Perspectives Fall & Winter 2019/20 Newsletter

FALL & WINTER 2019/20

Director’s Welcome Even though the daylight is waning to a mere 9 hours and 18 minutes (but who is counting), The Westmoreland is bright and busier than ever this fall and winter season. Literally brighter as we launch our first ever Winter Lights on November 8th, which will transform the landscape into an ethereal garden of lights over the winter months.

Inside, the Museum is full of programs and new exhibitions. We are pleased to announce that Jazz is back! The Winter Jazz Concert Series takes place monthly and features some of the community’s favorite jazz musicians. What better place to get out of the cold and enjoy authentically American music than at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art? Our featured exhibitions include Pop/Op, the second ArtBridges +Terra Foundation + Philadelphia Museum of Art collaboration on view in our Post-1950s Gallery.

This exhibition features icons of Pop art including Andy Warhol, in conversation with the hypnotic abstract canvases of the Op art movement. In our Cantilever Gallery, we celebrate the region’s creativity and talent with the 107th Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual.

Both exhibitions have a variety of programming, including Community Days, Pop-Up Studios, artist talks, a dinner with artists from the 107th Annual, and much more.

With this being the time of year to give thanks, we acknowledge our many members, donors and sponsors, who make all that we do at The Westmoreland possible.

A special thanks goes to those who supported our October 5th Big Art Party - Peace. Love. Art. See page

16 for a full list of these sponsors. Additionally, thank you to UPMC Health Plan for continued support in helping make our admission free to all.

On a somber note, the Board, staff and volunteers were very saddened by the passing of the Museum's longtime supporter and friend, Chuck Booth. We honor Chuck on page 15 and are grateful for his leadership and commitment to sharing so generously with our community.

Following in Chuck's tradition of giving back to the community, we are partnering with the Westomoreland County Food Bank this holiday season. On December 15, our Holiday Brunch will feature a canned food drive.

To learn more, visit page 11.

As we close in on the New Year, I encourage you to think about giving back to The Westmoreland. Your support brings world class art and programming to the region for all. See page 17 for more information.

Wishing you and yours the best this holiday season!

With Gratitude,

Anne Kraybill The Richard M. Scaife Director/CEO

107TH ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF PITTSBURGH ANNUAL Established in 1910, the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP) is the oldest and largest visual arts group in the country and 2019 marks its 107th Annual, the longest continuing survey exhibition of regional art. With over 500 artist members in southwestern Pennsylvania, AAP enhances the region’s cultural vitality and promotes visual arts excellence by showcasing artists’ work through contemporary exhibitions, providing community-based education programs, and facilitating a broad dialogue to engage artists with one another and the community.

The 107th Annual features 53 artists who work and live throughout western Pennsylvania, including Canonsburg, Carnegie, Erie, Fairview, Gibsonia, Girard, Glenshaw, Greensburg, Grove City, Indiana, Johnstown, Mercer, Millvale, Murrysville, Pittsburgh, Sewickley, Slippery Rock, Trafford, and Wilkinsburg.

Garry Pyles, Love Supreme, 2018; Wire and encaustic wax, 36 x 28 x 23 inches

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Executive Director Madeline Gent took the helm of AAP in December of 2017, and she was immediately tasked with planning the 107th including the location and curatorial direction. In January, she visited The Westmoreland, and after viewing the Cantilever Gallery, she was excited to partner with the Museum to provide a beautiful space to showcase the work of our region’s artists.

American art, The Westmoreland could not be more pleased to feature these regional artists, who certainly have national presence.

Gent’s next task was finding someone with experience in curating juried exhibitions. After a search the perfect person was identified -- Juana Williams, Exhibitions Curator for the Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Williams, who was featured in 2018 as one of 28 curators to watch by Culture Types, understands the value of an organization such as AAP and views her role not only as continuing the legacy of the organization in Pittsburgh, but also in terms of placing these regional artists in conversation with the artists of our nation.

