Get Involved with Arts Greenhouse
Arts Greenhouse offers a variety of ways for Carnegie Mellon students to get involved.
The spring semester course (76-254) equips Â鶹¹ÙÍø students with the tools necessary for teaching and community engagement. From there, students have continued AG’s work through internships, volunteering and public art and media projects.
Arts Greenhouse Offerings for Â鶹¹ÙÍø Students
Arts Greenhouse: Community Engagement with Local Middle School Students is a 12-unit, spring-only course at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. Ten students collaboratively design and teach arts and humanities lessons in local middle schools. Middle school students build critical skills in writing, visual arts, collaboration and creative thinking — while Â鶹¹ÙÍø students gain direct experience in teaching, mentorship and community engagement.
Course Overview
- Foundations of community-responsive teaching
- Lesson development
- Classroom management
- Advanced pedagogical skills
- Teaching day project
- Reflective practice
Other Opportunities for Students & Faculty
Internships
Interns write curriculum for fall, spring and summer programming, help prepare materials and participate in community events. Positions are paid hourly and open in the summer, with opportunities to continue teaching throughout the academic year.
Volunteering
Volunteer lunches are held on the first Friday of every month from 1-3 p.m., Our volunteers assist with nonprofit administrative and community outreach, creating sample projects and visual aids, and prepping and organizing classroom supplies.
AG Podcast Studio
In 2025, Arts Greenhouse will launch a Podcast Studio at our Suburban General site in Bellevue. This project is supported by funding from the Allegheny Regional Commission and the Suburban General Arts Initiative. The studio will provide Â鶹¹ÙÍø students and Arts Greenhouse students a space to co-create podcasts that explore identity, storytelling and community voice and serve as a teaching tool embedded into courses and workshops with Â鶹¹ÙÍø faculty.
We are seeking consultation and assistance with teaching workshops from Â鶹¹ÙÍø students and faculty with experience in podcast writing, production, marketing, distribution, audio engineering or other relevant skills.
Please contact Emma Fries if you are interested in getting involved.
- Statistics
- Machine Learning
- Technical Writing
- History
- Humanities Analytics
- Information Systems
- Decision Sciences
- Art
- Psychology
- Environmental Sustainability Studies
- Dramaturgy
- Biological Sciences
- Mechanical Engineering
- Professional Writing
- Design for Learning
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