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Three trail marker signs for a wooded preserve tell visitors how long and how difficult each trail is

'Sustainable Narratives: Visualizing Data, Design and Community' exhibit to open

March 20, 2025

Large vertical video screens hang above a band and a choir.

Bang on a Can All-Stars to perform David Lang’s ‘Before and After Nature’

March 19, 2025

A young woman assists another woman with accessing tickets on her mobile phone.

Download the new, free Arts Ticket Center app for an easier event experience

March 19, 2025

Simon Majumdar 1

Things to Do at Penn State: March 20-27

March 19, 2025

Bubbles artwork titled Bubbles by Mayuko Ono Gray in black and whiteProvi

Calligraphy, proverbs move across large graphite canvases

March 18, 2025

Thumbs of a Thriving Community

Penn State Schuylkill unveils 'Thumbs of a Thriving Community' art piece

March 18, 2025

Black and white image of Tim Ingold.

Esteemed social anthropologist, author to visit the Stuckeman School

March 18, 2025

A three dimensional artwork shaped like a blue cat with yellow eyes and covered in vines

New textile-based sculpture exhibition, 'nosegay,' to begin at HUB Galleries

March 12, 2025

Cafe Laura Entrance

Things to Do at Penn State: March 6-20

March 05, 2025

Audience members listen in at the Hard Freight Cafe event

Altoona's Hard Freight Café open mic event set for March 25

March 04, 2025

The Center for Arts and Crafts at Penn State

Center for Arts and Crafts offers spring classes and workshops beginning Mar. 17

March 04, 2025

Black and white drawing with three-dimensional geometrical, diamond shapes.

Woskob Gallery reception: ‘Incident and Accident: Daily Drawings’ on March 7

February 28, 2025

Students listening to man teach about building wooden boats

Demonstration by famed wooden boatbuilder a career builder for Abington students

February 28, 2025

A young Black woman looks at a portrait on the wall.

Student Kennedy Ferguson explores Black girlhood, community through portraits

February 27, 2025

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 27-March 6

February 26, 2025

Artwork of a woman with green and ivy

Palmer Museum highlights treasure trove of Art Nouveau works in major exhibition

February 25, 2025

Penn State Cheerleaders performing on stage during THON

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 20-27

February 19, 2025

Golgotha In Slate

Robert McCormick’s 'Reclamation: From Coal Dust to Hope' show at the Art Space

February 19, 2025

Bison_Bead_Project

HUB Galleries, Indigenous Peoples’ Student Association host the Bison Bead Project

February 14, 2025

An image shows hands painting a panel of a sneaker.

Public invited to 'Stompers' painting workshop March 3 in Eisenhower Auditorium

February 13, 2025

A photo taken behind a student sitting at a table painting.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre gallery displaying students’ art

February 12, 2025

Image created from print of Giana de Dier

Libraries to host pop-up exhibit related to Panama Canal history in February

February 10, 2025

Gong Lung (Steel Dragon) Kung Fu and Lion and Dragon Dance players in costume

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 13-20

February 10, 2025

HUB-Robeson Galleries, Capacities of Care

'Capacities of Care' exhibition at HUB Galleries to explore care relationships

February 07, 2025

Black and white image of a black man with a large bundle of long-stemmed vegetation on his back

Woskob Gallery to hold reception for ‘A Conversation with the World’ on Feb. 13

February 07, 2025

Artwork by Taylor Pate featuring a closeup of a woman.

Penn State Altoona to exhibit artwork by Taylor Pate

February 06, 2025

Artwork by Sophie Brenneman combining unusual images, such as an iceberg in a drinking glass.

Penn State Altoona to exhibit work by art faculty Sophie Brenneman

February 06, 2025

Barron Ryan, sitting at a piano, with a cello and violin

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 6-13

February 05, 2025

Woman, man, and a woman holding musical instruments

Things to Do at Penn State: Jan. 30-Feb. 6

January 28, 2025

a collage of dark brown and bright red folk art pieces

Penn State Lehigh Valley spring art exhibition to focus on American folk art

January 28, 2025

A choir comprised of a diverse group of people stands in a group while a man of color stands in the center and speaks into a microphone.

Things to Do at Penn State: Jan. 23-30

January 22, 2025

Photo of a seated Black couple leaning against each other on a subway train

Palmer Museum opens new year with collaborative exhibitions asking big questions

January 22, 2025

A barred owl hiding in a tree at Penn State Behrend

Behrend student builds award-winning photo portfolio

January 22, 2025

A white woman sits straight on a floor stage next to a Black woman sitting in a chair.

