In Troy Hill
de Fer Coffee & Tea @ Troy Hill: A family and employee owned and operated coffee company. In addition to serving great coffee created through a responsible and ethically managed supply chain, de Fer believes that cafés are uniquely positioned to enrich the communities of which they are a part and strive to create a welcoming, inclusive environment that functions as a space where people can connect with one another in meaningful ways.
Gallery Closed: Designed to be permanently “closed”, yet at the same time continuously open. All exhibitions are accessible 24-hours a day by peering through two street-facing windows.
Historic Site: An 8-foot-tall cast bronze plaque installed on the façade of an 120-year-old building, next to Gallery Closed. A smaller existing plaque commemorates the building’s first use as an incline train station, while the artwork traces the site’s history beginning 600 million years ago and extends indefinitely into the future.
Saint Anthony Chapel: A source for Robert Kuśmirowski’s Kunzhaus holding 4,000 to 5,000 religious relics - the largest collection outside the Vatican.
Scratch & Co: An all-day cafe and pub operated by a small raft of seasoned professionals that truly love the restaurant and are entirely dedicated to delivering on the details.
Spaces Corners: An experimental platform to educate and engage the public on important global trends in contemporary photography through a carefully curated bookshop, book exhibitions, presentations and workshops.
In Pittsburgh
Carnegie Museum of Art: Arguably the first museum of contemporary art in the United States with more than 34,000 objects featuring a broad spectrum of visual art, including painting and sculpture; prints and drawings; photographs; architectural casts, renderings, and models; decorative arts and design; and film, video, and digital imagery.
Center for Postnatural History: A vast collection of living, preserved, and documented organisms of postnatural origin dedicated to the advancement of knowledge relating to the complex interplay between culture, nature, and biotechnology. Another source of inspiration for Kunzhaus.
City of Asylum: Provides sanctuary to endangered writers and artists, so that they can continue to create and their voices are not silenced. City of Asylum builds a just community by protecting and celebrating freedom of creative expression and offers a broad range of free literary, arts, and humanities programs in a community setting to build social equity through cultural exchange.
Silver Eye Center for Photography: Promotes the power of contemporary photography as a fine art medium by creating original exhibitions, unique educational programming, and a space for artists to learn, create, and connect through their digital lab.
The Andy Warhol Museum: One of the most comprehensive single-artist museums in the world and the largest in North America. The Warhol holds the largest collection of Warhol’s artworks and archival materials.
The Mattress Factory: Site-specific installations, video, and performance art - nationally and internationally recognized as a leader in site-specific, contemporary art and notorious for pushing the boundaries of both artist and viewer.