Gregg Behr, Executive Director of the Grable Foundation, greets local representatives of arts organizations and area educators as they gather to collaborate on ways to advance educational outreach efforts in the region.
Members of the Pittsburgh arts community gathered in the transformED space of the Allegheny Intermediate Unit’s Center for Creativity for a discussion, networking, and resource-sharing session. The purpose of the gathering was to help advance the educational outreach efforts of regional arts organizations. Through interactive presentations demonstrating how schools and districts are utilizing digital media technology, participants experienced a series of first-hand examples of creative new methods of instruction. These contemporary modes of learning include robotics, 3D printing, tablet applications, GigaPan photography, green screens, gaming, as well as the Maker and Play movements.
Jordan Mroziak, Duquesne University professor of music and technology, demonstrates cutting-edge learning apps to participants.
The Kids + Creativity Network, organized by the Sprout Fund, invited the arts groups to this special meeting to allow for a natural synergy to occur among participants of the event. Kids + Creativity, which hosts educational sessions, peer learning exchanges, a grants program, and fellowships for arts educators who work in informal learning spaces, has developed a community of learners in the Pittsburgh area by sustaining an ecosystem that nurtures collaborative endeavors between formal and informal learning.
A lively gathering of members of the Pittsburgh arts and education communities at the Center for Creativity’s transformED space.
The morning was a very successful session that stimulated new ideas for educational outreach and new partnerships among artists and educators in the region. Participants included representatives from the Andy Warhol museum, Allegheny Intermediate Unit, Assemble, Common Sense Media, Cornell School District, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Science Center, Children’s Museum, City Theatre, Dream Flight Adventures, Frick Museum, Grable Foundation, Hatch Arts Collective, Heinz History Center, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh Ballet, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh Symphony, Shaler Area School District, Quantum Theatre, Silver Eye, and the Society for Contemporary Craft.
Jennifer Ehehalt of Common Sense Media discusses Graphite, an online resource for educators with Mariruth Leftwich, Education Manager at the Heinz History Center.
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