Funded Projects beginning with L
Lawrenceville Historic House Tour: Snapshots Through Time
$5,000, 2008 Community Connections project support
Lawrenceville Historic House Tour: Snapshots Through Time, a project of Lawrenceville Stakeholders and the Lawrenceville Historic Society, expanded the Lawrenceville Hospitality House Tour to spotlight historic residences in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. Additionally, the project staged a series of reenactments and performances at historic locations such as the Allegheny Arsenal and the Allegheny Cemetery.
League of Cities Conference Stipend
$1,900 » Allies for Children, 2013 Remake Learning conference stipend
League of Cities Conference Stipend, a project of Allies for Children, enabled Patrick Dowd, Executive Director of Allies for Children to participate in the 2013 National Conference on Your Cities Families and the Urban Library Council’s Partners in Success Conference from Nov 11-14, 2013 in Seattle, WA. The grant offset travel and participation costs. Allies for Children was a new Pittsburgh-based non-profit organization that works to build a unified and powerful voice for children. Patrick Dowd was the organization’s first Executive Director and attended the conferences as part of a delegation of Pittsburghers representing the Kids+Creativity Network.
Learning Aloud Geek Out
$1,200 » Assemble, 2013 Hive project support
Learning Aloud Geek Out, a project of Assemble, was an interactive conversations broadcast live from HOMAGO Geekouts on YouTube and supported by audience participation via chat and twitter. Happening throughout October 2013, the teen-led Geekouts were designed to enable youth to share something they made with other youth and educators, to lead a short “making” activity for participants, and to get feedback on their work. These sessions offered educators an opportunity to explore the potential for learning by making, and empowered youth to share their creative process and product, all while supporting connections between youth and educators across formal and informal learning spaces. Learning Aloud Geek Out engaged in-formal and formal educators from the Hive Network cities, youth, Hive administration, and representatives from the National Writing Project and HOMAGO. The Learning Geekout Series was organized by Hive Chicago in collaboration with HOMAGO Geekouts and the National Writing Project.
Learning Pathways for Activation in Pittsburgh
$25,000, 2012 Spark project support
Learning Pathways for Activation in Pittsburgh, a project of The Learning Research & Development Center, worked with four groups of organizations on pilot projects that demonstrated the concept of designing intentional pathways for activation in science, art, and technology in the Pittsburgh region. The supported organizations included Carnegie Museum of Natural History Museum with the YWCA, The Andy Warhol Museum with Artist Image Resource, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy with Oglebay Institute, and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh with the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. The team met as needed with the four partnerships, providing consulting support around the idea of activation and the opportunities to build powerful activation pathways in a connected learning network. They conducted pilot research and assessment work in the sites and made recommendations about how activation pathways for new programs could be developed or improved.
Learning Together 2015
$1,000 » Allegheny Intermediate Unit, 2015 Remake Learning sponsorship
Learning Together 2015, an event of the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, was an annual conference of school directors representing 42 school districts. The conference took place at the Sheraton Station Square on March 30, 2015, bringing together regional decision makers and thought leaders to share best practices, promote student achievement, and discuss issues impacting public education.
Learning Together 2016
$1,000 » Allegheny Intermediate Unit, 2016 Remake Learning sponsorship
Learning Together 2016, an event hosted by the AIU, was an annual gathering of school board members from throughout Allegheny County, together with teachers and administrators who shared best practices and stories of learning innovation in Southwestern PA. More than 300 attendees participated on March 31, 2016.
Learning Urban Nature through Art
$15,000 » The Kingsley Association, 2015 Hive project support
Learning Urban Nature through Art, a project of The Kingsley Association, was an afterschool program for Larimer youth. Participants learned about the trees, plants, and flowers best suited for Larimer and shared what they learned with the community through an online plant-identification database, a downloadable and printed planting field guide, and painted banners that identified Choice Neighborhood Initiative green spaces. Participants were also introduced to professionals in the field, including professionals from the Penn State Center 4-H, Environment, and Horticulture Programs, Tree Pittsburgh, and Phipps Conservatory.
