Carnegie Mellon School of Art

08/26/2026

✍️ Day 1 of art school and already collaborating. Welcome to the rest of your life!

“Foundations: Drawing” with Prof Alli Lemon

08/25/2026

📢 Starting next month, join us for a year of conversations with artists in If the word we, the 59th Carnegie International.

Co-presented by and , this year’s Visiting Artist Lecture Series explores shared throughlines of inquiry, interest, and methodology across the Carnegie International, CMU graduate and undergraduate students, and the Pittsburgh arts community.

🎟️ Lectures are free + open to the public
👉 Registration recommended
🔗 Link in bio for full details

1️⃣ Torkwase Dyson
September 15, 2026
The Robert Lepper Distinguished Lecture in Creative Inquiry

2️⃣ RJ Messineo
October 20, 2026

3️⃣ Kearra Amaya Gopee
November 3, 2026

4️⃣ Jonathan González
January 26, 2027

5️⃣ Walter Scott
March 16, 2027

6️⃣ Jason Hirata
April 6, 2027

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Portrait by Hansi Liao; Installation view of If the word we, the 59th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (May 2, 2026–January 3, 2027), featuring works by Torkwase Dyson; photo: Zachary Riggleman / © Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

Portrait by Marquale Ashley; Installation view of If the word we, 59th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (May 2, 2026–January 3, 2027), featuring works by RJ Messineo; photo: Zachary Riggleman / © Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

Portrait by Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.; Installation view of Kearra Amaya Gopee, minor demons (2026), in If the word we, 59th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (May 2, 2026–January 3, 2027); photo: Zachary Riggleman / © Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

Portrait by David Evan McDowell, courtesy of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage; Rehearsals for Jonathan González, The Strikebreakers, 2026, commissioned for the 59th Carnegie International; photos: Zachary Riggleman

Portrait by Manoushka Larouche; Installation view of Walter Scott, REALITY HAS LESS TO DO WITH ME THAN I THOUGHT (2026) in If the word we: 59th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (May 2, 2026–January 3, 2027); photo: Zachary Riggleman / Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

Portrait by Jason Hirata; Jason Hirata (2021)

08/25/2026

08/23/2026

ON VIEW | Yiying Wang (MFA ‘28) and Gustav Bulzgis in “You vs You,” a joint exhibition at Parlour Gallery in Toronto.

Through September 2, 2026.

08/18/2026

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08/17/2026

Same view, new year 🔄

The countdown to 2026-27 is officially on! Orientation week is here, classes start next week, and we can’t wait to see the campus come alive all over again. 🍃☀️🍂❄️

08/12/2026

ICYMI 🐋💥 For “Quiet Edges / Dissolve,” students from Carnegie Mellon School of Art, CMU School of Music, and CMU IDeATe transformed WQED Studio A into a dynamic world of light and sound.

The cross-campus event showcased collaborative work from the spring semester courses Exploded Ensemble, Inflatables, and Real-time Animation.

In one of the exhibition’s installations, titled “The Memory Palace,” students mapped site-specific audio to locations and objects connected to the building’s own iconic TV history 📺

08/03/2026

👏 Let’s hear it for the exceptionally talented students of Pre-College Art 2026!

Swipe for a look at some of their hard work from the last six weeks of classes, none of which would have been possible without these amazing folks:

✏️ Alli Lemon
🗿 Rachael Starbuck
🧑‍💻 Johannes DeYoung
🧠 Bryan Martello
🎨 John Guy Petruzzi
📸 Petra Floyd
📃 Mary Tremonte
TAs: Sam Bates, Jolie Booth, Audrey Ebramsyah, Nora Sweeney-Gladen

07/28/2026

ON VIEW | Three School of Art faculty recently unveiled new public works as part of Arts Landing, a four-acre riverfront park curated by Visual Arts @ the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.

Swipe to see how the installations are transforming downtown Pittsburgh and drawing attention to the city:

▪️ Commissioned for the pickleball courts, “Geometry of Play” by Professor Sharmistha Ray (Sharmistha Ray) is painted directly onto the playing surface, merging game design with abstract painting.
▪️ Made from weathering steel and neon,“Hold” by Visiting MFA Core Faculty Shikeith (Shikeith) is an extension of his Project Blue Space initiative, which explores the spiritual, cultural, and political relationships Black communities have forged with water.
▪️ “Local Time and Weather” by Professor John Peña (John Peña) is created in collaboration with the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh’s Tough Art Program, inviting participants to actively engage with magnetic shapes on the sculpture’s surface.

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07/21/2026

ART LIFE 🪡👩‍🏭📸 Rising junior Audrey Ebramsyah () shares what it’s like jugging Pre-College Art Teaching Assistant duties and personal summer projects.