Ready to apply your metal cutting skills to a project of your own design? Use jewelry saws, punches, and the flexible shaft drill to create a luminary with a pierced design that will allow light to shine through.\ Participants in this workshop must have completed Metal Cutting 101 prior to signing up. Purchase tickets for […]
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?
Learn how to repurpose items of clothing to make them last beyond the trends and reflect your personal expression! Plus, get the satisfaction of having something you created in your wardrobe. Denim pieces will be provided to paint on; you may also bring your own. $20 per person, does not include museum admission. Purchase tickets […]
Join us to create watercolor woodcut prints! In this workshop, you will create a design, carve a wooden block, and make prints to take home with you. Watercolor woodcut is a specific technique that allows you to use multiple colors on the same printing block, so your prints can be full of color! Ages 10-15. Purchase […]
Explore clay, the techniques you use with it and the many cool things you can make with it with visiting ceramicist and artist Liana Agnew. Included with Children's Museum admission. Learn more about Liana here.
Join us in the Studio as we Bring Spring to the Children's Museum! Together, we will build and paint a springtime scene in the Art Studio. Using large tubes, cardboard boxes, and more- let's celebrate the changing of the season and the return of the sun.
Join us in MAKESHOP as we read stories and explore making together.
During this special storytime, enjoy your favorite books about Elephant and Piggie, Knuffle Bunny, Naked Mole Rat, The Pigeon, and more friends from The Pigeon Comes to Pittsburgh! A Mo Willems Exhibit. Look at the pictures and then find the characters from the books all around the room.
This is an introduction to linocut printing. In this workshop participants ages 10-15 will be using tools to carve into linoleum and then pull their own original prints. Participants will gain a general understanding of what printmaking is and be able to experiment with printing on different materials. Purchase tickets here. $20 per person, does […]
Join us in MAKESHOP as we use hand drills to make holes in wood and drivers to drive screws. What motions make the tools work? How do screws help connect pieces of wood?
