Current Exhibition: |
May 24 – August 18, 2013
Born of Fire: Scenes of Industry from the Westmoreland Museum of American Art
This exhibition brings together over twenty paintings from the Westmoreland’s collection of late nineteenth and early twentieth century scenes of industry. Featured works capture the transformation of the American landscape from an agrarian society to an industrial one, interpreted in the work of both Pennsylvania and national artists celebrating industry as their subject. The Westmoreland Museum of American Art is the largest repository of southwestern Pennsylvania art in the country and the share this exhibition with the hope of developing a new appreciation not just for the art of Pennsylvania, but other geographic regions as well.
Upcoming Exhibitions: |
Piano Portraits Concert Series
Dr. Jeffrey Hollander Presentes: Improvisationally Yours
Inspired by classical compositions, popular tunes, and jazz improvisations, Dr. Jeffrey Hollander weaves a series of fantasies touching on sentiment, brilliance, humor, and deep pathos. He enjoys sharing interesting anecdotes about the various composers and requests themes from the audience for improvisations at the conclusion of each performance.
August 3, 2013
This performance is titled "Some Like it Hot" and will feature Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Fire Dance (DeFalla), Scherzo (Chopin) and An American in Paris (Gershwin).
October 5, 2013
This performance is titled "A Day at the Races" and will feature Grand Gallop (liszt), Fantasie Impromptu (Chopin), Piano Concerto (Grieg) plus American Cowboy Songs.
Each performance begins at 2 p.m. Advance tickets are $20 general admission, and $15 for Grohmann Museum members. Tickets are $25 the day of the show.
September 6 – December 13, 2013
A Working Ranch by Jim Brozek
Milwaukee photographer Jim Brozek presents a striking visual mediation on life and work on an American ranch. Working on a New Mexico ranch in the late 1970s and early 80s, Brozek captured the essence of ranching life and all of its nuances. The joy, hardship, prosperity and challenges of this working life are glimpsed through images of ranching activities that continue to this day. More than a visual document, this exhibition provides a feeling of what life is like on the Working Ranch.
September 28, 2013
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
4th Annual Lost Arts Festival
January 17 – April 27, 2014
Trains that Passed in the Night: Railroad Photographs of O. Winston Link
Organized by Thomas H. Garver and produced in collaboration with the Center for Railroad Photography and Art in Madison (www.railphoto-art.org), this exhibition features 36 framed, original prints signed by the photographer. O. Winston Link, a Brooklyn, New York, native and commercial photographer became well-recognized for his complex images of factory and industrial plant interiors. For Link, the steam railroad was a vital ingredient to “the good life’ in America, an essential part of the fabric of our lives. It is this quality—of life, not machinery—which he captures so artfully in his photographs.
Link’s photographs showcase the final years of steam railroading on the Norfolk & Western Railway, the last major railroad in America to operate exclusively with steam power. They are regarded as one of the best records of this long vanished type of locomotion, yet the broad appeal of Link’s photographs is derived not so much from the images of the steam locomotives themselves, but from the way in which their inclusion expresses the photographer’s deeply felt respect for the quality of life that the steam railroad reflected and supported for so many years in the United States.
Museum Admission:
| General admission | $5.00 |
| Students / Seniors |
$3.00 |
| Children under 12 | Free |
| MSOE students (with ID), alumni, faculty and staff |
Free |
Group tours and school group tours available at regular admission rates (with minimum group of 12).
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