EVERCHANGING EXHIBITIONS
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Altoona
Artists of the 21st Century
in the George A. and Herbert T. Wolf Gallery, Shirley and Fred A. Pechter Gallery, and Detwiler
February 3, 2023 - April 16, 2023
We continue our tradition of celebrating the area’s talented young artists with the return of Artists of the 21st Century, the Museum’s twenty-fifth annual student art exhibition. Held in conjunction with National Youth Art Month, the exhibition is open to schools that participate in SAMA’s Arts-in-Education or Artist-in-Residence program. Through the programs, SAMA educators and professional artists travel to public and parochial schools to provide lessons designed to enhance students’ understanding of art creation, technique, history, criticism, and aesthetics. SAMA’s award-winning education initiative is the largest of its kind in the Commonwealth. This exhibition is sponsored by the Sigma Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Organization for Women Educators.
Bedford
Artists of the 21st Century
artworks by Bedford County School District
in the Titelman Galleries and the Paula and Dean Lemley Gallery
February 10, 2023 - April 23, 2023
We continue our tradition of celebrating the area’s talented young artists with the return of Artists of the 21st Century, the Museum’s twenty-fifth annual student art exhibition. Held in conjunction with National Youth Art Month, the exhibition is open to schools that participate in SAMA’s Arts-in-Education or Artist-in-Residence program. Through the programs, SAMA educators and professional artists travel to public and parochial schools to provide lessons designed to enhance students’ understanding of art creation, technique, history, criticism, and aesthetics. SAMA’s award-winning education initiative is the largest of its kind in the Commonwealth. This exhibition is sponsored by the Sigma Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Organization for Women Educators.
Bedford
Shine a Light
artworks from Your Safe Haven
in the Lynn Ashe Gallery, Jerry & Joan Hawk Gallery, and Children's Discovery Gallery
February 17, 2023 - May 14, 2023
Your Safe Haven, Inc. is Bedford County’s crime victim center. Your Safe Haven, Inc. is dedicated to assisting victims of domestic violence and sexual assault by providing resources for immediate response at the hospital, counseling, and stages in legal process. They provide similar services to victims of other serious crimes as well. The artworks showcased in this exhibition were created by individuals hoping to Shine a Light on the dark world of abuse and on the path to healing.
Exhibition in the Donald M. Robinson Gallery
Photographs of landscapes highlighting trees and greenery from around the globe. Donald M. Robinson is an internationally acclaimed photographer who has traveled the world in search of compelling images. Numbering in excess of 800 objects, the Robinson collection includes documentary and nature photographs taken on six continents and in more than 60 countries.
Ligonier
Artists of the 21st Century
work by artists from the 19 southwestern counties of Pennsylvania
in the Elizabeth Shaw Gamble Gallery
February 17, 2023 - April 30, 2023
We continue our tradition of celebrating the area’s talented young artists with the return of Artists of the 21st Century, the Museum’s twenty-fifth annual student art exhibition. Held in conjunction with National Youth Art Month, the exhibition is open to schools that participate in SAMA’s Arts-in-Education or Artist-in-Residence program. Through the programs, SAMA educators and professional artists travel to public and parochial schools to provide lessons designed to enhance students’ understanding of art creation, technique, history, criticism, and aesthetics. SAMA’s award-winning education initiative is the largest of its kind in the Commonwealth. This exhibition is sponsored by the Sigma Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Organization for Women Educators and Jack Buncher Foundation.
Johnstown
The Art of the Poster
Selections from the Mark del Costello Poster Collection of the SAMA Permanent Collection
January 2, 2023 – April 28, 2023
Celebrate the Art of the Poster and see how this unique visual medium harbors a visual language all its own. These featured posters host designs representing various films, television shows, theater productions, live events, and music. Although these posters are designed to support other works of art (film, theater, music), they do stand on their own as unique pieces of art and design which are often overlooked due to how often we see them. Revealing this invisible medium of design is what The Art of the Poster is all about. These works and many other were graciously donated to SAMA by Mark del Costello.
Loretto
Biennial 2023
Exhibition in the Sullivan Gallery
February 3, 2023 – April 16, 2023
Biennial 2023 is a juried exhibition which celebrates the impressive creative talent of artists from across our state of Pennsylvania. Biennial is an opportunity for contemporary artists to be recognized for their excellence by competing for several awards adjudicated by this year’s awards jury. The exhibition is sponsored by Benzel’s Bretzel Bakery.
Loretto
Found Voice in Art
Exhibition in the Margery Wolf Kuhn Gallery
February 3, 2023 – April 16, 2023
This exhibition presents a full spectrum of voices, each unique and remarkable in their own way, each answering the question: what is art? Each piece was selected as an example of an artist “finding their voice” or their own style. Amidst the plethora of styles, an artist must develop their own unique way of seeing and communicate it to the rest of the world. It is a process, and it doesn’t happen all at once, but is developed through series of iterations in which each artist develops or ‘finds’ their voice.
