Gateway to the Arts
6101 Penn Avenue, Suite 301
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
telephone 412.362.6982
fax 412.362.6986
gatewaytothearts.org
Visual artist, puppeteer and storyteller Joann Kielar designs developmentally appropriate visual art projects to enhance and reinforce early literacy components. Her project will focus on the book Now Things Are Worse– A Yiddish Tale. Joann holds an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania.
20 (with help from a teacher)
Tables with desk space, glue for each child, sink, area to leave projects to dry
4
Quality arts learning improves students' creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication skills.
April 30, 2012 Beaver County Times, My Morning Jacket returns to Pittsburgh
Louisville-based rock band My Morning Jacket has selected Gateway to the Arts to receive $1 of every ticket sold to their August 21 concert at Stage AE.
Gateway to the Arts will have over 65 performing and visual artists in the Creativity Zone at the Three Rivers Arts Festival, bringing our quality arts programming out of the schools and into the community.
Over the four weekend days of the ten-day festival, occurring June 1 - 10, 2012, Gateway's artists will engage families in interactive programs under three tents, featuring a StoryTime area, a performance stage and a hands-on activity tent.