Black Photojournalism @ CMOA

September 13, 2025 - January 19, 2026

Charles “Teenie” Harris, A Pittsburgh Courier press operator prints newspapers, 1954, Carnegie Museum of Art, Heinz Family Fund, 2001.35.3136 © Carnegie Museum of Art

Black Photojournalism presents work by nearly 60 photographers chronicling historic events and daily life in the United States from the conclusion of World War II in 1945 to the presidential campaigns of 1984, including the civil rights movements through the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.

Opening at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art

Elizabeth Catlett, Maternity, 1990. Wood. Collection of Samella Lewis.© 2025 Mora-Catlett Family / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.

Brynn Hurlstone: Resonance, photograph by Sam Fritch, image courtesy of the artist

The Westmoreland will host a special members preview and reception to celebrate the opening of these two special exhibits on Saturday, September 6, 2025 from 6-8pm.

Learn more about membership and register for this special event today!

Congratulations to Center of Life!

The Heinz Endowments announces $5 million funding match commitment for major expansion of Center of Life

Artist rendering of the planned new Center of Life community center in Hazelwood. Image courtesy of AE Works/Center of Life.

Plans include new 67,000 sq. ft. building in prime location on Hazelwood Green overlooking two-acre great lawn 

PITTSBURGH, July 30, 2025 – The Heinz Endowments has announced a $5 million funding match commitment for a major expansion of Center of Life, a community enrichment organization with nearly a quarter century of experience providing youth and family-centered programming for Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood community and surrounding neighborhoods. The funding, which will be released when the project’s overall budget has been secured, will go toward Center of Life’s planned new home near the entrance inside Hazelwood Green, the 178-acre tech and innovation development located on a former steel mill site in Hazelwood that borders the Monongahela River. 

Read the full press release here and learn more!