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“Piano Lesson” by Romare Bearden. It is thought that the subject of this collage is Mary Lou Williams, a jazz pianist who grew up in Pittsburgh. The collage inspired the play by August Wilson who also grew up in Pittsburgh. http://www.nga.gov/feature/bearden/170-130.htm. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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“Piano Lesson” by Romare Bearden
It is thought that the subject of this collage is Mary Lou Williams,
a jazz pianist who grew up in Pittsburgh. The collage inspired the play by August
Wilson who also grew up in Pittsburgh.
http://www.nga.gov/feature/bearden/170-130.htm
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson
A Unique Tour of PittsburghSavannah Berg, Laura Martin, and Lisa Morein
Destinations
A. August Wilson HomeB. The Hill House Association
C. August Wilson CenterD. Pittsburgh Cultural TrustE. Carnegie Museum of Art
August Wilson HouseAugust Wilson’s
childhood home in the Hill District
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson
The Hill House Association
A nonprofit community service
organization located in the Hill District
http://pittsburghgives.guidestar.org/NonprofitProfile.aspx?OrgId=3211
http://www.hillhouse.org/home/about/history.html
August Wilson CenterPittsburgh: Reclaim, Renew,
Remix Exhibit Preview
http://www.otto-otto.com/2011/09/august-wilson-center-for-african-american-culture-by-perkinswill/
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
George Gershwin’s musical Porgy and Bess debuted in 1935. Preview
Cole Porter’s musical
Anything Goes debuted in 1934.
www.porgyandbessonbroadway.com/
Carnegie Museum of ArtCharles “Teenie” Harris
photographed Pittsburgh’s African
American community from c. 1935 to c.
1975
http://pixburghnat.wordpress.com/tag/carnegie-museum-of-art/
http://teenie.cmoa.org/ArchiveStories.aspx?id=4704