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Exhibitions & Events
Altoona |
Southern
Alleghenies
Museum of Art
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 The
Altoona facility was designed with state-of-the-art
exhibition and storage space for quarterly exhibitions
and a rare collection of albumen
photographic prints
by William H. Rau, the official
photographer for the Pennsylvania Railroad at the turn
of the 20th century.
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Current Exhibitions |
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Mary
Sheppard Burton: The Art of Textiles
February 8, 2008,
through May 25, 2008
Read more about this exhibition
in our
Press Release section.
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Mary Sheppard
Burton
Moghul Taj,
1984
Dyed wool on
linen, 49" x 54 1/2"
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In the Wolf Gallery |
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Michael Allison
Paper Mask,
1987
Oil on panel, 20" x
19"
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The Education Collection:
Unplugged
March 14, 2008
through
June 15, 2008
Read more about this exhibition
in our
Press Release section. |
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Click here to view the
May - August 2008 Events & Exhibitions brochure
for all four museum locations. |
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Upcoming Events |
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Blue
Monday - May 12, 2008 @ 6 p.m. (featuring Peter
Wolf)
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Lunch a
l'Art - May 22, 2008 @ Noon (featuring a tour and
lecture of The Education Collection: Unplugged
with Barbara Hollander)
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Blue
Monday - June 9, 2008 @ 6 p.m. (special Street Party
featuring bluegrass and Americana music by Tom
McCarty & Friends)
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Blue
Monday - July 14, 2008 @ 6 p.m. (Performer TBA)
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Around
Abstract: Summer Art Camp - July 28 through August 8
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Blue
Monday - August 11, 2008 @ 6 p.m. (Performer TBA)
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Blue
Monday - September 8, 2008 @ 6 p.m. (Performer TBA)
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Future Exhibitions |
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Painting and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection -
June 6, 2008
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Colleagues in Cahoots: Carol Goldberg and Laura Winn
Kane -
June 20, 2008
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Artists
in Our Midst: Art in Common's Annual Juried
Exhibition - August 29. 2008
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Vintage
Photographs of William H. Rau -
October 24, 2008
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Antique
Dolls: A Holiday Celebration -
November 14, 2008
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Kamal
Yousef - December 12, 2008
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Museum Information |
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1212 11th Avenue
Altoona, PA 16601
Phone: (814) 946-4464
Fax: (814) 946-3131
Hours:
Tuesday through Friday:
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays and Sundays
Directions:
From Rt. 22
take I-99 North to the 17th Street Exit. Travel 1.5
miles to "T". Turn right, travel two lights to 12th
Street and turn right. Go one block to 11th Avenue and
turn right. Museum is on the right across from the
Post Office.
Find us on
The Southern Alleghenies
Museum of Art at Altoona is:
100 miles from
Pittsburgh
50 miles from State College
35 miles from Ebensburg
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Southern
Alleghenies Museum of Art
Saint Francis University Mall
P.O. Box 9,
Loretto,
Pennsylvania 15940
Phone: (814) 472-3920
sama-art.org
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