Sylvia Rhor Samaniego

Sylvia Rhor Samaniego is a Pittsburgh-based curator, art historian, and museum worker. She and Sean Beauford co-curated the exhibition making home here for the Mattress Factory in 2021.

Art

Pushing Against the Art World’s Disavowal of Labor

Pittsburgh’s John Kane: Life & Art of an American Workman presents Kane’s experience as a manual laborer as integral to — not separate from — his art.

Opinion

Museums Have a Responsibility to Their Neighbors

As museums readily draft land acknowledgments, they should also be ready to leverage their presence and power on the land to meet the needs of their neighbors today.