Arts and Culture

CLP—Allegheny Regional Branch: Teen Time

If you’re into cool art projects, epic games, music, movies, and just chilling out, come kick it at Teen Time!

CLP—Allegheny Regional Branch: The Labs: Open Lab

Make something cool! Learn to use digital technology and traditional tools. Open Lab is your studio time. Play around, work on projects and hang out with Labs Mentors.

CLP—Allegheny Regional Branch: The Labs: Workshop

Make something cool! Learn to use digital technology and traditional tools. Materials and equipment will be provided.

Performing Arts Initiative

The Performing Arts Initiative reaches out to children and youth through the stage using song, dance, poetry, and acting. The Visual Arts are experienced as the youth participate in crafts, sewing, cooking and community partnerships that allow for additional arts. The participants have opportunities to dance, drum, sing or play musical instruments, cook, paint, do […]

After School Outreach Program

Mattress Factory after school outreach program is an enrichment program centered around the arts and arts education. We are an experimental lab for artists and students to explore and express themselves through big ideas of contemporary installation art.

INSTALL: Afternoons @ the Factory

An afterschool program for 3rd-5th grade students. Students have homework help, snacks, they explore our galleries, get to see behind-the-scenes and work directly with a teaching artist to create new work and think about space in a new way.

ACH Clear Pathways: Academic/Arts After School Program & Creative Camp

ACH Clear Pathways allows youth to take a chance and experiment with multiple artistic methods and explore different outcomes to build social competence and effective problem solving skills. ACH Clear Pathways provides a safe place for youth to express themselves freely through the arts, which could be considered unacceptable in other settings.

K.E.Y.S. to the Promise (Knowledge and Empowerment to Yield Success)

K.E.Y.S to the Promise utilizes dialogue, multimedia, performing and fine arts, and practical application lessons in small group settings to help to develop daily living skills to increase the personal potential of youth in order to strengthen the fabric of the individual, family, and community in present and future economies. This program builds character development, […]

Learning Party: Circuits and Contraptions

Learn about circuits and contraptions at our upcoming Learning Party! Meet guest experts and explore circuitry, physics, art, and more. This event is free and open to all ages and features fun, hands-on activities led by local makers, scientists, artists, and technologists. Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learning-party-circuits-and-contraptions-tickets-31223184385#tickets

Youth Maker Night: Musical Makers!

Do you pretend your pencils are drumsticks and tap vigorously on tables? Then this Youth Maker Night is for you! Join Assemble Friday, February 10th, 5:00pm-7:00pm for an exploration in Musical Making with local musician, Arvid Tomayko-Peters as he guides teens and tweens in creating a collaborative sound installation using Makey-Makeys and conductive materials!