Classes
This course investigates the shifting terrain of art after the World Wars. Discover how artists interpreted the rapid cultural change and expressed their ideas during a global moment of transition.

This course investigates the shifting terrain of art after the World Wars. Discover how artists interpreted the rapid cultural change and expressed their ideas during a global moment of transition.

Discover how Impressionists, including Monet, Degas, and Renoir, railed against academic tradition to become truly revolutionary, ushering in a new era of visual art.

Discover how Impressionists, including Monet, Degas, and Renoir, railed against academic tradition to become truly revolutionary, ushering in a new era of visual art.

The second in a series of five classes, this course takes you into the formative eras of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art.

The second in a series of five classes, this course takes you into the formative eras of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art.

From the fall of the Roman Empire to the rise of the Baroque period and every cultural shift in between, this course traces the major trends in art history from 1000 to the late 1800s.

From the fall of the Roman Empire to the rise of the Baroque period and every cultural shift in between, this course traces the major trends in art history from 1000 to the late 1800s.

Discover art from ancient times up to our contemporary moment. A prerequisite for becoming a docent at Carnegie Museum of Art, this series only comes around once every few years.

The first in a series of five classes, this course takes you into the art and architecture of ancient Greek and Rome.

Discover art from ancient times up to our contemporary moment. A prerequisite for becoming a docent at Carnegie Museum of Art, this series only comes around once every few years.

The first in a series of five classes, this course takes you into the art and architecture of ancient Greek and Rome.

Pittsburgh is having a contemporary art moment this fall. Brush up!
Designed in anticipation of the 57th Carnegie International (opening October 13), this course will mine Carnegie Museum of Art’s rich collection of international art since 1970.

Pittsburgh is having a contemporary art moment this fall. Brush up!
Designed in anticipation of the 57th Carnegie International (opening October 13), this course will mine Carnegie Museum of Art’s rich collection of international art since 1970.

Game of Thrones might not be your cup of tea (or mead) but many of the fantastical people, places, objects, and beasts are based in real medieval history. Become familiar with the beasts, buildings, monuments, and manuscripts, influenced by everything from the fall of the Roman empire, to the rise of Christianity, to the ravages of the Black Death.

Game of Thrones might not be your cup of tea (or mead) but many of the fantastical people, places, objects, and beasts are based in real medieval history. Become familiar with the beasts, buildings, monuments, and manuscripts, influenced by everything from the fall of the Roman empire, to the rise of Christianity, to the ravages of the Black Death.

Celebrate the rare showing of Hiroshige’s Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road with a deep dive into the development and pervasive influence of Japanese art.

Celebrate the rare showing of Hiroshige’s Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road with a deep dive into the development and pervasive influence of Japanese art.

Beginning with ancient Greece and ending with the Renaissance in Europe, this 4-week course will explore the styles, meanings, and uses of some of the buildings represented in our majestic Hall of Architecture.

Former Carnegie Museum of Art Curator of Photography, Linda Benedict-Jones, comes out of retirement to share her vast knowledge about the history of photography! As we share some of the first photographs ever made in William Henry Fox Talbot and the Promise of Photography, learn who came before and after Talbot and examine how images were made and enjoyed.

Ways of Seeing, John Berger’s cultural game-changer of a book, designed by Richard Hollis, will launch an exploration of what typography and design can do to an argument. Cut, paste, and photocopy to create a poster relaunch of the 1971 classic.

Create photograms—camera-less photographs—with Pittsburgh as a backdrop!
Silver Eye Center for Photography’s exhibition, Past Present Future: Western Pennsylvania’s Places and People, will serve as inspiration for this session led by Ashley McNelis, Curatorial Assistant, Carnegie Int’l, 57th ed., 2018.


In this rare opportunity, knowledgeable, engaging scholars hand-picked by Carnegie Museum of Art guide you through the famous, the infamous, the mysterious, and the yet-to-be-discovered. It’s a 4-week crash course in a big slice of the history of art.

In this rare opportunity, knowledgeable, engaging scholars hand-picked by Carnegie Museum of Art guide you through the famous, the infamous, the mysterious, and the yet-to-be-discovered. It’s a 4-week crash course in a big slice of the history of art.

In this rare opportunity, knowledgeable, engaging scholars hand-picked by Carnegie Museum of Art guide you through the famous, the infamous, the mysterious, and the yet-to-be-discovered. It’s a 4-week crash course in a big slice of the history of art.

In this rare opportunity, knowledgeable, engaging scholars hand-picked by Carnegie Museum of Art guide you through the famous, the infamous, the mysterious, and the yet-to-be-discovered. It’s a 4-week crash course in a big slice of the history of art.
