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Artist Joan
Horrocks is buried in her
work. Horrocks's multi-media installation, "Shoulders Exposed," is
in the Hetzel Union Building Gallery on the University Park campus
through March 2.
Photo: Greg Grieco |
Adventurer, a sculpture by Seymore Lipton is currently outside the Palmer Museum of Art on the University Park campus. An exhibit of Lipton's work is on display in the museum's Special Exhibitions Gallery II through June 4. Photo: Greg Grieco
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The Center for the Performing Arts presents 1776, at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Winner of five Tony Awards, including "Best Musical," 1776 tells the story of courage, commitment and determination as a group of men create a new democratic nation.
Tickets are $35 and $25 for general admission; $30 and $22 for students; $25 and $17 for University Park students; and $25 and $19 for ages 12 and younger. For tickets or more information, contact the Arts Ticket Center at (814) 863-0255 or (800) 278-7849.
Pianist and poet Raymond Jackson will display the talents that have earned him praise from around the world when he performs at Penn State Altoona on Sunday, Jan. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Slep Student Center.
In addition to the standard classical repertoire, Jackson plays a varied program of African American composers. His dissertation titled "The Piano Music of 20th Century Black Americans" is now a permanent part of the Julliard School Library.
The event is free, but tickets are required. Tickets are available at the Penn State Altoona Bookstore. For more information call (814) 949-5121.
Mark L. Lusk, associate professor of trombone, will present a faculty trombone recital on Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the School of Music on the University Park campus. Pianist Kathy Gattuso Cinatl will assist Lusk.
In observance of Black History Month, Penn State DuBois will present the award-winning PBS video series, "Eyes on the Prize," starting Jan. 24 and running through the entire month of February.
The public may attend this special presentation, which chronicles the struggle for Civil Rights in America from 1954 through the mid-1980s.
Each video is approximately 60 minutes long, and will be shown at 12:05 p.m. in the Hiller Building Auditorium on the dates listed below. Admission is free.
n Monday, Jan. 24: "Awakenings," (1954-56)
n Wednesday, Jan. 26: "Fighting Back," (1957-62)
n Monday, Jan. 31: "Ain't Scared of Your Jails," (1960-61)
n Wednesday, Feb. 2: "No Easy Walk," (1961-63)
n Monday, Feb. 7: "Mississippi: Is This America?" (1962-64)
n Wednesday, Feb. 9: "Bridges to Freedom," (1965)
n Thursday, Feb. 10: "The Time Has Come," (1964-66)
n Monday, Feb. 14: "Two Societies," (1965-68)
n Tuesday, Feb. 15: "Power!" (1966-68)
n Wednesday, Feb. 16: "The Promised Land," (1967-68)
n Thursday, Feb. 17: "Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More," (1964-1972)
n Monday, Feb. 21: "A Nation of Law?" (1968-1971)
n Wednesday, Feb. 23: "The Keys to the Kingdom," (1974-1980)
n Monday, Feb. 28: "Back to the Movement," (1979-mid 1980s)
For more information about the series, call (814) 375-4766.
Oriana Singers, a women's choral ensemble directed by Lynn Drafall, associate professor of music education, will perform for the Bach's Lunch concert on Thursday, Jan. 27, at 12:10 p.m. in the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel on the University Park campus.
Oriana Singers was founded in 1995 to elevate the stature of women's choral music at Penn State and to meet the needs of highly talented undergraduate women. For the Bach's Lunch program, the 65-voice ensemble will perform several pieces by 20th-century American composers.
The free, 20-minute concert is sponsored by the College of Arts and Architecture's School of Music and the University Lutheran Parish. After the concert, audience members may take their bag lunches to the Roy and Agnes Wilkinson Lounge in Eisenhower Chapel. Coffee and tea will be provided.
Penn State's Zoller Gallery on the University Park campus will host Trunk Show, an international traveling art exhibition, through Jan. 31. The show, which features artwork from Penn State faculty, will then travel the world, gaining in size and diversity. The inaugural Trunk Show will serve as a laboratory to form the contents of the U.S. trunk which will be sent abroad. It will consist of art works that can be easily packed, unpacked and installed, all from one trunk. The trunk itself will be a work of art created by Sara Sizer. Each time a trunk is sent to a new location, that venue will add another trunk to the exhibition, its contents to be selected by a local curator. Documentation including a Web site will follow the development of Trunk Show, and eventually this international exhibition will make its way back to the U.S. where trunks from around the world will be shown in a large exhibition space in New York City.
Art on the Move, a program which exhibits student and local art around the University Park campus, will appear in several areas, including:
-- Ritenour exhibit area through March 1 will display the paintings and sculptural objects of Jacob Solomon;
-- North Halls exhibit area in room 133 of Warnock Commons through Feb. 28 will display the paintings of Gregory Rose;
-- West Halls exhibit area (Waring Commons, room 125, through March 2 will show the photography of Kate McGraw.
n HUB Gallery: Through March 2, "E. Joan Horrocks: Shoulders Exposed" will be on display. A reception is planned from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17. "Shoulders Exposed" is a large installation piece of shoulder pads from women's and men's clothing. The exhibition shows in a light-hearted way how a simple physical accoutrement, such as a shoulder pad, may affect a person's thinking about himself or herself.
n Formal Lounge, Art Foyer & Sculpture Corner (new exhibit areas)
-- Through Feb. 20: Photography by Leo Mendonca (Formal Lounge located between Starbucks and the HUB Gallery);
-- Through March 30: Photographs of Morocco by Raymond Ramon (Art Foyer located adjacent to the lounge); and
-- Through May 16: Metal sculpture by Ellie Woodward (Sculpture Corner adjacent to the lounge).
n Kern Building
-- Through Feb. 16: Photography by Steven Reinhart
-- Through Feb. 23: The Penn State Press: Recent Publications
For more information on any of these exhibits, visit the Web at http://www.psu.edu/HUB/Galleries or call the HUB and Kern Art Galleries at (814) 865-2563.