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Building Creativity

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Artist: Kelly Lyons

15 Kelly LyonsIn Building Creativity, architectural educator Kelly Lyons will help you to take any school subject out of the textbook! Architects determine what our communities look like, from the buildings they design to the cities they plan. Through hands-on projects and three-dimensional representation, architecture workshops encourage abstract thinking and exploration of conceptual ideas using age-appropriate techniques. Call today to find out how architecture can make your lesson plans come alive! Kelly is the program director of Architecture Explorations, the K-12 outreach program of the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Carnegie Mellon and a Master of Education from Duquesne University.

Maximum # of students:

20 with help from a teacher

Requirements:

Clear tables to work on; storage for projects; everyday objects for recycling

Minimum sequential workshops:

1 (1 1/2 hr sessions recommended)

 
Terms:1, 10, 11, 12, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, K, Math, Science/ Technology, Visual Arts, Workshop/ Residency
 
 

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  • 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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