Public Programs + Performance

We offer a range of series programs, including the ever-popular Sound Series concerts, a robust set of access events and activities, and inspiring artist installations.

Sound Series

This ongoing concert series features a range of internationally touring independent artists and bands.

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A man with shoulder-length blond hair sits at a keyboard on a stage bathed in red light. In the background, silhouettes of figures wearing hats and an elephant are projected against a yellow-green background.

Art in Context

Discussions with artists, scholars, and community members on use of creative expression in relation to timely political and social concerns.

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Five panelists sit at a table on stage. One of them is speaking and gesticulating as the others look on.

Activist Print

Activist Print is inspired by the history of artists using silkscreen and print-based media to raise awareness of contemporary issues and inspire change.

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This is a black and white silkscreen print by artist Alisha Wormsley of an audience wearing 3D glasses.

Performance

Three performers pose in a line, the performer in the front squats with his hands raised. Toward the bottom of the image we get a glimpse of audience members' heads — *TQ Live* in The Warhol theater, 2017

Photo by Sean Carroll

The Warhol presents a range of contemporary performances and experimental theater. We are devoted to providing audiences with a diverse set of challenging and thought-provoking experiences.

The Warhol is part of the Spalding Gray Award consortium, along with Walker Art Center, Performance Space 122, and On the Boards. Each year, the consortium commissions and presents work by artists, writers, and performers who are fearless innovators of theatrical form.

We also collaborate with local organizations, such as Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Art. Biannually, we partner with CMU to present Pop Cabaret, which features student solo and group performances.

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Public Programs

People are seated in an audience, rapt in attention to the performance happening to the right outside of the image's frame — Photo by Sean Carroll

Public programs at The Warhol contextualize and illuminate the museum’s collection, special exhibitions, and contemporary culture. Programs range from artist talks, panel discussions, and social events, to educator workshops, youth programs, and access events.

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Exposures

The Exposures series features Pittsburgh artists at the start of their careers, honoring Warhol’s emergence in New York City. Installations have been featured in The Warhol Store’s street-facing windows, as a nod to Warhol’s early career as a window dresser. Installations in the museum’s galleries explore relationships with Warhol’s work.