Opportunities
Arts Ed Collaborative shares arts education opportunities from across Southwestern Pennsylvania. Have a job, PD workshop, funding announcement, or advocacy resource you’d like to share? Send it our way.
Join artlook® SWPA
School & District Commitment Forms Due July 31st, Arts Partners Can Join Year Round
AEC is welcoming new districts, schools, and arts partners to connect with a powerful arts education initiative for data, planning, and partnerships. artlook® SWPA is a no-cost, public platform that maps the people, places, and programs supporting arts education in our region. For more information about artlook® SWPA in schools click here. For arts partner information click here.
Arts Partner Workshop: Funding Arts Partnerships
October 21st from 10AM-12PM┃Carnegie Museum of Art
Designed for our artlook® SWPA arts partners, these workshops are drop-in professional learning opportunities for those that want to deepen their knowledge and competencies around working in schools. Join us for one, some, or all!
This workshop is FULL! Join us in January for our next one.
Arts Partner Workshop: Career and Workforce Development
January 13th, 3-5 PM┃Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Homewood
Designed for our artlook® SWPA arts partners, these workshops are drop-in professional learning opportunities for those that want to deepen their knowledge and competencies around working in schools. Join us for one, some, or all! Register today.
Arts Partner Workshop: Healing Centered Teaching and Learning
February 24th from 10AM-12PM┃Carnegie Museum of Art
Designed for our artlook® SWPA arts partners, these workshops are drop-in professional learning opportunities for those that want to deepen their knowledge and competencies around working in schools. Join us for one, some, or all! Register today.
Arts Partner Workshop: Arts Standards & Curriculum Writing
March 17th, 3-5PM┃Sweetwater Center for the Arts
Designed for our artlook® SWPA arts partners, these workshops are drop-in professional learning opportunities for those that want to deepen their knowledge and competencies around working in schools. Join us for one, some, or all! Register today.
Customized Professional Learning Support
How can AEC support you this year? We have expertise in the national core arts standards, curriculum writing, arts integration, SEL, culturally responsive practices, program evaluation and more. Book a 15-minute conversation with Yael to get started!
Employment
Multiple Openings┃Union Project
Union Project is hiring for multiple positions. They also have a call for teaching proposals for experienced ceramic artists who have ideas for classes or workshops they may be interested in teaching in our community studio.
In-House Programs Youth Coordinator┃Assemble
Assemble’s In-House Youth Programs Coordinator (“Youth Programs Coordinator”) is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing the youth programs that occur at Assemble’s 4824 Penn Ave Location, which includes Assemble Afterschool, Day Camps, Summer Camps, and Saturday Crafternoons.
Development and Marketing Manager┃Assemble
Assemble is looking for an experienced Development and Marketing Manager who is driven by our mission, vision, and values. This role leads the creation and execution of Assemble’s annual fundraising and marketing strategy to ensure the organization’s financial sustainability and growth.
Marching Band Director | Sto-Rox School District
Director of high school marching band. Email Principal Asia Davis to apply adavis@srsd.k12.pa.us.
Part-Time Teacher┃Assemble
Assemble Part-time Teachers are responsible for planning and delivering engaging, STEAM-based programs in-person and/or virtually via web-based platforms. They actively engage to build a culture of making and inquiry. They work with and report back to the Program Managers on Assemble’s current program offerings, to explore new program opportunities, and help expand the organization’s capacity to fulfill its mission and vision.
Director of Education and Community Engagement | Attack Theatre
The Director of Education and Community Engagement provides strategic vision, leadership, and operational management for all educational and community engagement initiatives at Attack Theatre.
Meaningful Play | CMU Center for Transformational Play
October 13-15th | Carnegie Mellon University
Hosted by Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in partnership with Michigan State University, Meaningful Play brings together academics, game designers, and educators to explore how games and play can change people’s lives. If you make or study games, this is the conference for you!
Student Voice Lab: Young Playwrights Festival┃City Theatre
October 17th-18th┃City Theatre
Student Voice Lab is a free, yearlong learning community for educators who believe that students deserve authentic opportunities to be heard. Come see what happens when students experience the freedom to write their own stories. City Theatre’s 27th annual festival will highlight six world premieres written by 7-12 grade students.
Call for Proposals┃2027 National Arts Integration & STEAM Conference
Accepting proposals now through October 30th.
If you’ve got a lesson, a strategy, or a story about arts integration that other educators need to hear, we want to know about it.
Presenting at our conference is a chance to share what’s working in your classroom with a room full of educators doing the same work. We can’t wait to see what you’re bringing.
Student Voice Lab: Why Teenagers Need Audiences┃City Theatre
November 13th, 9:30AM-12:30PM┃City Theatre
Student Voice Lab is a free, yearlong learning community for educators who believe that students deserve authentic opportunities to be heard. When student work reaches a real audience, engagement and ownership can transform. Explore strategies for helping young people create with purpose and share their ideas beyond the classroom.
The Creative Hive┃The Greater PGH Arts Council
November 17th, 5:30-7:30PM┃WQED, Fred Rogers Studio
The Creative Hive is a monthly community-building event designed to provide a friendly and casual space for artists, creatives, art educators, culture bearers, and arts administrators to establish and foster professional relationships. Be a part of creating stronger connections and bonds, especially between disciplines and roles, to improve the breadth and strength of our sector.
Student Voice Lab: The Stories Students Won’t Tell Us┃City Theatre
January 14th, 5:30-7PM┃Virtual
Student Voice Lab is a free, yearlong learning community for educators who believe that students deserve authentic opportunities to be heard. Students often have meaningful stories to tell but need the right conditions to share them. This session examines how trust, belonging, and classroom culture can create space for authentic expression.
