"I’ve heard from a lot of people who have come to this exhibition that they struggle with seeing the aesthetic beauty of industry. At the time that these artists were creating these images, they did look at that smoke and fog as being romantic and indicative of power and prosperity. But we as a modern audience look at it with a totally different lens. We think about it in terms of air quality and pollution." - Akemi May, curator of Monet and the Modern City. . Two weeks ago, we hosted an event called Breathe Better Day. It brought together the distinct but complementary lenses of art history and environmentalism, digging into the shifts in public perception of industry since Monet painted his Waterloo Bridge series and discussing the air quality challenges facing our region. . Thanks to gasppgh, breathe_project, pennenvironment, pennfuture, and others for adding their voices to this event. To read more about Breathe Better Day, check out alleghenyfrontradio's piece, "Bringing Together ...