Creative experiences for people and the places they share. Join a gathering, explore a new idea, or build a program with BUS for your community.
Try aRound Abouts, join Create / Share / Play, or visit a BUS community space.
For schools, libraries, boroughs, and organizations ready to make an idea happen.
BUS works with partners to design hands-on storytelling, media, art, performance, and creative technology experiences. Start with a workshop, build a series, or create a project shaped around your audience and place.
With DOVE and Neighborhood North, students created characters, recorded voices and music, and brought an original story to life through digital puppetry and cross-age collaboration.
Watch project trailer →
Story-centered workshops, creative technology, community connections, and hands-on programs designed with library audiences and spaces in mind.
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See how BUS invited visitors to explore Brighton Avenue through viewfinders, stories, creative prompts, and opportunities to add their voices. The project page (coming soon) will feature an interactive route with station samples and event media.
Come see what people are making and add your own ideas.
Starting Oct. 4
4 PM to 7 PM — Community Share ~6 PM
Join us for a day of creativity, collaboration, and community.
Explore creative activities, meet fellow creators, try something new, or share what you love. Whether you’re an experienced artist, musician, storyteller, performer, maker—or simply curious—you’ll find a place here.
The day concludes with a relaxed Community Share, where anyone is welcome to share something they’ve brought or discovered that day.
Finale: Sunday, Nov. 1
3 to 8 PM
Brighton Ave. and the Rochester Community Room
Something ghostly is stirring in Rochester! Follow a series of small stations along Brighton Avenue, scan the QR codes, and unlock audio stories featuring mysterious figures from Rochester’s past.
Then join Big Uppa Sky Studios on Nov. 1 for the Rochy Ghost Adventure Finale during our Halloween Create / Share / Play. Enjoy music, simple creative activities, the conclusion of the ghostly story—and a few surprises that may bring the Rochy Ghosts to life.
Explore the clues. Hear their stories. Meet us at the finale—and discover what’s haunting Rochy.
aRound Abouts are fun creative sessions where people of all ages use Art, Music, Performance, and Story to try ideas, build together, and discover what happens next.
Located in the Rochester Borough Building, 350 Adams St, Rochester, PA 15074
RCR is part creative workspace, part hangout, and part place to explore new ideas.
You might find:
Every visit is a little different.
Adams Street is closed for construction, so access is obstructed and parking limited, but no worries…
The BUS Tour will be bringing stops to your community
Students explored storytelling, music, digital puppetry, animation, and collaborative media production while bringing original characters and ideas to life together.
Interested in bringing a similar experience to your school, program, or community group? We’d love to talk.
Big Uppa Sky is designed as a creative journey. Whether you’re just starting or ready to lead, there’s a place for you on the BUS.
Ideas are developed and productions are made.
Partner spaces where people meet, explore, and create.
Hands-on workshops and pop-up experiences come to you.
We partner with schools, libraries, and organizations to bring creative experiences into the community.
We offer:
• Residency programs
• After-school labs
• Mobile sessions
• Multi-week media projects
• Custom programming
• Grant-supported initiatives
• Creative consulting
Custom programs from $500–$2,500
(Pricing depends on length, goals, and partnership scope.)
Hear about upcoming BUS Stops, aRound Abouts playtests, creative gatherings, workshops, shows, and new community projects.
John J Dessler – Founder
866-BIG-UPPA (866-244-8772)
