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IN 2014 INDIANA COUNTY The Indiana Gazette - September 25, 2014
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Come celebrate Pennsylvania’s amazing cultural talent as Governor Tom Corbett and First Lady Susan Corbett present this year’s state arts honorees.
Saturday and Sunday, September 27 and 28 11 a.m.-3 p.m.: Artist Open Studio Tour, County-wide
Sunday, September 28 (rain or shine) Noon-3:30 p.m.: Open Houses, Downtown: Artists Hand Gallery, Indiana Theater, Indiana Players— food, coupons, giveways Noon-7:00 p.m.: Community Art Flag Project on display, IUP’s Oak Grove Noon-3:45 p.m.: University Museum and Kipp Gallery open,campus art self-guided tour, IUP campus Youth Arts Celebration Exhibit, IUP Performing Arts Center Grand Lobbies Snacks for sale by IUP Dining, Oak Grove 2:00-3:45 p.m.: Bandstands, Oak Grove and Crimson Café courtyard; musical groups from area high schools, the community, and IUP 4:00 p.m.: Governor’s Awards for the Arts, Fisher Auditorium, Free tickets available online, open to all Post-Ceremony Reception: A Taste of Western Pennsylvania, Crimson Café, open to all ceremony attendees with entertainment by the Dad Band and IUP Faculty Jazz Combo
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Honoring Excellence in the Arts The prestigious Governor’s Awards for the Arts, to be held this year in Indiana, honors outstanding Pennsylvania artists, arts organizations, cultural leaders, and patrons who have made significant contributions to the advancement of the arts. “It is especially meaningful to announce the honorees of this year’s Governor’s Awards for the Arts in the hometown museum that celebrates the first recipient of a Pennsylvania Governor’s award, actor Jimmy Stewart,” said Susan Corbett, the chair of the Council on the Arts. “This year’s list includes people revered in classical music and the visual arts, those dedicated to advocating for arts in education, a noted patron of many outstanding arts institutions and a world renowned museum celebrating one of Pennsylvania’s most famous artists.” Gov. Tom Corbett will present the awards on Sept. 28 at 4 p.m., at the Fisher Auditorium of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Performing Arts Center. Indiana will be named the cultural capitol of the commonwealth for that day. 4
The 2014 honorees are: v Myron Hay Tomb, Esq., Indiana: Leadership & Service: A passionate advocate for the benefits of arts in education for all Pennsylvanians, his leadership on the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts helped to build a robust infrastructure of regional partners delivering quality arts in education opportunities across the commonwealth. v Jennifer Higdon, Philadelphia: Distinguished Arts Award: One of America’s most acclaimed and most frequently performed living composers, received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her Violin Concerto. v Robert Qualters, Pittsburgh: Artist of the Year: American painter, installation artist and printmaker. His work includes traditional painting, murals and collaborations with other Pittsburgh-based artists. v The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh: Arts Innovation Award: Globally recognized as an innovative and forward
thinking institution, the Warhol is the largest museum dedicated to a single artist in the nation. It celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. v Mark E. Pasquerilla, Johnstown: Patron Award: A philanthropist who has supported numerous arts, historical and cultural organizations, including the Johnstown Area Heritage Association, the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center at the University of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Opera, River City Brass Band, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild and the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra. The award ceremony is free and open to the public. It will be followed by a reception. Private contributions support the event and related expenses. Gov. Corbett continues the unique Pennsylvania tradition of holding the awards ceremony in a different community each year. This enables the host region to showcase its unique cultural assets to an audience of cultural leaders from across Pennsylvania.
The Governor’s Awards for the Arts are administered by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. The state agency works to foster the excellence, diversity and vitality of the arts in Pennsylvania, and to broaden the availability and appreciation of those arts throughout the state through more than one thousand grants a year, with support for every county in the state.
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Congratulations Myron Tomb, Esq. 2014 Pennsylvania Governor’s Arts Award Recipient
Leadership & Service “recognizes his advocacy for arts education across the state”
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yron Tomb receives the 2014 Leadership & Service Award for his work promoting the benefits of arts in education for all Pennsylvanians. One of the longest serving members on the governing council of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the state arts agency, from 1992 to 2011, Tomb was founding chair of the council’s subcommittee on arts in education. Throughout his tenure, he worked diligently to foster participation in the creative process in schools and community settings throughout Pennsylvania.
MYRON HAY TOMB, Esq. Indiana
Tomb’s leadership helped build the PCA’s nationally recognized infrastructure of exemplary local and regional cultural and educational organizations that serve as the PCA’s regional partners statewide.
Arts Leadership & Service Award
The goal of the PCA partnership is to improve student achievement and teacher effectiveness and satisfaction. As a result of this vision, AIE Partners now provide services across the state that include artist residencies, workshops, teacher training, professional development, consultant and referral services, and educational and promotional publications. AIE Partners have served on prestigious national panels, received local, state and national awards, and leveraged additional funding from leading private foundations. In addition to Tomb’s advocacy for arts in education, he was a founding member of the Indiana law firm of Tomb, Mack, Kauffman & Fritz. He has served on many local and regional boards, including The Foundation for IUP, the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Indiana Arts Council, and he received the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Distinguished Alumni Award in 2005.
