Despite the cancellation of in-person performances — or in-person anything — at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, virtual performances from favorite Arts Fest musicians can be found online through Sunday. The schedule includes 12 local musical acts dispersed throughout the days. This year’s format was successfully modified, but it wasn’t easy. “Figuring out … Read more
STATE COLLEGE, CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is virtual this year. Visitors won’t be able to walk around to enjoy the atmosphere, and the artists won’t be able to interact with their customers. The festival typically brings about 300 artists out to the sidewalks of State College to sell their … Read more
Help is on the way to nonprofit arts organizations in the Keystone State. The state is distributing $2.3 million worth of grants to 309 organizations. The money comes from the CARES Act and is meant to help pay for staff salaries, facility costs and fees for artists or contractural personnel. Organizations were chosen for the … Read more
The annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts released its promotional poster for this year’s virtual event on Tuesday. The poster was designed by longtime Festival poster designer and Penn State professor emeritus of graphic design Larry Sommese and his daughter Saige, a 2018 Penn State graduate. Also, the poster is sponsored by Penn State … Read more
Richard Rinehart had just accepted a new job and arrived in Lewisburg the Friday night before the 2011 Celebration of the Arts. Downtown he saw volunteers setting up booths and banners. “I was just so impressed at how alive it came with art,” said Rinehart, director of the Samek Art Museum at Bucknell University, in … Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. — In Harrisburg’s Strawberry Square, there’s a charter school that students believe is changing their future. Chance Cole-Stephens is one of the students at CASA, the Capital Area School for the Arts. “I’m here because I did not feel comfortable in my home school district, and I didn’t want to be another number in … Read more
Harrisburg, Pa. — Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts just celebrated their 20th anniversary. For the past two decades, Whitaker Center has been serving children across Central P.A. “The Whitaker Center is like the crowned jewel of downtown Harrisburg where we combine science, arts and performing arts,” said Whitaker Center Exhibits and Cinema Manager Joe … Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Students at Central Dauphin and Central Dauphin East high schools are using their creativity to help a nonprofit group put food on the tables of people in need. The students are providing about 50 bowls for the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank’s annual Soup and a Bowl event. People who take part … Read more
The Susquehanna Art Museum is getting a name change, sort of. The Museum, located at 1401 N. Third St., Harrisburg, has been renamed its main gallery the Beverlee and Bill Lehr Gallery, in honor of the couple, who have given and pledged gifts to the museum totaling $500,000, according to a museum press release. Continue Reading on Pennlive