A Panorama of Pittsburgh
now on view at the Frick
Learn about Pittsburgh's past by viewing more than 130 printed views of the city.

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For Immediate Release

SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXHIBITION
A PANORAMA OF PITTSBURGH--NINETEENTH-CENTURY PRINTED VIEWS

PITTSBURGH, PA—A variety of programs are offered in conjunction with the current exhibition at The Frick Art Museum. A Panorama of Pittsburgh: Nineteenth-Century Printed Views is on view June 28 through October 5, 2008.

Friday, June 27, 2008
Opening Celebration:
A Panorama of Pittsburgh: Nineteenth-Century Printed Views
6:00–8:00 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum
$20 members/students; $25 non-members/guests
Reservations recommended

Join the Frick for a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception to celebrate the opening of A Panorama of Pittsburgh: Nineteenth-Century Printed Views. Call 412-371-0600 for reservations.

June 28 – October 5, 2008
Exhibition:
A Panorama of Pittsburgh: Nineteenth-Century Printed Views
The Frick Art Museum
Free admission

From the first known rendering of Pittsburgh made by German-born linguist, surveyor, and businessman Lewis Brantz ,to depictions of current events as published in the popular periodicals of the late nineteenth century, A Panorama of Pittsburgh provides a comprehensive visual survey of prints, drawings, and related materials illustrating the story of Pittsburgh and the use of prints of cityscapes during the nineteenth century. The scholarly catalogue written by guest curator Christopher W. Lane features images of the more than 130 exhibition prints and
a comprehensive listing of nineteenth-century printed views of Pittsburgh.

This exhibition is organized by the Frick Art & Historical Center. Major support for this exhibition and catalogue is provided by the Allegheny Foundation and The Pittsburgh Foundation. Generous support is also provided by Eichleay Foundation, Mine Safety Appliances and Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation.

June 29 – October 5, 2008
Frick Art Museum Tours of A Panorama of Pittsburgh
2:00 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum

Docent-led tours of A Panorama of Pittsburgh: Nineteenth-Century Printed Views are available Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Groups of five or more are requested to schedule a private tour at an alternate time. Private group and permanent collection tours cost $7 per person, and reservations must be made one to two weeks in advance. Call 412-371-0600, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Monday–Sunday.

Fridays, July 11 – September 26, 2008
Friday Gallery Talks
2:00 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum
Free

Each Friday during A Panorama of Pittsburgh, a different member of the Frick staff chooses an aspect of the exhibition to highlight. Explore themes of social history such as The Great Fire of 1845, along with printmaking techniques, historic views of businesses, churches and Pittsburgh institutions long gone.

Sunday, June 29, 2008
Lecture: Déja Views
Christopher W. Lane, guest curator, A Panorama of Pittsburgh: Nineteenth-Century Printed Views
3:00 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum auditorium
$8 members, teachers, students; $10 non-members and guests

While any group of printed images of a single location will of necessity be similar, there are a surprising number of views of Pittsburgh that exhibit almost exactly the same scene as
other, supposedly unrelated prints. Research reveals that many of the prints of the city were not originals, but were copied directly from other prints, usually without authorization or attribution. It was not uncommon in the nineteenth century for printmakers to “rip off” their competitors in this way, and many of these prints have a questionable heritage.

Join Christopher W. Lane, guest curator of A Panorama of Pittsburgh: Nineteenth-Century Printed Views and print expert on PBS’s Antiques Roadshow as he unravels the origins of these mysterious déja views.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Music for Exhibitions: The Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild’s
Pittsburgh Jazz Legacy Project—Panorama of Pittsburgh’s Jazz Legacy
7:30 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum auditorium
Advance reservations recommended
$15 members and students; $20 non-members and guests

Some of the Pittsburgh area’s top jazz musicians and educators will be performing, including vocalist Maureen Budway, guitarists Joe Negri and Marty Ashby and drummer
Roger Humphries. This program accompanies the exhibition A Panorama of Pittsburgh: Nineteenth-Century Printed Views, and will feature the world premiere of a new arrangement, while spotlighting world-renowned musicians, composers and arrangers from the Pittsburgh region who have changed the face of jazz.

Thursday, July 31, 2008
Day Trip: Pittsburgh’s Vistas and Valleys
10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum
Advance registration and pre-payment required.
$45 Frick and Rivers of Steel members, $55 non-members and guests

So you think you know Pittsburgh? Beginning in the galleries of The Frick Art Museum,
refresh your knowledge of Pittsburgh’s history in the exhibition, A Panorama of Pittsburgh: Nineteenth-Century Printed Views, before boarding a deluxe motor coach to explore some of these scenes. First stop is soup, salad and dessert at the Bulgarian-Macedonian National Educational and Cultural Center in Homestead, where you will experience one of the city’s last ethnic cultural clubs. Next stop is the Pump House along the Monongahela River, which will put you into the panorama of the 1892 Battle of Homestead. Before returning to the Frick, enjoy a bus ride along Greenfield Avenue, where vistas include the area known as the Russian Valley and views of the twin golden domes of St. John Chrysostom Church.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Coffee and Culture: Finding Allegheny City
Tuesday, August 5, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Lexington Education Center
$8 members, teachers, students; $10 non-members and guests.

