Henry Pisciotta
@henrypisciotta.bsky.social
Art librarian (retired) at Penn State, Carnegie Mellon, and U of MN.
So you pour with one hand on the handle and the other hand … ?
Terracotta funnel-jar, Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Canosan, late 4th-early 3rd century BCE
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
So you pour with one hand on the handle and the other hand … ?
See this exhibition during the holidays. Closes Jan 22th.
Excellent art exhibit at the Frick Pittsburgh: Scandinavian Home, Landscape and Lore from collection of David Werner. 100+ never/rarely seen works 1780 to 1930 all media & styles. Labels and thumbnails online. #ArtHistory #Scandinavia
www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/Exhibition-T...
www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/Exhibition-T...
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
See this exhibition during the holidays. Closes Jan 22th.
This is patriotism.
"Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders," U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, tells the military and intelligence community in a video.
Watch the Mark Kelly video that Trump says is 'punishable by DEATH!'
"Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders," U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, tells the military and intelligence community in a video.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is patriotism.
Good data here on the current state of open access research and publishing. Seems that as the years go by more emphasis is being placed on reform of academic promotion & tenure, which dovetails with more general moves toward increasing relevance & community impact. #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess
This #UPWeek 🎉 read our community-led 'Publishing futures' report and find out how the academic community, including university presses, can #TeamUP to deliver radical change in scholarly publishing.
Access the report here 🔗 https://cup.org/3KSaUrR
Access the report here 🔗 https://cup.org/3KSaUrR
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Good data here on the current state of open access research and publishing. Seems that as the years go by more emphasis is being placed on reform of academic promotion & tenure, which dovetails with more general moves toward increasing relevance & community impact. #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess
Our historians informing the discussion of tariffs. This is patriotism.
Check out the handout from the AHA’s Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on tariffs. Panelists @douglasirwin.bsky.social, @sharonannmurphy.bsky.social, & @rauchway.bsky.social discussed how the government has implemented tariffs in the past, & how they have impacted the economy.🗃️
History of Tariffs – AHA
This handout was created for the AHA's Congressional Briefing on the history of deportation.
www.historians.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Our historians informing the discussion of tariffs. This is patriotism.
This is patriotism.
LOCAL ELECTION RESULT:
Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board.
For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.
Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board.
For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is patriotism.
This is patriotism.
Big wins for Dems — and for NYC’s next mayor.
Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who seized on discontent with the high cost of living, was elected New York City mayor on Tuesday, as Democrats swept elections across the US in a rebuke to Donald Trump and his Republican party.
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Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who seized on discontent with the high cost of living, was elected New York City mayor on Tuesday, as Democrats swept elections across the US in a rebuke to Donald Trump and his Republican party.
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Democrats’ electoral sweep deals blow to Trump
[FREE TO READ] Zohran Mamdani wins New York and Republicans defeated in New Jersey and Virginia
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November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is patriotism.
This is patriotism.
Another Century of Chemical Warfare
Since the moment I found the WWI era photos in this booklet in a digital archive and figured out how I would use them to write about what is happening in Chicago now, and what ICE is doing with chemical warfare, this booklet felt like it made itself.
Since the moment I found the WWI era photos in this booklet in a digital archive and figured out how I would use them to write about what is happening in Chicago now, and what ICE is doing with chemical warfare, this booklet felt like it made itself.
Another Century of Chemical Warfare
This booklet was created during ICE's occupation of Chicago where they are regularly deploying tear gas and other forms of chemical warfare in our neighborhoods. Another Century of Chemical Warfare re...
halfletterpress.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is patriotism.
Wonderful work. The absurd is always examined in the defining light of reason. Particularly effective in his children’s books. My daughter seemed mystified by them.
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Wonderful work. The absurd is always examined in the defining light of reason. Particularly effective in his children’s books. My daughter seemed mystified by them.
Stockholm Park with Playing Children, 1889, by Hilma af Klint, shortly after her academic training, and before the 1906+ abstract paintings that she is now known for.
October 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Stockholm Park with Playing Children, 1889, by Hilma af Klint, shortly after her academic training, and before the 1906+ abstract paintings that she is now known for.
1917 self-portrait of Maria Wiik, Finnish Symbolist. (She’s on fire!) #ArtHistory #Scandinavia
October 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
1917 self-portrait of Maria Wiik, Finnish Symbolist. (She’s on fire!) #ArtHistory #Scandinavia
Excellent art exhibit at the Frick Pittsburgh: Scandinavian Home, Landscape and Lore from collection of David Werner. 100+ never/rarely seen works 1780 to 1930 all media & styles. Labels and thumbnails online. #ArtHistory #Scandinavia
www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/Exhibition-T...
www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/Exhibition-T...
October 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Excellent art exhibit at the Frick Pittsburgh: Scandinavian Home, Landscape and Lore from collection of David Werner. 100+ never/rarely seen works 1780 to 1930 all media & styles. Labels and thumbnails online. #ArtHistory #Scandinavia
www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/Exhibition-T...
www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/Exhibition-T...
I wonder if the phrase “a thirst for knowledge” was used much back then.
In 17c Netherlands you could enjoy drinking your cool beer from a ‘book’. Very nice blindstamped boards, raised bands, fore-edge ties. #Rijksmuseum #Bookart
September 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I wonder if the phrase “a thirst for knowledge” was used much back then.
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Reposted by Henry Pisciotta
Is Joost Markerink the #WesAnderson of #StreetPhotography ?
September 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Is Joost Markerink the #WesAnderson of #StreetPhotography ?
The troops won’t occupy #Pittsburgh. They’d never manage the labyrinthine streets and hills and might have trouble with the language. (I illustrate with one of Douglas Cooper’s incredible drawings.) www.wesa.fm/arts-sports-...
Book Explores Artist's Unique — And Epic — Pittsburgh Murals
If Douglas Cooper is a sort of superhero of Pittsburgh murals, he has an origin story to go with it.At age 6, he accompanied his father by train on a…
www.wesa.fm
August 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The troops won’t occupy #Pittsburgh. They’d never manage the labyrinthine streets and hills and might have trouble with the language. (I illustrate with one of Douglas Cooper’s incredible drawings.) www.wesa.fm/arts-sports-...
Reposted by Henry Pisciotta
Pittsburgh peeps: There will be a rally Monday to commemorate the 2015 displacement of more than 200 people from the Penn Plaza apartments. The evictions were latest episode in the city's long history of mass displacements. 🗃️ nextpittsburgh.com/housing/its-...
It's been 10 years since the Penn Plaza evictions in East Liberty. What has changed?
On July 28, there will be a rally at Enright Park across the street from the former apartment complex that was evicted en masse in 2015.
nextpittsburgh.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Pittsburgh peeps: There will be a rally Monday to commemorate the 2015 displacement of more than 200 people from the Penn Plaza apartments. The evictions were latest episode in the city's long history of mass displacements. 🗃️ nextpittsburgh.com/housing/its-...
The secret lives of domestic implements. Also the power of holes. www.flowersgallery.com/artists/1424...
July 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Alex Consani for Jacquemus' Holiday campaign, photographed by Lisa Jahovic (2024)
July 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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