GALLERY
"Wearing the Movement" Exhibit & Gallery Visit
Tue, Dec 02
|Gurrentz Gallery in Woodland Hall
Join us for a gallery tour and brief introduction to the exhibit in the Susan Bergman Gurrentz '56 Gallery at Chatham University featuring over 150 t-shirts from the collection of activist, coal miner, and educator Kipp Dawson '94.
Time & Location
Dec 02, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Gurrentz Gallery in Woodland Hall, 107 Woodland Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
About the Event
This semester, the exhibit in the Susan Bergman Gurrentz '56 Gallery focuses on t-shirts from the collection of activist, coal miner, and educator Kipp Dawson '94. Her vast collection represents an incredible look into the labor and gender activism of the 1960s and 1970s.
You can park in the Library Lot accessible from Murray Hill Ave (the cobblestone road, not to be confused with Murray Ave). Parking in the evening will be free. The Susan Bergman Gurrentz ’56 Art Gallery is located in Woodland Hall, directly across the quad from the Library Lot.
If you would like to learn more about Kipp Dawson before the event, please check out this lecture that she gave for the gallery opening, “A Forward Looking Retrospective: Lessons from the Long Freedom Movement.” More about Kipp Dawson is also available on Chatham's public history website, “The Struggle is the Victory,” which now includes an…