Travel across continents and through time without ever leaving the museum! Explore the expansive art forms presented by creatives from around the world in the Carnegie International, discover the geographic origins of a sphinx, or rest in a cool spot on a hot day in France. Create sculptures, paintings, and drawings based on what you find, and fill out an art passport at each stop.
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Use the Carnegie International as a source of inspiration as you discover contemporary artists who think expansively about art-making. Explore a wide range of tools to create marks, forms, and textures that can become expressive works of art. Conduct experiments and play collaborative games to generate unexpected results and discover new-to-you and processes and materials that can fuel your creative imagination.
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Push, pull, squish, and turn clay into anything you can imagine—from a bowl you can use to three dimensional sculpted figures of your of your own design. Learn to use the potter’s wheel to shape vessels and hand-building techniques to construct figurative sculptures that stand, sit, or dance suspended in motion. Add texture and design to the surface of your clay works and investigate glazing techniques to include color and luster. Kiln-fired projects will be fired and available for pick-up at the museum 3 to 4 weeks after camp.
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Journey into the museum’s galleries to uncover artworks that originated in places far from Pittsburgh but all ended up together in the Carnegie International. Discover more about the artists and their creative practices through close observation, art investigation, and expert insider information. Explore diverse art materials and processes through experimentation as you play and map what you discover throughout your journey.
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Push, pull, squish, and turn clay into anything you can imagine—from a bowl you can use to three dimesional sculpted figures of your of your own design. Learn to use the potter’s wheel to shape vessels and hand-building techniques to construct figurative sculptures that stand, sit, or dance suspended in motion. Add texture and design to the surface of your clay works and investigate glazing techniques to include color and luster. Kiln-fired projects will be fired and available for pick-up at the museum 3 to 4 weeks after camp.
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Calling all wiggle worms! Join us at the museum for a wiggle-and-squiggle-filled art-making week. Use movement as inspiration as you explore the galleries to find ideas for your art. Use your feet, your hands, and your body to create sculptures that shift, paintings that vibrate, and a parade performance through the galleries.
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Give your fingers a workout by rolling coils, smooshing slabs, and constructing artworks using clay. Be inspired by the organic forms of our sculpture garden, mix found objects and plaster with multiple forms of clay, and construct figurative sculptures that stand, sit, or dance suspended in motion. Any fired work will be available for pickup three to four weeks after the workshop camp.
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Develop your own modular worlds inspired by popular toys and games like Legos and Minecraft. Bring digital creations to life by constructing pixelated structures in three dimensions. Use Lego figures to create stop-motion animation and pull distinctive prints from the surface of each brick. Explore spaces around Oakland and work with your team to recreate their materials and silhouettes in Minecraft.
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Use natural and human-made fibers to weave, hand sew, and tie-dye soft sculptures or wearable artworks worthy of a runway or art gallery. Have fun with fabrics and invent your own unique pattern with printmaking, sculpt with foam, or make marks using embroidery. Work with your classmates to collaborate on challenges that will push the boundaries of art and fashion.
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Combine art, science, and magic through play, making, and experimentation. Conduct chemistry to create colorful potions, make paints and powders by transforming natural objects and elements, and conjure companion animals through design. Fly around the museum to discover mysterious figures, fellow magical beings, and archetypal bad guys to gain inspiration for your mystical makings.
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Whether you are a skilled potter or an eager beginner, this workshop will provide expert guidance to help you achieve your artistic goals. Learn how to raise a form on the potter’s wheel and practice a variety of hand-building techniques, all inspired by the museum’s outstanding collection of ceramic art. Combine forms, get creative with surface design, and select and apply glazes to give your work its finished appearance. Teen programs are designed for students entering grades 9 –12. Work will be fired and available for pickup three to four weeks after the workshop.
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Invent your very own creature and bring it to life through comics, paintings, and wearable sculptures of monster proportions. Insert kaiju into unexpected places, construct mixed-up beasts, and take inspiration from the creatures inhabiting the galleries at Carnegie Museum of Art and lurking in the dioramas and Hall of Dinosaurs at Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
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