Gateway to the Arts
6101 Penn Avenue, Suite 301
Pittsburgh, PA 15206

telephone 412.362.6982
fax 412.362.6986
gatewaytothearts.org

 
About Us

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Gateway to the Arts has been a regional leader in arts in education, serving western Pennsylvania for over 50 years. We have been a resource for educators and students, a pioneer in offering in-school performances and artist-in-residency programs that are connected to the curriculum. Recognized by our national peers, we have gained affiliate status from such prestigious organizations as Young Audiences and Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning in the Arts. We have taken inspiration from the Lincoln Center Institute in creating our partnership model of aesthetic education to train local educators on arts integration. And our professional development for teaching artists helps them make stronger connections with students and educators. As an organization, we are constantly adapting to meet the current needs of students and adhere to best practices, while responding to our own and others research on learning and the arts.

That being said, you don't have to take our word for it. Read these testimonials from those who have experienced our work.

From a Classroom Teacher on a K-12 Residency

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"Gateway stretches my kids' thinking to include analyzing, enjoying, and even performing art.  It enables them to look at and think about things differently, more critically."

- Third grade teacher, Richand Elementary

 

From a Student

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"Thank you very much for giving my classmates and I a chance to hear some great music . . . Now we have some knowledge about the tubas and trumpets that you guys had.  Also, we got the enjoyment of hearing differnt kinds of music and tones that you can play with one instruemnt.  I have seen many performances on TV but now that I have seen [one live I] can really see how talented they are."

- Student at Laurel Highlands Middle School on Liberty Brass' Music 101 and Beyond

 

From an Arts in Education Partnership Teacher

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Dear Gateway to the Arts,
I was surprised this week at all of the ways you showed me how to incorporate the “arts” into reading, math, science, and social studies. I intend to use many of the ideas I learned this week. I believe that these methods will increase my effectiveness as an educator and increase my students’ math and reading scores on the PSSAs.
       Yours,
       Doris J. Wall
       Librarian
       Schaeffer Primary
       Pgh. Public Schools

 

 

From a Wolf Trap Teaching Artist

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I had to send a quick email to tell you what a gift Gateway has given me and the other teaching artists with this Wolf Trap training . . . These workshops have been priceless.

Our trainers have been generous with their praise and kind with their critiques.  I feel we (the Teaching Artists) will leave here with much more improved skills, strategies and techniques to coach and partner with the classroom teacher . . . We had a chance to learn from one another as well.  I can't wait to start. 

Again thank you for this valuable workshop and I'm thrilled to be a "Wolf Trap" teaching artist. 

Barbara Russell

 
 

Featured

  • March 15, 2010
    Call for Artists


    Gateway to the Arts is now seeking professional performing artists and/or teaching artists in all art forms interested in engaging pre-K-12 grade students in their arts discipline and/or Gateway’s models of arts integration. While seeking candidates across all disciplines, we are very interested in arts and technology integration. Interested artists must have professional references and clearances.



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Latest Updates

  • May 17, 2010 
    Announcing the Family Performance Series

    On Saturday, June 19, at 3 pm Gateway to the Arts will launch its first ever Family Performance Series at the tent in Schenley Plaza in Oakland with a showcase by performing artists Delta Blue. The newest ensemble to be added to our roster, Delta Blue invites children and parents to dance the cakewalk, tap, sing and twist along with them, as they perform classic tunes that highlight the history of African-American music and dance. The set is the same performance program that is touring to schools.


  • April 17, 2010 
    Root American Music Award

    On Friday March 26, Gateway to the Arts awarded the second Root American Music Award, named after musicologist and former Gateway Board President Deane Root, to Boyce Campus Middle College High School teacher, Joanne Krett. The award recognizes an exceptional teacher who has participated in the Center for American Music at the University of Pittsburgh's Voices Across Time program, designed to assist teachers from different disciplines in incorporating American music into their curricula. Krett, an English teacher, uses music and lyrics as primary learning material, as a tool to connect to the humanities overall and to engage her students more deeply in the curriculum.  

    In addition to this recognition, Joanne and her students also received a free performance program by the acoustic blues duo Wiggins and Harris sponsored by Gateway in cooperation with Calliope: Pittsburgh Folk Music Society. 


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