During the school year, you’ll find Chris Galiyas in a classroom, teaching art to elementary school students in the West Mifflin School District. But when summer rolls around, Galiyas, of Belle Vernon, spends his time in a lift or on a ladder, spray painting murals in and around ...

CANONSBURG – When Samantha Cortese began painting as something to do during the pandemic four years ago, little did she imagine she’d be tapped to create a meaningful, larger-than-life work for an area nonprofit. But on Wednesday, Cortese, a wife, mother of two and abstract artist from ...