The Stuckeman Center for Design Computing within the Penn State Stuckeman School will hold its annual Flash Symposium Sept. 23-24 in the Stuckeman Family Building in the hopes of educating attendees on new discoveries in virtual and augmented reality.
Alana Iturralde was awarded the residency as part of Gasworks’ partnership with the Caribbean Art Initiative, which was established to highlight and further-develop Caribbean artists.
The unique teaching methods and studio culture created by the late artist and educator Robert Reed inspired thousands of students during his 50 years in higher education. One of his former students, who is now a faculty member in Penn State's Stuckeman School’s Department of Architecture, was so moved by Reed’s passion and approach to teaching, she has set out to share his life, his work and his pedagogy with a whole new generation of students.
Award-winning potter and political activist Roberto Lugo began his art career on the streets, and now he’s taking his work to the streets of Rome. Lugo, a 2014 master of fine arts alumnus of the Penn State School of Visual Arts, is a 2019–20 winner of the Rome Prize, which supports advanced independent work in the arts and humanities.
Aaron Knochel, assistant professor of art education in the Penn State School of Visual Arts, is the 2019 recipient of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) Eastern Region Higher Education Art Educator Award.
Technology meets art on Friday, March 29, when a Penn State wikistorming event, the 2019 Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon, invites the public to drop by for exciting presentations throughout the day, to encourage the editors and to participate in (re)shaping knowledge on Wikipedia.
Penn State School of Visual Arts alumna Beverly McIver, Ebenshade Professor of the Practice of Visual Arts at Duke University, was recently among the African-American musicians and artists from North Carolina honored by N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper in celebration of Black History Month.
Since Bonnie Collura, associate professor in the Penn State School of Visual Arts, was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2005 for “The Prince Project,” her work completed around the concept has taken many forms — and the latest is on display at Smack Mellon Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, through Feb. 24.
Through the Flower, a nonprofit art organization, invites artists, scholars and educators to apply for the 2019 Judy Chicago Art Education Award. The award, named in honor of one of the Feminist Art Movement’s key founders, is awarded annually and is accompanied by a $1,500 prize along with a certificate signed by Chicago. The application deadline is June 1, 2019.
Penn State College of Arts and Architecture alumnus William Snyder III, a local artist and part-time instructor at the University, encourages the community to live by his motto “Let art happen,” which is revealed through his new mural, “Wild Geese.”
As an award-winning visual artist, cultural activist, and professor of art in the School of Visual Arts at Penn State, Lonnie Graham focuses on a message geared toward social activism, inclusivity and selflessness. Graham said he aims to help his students be more inclusive in what they do, to consider all viewpoints in their lives, to understand that the world is bigger than themselves, and to learn to contribute to society in a substantive manner.
The College of Arts and Architecture and the Arts and Architecture Alumni Society will honor the college’s 2018 Alumni Award winners in a ceremony at 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2, in the Palmer Lipcon Auditorium. Established in 1981 by the Alumni Society, the award is presented as part of a campus visit that also includes meeting with faculty, administrators and current students.
Danielle Spewak, a senior in the Penn State School of Visual Arts has created a mural on the MorningStar Solar Home, a self-sustainable home designed and built by Penn State students and faculty.
Seven Penn State alumni working in the arts, design and communications fields will participate in the Women of Color in Art and Design Symposium from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, at the Palmer Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art. Sponsored by the College of Arts and Architecture and moderated by Kikora Franklin, associate professor of theatre, the symposium will feature a panel discussion where participants talk about career goals and the challenges of working as women of color in their respective fields.
The first installation of the "Art Out" program is the Gallery Crawl/Art Involvement Fair taking place on Aug. 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Robeson Gallery and the Art Alley in the HUB-Robeson Center.
