Programs — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh built its libraries to be neighborhood institutions and they still are. We put a working artist inside two of them and open the door after school, free, to any child who walks in.

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2 branch libraries

20 students per class, maximum

4-18 ages welcome, grouped by age

Admissions

First come, first served.

Classes cap at 20 students so every child gets real time with the artist. There is no application, no fee and no audition.

Fall term begins: Week of September 29
Term length: 30 weeks, weekly classes

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Schedules

Find your library.

Every class is held inside a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh branch. Term runs Sept 29 – June 12. Registration required

Homewood

7101 HAMILTON AVE · PITTSBURGH, PA 15208

Resident artist Kate Shea Duncan

Wednesdays 4:00 – 5:00 pm Ages 4–7

Wednesdays 5:30 – 6:30 pm Ages 8–12

Tuesdays 5:00 – 6:00 pm Ages 13–18

Allegheny

1230 FEDERAL ST · PITTSBURGH, PA 15212

Resident artist bailz

Tuesdays 5:30 – 6:30 pm Ages 4–7

Wednesdays 4:15 – 5:15 pm Ages 4–7

Wednesdays 5:30 – 6:30 pm Ages 8–12

“Homewood has a room, a sink and fifteen chairs. That is a studio.”

— Resident Teaching Artist, Pittsburgh

Funders

Who funds Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh supporters

Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation Ayers Foundation PNC Foundation John R. McCune Charitable Trust AEO Better World Foundation Pennsylvania Council on the Arts National Endowment for the Arts