Stretching Pittsburgh’s boundaries has always been a focus of the Carnegie International, but the latest iteration of the city’s triennial import of contemporary art, which launches Oct. 5, takes the concept literally. Expected to draw over 100,000 patrons, the show will exhibit the work of 35 artists from 19 countries and bring site-specific projects to... More
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Opera Theater of Pittsburgh
This year, it's summer in the city for Opera Theater of Pittsburgh. In 2012, the 35-year old ensemble managed to transpose its traditional goal of presenting small-scale, mostly English-language opera to a different key, staging a summer season on the Fox Chapel campus of Shady Side Academy. More
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Pittsburgh Day of Giving
Nonprofits in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties participated in 24 hours of online fundraising last Oct. 3. The annual Day of Giving matched individual gifts with pro-rated funds from The Pittsburgh Foundation and its related funds for a one-day total of $8.6 million. More
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A RAD-ical Funding Model
Like its counterparts nationwide, the Pittsburgh arts community was battered by the recession. But RAD threw it a lifeline. While local foundation grants, generous sources of funding for many arts groups, are returning to pre-recession levels, cuts to the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts budget have been severe. More
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Who’s Buying a Seat
Two million people flood the Cultural District each year. Thousands more attend arts events throughout the region. And the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council knows, pretty much, who they are. More
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The Arts Engine
Pittsburgh has met the challenge - shared by other mid-American cities - of growing an art audience in a slow-growth city with an aging population. And while the amplified offerings of the seven main downtown presenters (the Trust, Symphony, Ballet Theatre, Opera, Public Theatre, Dance Council and CLO) have doubled their overall audience in the... More