The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced the openings of two remarkable summer exhibitions that bring the rich visual culture of 20th-century Mexico to life. "Under the Mexican Sky: A Revolution in Modern Photography," will be on view June 1 through July 28, and "Myth Meets Modernism: The Manuel Álvarez Bravo Portfolio," will run June 11 through Aug. 4.
The New Kensington Camera Club, in partnership with the New Kensington Arts Center, Allegheny Valley League of Artists and the East Suburban Artists League, will showcase works of many mediums from April 1-27.
Senior students and faculty in the Graphic Design program at Penn State made a strong showing in the 2019 Graphis New Talent Annual Award competition with two projects earning top honors (Platinum Awards) and another eight earning Gold and Silver Awards.
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.
New showcase scheduled from Nov. 5-30.
Maranie Rae, a Pittsburgh-based photographer, journalist and human-rights advocate, will feature her works in Penn State New Kensington’s Art Gallery from April 9-29. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Rae also will hold two lectures on April 9.
The Freyberger Gallery will host a special exhibition of photography by Niko J. Kallianiotis titled "America in a Trance." The exhibit runs from Jan. 18 to Feb. 22, 2018, with an opening reception at 6 p.m. on Jan. 18.
Public reception will unveil exhibit examining potency of human emotions in Heather Sincavage’s “A Measure Of,” which runs Oct. 30 to Dec. 15.
Christos Karfakis, local photo historian will present the fall "Five @ Five" series, “The Evolution of Photography: A Contextual Approach.”
The Penn State School of Visual Arts (SoVA) will soon roll out a Minor in Photography, available fall 2017, and a Bachelor of Design in Professional Photography, anticipated for spring 2018. These additions reflect the SoVA photography faculty’s goal to create diverse curricula attractive to a broader group of students throughout the College of Arts and Architecture and the University.
A new exhibit showing the rich variety and range of techniques and materials used in overpainted photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries is on display through July 30. “The Painted Photograph: Selections from the B. & H. Henisch Photo-History Collection” is located in the Henisch Room, 201A Pattee Library, at University Park.
“Let’s throw them together and see what happens." That statement may sound blasé, but it’s how photographer Steven Rubin and writer Julia Spicher Kasdorf felt when they embarked on a collaborative 400-level, special topics course in documentary writing and photography last spring. The result was the student creation of three books and three websites representing elements of Renovo, a small town in northern Pennsylvania that, like many in the area, has declined since the heyday of the lumber, coal and railroad industries in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Palmer Museum of Art will present a panel discussion titled "Documentary Photography in a Photoshop World" at the museum beginning at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 7. Panelists will offer their understandings and insight into celebrated National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry's body of work within the larger contexts of photojournalism and the art of photography.
Lori Hepner's work on transforming Arctic landscape photographs will be supported by a grant from the Pittsburgh and Heinz Foundations.
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.