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He is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
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ennifer Higdon is one of America’s most acclaimed and most frequently performed living composers. The Washington Post described her as “a savvy, sensitive composer with a keen ear, an innate sense of form and a generous dash of pure esprit.” She received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her “Violin Concerto,” with the committee citing Higdon’s work as a “deeply engaging piece that combines flowing lyricism with dazzling virtuosity.”
JENNIFER HIGDON Philadelphia
Her works have been commissioned and performed by orchestras throughout the world, and are enjoyed by audiences at several hundred performances a year and on over three dozen CDs. Her orchestral work blue cathedral is one of the most performed contemporary orchestral compositions with more than 400 performances worldwide since its premiere in 2000.
Distinguished Arts Award
Her list of commissions is extensive and includes The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Chicago Symphony, The Atlanta Symphony, The Baltimore Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Pittsburgh Symphony, The Santa Fe Opera, as well as such groups as the Tokyo String Quartet, eighth blackbird, and the President’s Own Marine Band. Higdon’s commitment to the highest level of artistic achievement and the quality of her work across a diversity of musical genres has earned her many national and international honors. These include a Pew Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and two awards from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. A gifted teacher, she has inspired a generation of young composers and musicians at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she holds the Milton L. Rock Chair in Composition Studies. 7
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obert Qualters is an American painter, installation artist and printmaker. His work encompasses traditional painting, as well as murals, and collaborations with other Pittsburgh-based artists across several disciplines. A recent celebration of his career and legacy started with a retrospective exhibition titled “Robert Qualters: A Life” at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.
ROBERT QUALTERS Pittsburgh
The exhibition was curated by Vicky A. Clark, who also authored the new book “Robert Qualters: Autobiographical Mythologies,” published by the University of Pittsburgh Press and launched in March of 2014. A documentary film by Joe and Elizabeth Seamans, “Bob Qualters: The Artist in Action,” debuted that same month at Pittsburgh Filmmakers. All in time for Qualters’ 80th birthday. In a Pittsburgh magazine feature, Richard Armstrong, former director of Carnegie Museum of Art and current director of the Guggenheim Museum in New York said, “As a conjurer of life in 20th-century industrial Pittsburgh, painter Robert Qualters has no peers. “Possessed of a distinctive style and palette, Qualters’ work stands as rich testimony to his long life of observation matched by great powers of evocation.”
Artist of the Year
Qualters’ work is represented in the permanent collections of the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Oakland California Museum of Art and the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, as well as the main offices of PPG Industries, Alcoa, Hillman Company, the Pittsburgh Foundation, The Heinz Endowments; and many other corporations, schools, agencies and private collections. Qualters has completed more than twodozen public murals and site-specific installations. He is associated with the Bay Area Figurative Movement of Representational Painting.
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ark E. Pasquerilla is CEO of Pasquerilla Enterprises, a private investment company and was formerly the CEO of Crown American Realty Trust. He is being recognized for his support for numerous cultural organizations in Johnstown and the western Pennsylvania region. Continuing the significant philanthropic activities of his parents, the late Frank and Sylvia Pasquerilla, he has extended and deepened his family’s tradition of arts and cultural giving with his own leadership and service.
MARK E. PASQUERILLA Johnstown
Patron Award
He is an advocate for the importance of history, arts, culture and heritage in driving economic development and is described as “a tireless fundraiser and advocate for the arts.” Among the many organizations that have benefited from his generosity and leadership are: the Johnstown Area Heritage Association, the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, the Pittsburgh Opera, River City Brass Band, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, the Johnstown Concert Ballet and Johnstown Symphony Orchestra. A graduate of Notre Dame University, he completed a Master of Science degree in International Relations at the London School of Economics, and served as a Fulbright-Hayes Scholar.
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Innovation Award THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM Pittsburgh
Andy Warhol, Self Portrait, 1986 © The Andy Warhol Foundation of Visual Arts, Inc.
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he Andy Warhol Museum, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a comprehensive redesign of its permanent collection galleries. Taking Warhol’s legacy of technological innovation as an inspiration, The Andy Warhol Museum has made the thoughtful use of technology a hallmark of the museum’s physical presence and also uses technology to expand its audience globally. New cutting edge installations encourage an interactive experience for visitors. Some of the museum’s most innovative experiences include “The Exploding Plastic Inevitable,” which is a small-scale recreation of Warhol’s traveling multimedia show from the 1960s that combined film, projections, performance and live music by the Velvet Underground. The installation brings alive the art and culture of an experimental era in the United States.
