CMU programs

The Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture is offering programs for students in kindergarten through high school. The Saturday Sequence, for students in grades 3 through 12, comprises 10 two-hour classes on Saturday mornings beginning Feb. 4. This design-oriented program teaches architecture in a studio environment and strives to broaden students' views of what architecture is and what architects do.

Architecture Building Communities, which begins March 2, is a free afterschool program for high school students, who will design a project for a vacant lot in one of Pittsburgh's urban neighborhoods. Architecture Building Communities provides awareness and development in architecture and related professions, fosters design-based community engagement and service, and encourages the academic pursuit of higher education.

For more information on these and Carnegie Mellon's other architecture programs for students, including summer camps and outreach programs for groups and troops, contact Kelly Docter at 412-268-1541 or kdocter@cmu.edu. Information is also available at www.arc.cmu.edu/ae.

-- Patricia Lowry, Post-Gazette architecture critic

Town Talkers

Tuesday: Judy Scott Feldman, art historian, "Designing for Democracy: A Third-Century National Mall." Designing the Future, Preserving the Past Lecture Series, Frick Fine Arts Building, Room 125, Oakland. free. 412-365-1140.

Thursday: Ambassador Robert Hutchings, "Mapping the Global Future: Challenges of Intelligence and Policy," World Affairs Council, The Duquesne Club, Walnut Room, Fourth Floor, noon. $40-$35 (lunch included); 412-281-7972 (reservations required).