“It’s a community of people who give a #@¢%.” [Pittsburgh City Paper]
Bill O’Driscoll reviews the Seed Award supported Building a Better Robot, a book detailing the history of DIY community space The Mr. Roboto Project.
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Call to Action for Ideas from the Social Innovation Exchange
After fervent dialogue and iterative thinking, participants at the January 2012 SiX event produced hundreds of ideas and creative thoughts about civic design and placemaking. Sprout will provide resources to help move innovative projects forward and invites the community to get involved.
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Seeding Change in Fayette & Greene Counties
The Sprout Fund has awarded 9 Seed Awards to support grassroots community projects in Fayette and Greene Counties. The program returns in 2012 with a new funding deadline on Friday, March 2nd.
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Ten tenacious years for The Sprout Fund. So what’s next? [Pop City Media]
Marty Levine checks in with Sprout’s co-founders about plans for its second decade, including the expansion of the Spark program to serve the entire Pittsburgh Kids+Creativity Network.
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Biodiversity Projects Sprout Up in Pittsburgh Neighborhoods
In 2011, The Sprout Fund Spring program funded biodiversity projects in communities all across Southwestern PA. These four neighborhood-based projects exemplify the program’s work.
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Super Spark Projects Take New Approaches to Early Childhood Learning
Carnegie Science Center, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and the Kingsley Association use new technology and media tools to expand their educational services for young children in Pittsburgh
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The Sprout Fund marks 10 creative years with TENACITY retrospective [Pop City Media]
TENACITY is the Pop Filter Hot Pick of the week. Join Sprout on Friday, December 9th for a not-to-be-missed performance!
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Finalists for Downtown Public Art Project announced
At the Public Art Forum on Monday, December 5th, Sprout announced the four finalists in competition for the 2012 Downtown Public Art Project: Kim Beck & Brett Yasko, Matt Barton & Jacob Ciocci, Joyce Kozloff, and Steve O’Hearn.
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TENACITY Celebrates 10 Years of Impact on the Performing Arts
Justin Hopper spotlights acts from Sprout’s retrospective of original performances from the last decade, held at the August Wilson Center on December 9, 2011.
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Pittsburgh’s grassroots ingenuity on display at Handmade Arcade
Handmade Arcade, started with support from a Sprout Seed Award, continues to expand each year. Nearly 10,000 are expected this weekend at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
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Sprout Fund Day in the City of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh City Council honored Sprout’s 10th anniversary and declared November 1, 2011 as “Sprout Fund Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.
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South Side Sculpture Project Rises [Pop City Media]
Pop City Media profiles the South Side Sculpture Project, a Sprout-supported piece of public artwork more than ten years in the making!
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Sprout Fund supports new ideas citywide [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Diana Nelson-Jones profiles Sprout’s 10-year milestone and reviews long-lasting investments in the people and ideas that have had a dramatic impact on the quality of life in Pittsburgh.
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Encyclopedia Destructica crafts hand-bound art books
A small group of artists has published three hand-bolund volumes of graphic art and creative design, from drawings of wolves and zeppelins to speculations about the sexualities of extraterrestrial life forms.
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Hiawatha Project’s Camino on stage
A tale of two men who have gone missing, and two women trying to find them–is inspired by the true migration and detention stories of two Pittsburgh immigrants.
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