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Larson Publishes in Arts

Ellen Larson (PhD 2022) has published a new article, “‘Blast Off!’: The Afterlives of Nostalgia in Su Yu Hsin’s Blast Furnace No. 2”, in the journal Arts. 

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Pitt Students Present Public Sculpture Tour at Hartwood Acres

Three Museum Studies students presented a two-hour walking tour of the Carol R. Brown Sculpture Garden at Hartwood Acres Park on Saturday, August 12, 2023. 

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Krystle Stricklin Appointed Assistant Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Krystle Stricklin (PhD 2022) appointed Assistant Curator of Photography at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 

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Alison Langmead Receives Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring

Dr. Alison Langmead is the recipient of the 2023 Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring

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Castro Co-Curates “Sitting on Chrome” at SFMOMA

Maria Castro (PhD 2020) recently co-curated Sitting on Chrome, a new three-person exhibition at SFMOMA

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Fava-Piz Appointed Assistant Curator at Denver Art Museum

Clarisse Fava-Piz (PhD 2021) was recently announced as the Assistant Curator of European and American Art before 1900 at the Denver Art Museum.

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Kirk Savage and Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Exhibition Featured in Pittwire

HAA Professor and Monument Lab board member Kirk Savage was featured in Pittwire for the Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Exhibition at the Lincoln Memorial.

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Adriana Miramontes Olivas Publishes in Journal Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture

Miramontes Olivas (Ph.D. 2022) publishes the article "Los Neoliberarchivos de Teresa Margolles: Contemporary Art at the Mexico - U.S. Border" in the Journal Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture.

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Jonas Salk Exhibit Makes Headlines

The Jonas Salk Legacy Exhibit at the School of Public Health, for which three museum studies students worked with Alex Taylor and collaborators across Pitt, has received widespread media coverage since its launch on April 28

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Adriana Miramontes Olivas Curates Exhibition An Unfinished Journey: Embodying the Feminist City

Adriana Miramontes Olivas curates exhibition at the Artist Project Space Gallery at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on women's bodies, rights, and the "feminist city."

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