Starting this month and running through the fall and spring semesters, the Palmer Museum of Art is beginning a brand new tradition of hosting Third Thursday arts events. The monthly programs will include special performances, art-making activities, games, and other entertainment, as well as extended evening access to the Palmer galleries, exhibitions, and Museum Store on the third Thursday each month between the hours of 6 and 9 p.m.

The Palmer Museum of Art has announced the appointment of Brandi Breslin as the new museum educator. She began her duties on June 11.

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.

Noted contemporary artist Ifeoma U. Anyaeji will discuss her unique environmental art in a lecture called “Plasto-Art: An Eco-Aesthetic Process of Remaking” at 4:30 p.m. April 10 at the Palmer Museum of Art.