-Residency program, made possible by generous support from The Fisher Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Westmoreland welcomed Anqwenique and D.S. Kinsel […]
Animated Landscape Winter Edition
For this season’s Animated Landscape, we are featuring Alfred S. Wall’s Old Saw Mill, 1851. Enjoy the sights and sounds of a wintry landscape, covered in snow, from your very […]
Museum Shop Holiday Gift Guide
Does your mom love home goods, your aunt enjoy craft cocktails, your sister accessorize, and do your friends love repping that they’re from Pennsylvania? Whatever your family and friends are […]
Winter at The Westmoreland (2020-2021)
Due to restrictions implemented by the State of Pennsylvania, The Westmoreland Museum of American Art was closed to the public from Saturday, December 12, 2020 through Tuesday, January 5, 2021, […]
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 […]
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, […]