Arts
& Entertainment
Penn State Intercom......August
23, 2001
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| "Attendants in Service, Liao (907-1125)" is part of the exhibition "Differences Preserved: Reconstructed Tombs from the Liao and Song Dynasties." These works, excavated from two sets of tombs in northern China, are on display in the Special Exhibitions Gallery II, Palmer Museum of Art on the University Park campus, Sept. 4 through Dec. 16. |
Gender and sexuality exhibit
"To Make You Feel Proud: Gender and Sexuality Studies at Penn State" is on display Aug. 24 through Oct. 31 in the Candace and Patrick E. Malloy III Diversity Studies Room, 109 Pattee Library on the University Park campus.
This exhibit coincides with two other University events. The Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies marks its 10th anniversary in October, with the theme "A Decade of Pride: A Milestone on the Road to Equity." The second event is a lecture series sponsored by Department of English titled "Millennium, Approached: Queer Literary Studies in the 21st Century."
For information, call (814) 865-4861.
Center for Arts and Crafts
Registrations are now being accepted for the Center for Arts and Crafts fall adult non-credit art classes beginning the week of Sept. 10.
Drawing studio, slide photography, scientific illustration, bronze carving, stained glass, yoga, fly tying and poetry are among the classes being offered. Brochures are available at the HUB-Robeson Center information desk and in 207 HUB-Robeson Center.
For more information or to register call (814) 863-0611.
'Riding the Rails'
"Riding the Keystone Rails -- Selections from the Railroad Collections of the Special Collections Library," an exhibition by Historical Collections and Labor Archives, is on display through Oct. 20 in The Eberly Family Special Collections Library, 104 Paterno Library on the University Park campus.
The exhibition includes records of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Bellefonte Central Railroad; photographic, cartographic and postcard images; gift railroad book collections; and rare manuscript materials.
Hassell Meyer, a retired Bellefonte Central Railroad locomotive engineer, has loaned select pieces from his Bellefonte Central model railroad collection for display.
For information, call James Quigel at (814) 863-3181.
Civil War era exhibit
"Beauty Within the War-Torn Shadows: Visual Arts and Music of the Civil War Era" is on display Aug. 30 through Oct. 28 in the Pattee Library Exhibit area in the University Park campus.
The exhibit displays reproductions of paintings, photographs, prints and musical scores from the Civil War era.
Source books for this exhibit can be found in The CAT, the Libraries online catalog. Questions can be directed to the Arts and Humanities Library service desk at (814) 865-6481 .