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The University of Pittsburgh Library System receives a National Endowment of the Humanities grant for the third time since 2022, to fund the program called the “Homestead Steel Strike and the Growth of America as an Industrial Power,” a two-week-long workshop hosted at the University of Pittsburgh Library System. ...more
On Friday, July 25 at 6:30pm the August Wilson Archive Community-Artist Scholar recipient Imani Batts will have a closing reception for her exhibition, Nothing New Under the Sun at Studio 4We hope to see you there!
Please join us on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 from 10 a.m.- noon at 340 Hillman Library, Archives & Special Collections Instruction Room as this year's August Wilson Archive Student Research Award Recipients present their projects. 7 local students spent their summer researching within the August Wilson Archive and developing creative projects that were guided by their research… more
Please join us on Friday, August 8, 2025, from 10-11:30 a.m. at 340 Hillman Library, Archives & Special Collections Instruction Room as the August Wilson Archive Educator Award recipients hold a panel discussion about their summer research within the August Wilson Archive. Educators will be discussing their topics of research and showcasing materials from the parts of the collection that they worked on… more
Please join us Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from 6-7 p.m. at Pittsburgh Public Theater for a presentation and exhibit featuring the work of August Wilson Archive Student Research Award Recipient Maria McDill. During her research at the archive, Maria compared scripts from Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean play and explored their evolution and Wilson's creative writing process. She used this information as inspiration for her quilt.… more
Please join us for a reading of scenes from a new, in-process play inspired by the August Wilson Archive and written by August Wilson Archive Community Artist Scholar and Playwright a.k. payne, MFA, on Friday, July 11, 2025 from 6-7 p.m. at The Dr. Vernell Lillie Theatre at Pittsburgh City Theatre....more
Please join us on Saturday, August 2, 2025 from 6–8 p.m. at Moka on Soho Gallery for an artist exhibition opening which will feature the work of six of our August Wilson Archive Community Artist Scholars: Charlotte Ka, Errol "Mo" Reynolds, Janet Watkins, Deavron Dailey, Amir Rashidd, and Lynne b. All six artists spent time researching within the August Wilson Archive during their award period… more
Please join us for a video screening of the short film Learning To Hate, Wednesday, June 11, 2025 from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Archives… more
Please Sailor Dia for a research presentation, discussion, and special performance on Thursday, May 15, 2025 from 5-8 p.m. at The August Wilson House. Dia will be sharing what’s sprouted from their research and development as a Community Artist Scholar at the August Wilson Archive. This event will feature a hybrid presentation and discussion about what we can learn from Wilson through analyzing his production of Ma… more
Please join us for an artist exhibition featuring the work of Imani Batts, a Pittsburgh native with an unwavering commitment to sustainable fashion, on Thursday, June 26, 2025 from 6-8 p.m. at Studio 4. Her new body of work titled Nothing New Under The Sun was inspired by her dedicated research in the August Wilson Archive and plays on themes and characters from King Hedley II and Seven Guitars.… more
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