Manchester Bidwell Corporation

The Manchester Bidwell organizations are diverse entities that combine to create a model for arts, education, training, and hope to reshape the business of social change.

Highlights

BTC Culinary Arts Grad Makes Good

Nick Hurley, a Bidwell Training Center Culinary Arts graduate, wows them at a local restaurant.

Table of Elements 2010 transforms everyday life through art

Visit MCG’s gallery to experience why bonds, friendships, and teaching and learning are often shared around the table. Enjoy a dazzling display of ceramic tableware complemented by two-dimensional artwork to commemorate the role that beautiful objects—whether practical, decorative, expressive or conceptual in intent—play in the creation of special places and moments.

Read All about It in A Better Way Forward

We are pleased to announce the publication of the first-ever Manchester Bidwell Corporation newsletter "A Better Way Forward." Inside, you’ll find information on news and events as well as explanations of our philosophy and ideology. Take a few minutes to read it and then share this PDF with family, friends and your community at large!

Click the link above to download a PDF.

Social Innovation as Art Form

Bill Strickland turned his love of ceramics into a creative outlet for disadvantaged city kids.

Read the entire Wall Street Journal article by clicking the above title.

Turning On Kids at MCG

It’s a sunny Tuesday morning, and 300-plus Pittsburgh Public Schools third-graders are in the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild auditorium. Listening with rapt attention, they’re watching Roger Humphries, dean of Pittsburgh’s ultra-rich jazz community, slap the skins silly....

Calendar

February

8 Art Classes for Adults 5 and 10 week classes begin February at 1815 Metropolitan Street. Register for evening classes including ceramics, digital photography, screenprinting, and Photoshop. Prices vary by course.
12 Kurt Weiser Artist Talk at Ceramics Studio at 1815 Metropolitan Street from 2-4 p.m. Accomplished artist and Regents Professor of Art at Arizona State University discusses material and process in narrative ceramic objects ($10).
24 Visiting Artist Workshop led by Ron Korzcynski at Ceramics Studio at 1815 Metropolitan Street from 6-9 p.m. A hands-on workshop led by locally-based artist Ron Korczynski sharing his techniques in creating highly decorative and functional lowfire ceramic works ($20).
22 Table of Elements 2010 at Kerr Gallery at 1815 Metropolitan Street. An exhibition and benefit event showcasing the role of art in developing the bonds, friendships, teaching and learning that are often shared around the table.

Find out more about Bidwell Training Center

Information sessions are held every Monday and Wednesday at 9 a.m. at 1650 Metropolitan Street, 1st Floor, Student Services. For information call 412-323-4000 ext. 150.

United Way Contributor Choice Numbers

  • Manchester Bidwell Corporation
    1458696
  • Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
    2757
  • Bidwell Training Center
    715

Partners

Comcast

Learn more about Manchester Craftsmen's Guild exclusively on Comcast ON DEMAND digital cable in the "Your Town" folder under Pittsburgh Arts.

Oddpodz

Visit the site for the Creative class and see MCG Jazz on the OddPodz stage.

Good Grief

Purchase a Good Grief care package featuring an orchid grown in the Drew Mathieson Center.