Arts and Architecture
Arts and Architecture
Penn State alumnus named artistic producer of Alberta Theatre Projects
6/14/18
Penn State alumnus Darcy Evans has been named the new artistic producer of Alberta Theatre Projects. Evans has more than two decades of experience in theater across North America and received his master of fine arts in theater and his postbaccalaureate certificate in fundraising leadership at Penn State.
Palmer Museum of Art presents three shows in eclectic summer exhibition lineup
6/12/18
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced its summer 2018 exhibition schedule. This summer, the museum will present recent large-scale paintings by contemporary artist Julie Heffernan, as well as exhibitions drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, including a display of documentary and modernist photographs of the city, and a selection of posters from the golden age of American poster art.
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts reveals 2018 poster design
6/11/18
The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts has released its 2018 collectible poster, which features elements familiar to any festival-goer: musical notes, a paintbrush and the festival jester, arranged over a background of yellows, oranges and pinks. However, this year’s poster is notable in that the festival jester is depicted as a woman for the first time.
Brandi Breslin joins the Palmer Museum of Art staff as new museum educator
6/11/18
The Palmer Museum of Art has announced the appointment of Brandi Breslin as the new museum educator. She began her duties on June 11.
Local tech startups vie for $10,000 in prizes
6/5/18
Ben Franklin Technology Partners hosted pitches and award ceremony for its latest TechCelerator class on May 29
Palmer Museum of Art receives $100,000 foundation grant from Luce Foundation
6/5/18
This spring, the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State received a major grant of $100,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation to produce a catalogue that will illustrate and detail its impressive American art collection. The four-year grant will provide funding for the research and production of the catalogue, which will highlight around 100 of the most aesthetically and historically significant examples of the Palmer’s 4,500-some works of American art.
Tickets for Center for the Performing Arts season on sale June 18
6/5/18
The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State 2018–19 season features a variety of critically acclaimed Broadway hits, dance troupes with a message, a couple of center co-commissions, celebrations of figures in American pop culture, Montreal-based cirque, strong female forces and sounds from almost every corner of the world.
University Staff Advisory Council honors outstanding staff
5/24/18
“It was difficult to select just one winner in each category because each nominee brought such talent to Penn State," said USAC Awards Committee chair Megan Gilpin. "But Corinna Fisher, Jamie Perryman and Kristy Bryan rose to the top.”
Penn State represented at International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art
5/24/18
The College of Arts and Architecture will represent Penn State in various artistic ways at the eight annual International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, to be held May 28 to June 2 in Scranton.
Penn's Woods Music Festival returns to its roots for the summer
5/23/18
Penn’s Woods Music Festival orchestra and chamber music performances will be relocated to their original home of Eisenhower Auditorium this summer while the Penn State School of Music’s new recital hall is under construction. The festival kicks off June 13 with the free Music in the Gardens concert at the Arboretum at Penn State, with the festival orchestra and chamber music concerts taking place June 23–30 in Eisenhower.
Carpenter to lead Penn State School of Visual Arts
5/23/18
B. Stephen Carpenter II, professor of art education and African American studies, has been appointed interim director of the Penn State School of Visual Arts (SoVA) for a two-year term, effective August 1, 2018, following the retirement of Graeme Sullivan, who has been director since 2010.
Detective Work: An interdisciplinary dive into the history of American art
5/21/18
Maggie Davis doesn’t look like a detective. She doesn’t wear a trenchcoat, a fedora or carry a magnifying glass. But the art history major at Penn State is solving a mystery that dates back to the early years of the United States and the birth of the American artistic tradition.
GreenBuild Community Open House celebrates impact students can have on community
5/18/18
Penn State faculty, staff, student, alumni and community members are cordially invited to the GreenBuild Community Open House between 1 and 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20, at 1394 University Drive, State College. The event is an opportunity to celebrate this achievement and learn more about the impact students can have on the community.
HAX to revolutionize online course authoring in education technology
5/18/18
An idea on a white board three years ago has transformed from a project that no one had the time to pursue into an innovative way of streamlining the development of an online course. Headless Authoring Experience — HAX — is an Open Source course-authoring system that is simplifying the way faculty build online courses.