Press Release Upcoming Public Programs at The Andy Warhol Museum

EXHIBITIONS

Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent
Through April 19, 2015
This is the first full-scale survey covering more than 30 years of work by American artist Corita Kent (1918–1986). In her rich and varied career, she was a designer, teacher, feminist, and activist for civil rights and anti-war causes. Her thousands of posters, murals, and signature serigraphs reflect combined passion for faith and politics. Kent became one of the most popular graphic artists of the 1960s and 1970s, and her images remain iconic symbols that address the larger questions and concerns of that turbulent time and continue to influence many artists today.

While several exhibitions have focused on Kent’s work from the ‘60s, Someday is Now is the first major museum show to survey her entire career, including early abstractions and text pieces as well as the more lyrical works made in the 1970s and 1980s. The exhibition also includes rarely shown photographs Corita used for teaching and documentary purposes.

Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent is curated by Ian Berry, Dayton Director of The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, and Michael Duncan, independent curator and art critic, in collaboration with the Corita Art Center, Los Angeles. The exhibition is made possible with the generous support of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Friends of the Tang Museum.

Exposures
March 11 – June 28, 2015
For the second installment of Exposures, The Warhol presents Pittsburgh-based artist Cecilia Ebitz’s Good Intentions, an installation inspired by the work and teachings of artist Corita Kent. With existing work I Wanna be free (2011), and two new works, Try Trusting it for awhile and Joyous Revolution, Ebitz uses Kent’s teachings to shape her practice while maintaining her aesthetic.

Using a playful palette bright with the colors of childhood and ordinary objects and materials, Ebitz reminds the viewer of the beauty and poetry in the everyday. Blank canvases function like protest signs; empty swings conjure the body, movement, and trust; and a trampoline points to freedom and self-improvement. Ebitz uses these symbols of change to remind us that there is, as she states, “good intention, intention for change and improvement.”

Pearlstein, Cantor, Warhol: Shared Beginnings
May 30 – September 6, 2015
This exhibition explores the work of Philip Pearlstein, Dorothy Cantor, and Andy Warhol as students in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University), and as aspiring artists in New York City. This early period was one of close association between Warhol and Pearlstein as they were fellow students, roommates in New York, and eager artists working in commercial illustration. Cantor, one year younger, was equally looking to pursue her work, but abandoned her practice when she started a family with Pearlstein.

This exhibition is the first to study this important period for the three artists. The exhibition also features Pearlstein’s most-recent paintings—a brand new series that has never been exhibited and arguably is his most challenging work in his many decades of painting.

EVENTS

Half-Pint Prints
Saturday, March 7, 2015
10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Education Studio
This monthly silkscreen printing activity for families with children ages 1 to 4 years old takes place the first Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon. Families work with The Warhol’s artist educators to create silkscreen prints during this drop- in studio program.

Free with museum admission

Sound Series: Jace Clayton – The Julius Eastman Memorial Dinner Saturday, March 14, 2015
8 p.m.
Carnegie Museum of Art Theater (Oakland)

The Warhol welcomes back Jace Clayton, a.k.a. DJ /rupture, who leads an ensemble work conceived for twin pianos, live electronics, and voice that brings fresh insight to the artistic legacy of Julius Eastman—the mercurial gay African American composer who mixed canny minimalist innovation with head-on political provocation. The Julius Eastman Memorial Dinner comprises new arrangements and interpretations of a selection of Eastman’s piano compositions. As Clayton uses his own custom-designed “Sufi Plug Ins” software to live-process the pianos of David Friend and Emily Manzo, he also intersperses musical vignettes—performed by neo-Sufi vocalist Arooj Aftab—to lend context and nuance to the composer’s saga, which was cut short in 1990 at age 49. The event is co-presented with the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Music on the Edge series of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Music.

Tickets $20/$15 Members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412.237.8300

In Discussion: Art & Social Change: Movement-Makers in the Arts with DeAnna Cummings, Jasiri X, and Dr. Joyce Bell
Saturday, March 21, 2015
2 p.m.

Warhol theater

Join us for a discussion with DeAnna Cummings, Jasiri X, and Dr. Joyce Bell regarding the relationship between the arts and movements for social change. Cummings is a global thinker and leader in the realm of youth arts and development who translates the lessons from a local youth arts organization that she runs in Minneapolis, MN, for international audiences. Artist and educator Jasiri X is a leader in the contemporary struggle for civil and human rights. Moderator Dr. Joyce Bell is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research centers on race and social justice, with a focus on the lasting impacts of the Black Power Movement. This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent.