The 107th Associated Artist of Pittsburgh Annual is on view from November 9, 2019 - January 26, 2020 in the Museum’s Cantilever Gallery. The four installations at the Seton Hill University Arts Center are on view through early December. The Arts Center is located about a half mile from the Museum in downtown Greensburg (205 West Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601).

Public hours are Monday through Thursday, 1-8pm, Friday 1-3pm and Sunday 1-4pm.

The process of selecting artworks for a juried exhibition is usually daunting, and Williams' first priority was to provide a space for the voices of the artists to be expressed as authentically as possible. Then, she began to organize the artworks into an underlying theme. This year’s annual theme focuses on curiosity. Though the artworks range in media, they all embody a complexity in their materials and presentation that begs the viewer to connect and find meaning that is informed by their own experience, both consciously and subconsciously.

Through this process Williams states that, "we create multiple perspectives of an artwork and bridge the gap between artist and viewer". As a museum of

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In addition to the 49 works at The Westmoreland, Seton Hill University’s Arts Center is the site of four installations also selected by Williams.

A Members & Patrons Wine Reception and Exhibition Opening will take place at the Museum on Saturday, November 9, 6-9pm.

For more information and a listing of programs associated with this exhibition, please visit thewestmoreland.org/aap.

To read a full interview with Juana Williams conducted by AAP staff member Jamie Earnest, visit aapgh.org/blog/juana-williams Support for this exhibition has been provided by the Hillman Exhibition Fund of The Westmoreland Museum of American Art.

above: Atticus Adams, Botanica II, 2019; Aluminum, mesh, gesso, acrylic, wire, grommets, 51 x 58 x 3 inches opposite: Edna Andrade (1917-2008), Color Motion 4-64, 1964; Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Frederick R. McBrien III, 2003, 2003-94-1

POP/OP As the temporary exhibition, Era of Cool: The Art of John Van Hamersveld, comes to a close, the exhibition Pop/Op opens. The exhibition serves as the fine art counterpoint to Van Hamersveld’s graphic design and was influential upon his style.

Pop art was born as a reaction to the spontaneity and emotion of abstract expressionism in the work of artists including Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, Willem De Kooning among others. It was, as well, part celebration and part critique of popular culture and mass mediaadvertising, comic strips, television, film-and new printmaking technology that allowed artists and master printers to create editions of fine art prints that could be available to a broader public.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was a central figure in the movement. Widely known for his iconic Campbell’s Soup Cans printed in multiples during the 1960s, he made his colorful diamond dust print Uncle Sam in 1981. Part of a suite of prints comprising his Myths series, it is one of ten images in a portfolio that also includes other mythic figures like Santa Claus, Superman and Mickey Mouse, all widely recognized in popular culture and memories from his early childhood. He even included his own selfportrait in this series, standing in for The Shadow.

Zebra, 1983, was one of ten screenprints included in another Warhol series entitled Endangered Species for which the artist portrayed, in his signature high-key color combinations, endangered animals from around the world. An animal lover, Warhol used his celebrity status to bring attention to declining animal populations.

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In a similar vein, Peter Max’s (b. 1937) ongoing series of the Statue of Liberty led to the statue’s conservation and restoration that was unveiled in 1986. Max painted his first Statue of Liberty on July 4, 1976 to celebrate America’s bicentennial. According to Max, “It became an annual tradition, and each year since I have painted her in an increasing number: in 1977, I painted two portraits; in 1978, three; and so on. In 1981, I was delighted when Nancy Reagan invited me to paint six portraits of the Statute of Liberty at the White House for that upcoming July Fourth.”

Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929) created his Miniature Soft Drum Set, an iconic example of the artist’s reimagining common everyday objects and food items in a new range of materials, in 1969. His ‘soft’ sculptures, made of stuffed cloth, vinyl, or canvas, were unique because rather than conveying the permanence and rigidity of traditional bronze, they were malleable and could collapse into themselves. Oldenburg’s work ranges in size from the miniature to colossal, as can be seen in his Giant Clothespin in Philadelphia or his Giant Binoculars in Los Angeles.

