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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To showcase Penn State’s growing collection of art and provide space for a range of cultural activities and events, University leaders have proposed the construction of a new freestanding art museum on the University Park campus that would be located in... -
Where were you during the Apollo moon landing 50 years ago? For 60 former Penn State choir members, the answer is easy — they were performing an open-air concert in the Stadium of Apollo in Delphi, Greece. “When we left Athens the morning of July... -
Penn State Architecture alumna Patricia Kucker, who has spent the past 27 years in higher education administration, has been named the interim director of the Stuckeman School in the Penn State College of Arts and Architecture. The position is a two-year...
Student Spotlight
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Just a few months after Katie Pack graduated from the Penn State School of Visual Arts’ BFA program with a focus in ceramics in December of 2018, her art career got a major jolt. Pack is one of five artists selected from a... -
Being a student-athlete is a major commitment, and with that comes the responsibility of balancing athletics and academics. Within Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture, Danae Rivers, junior integrative arts major and... -
During the spring semester, an interdisciplinary group of students embarked on a weekend educational trip to Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida for a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic cultural destination. The result... -
Scott-Lee Atchison, Ph.D. candidate in music education, was recently awarded the Howard F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award. The award recognizes graduate assistants for outstanding teaching performance... -
Anna Graef, a junior pursuing a BFA in art with a focus in ceramics, has been named as a recipient of the 2019 Rodney A. Erickson Discovery Grant for her work with a traditional Japanese ceramic glaze technique. The grant program... -
Penn State landscape architecture student Anjelyque Easley has been selected as the undergraduate 2019 Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) National Olmsted Scholar. She is the first Penn State student to receive the...
Performances and Exhibitions
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When the Phase 3 results of NASA’s 3D-Printed Mars Habitat Challenge were revealed in Peoria, Illinois, in early May, Penn State fell just short of besting its friendly rival AI SpaceFactory. But in the process, the team engineered a breakthrough... -
There was a time when former Nittany Lion and Cincinnati Bengal football star Mike Reid terrorized his opponents. From his position on the defensive line, Reid pawed at quarterbacks and dragged to the ground any ball carrier within arm’s reach. But in...
Faculty/Staff Spotlight
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Madhuri Desai, associate professor of art history and Asian studies, has been awarded the 2019 Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award by the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH). The prestigious award honors Desai’s book,... -
James Kalsbeek, Penn State professor of architecture in the Stuckeman School, has joined forces with a Brooklyn-based film crew to create a film rooted in storytelling, loss and memory. The Molok, “an independent film and... -
Mark Ballora, a devoted and dynamic professor of Music Technology in the Penn State School of Music, affiliate faculty in the School of Theatre, and newly appointed director of the Arts & Design Research Incubator,...
Alumni and Donor Spotlight
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The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced a transformational gift of 140 American works on paper, recently donated by Penn State alumnus John P. Driscoll. The expansive gift, one of the most important in the 47-year... -
For Devan Shimoyama, 2011 graduate of the Penn State School of Visual Arts, 2019 is off to a memorable start. In March, Shimoyama closed his acclaimed solo show “Cry Baby” at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and... -
Interview by Professor Emerita Micaela Amateau Amato Kirsten Grigor graduated with her B.F.A. in Drawing and Painting and minor in Art History in 2001. We worked together briefly, but I was always impressed by her enigmatic...
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