Connect with Pittsburgh’s steel industry heritage on this guided tour of the Carrie Blast Furnaces National Historic Landmark. Tours highlight the site’s iron-making technology, its workers, and their culture. Declared… Continue Reading Test event
Now in its fourth iteration, Alloy Pittsburgh returns to reimagine the future of the Carrie Blast Furnaces. Inspired by its legacy and the people of the Mon Valley communities that… Continue Reading Alloy Pittsburgh Opening Reception
Appreciate the artwork of Kathleen Ferri with insights shared from one of the exhibition’s curators. Join Barbara L. Jones, chief curator at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, on November… Continue Reading Curator-Led Gallery Talk of Memory Scenes: A Kathleen Ferri Retrospective
Once known as the “Hardest Working River in the World,” the Monongahela River was responsible for much of Pittsburgh’s early commercial and industrial success—even centuries before it earned that moniker!… Continue Reading The Hardest Working River Tour
Explore the metal casting process at the Carrie Blast Furnaces! Create a unique work of art from aluminum. Using everyday materials, you’ll create a one-sided design in resin-bonded sand—then watch… Continue Reading Aluminum Casting Session
Explore the metal casting process at the Carrie Blast Furnaces! Create a unique work of art from aluminum. Using everyday materials, you’ll create a one-sided design in resin-bonded sand—then watch… Continue Reading Aluminum Casting Session
Once known as the “Hardest Working River in the World,” the Monongahela River was responsible for much of Pittsburgh’s early commercial and industrial success—even centuries before it earned that moniker!… Continue Reading The Hardest Working River Tour
Don't miss this unique opportunity to work with figurative artist Jeannie McGuire! This five-day figurative painting workshop is an immersive experience into the regions’ industrial heritage. Fittingly, the workshop takes… Continue Reading Figurative Design in Industry Workshop
Join Rivers of Steel in celebrating industrial arts and American craft at the Carrie Blast Furnaces! This one-of-kind extravaganza invites audiences of all ages to celebrate the industrial arts and American… Continue Reading 2023 Festival of Combustion
“What we start to see in this collection is Vanka as an observer, Vanka as a laborer, artist as laborer, who takes the time to look, to investigate and to… Continue Reading Gledaj! The Gaze of Maxo Vanka Closing Reception