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The museum’s Screen Test Interactive similarly encourages visitors to insert themselves into the art making process. In a gallery reminiscent of Warhol’s Silver Factory studio where Warhol created film portraits of his friends and celebrities, museum visitors are invited to create their own screen test utilizing a computer touch screen, a moveable backdrop, a specially modified vintage camera, and twin studio lights. Upon completion, the visitor’s screen test is transformed digitally from real time to slow motion and pushed to the Internet, where their work of art will be available on a custom webpage. The screen test can then be shared on various social media channels. Museum Director Eric Shiner describes the museum’s goal as “both engaging and educating guests so that everyone leaves with a true understanding of who Andy was and why he matters so much.” The Warhol displays works of art, films and videos, and extensive archives that document all periods of Andy Warhol’s life. It shares this wealth with the international arts community through a highly trafficked website and regularly traveling museum collections around the globe. The museum has been an early adopter of social media channels of communication and new technology. Its’ Twitter feed now has more than half a million followers. It also has an array of mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and other platforms.
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Stewart was presented the first Pennsylvania Governor’s Arts Award by Gov. Dick Thornburgh and First Lady Ginny Thornburgh in Harrisburg on May 1, 1980.
JAMES MAITLAND STEWART Indiana
1st Recipient of The Governor’s Arts Award J
ames Maitland Stewart, the oldest child and only son of Alexander and Elizabeth Jackson Stewart, was born in his parents’ home at 975 Philadelphia St. in Indiana on May 20, 1908. After Jimmy’s arrival, the family expanded to include two sisters, Mary Wilson and Virginia Kelly. Alex (pronounced Alec) Stewart owned the local hardware store. The J.M. Stewart & Co. hardware store had been founded in 1848. From his mother and grandfather came Stewart’s reserved, dignified manner, as well as his distinctive, deliberate way of thinking and speaking.
In 1923 his parents enrolled him at Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pa. At Mercersburg, Stewart was active in a variety of activities. He was art editor for the yearbook KARUX from 1926 to 1928, and was also a member of the John Marshall Literary Society. He was active in the choir, glee club and the Stoney Batter drama club. It was here that he had his first real on-stage role in “The Frog Prince,” and was elected to play his accordion in the school’s Marshall Orchestra. Over the following two summers, he took a job as an assistant to his friend, Bill Neff, a professional magician.
When Stewart was 5 years old, his dad purchased a house atop Vinegar Hill at 104 N. Seventh St., with a view overlooking downtown Indiana.
He and Neff played the PennsylvaniaChautauqua circuit and Stewart’s job was to play his accordion during any “awkward” moments.
Stewart’s formal education began in Indiana at The Model School, now Wilson Hall, on the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He attended The Model School through ninth grade.
This gave the young entertainer even more exposure to on-stage performances.
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He graduated from Mercersburg Academy in 1928. Stewart then entered Princeton University in the fall.
His ability to play the accordion enabled him to join the Triangle Club and appear in its production of “The Golden Dog,” even though there was a ban on freshmen appearing in any Triangle Club productions. He was invited back for the following year by the Triangle to perform a solo on his accordion, “So Beats My Heart for You.” He and the future director-producer Josh Logan performed together in a production of “The Tiger Smiles” during his junior year and two other productions during his senior year. He graduated from Princeton in 1932. Two weeks after graduation, he received an offer from friend Josh Logan to join the University Players, a summer stock group based in West Falmouth on Cape Cod, Mass., and he accepted. Logan wanted him to play his accordion in the tea room next to the theater and to do some small walk-on parts. Stewart arrived in Falmouth in the summer of 1932 and began to learn his craft in earnest. While there he met another soon-to-be famous actor, Henry Fonda.
Broadway run before moving to Boston, where he was then cast in “We Die Exquisitely.” He left to become stage manager for “Camille” (1933), starring Jane Cowl, and moved back to Broadway to play Sgt. O’Hara in “Yellow Jack” (1934). This performance earned him a screen test with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In the midst of these and other stage performances, Stewart had also done a screen test for the Fox movie studio and was cast in his first moving picture, a Warner Brothers two-reel comedy, “Art Trouble” (1934). Neither Warner Brothers nor Fox offered him a contract. While waiting to hear from MGM, Stewart was cast in “Journey at Night.” However, the play closed after the second night and Stewart went home to Indiana. Two months later, MGM called him to Hollywood. Fonda met him at the train station.