Student Voice Lab: Feedback that Fuels Creativity┃City Theatre
March 6th, 9:30AM-12:30PM┃City Theatre
Student Voice Lab is a free, yearlong learning community for educators who believe that students deserve authentic opportunities to be heard. This sessions explores how you can support revision without taking ownership away from young writers. Learn feedback practices that build confidence, encourage risk-taking, and help students strengthen their work.
Student Voice Lab: Community Celebration┃City Theatre
June 5th, 2-4PM┃City Theatre
Student Voice Lab is a free, yearlong learning community for educators who believe that students deserve authentic opportunities to be heard. Close the year through celebration by sharing stories from our classrooms and reflecting on the ways students
found and shared their voices.
Creatives Membership | MuseumLab
This unique adult membership provides access to the creative program at MuseumLab. This membership is open to artists and creative professionals, formal and informal educators, weekend artists and crafters, anyone looking for a place to explore fresh ideas, practice skills and meet like-minded creative adults.
Funding
Duolingo
Duolingo is accepting applications for sponsorships. They prioritize programs benefiting the East Liberty community and surrounding neighborhoods. However, initiatives outside this area will be considered on a case-by-case basis, with a preference for satellite programming within this community.
Pennsylvania Creative Industries Grant Opportunities
The mission of Pennsylvania Creative Industries, powered by Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, is to empower, connect, and amplify creatives and creative industries and their contributions to Pennsylvania’s communities, economy, and workforce.
Richard King Mellon Foundation
All children and youth living in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties should be able to access their most promising future. RK Mellon invests in pathways to opportunity for vulnerable children and youth to overcome the obstacles to achieving economic mobility. Do you represent a nonprofit, a public-sector organization, or a for-profit business with a social mission? If the answer is “yes,” then the RK Mellon Foundation eagerly invites your organization to submit an application for funding.
The Grable Foundation
The Grable Foundation endeavors to improve the lives of children and youth in the greater Pittsburgh region, with attention to kids whose opportunities are limited due to economic circumstances. Applications are welcome every four months.
Guide to Using Federal Funding to Support Arts Ed┃National Art Education Association
With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), new funding opportunities are available that could directly benefit music education. One of those is in Title IV of the law and known as Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants (SSAEG). ESSA passed in 2015, shifting the federal focus to support for a “well-rounded” education that includes music and the arts (defined as: dance, media arts, theatre, and visual arts). With the passage of ESSA, Title funds may be used to support arts programs. The SSAEG grants are designed to be used to ensure a well-rounded education and that means all arts disciplines are a part of it.
Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program | Keystone Creatives
Application is now open and will close on December 31st at 9 PM.
The Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator program was created by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) in 2021. The CEA program is designed to provide business development services and financial support to creative entrepreneurs located in communities across the Commonwealth.
Hillman Foundation
Hillman Foundation strives to improve the quality of life in the Pittsburgh region through strategic grantmaking focused on community and economic development, the arts, health and human services, education and workforce development, and the environment.
PNC Foundation
The PNC Foundation’s priority is to form partnerships with community-based nonprofit organizations in order to enhance educational opportunities, with an emphasis on early childhood education, and to promote the growth of communities through economic development initiatives.
Executive Order Tracker for Nonprofits┃National Council of Nonprofits
After his January 20th inauguration, President Trump signed dozens of Executive Orders (EOs) covering a broad range of issues, including diversity, equity, and inclusion programs; government grants and contracts; civic engagement; immigration; and certain nonprofit subsectors. Some of the EOs won’t take effect immediately, and many are expected to be immediately challenged in court. This chart outlines some of the EOs that may affect nonprofits directly or indirectly.
Arts Blog | Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
Updates on national and local news and politics, through an arts-oriented lens.
Theatre Counts | Arts Education Partnership
Explore how theatre education promotes identity development and growth, builds empathy and relationships, and empowers students to transform their understanding of their place in the world.
Music Education Rapid Response Plan | National Association for Music Education
Is your school or district facing budget cuts that could put music education programs at risk? NAfME’s Music Education Rapid Response Plan provides guidance to help you ask the right questions, connect with the best people, and gather the information you need to stand up for your programs and students.
ArtScan┃Arts Education Partnership
A clearinghouse of the latest state policies supporting arts education from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the Department of Defense Education Activity.
Dance Counts | Arts Education Partnership
Explore how dance education promotes early development of language and literacy, supports long-term academic growth and builds connections to community.
Visual Arts Matter | Arts Education Partnership
Explore how visual arts support students’ academic success both within and outside of school settings by cultivating learning skills, boosting academic achievement and enhancing the educational experience of traditionally underserved students.
Arts Education, Durable Skills, and Workforce Development | Arts Education Partnership
Arts education is perfectly positioned to help students build the durable skills necessary to succeed in today’s workforce. This June 2026 report examines how schools can prepare students for life and work in an increasingly uncertain future.
Arts Education Data and Reporting Initiatives 2024┃Arts Education Partnership
The Arts Education Partnership’s Data Working Group first met in 2023 to look at arts education data collection and reporting at the national, state, regional and local levels. The group’s goal was to discover where data are being collected and reported and where gaps in data still exist.
This report contains four sections: access, enrollment and participation; learning; staffing and funding. Each section outlines questions, data and reporting sources, and gaps and potential barriers related to data.
Music Matters | Arts Education Partnership
Explore the demonstrated effects of music education and how it helps students develop the foundational capacities for lifelong success.
Arts Education Guide to Data | Arts Education Partnership
This guide provides a clear and practical overview of how arts education stakeholders can harness data to support and elevate their work. It serves as an accessible introduction tailored for individuals who may not consider themselves data experts, but who recognize the importance of data in enhancing arts education. Yael was also a part of the working group that created this resource!