Campus Arts Initiative announces partner locations for site-specific art
1/15/19
The Campus Arts Initiative, a project of Penn State’s Strategic Planning Seed Grant program, has announced its first eight partner locations.
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Palmer Museum of Art hosts exhibition of teacher and abstract artist Robert Reed
1/15/19
On Jan. 5, the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State opened its first exhibition of the 2019 season, "Subjective Spaces: Drawings and Collages by Robert Reed." The intimate retrospective features 16 selections from Reed’s drawings and collages that are rich in the geometric nonobjectivity, born almost exclusively within the imagination, that marked his entire career.
I Am Woman: Jane Goodall
1/15/19
Naturalist Jane Goodall came of age during a time in England when charming and connected young women were shopped off to successful marriages. She was a good student with good looks, but she entertained a dream that didn’t fit into what tradition would dictate.
Sounds of China Feb. 5 concert to feature new arrangements of traditional tunes
1/14/19
Sounds of China, one of the Asian country’s contemporary folk ensembles, will make its Penn State debut at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5, in Schwab Auditorium on the University Park campus. The performance will feature new arrangements of traditional Chinese melodies and will coincide with Chinese New Year, which denotes the year of the pig.
Free Feb. 2 ballroom dance workshop open to children ages 5–12
1/14/19
Brighten a February morning with “Shall We Dance?” — a fun and free dance experience for children ages 5-12 offered by the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State, Schlow Centre Region Library, and the Penn State Ballroom Dance Club.
ADRI to launch spring programming with #HereToo project
1/11/19
The Arts and Design Research Incubator kicks off its spring 2019 programming schedule on Tuesday, Jan. 15, with a dialogue titled “#HereToo Project: The Intersection of Activism and Art” by Tectonic Theater Project member and #HereToo co-creator Barbara Pitts McAdams.
School of Theatre teams with #HereToo to produce gun violence awareness play
1/10/19
#HereToo is a two-pronged project anchored by a web portal that aggregates stories, images and media clips that will inform a “Laramie-Project-like” interview-based play with the goal of chronicling the first-person experiences of gun violence survivors and the work of young activists across the United States.
Forum on Stewarding Our Planet's Resources to be held Jan. 21
1/9/19
A forum focused on the University’s Strategic Plan and one of its thematic priorities, Stewarding Our Planet’s Resources, will be held at 9 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 21, in Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center. The purpose of the forum is to provide updates on Stewarding Our Planet’s Resources as well as seek input on the direction and focus of the priority.
Online survey seeks public opinion on Musser Gap property's future
1/7/19
Penn State and ClearWater Conservancy are seeking input from the campus and local community as part of the University’s effort to conserve land it owns, roughly between Whitehall Road and Rothrock State Forest at Musser Gap, in Ferguson Township near the University Park campus.
Woskob Family Gallery and HUB-Robeson Galleries to host receptions
1/7/19
Penn State's HUB-Robeson Galleries and the Woskob Family Gallery in downtown State College, Pennsylvania, will host opening receptions for "Race and Revolution: Still Separate, Still Unequal" from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
New head of graphic design program to be introduced to community Jan. 14
1/7/19
Phil Choo, a national and international award-winning designer who was named the head of the graphic design program in December, will be the guest of honor at a welcome reception at 5 p.m. on Jan. 14. Following the reception, Choo will speak about his past experiences and his vision for the Penn State graphic design program moving into the new year and beyond. Both the reception and the talk, which is slated for 6 p.m., will be held in the Jury Space in the Stuckeman Family Building.
Cold-case investigation warms up with help from forensic artist
1/7/19
The West Manchester Township Police Department has turned to forensic artist and Penn State Arts and Design Research Incubator research associate Jenny Kenyon for help with a murder investigation that dates back to 2013. In a 'blend of art and science,' Kenyon created a model of the person's head using 3D printing and forensic facial reconstruction techniques.
Palmer Museum of Art announces 2019 exhibition lineup
1/7/19
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced an exciting and diverse schedule of exhibitions for 2019. Highlights include an ambitious loan exhibition featuring works by Pennsylvania-native John Sloan, exhibitions of prints and works on paper by an international roster of artists, a major show highlighting modernist photographers enthralled with Mexico, and two exhibitions examining the powerful work of noted African-American artists of the 20th century.
Palmer Museum of Art announces major show on Ashcan School artist John Sloan
1/7/19
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is organizing a major loan exhibition on American artist John Sloan. "From the Rooftops: John Sloan and the Art of a New Urban Space" will be on view at the Palmer from Feb. 3 to May 12.
Distinguished Professor Chris Staley reflects on teaching in Jerusalem
1/3/19
Distinguished Professor of Art Chris Staley recently spent two weeks as a visiting artist at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. In this essay, he reflects on his experience.