Christopher Boring, Harolds of the Oppressed, 2024. Oil on board
Surface Tension
March 11, 2026 — May 3, 2026
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art
221 N. Main Street
Greensburg, PA 15601
Opening Reception
6:00pm–9:00pm, March 13th, 2026
The opening coincides with Art on Tap: St. Paddy’s Day Whiskey Bash
The event is $12 for Westmoreland Museum members and $15 for non-member
This is a 21+ event
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Surface Tension brings together artists affiliated with the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh and Radiant Hall whose work appears vibrant and visually seductive yet carries a sense of underlying pressure. Bright palettes and playful materials mask deeper emotional, cultural, and environmental complexities, creating a charged space where surface and substance pull against each other.
What appears coherent at first glance becomes increasingly unreliable. Color dazzles, but also disguises, while playfulness becomes a strategy for carrying emotional weight. Imagination leaks through the cracks of the everyday, surfaces tremble with what they cannot fully contain, and what is shown remains in constant tension with what is felt.