ART LAB: Sculpting with Light

June 1, 2013
1-4pm    
500 Sampsonia Way, in the lobby

Join us as we celebrate one of our favorite artists, James Turrell, and dedicate a whole Art Lab to how he “sculpts with light.” We’ll create our own slides to project and explore light and how we can play with it and make art with this fabulously elusive material!

ART LAB: Motown Mixin'

June 15, 2013
1-4pm 
500 Sampsonia Way, in the lobby    

We are gearing up for our Soul Factory Urban Garden Party and Community Garden Party. Help us out as we get in the spirit by re-purposing, re-vamping and re-beautifying old record covers into new and imaginary bands and songs. Get more information about the upcoming parties and get in the mood to groove!

URBAN GARDEN PARTY

Soul Factory: Motown at the Museum

Friday, June 21, 2013
7 - 11pm

Save the date for the 2013 Mattress Factory Urban Garden Party, the summer event you don’t want to miss. This year's party, Soul Factory: Motown at the Museum, will feature live entertainment, dancing, over 40 local food and beverage vendors, audience participation, a costume contest and a silent art auction. Each year, a sell-out crowd comes out to help support the museum’s mission and celebrate this unique Pittsburgh institution, so don't wait to get your tickets! For more information please click here or call (412) 231-3169.

MUSEUM CLOSED

Friday, June 21, 2013
10am - 5pm

The museum is closed Friday, June 21, 2013 to allow staff to prepare for the museum's annual fund-raiser, the Urban Garden Party. This year's party, Soul Factory: Motown at the Museum, will feature live entertainment, dancing, over 40 local food and beverage vendors, audience participation, a costume contest and a silent art auction. For ticket information please click here or call (412) 231-3169.

2013 Community Garden Party

Sunday, June 23, 2013
1 - 5 p.m.
FREE activities for the entire family

Join us at the Mattress Factory for a FREE community day celebrating our neighbors!

Hands-on activities will include screen printing with AIR (Artist Image Resource); an interactive animated collage inspired by Smokey Robinson's Motown hit, "Cruisin'" by the puppeteers from The Schmutz Company; an art-making activity using old vinyl record albums with Assemble, a community space for Arts + Technology; creating work to add to our MoTOWN art installation; and crafting instruments from recycled materials for a noise party.

Throughout the afternoon music will be provided by DJ Andrew Edmonds' Vinyl Showcase, and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will be on site along with Reading is FUNdamental to share and read with guests. Purchase lunch from the Pittsburgh Taco Truck, participate in theater workshops and impromptu performances by The Zany Umbrella Circus, or hang out with the Allegheny YMCA to watch a screening of Art21: New York Close Up.

Admission to, and activities at Community Garden Party are free and open to the public. All ages are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult.