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Penn State Laureate brings ‘FaceAge’ exhibit to Behrend Wednesday

4/17/18

Andrew Belser, a professor of movement, voice and acting, is the 2017-2018 Laureate and director and producer of “FaceAge,” an immersive, three-screen multimedia exhibit that showcases the interactions between young adults and aging individuals. He will visit Penn State Behrend on Wednesday, April 18.

International Write-In: Sunday, April 22, 2018

Spring 2018 International Write-In event set for April 22

4/17/18

The University Libraries will hold a spring 2018 International Write-In event on Sunday, April 22, in Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library on the University Park campus. The event, broken into two sessions, encourages participants to use dedicated time to work on and complete writing assignments and projects throughout the evening. Session one is scheduled from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. and session two from 8 p.m. to midnight.

Visitors during opening reception of "Plastic Entanglements"

"Plastic Entanglements" breaks Palmer Museum attendance record

4/17/18

Since the opening of "Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials" eight weeks ago at the Palmer Museum of Art, attendance to the museum has ballooned by an unprecedented 32 percent. The record-breaking visitor numbers — more than 1,000 per week — have soared as people of all ages come to explore the innovative, interdisciplinary exhibition that examines humanity’s past, present and future relationship to plastic.

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.

Symphonic Band 2015

Symphonic Band to perform final concert of spring semester April 25

4/16/18

The Penn State Symphonic Band will perform its final concert of the 2017-18 school year at 8:30 p.m. April 25 in Eisenhower Auditorium. The program features William Schuman's "George Washington Bridge" conducted by Jacob Bender, a first-year graduate student in the band/wind ensemble conducting degree program, and Percy Grainger's "Mock Morris" conducted by guest conductor and faculty member Eric Bush.

New Beginnings short story competition

Libraries’ short stories fiction contest submission deadline is April 20

4/12/18

Penn State University Libraries has launched its Penn State-exclusive creative writing platform, enabling anyone with an active psu.edu email address to join the site to submit, vote and comment on others’ original works. To celebrate, the Libraries’ Short Stories website is hosting its first university-wide short story competition, themed “New Beginnings,” and is accepting submissions until April 20.

Film Follies poster

You may have heard of the Graphic Design Film Follies. But what are they?

4/12/18

If you are a student in the College of Arts and Architecture, you likely have heard of the Film Follies, and you may have noticed the playful animated promotional clips projected on walls, and the bright and flashy posters, but you may not quite understand what this mysterious event is. This year's Film Follies will air at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 14, in 101 Thomas Bldg, on the University Park campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Mont Alto Puppeteers

Penn State Mont Alto theater students to perform puppet show

4/12/18

On April 13, Penn State Mont Alto theater students will perform a puppet show about recycling and a creative drama on sharing beginning at 3 p.m. at the Waynesboro YMCA located at 80 East Main Street in Waynesboro. About 60 children, ages 3 to 5 years old will attend the performance.

Karly Etz explains the significance of objects in the Palmer Museum of Art

The art of revamping AA100: 'Introduction to International Arts'

4/12/18

When Randy Ploog, the recently retired coordinator of international programs for the College of Arts and Architecture, developed AA100: Introduction to International Arts as the foundation course for the international arts minor, he did not anticipate that it would become a popular general education course. Then again, he also did not think that he would be shepherding it into a new online format as his last project before he retired.

Penn Players Fall 2017

Penn Players take to the stage with 'The 9 Worst Breakups of All Time'

4/12/18

The Penn Players will present the one-act farce “The 9 Worst Breakups of All Time,” by Ian McWethy, at 6 p.m. April 18 and 19 in the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center at Penn State York. The performances are free and open to the public, and tickets are not required.

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