AAP is founded

First Annual exhibition at the Pittsburgh Opera House

AAP Exhibition is held in four gallery rooms at Carnegie Institute. Image: Carnegie Institute, 1895. Courtesy of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

100 Friends of Art

First purchase art from Annuals for Pittsburgh public schools.

Crafts added as a category.

AAP moves to the Pittsburgh Playhouse.

Arts and Crafts Cente

AAP becomes one of the founding guilds to establish Arts and Crafts Center, now known as the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.

Andy Warhol exhibits student drawings

AAP buys building at 937 Liberty Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh.

Due to delayed construction and budget approvals, gallery does not open until 1993.

AAP Exhibition is held in four gallery rooms at Carnegie Institute. Image: Carnegie Institute, 1895. Courtesy of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh