PITTSBURGH, Feb.

By Buchler, Emily Gaines Start with a public school system eager to find new ways to engage kids in learning; add unique programming from the city's largest cultural organization; mix; let develop; then see what happens.

By Hillenbrand, David Lifetime learners are never on vacation from their favorite pastime.

Works from two of Francis Alys's ongoing series, "The Prophet" and "The Fly." Images this article courtesy the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. Mamma Andersson: Heimat Land, 2004, oil on panel, 31 , by 110 , inches. Collection Jill and Dennis Roach, Los Angeles.

Turkish artist Kutlug Ataman creates videos in which people reveal their psychological fixations, social grievances, and artistic or spiritual quandaries. His astute installations place the viewer squarely in the midst of these absorbing lives.