Anne's Arts & Activities Blog

By Kimberly Marcott Weinberg Assistant Director of Communications and Marketing Betsy Matz is not the kind of person to just let an idea fester. She likes to do something about it. So when the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford professor saw a Facebook post about The Compassion Project in Appleton, Wis., the wheels in her mind started turning of how to do something similar in Bradford. The Art of the Heart project in Bradford is now involving hundreds of people throughout the community, including students from every school, Pitt-Bradford and the Kiwanis Club of Bradford. At the center of the project is a simple idea: Have children talk and learn about compassion, then depict that in art on 4-inch square tiles. Each child painted his or her own tile with paint markers. The hundreds of tiles that make up the “Art of the Heart” show can be seen from June 4 through June 15 in the KOA Art Gallery of Blaisdell Hall at Pitt-Bradford. Gallery ...

By Kimberly Marcott Weinberg Assistant Director of Communications and Marketing University of Pittsburgh at Bradford John Schlimm sure knows how to make a crowd feel special. Speaking before more than 200 University of Pittsburgh graduates and their guests Sunday, the award-winning writer said that the address would be one of the highlights of his life. "When I was told that you, the seniors, specifically chose me to be your speaker, I was so humbled and honored, and I knew that this would be a moment that I would never forget as long as I live,” he said when taking the podium. Dr. Livingston Alexander, president, addressed the choice of Schlimm by students in his introduction. “Some of you may be wondering how a vegan cookbook writer ended up as our commencement speaker,” Alexander said, then explained that a group of students had had the chance to hear Schlimm speak at a career-preparedness event held at the beginning of ...