Andy’s older brother, Paul Warhola (1922-2014), started painting after Andy’s death, and made Paul and Andy, a silkscreen and acrylic on canvas, in 1990. It is a fitting

tribute to his brother while also incorporating his own unique approach to painting--using chicken feet to make random marks on the canvas. His two prints, Heinz Tomato Ketchup, and Heinz Vegetarian Beans, reveal the influence of his brother while continuing the Warhol ‘tradition’ of calling attention to everyday commercial products.

included in the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition of optical art, The Responsive Eye, in 1965. In his iconic illusionistic painting, Knowledge and Disappearance, 1961, a series of squares of alternating light and dark bands, lead the viewer’s eye inward, turning a two-dimensional flat plane into a deep, three-dimensional container.

The Optical or Op art movement was named after an exhibition of the work of Julian Stanczak (1928-2017) at New York’s Martha Jackson Gallery in 1964. Defined as a style of abstract art that gives the ‘optical’ illusion of movement in a two-dimensional work of art, it was a response to the static nature and impersonal approach of Pop art. For these artists, the viewers experience was just as important as the artwork. Through a series of overlapping squares and lines painted in jarring yellow on an orange background, Stanczak’s Obedient Square, 1970 confounds the eye by creating the illusion that the square is in continuous motion.

A contemporary of Stanczak, Frances Celentano (19282016) used a system of color with contrasts of solid hues and sprayed gradients applied with an airbrush to his canvases. Begun in 1968, he titled his paintings the Alpha series and made variations of this format throughout his career. According to the artist, he created “visual instruments of dramatic tension by orchestrating color interactions within the confines of patterns and structures that control the perception of these forms.”

The stripes offer a passive structure to hold the color.

Their vertical format allows the color to interact not only across the canvas but spatially as well with color ebbing in and out of the viewer’s space.

POP/OP is one in a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year, multi-institutional partnership formed by the Philadelphia Museum of Art as part of the Art Bridges + Terra Foundation Initiative.

In Alpha Red and Orange Alternates, 1970, the red and orange solid stripes appear to float in front of a misty atmosphere of sprayed color that ranges from green at the bottom to purple at the top. The gradient color thins at the center so the white gessoed canvas glows through giving the work additional luminosity.

Set in a four-part grid, the optical effects of Edna Andrade’s Color Motion 4-64 take the viewer into an optical illusion of advancing and receding squares. The high contrast of black and white contributes to this dizzying effect while the organization of the squares around the edges creates the illusion of the canvas curving outward, into our space.

Richard Anuszkiewicz (b. 1930) was featured as one of the country’s preeminent Op artists when he was

opposite: Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929), Miniature Soft Drum Set, 1970; Screenprint on canvas, clothesline, wood; painted with spray enamel, wood covered with screenprinted paper, 9 3/4 x 19 x 13 3/4 in. (24.8 x 48.3 x 34.9 cm), variable dimensions; wooden box: 11 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.

Edition 81/100, Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Carl Steele, 1981, 1981-85-6a,b Courtesy the Oldenburg van Bruggen Studio, Copyright 1970 Claes Oldenburg

above: Richard Anuszkiewicz (b. 1930), Knowledge and Disappearance, 1961; Oil on canvas, 50 1/8 x 49 inches, Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Purchased with the Adele Haas Turner and Beatrice Pastorius Turner Memorial Fund, 1968, 196877-1 © 2019 Richard Anuszkiewicz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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Exhibitions Cantilever Gallery

107th Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual November 9, 2019–January 26, 2020 The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP) is the oldest and largest visual arts group in the country and 2019 marks its 107th Annual, the longest continuing survey exhibition of regional art.

