Press Release Upcoming Public Programs at The Andy Warhol Museum

EXHIBITIONS

Exposures
Through 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. The exhibition’s accompanying selection of artist-designed objects available in The Warhol Store feature ceramics by Brooklyn-based Cassie Griffin, lamps by Pittsburgh artist Ron Copeland, and tin works by Pittsburgh-based Workerbird.

Pearlstein, Warhol, Cantor: From Pittsburgh to New York
Through 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 behind them in school, was equally looking to pursue her work, but left 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 before been exhibited.

GLYCERINE and ROSE WATER
Through October 4, 2015
The Warhol presents a site-specific artwork by the German/Dutch artist Stefan Hoffmann. Hoffmann uses his process of vertical silkscreen printing to transform the museum’s entrance space windows and doors during the month of June. The sites Hoffmann chooses for his installations span the globe from a contemporary art center in Tokyo, to a neighborhood shop and café in the United Kingdom, to a youth gymnasium in Rankin, PA. He has also worked on projects at museums in Shanghai, Amsterdam, and Quebec City. Like Warhol, Hoffmann appropriates everyday imagery as source material for his work, challenging audiences to critically reflect on our shared visual culture.

EVENTS

Good Fridays sponsored by Cohen & Grigsby
Fridays through October 31, 2015
5–10 p.m.
Each Good Friday from May 1 to October 31, 2015, is sponsored by Cohen & Grigsby. For a more social experience, the museum is open late with a cash bar in the entrance gallery and half-price regular museum admission.

Half-price museum admission

Half-Pint Prints
Saturday, June 6, 2015
10 a.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

Pittsburgh Youth Pride Prom: There’s No Place Like Candyland Saturday, June 6, 2015

6 p.m.

GLSEN Pittsburgh and The Andy Warhol Museum co-host the annual Pittsburgh Youth Pride Prom at The Warhol. The Pride Prom is a youth-organized social event in its eighth year for young people ages 13–20 throughout the region, and it is the only all-youth event during Pride month. This year’s theme “There’s No Place Like Candyland” is a festive cross between The Wizard of Oz and Candy Land.

Tickets $10 advance / $15 at the door; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300

Summer Camps
Andy Warhol: Pop Portraits and Selfies, June 8–12, 2015
Vertical Silkscreen Printing with Stefan Hoffmann, June 15–19, 2015
Ultra Violet Pop, July 27–31, 2015
The Warhol offers summer camps for children ages 8–10. 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 pop portraits. Summer Camps are held 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 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

Sound Series: Betty Douglas & Co. Friday, June 19, 2015
8 p.m.
The Warhol theater

The Warhol welcomes Betty Douglas & Co., for an evening of jazz, presented in connection with the exhibition Pearlstein, Warhol, Cantor: From Pittsburgh to New York. Ms. Douglas is a Pittsburgh-based artist and musician, who studied in Carnegie Tech’s Department of Painting and Design, overlapping with Philip Pearlstein, Andy Warhol, and Dorothy Cantor, and she became the program’s first African-American graduate in 1951. She and her band have developed a set reflecting the era of the late 1940s and early 1950s, including classics by such iconic performers as Billie Holiday, Eartha Kitt, and Mabel Mercer.

Tickets $10 / $8 members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300

Teacher Workshop
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
4:30 p.m.
The Warhol hosts a teacher workshop to coincide with the exhibition Pearlstein, Warhol, Cantor: From Pittsburgh to New York. This exhibition is the first to explore the work of Philip Pearlstein, Andy Warhol, and Dorothy Cantor as students at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University), and as young artists breaking into the 1950s New York art world. Through hands-on studio and silkscreening projects, teachers explore the path that all three artists took from their early Pittsburgh roots to their ambitious start in New York. Three ACT 48 Credit hours are available to teachers. Tickets $35; visit www.warhol.org/education/school/workshops/ or call 412.237.8365

Half-Pint Prints
Saturday, August 1, 2015
10 a.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

Josh & Gab
Saturday, August 8, 2015
2 p.m.
The Warhol theater
Josh & Gab is a Pittsburgh-based musical comedy duo, best known for its award- winning anti-bullying school programs, which has been featured in more than 200 Pittsburgh-area schools and in six states. The team provides a high-energy mix of original pop songs, interactive stand-up comedy, and family-friendly theater. The program is presented in connection with “Year of the Family” at The Warhol. Free with museum admission

Sound Series: Anime’BOP! Ensemble

Saturday, August 15, 2015
2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The Warhol theater
The Warhol partners with Anime’BOP! and MAC (Mid-Atlantic Contemporary) Ballet to present OF ORDINARY THINGS, Inspirations from Warhol. As part of the museum’s “Year of the Family” celebration, this multimedia project features Anime’BOP!, which stands for bassoon, oboe, and piano, performing a series of short compositions, accompanied by MAC dancers and inspired by Warhol images and quotes projected behind the performers on stage. The family-friendly 2 p.m. performance is an hour long and offered free with support from Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and The Sprout Fund. The 7 p.m. full performance is ticketed with open seating.