‘What Does PURPLE Sound Like?’ on Feb. 4-6 a chance to ‘see’ yourself, others

January 21, 2025

A student painting on an easel during an art class.

Center for Arts and Crafts now registering for spring art classes and workshops

January 21, 2025

A graphic advertising "Dancing with the Stars Live 2025" with four dancers' pictures

Things to Do at Penn State: Jan. 16-23

January 15, 2025

Portrait of Fernando Lara.

Architecture author, scholar Fernando Lara to visit Stuckeman School Jan. 23

January 15, 2025

Hard Freight: Penn State Altoona Online Literary Arts Magazine

Penn State Altoona ‘Hard Freight’ submissions deadline set for March 25

January 13, 2025

Colorful painting of a cityscape that is part of the Delaware Valley Art League exhibit

Great Valley hosts fine arts exhibit by Delaware Valley Art League

January 08, 2025

The Allied Artists of Schuylkill

Allied Artists of Schuylkill County Member Exhibit opens at Art Space on Jan. 13

January 07, 2025

Selfie of a man wearing blue commencement regalia

Art history professor set to retire after four-decade career

December 16, 2024

a woman wears goggles while welding

Lehigh Valley Arts Project encourages creativity, fosters a sense of community

December 09, 2024

Person with grey hair and a purple scarf smiling

Art history faculty member’s Manet research informs Boston museum exhibit

December 05, 2024

Two people dressed in costumes act in a performance of A Christmas Carol

Things to Do at Penn State: Dec. 5-31

December 04, 2024

artwork depicting a skeleton holding a yellow flower as vines grow throughout its bones

Fall 2024 issue of Penn State Altoona literary arts magazine available online

December 04, 2024

A young Black woman wearing a sequinned dress stretches out her arms.

Things to Do at Penn State: Nov. 21-Dec. 5

November 20, 2024

Attendees view some of the artwork submitted at the annual campus and community art show, hosted by the IDREAM Team at Penn State DuBois.

Diversity, artistic abilities celebrated at IDREAM art show at Penn State DuBois

November 14, 2024

Framed artwork in rows along a wall.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre to exhibit art created by local high school students

November 14, 2024

Acrylic painting, "Geometric Revelations"

Great Valley hosts art exhibit celebrating women's voices and experiences

November 13, 2024

Cafe Laura Entrance

Things to Do at Penn State: Nov. 14-21

November 13, 2024

Photo shows photograph of eastern PA

Penn State Berks holds 'People, Place, and Things' exhibition

November 06, 2024

Nittany Lion Shrine with American flag in background

Things to Do: Nov. 7-14

November 06, 2024

Professor Todd Davis reads from his work at the fall 2024 Hard Freight Café

Penn State Altoona hosts fall 2024 Hard Freight Café open mic event

October 30, 2024

ART AFTER HOURS - Halloween Spectacular

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 31-Nov. 7

October 30, 2024

The 3D-printed pegs (back) compared in size to the average-sized loom pegs (front).

Anti-racism knitting-loom project grows with OriginLabs

October 29, 2024

a collage of images from an art gallery about liberty and justice

Lehigh Valley fall art exhibition to focus on 'liberty and justice for all'

October 25, 2024

A piece of art featuring a black and white drawing of a tree branch surrounded by geometric patterns

Penn State Altoona to exhibit artwork by Kiki Gaffney

October 24, 2024

Halloween-inspired artwork featuring animals with identical bodies but different heads

Altoona exhibit features works by artist Kristy Deetz and author Edward S. Louis

October 24, 2024

Overlapping slips of paper attached to a pole

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 24-31

October 23, 2024

A beautiful work of framed art made from carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf, brass tacks by Mary Michael Shelley

Ithaca wood carver exhibits folk art at Penn College gallery

October 23, 2024

Copy of a book titled “Why I Make Art: Contemporary Artists' Stories About Life & Work”

Discussion to highlight visual art professor’s book focusing on creative process

October 23, 2024

Two people at right look at holiday merchandise displayed at an outdoor booth.

Holiday craft show at Penn State Wilkes-Barre to be held Nov. 3

October 17, 2024

Things to Do at Penn State Harrisburg: Oct. 21-Oct. 27

October 17, 2024

Black dancers strike matching poses while a backdrop shows bold paintings.

Step Afrika! will present ‘masterpiece’ ‘The Migration’ Nov. 13 in Eisenhower

October 17, 2024

An acrobat pins another by bending her body backwards at the waist.

Flip Fabrique takes theater to new level with wrestling-inspired ‘SLAM!’

October 17, 2024

Art from the 'Unknown' exhibit

Explore new HUB Galleries exhibitions: 'Reunion' and 'Unknown Forest' this week

October 16, 2024

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