African American Art in the 20th Century February 16–May 10, 2020 Organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., this traveling exhibition presents 42 paintings and 5 sculptures by 32 African American artists from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection.

Free admission to exhibitions is generously supported by:

top: Nicole Ryan, The Upside of Down, 2017; Oil on panel, 48 x 48 inches middle left: Joseph Delaney (1904-1991), Penn Station at War Time, 1943; Oil on canvas, 34 x 48 1/8 inches, Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Joseph Delaney, 1970.176 middle right: Alisha Wormsley (b. 1978), The Alchemist, 2015-2017; Digital print with gold leaf appliqué, 24 x 36 inches bottom left: Julian Stanczak (1928-2017), Obedient Square, 1970; Acrylic on canvas, 73 x 73 inches, Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Ingersoll, 1980, 1980-129-1 bottom right: Stephanie Martin, World XIV, 2018; Stoneware ceramics, 24 x 18 x 12 1/2 inches

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Post 1950s Gallery

POP/OP Through March 1, 2020 This exhibition brings together the works by artists such as Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg, who responded to American consumerism and mass production in conversation with artists of the Op art movement including Edna Andrade and Julian Stanczak whose abstract psychedelic designs were as much about the viewer experience as the artwork itself.

Robertshaw Gallery

Alisha Wormsley: The space I am in: ORACLES Through December 8, 2019 When existence is [in]formed by death one must conjure out of form to survive. This is the craft of spirituality inspired by the SIBYLS (then and now and soon). This work is a dialogue between collective memory and the synchronicity of time, specifically through the stories of women of color.

Kim McAninch: Head & Heart December 13, 2019–January 12, 2020 Closing Reception: Friday, January 10 with Art on Tap: Holiday Cheer Head & Heart features mixed media paintings created during the artist’s multiple residencies in 2018.

Exhilarated by the visual dance between the figurative and abstract, Kim McAninch strives for harmony of color and rhythm in each unique composition offered from her own head & heart.

Nicole Ryan: Land of Little Thoughts and No Worries January 17–February 16, 2020 Closing Reception: Friday, February 14 with Art on Tap: LOVE

Nicole Renee Ryan paints distant landscapes based on her memories of memories. Things remembered and things forgotten, emotionally charged ambiguous imagery, are represented by half realistic and half abstract shapes in vivid color.

Conservation: Works from the Permanent Collection February 21–March 22, 2020 Utilizing works from the Permanent Collection, this exhibition takes visitors behind the scenes to demonstrate various aspects and processes of art conservation and how they pertain to managing and caring for our collection.

Carol R. Brown Gallery

POP/OP on Paper Through December 29, 2019 Bright, intensely colored serigraphs challenge the eyes and mind through optical illusions.

Contemporary Visions January–March, 2020 Contemporary artists from our works on paper collection, many of whom are past or current members of Associated Artists of Pittsburgh.

For more information on our exhibitions, visit thewestmoreland.org/exhibitions.

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HOLIDAY CHEER

AT THE WESTMORELAND HOLIDAY MART November 15–17, 2019

Celebrate the holiday shopping season all weekend long with a 10% discount on all regularly priced shop merchandise, plus complimentary refreshments and gift wrapping. On Friday, November 15 from 5-7pm, meet with some of your favorite shop artists during a special pop-up trunk show!

On Sunday, November 17, enjoy live holiday music from 1-2pm by the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra String Quartet. For more information, visit thewestmoreland.org/holidaymart.

Holiday Mart Hours: Friday, November 15 11am-7pm ( 5pm-7pm Artist Trunk Show) Saturday, November 16, 10am-5pm Sunday, November 17, 10am-5pm ( WSO String Quartet 1-2pm )

Members Save More!

Members of the Museum receive the Holiday Mart 10% discount on top of their regular 10% Member discount in the Shop. Consider becoming a member to save even more. Visit thewestmoreland.org/membership for more information.

