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Alcoa Foundation Sponsors Opening of Premier Industrial Photography Exhibition at the Frick
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - June 13, 2005 - Alcoa Foundation announced today that it has partnered with Frick Art & Historical Center to bring to Pittsburgh the first exhibition devoted exclusively to the formative years of photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White, exploring the emergence of one of the 20th Century's best-known female industrial photographers.
The exhibition, Margaret Bourke-White: The Photography of Design, will open June 25, 2005 at The Frick Art Museum in the Point Breeze section of Pittsburgh. It will feature a series of six photographs of manufacturing scenes she captured in 1930 inside Alcoa, then known as the Aluminum Company of America.
After establishing herself with corporate commissions, Bourke-White (1904-1971) joined the original staff of Fortune magazine and went on to document the industrial and cultural revolution in Russia in the 1930s - an amazing achievement at the time for an American woman. Photographs from her Russian documentary will be included in the exhibition. She completed her career as a photographer for Life magazine where her photographs of the Fort Peck Dam in New Deal, Mont. appeared on the cover of the premier issue in 1936.
"Margaret Bourke-White embodied so many of the characteristics we celebrate at Alcoa - innovation, the entrepreneurial spirit and leadership. They are just a few of the traits that set her apart," said Kathleen W. Buechel, president and treasurer, Alcoa Foundation. "We are especially pleased to have the opportunity to offer Pittsburgh, the birthplace of our company, a view of her work in Russia, home to two of our newest Alcoa locations. So many times, art enables us to understand another culture and its history."
Founded in Pittsburgh in 1888, Alcoa has been part of the landscape of Western Pennsylvania for more than a century. Alcoa currently employs more than 2,000 in the region with its headquarters on Pittsburgh's North Shore and its world-class research and development center in Lower Burrell.
Earlier this year, Alcoa acquired two fabricating facilities in Samara and Belaya Kalita, Russia, adding new rolling, extruding, forging and other capabilities to its global fabricating network. Alcoa has had a presence in Russia since 1993.
About The Frick Art Museum
The Frick Art Museum at the Frick Art & Historical Center in Pittsburgh, contains collection of fine and decorative arts assembled by Helen Clay Frick, daughter of Henry Clay Frick. In addition to exhibiting its permanent collection, which has strengths in Italian Renaissance and French eighteenth-century painting, the Museum has an active program of temporary exhibitions. Admission to The Frick Art Museum is free. Free, docent-led tours of Margaret Bourke-White: The Photography of Design will be offered every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Group tours (for five or more) and tours of the permanent collection are available for $5 per person and must be scheduled two weeks in advance. For more information, visit http://frickart.org.
About Alcoa Foundation
Established in 1952, Alcoa Foundation is a global resource that actively invests in improving the quality of life in the countries around the world where Alcoa operates. The Foundation's grants address global and local needs in Areas of Excellence that include: Conservation and Sustainability, Global Education and Workplace Skills, Business and Community Partnerships and Safe and Healthy Children and Families. Alcoa Foundation manages Alcoa's ACTION and Bravo! programs which recognize the volunteer efforts of employees with grants to the organizations they serve. For more information about Alcoa Foundation, visit www.alcoa.com, under Community.
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