Arts and Architecture

Mars habitat 3D printing team continues success in NASA competition

8/30/18

The second place finish in the second of five levels within phase 3 of the competition earned PennStateDen@Mars just less than $33,000 to be used for developing the technology that will propel the team through the two remaining levels.

Art ed professor receives 2018 Outstanding Higher Education Art Educator award

8/29/18

Aaron Knochel, assistant professor of art education in the Penn State School of Visual Arts, has received the 2018 Outstanding Higher Education Art Educator Award from the Pennsylvania Art Education Association.

Penn State student tends crops at the student farm

Things to Do at Penn State: Aug. 30-Sept. 6

8/29/18

The Student Farm's third annual Harvest Festival, 'Stranger Things' actor at Penn State Behrend and the return of the Huddle with the Faculty lecture series are among the cultural highlights at Penn State this weekend and next week.

A group of eight men wearing similar suits stnad on a staircase and look up at the camera.

Cantus returns to Penn State with ‘Alone Together’ program Sept. 25

8/27/18

A capella octet Cantus — called “the premier men’s vocal ensemble in the United States” — will make its second appearance at Penn State when it performs “Alone Together,” an introspective look at what it means to connect in our modern world, on Sept. 25 in the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center.

Fayette's Coal and Coke Heritage Center to host book launch for 'Shale Play'

8/27/18

The Coal and Coke Heritage Center at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, will host the book launch for "Shale Play: Poems and Photographs from the Fracking Fields," by Penn State faculty members Julia Kasdorf and Steven Rubin, at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 5.

Help make a collaborative mural at LION Bash Aug. 29

8/27/18

Join the Woskob Family Gallery and Center for the Performing Arts to make a large-scale, collaborative mural using DIY drawing tools and basic sewing techniques, during LION Bash on Aug. 29.

SOVA alumnus brings 'Moby Dick' to life with Paterno Library Starbucks mural

8/24/18

The flowing and soothing design of the 40-foot long, “Moby Dick”-themed mural ornaments the newly opened, Paterno Library Starbucks with a clever interpretation of the popular coffee chain’s nod to the Herman Melville classic.

Robert Reed Drawing Workshops events to be held Feb. 21-24, 2019

8/23/18

Three days of events celebrating artist Robert Reed’s contributions to creative practice and drawing as a discipline will be held at Penn State University Park on Feb. 21–24, followed by a one-day event on March 23 in New York City at Hunter College and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

'Between Order and Disorder' to transform space into ephemeral exhibition

8/22/18

During her summer residency, Sue Uhlig, a doctoral candidate in art education, is transforming the Borland Project Space into a research lab, workstation, studio and museum. The public is invited to visit — and participate in — her work through Aug. 27.

A varied cast of actors gesture with their arms during a musical number in “Kinky Boots.”

Students on Sept. 5 can save extra 15 percent on touring Broadway musicals

8/22/18

Penn State students can already purchase discounted tickets to Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State presentations thanks to a grant from the University Park Student Fee Board. But for one day — from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 5 — University Park students will receive an additional 15-percent discount on tickets to five national touring Broadway musicals coming to Eisenhower Auditorium in November through April.

September First Friday at Woskob Family Gallery

8/22/18

Join the Woskob Family Gallery for a workshop in making a mini-zine, during Downtown State College’s September First Friday.

Classical Coffeehouse series to feature Cantus, Escher quartet and Sybarite5

8/21/18

People curious to hear music by nationally acclaimed chamber music ensembles that mingle contemporary and classical sounds can sample performances by three groups during the sixth season of Classical Coffeehouse. The series starts Sept. 24.

Welcome to Penn State: The musical

8/21/18

During Welcome Week, first-year Penn State students will attend a debut performance of "Results Will Vary*," an interactive theater production that explores the reality of life as a Penn State student. Written and performed by students in the School of Theatre, the show uses stories, sketch comedy and songs to explore topics like diversity, alcohol and drug use, sexual assault prevention and more.

Palmer Museum announces fall exhibitions highlighting Pennsylvania artists

8/21/18

The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced the opening of two fall exhibitions, "Object Lessons: American Still-Life Painting in the Nineteenth Century," and "Instinctive Gestures: Recent Gifts from the Fishman-MacElderry Collection".