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WINTER LIGHTS by LUXE CREATIVE Beginning November 8, 2019

This winter, we launch the Museum’s first Winter Light program, which transforms the grounds and the Cantilever Gallery into an ethereal garden of lights. The lights will be on view through February, bringing some brilliant cheer to the dreary days of winter. Join us at Art on Tap on November 8 as we count down to flip the switch. presenting sponsor:

generous support for this project provided by:

HOLIDAY CAFÉ NIGHTS Enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of the season during our Holiday Café Nights. Join us at Café Marchand on Wednesday nights in December to hear local high school and community ensembles perform from our lobby stairs! Enjoy our café's hot chocolate bar and other seasonal menu items. While you’re here, tackle that holiday shopping list with special discounts in the Museum Shop and so much more!

For a more detailed list of ensembles, visit thewestmoreland.org/holiday

These free performances are from 5-7pm on the following Wednesdays: Wednesday, December 4 Wednesday, December 11 (Prelude to Winter Jazz Concert at 7pm*) Wednesday, December 18 *Tickets to the December 11th Winter Jazz Concert with Jessica Lee are $8 members/$10 non-members. Visit thewestmoreland.org/jazz for more information.

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Community Events Community Day

Winter Break Wonders

Sunday, November 3, 11am–3pm

Saturday, December 21–Sunday, December 22 Thursday, December 26–Sunday, December 29 noon to 2pm

Fall Spooktacular The Westmoreland celebrates fall! Wear your Halloween costume if you like and take part in the costume contest.

Plus, plan to have lots of fall fun with pumpkin carving, spooky stories, face painting, hot apple cider, art making activities and more.

FREE

Community Day

Winterfest

Sunday, December 1, 11am–3pm Welcome the winter season with exciting winter-themed activities during our Winterfest celebration. Winter stories, make an “Ugly Sweater” activity (bring your own sweater to decorate), gift tag making, cookie decorating and musical performances will make for a fun-filled day.

FREE

Community Day

First Days

Sunday, January 5, 11am–3pm Ring in the New Year with loads of New Year traditions from a variety of cultures! The day will include live music, art making activities, a resolutions wall, photo booth, and more.

School's out! Get out of the house and make something at Winter Break Wonders a drop-in, hands-on interactive program designed for all visitors. We invite you to explore, create, play, and experiment with projects designed to keep you busy during these winter days off from school or work or with visiting family and friends.

FREE

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

Saturday, January 18 Sunday, January 19 Drop in all day, performances start at 2pm The Museum is celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a day of musical performances and art making. And, be sure to share your dreams for a better future through an activity in the Center for Creative Connections.

FREE Community Events are made possible with support from the McKinney Charitable Foundation and the Brooks Foundation through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee.

FREE

Community Day

Love Goes Pop! Sunday, February 2, 11am–3pm The Museum embarks on a love and Pop art adventure! This community day is inspired by Robert Indiana’s Love. Create love themed art activities, declare your love with a tattoo, make a bath bomb to treat yourself to some self-love and more. All forms of love represented!

FREE

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To register or purchase tickets for these events, visit thewestmoreland.org/events or call 888.718.4253.

Juana Williams

Culinary Experiences

Conversations

SIX x ATE: West

AAP Roundtable with Juror Juana Williams

Thursday, November 14, VIP 6–7pm Event 6:30–9pm Presented by Casey Droege Cultural Productions, SIX x ATE ("six by ate") invites the audience to enjoy five-minute presentations from six artists and a meal from one cuisinier.

There are no formal Q & A’s or long-winded introductions, so guests spend most of the evening talking informally while eating and drinking. This relaxed environment encourages real connections, spurring future collaborations and forging new friendships. Six artists from the 107th Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual exhibition will be the featured presenters.

Food provided by The Vandal restaurant in Lawrenceville.