Free with museum admission

Teacher Workshop
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
5–8 p.m.
This teacher workshop coincides with the exhibition Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent. Teachers explore Kent’s rich and varied career as a designer, teacher, feminist, and activist for civil rights and anti-war causes. Through hands-on silkscreening projects and the creation of a “sense diary,” teachers discuss how her images, like Warhol’s, remain iconic symbols today. Teachers receive 3 ACT 48 Credit hours.
Ticket $35; visit http://www.warhol.org/education/school/workshops/ or call 412.237.8365

Sound Series: A Winged Victory For The Sullen with special guest Loscil Wednesday, March 25, 2015
8 p.m.
Warhol theater

The Warhol welcomes back the ambient music duo A Winged Victory For The Sullen, consisting of Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie. Their second album, Atomos, was released on Kranky Records in fall 2014. The album was realized through a unique collaboration with Wayne McGregor, founder of Random Dance Company and resident choreographer at the Royal Ballet. Vancouver-based ambient composer Loscil (Scott Morgan), who has recently played festivals such as Decibel, Mutek, and Big Joy, opens the evening.

Tickets $15/$12 Members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412.237.8300

(SOLD OUT) Sound Series: Perfume Genius with special guest Jenny Hval Friday, March 27, 2015
8 p.m.
Warhol theater

The Warhol welcomes Perfume Genius, aka Seattle native Mike Hadreas, who gained immediate recognition with his 2010 debut album Learning, which was called “an album of rare, redemptive beauty…one of the most uniquely endearing and quietly forceful debut albums of recent years” by Drowned In Sound. Hadreas’s touring performance supports his distinctly different second album Too Bright, produced by Portishead’s Adrian Utley, and employing a rawer, visceral, and darker sensibility with a full band as opposed to solo piano. The highly innovative Norwegian artist and song-writer Jenny Hval opens the show.

Cynthia Hopkins: A Living Documentary Saturday, March 28, 2015
8 p.m.
Warhol theater

The Warhol welcomes back performance artist Cynthia Hopkins in the stripped- down, one-woman-show, A Living Documentary, in which Hopkins plays both herself and an eclectic cast of characters, driven by a song cycle of original compositions. Ultimately, a comedic, no-nonsense reflection on the trials and tribulations of earning a living as a professional theater artist in the 21st century, the show combines elements of musical comedy, documentary, and fiction, and it asks a myriad of questions about the realities of artistic life in New York City. This performance contains nudity and strong language.

Tickets $15/$12 Members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412.237.8300

Half-Pint Prints
Saturday, April 4, 2015
10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Education Studio
This monthly silkscreen printing activity for families with children ages 1 to 4 years old takes place the first Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon. Families work with The Warhol’s artist educators to create silkscreen prints during this drop- in studio program.

Sound Series: Rob Mazurek and Black Cube Friday, April 10, 2015
8 p.m.
Warhol theater

The Warhol welcomes back composer and cornetist Rob Mazurek (voted musician of the year by Italian jazz magazine Musica Jazz), with his latest ensemble Black Cube SP, which features his long standing trio São Paulo Underground, with the addition of Thomas Rohrer.

Tickets $15/$12 Members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412.237.8300

Corita Kent in Her Contexts: Art, Craft, Politics, and Society Saturday, April 18, 2015
2 p.m.
Warhol theater

Ori Soltes, professorial lecturer in theology and fine arts at Georgetown University, explores Corita Kent’s contributions to art history. Visual art has rarely been devoid of connections to religion and politics, and the hierarchy of visual artistic categories—architecture, sculpture, and painting; painting and photography; art and craft—has often offered blurred boundaries, particularly in the modern era. Kent often articulated those connections and helped identify that one form of self- expression is no more “art” than another. This program is presented in conjunction with Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent.

Free with museum admission

Sound Series: Meeting of Important People and The Van Allen Belt with special guest Morgan Erina
Saturday, April 18, 2015
8 p.m.

