Correction: The opening begins at 5:30, not 5 as originally posted.
I just completed a score for Will Zavala’s short documentary Virgil Cantini: The Artist in Public. Will is an experienced documentary maker and an Assistant professor with Pittsburgh Filmmakers, so I was thrilled when he invited me to provide the music for this project. The film is one of four documentaries commissioned by the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and funded by the Heinz Endowments. Each brief documentary celebrates a past PCA Artist of the Year and will be shown continuously in the Center’s video room during their opening to introduce their current Artist of the Year, Tim Kaulen. The opening takes place at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts on Friday, September 25 from 5:30–8 p.m. There’s a suggested donation of $5 and PCA members get in free.
Virgil Cantini worked primarily in metal and ceramic and created many pieces of public art including the sculptures on Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health (Man), in front of Pitt’s School of Law (Ode to Space), in Penn Circle behind East Liberty Presbyterian (Joy of Life), and many more. Cantini founded Pitt’s Department of Studio Arts. He passed away in May of 2009. It’s been a real privilege to reflect on the art he created through some of my own art.
