Together, the University Museum and Kipp Gallery offer a full array of visual art experiences for the entire community.
Encompassing major touring exhibits, regional artists, and faculty and student work, there is something for every taste in this year's exhibit schedule.
View the Events Calendar for all of the Lively Arts.
Eine Kleine Kit Kat Klub
September 10, 2011, 6:00 p.m., University Museum, John Sutton Hall
This year's gala is inspired by the German Expressionist artists of the early twentieth century and their cosmopolitan setting. Reservations are required.
Paul Binai: Fifty-Year Retrospective
September 13-December 3, 2011, University Museum, John Sutton Hall
The opening exhibit features paintings, prints, and collages by world-exhibited artist Paul Binai, whose bold images comment pointedly on issues and events of his time.
Multiversity: IUP Faculty Artists
February 11-March 24, 2012, University Museum, John Sutton Hall
This invitational exhibition will include recent works by current faculty members of the IUP Department of Art.
Bonnie Collura: Luster
October 6-November 11, 2011, Kipp Gallery, Sprowls Hall
Bonnie Collura creates abstract biomorphic sculptures and drawings that are rooted in figuration, drawing together systems of connected characters from mainstream popular culture, mythology, and folklore.
The Low Down: Tales from the Margin
November 8-December 9, 2011, Kipp Gallery Annex, Sprowls Hall
This touring exhibition showcases the work of seven contemporary ceramists. It is curated by Kipp Gallery director Kyle Houser, in collaboration with Jill Foote-Hutton of the Red Lodge Clay Center in Montana.
Joelle Dietrick: The Sherwin Series
February 9-March 9, 2012, Kipp Gallery, Sprowls Hall
Joelle Dietrick develops two-dimensional and time-based artworks that consider contemporary nomadism and twenty-first-century power structures.
Emerging Artists: Annual Graduate Exhibition
April 13-May 5, 2012, University Museum, John Sutton Hall
An annual tradition, this exhibit highlights the vast and varied pieces created in an assortment of art media by graduate students in the Department of Art.
