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- American Architecture: Traditions and Creativity In-Person
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Speaker: Thomas Edmonds
Dates: 5/27/2026 - 6/24/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 5
Modality: In-Person
Fee: $0.00
This course will explore how American architecture reflects cultural values, technological change, and artistic vision, using a rich array of images. We will begin with Indigenous earthworks and conclude with contemporary eco-designs. Key historical eras include Mississippi culture, First Period, Georgian, Federal, Greek, and Victorian revivals, as well as modern Colonial Revival, Prairie, Art Deco, and Mid-Century Modern. Landmark buildings on the National Register of Historic Places will be featured.
This course will meet in person May 27, June 3, 10, 17, and 24.
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- Art of Glassmaking: Stained Glass Through Studio Glass Online
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Speaker: Eleanor Schrader
Dates: 7/7/2026 - 8/4/2026
Times: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
The history of decorative glassmaking goes back 3,600 years, resulting in beautiful objects of art created throughout the ages, including vases, goblets, stained glass windows, and other decorative and useful items. From palaces and houses of worship to affordable household objects, this craft has evolved from a luxury item into a ubiquitous material for art, architecture, and personal use. This course will trace the development of glass blowing technology and will discuss various historical artistic styles in glass.
This course will meet online July 7, 14, 21, 28, and August 4.
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- Classical Myth in Art Online
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Speaker: H. David Brumble
Dates: 7/9/2026 - 8/6/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
Artists have long painted and sculpted figures from classical myth and legend. We will be looking at a wide range of such art. We will talk about some ancient Greek and Roman art but will spend most of our time on Medieval and Renaissance art, such as Titian’s The Death of Actaeon, Veronese’s Venus and Mars, Dürer’s Hercules at the Crossroad, Botticelli’s Primavera and The Birth of Venus, and many others. Classes will concentrate on how artists interpreted the meaning of myths.
This course will meet online July 9, 16, 23, 30, and August 6.
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- Contemporary Issues in Museum Studies In-Person
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Speaker: Foster Krupp
Dates: 5/28/2026 - 6/25/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Modality: In-Person
Fee: $0.00
Museums are in the headlines! This course is an exploration of the issues museums are facing today. Learn more about the history of museum robberies, the impact of governance on museums, the growing calls for repatriation of artifacts, and the emergence of the museum decolonization movement.
This course will meet in person May 28, June 4, 11, 18, and 25.
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- Downtown Pittsburgh as an Open Air Art Museum
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Speaker: Howard Voigt
Dates: 7/8/2026 - 8/5/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Days: W
Sessions: 5
Modality: In-Person
Fee: $0.00
Through hundreds of illuminating slides and graphic commentary, this course explores the Golden Triangle’s most treasured examples of public art, whether in an obvious outdoor location or in an obscure corner inside a building. This virtual walking tour will examine statues and fountains, sculptures and reliefs, parks and plazas, stained glass windows and ornamental motifs, mosaics and murals, architectural features, and historical details.
This course will meet in person July 8, 15, 22, 29, and August 5.
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- Mesopotamian Art Online
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Speaker: Maggie Beeler
Dates: 7/7/2026 - 8/4/2026
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
This course introduces ancient Mesopotamia art, exploring early cities (4,00-3,000 BCE), early dynasties, the Akkadian Empire, the Assyrian Empire, and the Persian Empire. The class will use richly illustrated lectures and guided case studies.
This course will meet online July 7, 14, 21, 28, and August 4.
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- Mural Painters of Tuscany, Part 1 Online
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Speaker: Nora Hamerman
Dates: 5/28/2026 - 6/25/2026
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
From Giotto to Andrea del Sarto, artists evoked the stories of the Bible, the saints, and local life and heroes on the walls of buildings in central Italy between 1315 and 1515, transforming their craft into an art form that could vie with poetry and music, and launching the Italian Renaissance.
This course will meet online May 28, June 4, 11, 18, and 25.
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- Mural Painters of Tuscany, Part 2 Online
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Speaker: Nora Hamerman
Dates: 7/9/2026 - 8/6/2026
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
Beginning in 1430, the muralists of central Italy used the new tools of perspective, anatomical study, and the science of optics to bring Bible stories, heroes, and political ideals to life in the walls of churches and palaces.
This course will meet online July 9, 16, 23, 30, and August 6.
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- People of the North: Indigenous Cultures of Canada and Alaska Online
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Speaker: George Scheper
Dates: 7/6/2026 - 8/3/2026
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
With slide images and film clips, members will explore the archaeological and historical cultures of the Inuit peoples of Greenland and Arctic Canada, the Yupik of the Bering Sea, the Tlingit of Southeast Alaska, and the peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Topics will include indigenous strategies for survival, traditional life-ways, and distinctive art forms of the cultures of the north. We will also consider the impacts of contact with traders, missionaries, and governmental officials, and the environmental impacts of global warming.
This course will meet online July 6, 13, 20, 27, and August 3.
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- Pittsburgh's Historic Ballparks In-Person
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Speaker: Mark Fatla
Dates: 7/8/2026 - 8/5/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 5
Modality: In-Person
Fee: $0.00
Pittsburgh has an incredible baseball history with great players, teams, and historic moments, but few realize that Pittsburgh has often been in the lead in ballpark design and development. We will discuss the nine ballparks that hosted major league baseball in Pittsburgh between 1876 and the present, including the Negro leagues. Historic photographs illustrate design and construction phases, the major changes as parks expanded and aged, and eventually their demolition.
This course will meet in person July 8, 15, 22, 29, and August 5.
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- Rise of Romanticism Online
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Speaker: Katherine Zoraster
Dates: 7/8/2026 - 8/5/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
Characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism, Romanticism as an artistic style emerged throughout Europe and America towards the end of the 18th century. In France, this style is dramatically and emphatically exemplified through the art of Théodore Géricault and Eugène Delacroix. Partially a reaction against the formality and strict rules of the official style of Neoclassicism and in response to the tumult of the French Revolution, Romanticism strove to express drama, action, and exoticism through extravagant effects of color and movement.
This course will meet online July 8, 15, 22, 29, and August 5.
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- Art of the French Revolution: Baroque to Romanticism Online
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Speaker: Katherine Zoraster
Dates: 5/26/2026 - 6/23/2026
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
In late 17th century and 18th century France, art was used as a powerful tool by the ruling class and others seeking power and change. Through beauty and propaganda, art was used to present power, sway beliefs, extol virtue, and make social commentary. This course examines how French art developed from the Baroque under Louis XIV through Neoclassicism of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, to Romanticism emerging at the onset of the 19th century.
This course will meet online May 26, June 2, 9, 16, and 23.
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