Tickets for the 2 p.m. performance are FREE; Tickets for the 7 p.m. performance are $15 / $10 students & seniors; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300

KID CITY Dance Party with DJ KellyMom Saturday, August 22, 2015
10 a.m.
The Warhol entrance space

At KID CITY, Pittsburgh’s own DJ KellyMom spins indie rock kids love to dance to, featuring artists like DEVO, The Velvet Underground, The Cars, The Smiths, Blondie, Talking Heads, Beastie Boys, James Brown, The Clash, and Martha and the Vandellas, among others. The program is presented in connection with “Year of the Family” at The Warhol.

Free with museum admission

Half-Pint Prints
Saturday, September 5, 2015
10 a.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

Trans-Q Live!
Friday, September 18, 2015
8 p.m.
The Warhol theater
Trans-Q Live! presents a queer evening of performance, dance, poetry, comedy, resplendent fantasies, music, and so much more. The event is hosted by Joe Hall, with performances by Blakk Rapp Madusa, Cindy Crotchford, Jasmine Hearn/Alisha Wormsley, Moonbaby/Mario Ashkar, Bekezela Mguni, Slowdanger, and The Bang Gang. A reception and dance party take place after the performance with DJ Sassy Suggestions, and a cash bar is available. The event is co-presented with Trans-Q Television, a project of Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for the Arts in Society, and it is produced by Scott Andrew, Adil Mansoor, and Suzie Silver. Tickets $10 / $8 members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237- 8300

Television
Friday, September 25, 2015
8 p.m.
Carnegie Music Hall (Oakland)
The Warhol welcomes Television to the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland for a rare North American performance and much anticipated follow-up to Tom Verlaine’s solo performance at the Hall last October as part of Exposed: Songs for Unseen Warhol Films. The current band, which features Verlaine and Jimmy Rip on guitar, Fred Smith on bass, and Billy Ficca on drums, has been active again in the past two years, playing such notable festivals as Big Ears and All Tomorrow’s Parties.
The event is co-presented with WYEP 91.3FM.
Tickets $30 / $25 members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300

RADical Day 2015, Featuring FREE admission
Sunday, September 27, 2015
10 a.m.
As part of RADical Days 2015, The Warhol is offering FREE admission from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. on Sunday, September 27, 2015. RADical Days is an annual event celebrating the region’s assets with free admission, musical and dance performances, and family activities offered by arts and culture organizations, parks and recreation, and sports and attractions that are funded by RAD.

FREE

Half-Pint Prints
Saturday, October 3, 2015
10 a.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

Sounds Series: An Evening with Luna Wednesday, October 14, 2015
8 p.m.
The Warhol entrance space

The Warhol welcomes back the highly influential indie rock band Luna for an intimate show in the museum’s entrance space during its 10 year reunion tour. The band last performed at The Warhol in the museum’s parking lot in 2000. Over the past 15 years, the museum has developed a strong relationship with band members Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips, including their involvement with the performance commissions 13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests and Exposed: Songs for Unseen Warhol Films.
Tickets $25 / $20 Members and students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237- 8300

Richard Maxwell / New York City Players: The Evening Friday, October 23, 2015
8 p.m.
New Hazlett Theater

The Warhol partners with the New Hazlett Theater to present The Evening by playwright-director Richard Maxwell, who The New York Times recently referred to as “perhaps the greatest American experimental theater auteur of his generation.” The Evening is considered the first installment of a Divine Comedy-inspired triptych that features signature Maxwell elements such a minimalist aesthetic and live music. This performance contains adult subject matter and strong language. This performance was commissioned by the 2014 Spalding Gray Award and supported in part by an award through the National Endowment for the Arts.

Tickets $15 / $12 Members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300

Half-Pint Prints
Saturday, November 7, 2015
10 a.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

KID CITY Dance Party with DJ KellyMom Saturday, November 14, 2015
10 a.m.
The Warhol entrance space

At KID CITY, Pittsburgh’s own DJ KellyMom spins indie rock kids love to dance to, featuring artists like DEVO, The Velvet Underground, The Cars, The Smiths, Blondie, Talking Heads, Beastie Boys, James Brown, The Clash, and Martha and the Vandellas, among others. The program is presented in connection with “Year of the Family” at The Warhol.

Free with museum admission

Half-Pint Prints
Saturday, December 5, 2015
10 a.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

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)
Tuesday–Friday, 1:30–5 p.m.; Saturday–Sunday, 12–5 p.m.
Visitors to our underground studio The Factory are encouraged to try out some of Warhol’s signature art-making techniques like blotted line drawing, acetate collage, and silkscreen printing.
Free with museum admission

Daily Gallery Talks

Experience a tours and discussions on a wide range of topics including Warhol’s work practices, his life, and more. The 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. gallery talks are led by either Donald Warhola, artist educators, collections staff, or curatorial staff. The 1 p.m. talks are silkscreen demonstrations led by artist educators. These 30 minute talks include time for visitors to present their own insights and ask questions. Free with museum admission

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