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 20 events in the East End. 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
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 7, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (EST)
Craft and decorate a mini foam surfboard and test its buoyancy in water
Teen Time – Jasmine Cho Artivism
May 8, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (EST)
Teens will create a portrait based on Jasmine Cho's style
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.
Remake Learning at The Frick Pittsbrgh
May 11, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm (EST)
Join us for a day filled with collaborative art making, historical exploration, and opportunities to investigate the natural world during Remake Learning Day at The Frick!
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.
Upcoming Local Events
May 14, 2024 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (EST)
Craft and decorate a mini foam surfboard and test its buoyancy in water.
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
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
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!
May 18, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (EST)
Using recycled materials to create art projects
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!
Homewood Children's Village Presents: Re-imagining Art
May 21, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm (EST)
Come join the Homewood Children's Village and the Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse for a fun, funky, scrappy, reuse art workshop!
May 22, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (EST)
This Teen Time program will help teens experiment with collaborative composition and demystify the process of creating their own music
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.
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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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