Legacy Award #01
$1,000 » Medina Jackson, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Medina Jackson is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #02
$1,000 » Casey Droege, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Casey Droege is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #03
$1,000 » Taliya Allen, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Taliya Allen is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #04
$1,000 » Quincy Kofi Swatson, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Quincy Kofi Swatson is an audacious thinker with small starts and big plans. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #05
$1,000 » Heather E. Tomko, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Heather E. Tomko is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #06
$1,000 » Julius Boatwright, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Julius Boatwright is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #07
$1,000 » Alec Rieger, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Alec Rieger is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in his pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #08
$1,000 » Tim Kaulen, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Tim Kaulen is quirky, scrappy, and authentically Pittsburgh. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #09
$1,000 » Leah Lizarondo, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Leah Lizarondo is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #10
$1,000 » Adil Mansoor, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Adil Mansoor is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in his pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #11
$1,000 » Emmai Alaquiva, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Emmai Alaquiva is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #12
$1,000 » J. Thomas Agnew III, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
J. Thomas Agnew III Thomas is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #13
$1,000 » Eric Boerer, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Eric Boerer is a civic-minded, tireless pioneer always with an eye on what’s needed next. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #14
$1,000 » Betty Lane, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Betty Lane is a civic-minded, tireless pioneer always with an eye on what’s needed next. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #15
$1,000 » DS Kinsel, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
DS Kinsel is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in his pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #16
$1,000 » Dana Bishop-Root, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Dana Bishop-Root is serious about the work but not always about herself. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #17
$1,000 » Adam Nelson, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Adam Nelson is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #18
$1,000 » Ngozi Walker Tibbs, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Ngozi Walker Tibbs is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #19
$1,000 » Knowledge Build A. Hudson, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Knowledge Build A. Hudson is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in his pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #20
$1,000 » Rosamaria Cristello, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Rosamaria Cristello is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #21
$1,000 » Elaine Harris-Fulton, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Elaine Harris-Fulton is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #22
$1,000 » LaTrenda Leonard Sherrill, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
LaTrenda Leonard Sherrill is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #23
$1,000 » Cecelia Ware, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Cecelia Ware is a civic-minded, tireless pioneer always with an eye on what’s needed next. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #24
$1,000 » Alisha B Wormsley, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Alisha B Wormsley is serious about the work but not always about herself. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #25
$1,000 » Raqueeb, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Raqueeb is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #26
$1,000 » Sangya Gyawali, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Sangya Gyawali is an audacious thinker with small starts and big plans. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #27
$1,000 » Shad Ali, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Shad Ali is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #28
$1,000 » Terri L. Baltimore, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Terri L. Baltimore is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #29
$1,000 » Mike Capsambelis, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Mike Capsambelis is an audacious thinker with small starts and big plans. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #30
$1,000 » Ryan Lammie, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Ryan Lammie is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #31
$1,000 » Anne Marie Toccket, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Anne Marie Toccket is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #32
$1,000 » Liana Martina Maneese, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Liana Martina Maneese is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #33
$1,000 » Josiah Gilliam, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Josiah Gilliam is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #34
$1,000 » Kenny Donaldson, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Kenny Donaldson is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #35
$1,000 » Chris Ivey, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Chris Ivey is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in his pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #36
$1,000 » Kelauni Cook, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Kelauni Cook is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #37
$1,000 » Nina Marie Barbuto, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Nina Marie Barbuto is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #38
$1,000 » Sue Kerr, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Sue Kerr is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #39
$1,000 » Gisele Barreto Fetterman, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Gisele Barreto Fetterman is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #40
$1,000 » Bekezela Mguni, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Bekezela Mguni is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #41
$1,000 » Annia Aleman, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Annia Aleman is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #42
$1,000 » Naomi Chambers, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Naomi Chambers is quirky, scrappy, and authentically Pittsburgh. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #43
$1,000 » Lisa Freeman, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Lisa Freeman is a civic-minded, tireless pioneer always with an eye on what’s needed next. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #44
$1,000 » Satvika Neti, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Satvika Neti is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #45
$1,000 » Rebecca Himberger, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Rebecca Himberger is serious about the work but not always about herself. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #46
$1,000 » LaKeisha Wolf, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
LaKeisha Wolf is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #47
$1,000 » Zeba Ahmed, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Zeba Ahmed is a civic-minded, tireless pioneer always with an eye on what’s needed next. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #48
$1,000 » Kate McCall-Kiley, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Kate McCall-Kiley is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #49
$1,000 » Keith “Herk” Herchenroether, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Keith “Herk” Herchenroether Herk is serious about the work but not always about himself. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.
