Tour Dates:
Sunday, May 21, 2023
10:00am - 10:45am
11:00am - 11:45am
1:00pm - 1:45pm
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Nestled in her 1920s Highland Park home, visual artist Ashley Cecil's studio offers a glance into how Pittsburgh's rich community of scientific institutions has inspired artworks about the natural world and our place in it. Get an up-close look at how the artist creates her multimedia works that blend painting, printmaking, textiles, collage, and more (and maybe get your hands dirty!).
TOUR HOST BIO:
Artist Ashley Cecil specializes in multimedia artworks of flora, fauna and feminine forms that illustrate connections between the natural world and its human inhabitants. Her work includes collaborations close to home with several beloved Pittsburgh institutions such as the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, as well as far-flung research adventures to biological oases including the Amazon rainforest.
TOUR STARTS/ENDS: 957 Wellesley Rd, Pittsburgh PA 15206.
Photography is allowed.
A restroom is available.
There are parts of this tour that are not wheel-chair accessible.
Parking is on-street.
PARENTAL WARNING: Some of Ashley's artwork includes nudity and addresses difficult issues.
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