Author: Mike May

Reflections on a Silver Eye

With a new location in a new neighborhood, Silver Eye Center for Photography opens another door in its history and sets its sights on the future.

Spotlight: Birds of a Feather

A cross-pollination between BoxHeart Expressions and Phipps Conservatory blooms into “Emergent Patterns,” a nature-centered hat trick of a show featuring three female artists.

March of the Toys

It’s fun and games at the Sen. John Heinz History Center as Howdy Doody, Barbie, Chewbacca, Slinky and other toy stars from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s help to revive those happy childhood days of yesteryear.

Gallery Visit: Field of Vision

Everything (or at least a lot of) old is new again at Youngstown’s Butler Institute of American Art, including folk-art galleries and more. Make a resolution to visit in 2015.

Sentimental Journey

A major retrospective at Carnegie Museum of Art follows the life of McKeesport native Duane Michals, a renowned photographer and storyteller.

Warhol Redux

Ready to celebrate its 20th anniversary, The Andy Warhol Museum has turned things upside-down to introduce a fresh look as well as a new way of viewing one of the city’s native sons.

Quintessentially Qualters

Pittsburgh artist Robert Qualters has been inspired by the visual richness of our region and has recorded and interpreted it with a unique style. Now, at age 80, his legacy is being celebrated — and he has no plans to lay down the paintbrush.

Picture Perfect

Take a trip to the Laurel Highlands and join Christian James on a photographic journey at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Altoona.