Join us for Remake Learning Days, a celebration of innovative learning! At this festival, you can make, code, play and tinker at many learning spaces like schools, libraries, museums, outdoor play spaces, and more. Between May 2-22, 2024, there will be many free events across southwestern PA, including 27 events in Bloomfield and Garfield. Learn more about these great events in your own backyard:
Teen Time – Procreate Animation
May 2, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (EST)
Learn how to make short animations
Pittsburgh Glass Center Glass Open House and Gallery Opening
May 3, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 9:00 pm (EST)
Explore the newly expanded Pittsburgh Glass center in this free and exciting day long open-house of glass art. Take a tour, participate in an exciting live hot glass demonstration with local artists, find inspiration in our new exhibition and make your own self-portrait!
May 3, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm (EST)
We will celebrate children learning and growing in the community with a painting exploration
Pittsburgh Public Schools Robotics Celebration of Learning
May 4, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (EST)
We will celebrate robotics education in our schools with robotics design challenges for attendees to engage with at all ages, showcase student projects from across the district, and have opportunities to engage with robotics industry professionals.
May the 4th Be With You & Me!: Space Exploration Day at the PTLL
May 4, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm (EST)
The PTLL welcomes you to join us to celebrate May the Fourth Be With You & Me: Space Day!
May 5, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm (EST)
Pittsburgh Plays Chess, hosted by Queens Gambit, introduces chess to all ages, featuring activities and opportunities for both beginners and established players.
May 6, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (EST)
Have you heard about Brick Clubs and Operation Baseplate? Come and see a Brick-by-Brick club in operation at Mellon Middle School. Our goal is to develop 21st-century skills while learning how to communicate effectively. See Social Emotional leaning in progress.
Upcoming Local Events
Teen Time – Embroidering Photos
May 8, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (EST)
Learn about the delicate and lesser-known art form of photo embroidery
Fast & Furious: Full STEAM Ahead
May 9, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm (EST)
Participant will assemble rubber-band cars and design their own logos from the Boys & Girls Club of Western Pennsylvania's maker space equipment.
Community Day: Behind the Scenes
May 11, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm (EST)
Join us for a fun day of art and family-friendly, hands-on activities!
Mother of All Pottery Sales – Clay Olympics
May 11, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (EST)
Join us in our lower level studio for a creative and fun contest! We'll coil, sculpt, and squish clay in multiple Clay Olympics events. Participate or cheer others on - everyone is a winner. You might even take home a medal.
May 14, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (EST)
Craft and decorate a mini foam surfboard and test its buoyancy in water
May 14, 2024 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (EST)
Craft and decorate a mini foam surfboard and test its buoyancy in water.
Annual STEAM Night @ Woolslair Elementary
May 15, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm (EST)
Woolslair staff and PTO are hosting a fun night for the whole family, with crafts, science, environmental learning, art, and more!
Teen Time – Balloon Powered Cars
May 16, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (EST)
Teens will put their creativity and engineering skills to the test as they learn to design, create, and race their own balloon powered cars
May 16, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm (EST)
We put the S in STEM!
May 17, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm (EST)
Cojiform is an interactive sculpture and photography experience that invites all people to experience the mindfulness, meaning, and joy to be found in creative process.
International Creatives Learning Party
May 17, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm (EST)
🌐 Celebrate Diversity in STEAM at our International Creatives Day! 🎨🚀
May 17, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm (EST)
Join members of the Alumni Theater Company for a fun filled evening of acting and improv games
Featured Local Businesses
Sapling Saturdays: From Seed to Tree
May 18, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm (EST)
Spring is seed-starting time! Learn about the journey from seed, to seedling, to sapling, to tree, at this drop-in event at Tree Pittsburgh's riverside campus.
May 18, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (EST)
Learn the ins and outs of carving your own rubber stamps! From doodles to repeating patterns, see how much printing (and you!) can do!
Buzzword @ EQT Children's Theatre Festival
May 18, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm (EST)
Creative Happening: Family Button Making at the Millvale Music Festival
May 18, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (EST)
Join the Vanka Murals and LIGHT at the Millvale Music Festival where you'll be able to make your own buttons, create your own zines, and go on a scavenger hunt exploring Millvale through the lens of art, love and justice.
May 18, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (EST)
This one-and-a-half-hour experience is about finding your flow of movement and ease of mind with the aid of props and flow art techniques.
May 18, 2024 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm (EST)
Play with various stamps and found materials to create a print that shows your unique point of view!
Teen Time – Procreate Animation
May 22, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (EST)
Through this Teen Time program teens will learn how to make short animations using Apple Pencils and the Procreate application on iPads.
Wheel Mobile @ Three Rivers Arts Festival
Jun 1, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm (EST)
Come out and see the Wheel Mobile downtown during the Three Rivers Arts Festival! Our teaching artists will be in the Creativity Zone at 8th and Penn, giving wheel-throwing demonstrations and giving folks their own try at this mesmerizing art form.
To learn more about Remake Learning Days and the 350 fun and FREE events across southwestern PA, visit us at https://remakelearningdays.org/southwesternpa/. Families with kids of all ages can easily find hands-on learning activities. Build robots, create art, try new technology, enjoy outdoor learning and more. You can filter events by recommended age, learning themes (arts, maker, science, tech, outdoor learning and youth voice), date and cost. (The majority of events are free!) Students can also earn a Career Ready PA badge from the PA Department of Education at select events. Let's explore, wonder and learn together.
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