Legacy Award #50
$1,000 » Sloane Davidson, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium
Sloane Davidson is an audacious thinker with small starts and big plans. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.
The Lemonade Project
$5,000 » ArtUp, 2014 Spark project support
The Lemonade Project, a project of ArtUp, enlightened and empowered youth through the use of science, art and activism. Using a CATFISH digital apparatus to measure water quality, young students tested the drinking water in six of the county’s neighborhoods. They then publicized their findings in neighborhood “lemonade stands” to inspire concern about pollution in our water. With help from the Mattress Factory and Alloy Studios, students built the lemonade stands that were used in the city’s parks, museums and neighborhoods to spread the word.
“Lend Me Your Ears” (2004)
Jordan Monahan, 2004 Community Murals mural
Covering 8,500 square feet, Lend Me Your Ears is the Sprout Fund’s largest mural to date—in fact, it is larger than the square footage of all seven murals from the first year combined! The original design only included the side facing Penn Avenue, but when the community group learned that an adjacent building was to be torn down and that the mural would become the new gateway for the community, they raised the funds to extend the mural, covering both sides of the building. In addition to a massive canvas, artist Jordan Monahan, age 19 at the time, was given great freedom in designing the mural. With some direction from the community group, Monahan chose a small number of highly spirited images to create a striking and vibrant gateway for East Liberty. The children depicted are from the community, and segments of the old marquee signs from the Enright and Regent theaters can be seen where the two walls come together. Rather than utilizing the traditional dove image, Monahan used pigeons as a symbol of peace because of the plethora of pigeons coasting through the sky over East Liberty. The diversity of the community is expressed through the many colors of the television test pattern running through the mural. By limiting explicit references and letting the images do the work, Monahan created a graphic landmark for East Liberty, incorporating the attitude and identity of this neighborhood into an engaging piece of public art.
Let’s Cook
$5,000 » North Hills Community Outreach, 2017 100 Days project support
Let’s Cook, a project of North Hills Community Outreach, empowered families in Millvale to overcome food desert barriers through no cost Food Transformation Workshops facilitated by professional chefs, dieticians, and graduate students.
Let’s Make IT (Imaginative Thinking) Happen
$10,000 » Greenville Area School District, 2016 Remake Learning project support
Let’s Make IT (Imaginative Thinking) Happen, a project of Greenville Area School District, enabled students in engineering courses at Greenville Junior/Senior High School to design, build, and create ornately themed bicycle racks and benches for the “Rails to Trails” section of their community. The students additionally created a marketing campaign to accompany their prototype. Through the project students became proficient in applying the processes of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation as they arrived at solutions to engineering challenges.
“Life In Motion” (2003)
Monique Luck & Leslie Ansley, 2003 Community Murals mural
This mural’s colorful and energetic design emerged after weeks of meeting with community groups, who felt it should express the diversity of Central Northside. Muralist Monique Luck states that the mural “reflects the diversity of the community through representation of different ages, races, and genders, as well as the vibrant restoration of the neighborhood and its people.” Along with diversity, members of the Northside community wanted the mural to depict a popular community pastime known as “stooping”— the act of sitting on your stoop and visiting your neighbors as the pass by, which is a fundamental way of communicating and building neighborhood connections. The painting of this mural was part of a larger community effort to transform a vacant lot into a beautiful and functional gathering space with a garden, playground equipment, trees, art, and benches. Community members, Home Depot, Kaboom (a national nonprofit dedicated to playground construction) and the Sprout Fund created this park in just one day! Together, the mural and the park combine a comfortable gathering space with true aesthetic beauty.
