Penn State University Libraries’ new Eberly Family Special Collections Library exhibit “William Styron: Books and Biography,” on display through Jan. 7, 2018, has been guest-curated by Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English James L.W. West III, an expert on Styron and his works and donor of the collection from which the exhibition was curated.
The Palmer Museum of Art will present a new exhibition this semester that highlights monumental canvases from the permanent collection — many of which have not been on view in recent years — in an attempt to unpack preoccupations with size in post-1945 art. What compelled these artists to work at such a large scale? What does sheer size argue about the paintings in question? "BIG Deal: Sizeable Paintings from the Permanent Collection" will be on view Sept. 5 through Dec. 17.
Penn State School of Visual Arts (SoVA) is pleased to present 'Canon Fodder,' on display in the Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, Jan. 30-Feb. 10, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 6. This exhibition, curated by art history doctorate Aaron Ziolkowski, addresses the relationship between practicing artists and the discipline of art history.
The Penn State University Libraries’ new exhibit opening today (Dec. 12) commemorates the centennial anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize. Featuring Pulitzer-related materials from the University Libraries’ arts and humanities collections, “100 Years of the Pulitzers: Celebrating Our Humanity” will be on display through Aug. 30, 2017, in the Diversity Studies Room, 203 Pattee Library, on the University Park campus.
The Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art will host their annual Holiday Art and Ornament Sale fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Palmer Museum of Art on the University Park campus of Penn State.
The Palmer Museum of Art invites students, faculty, staff and the public to an opening reception for the exhibition, "Expanded Practice," to be held at the museum from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 20.
"Expanded Practice," a new exhibition on view at the Palmer Museum of Art from Oct. 18 through Dec. 11, invites viewers to rethink the human and social reach of creative art practices within diverse institutional settings at a time of uncertain cultural change. This exhibition features the work of faculty members from Penn State’s School of Visual Arts who continue to expand the visual tradition of creative exploration in multiple ways.
The Palmer Museum of Art is continuing its popular series of one-day exhibitions highlighting works on paper from the museum’s permanent collection. Open to the public, the exhibits in the "Paper Views" series will be on display Sept. 9, Oct. 7, Nov. 4 and Dec. 2 in the Drs. Albert and Lorraine Kligman Print and Drawing Study Room, located on the museum’s second floor.
The Palmer Museum of Art will present a new exhibition, "Still Moving: Photographs by Steve McCurry," from June 14 through Sept. 18. The exhibit encompasses the work of internationally acclaimed photographer and 1974 Penn State graduate Steve McCurry.
A University Libraries exhibit opening June 7 at the home of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts’ official archives reflects back through a half century of artifacts from the annual arts celebration.
"The Prints of Jules Heller," a retrospective exhibition on view at the Palmer Museum of Art through Aug. 14, was organized to mark the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts’ 50th year and celebrates six decades of Heller’s printmaking efforts.
"American Art in the Shadow of World War I," a new exhibition on view at the Palmer Museum of Art through Aug. 7, surveys the museum’s holdings from the years leading up to, during and immediately following the so-called Great War.
A gallery talk in conjunction with the exhibition “Playing to Learn, Learning as Play: 17th– to 19th–century ‘Play-things’ for Children” will be held at 2 p.m. and again at 4 p.m. April 3 in the Special Collections Library Exhibition Hall, 104 Paterno Library.
Penn State University Libraries’ exhibit “Deep Roots: The Amish, Mennonites and Hutterites,” on display through April 27 in Pattee Library on the University Park campus, features representative images from three collections in the Eberly Family Special Collections Library. Together these collections comprise one of the largest and most comprehensive resources on the history and culture of these Anabaptist groups in the United States.
Learning and playing had not been linked together until 17th-century philosopher John Locke argued that children's learning should be a playful, interactive experience. A new University Libraries exhibition, "Playing to Learn, Learning as Play: 17th- to 19th-century 'Play-things' for Children," features a variety of toys, games and books. It is on display through June 3 in the Special Collections Library, 104 Paterno Library.
