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 41 events in Fox Chapel. 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
No Sew DIY: Grocery / Reusable bag
May 4, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (EST)
Participants will learn how to upcycle an old t-shirt into a reusable bag
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 4, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm (EST)
Discover one of our region's most exciting habitats (and even meet some of its inhabitants!) with Steel City Rowing and Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh in Verona, PA.
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 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.
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 – Embroidering Photos
May 8, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (EST)
Learn about the delicate and lesser-known art form of photo embroidery
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
May 8, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm (EST)
Come to the *BRAND NEW* Mad Science Lab and see what we're all about! Learn all about how metals oxidize through our hands-on mini-workshop. We'll have giveaways, refreshments, and every kid will create a cup of slime to take home!
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.
World Migratory Bird Day at Frick Environmental Center
May 11, 2024 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm (EST)
World Migratory Bird Day is an annual awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the conservation of migratory birds and their habitats--come to the Environmental Center for a morning of bird-related hikes and activities.
May 13, 2024 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm (EST)
Shaler Area School District students and parents will work as a team to create and program LEGO Robots!
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)
Learn about optics and the origins of animation
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Kids Club – Concepts of Home Plastic Bag Monoprints
May 15, 2024 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (EST)
Kids will learn more about artist Zarina and design a monoprint painting using plastic bags to express their idea of "home".
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
A Celebration of STEAM with Wilkinsburg Schools!
May 16, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm (EST)
Stop by for the opportunity to meet the dedicated teachers in the Wilkinsburg School District and experience a sampling of the hands-on STEAM activities that our students are doing in the classroom. This is a family event where you are sure to find something for everyone!
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.
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
International Creatives Learning Party
May 17, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm (EST)
🌐 Celebrate Diversity in STEAM at our International Creatives Day! 🎨🚀
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.
Buzzword @ EQT Children's Theatre Festival
May 18, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm (EST)
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 @ 12:00 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!
May 20, 2024 @ 7:15 am - 8:15 am (EST)
Fox Chapel School District students bring a special someone in to join them and their classmates (and classmates' special someones) to engage in maker activities and enjoy breakfast together.
Teen Time – Jasmine Cho Artivism
May 21, 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm (EST)
Teens will create a portrait based on Jasmine Cho's style
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!
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.
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
Shaler Area School District 143 Day of Kindness Event
May 22, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm (EST)
Please join us as we bring together our K-6 students and families to celebrate the legacy of Fred Rogers and affirm that Shaler Area values kindness, acceptance, and gratitude toward our neighbors as an important part of our community.
May 23, 2024 @ 7:15 am - 8:15 am (EST)
Fox Chapel Area School District students bring a special someone in to join them and their classmates (and classmates' special someones) to engage in maker activities and enjoy breakfast together.
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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.
May 11, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (EST)
Hands on STEM program with fun stations dealing with planting, growing, and composting.
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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