Douglas Brooks, a respected wooden boatbuilder, writer and scholar, will return to Penn State Abington, as well as two Philadelphia nonprofits, to discuss his work and demonstrate traditional Japanese boatbuilding techniques from March 28 to 30. His visit will illustrate how a study of history and an artistic craft can lead to a rewarding and fulfilling life and career, according to the art faculty member organizing the events.
Penn State Abington student artists can highlight receiving a Bertha Lear award in their applications for graduate programs and professional positions and opportunities.
Penn State Abington is the second home for Abu, an 8-foot sculpture that explores what it means to be human and to experience a family member who is ill or aging. It was torn apart by a freak storm when it was initially installed in the river at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia.
Penn State Abington instructor Julia Clift's vision features sound and visual artists, scientists, and an ensemble who shed light on the policies, conventions, and attitudes that led to and sustain the climate crisis.
Penn State Abington students enrolled in a collaborative course at a Bucks County working history museum spent the spring semester immersed with working artisans and developing skills that have led to internships and jobs. Their work also resulted in a new exhibition in the Penn State Abington art gallery.
Penn State Abington student received awards for outstanding merit during a reception for the Bertha Lear Annual Student Art Exhibition. The exhibition and one of the awards are supported by donors Robert A. Lear and his late wife, Marilyn; and Lois and Stanley Singer.
A printmaking course launched Penn State Abington sophomore Orest Luzeckyj into a new art practice, and he spends hours each week creating meticulously detailed woodblock prints.
The artist Gerard Brown's works celebrate literature’s capacity to help readers overcome isolation, or explore how some politicians have weaponized language to polarize the nation. The exhibit runs through March 3 in the Penn State Abington art gallery.
Pieces created by two Penn State Abington art faculty are debuting in exhibitions in Philadelphia this fall, one at the Philadelphia International Airport and the other at the National Liberty Museum in Old City.
Digital photography instructor Walter Plotnick brings his vast experience as a commercial and fine artist into his work with Penn State Abington students.
