A Pittsburgh Anthology

For the exhibition A Pittsburgh Anthology, I worked closely with Eric Crosby, Henry J. Heinz II Director, Carnegie Museum of Art; Rachel Delphia, The Alan G. and Jane A. Lehman Curator of Decorative Arts & Design; and Hannah Turpin, Curatorial Assistant, Contemporary Art and Photography, on the development of all didactic texts and object labels for the gallery.

We also found an excellent design collaborator in Elana Schlenker, from Studio Elana Schlenker, who helped us realize a holistic design—from the look and feel of the in-gallery interpretive elements to the creation of supplementary material. In the gallery, each artwork is paired with a printed card offering details and stories about the piece. We then developed a binder for visitors to collect these cards and build their own “anthology” of art.

A Pittsburgh Anthology celebrates stories of creative life in Pittsburgh as prompted by Carnegie Museum of Art’s collection across time and media. Since its inception in 1895, the museum has collected works made in, about, and for Pittsburgh. Each object in this exhibition sheds light on the many ways that artists, whether local or passing through, engage with the people, landscape, and built environment of the city. While some objects reveal the creative impulse to map or document Pittsburgh, others speak to its unique cultural character.

Images via Studio Elana Schlenker and Carnegie Museum of Art