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Assemble, Maker's Night, April 14, 2017 5pm-7pm 4824 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224 ​Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/youth-maker-night-bold-and-brave-punchlines-wguest-artist-jess-duvall-tickets-32872384186 Ages 10+ Free ...

Hip Hop masculinity has been theorized almost exclusively in relation to cisgendered men and shaped by the question: what does the performance of mainstream Hip Hop masculinity do to girls and women? Frequently focused on toxic hypermasculinities, the question predetermines the answer: girls and women in Hip Hop experience low...

This symposium explores the history of graffiti art in New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh and León Guanajuato, Mexico charting its post-industrial past and evolving present. From illicit subcultural act to permission-based and city-sanctioned artistic practice, graffiti illustrates the evolution of industrial surfaces into sprawling urban canvases. Participants include scholars and practitioners,...

In partnership with the University of Pittsburgh’s William Pitt Debate Union HCUAP has invited a panel that represents the city’s Graffiti Squad, local graffiti and street artists, neighborhood council and graffiti watch members, and criminology and communication scholars to offer reflections on the possibility of creating legal graffiti walls. This...