Add your family photos and story to the Pittsburgh Family Album! We invite community members to bring in family photos and share their stories with the Family Pictures USA Institute for Inclusive Storytelling to help build a collective portrait of our amazing city. Film a short video interview (15-30 minutes) and you could become part of […]
Join us in MAKESHOP to explore pixel art. A pixel is the smallest unit of a digital image. How might you create still and animated images using smaller units? How do images change when they are made only of squares?
Nursery Sensory Play: Squishy Paint Bags Join Aramae and Nora in the Nursery to make a squishy paint bag! Visitors will use materials like tin foil and bubble wrap to explore texture while squishing paint together to mix new colors. This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, to support cognitive growth and […]
Join Hannah and Nora in the Studio every Wednesday morning from 11:00 -11:45 am to learn basic gardening tips and tricks. This week, we'll dissect roses and other flowers and talk about the different parts of a flower. Each week we will learn basic tips and tricks about how to care for a garden, while […]
Studio Storytime: Pelo Malo No Existe! Join us in the Studio during the month of February to explore love through story telling. This week we will read Pelo Malo No Existe!, Bad Hair Does Not Exist! by Sulma Azru-Brown and create our own hair portraits.
Learn about how and why plants make the scents they do. We’ll explore and play with scented herbs and plants from our own garden as well as other common household herbs and spices. While we play, we’ll think about the ways people use botanical scents. You’ll go home with your very own scented creation! This […]
Turn a teacup into a living plant haven! This workshop is for participants in Sixth through Eighth Grade. Workshop cost is $10 for non-members or $8 for members. To receive the member price, please use code MEMWORK$2. Membership will be verified when you visit. All materials will be provided. Purchase your tickets at this link. Workshop […]
Explore and create art inspired by the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Color outside the lines, explore new materials and don't be afraid to get messy, just like Basquiat!
Learn and practice hand sewing while creating a soft new friend to bring home! This workshop is for participants in Third through Fifth Grade. Workshop cost is $10 for non-members or $8 for members. To receive the member price, please use code MEMWORK$2. Membership will be verified when you visit. Purchase your tickets at this link. […]
Have your very own caricature portrait drawn by artist Sam Thong. He will sketch an expressive and unique picture of you that shares something special about your personality and what you like to do. In the Cafe from 1-5pm
