Press Release Upcoming Public Programs at The Andy Warhol Museum

EXHIBITIONS

Chuck Connelly: My America
Through January 4, 2015
The Warhol presents an exhibition of Pittsburgh native Chuck Connelly for its contribution to the 2014 Pittsburgh Biennial. As a prodigious painter with a passion for his craft, Connelly has amassed a vast body of work dating from the late 1970s to the present day. His subjects have varied widely from religious imagery to cosmic visions, landscapes, portraits, domes interiors, and Victorian homes from his neighborhood in East Oak Lane, Philadelphia. In spite of such a varied career, Connelly’s penchant for the surreal and fantastic have remained constant.

This exhibition, Chuck Connelly: My America, marks Connelly’s first solo museum show and features works from his beginning years in New York to the present day. Born in Pittsburgh in 1955, Connelly graduated from the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, in 1977. In the early 1980s Connelly, based in New York City, exhibited widely and developed a highly inventive style of expressionist painting. During this period, Connelly was recognized as a key figure among the New York- based Neo-expressionist painters—alongside artists such Julian Schnabel and Jean- Michel Basquiat—and was collected by major institutions across the United States. In the late 1990s, Connelly returned to Philadelphia where he continues to live and work.

The Pittsburgh Biennial is co-organized by Carnegie Museum of Art, Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, The Andy Warhol Museum, SPACE Gallery, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Mattress Factory, and Biennial founders Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Each of the eight partnering institutions present a distinct exhibition of work by artists connected to the Pittsburgh region, reflecting each organization’s curatorial focus.

Support for the Pittsburgh Biennial has been provided by The Fine Foundation; Hillman Family Foundations; the James L. Baker Memorial Fund, the Hollen Bolmgren Fund, and the W. Alfred Turner Memorial Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation; Richard King Mellon Foundation; Highmark; and an anonymous donor.

13 Most Wanted Men: Andy Warhol and the 1964 World’s Fair
Through January 4, 2015
Fifty years ago, Andy Warhol sparked a minor scandal at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. As part of a prominent set of public commissions for the exterior of the Philip Johnson-designed New York State Pavilion, Warhol chose to enlarge mug shots from an NYPD booklet featuring the 13 most wanted criminals of 1962. Forming a massive grid, these 48-inch square panels each featured front and profile views of the subject. The 13 Most Wanted Men was installed April 15, 1964, and due to potential controversy was painted over by Fair officials with silver paint a few days later. When the Fair opened to the public, all that was visible was a large silver panel.

Later in the summer of 1964, Warhol produced 20 Most Wanted Men paintings on narrower canvases with the same screens he had used to make the mural. They were first shown to the public at Galerie Sonnabend in Paris in 1967. Many of them were recently brought together again for the first time in almost half a century.

This exhibition launched at the Queens Museum in April 2014 only 200 yards from the original site of Warhol’s mural.

This exhibition was developed collaboratively by the Queens Museum and The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, and it is made possible by The Henry Luce Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Additional support is provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Delta is the official airline sponsor for 13 Most Wanted Men: Andy Warhol and the 1964 World’s Fair.

Exposures
Through March 1, 2015
Exposures features quarterly store window displays designed by local emerging artists and limited edition items designed by local and international artists available for purchase in The Warhol Store. The series title Exposures refers to artists given the chance to showcase their work in a broad, public arena—The Warhol Store and its street-facing windows.

The first iteration of the window series features work by Daniel Pillis, a Pittsburgh- based artist pursuing a master’s degree in fine arts from Carnegie Mellon University. The first selection of artist-designed objects available in The Warhol Store features porcelains by artists Kara Walker, Alexi Morrissey, and Redraven.

Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent
January 31 – 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 these combined passions 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 Corita’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.

20th Anniversary Collection Rehang
Ongoing
To mark its 20th Anniversary, The Warhol, the most comprehensive single artist museum in the world, is undertaking a major redesign of its collection galleries. This rehang of the collection represents the most comprehensive review of the museum’s collection of Warhol’s artwork and archival materials since it opened in 1994. Chronologically organized across five of the museum’s seven floors, it features masterpieces from the collection alongside rarely seen artworks and archival material.

Through its own projects and its collaborations with curators and scholars from around the world, The Warhol has been at the forefront of research on the artist’s career. This research is applied throughout the rehang.