At Falmouth, Stewart played the accordion, worked as a stagehand, designed sets and generally learned the theater business from the inside out. In 1932, when the Players had the opportunity to stage “Carrie Nation” on Broadway, he played a number of small roles that included a constable, a vigilante, an innocent bystander and gardener. While living in New York, he roomed with Henry Fonda and began a friendship that would endure until Fonda’s death in 1982. Though “Carrie Nation” ran only seven weeks on Broadway, Stewart caught the attention of the critics. He also got favorable reviews for his roles in other Broadway plays: “Goodbye Again” (1932), “Spring in Autumn” (1933) and “All Good Americans” (1933). “Goodbye Again” had a nine-month
Jimmy Stewart relaxes with a copy of The Indiana Gazette at his Vinegar Hill homestead in Indiana in this photo by Gazette photographer Frank Sipos. 13
Stewart and Katharine Hepburn share a scene in “The Philadelphia Story,” the 1940 film that garnered him his only Oscar. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Jimmy was to play the part of a cub reporter in a Chick Sale short, “Important News” (1936). MGM then cast the 6-foot-3 Stewart in the role of another newspaperman named “Shortie” in the film “Murder Man” (1936), starring Spencer Tracy. From 1935 to 1939 Stewart appeared in 29 motion pictures. In those four years he played a doctor, lawyer, teacher, newspaperman, mechanic, executive, hayseed, soldier, skater, farmer, football star, race car driver, detective and even a murderer. During this period, he appeared with most of the acclaimed actresses of the time including Joan Crawford, Katharine Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Margaret Sullavan, Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, Ginger Rogers, Claudette Colbert, Jean Arthur and Eleanor Powell. In addition to film, Stewart also did voice work for the studios and radio networks, including The Lux Radio Theater, The Screen Guild Theater and MGM’s promotional program, “Good News of 1938.” The year 1939 was pivotal for Stewart. He performed in his first Western, “Destry Rides Again,” opposite Marlene Dietrich. His performance as Sen. Jefferson Smith 14
in Frank Capra’s “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” earned him an Academy Award nomination for best actor and elevated him to true “star” status. The role that would finally win him the Oscar was that of reporter Mike Connor in “The Philadelphia Story.” Stewart appeared in 55 motion pictures after “The Philadelphia Story.” Other performances that won him the Oscar nomination for best actor were “It’s a Wonderful Life,” released in 1946; “Harvey,” released in 1950; and “Anatomy of a Murder,” released in 1959. He worked with Hollywood’s most notable directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Anthony Mann and Frank Capra. When Stewart received his Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1985, it was Capra he singled out as having the most profound influence on his career. Stewart’s life off-screen was as interesting and demanding as his career in films. Even though he was building his reputation as an actor, he decided to serve his country during World War II. In March 1941, at age 32, he reported for duty as Pvt. James Stewart at Fort McArthur and was assigned to the Army Air Corps at Moffett Field.
An accomplished aviator, he had risen to the rank of colonel by the time the war ended. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters, The Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm. After the war he remained with the U.S. Air Force Reserves and was promoted to brigadier general in 1959. Stewart married Gloria Hatrick McLean on Aug. 9, 1949. Gloria had two children, Ronald, then 5, and Michael, 3, from a previous marriage. In the fall of 1950, the Stewarts learned they were to become parents of twins. On May 7, 1951, fraternal twins Kelly and Judy were born. After his retirement from the military, he continued making films and appeared on numerous television shows, including “The Jack Benny Show.” Stewart had his own television show on NBC in 1971, “The Jimmy Stewart Show,”
followed by “Hawkins” on CBS in 1973. Later, he would make many memorable appearances on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.” A recording of his poetry book, “Jimmy Stewart and His Poems,” was nominated for a 1991 Grammy Award in the spokenword category. In 1967 the Pennsylvania Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts was awarded to Jimmy Stewart. The American Film Institute has recognized the magnitude of Jimmy’s accomplishments by awarding him the coveted Life Achievement Award in 1980 for fundamentally advancing the art of American film. In 1985, Stewart received The Lifetime Achievement Award from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 1983, on his 75th birthday, his hometown of Indiana unveiled a statue of their native son in front of the county courthouse. There is a fiberglass rendering of this statue in The Jimmy Stewart Museum. In 1990, his alma mater, Princeton University, awarded him its highest alumni honor, The Woodrow Wilson Award, for outstanding public service. He had been awarded an honorary master’s degree in 1947 and had served as a university trustee from 1959-1963. The American Red Cross presented Stewart with its Humanitarian Award for service to his fellow man. The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America presented Stewart with the Silver Buffalo Award (on display at the museum) for his “distinguished service to boyhood.”
Stewart passed away on July 2, 1997, at the age of 89. Jimmy Stewart statue located at Indiana Courthouse. Photo by Gazette photographer Tom Peel.
