Honorary Chair: Artist Cynthia F. Cooley
Artist Cynthia Cooley is known for her vivid paintings of steel mill interiors and of Pittsburgh’s hillside neighborhoods and industrial valleys. She has had 45 individual exhibitions, including the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC and the 1989 Artist of the Year at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. She was named a “Master Artist” in Pittsburgh in 1998. Over 1700 of her works are in private collections. We are fortunate to feature one of her exquisite paintings of Pittsburgh’s public steps as our cover art for the 2007 StepTrek. To see the extent of Cynthia’s art, please visit