Choose the ticket level you’re comfortable with: (Ticket includes your entrance, meal, and 2 drink tickets)

Kids 13 and under $12 Student/Artist $25 Friend $45 VIP $100 (VIP ticket includes VIP happy hour with a meet and greet with participating artists prior to the event and an extra drink) Advance registration is required

Sunday, November 10, 1–3pm

Join us in the Cantilever Gallery with the 107th Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual exhibition Juror Juana Williams as she speaks with these artists from the exhibition: Tom Ferraro, Tyler Gaston, Stephanie Martin, and Mia Tarducci. Light bites and cash bar, including mimosa bar, available.

FREE

Artist Talk: Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Thursday, December 5 Thursday, January 16 6-7pm Hear it straight from the mouth of an artist! These interactive conversations will delve into the artists and their practice from the 107th Annual exhibition.

FREE

Holiday Brunch & Tour

Presented in partnership with the Westmoreland County Food Bank

Sunday, December 15, 11:30am–1:30pm Enjoy this holiday brunch with complimentary spiked hot chocolate bar while learning about the Food Bank’s mission to end hunger in our region. To attend, you will also need to bring cans of food (assigned when you register). Following the brunch, enjoy a tour of selections from our permanent collection featuring seasonal and holiday themed artworks. $30 members/$35 non-members plus canned food Cash Bar Available Advance registration is required

Joshua Hogan, You Are My Sun, My Earth, 2019; Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 x 1.5 inches

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Social Gatherings

Winter Jazz Concert Series

Art on Tap: Winter Lights

Sit back and relax to your jazz favorites at The Westmoreland on the second Wednesday of the month, November through February. Our community room transforms into a jazz club lounge with a cash bar.

Friday, November 8, 5–8pm Join us for our first ever Winter Lights! At 6:30pm, we will throw the switch on our winter lights display, running through the end of February 2020. Throughout the evening, enjoy a specialty hot chocolate and s’mores bar fire pit, an outdoor winter lounge, and an immersive light display that is sure to brighten your spirits! $10 members/$15 non-members (provides one drink and cash bar after)

Wednesday, November 13: Kevin M. McManus and The Bone Forum Wednesday, December 11: Jessica Lee w/ special prelude 5-7pm during our Holiday Café Night Wednesday, January 8: Tom Wendt and Firm Roots

Sponsored by Hefren-Tillotson

Wednesday, February 12: Eric Barchiesi

Art on Tap: Holiday Cheer

All performances from 7-9pm. Come early to explore the galleries and get a bite from Café Marchand, which are open until 7pm. $8 members/$10 non-members with cash bar

Friday, December 13, 5–8pm Kick off the 12 days of Christmas with special dance ensemble performances throughout the Museum, hot cider bar, holiday cookies, gift wrapping station and maybe even a partridge in a pear tree! Don’t miss the ugly sweater contest and your chance to win a prize! $10 members/$15 non-members (provides one drink and cash bar after)

Sponsored by Vittone's Music Center

Sponsored by The Committee of The Westmoreland

Art on Tap: Soup Du Jour Friday, January 10, 5–8pm Warm up from the winter months at The Westmoreland during January's Art on Tap with a Soup Du Jour themed night by Elegant Catering and featured organization Empty Bowls. Bowls will also be for sale that evening. Please bring a non-perishable food donation. $10 members/$15 non-members (provides one drink and cash bar after)

Art on Tap: LOVE Friday, February 14, 5–8pm Couples and singles alike, join us for Valentine’s day as we celebrate LOVE- Robert Clark Indiana’s serigraph on paper of course! Enjoy a night of Pop art and love featuring live music, a special Valentine’s Day art scavenger hunt, light bites from Elegant Catering and drinks, including beer from All Saints Brewing Company. Specialty chocolate tastings, champagne bar and more fun surprises in store, you don’t want to miss! $10 members/$15 non-members (provides one drink and cash bar after) 12 / Fall & Winter 2019/20

Robert Indiana (b. 1928), Love, n.d.; Serigraph on paper, 34 x 34 inches, Collection: The Westmoreland Museum of American Art; Gift from Friends of the Museum, 1968.43 © 2019 Morgan Art Foundation Ltd / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

To register or purchase tickets for these events, visit thewestmoreland.org/events or call 888.718.4253.