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JIMMY STEWART MUSEUM 835 Philadelphia Street, Indiana, PA 15701 Phone: (724) 349-6112 | www.jimmy.org
The Jimmy Stewart Museum highlights its namesake’s accomplishments in film, radio and TV. His roles as military hero, civic leader, family man and world citizen are also woven into displays, film presentations and gallery talks. There’s even a special room dedicated to his family’s long and colorful history in western Pennsylvania. A daguerreotype of his great-grandfather in Civil War uniform, baby photos of Jimmy, and his father’s old desk from the family hardware store are all on display. Patrons can view Stewart’s film clips and career retrospectives in an intimate, 1930s vintage movie theater that features the best of the old and new with navy velvet drapes and wine-colored seats. The state-of-the-art sound and projection system was donated by Universal City Studios of Hollywood. Jimmy Stewart aficionados have transformed the third floor of the Indiana Public Library into a museum that captures the quiet magic and small-town charm that catapulted the star to enduring fame. From the museum’s windows, visitors can glimpse the family hardware store site, the bronze statue dedicated to Stewart on his 75th birthday and the old courthouse clock
immortalized by a statue. Displays feature original movie posters and photos beginning from the 1930s on. Awards and citations from Hollywood, film critics, the Boy Scouts and many other organizations from all over fill walls and cases. Stewart personally selected favorite mementos of his career to display, such as a Winchester commemorative rifle and a propeller blade autographed by the cast and crew of “Flight of the Phoenix.” Courtesy: Jimmy Stewart Museum
The Harvey Award The Harvey Award dinner, sponsored by The Jimmy Stewart Museum Foundation, will be held Oct. 3 at the Chestnut Ridge Resort, Burrell Township. Comedienne and actress Carol Burnett is this year’s recipient. An opening reception will begin at 6 p.m. with a dinner to follow at 7 p.m. Tickets are $153 per person and reservations are due by Sept. 22. Call (724) 349-6112 or go to www.jimmy.org for more information. 16
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Michael Hood Michael Hood, dean of Fine Arts at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, is an actor, fight arranger and director. He holds administrative responsibility for the departments of Art, Music, Theater and Dance as well as for the University Museum, the Lively Arts, and the IUP Community Music School. Prior to coming to IUP in 1998 he was a member of the faculty in Theater and Dance at the University of Alaska Anchorage for 22 years, and served as department Chair and as Associate Dean of UAA’s College of Arts and Sciences. He has directed more than 70 plays and musicals and has been honored by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival with numerous citations for meritorious work. He has directed professionally as well. In 1994 he directed Sam Shepard’s “True West” for the Sakhalin International Chekhov Centre in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, and later that year played at the world-famous Moscow Art Theatre at the invitation of the Russian Cultural Ministry and the Theatre of Nations.
More recently, he has directed “Othello Noir,” “Macbeth 3,” and “The Tempest, or the Enchanted Isle,” for Unseam’d Shakespeare Company in Pittsburgh. Hood earned his BA magna cum laude at Arizona State University and his MA and MFA at the University of New Orleans. He has been asked seven times to serve as a mentor at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education Leadership Institute, and has also been invited to present leadership workshops for the National Association of Schools of Theatre. He is an SAFD-certified teacher of stage combat, whose fights have graced stages in Alaska, Russia, and here in Indiana and in Pittsburgh. Hood is a past member of the Board of Trustees of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans, and currently serves on the boards of directors for Unseam’d in Pittsburgh and the Bottleworks: Arts on 3rd, in Johnstown, and is trustee and secretary of the National Theatre Conference. Hood lives in Indiana with his wife, Dr. Kitty Shryock Hood. They have two grown children and two grandchildren. 19
Paul Binai HOMEGROWN
LOCAL ARTISTS’ SPOTLIGHT Renowned artist Paul Binai, who lived in Indiana for more than two decades, studied art at Indiana University in Bloomington, Yale University in New Haven and the School of Fontainebleau in France. He later held professional positions as an instructor at Purdue University, curator of the Detroit Institute of Arts, curator of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh and curator of the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Loretto. His groundbreaking work has been represented by galleries in Paris and New York, exhibited widely, and included in important private and museum collections. In 2011, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Museum mounted a retrospective exhibition spanning 50 years of his paintings and collages.
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As a Thai-American, Binai was long been interested in the art of Asia and in the fusion of Asian and Western cultures. He identified Japanese woodblock prints and German Expressionism — the bold graphic art of Die Brücke in particular— as two significant influences on his own art. His vivid “shadow theater” paintings and detailed collages featured subjects drawn from history, literature, news sources and personal memory. Binai possessed a keen intellect with a photographic memory and an impish, quirky sense of humor. He read voraciously, and amassed an encyclopedic knowledge of history, art, literature, theater, politics and popular culture. At the same time, he loved low-quality, campy horror movies, collected Mickey Mouse dolls and built a wonderful model train set in his studio. From these sources, he produced a powerful, provocative body of work that reflected the contradictions inherent in contemporary society and human nature. Binai died May 15, 2014, in Indiana at age 81. 21
John Esposito, a graduate of Indiana Area High School and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, serves as the chief executive officer and president of Warner Music Nashville LLC. He serves as secretary and treasurer at Country Music Association Inc.
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John Esposito
He previously served as president and chief executive officer of WEA Inc., a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, where he was responsible for overseeing sales and marketing and branch distribution activities. In addition, Esposito was responsible for the digital sales and marketing group, which manages the mobile and online business for WMG’s U.S. labels. He also oversaw WMG’s Alternative Distribution Alliance, the music industry’s leading distributor of independent record labels, and Independent Label Group, WMG’s family of independent labels. He leads WMG’s environmental campaign, WMGreen, for which he was awarded the Natural Resources Defense Council’s “Forces for Nature” honor in 2006 for his leadership on environmental issues. Esposito joined WMG from The Island Def Jam Music Group where, as general manager/executive vice president, he managed the company’s day-to-day operational activities. Esposito was one of the original architects of IDJ and helped lead it to become one of the industry’s leading record companies. Prior to IDJ, Esposito held a variety of executive positions at PolyGram Inc. Before joining PolyGram, he was the chief operating officer of music and movies at The Wiz retail chain in 1993 and 1994. From 1986 to 1993, Esposito was regional vice president of Mitsubishi Electronics America.
