Looking to spice up your wardrobe? Try your hand at embroidery and create a custom patch that can be used on your backpack, jacket, or any other cloth surface. Participants will work with needles, fabrics, and embroidery floss to create colorful creations to express themselves. Come with an idea, a drawing, or just a willingness […]
Malajsha Mallott is the author of "The Football Girl" which is about a young girl who overcomes adversity when trying to play a male-dominated sport. Malajsha wrote her first book at 8 years old. She is an honor roll student at Pittsburgh Dilworth. Malajsha will read her book, offer a Q & A session, and […]
Step up to the mic and express yourself! Spoken word, music, poetry, dance and other forms of creative expression welcome. The event features musician Cam Chambers and a pop-up shop from lifestyle streetwear brand Good Days Brand. Sign up to participate in the Open Mic by emailing cburton@pittsburghkids.org. Get your FREE tickets here.
Create unique copper shapes through the use of jewelry saws and metal punches. The focus of this session will be on practicing tool use, but some practice pieces may be taken home at the end for use in future projects. Ages 10-15. Purchase tickets here. Please plan to arrive at MuseumLab 5 minutes before the […]
Come to the Art Studio and work with artist Owen Lowery to make your own Interactive Junk Art! Owen is an interdisciplinary artist who aims to make art that inspire curiosity and his favorite material is junk! What will you make?
This is an introduction to dry point printmaking. In this workshop, participants ages 10-15 learn how to etch their own drawings and designs into metal plates and pull prints of them. Purchase tickets here. Please plan to arrive at MuseumLab 5 minutes before the scheduled start time of the workshop. Workshop registration does not include […]
Hallie Dong creates wacky and weird digital creatures for her project, Creature of the Day. She will share her work with MuseumLab visitors and teach them how to make their own creatures, both digitally and on paper. This is a drop-in style workshop, where visitors can come and go at their leisure. The cost is […]
Join us in the Studio as we explore a classic material - clay! Together, we will build a whole world out of clay in the Studio. How will you mash, roll, pinch, and form the clay into parts of this world?
Join us in MAKESHOP as we reuse and repurpose household materials into sculptures of all shapes and sizes. Find inspiration in the shapes, patterns, textures, and colors of everyday objects, then try various attachment methods to build your own creation.
Join us in the Art Studio for a story time. We'll explore concepts like ' Where do we find our ideas?', self-expression, creativity, and more.