Life is a Lab
$1,000 » Literary Arts Boom, 2012 Social Innovation Exchange project support
Life is a Lab, a project of Literary Arts Boom, was multimedia storytelling project that connected youth to older generations in Bloomfield, Garfield, and Friendship by having them listen to a true story, ask questions, and then retell the story through written words and imagery. The final products were a community storytelling event and a zine that displayed the youth’s work.
Life Stages in Pages
$5,000 » Hill House Association, 2015 Hive project support
Life Stages in Pages, a project of Hill House Association, was a creative writing program for 20 young women ages 14-21 in the Hill District. Weekly workshops gave the young women an opportunity to express themselves and their experiences through poetry, prose, and song lyrics in a safe, creative, and supportive environment. Workshops included journal writing and role-playing along with dialogue and writing exercises meant to encourage written expression of internal struggles and external obstacles. In addition to the workshops, outside assignments were given, such as contributing to a blog, and twice a year there were evening programs where the students read and/or performed their original works.
“Like a Lionfish Out of Water” Giant Inflatable
$1,500 » Alison Zapata, 2006 Giant Inflatables honorarium
Alison Zapata created “Like a Lionfish Out of Water” as part of the Pittsburgh Roars Giant Inflatable Art Project. Her design was 1 of 10 selected for full-scale reproduction as a giant inflatables, which were sited at locations across the Pittsburgh region as part of the year-long coordinated marketing campaign.
Line Assembly’s Finish Line Party
$500 » Pittsburgh Filmmakers / Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 2013 Sprout Sponsorship sponsorship
Line Assembly’s Finish Line Party, a project of Pittsburgh Filmmakers / Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, celebrated the completion of Line Assembly, a 35-day poetry performance and education tour. Beginning at Assemble, the tour held more than 35 events in 35 days, including readings and free community workshops, during their trek across the northeastern and Midwestern United States. They returned for the Finish Line Party at the Melwood Screening Room, which featured music, food, and poetry activities for all ages.
Liquid Light
$12,600, 2012 Spark project support
Liquid Light was a collection of interactive exhibits that investigated water’s ability to transport light, bend light, and inspire experiments exploring the nature of light, color, motion and the nature of perception. This hands-on program allowed children and adults to experiment with illuminated laminar flow streams of water. Laminar water streams behave like large fiber optic cables permitting light to be carried and bent within the water flow enabling water to simultaneously propel and illuminate a variety of kinetic experiments. The program was solar powered, transportable, and ready for use by organizations interested in science, education and environmental studies. Programming offered children from 3-12 fun, age-appropriate activities. In addition to serving Pittsburgh local organizations and communities, the project team reached out to school districts in the West Virginia panhandle and the northern counties of Pennsylvania.
Listen to This
$5,050, 2004 Seed Award project support
Listen to This brought Philadelphia-based songstress and spoken word poet Ursula Rucker to Pittsburgh to enhance and encourage the city’s burgeoning live poetry and independent music scenes. The project highlighted the quality of local musicians and the many ways that performance poetry could enhance and interact with a variety of musical genres.
LISTEN UP! Pittsburgh Neighborhood Debate Classic
$1,000 » Minor Victories, 2016 Grand Ideas project support
LISTEN UP! Pittsburgh Neighborhood Debate Classic, a project of Minor Victories, was a debate competition that promoted critical exchange and analysis of thoughts in economically disadvantaged communities in Pittsburgh. The debate competitions empowered members of these communities through the agency and critical thinking needed to analyze problems and solutions in debates so that residents could use these skillsets to address issues in their own communities. Each neighborhood hosted a local tournament, with the winning team representing each neighborhood in a tournament that determined the grand champion team.
