“Piano Lesson” by Romare Bearden

It is thought that the subject of this collage is Mary Lou Williams,

a jazz pianist who grew up in Pittsburgh. The collage inspired the play by August

Wilson who also grew up in Pittsburgh.

http://www.nga.gov/feature/bearden/170-130.htm

The Piano Lesson by August Wilson

A Unique Tour of PittsburghSavannah Berg, Laura Martin, and Lisa Morein

Destinations

A. August Wilson HomeB. The Hill House Association

C. August Wilson CenterD. Pittsburgh Cultural TrustE. Carnegie Museum of Art

August Wilson HouseAugust Wilson’s

childhood home in the Hill District

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson

The Hill House Association

A nonprofit community service

organization located in the Hill District

http://pittsburghgives.guidestar.org/NonprofitProfile.aspx?OrgId=3211

http://www.hillhouse.org/home/about/history.html

August Wilson CenterPittsburgh: Reclaim, Renew,

Remix Exhibit Preview

http://www.otto-otto.com/2011/09/august-wilson-center-for-african-american-culture-by-perkinswill/

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

George Gershwin’s musical Porgy and Bess debuted in 1935. Preview

Cole Porter’s musical

Anything Goes debuted in 1934.

www.porgyandbessonbroadway.com/

Carnegie Museum of ArtCharles “Teenie” Harris

photographed Pittsburgh’s African

American community from c. 1935 to c.

1975

http://pixburghnat.wordpress.com/tag/carnegie-museum-of-art/

http://teenie.cmoa.org/ArchiveStories.aspx?id=4704