Year of Creativity

‘Science as Art’ — as a Contest

Starting Thursday, Oct. 17, visit Alumni Hall’s J.W. Connolly Ballroom for the annual “Science as Art” exhibit. This year’s show engages visitors to interact and compete for a prize.

Greensburg Show Provides Canvas for Community Art

At a reception in Millstein Library, a large group of students, alumni and others from the Pitt–Greensburg community came together to view — and celebrate — work by artists from around the region.
Student walking across Cathedral lawn in the fall

Lest We Forget: Life-Size Art Installation to Honor Holocaust Survivors

From Oct. 18 to Nov. 15, the pathway from the Cathedral of Learning to Heinz Memorial Chapel will be filled with 60 life-size portraits of Holocaust survivors, including 16 from the Pittsburgh region.
Students paint flowerpots in front of the Cathedral for PARKing Day

PARK(ing) Day Creativity to Last All Year

From the School of Medicine’s Center for Biologic Imaging to Surplus Property, more than a dozen University departments and organizations transformed urban space to celebrate PARK(ing) Day 2019 and officially kick off the Year of Creativity.

Fall 2019 Faculty and Staff Development Program Workshops Posted

Faculty and staff can now register for professional development workshops, including ones designed to encourage creativity and celebrate the Year of Creativity.

Pitt PARK(ing) Day Will Kick Off Year of Creativity

Visit Schenley Drive on Friday, Sept. 20, to see how University departments and organizations have transformed parking spaces into exciting pop-up installations.

In Case You Missed It: Summer Highlights from @Pitt

Whether it was a few days here and there for R&R or a full-fledged summer term away from teaching, you may have missed some news of note from the Pitt community as @Pitt published through the summer months.

The Call for Creativity

Calling all makers, all poets and scientists, all math problem-solvers and jazz freestylers: The Year of Creativity wants your submissions for proposals, programs and events.

Lunchtime Create Breaks at the Center for Creativity

This June, join the Center for Creativity for lunchtime workshops that explore craft projects like creating pop-up cards or sculptures for your yard.
A quilted Cathedral of Learning

Year of Creativity Fosters Makers' Spark

The Year of Creativity — the sixth "Year Of" — will celebrate the spark that drives academic pursuits and unites the University’s myriad intellectual endeavors.