Pop-Up Studios

Children’s Saturday Studios

Pop-Up Studios give adults (ages 18 and above) the opportunity to get in touch with their inner artist.

Each class explores different techniques and media.

No previous art experience is needed. Wine, beer, snacks and materials will be provided. Advance registration is required.

From October to May, Children’s Saturday Studio classes are offered once a month for children ages 7–10 and are taught by a professional art instructor.

Each class features a fun art-related theme. Advance registration is required.

Swirls on Silk Wednesday, November 20, 6–8pm Artist Sue Teems will share with us her process of marbling on fabric and paper. Each participant will complete a unique marbling design on a silk scarf to take home and enjoy. $20 members/$25 non-members

Creative Collage Wednesday, December 4, 6–8pm With the guidance of Latrobe artist Sarah Hunter, each participant will express themselves inside and out by creating a unique art piece. We will be exploring composition and design in this mixed media class. Come prepared to paint, collage, and have a blast!

Materials will be provided to complete the project. You are welcome to bring papers or photographs of your own to collage as well.

Adults 18+ $20 members/$25 non-members

Ring in the New Year Wednesday, January 15, 6–8pm Learn the festive and fun art of painting on glass. Local glass painter, Pam Naples, will introduce the art of glass painting using nontraditional application techniques. Bring one of your own glasses or small vase to transform it into a new work of art! $20 members/$25 non-members

Love Goes Pop! Wednesday, February 12, 6–8pm Create your own screen print and print your design to last for eternity in this Pop and Op art inspired studio experience. $20 members/$25 non-members

Hide and Seek Animal Art Saturday, November 9, 10am–noon For children ages 7–10 How can you create camo for your favorite animal? That is what we will be doing in studio this month. We will explore texture, color, and pattern before creating our own camouflaged animal art. $15 members/$20 non-members

Northern Light Sky Saturday, December 14, 10am–noon For children ages 7–10 Learn a new technique to create a glowing winter night sky using soft pastels and your imagination. $15 members/$20 non-members

Who can Resist a Winter Landscape?

Saturday, January 11, 10am–noon For children ages 7–10

Tour the galleries for inspiration before creating your own winter landscape painting using special watercolor techniques. $15 members/$20 non-members

Pop Out Painting

Saturday, February 8, 10am–noon For children ages 7–10 Using cardboard, textures, and paint make your work stand out in a 3 dimensional painting. $15 members/$20 non-members

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Sunday Open Studios

For Museum Members

1-3pm

Members Opening: 107th Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual

The Museum offers a free drop-in studio for people of all ages every Sunday (Community Sundays have extended studio hours from 11am-3pm). Stop by whenever you visit and make an artwork to take home with you.

No registration is required.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

For Area Educators

Teaching African American History

Saturday, November 9, 6–9pm Join AAP Executive Director Madeline Gent and Guest Juror Juana Williams in a members exclusive opening. Meet the artists and hear directly from them in the galleries. A shuttle will also be provided beginning at 6:30pm to visit the installations at Seton Hill University Arts Center.

For Best Friend or higher members Advance registration is required To register, contact Daria Jarani, Membership & Grants Manager, at djarani@thewestmoreland.org or 724.837.1500 x117.

Thursday, December 19, 4:30–8:30pm The Westmoreland Museum of American is proud to host the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s traveling exhibition, African American Art in the 20th Century opening February 16.

We invite all regional teachers K-12 and administrators to the Museum to learn how to teach African American history with art. A special emphasis will be placed on Pennsylvania’s Black history.

This three-hour ACT 48 workshop will include a historical presentation and opportunities to apply these learnings back to classroom practice. Teachers will each receive a packet with images and information on the artists in the exhibition.