“Listening Through Time” (2003)
Chris St. Pierre, 2003 Community Murals mural
Reaching into the Hill District’s rich past and lighting the way to the future, this lively mural depicts a saxophonist symbolically filling Centre Avenue with the energy of Jazz. The Hill Community Development Corporation, the House of the Crossroads, Freedom Unlimited Inc., and the office of then City Councilman Sala Udin collaborated with artist Chris St. Pierre to develop this idea, which draws on the Hill District’s history as home to a vibrant, world-class Jazz scene during the mid-20th Century. Legends Lena Horne and George Benson have roots in the Hill District, and drummer Art Blakey’s family still reside there today. These luminaries lend their spirit and energy to the mural, radiating a sense of hope and promise for the future while connecting to and commemorating the past.
Little Free Libraries
$5,000 » SLB Radio Productions, Inc., 2015 One Northside project support
Little Free Libraries, a project of SLB Radio Productions, Inc., worked to install at least one Little Free Library in each Northside community along with a champion who was given a stipend to maintain the library. The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Science Center served as collaborators on the project, supporting the decoration of the libraries as well as engaging students in design.
Live from the Laundromat: A Lint Cabaret
$4,500 » Studio Capezzuti, 2002 Seed Award project support
Live from the Laundromat: A Lint Cabaret was puppet show by Pittsburgh artist and performer Cheryl Capezzuti featuring puppets hand sculpted from dryer lint. The production included three acts: a four-puppet hip-hop routine, a two-puppet stilt-walking skit, and a performance seminar.
Living Room Chamber Music Project
$5,700, 2010 Seed Award project support
Living Room Chamber Music Project produced concerts in private homes in order to acquaint new audiences with the power of live music. Set in relaxed, intimate environments, the concerts presented high-level performances and undercut traditional stereotypes of classical music.
Living Together is an Art
$3,000 » Consumer Health Coalition, 2009 Seed Award project support
Living Together is an Art, a project of Consumer Health Coalition, empowered people with all types of disabilities—physical, mental, behavioral, developmental, sensory, and cognitive—focusing on individuals between 18 and 40 years of age. Using the Photovoice technique, the project raised awareness about living with a disability, broke down stigmas, and promoted inclusion to advance the greater Pittsburgh region as a diverse and welcoming community.
Local-Global Festival
$1,000 » World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, 2013 Sprout Sponsorship sponsorship
Local-Global Festival, a project of World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh in support of One Young World Pittsburgh Ambassadors, was a one-day festival in Market Square that included cultural performances, interactive international activities, and an opportunity for global organizations to gain exposure and promote their programs here in Pittsburgh. The project connected with One Young World International to help promote the next One Young World summit in Johannesburg, South Africa occurring in October 2013.
Lockley Kindergarten Center Playground
$5,000 » New Castle Area School District, 2008 Community Connections project support
Lockley Kindergarten Center Playground, a project of New Castle Area School District, established an outdoor play space for children attending Lockley Kindergarten Center. This playground was a developmentally appropriate learning environment whereby children could benefit physically, emotionally, and socially. This area was maintained by the New Castle Area School District Maintenance Department, and serviced all children from the city of New Castle, providing a place where families could come together in a safe and fun-filled environment.
Look & Learn
$5,000 » Pressley Ridge, 2016 One Northside project support
Look & Learn, a project of Pressley Ridge, helped prepare youth for employment by improving the first impression they make on potential employers. The project worked to create positive self-esteem along with the discipline necessary to prepare youth for college, trade school, and full time jobs. Key partners in the project included Youth Places, APOST, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Northside Chamber of Commerce, and local barber shops/salons.
Looking In, Looking Out
$7,500 » Ninth Level, 2006 Seed Award project support
Looking In, Looking Out, a project of Ninth Level, was a live installation art project that promoted downtown living to young people in Pittsburgh. Artist Richard Melvin lived in a glass-fronted mock apartment downtown and produced paintings inspired by his experiences at street level.
Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods
$2,500, 2009 Seed Award project support
Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods was a staged reading by acclaimed Pittsburgh playwright Tammy Ryan that was presented at the gallery at 937 Liberty Avenue, downtown. A work of fiction, the play told the story of a middle class white woman who invited a Sudanese refugee she met in the produce section of Whole Foods to live with her and her teenage daughter. A panel discussion with the Pittsburgh Refugee Center and Pittsburgh’s Darfur Emergency Coalition, among others, followed the performance.
