Join the History Center for a virtual conversation with artist Susan Johann, whose portrait of August Wilson is featured in the museums Smithsonian’s Portraits of Pittsburgh exhibition.
How do you capture the essence of America’s greatest playwrights on film?
Join the Heinz History Center's Leslie Przybylek, lead curator of the Smithsonian’s Portraits of Pittsburgh exhibition currently on view at the museum, for a conversation with artist Susan Johann. Johann's portrait of August Wilson is featured in the Portraits of Pittsburgh exhibition.
Johann will discuss her work with Wilson and her 25-year quest to document the faces of more than 90 legendary American playwrights, including others in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, such as Wendy Wasserstein, Tony Kushner, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Arthur Miller. Join us to explore what Johann’s intimate images reveal about the nature of creativity, inspiration, and the relationship between the sitter and the artist.
PHOTO: August Wilson, 1992, by Susan Johann, gelatin silver print. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Jewell Robinson and Riley Temple; © 1992, Susan Johann.
This program is free, and donations are encouraged. Please register in advance at www.heinzhistorycenter.org/events.
2020/10/21 - 2020/10/21
Online/Virtual Space