FREE

Give the Gift of Museum Membership!

Advance registration is required

To register or purchase tickets for these events, visit thewestmoreland.org/events or call 888.718.4253.

Interested in sponsoring an event? Please contact Rhonda Madden, Director of Advancement at 724.837.1500 x130.

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Celebrate the holidays by giving your loved ones a gift that inspires – a membership to The Westmoreland!

As a member, your loved one will receive invitations to special members-only events, reciprocal benefits at over 1000 museums nationwide and much more. Plus, your gift of membership helps to keep The Westmoreland Museum of American Art free to all.

To purchase a gift of membership, visit thewestmoreland.org/membership or contact Daria Jarani, Membership & Grants Manager, at djarani@thewestmoreland.org or 724.837.1500 x117.

A Remembrance of Chuck Booth Charles H. Booth Jr. (1919-2019) the help of a million other soldiers." Following the war, he continued to serve in the reserves and earned the rank of Colonel.

After returning home in 1945, Mr. Booth joined Burrell Construction & Supply Co. as an assistant engineer, and was part of Burrell's growth from a small, five employee company that survived a devastating fire in 1935 into a much larger corporation with 12 plants, 600 employees, and over 500 pieces of major equipment. He ascended to the position of Vice President of Operations in 1948, before he was eventually promoted to President & CEO in 1972.

Charles H. Booth with his wife Trudi A. Clements Booth

Charles H. Booth, Jr. was a great friend of The Westmoreland, winner of The Westmoreland Society gold medal, former board member, and very generous donor. Additionally, the Charles H. Booth Studio serves thousands of school children who visit the Museum each year. He died on August 4th, just shy of his 100th birthday.

His close friend Bud Gibbons shares this tribute.

I always referred to him as Mr. Booth even though he insisted everyone call him Chuck. It was a matter of respect, not because of his accomplishments, but because of his humanity. He was so down to earth that it was disarming and had a gift for making everyone feel comfortable because he cared about everyone.

His accomplishments are impressive. He was born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania on November 23, 1919 to family noted for giving back to the community. He spent his life building upon his family's legacy of commitment and service to the communities throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley and Pittsburgh region, a place he continued to call home.

In 1941, Mr. Booth left college to join the Army Air Corps as World War II was commencing. During his four-year service he flew 30 combat missions with the 8th Air Force out of England and attained the rank of Major. He was wounded in action over Berlin on March 8, 1944 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 5 battle Stars, and the Purple Heart award. He would jokingly say "I won the war‌ with

Mr. Booth used his success at Burrell to give back to his community, utilizing his talents and resources to support hundreds of local organizations. Over the years, he served on the boards of The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Association, New Kensington Chamber of Commerce, Contractors Association of Western Pennsylvania, and the Alle-Kiski Medical Center. Notably, he also served on the Penn State University Advisory Board and was a staunch advocate for establishing the Penn State University campus in New Kensington. He continued to work on projects until his death.

Mr. Booth told wonderful "war stories" and I was fortunate to hear most of them more than once. What I did not know until now is that he carried a statement in his jacket pocket as a reminder and guide. "We make a living by what we get. We make a life from what we give. What we have done for ourselves dies with us. What we have done for others and the world is immortal."

His granddaughter summed it up this way, "Granddad was fun and funny, loved jokes, loved people, loved life and his favorite line was "what the hell."

As for me, Mr. Booth was my mentor. He was a hero to everyone, and to me he was the last hero.

Respectfully, Bud Gibbons

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front cover: Nancy McNary-Smith, Warrior, 2018, clay, bike inner tube piercings, 26 x 8 inches back cover: Susan Palmisano, Ancestral Voices (detail), 2018, oil on 4 canvases, 40 x 40 inches

107TH ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF PITTSBURGH ANNUAL November 9, 2019-January 26, 2020