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Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Street Art in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is home to major museums, art galleries and a wide variety of monuments and public sculptures, but the empty walls beside busy st
Michael Simms
Jul 30, 20232 min read
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Harriet Powers: Quilt Maker
Folk artist and quilt maker Harriet Powers (1837-1910) was born into slavery outside Athens, Georgia. She was married at 18 and gave...
Michael Simms
Feb 28, 20213 min read
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Re-reading Christina Rossetti’s ‘In an Artist’s Studio’
In an Artist’s Studio One face looks out from all his canvases, One selfsame figure sits or walks or leans: We found her hidden just...
Michael Simms
Jan 24, 20206 min read
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