The Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) Pittsburgh will serve as the civic and cultural anchor of the new Richard King Mellon Hall of Sciences. With its experimental programs that span disciplines, the ICA creates transformative experiences, sparks conversation and fosters an environment for interpreting critical issues and current events through contemporary art. 

The new ICA Pittsburgh evolves from Carnegie Mellon’s Miller Institute for Contemporary Art — with a new name that recognizes the critical role that the museum has played in fostering artistic discourse throughout the city and the broader art world. Since launching in 2000, the ICA has advanced the work of some of the most innovative and important contemporary artists working today, including the work of emergent practitioners and Pittsburgh creatives as well as internationally acclaimed artists.

Made possible by a $15 million lead commitment from the Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation and the Henry L. Hillman Foundation, the ICA Pittsburgh will more than double its gallery space to 25,000 square feet and vastly broaden its reach and influence as a civic, artistic and cultural leader.

The expanded space will increase access and visibility of the ICA Pittsburgh to deepen its engagement with the public, create new connections with the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and other arts and culture institutions, and contribute to the vibrancy of CMU and its surrounding community. It also will provide ICA Pittsburgh with the ability to diversity and increase its programming and support of emerging and established artists, and expand its role as an educational space for CMU faculty, staff and students.