Warhol entrance space

The Warhol welcomes back Pittsburgh’s own Meeting of Important People for a performance in the museum’s entrance space. This Pittsburgh trio has shared the stage with artists such as Ok Go, The Secret Machines, and Dean & Britta, and it will be celebrating a new single release on Wild Kindness Records. The evening begins with fellow Wild Kindness artists, The Van Allen Belt, a quartet influenced by the 60s pop sounds of Phil Spector and Burt Bacharach, and the singer- songwriter Morgan Erina.

Please note that this performance is standing room only.
Tickets $10 / $8 Members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412.237.8300

Waldman International Arts and Writing Award and Recognition Event Sunday, April 19, 2015
10:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
Entrance space, Warhol theater, education studio

This recognition ceremony celebrates the winners of the Waldman International Arts and Writing Award competition. The winners’ work is on display in the museum’s lobby on April 19 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is a partnership with The Holocaust Center, The Pittsburgh Jewish Film Forum, and Partnership 2Gether (P2G) of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.

Free admission for competition participants and their families

Sound Series: An Evening with Madeleine Peyroux Thursday, April 23, 2015
8 p.m.
Carnegie Lecture Hall (Oakland)

The Warhol welcomes singer/songwriter Madeleine Peyroux to the Carnegie Lecture Hall. Beginning almost 20 years ago with her critically acclaimed debut album Dreamland, Peyroux’s work continues to exist uniquely and comfortably at the intersection of jazz, pop, and blues. Beyond a wealth of original material, she is also highly praised as an incredibly insightful interpreter of a wide range of material by many classic performers such as Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Bessie Smith, and Leonard Cohen. The performance features songs from Peyroux’s recording of Keep Me In Your Heart for A While – The Best of Madeleine Peyroux. The material is presented in an intimate trio configuration of voice, guitar, and bass (Madeleine Peyroux, vocals and guitar; Jon Herington, guitar; Barak Mori, bass).
This event is co-presented with WYEP.
Tickets $35 / $30 Members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412.237.8300

Half-Pint Prints
Saturday, May 2, 2015
10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Education Studio
This monthly silkscreen printing activity for families with children ages 1 to 4 years old takes place the first Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon. Families work with The Warhol’s artist educators to create silkscreen prints during this drop- in studio program.

Youth Invasion: 2015
Friday, May 8, 2015
5–10 p.m.
Teens take over The Warhol. This multi-faceted project features teens’ unique take on Andy Warhol, with their points of view, ideas, and creative expressions energizing the entire museum. Activities include a fashion show, performances, art activities, and much more.

Tickets $5 at the door, includes museum admission

Summer Camps
June 8–August 14, 2015
The Andy Warhol Museum
The Warhol offers weekly summer camps for children ages 8–13, from June 8 through August 14. Camps may be combined with “Aftercamp Adventures” for a complete day of programming. Camps include a variety of content, from working with our visiting artist to designing art for a social cause. Summer Camps are held 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily, and “Aftercamp Adventures” are available each day from 1 to 4 p.m. For a complete list of programs and to register, please visit www.warhol.org/camps. Space is limited.
Summer Camps are $175 per week ($140 members); Aftercamp Adventures are $125 per week ($100 members); visit www.warhol.org/camps or call 412.237.8356

ONGOING PROGRAMS

GOOD FRIDAYS
Every Friday, 5–10 p.m.
For a more social experience, the museum is open late with a cash bar in the entrance gallery and special half-price regular museum admission. Many Good Fridays also feature special programs including music, film, performances, and more. Be sure to check our online calendar for specific weekly special programming (additional ticket pricing may apply).

The Factory (Underground Studio)
Weekdays, 1:30–5 p.m.; Weekends, 12–4 p.m.
Free with Museum admission
The Factory is a lively studio program where museum visitors can create art alongside artist/educators while exploring Warhol’s artistic practice. It is a collaborative environment where visitors investigate ideas about art and culture while working alongside artist/educators, staff, and volunteers.

Daily Gallery Talks

Experience a range of topics including Warhol’s work practices and more. Subjects vary depending on current exhibitions and guest speaker. Guest speakers include curators, artist educators, and more. These 30-minute talks include time for visitors to present their own perspectives and questions.

Pop Generation
Last Thursday of each month, 11 a.m.
For the generation that inspired Warhol, Pop Generation is a new program exclusively for older adults, age 65 and over, which takes place the last Thursday of each month and features educational tours and complimentary refreshments. For a list of tour topics, please visit http://www.warhol.org/whatson/publicprograms/. Tickets $10/Members free