A portrait of Mark Blatnik

Q + A: Mark Blatnik

In conversation with Carnegie Museum of Art’s chief preparator.

A portrait of Jason Brown sitting in a wet lab with a t-sheet with type saying science is greater than opinion.

Face Time: Jason Brown

As a kid, Jason Brown never met a science project he didn’t like. “The rubber-band cannons in physics, the bridge-building contest, the egg-drop experiment. I loved that stuff,” he recalls.

Photo of young african-american girl at the Andy Warhol museum.

Face Time: Nia Arrington

Nia Arrington has never been one to stay silent in the face of injustice. In the fourth grade, she learned about the devastating earthquake ravaging an already suffering Haiti and

Portrait of Nicole Heller standing in front of Andy Warhol's Endangered Species paintings

Face Time: Nicole Heller

Nicole Heller used to spend her days on hands and knees trying to tease apart the secret world of Argentine ants—an invasive insect that has risen to worldwide prominence thanks

A portrait of Liz Whitewolf

Face Time: Liz Whitewolf

[media-credit name=”Photo: Joshua Franzos” alignnone size-full] Photo: Joshua Franzos [/media-credit] When self-described “maker” Liz Whitewolf learned that her daughters wanted loft beds, she didn’t take them shopping. Instead she helped

Ingrid Schaffner standing in a gallery of carnegie Museum of art

Face Time: Ingrid Schaffner

Once a year, curator Ingrid Schaffner delivers a lecture titled What Is Contemporary? She begins with a declaration: “I will never answer this, so come back next year.” Then she

Face Time: Richard Pell

Richard Pell is an unlikely person to start a new scientific museum, especially one receiving international acclaim. He is, after all, an artist who never took a science course after

Portrait of artist Abigail DeVille

Face Time: Abigail DeVille

[media-credit name=”Photo: Melissa Blackall/The Cooper Gallery” align=”alignnone” width=”500″] photo: Melissa Blackall/The Cooper Gallery [/media-credit] Abigail DeVille is an artist unafraid to dig deep. Whether creating paintings, sculptures, installations, or performance