School of Visual Arts

Top News
Top news RSS feed
B. Stephen Carpenter II

Carpenter to lead Penn State School of Visual Arts

5/23/18

B. Stephen Carpenter II, professor of art education and African American studies, has been appointed interim director of the Penn State School of Visual Arts (SoVA) for a two-year term, effective August 1, 2018, following the retirement of Graeme Sullivan, who has been director since 2010.

Kodilinye Igwe and his sculptures

Art education alumnus donates wood sculptures to Penn State

5/2/18

For Kodilinye Igwe, returning to Penn State to donate two of his wood sculptures to the University was like “coming home.” A native of Nigeria who received his doctorate in art education from Penn State in 1988, he unveiled the two sculptures during a ceremony March 30 at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center.

Plant to Print Borland Gallery, 2012 Student Work

Getting back to art’s roots: New art course collaborates with Student Farm

4/18/18

A new course being offered this fall is combining art, science and history to create a novel classroom experience. Sustainable Studio (ART 297) returns students to the roots of the dye industry by learning about both ancient and modern production methods, and then making art themselves with natural dyes and fibers.

Helen O'Leary

Visual arts professor awarded prestigious Rome Prize

4/17/18

Helen O'Leary, professor of art, has been named as a winner of the 2018-2019 Rome Prize in the visual arts category by the American Academy in Rome. The prestigious Rome Prize has been awarded annually by the academy for over a century as a way to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. The visual arts category is the most competitive of the 11 recognized and O'Leary's proposal was selected from over 500 applications.

Karen Keifer-Boyd

Karen Keifer-Boyd honored by National Art Education Association

4/5/18

The National Art Education Association (NAEA) has named Karen Keifer-Boyd, professor of art education and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Penn State, as recipient of the 2018 "NAEA, The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), VSA Beverly Levett Gerber Special Needs Lifetime Achievement Award." The award, recognizes an NAEA member whose exemplary lifetime career has made a unique and lasting impact on art education’s important role in the lives of people with special needs

Aaron Knochel and workshop attendee

Woskob Family Gallery hosts 'make/stuff' workshops with art ed students

2/27/18

Penn State’s Woskob Family Gallery is partnering with School of Visual Arts art education graduate students to provide free art-making "make/stuff" workshops during Downtown State College’s First Fridays. The next two workshops are from 5 to 8 p.m. on March 2 and April 6, at the gallery.

Ann Tarantino's 'Watermark"

Ann Tarantino leaves 'Watermark' on Pittsburgh community

2/13/18

Follow the thin blue line. Those who do will discover the nooks and crannies of Millvale, a small community just outside Pittsburgh. The public art project, conceived by Penn State Professor Ann Tarantino, aims to bring life and energy back to the town, which was devastated by a flood 15 years ago.

John M. Anderson Endowed Lecture Series -- Sarah Rose Sharp

John M. Anderson Endowed Lecture Series to present Sarah Rose Sharp on Jan. 31

1/29/18

Sarah Rose Sharp, a Detroit-based writer, activist and multimedia artist, will present "Finding Evidence — The Art of Detection in an Interdisciplinary Practice," from 3-4 p.m. Jan. 31 in the Palmer Museum of Art's Palmer Lipcon Auditorium. Sharp's visit is part of the Penn State School of Visual Arts' John M. Anderson Endowed Lecture Series.

LPS Gallery

Adult education professor organizes student art gallery

11/27/17

In an effort to fill the blank walls on the third floor of Keller Building, William Diehl, assistant professor of education (adult education) has partnered with students and faculty across the University to develop a student-run art gallery.

Taylor Bielecki paints in her studio.

Taylor Bielecki named Emerging Young Artist

10/10/17

Taylor Bielecki, a senior bachelor of fine arts candidate in the Penn State School of Visual Arts, is one of 15 students chosen by the VSA Emerging Young Artists Program, a Jean Kennedy Smith Arts and Disability Program, which recognizes and showcases the work of emerging young artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, who are residing in the United States.

SoVA Portfolio Day at Penn State University Park Campus

SoVA Portfolio Day at Penn State University Park Campus

9/26/17

Interested in pursuing a degree in studio art, art education, or design in either interdisciplinary digital studio or photography? Do you like the idea of attending a small art school within a Big Ten University with an outstanding reputation? If so, then the Penn State School of Visual Arts (SoVA) is the place for you. Join SoVA Monday, Oct. 9, to have your portfolio reviewed by our faculty, and learn more about our programs.

Pages