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Ed Parks Edward Parks, a rising opera star and native of Indiana, is a graduate of Indiana High and earned a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin Conservatory and a master’s from Yale University. He has been hailed by Opera News for his “warm, velvety baritone” and The New York Times for providing “precision, sensitivity and nuance in abundance” and a “robust, earthy voice.” In the 2013-2014 season, he made his debut at the Atlanta Opera as Valentin in “Faust” and made his Central City Opera debut singing the role of the Count in “Le nozze di Figaro.” He recently made his debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the Duruflé Requiem and appeared as Marcello in “La bohème” at PORT Opera. The upcoming 2014-2015 season sees him return to the Metropolitan Opera in productions of “La bohème” and “Don Carlo.” He will also return to Carnegie’s Zankel Hall to perform in recital with Susan Graham for the Marilyn Horne Foundation. A graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artists Development Program, Parks made his Metropolitan
Opera debut in the 2009-2010 season as Fiorello in “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” and has since appeared as Schaunard in “La bohème” and as Larkens in “La fancuilla del West,” which was broadcast in HD around the world. He also appeared as Schaunard in the Met’s 2011 tour of Japan. A National Winner of the 2008 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Parks was named a firstplace winner at the 2010 Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition and has received awards from the George London Foundation, the Marilyn Horne Foundation, the Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Foundation Competition, the Irma M. Cooper Opera Columbus International Vocal Competition, the Connecticut Opera, the Palm Beach Opera Competition and the Music Academy of the West.
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Edward Abbey Edward Abbey, world acclaimed environmental writer, was born in 1927 in the Home area of Indiana County. He graduated from Indiana High School and attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania for a time. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of New Mexico. For a decade, he worked as a seasonal ranger with the National Park Service until reaching a level of success in the ’70s where he could support himself by just writing. Among his most notable works, which focused on the human presence in the natural environment, are “The Brave Cowboy” (1965), “Fire on the Mountain” (1962), “The Fool’s Progress” (1988) and the posthumous book “Hayduke Lives!” (1990). Abbey spoke of wishing the West was a wilderness and bemoaned signs of civilizations such as paved roads and grazing cattle. He defended littering, writing “After all, it’s not the beer cans that are ugly; it’s the highway that is ugly.” 24
The 1975 novel “The Monkey Wrench Gang” included a plot to destroy a dam and was celebrated by radical environmentalists who introduced “monkeywrenching” into their vernacular. In town to receive an honor from IUP in 1983, Abbey told The Indiana Gazette that he visited his parents in Home every two or three years.
He was married five times and had five children. In 1989, Abbey died at age 62 in Arizona. In the mid-1990s, IUP English professor Jim Cahalan, who wrote a highly regarded biography of Abbey in 2001, led the effort for a state historical marker touting Abbey as a “defender of the wilderness”; actor Robert Redford backed it with a letter.
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Zach Beeken, a 2013 Indiana Area High School graduate, was able to pursue his dream of singing professionally after auditioning for Fox’s “The X Factor” last year, making it all the way to the semifinal round on the popular singing competition show. Beeken, 18, competed as part of the trio Restless Road, a country music group.
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The group was put together by show creator Simon Cowell in a surprise twist where Beeken, after having been voted off the show, was welcomed back to compete. Since the show, the band has added a new member and reported on Twitter that they’re working on an album. During the show, their performance of “Wake Me Up,” by Avici, hit the No. 1 spot in sales in the country genre.
