Diane Vrabel Archives

UP Magazine’s 2023 Editor’s Choice Articles

UP Mag’s 2023 Editor’s Choice List! Check out some of our favorite and proudest stories of the year.

The Striking Vision of the Maxo Vanka Murals

In an austere church in Millvale on a hillside above the Allegheny River, the haunting murals of Maxo Vanka celebrate immigrant life, religious faith, and our shared humanity, while also lamenting society’s ills and flagrant inhumanity.

From The East Village to East Liberty: Discovering Pittsburgh’s Murals

Writer Diane Vrabel fell in love with murals in New York, but upon returning to her home city of Pittsburgh found that it had just as much to offer in an abundance of public art.