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Rivers of Steel is heritage nonprofit in southwestern PA. Attractions include the Carrie Blast Furnaces, Bost Building and more.
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06/04/2026

Commit Art.

Tour one of Pittsburgh's most unexpected outdoor galleries, create your own graffiti-inspired design, and learn techniques from working artists.

All summer long. Carrie Furnaces. All ages and levels are welcome.

Check out the workshops at the link in the comments. ✌

06/03/2026

This summer, touch metal.

Trade screens for sparks in our hands-on metal arts
workshops. Learn to forge steel, cast aluminum, shape
copper, and create something you'll keep long after
summer ends. All at the Carrie Blast Furnaces.

BLACKSMITHING
6.18: Blacksmithing Basics - Hooks & Hairpins
6.20: All Levels - Bladesmithing 1
6.28: All Levels - Copper Bowl

ALUMINUM WORK
6.23: Sculptural Aluminum Casting
6.28: All Levels - The Doodle Bowl Experience

https://riversofsteel.com/events/

06/02/2026

Steel made Pittsburgh, but the people made steel.

This is the steel story you haven't heard: the immigrant families, the labor organizers, the women in babushkas keeping communities alive while the mills ran day and night.

We visit all three of our Mon Valley heritage sites in one day, and we share a meal together — pierogies, halushki, stuffed cabbage — to honor the cultures that made Pittsburgh what it is.

$107/person | Includes catered lunch | Limited 2026 dates. Link for more details in the comments!

05/26/2026

Today at Carrie Blast Furnaces, students from Charleroi High School explored hands-on STEAM learning through metal casting, industrial arts, and Pittsburgh history, all while helping celebrate a partnership investing in the next generation.

And yes—it may be one of the only times forging a check is a good thing. 🔨

Thanks to the HDR Foundation for supporting Rivers of Steel’s Full STEAM Ahead initiative during the 150th anniversary year of the Bessemer process.

Full steam ahead!

05/20/2026

WHAT’S UP NEXT AT RIVERS OF STEEL

Industrial history. Hands-on art. Hidden Pittsburgh stories. Here’s what’s coming up:

🏭 Industrial Tours
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays
Get inside the Carrie Blast Furnaces on our classic guided tour experience.

🖌️ Paintable Pittsburgh: The Art of Henry Koerner
Through July 31
Experience the work of one of Pittsburgh’s most compelling artistic voices.

🎨 Urban Sketchers at the Bost Building
Saturday, May 23
Bring your sketchbook and capture one of Pittsburgh’s most storied labor landmarks.

📸 Photo Safari Workshop
Sunday, May 24
Spend the day capturing the textures, scale, and atmosphere of Carrie Furnace.

⚒️ Iron Intensive
May 25–30
A full week of hands-on ironworking with artists and metalcasting professionals.

🔥 Intro to Iron Casting
May 28–30
Learn the fundamentals of molten metal casting in an unforgettable setting.

🎧 Graffiti at Carrie
June 14
Discover the layered history and evolving art of graffiti at the Furnaces.

⚒️ Blacksmithing Basics: Hooks & Hairpins
June 18
A beginner-friendly blacksmithing class.

⚒️ All levels Blacksmithing: Bladesmithing 1
June 20-21
A beginner-friendly bladesmithing class that results in your own kitchen blade.

🔥 Sculptural Aluminum Casting
June 23-25
Learn the fundamentals of molten metal casting in an unforgettable setting.

Explore the full calendar and reserve your spot. Links in comments.

04/22/2026

Opening This Friday!

Join us for the opening reception of Paintable Pittsburgh: The Art of Henry Koerner at the Bost Building in Homestead.

🗓 Friday, April 24
🕕 6–8 PM
📍 Bost Building, 623 E 8th Ave, Homestead
🎟 Free & open to the public

This retrospective honors Henry Koerner (1915–1995)—a Vienna-born Jewish artist, WWII veteran, and longtime Pittsburgh resident whose work captured the city’s neighborhoods, architecture, and people with remarkable warmth and intimacy. From painting 46 Time magazine covers from life to later watercolors and oils of Pittsburgh streetscapes, Koerner made this city his lifelong subject.

Come celebrate the opening, meet fellow art and history lovers, and experience a Pittsburgh story told through paint.

On view April 24–July 31, 2026.

More details at the link in the comments!

📸: Kenneth Love

04/16/2026

When was the last time your kid watched molten metal pour into a mold and couldn't stop asking questions? 🤔✨

The Hammer-In Festival is built for curious minds of every age. Kids and adults alike can explore hands-on activities, watch live coppersmithing and aluminum casting, and wander through a working machine shop frozen in time.

It's the kind of Saturday that turns into a story they'll tell for years.

Free admission
This Saturday, April 18
9am–4pm
Rices Landing

Address

623 E 8th Avenue
Homestead, PA
15120

Telephone

+14124644020

Website

http://riversofsteel.com/

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