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Mavuno celebrates Black artists at Sewickley center & park

Beaver resident Day Bracey curated the Black artists for the annual Mavuno Festival at Sweetwater Center for the Arts. Photo provided by Rachel Rennebeck SEWICKLEY − Sweetwater Center for The Arts celebrates Black artists from the community in the annual Mavuno festival, opening Friday. The
Chef Andrew Alvarez, a Sewickley native, is teaching cooking classes at Sweetwater Center for the Arts.

Sweetwater Center for the Arts launches cooking classes

Chef Andrew Alvarez, a Sewickley native, is teaching cooking classes at Sweetwater Center for the Arts. Sweetwater Center for the Arts is known for its hands-on learning with less traditional classes like metalsmithing and drawing and the human form, as well as trending favorites like
Kit for creating a watercolor painting

Sweetwater Center for the Arts – Three Rivers Art Festival

Visitors will receive a watercolor paint take-home art kit complete with paint, a brush, watercolor paper, and step-by-step instructions to complete their masterpiece. Location Giant Eagle Creativity Zone @ Liberty Avenue Dates/Times Friday, June 04   12:00pm - 6:00pm Published on May 31, 2021 Written by Published by
Raku ceramics

Raku Ceramics – It’s on Fire!

Sweetwater Art Center and Fern Hollow Nature Center are partnering to offer a raku ceramic firing workshop! Participants will remove their red-hot glowing pieces directly from a contained fire using tongs and place them in a vessel of combustible organic materials that immediately ignite from
Child's hand working with paints

30 Pittsburgh summer camps your kids will love

After last year’s disappointing summer, kids and their grownups are thrilled to see the return of many day camps throughout Pittsburgh. Most plan on in-person sessions with all the Covid safety precautions — masks, temperature checks and social distancing — we’ve come to know so