The Mr. Roboto Project is a cooperatively-run show space and art gallery located in Pittsburgh, PA.  Our aim is to create a comfortable and open safe space for people to experience a true DIY (do-it-yourself) community.

Wet Canvas is the forum of visual artists around the world. From our humble grass-roots beginnings in 1998, WC has grown into a veritable gold mine of information, serving painters, sculptors, illustrators, digital artists, photographers, and other visual artists.

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was a show that focused on teaching children an ethics of caring for oneself and care for others. This article examines those ethics through the songs “I Like You As You Are” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor.” It contends that these songs focus on a celebration of the self and others, welcoming individuals as they are into the community, and embracing authenticity. This article looks to understand these ethics in a contemporary setting and argues that Mister Rogers and the communal ethics of care that he taught are needed.

This is the blueprint for a revolution in the creation and distribution of media. We will discuss how and why to produce your own television using free tools, and explore how to use Community Television as an instrument for social change.