Just across the Allegheny River from Pittsburgh, the city of Allegheny was a thriving, independent community during the nineteenth century. Join Collections and Exhibitions Associate Emilia Boehm for coffee and a discussion about the people and places that made up this historic community, which was annexed by the city of Pittsburgh in 1907. Several images of Allegheny included in the exhibition A Panorama of Pittsburgh: Nineteenth-Century Printed Views will be highlighted and contrasted with present-day images of Allegheny, now known as Pittsburgh’s North Side.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
ACT 48 Teacher’s Workshop: Pittsburgh in Perspective
10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum, Lexington Education Center
Advance registration and pre-payment required
$10 teacher members; $14 non-members, includes boxed lunch.

With works in the exhibition A Panorama of Pittsburgh: Nineteenth-Century Printed Views as context, learn about the neighborhoods of Pittsburgh in a hands-on workshop that offers writing and visual arts activities to enhance your curriculum and promote cultural heritage in the classroom. The program includes a lecture by Louise Sturgess, executive director, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation who provides a perspective on the historical development of Pittsburgh. The workshop is perfect for learning ways to incorporate Pittsburgh’s rich geographic identity and primary sources into standards-based lesson plans.

Sunday, August 24, 2008
History on Sunday Lecture: Pittsburgh—Memorable Places and Recent Changes
Louise Sturgess, Executive Director, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation
1:30 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum auditorium
$8 members, PHLF members, students and teachers;
$10 non-members and guests.

As the Pittsburgh region celebrates its 250th anniversary, join Louise Sturgess for a fast-paced tour of the Golden Triangle and of city areas north, east and south of downtown showing memorable places and recent changes, including restorations, additions and adaptive-use projects.

Sunday September 14, 2008
Family Workshop: Pittsburgh Unfolded
12:30 – 3:30 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum
$8 members; $10 non-members.
Adults admitted free.

Discover the joy of making art together. Begin by exploring scenes of Pittsburgh’s past in our special exhibition. Then draw, print and collage your own rivers, roads, bridges,and buildings. Put your scene together in a unique fanciful foldout book. For children 6–11 and their special grownups.

Thursday, September 25, 2008
Art at Noon: Picturing Pittsburgh—A Century of Dynamic Change
Elisabeth Roark, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Art, Chatham University
12:00 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum
Free and open to the public.

This talk examines printed views of Pittsburgh from about 1790 through the end of the nineteenth century, beginning with early maps and tracing the changing image of the city created by rapid urbanization and industrialization. From prints published inexpensively in popular national publications, providing evidence of a widespread fascination with the city, to luxury prints often printed abroad, Dr. Roark investigates what the prints’ visual qualities and historical context reveal about perceptions of Pittsburgh.

Saturday, September 6, 2008
ArtKids: Getting to the Point
11:00 – 11:45 a.m.
Family program, kids aged 4– 8
The Frick Art Museum
Free program

Before stadiums and skyscrapers, there were three rivers that made Pittsburgh someplace special. Join us as history, geography and fun come together in a playful look at the exhibition A Panorama of Pittsburgh: Nineteenth-Century Printed Views. Includes take-home activity.

Saturday, September 20, 2008
Family Workshop: Maps, Trails and Compass
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Meet at Lexington Education Center
Recommended for ages 7 and up
$5.00 child member; $8.00 child non-member.
Advance registration and pre-payment required. Space is limited.
Accompanying adults attend at no charge.

Included in A Panorama of Pittsburgh are two bird’s eye-view maps. Bring the whole family to take a fun look at different kinds of maps and directions and try your hand at a Victorian version of geocaching, pre-GPS. Make your own ink stamp and learn to use a compass, then follow clues, puzzles and riddles to find boxes hidden throughout the five acres of our beautiful grounds. (You may finish as early as 2:30 p.m., depending on how many boxes you choose to hunt.)

Frick Art & Historical Center General Hours of Operation
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Tuesday–Sunday. Closed Mondays and major holidays.

For information and reservations, please call 412-371-0600, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Monday–Sunday. For information and registration for kids’ programs, please call 412-205-2022, 8:00 a.m.– 4:00 p.m., Monday–Friday.

For more information about the Frick visit TheFrickPittsburgh.org.

For further information or images, please contact Greg Langel, Media and Marketing Manager, at 412-371-0600, ext. 524, or Glangel@TheFrickPittsburgh.org.

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