Penn State New Kensington’s Art Gallery will feature the works of high school-aged students from five local school districts throughout March. The exhibit begins March 5 and runs through March 30.
Andrew Belser, 2017-2018 Penn State Laureate, will bring his "FaceAge" exhibit to New Kensington campus, Feb. 20-23.
Penn State New Kensington holds call for artists to submit artwork for consideration for the 2018 "Off the Wall pARTy."
Aaron Knochel, assistant professor of art education in the School of Visual Arts, will lead a hands-on scribble-bot workshop at Penn State’s Art of Discovery booth at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Participants of all ages are invited to stop by to play with and build their own robots from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. July 14 at the booth next to Willard Building. The workshop is one of many free hands-on activities hosted at the booth by Penn State educators highlighting the art of science and science of art.
At Penn State's Art of Discovery booth at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, festival visitors of all ages are invited to participate in free, hands-on workshops highlighting the art of science and the science of art. The booth will be located next to the Willard Building on campus and will be open for visitors from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. July 13-15. For a sneak peek, check out the full schedule of events.
James Byrnes is an artist, entrepreneur and Penn State SBDC client. He sells his work through his website, as well as in shops, galleries and at festivals. This year, Byrnes was accepted to participate in the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, a juried art show taking place July 13-16 on the Penn State University Park campus and downtown State College.
Penn State Laureate Rebecca Strzelec will present her talk “Art + Engineering = Creative Problem Solving” at 1 p.m. April 13 in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, on Penn State's University Park campus.
The Woskob Family Gallery will host a community art-making event from 1 to 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. All members of the community are welcome. Participants are invited to contribute to a wall drawing visualizing their resolutions for the upcoming year. The piece will remain on display through Jan. 10, 2017.
Penn State alumna Mary Capaldi was already an avid artist when she began her undergraduate studies at the Brandywine campus. However, at the time, she did not envision making art her full-time career.
Penn State professor and students in School of Visual Arts explore 3D printing as a way to help people who are blind experience visual art.
“Art + Engineering = Creative Problem-solving” will the topic when Rebecca Strzelec, professor of visual arts at Penn State Altoona and the 2016-17 Penn State Laureate, visits Penn State York on Oct. 19. Strzelec will speak at noon in the rehearsal room of the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center. The program is free and open to the public.
Nick Sousanis, the first person at Columbia University to produce a doctoral dissertation in comic book form, will receive the 2016 Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year for “Unflattening.” Following the award presentation, he will speak about the importance of visual thinking in teaching and learning at 4 p.m. on Oct. 6 in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, on the University Park campus.
Henry Klimowicz uses recycled cardboard to create his large, abstract sculptures. "The Importance of the Unimportant" will open in the Robeson Gallery on Sept. 28 and will run until Nov. 17.
Two Penn State Abington art majors under the guidance of a faculty member are meticulously restoring a decaying sculpture. The replica of the Winged Victory of Samothrace — the original remains in Paris — is a link to the campus' historic past.
The HUB-Robeson Galleries will be hosting "Artes Exempli," an exhibition of examples of 19th- and 20th-century European paintings from the collection of Wolfgang and Brigitte Gunter, from June 7 through July 24 in the Robeson Gallery. A public reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. June 16.