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THE IUP LIVELY ARTS www.iup.edu/livelyarts The Lively Arts at IUP sets the standard for excellence in providing quality arts events and services for students and the community that centers on the needs of its constituents, viewing the arts as an essential component of lifelong learning that provides an incomparable understanding of ourselves and our world. The goals of effort are: v To present, produce, and promote a wide variety of performing and visual arts events for the campus population and area community that will complement and support the academic programs offered by IUP; further IUP’s commitment toward gender balance and cultural diversity; and serve as an artistic, social, educational, and economic resource; v To facilitate the use and management for the area’s premiere performance venue, Fisher Auditorium and the IUP Performing Arts Center, providing technical and performance services related to hosting a successful event appropriate for the facility and championing the ongoing health of the facility; v To provide expertise to the faculty and staff of the College of Fine Arts, including the University Museum and Kipp Gallery, in the areas of event management and marketing, and to facilitate the dissemination of event information through appropriate and effective vehicles; v To serve as a resource for and guardian of the arts to students, faculty and community members beyond the College of Fine Arts in the areas of event management, audience engineering, artsin-education services, legislative funding advocacy, and other arts managementrelated matters as requested and available;
v To provide arts-in-education services through facilitated residencies to a fivecounty region and outreach activities with visiting artists, including ArtsPath and related programs; and v To oversee the proper and effective use of the Web for the departments and programs of the College of Fine Arts, and facilitate alignment with the university’s overall communications plan. The Lively Arts, under the leadership of Hank Knerr, offers performances and projects with some of the world’s leading touring artists and speakers along with up-and-coming professional performers; art, history, and other exhibits of local, regional, national, and international significance; performances and exhibits by our highly accomplished teacherartists, including solo performances, chamber ensembles, jazz, theater, and a variety of exhibits representing a variety of art mediums; theater, dance, and music productions and concerts directed by accomplished faculty or guests and performed by our students; undergraduate and graduate art exhibits guided by our professional faculty; undergraduate music recitals and theater projects guided by our professional faculty. In addition, the program provides artsin-education services for a five-county region through ArtsPath and reaching three to five thousand young people (mostly k-12) each year with local and touring professional artists; manages Fisher Auditorium and the IUP Performing Arts Center, hosting over 200 days of activity annually, including rehearsals, speakers, meetings, assemblies, classes and the like; offers a network that works to advocate for public funding to the arts and promote its importance to our elected officials; and, with a cross-college team, manages information and content provided on the various College of Fine Arts websites. 27
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FISHER AUDITORIUM Built in 1939, the auditorium serves the campus and community as Indiana County’s premier fine arts performance and event facility. With a seating capacity of 1,460, this artdeco-style facility was renovated in 2008. The renovation provided a 20,000-squarefoot addition with improved audience and performance amenity spaces, stateof-the-art sound system, and increased production conveniences. With the new addition, Fisher Auditorium and Waller Hall are joined together to form IUP’s Performing Arts Center.
WALLER HALL Home to the Mainstage and Studio Theater and part of the IUP Performing Arts Center, Waller Hall also houses the Department of Theater and Dance. The Keystone Repertory Theater, IUP’s summer Theater-by-the-Grove, offers classic performances that appeal to the entire family.
COGSWELL HALL Includes several rooms and rehearsal studios including the DiCicco Rehearsal Hall, Room 121.
SPROWLS HALL Includes Kipp Gallery and the Kipp Gallery Annex (first floor), Miller Gallery (second floor), and Center for Turning and Furniture Design (lower level).
ZINK HALL Location of the Zink Hall Dance Theater, with entrance on the second floor, going up the stairs or elevator from the firstfloor lobby (enter off Maple Street). 28
SUTTON HALL / GORELL RECITAL HALL & UNIVERSITY MUSEUM Includes Gorell Recital Hall (second floor) and University Museum (first floor).
ROBERTSHAW Houses the Art Department’s sculpture and ceramic studios.
IUP ACADEMY OF CULINARY ARTS
1012 Winslow St. Punxsutawney, PA 15767 (800) 438-6424 culinary-arts@iup.edu The academy is recognized nationwide for its high quality. It offers small class sizes, world-class chef instructors, and externship placement that is among the best in the nation. Whether you’re going to win a Food Network show, like our grad Lindsay McClain did, or work at a four- or five-star property, IUP ACA starts students on their way to an exciting, creative career in the food industry.
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In 1943 the group again reorganized, this time as the Indiana Art Association. The charter list of 28 members included nine people from the sketch club’s exhibition. Three of the charter members were professors in the IUP Art Department in 1939: Ralph Reynolds, Orval Kipp, and Mrs. Alma Gasslander. The original Indiana Art Association Constitution of May 9, 1943 noted, “The purpose of this organization is to promote interest, appreciation, and participation in the arts. This has been its purpose since it began with a small group which met at the Pattison home, ‘The Rambles,’ about 1930.” Their first meeting was held in the Indiana Library on June 2, 1943, with Carrie Pattison as the first president.
INDIANA ART ASSOCIATION
indianapaartassociation.org The story of the Indiana Art Association began in 1894, when a bold 17-year-old artist from Johnstown with no formal training moved to Indiana and opened up an art school on Philadelphia Street. His name was Leslie Pattison, and one of his pupils, Carrie, became his wife. They raised a family, taught art classes, exhibited, and operated the Rustic Lodge in Indiana for 36 years, at which point they opened up their home in White Township, called The Rambles, for painting sessions. And that, in 1930, was the first meeting of the group that in 1943 became the Indiana Art Association. The group of local artists met regularly to paint, modeling for each other. Their first exhibit of oil and watercolor paintings was held in 1932 in the Crystal Room of the Moore Hotel. In 1936, the group reorganized as a sketch club of 23 people meeting at art teacher Paul Smay’s home. Humorously calling themselves “The Art and Hamburger Society,” their second show was held in 1940 at the Indiana Library. In addition to paintings, it included sculpture, etching, weaving, jewelry and other crafts.
