Artist José Santiago Pérez plus 3 Exhibits at Pitt's University Art Gallery

Please join artist José Santiago Pérez and curator Alyssa Velazquez as they discuss Pérez’s art installation As Above on view in the University Art Gallery Rotunda. The University Art Gallery (UAG) will remain open until 8pm. Guests are invited to check out three exhibitions currently on view through January 30, 2026.

1. Rethinking the Rotunda III: José Santiago Pérez’s “As Above” & Charmette Young’s “It Keeps My Hands Busy”
2. Wavelengths: deRoy Gruber – Filkosky – Fuller – Haskell
3. Earth & Ether: The Art of Lucille and Virgil Cantini

Light refreshments will be served in the Cloister. Space is limited. Please register in advance here.

Meetup Considerations
If you can't make the artist discussion, it's OK to arrive before 8 PM to check out the UAG galleries.Depending on interests of the group and weather, the group may go out for dinner/drink at a nearby restaurant in Oakland after 8 PM.

In addition, the nearby Carnegie Museum of Art and Carnegie Museum of Natural History will be open until 8 PM. So people could check out Carnegie Museums and walk over to check out the three UAG exhibitions currently on view through January 30, 2026.

Also nearby is a very special event with award winning novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard at 7 PM at Carnegie Lecture Hall presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures. So people could check out the three UAG exhibitions before attending the Karl Ove Knausgaard lecture.

Parking For those that can't find street parking, the Carnegie Museum has a large parking lot near the corner of Forbes Ave & S. Craig Street. Here is a link with more info about parking and directions http://cmoa.org/visit/directions-maps-parking/