How do we bring our network’s strength in maker learning together with our region’s growing need for a new generation of manufacturing talent?

Erika Johnson is the executive director of the Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse (PCCR). The center is both a shop of reclaimed materials and a center for hands-on creative programming. An evangelist for reuse, Johnson believes reuse is an essential and underappreciated way to build sustainable communities. Johnson is also an installation artist with a long-term passion for found, rescued, and reclaimed materials, and a more recent obsession with microscopic animals.

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher A.J. Burnett better watch out—young Pittsburgh makers have built a worthy competitor.

A photoessay from Pittsburgh Youth Media reporter, Maggie Mayer, on The Labs @ CLP's program, Art on the Move at the main branch in Oakland.

Pittsburgh Youth Media reporters, Maddie Adamczyk and Sarah Parker, attend a Mini Mad Scientist Camp at assemble.

Maker Faire brings thousands to New York Hall of Science for two days of tinkering, hacking, and DIY innovation

The maker movement is more than just a trend; it is a revival of the heart and soul of the American dream where everyone has the potential to push the boundaries of the imagination and create something that has never been done before.

The MakeShop is a new three-room learning space invites children to design and construct objects as part of maker culture, a growing DIY movement for all ages.