Upcoming Open Houses in the Community

The Arts

Sweetwater will host its annual open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 2. The open house coincides with the artist reception for Sweetwater’s annual  featured in the Balcony Gallery. Instructors will be on hand to provide demonstrations and hands-on activities in a variety of art media for the whole family to enjoy. Observe professional artists paint and draw, learn to throw a clay pot on the ceramics wheel, and explore everything your local art center had to offer and how you can become involved.

Admission to the open house and artist reception is free. Visit http://www.sweetwaterartcenter.org/ for more information.

Education

Montessori Children’s Community in Sewickley plans to host an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 4. The school at 474 Chadwick St. is  offers a morning and an afternoon Children's House program for children from 2 years, 7 months to 6 years old, as well as Lower Elementary for 6 to 9-year-olds and Upper Elementary for 9-to 12-year-olds. 

Call 412-741-8982 or visit www.montessorichildrenscommunity.org for more information. 

St. James School in Sewickley is hosting an Open House for prospective families at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, March 18.  Parents are asked to call the school office to reserve their space at 412-741-5540 ext. 100.  The presentation will take place in the parish Gathering Space, followed by a tour of the school and its facilities. 

St. James School, 201 Broad St., is a Catholic preschool through eighth grade elementary school affiliated through the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese.