Are you looking for an art and culinary filled Summer? Located in Sewickley, rated top 5 in USA Today’s latest list of the 10 Best Small Towns in the Northeast, Sweetwater offers 11 weeks of full-day Summer programming with lunch hour and after-care available. Ages 4-14 years old can take classes in ceramics/sculpture, cooking, drawing, painting, photography, jewelry, eco-art, puppetry, digital arts, stop-motion, screenwriting and more!
Whether a child is interested in making homemade instruments, learning baking science or being a wizard in a magical world, Sweetwater has a class for everyone. Sweetwater’s extensive Summer Camp includes both morning and afternoon classes that rotate weekly. Lunch hours and after-care hours are also available to add onto class purchases to support your individual needs.
Scholarships
Sweetwater also continues to offer every student who wishes to attend a class the opportunity to do so through our need-based scholarship program. Sweetwater passionately believes that the foundation of arts education and skill development are critical to the individual regardless of his or her age or career path.
Visit https://sweetwaterartcenter.org/classes/summercamps/ to see class details and to sign up. Scholarships for Summer camp classes are available. Don’t forget, members save 10% with code Members10 when you register online.
Who We Are
Sweetwater Center for the Arts is the creative cornerstone for the communities west of Pittsburgh and beyond, providing transformative artistic experiences for every age, ability, and skill level. Our multidisciplinary classes, events, and experiences allow community members and artists to explore their creativity and find their voice. Access to the arts and creative self-expression is essential for individual well-being and community growth. By providing professional development for artists and vibrant arts programming for the public, we help build a stronger, more connected creative community.
Our Work
Our multidisciplinary approach focuses on visual arts and expands to include everything from jazz concerts to cooking classes. Our historic facility hosts gallery exhibitions, ceramics and metals studios, hands-on classes, and spaces specifically designed to support people of all learning styles and abilities. We also partner with local schools, lead programs for seniors and at-risk youth, and use our mobile art unit SweetRide to bring arts experiences directly to the community. To better serve the artists in our region, we are creating the Sweetwater Artist Member Initiative (SAMI), which centralizes access to education and professional development, financial support, and networking opportunities that foster collaboration and support.
Our Impact
Over the past 50 years, Sweetwater Center for the Arts has grown from the passion project of three visionary women to a flourishing home for arts in northwest Allegheny County and lower Beaver County. Sweetwater has become a place where artists find their voices and people of all ages come to learn and grow.
