The College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State is committed to artistic and scholarly creativity, research, and the preparation of specialized practitioners in all of the arts and design disciplines.
The Department of Art History's courses cover topics ranging from ancient to contemporary art and architecture in Europe, Africa, Asia, and beyond.
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Integrative Arts is a multidisciplinary, student-designed major for undergraduates interested in exploring a theme or issue not covered in another major.
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The School of Music’s mission is to inspire and educate performers, composers, scholars, and teachers in an atmosphere that fosters excellence and serves the global and regional community.
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The Stuckeman School offers programs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Graphic Design that prepare students for the increasingly interdisciplinary practice of design.
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The School of Theatre’s goal is to educate and train talented students to compete successfully in professional theatre and the entertainment industry.
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The School of Visual Arts emphasizes the interdisciplinary and communal aspect of visual arts through numerous degree programs.
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WEST MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, Pa.- Forensic artist Jenny Kenyon, Penn State Arts and Design Research Incubator research associate, was the center of attention at a press conference held in December by the West Manchester Police Department in York County. Her... -
As Penn State administrators and faculty members, Barbara and James Korner have seen firsthand how many students struggle to afford a college education. That’s why they have established an Open Doors Scholarship as part of the University’s current... -
Barbara Palmer, whose lifetime of philanthropy is evident across Penn State and the Centre region, died peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 20. She was 93. Recognized by the University as an honorary alumna in 1987, Palmer was deeply engaged as a donor and a volunteer...
Student Spotlight
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The MorningStar Solar Home, a self-sustainable home designed and built by Penn State students and faculty, now features a mural created by Danielle Spewak, a senior in the Penn State School of Visual Arts. The home was created in... -
For eight months, a seven-person team of undergraduate students, including Graphic Design sophomore Christina Warren, worked to develop technology that could help students find a more efficient academic path to graduation- and in... -
After the triptych “Virgin and Child with Two Donors,” a piece in the permanent collection of the Palmer Museum of Art, was discovered to be a forgery, Carolyn Lucarelli, curator of visual resources in the Department... -
Jonathan Gangi, assistant professor of music and arts entrepreneurship is now accepting entries for the 2019 Arts Business Ideas Competition. In its fourth year, the competition is the College of Arts and Architecture’s...
Performances and Exhibitions
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Since Bonnie Collura, Penn State School of Visual Arts associate professor, was awarded the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2005 for “The Prince Project,” her work completed around the concept has taken many forms—and...
Faculty/Staff Spotlight
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Mihyun Kang has been appointed research professor in the Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and the College of Arts and Architecture liaison to the Sustainability Institute. Kang, who holds a Ph.D. in... -
Distinguished Professor of Art Chris Staley recently spent two weeks as a visiting artist at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Below he reflects on his experience. After flying more than 10 hours from Newark, N.J...
Research/Creative Activity
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NHK, Japan’s national public broadcasting organization, was recently on the University Park campus (Jan. 22) to film the Penn State interdisciplinary team that has advanced to the third phase of NASA’s $3.1-million 3D-Printed Habitat... -
The discourse of art history has long privileged the eye, especially regarding questions of connoisseurship. Grounded in research, the visual is supplemented by archival documents to make a case of attribution or to determine the date of a work of art.... -
Vincent P. Benitez, associate professor of music theory, has been appointed as the Scholarship and Research Editor for the College Music Symposium: Journal of the College Music Society. The College Music Symposium is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal...
Alumni and Donor Spotlight
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Using their small family-owned and operated business, Penn State alumni Larry and Anne Barasch launched a fundraiser to sell the now famous “Stronger Than Hate” t-shirts following the tragic shooting at the Tree of... -
Libby Gopal ('02 B.S. Music Education) was recently selected as the recipient of the New Jersey Governor’s Educator of the Year Award for East Orange Campus High School (EOCHS) for her educational contributions at the... -
Alexa Sangbin Thomson, Professional Performance Certificate (PPC) recipient in 2016, has just won a coveted position as a community-embedded musician in the Houston Symphony. Alexa came to Penn State from New Zealand to study...
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