Enrichment

Manchester Craftsman’s Guild Summer Program

MCG Youth & Arts is offering an exciting opportunity for Pittsburgh area youth (grades 5-8) to create art in our world-class facility. Use state of the art equipment and professional-grade materials to create one-of-a-kind works of art in our ceramics, photography, design, and digital art studios. Three two week sessions for students 10-13 years old, […]

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.

FAME Academy

The FAME Academy is a rigorous 3-year pipeliine program designed to provide promising African American students with limited financial resources the acdemic resources and opportunities needed to succeed at challeging educational institutions. The FAME Academy works closely with middle school students as they complete an accelerated academic curriculum during a 6-week summer program with Saturday […]

Listen UP Pittsburgh Neighborhood Classic Debate

This tournament style debate will teach our teens critical thinking and public speaking skills to make them empowered members of their community. The skillsets they learn through debate can be used to transform the world around them and generate solutions to problems plaguing their communities. We encourage creativity and innovation and this debate allows teens […]

Math Geniuses

The Math Geniuses program provides great support for students to succeed in algebra. 7th and 8th graders receive a jump start in algebra readiness while 9th graders get a helping hand in current math courses. Students work their way through a self-paced math tutoring software package that can be used at the program site and at […]

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!

Assemble Afterschool

Are you in 1st – 8th grade? Want to create a tweeting plant? Build a Battlebot? Test a rocket? Students will complete hands-on STEAM projects exposing them to multiple exciting mediums. Assemble Afterschool is an exploratory afterschool program that introduces students to local artists and makers in their community. Students will be encouraged to create […]