A Lot of Good Times
$1,000 » Fineview Citizens Council, 2017 One Northside project support
A Lot of Good Times, a project of Fineview Citizens Council, transformed a neglected and under-utilized parking lot into a community event space. The lot cleanup cleared away debris and fixed the pedestrian pathways between the street and the parking lot. Additionally, lighting was installed and trees blocking visibility from the street cleared to make the parking lot safer for the community to use for events.
Louisa Street Bicycle Steps Runnel
$10,000, 2012 Social Innovation Exchange project support
Louisa Street Bicycle Steps Runnel, a project of the Oakland Planning and Development Corporation (OPCD), designed and created a bike runnel on the city steps found on Louisa Street in Central Oakland between Coltart and McKee Avenues. A bike runnel is a grooved track that runs alongside a staircase, making it easier to transport bicycles up or down the stairs. The project, a collaboration with Springboard Design and the City of Pittsburgh, also included the plan to design a bicycle boulevard between Halket and Atwood Streets with particular focus on the public space improvements at the runnel. In a student neighborhood full of bikes, infrastructure like a boulevard and runnel would encourage safe cycling that benefits everyone on the streets.
Love Poem for Water
$1,000, 2011 Grand Ideas project support
Love Poem for Water, a project by Vanessa German, was an audience-interactive multimedia performance built around the spoken word opera. German, a multidisciplinary artist, wrote and performed the intense, soul-filled twelve-minute piece which made the audience part of the performance as “water” in the form of long, flowing, blue cloth cascaded off of the stage and into the hands of audience members, activating light, sound, and texture. Viewers were invited to consider the place and significance of water in their lives, bodies, and communities as they listened to German’s monologues on her encounters with mankind’s most essential liquid.
Love Your Self-ie
$500 » Dreams of Hope, 2016 Change Machine project support
Love Your Self-ie, a project of 17-year old Michelle Yang, hosted an event during Pride month that brought together LGBTQA+ youth. The event included a conversation room for discussions around LGBTQA+ topics along with art making and a selfie station. A youth music group also performed at the event.
Love Your Watershed Day
$4,850 » Nine Mile Run Watershed Association, 2010 Seed Award project support
Love Your Watershed Day, a project of Nine Mile Run Watershed Association, advocated for the restoration and protection of the Watershed and Watershed communities. The project engaged citizens in an underserved, low-income section of Pittsburgh, celebrating work that had already been done and introducing progressive new ideas. The event featured free food, music, and live art installations and provided ecological information from local businesses.
The Luna Park Project
$3,550 » The Society for the Advancement of Miniature Curiosa, 2011 Seed Award project support
The Luna Park Project, a project of The Society for the Advancement of Miniature Curiosa, was an interdisciplinary excavation of Pittsburgh’s past, present, and future. Luna Park was the first of Frederick Ingersoll’s Trolley Parks constructed in 1905. Just four years later, it burned down, never to be built again. That sixteen acre forgotten site is located in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. Puppeteer Zach Dorn and playwright Murphi Cook resurrected Luna Park in a four part project: an academic lecture series, an installation that includes a gallery of Luna Park artifacts, a theatrical spectacular, and a virtual exhibit about Luna Park. The project was housed at the Brew House on the South Side.
Lydia’s Attic
$10,000 » Children's Museum of the Ohio Valley, 2015 Spark project support
Lydia’s Attic, a project of Children’s Museum of the Ohio Valley, was an exhibit that enabled visitors to come away with a better understanding of the culture, technology, and people of the past, and to enjoy interacting with the space. This collaborative project was designed to use GigaPan technology to create a physical exhibit and supplemental programming that highlighted the home and history of Lydia Boggs Shepherd, one of the key figures in bringing Route 40 through Wheeling West Virginia.
Lyrics and Lettering
$1,000 » Arts Greenhouse at CMU, 2015 Open Engagement honorarium
Lyrics and Lettering, a project of Arts Greenhouse at Carnegie Mellon University, was a participatory Hip Hop printmaking event from Arts Greenhouse and Mobile Print Power.