Gateway to the Arts' Western Pennsylvania Wolf Trap program provides innovative arts-in-education services for children ages 3-5, their teachers and families.

The objective? To encourage early childhood educators and caregivers to regularly use performing arts to help young children learn basic skills. Drama, music and movement experiences not only support physical, cognitive and socio-emotional development, but they create active, joyful, child-centered learning environments!

Gateway is proud to be one of 16 regional affiliates of the internationally acclaimed Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, and the only one in Pennsylvania.

Western Pennsylvania Wolf Trap includes summer professional development for Early Childhood educators and a seven-week classroom artist residency.

 Wolf Trap Professional Development Institute Information Sheet

Wolf Trap Summer Institute Course Registration Form

To receive information on how to enliven learning in your early childhood classroom with a Wolf Trap residency, please contact Carol Wolfe at 412.362.6982 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The Wolf Trap Institute is a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, in partnership with Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts located outside Washington, DC in Vienna, VA.