The seventh floor features a group of artworks and archival objects that establish Pittsburgh as the starting point of Warhol’s life and work. This floor features newly uncovered material relating to Warhol’s childhood and pieces from the Warhola family collection of rarely seen paintings and photographs.

Among the newly created installations are The Exploding Plastic Inevitable, a detailed interpretation of a multimedia performance; The Office, a space dedicated to Warhol’s studio environment; The Film and Video Gallery, multiple screens enabling visitors to view the video collection on demand; The Archives, a combination of display and work space where visitors can watch the museum’s archivists at work while viewing Warhol’s Time Capsules. The museum’s second floor is be reserved for special exhibitions.

EVENTS

In Discussion: 13 Most Wanted Men, with John Giorno, Chief Archivist Matt Wrbican, and Assistant Curator of Film and Video Greg Pierce
Friday, December 12, 2014
7 p.m.

Warhol theater

Join us for a discussion with Matt Wrbican, The Warhol’s chief archivist; Greg Pierce, The Warhol’s assistant curator of film and video; and the highly influential poet John Giorno, the star of Andy Warhol’s 1963 film Sleep. The initiator of Dial- a-Poem (a poem recording project with a group of writers including Frank O’Hara and Patti Smith) in 1968, and the subject of an upcoming one-man exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, in 2015, artist and poet John Giorno has been an inspired, influential catalyst and connector for generations of New York visual artists, writers, and performance-makers. This program is presented in connection with the exhibition 13 Most Wanted Men: Andy Warhol and the 1964 World’s Fair on view September 27–January 4, 2015, at The Warhol.

Free with museum admission

Special Holiday Hours
Monday, December 29, 2014
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The Warhol will be open on Monday, December 29. Regular admission

FREE GOOD FRIDAYS presented by UPMC Health Plan
Each Friday in January 2015
5–10 p.m.
The Warhol offers free museum admission, a cash bar, and Pittsburgh’s DJ Huck Finn in the museum’s entrance space. Presented by UPMC Health Plan.

Free

Sound Series: Amernet String Quartet with pianist Amy Williams Saturday, January 17, 2015

8 p.m.
Warhol theater
The Warhol and the Music on the Edge Series welcome Amernet String Quartet, Ensemble-in-Residence at Florida International University in Miami, which has garnered worldwide praise and recognition as one of today’s exceptional string quartets. The group performs music by Elliott Carter, Eric Moe, and Amy Williams. The event is co-presented with the Music on the Edge series of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Music.
Advance Tickets $15 general/$10 students; Door Tickets $20 general/15 students; visit www.music.pitt.edu/tickets or call 412-624-7529

Sound Series: Ken Vandermark/Nate Wooley Duo Wednesday, January 21, 2015
8 p.m.
Warhol theater

The Warhol welcomes back saxophonist Ken Vandermark, this time with fellow experimental jazz composer Nate Wooley, who Time Out New York has dubbed “an iconoclastic trumpeter.” The pair is touring together in support of a new duo release on Pleasure of the Text, Wooley’s own label. This performance features two solo sets followed by a duo set. Vandermark’s current projects include Made To Break, The Resonance Ensemble, and duos with Paal Nilssen-Love and Tim Daisy. Wooley performs regularly with such icons as John Zorn and Anthony Braxton.

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

Public Opening: Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent Friday, January 30, 2015
7–10 p.m.
Warhol entrance space and second floor

This free public exhibition opening features live music by DJ Huck Finn and a cash bar. The event is part of FREE GOOD FRIDAYS presented by UPMC Health Plan throughout the month of January, offering free museum admission Fridays from 5– 10 p.m.

