Looking toward the spring of 2023, we will be exhibiting the next installment of our juried exhibition, entitled Moments of Transformation. Our 11th Annual Juried Exhibition includes artists from all across the country exhibiting works that are at least fifty percent paper, to keep our Morgan mission at the center! The invention of paper was a catalyst to the surge […]
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At the Morgan this winter, we are feeling grateful for our community of supporters after our annual Kozo harvest. The art of papermaking has a long and interesting history that can be traced to ancient China and the bark of the kozo plant over 2,000 years ago. Kozo, also called the paper mulberry plant, is the same type of fiber […]
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The end of summer moving into fall brings a whole new brand of excitement to the Morgan. We will be hosting our next gallery exhibition following the success of the second installment of the CAN Triennial. Sustain, Innovate, Transform is a project of the Morgan Conservatory and the Pittsburgh Print Group, featuring artwork incorporating paper made by hand at the […]
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We have exciting events coming to the Morgan this summer. First among them is the return of our Open House! Prior to the pandemic, our open houses would bring the community together, sharing our studios and history of papermaking and The Morgan. We had such a ball during the return of our Open House May 14. In conjunction with this […]
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The invention of paper was a catalyst to the surge of education and development of art around the world. For the past 2000 years, paper has evolved in a multitude of directions, many directly connected to our daily lives. Here at the Morgan Conservatory, we not only preserve the authentic techniques of papermaking, but celebrate the work artists are making […]
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Over here at the Morgan, we are running off the exhilaration of our annual Kozo harvest! This past weekend we had our friends and community members help in one of our most important jobs for our paper production. The art of papermaking has a long and interesting history that can be traced to ancient China and the bark of the […]
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When all hope seemed lost and our gallery walls screamed for something new, we were ecstatic to begin our exhibition season this February with Navigation: Lake Erie – Great Lakes, and we’ve continued with the 2019 Artists in Residence exhibition, This Moment. The pandemic put a halt to our operations. Not too long ago our staff were furloughed, we paused […]
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