A representation of ‘us’…Local artists answer what a ‘Just Pittsburgh’ looks like in Carnegie Museum exhibit

LEE PRICE WITH HIS ART PIECE, “AHMAD JAMAL’S DREAM.” IT TOOK FIRST-PLACE HONORS.& & & (PHOTO BY J.L. MARTELLO) Ask the artists, and they’ll tell you that a “Just Pittsburgh” is a place where a Black man can thrive and live, being able to express who you are without fear or judgment from others, everybody listening to each other, and& everyone co-existing and starting conversations that people were previously too scared to start. But in true artist fashion, rather than “tell” you, they’d rather “show” you. ARTIST AWARDEES IFEOMA (SASHA IGWE), CERRINA HAGOOD, LEE PRICE (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO) If you missed the “Envisioning A Just Pittsburgh” art showcase at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, you missed a collection of artists, a number of whom were Black, expressing through the paintbrush, through poetry or through performance what a “Just Pittsburgh” looks like in 2024. About 200 people came to the Feb. 2 event at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, where the Art of the Diorama, or the Hall of African Wildlife, usually are the focus. & GINA WINSTEAD, VICE PRESIDENT, IDEA, AT THE CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH The “idea” for this type of showcase came from the Carnegie...