The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania Presents "Teenie Harris - A Retrospective" on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at Noon at the Engineers Club, 337 Fourth Ave., Downtown

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Carnegie Museum of Art this past year unveiled a groundbreaking exhibition to celebrate the work of the renowned Pittsburgh Courier photographer and legend.  This program offers an insider's view of selecting the exhibited photographs from the museum's nearly 80,000-negative archive of Teenie Harris' work and paying tribute to his legacy of compiling one of the most complete portraits anywhere of the 20th-century African-American experience.

Attendees will also find out more about a project mirroring Teenie Harris' work by Post-Gazette photographers Rebecca Droke and Bill Wade, who photographed and interviewed 20 people the famed photographer captured decades ago.

Program participants:  Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist and editorial board member; Louise Lippincott, Carnegie Museum of Art curator of fine arts; and Rebecca Droke and Bill Wade, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette photographers.  Rod Doss, editor and publisher, New Pittsburgh Courier, will serve as moderator. 

Reservations are required with payment.  Press Club members and students are $20; nonmembers $25. Tables of 10 cost $200.  Send your check by February 24 to The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, Engineers' Building, 337 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222. 

Questions?  The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, 412-281-7778

SOURCE The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania