From Fayyum mummy portraits to Byzantine icons, and Medieval Italian panel paintings to Medieval painting guides, Esther Wipfler, researcher at Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich, Germany, will discuss research that scrutinized common notions about the representation of human complexion over a roughly 1,000-year period.
As a filmmaker and teacher, Pearl Gluck is on a constant search for authenticity. She looks for it in her actors, her students and even her own scripts. It’s not easy, but the assistant professor of film-video in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications says it’s vital for the filmmaking process.
On Wednesday, April 10, the Kassia Ensemble with Mary Bowden will perform one of their first concerts together at Penn State Behrend as part of Music at Noon: The Logan Series. Their concert takes place at noon in McGarvey Commons, in the college’s Reed Union Building.
Curated by Katie Fuller and Larry Ossei-Mensah, the exhibition "Race and Revolution: Still Separate, Still Unequal" debuted in 2017 at Smack Mellon in Brooklyn, New York and is traveling to universities and cultural institutions across the country. The exhibit will be displayed at the Woskob Family Gallery through April 6.
Curtis Craig, associate professor of sound design and head of the Penn State Bachelor of Fine Arts Design and Technology program, will host a meet-and-greet on March 23, immediately following a showing of the play "How To Catch Creation," scheduled to begin at 8 p.m., presented by the Philadelphia Theatre Company at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre.
In coming weeks, three Virginia schools — the University of Virginia, Randolph College and Virginia Tech — will screen two critically acclaimed documentaries produced by Penn State assistant professor Boaz Dvir.
The University community is invited to join the Penn State School of Music and the Penn State Alumni Association for the 13th annual President's Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, at the Hershey Theatre in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Penn State graduate student Megan Griffin, 2018 recipient of the Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Research Award, will present her research on April 1. In her talk, titled “What is Sacred in Food Sovereignty Research,” Griffin will explore the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of sovereignty in agro-biodiversity conservation research. The talk is the first in the series of Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research presentations for spring 2019.
Jessie Erickson, professor, bibliographer and researcher in the study of special collections at the University of Delaware, will serve as the distinguished speaker for the 2019 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, on Penn State’s University Park Campus. A reception following the lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library.
Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, assistant professor of Italian and film at the University of Arkansas, will present "Queering Italian Cinema: The Case of Ferzan Özpetek" at 4 p.m. Monday, March 25, in 110 Business Building on Penn State’s University Park campus.
National Endowment For The Arts Jazz Master Benny Golson will headline the 20th Annual Penn State Jazz Festival on March 29 and 30 at the Penn State School of Music’s New Recital Hall and Esber Rehearsal Hall, Music Building 1, University Park.
Ceci Johnson, who has been widely recognized as the founder of “couture invitation design,” will visit Penn State's University Park campus next week as part of the Stuckeman School’s Lecture and Exhibition Series. Her talk will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, in the Stuckeman Family Building Jury Space.
The Freyberger Gallery will host the FH Gaige II Juried Exhibit in honor of the late CEO Emeritus Frederick H. Gaige. The exhibit includes more than 60 pieces of art including painting, sculpture, printmaking, fabric art, and ceramics from Berks County.
Now open for submissions through April 12, Penn State University Libraries Short Stories’ third writing contest challenges all Penn State students, faculty and staff to let their minds run wild to submit original creative writing about "The Other Side."
Penn State University Libraries and the Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, in an effort to shrink the gender gap in representation, will host a wiki-edit-a-thon from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 21, as a part of a world-wide Wikipedia edit-a-thon initiative to increase the presence of women and non-binary people online. The daylong event is open to all students, faculty and staff.
