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

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Murals, Murals, Murals

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Artist: Alison Zapata

Zapata_StudiosIn Murals, Murals, Murals, visual artist and muralist Alison Zapata can design projects for your students by painting large scale murals to reinforce content-area learning. Working with concepts, design, and paint, Alison can help students collaborate to visualize and create mental images that are an essential component of reading comprehension. The residency culminates in an an unveiling event for students, teachers, parents and the community. Alison is an educator and professional artist known for her portraits and community murals in and around Pittsburgh. She holds a BA in art education from Carlow University.

Maximum # of students:

25

Requirements:

Tables or desk space, storage for projects; materials must be provided by the school.

Minimum sequential workshops:

5

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

Latest Updates

  • November 10, 2011 
    On the Road & On the Air

    Taking the ‘stage’ at the historic Pump House, managed by the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area this past June, Tom Breiding recorded the PHC’s Humanities on the Road episode Steeltowns, Coalfield and the Unbroken Circle, which airs this weekend.


  • December 21, 2011 
    A Whirlwind of Collaboration

    Two densely-scheduled days this November marked the fruition of a collaborative project two years in the making, designed by Gateway to the Arts and the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University. The goal was to assist the graduate chamber music ensembles at CMU in developing dynamic outreach programs for public school students grades K-12. Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, project coordinators Lisa Hoitsma of Gateway and Dr. Natalie Ozeas of CMU enlisted the expertise of the Grammy-nominated African-American woodwind quintet, Imani Winds, known world-wide for their high-quality outreach programming that focuses on excellent musicianship, audience participation and repertoire.


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