Free

Sound Series: Jessica Meyer and Seth Josel Saturday, January 31, 2015
8 p.m.
Warhol theater

The Warhol and the Music on the Edge Series welcome violist Jessica Meyer and guitarist Seth Josel. Meyer performs her own composition Sounds of Being for viola and loop pedal and premieres a new piece by Eric Moe for viola and electro- acoustics. Josel performs music by Berlin-based composers Peter Ablinger, Elena Mendoza, Makiko Nishikaze, and Ming Tsaoin. The event is co-presented with the Music on the Edge series of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Music. Advance Tickets $15 general/$10 students; Door Tickets $20 general/15 students; visit www.music.pitt.edu/tickets or call 412-624-7529

Sound Series: Battle Trance Saturday, February 7, 2015 8 p.m.
Warhol theater

The Warhol welcomes the genre-defying saxophone quartet Battle Trance (comprised of Travis Laplante, Matthew Nelson, Jeremy Viner, and Patrick Breiner) on a tour supporting its debut release Palace of Wind on New Amsterdam Records. Performing primarily the music of member Travis Laplante, the quartet crosses boundaries and exists loosely within realms of contemporary classical music, avant- garde jazz, black metal, ambient, and world music; the new record challenges conventions of the saxophone as an ensemble instrument. The event is co-presented with the Music on the Edge series of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Music.
Tickets $15/$12 Members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412.237.8300

Youth Art Opening
Friday, February 13, 2015
5–10 p.m.
Entrance space and underground studio
Teens from across Pittsburgh created a new series of prints in response to The Andy Warhol Museum’s exhibition Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent. See these young artists interpret Kent’s practice and respond through their own lens. Guests have the opportunity to print designs created by the young artists and take home original work.

Free with museum admission

Sound Series: Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival: Featuring Mak Grgić and Daniel Lippel with Michael Harrison
Friday, February 27, 2015
8 p.m.

Warhol theater

The Warhol and the Music on the Edge Series welcome Guitarists Mak Grgi and Daniel Lippel, who perform Radulescu’s Subconscious Wave and other works. Michael Harrison performs his hour-long work Revelation for re-tuned piano. The event is co-presented with the Music on the Edge series of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Music.

Advance Tickets $15 general/$10 students; Door Tickets $20 general/15 students; Festival Pass $30 general/$20 student & senior; visit www.music.pitt.edu/tickets or call 412-624-7529

Sound Series: Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival: Featuring Flux Quartet and Mantra Percussion
Saturday, February 28, 2015
8 p.m.

Warhol entrance space

Flux Quartet performs Scelsi’s String Quartet #2, and other works. Mantra Percussion performs Michael Gordon’s epic hour-long piece Timbre for six 2 × 4 pieces of wood and light installation. The event is co-presented with the Music on the Edge series of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Music.
Advance Tickets $15 general/$10 students; Door Tickets $20 general/15 students; Festival Pass $30 general/$20 student & senior; visit www.music.pitt.edu/tickets or call 412-624-7529

Sound Series: Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival: Featuring Ray-Kallay Duo, Flux Quartet, and Alia Musica
Sunday, March 1, 2015
6 p.m.

Warhol theater and entrance space

6 p.m.: Symposium Session, An Introduction to Microtonal Music with Frank Oteri (editor, NewMusicBox) and Robert Hasegawa (McGill University).
8 p.m.: Ray-Kallay Duo performs Enno Pope’s Rad, as well as works by Eric Moe (a premiere), Frank Oteri, Kyle Gann, among others. Flux Quartet and Mantra Percussion premiere a new work by Mathew Rosenblum, written for Flux Quartet and Mantra Percussion together. Alia Musica performs Nach-Ruf…entgleitend by Georg Friedrich Haas. The event is co-presented with the Music on the Edge series of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Music.

Advance Tickets $15 general/$10 students; Door Tickets $20 general/15 students; Festival Pass $30 general/$20 student & senior; visit www.music.pitt.edu/tickets or call 412-624-7529

Corita Kent in Her Contexts: Art, Craft, Politics, and Society Saturday, March 7, 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: 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

Art & Activism
Saturday, March 21, 2015
2 p.m.
Warhol theater
Dr. Joyce Bell, assistant professor of sociology at The University of Pittsburgh, leads a conversation around social justice, empowerment through the arts, and representation of youth of color in the media. This program is presented in conjunction with Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent.
Free with museum admission

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.

Tickets $15/$12 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, underground studio

This recognition ceremony celebrates the winners of the Waldman International Arts and Writing Award competition. The winners’ work will be on display in the museum’s lobby on April 19 from 10am to 2pm. 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

ONGOING PROGRAMS

GOOD FRIDAYS
Every Friday, 5 – 10 p.m.
Half-price admission and cash bar
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. Tickets $10/Members free

Daily Films

Warhol’s film and video works screened in our theater during museum hours.