Last call for summer creativity!

LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP— ENROLLMENT CLOSES WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 AT 6 PM!

Reclaim your creativity this summer.

Art/Life Unlimited is a dynamic six-week course designed to help you bring more creativity into your daily life, in any area you wish-- from developing a steady art practice to making gorgeous Excel sheets to painting your bathroom to naming your Spotify playlists.

Through visits and mini-demos from successful local artists Cheryl Capezzuti, Katy DeMent, Kirsten Ervin, Lindsey Scherloum and James Simon, immersive exercises and lively discussion, you’ll see the world — and yourself — with fresh eyes. And you’ll emerge with a time-based, detailed plan of action for a creative project of your own design.

This is not about being an “Artist” with a capital A. It’s about waking up your senses, breaking out of passive consumption, and reminding yourself how to shape your world — one small act of creation at a time.

WEDNESDAYS, 6-9 PM

MAY 28- JULY 2

Cultural Trust’s newly-renovated THREE STORIES space

Third Floor Studio (elevator accessible)

927 Liberty Ave, downtown

help me get my creative on!

from our friends

Our Board Chair Amy Kline on “Do the Music Thing” podcast!

Give a listen to Amy Kline , our incredible Board Chair, on Episode 19 of “Do That Music Thing.” She talks about The Parking Pad, a community-based music production company she cofounded in the South Hills that’s quickly evolved from an intimate house concert to a vital part of the South PGH music scene.

Amy can literally do anything, and we’re so glad to have her on our board!

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