The group met in many places over the years: The Indiana Library (1940); Alex Stewart’s (Jimmy’s father) “Art Barn” in the rear of his hardware store (1950s); the Art Center (“Catawba House”) on the corner of College Avenue and Maple Street (starting in 1954); the art room of the Indiana Senior High School (April-December 1987); Dr. Kipp’s home named “Studio 635” on Church Street (December 1987-April 1991); the Indiana County Courthouse Annex on Water Street (1991-1999); Studio 405 and Gallery 406 on the fourth floor of the Indiana Theater Building, 637 Philadelphia St. (starting in 2000). As of 2010, IAA has continued in Studio 405. A suggestion by Dr. Kipp in the minutes of a March 12, 1951, meeting marks the first mention to “start a fund with an art center as a goal for the future.” Throughout the 1950s records exist of a “building fund” which was passionately built up by Ralph Reynolds in subsequent years and is still held in savings today. IAA exhibits have been hosted in locations such as McElhaney Hall on the then-named Indiana State College campus (1960); Indiana County Court House (1972-73); Kipp Gallery, Sprowls Hall, IUP (1974-76); Indiana Free Library (1980); Hoss’s Restaurant (1989); New Dean’s Restaurant (starting 1991); National Bank of the Commonwealth (50th Winners 29
Exhibit 1991); the Old Courthouse (2005); and the Indiana County Historical Museum (starting 2006). By the 16th Annual Spring Show in 1957, membership had grown to about 60. The organization gained support from local businesses, patrons and Friends of the Arts, naming awards in their honor or memory. It hosted classes and workshops, Junior Art Shows, dinner events, and Everyman Exhibits (19731976). Membership reached 90 artists by 1991, as recorded in the 50th Anniversary Winners Exhibit program. In 1993, the annual exhibition program noted that the Indiana Art Association participated in the New Growth Arts Festival. When the New Growth Arts Festival was disbanded in 2007, the Indiana Art Association partnered with the Indiana County Historical Society to continue the Open Arts Show each fall.
YOUTH ARTS CAMP Youth Arts Camp is open to students from first grade through the senior high (the grade the student has just finished). Students will be grouped 1st & 2nd, 3rd & 4th, 5th & 6th and 7th -12th. Art, music, and theater are offered. Students may sign up for individual classes or the entire day. We will provide a supervised snack and restroom break between elementary classes; students staying the whole day should pack a lunch. Grades 7-12 are on their own for lunch.
The association began awarding student scholarships in 1978. The Student Art Scholarship is still awarded yearly to an Indiana County high school senior who will go on to higher education in art. IAA has sponsored a summer Arts Camp (art, music and theater) for students K-12 since 2001. With 120 members today, the Indiana Art Association continues to hold classes, meetings, artist demonstrations, studio sessions, critiques, solo and small-group exhibitions, and two judged shows each year; the Spring Show for members, and the Open Arts Exhibit for artists and aspiring artists in Indiana County. Many IAA artists actively exhibit in regional competitions outside the local area. (Compiled by Julie Bernstein Engelmann, thanks to research by IAA archivist Barbara L. Fritsch in her book “The Indiana Art Association Through the Years” (2010), and facts Ms. Fritsch verified from a history found in the 50th Year IAA Winners Exhibit program (1991) and a history written by Linda Gibson in 2004 that appeared on IAA’s website 2005-2010.) Courtesy: Indiana Art Association 30
For more information or registration forms check out our website indianapaartassociation.org, or call Trish Dodson (724) 465-9322.
Groups ARTSPATH
indianaartscouncil.org ArtsPath services a five-county region, including Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, and Jefferson counties, in addition to the DuBois Area School District in Clearfield County. The work involves placing high-quality, professionally active visual, performing, media and literary artists in educational settings for extended, in-depth residency activities.
A host of regional educators, education administrators and community leaders serve on an advisory committee.
Further work of the partnership includes arts-in-education advocacy regionally, statewide and nationally; providing artists and teachers personal educational opportunities; and promoting community outreach. Administered through the IUP College of Fine Arts, the program is directed through a consortium of regional concerns, including the Indiana Arts Council, ARIN Intermediate Unit 28, Associated Artists of Butler County, Slippery Rock University College of Humanities and Fine and Performing Arts, and the IUP College of Education and Education Technology.
Through a consortium of area educators, administrators, students, residents and civic leaders, and with resources available within the community and through Indiana University of Pennsylvania, ArtsPath maintains a communicative partnership that promotes quality arts experiences, establishing the use of the arts in education crossing all curricula as a priority, offering regional AIE services, generating communitywide and regional support, and advocating the arts classroom teacher as integral to a student’s complete education.
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irrespective of prior arts exposure. The IAC enjoys, and intends to continue, a cooperative relationship with Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana County’s principal cultural resource. IAC promotes excellence and diversity of local arts presentations through assistance and support to independent arts organizations. Guided by a 15-member board of directors and administered by an executive director, the IAC depends upon membership fees as a primary source of income.
INDIANA ARTS COUNCIL
Additional funding is received from the National Endowment for the Arts, the
The Indiana Arts Council, a nonprofit corporation, fosters the creation and greater appreciation of the fine, creative and performing arts in Indiana County. Our constituency includes all of the residents of the Indiana County area,
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, private foundations, corporate sponsorships, and various projects. Additionally, AmeriCorps’ Pennsylvania Mountain Service Corps sponsors a yearlong Volunteer Coordinator position to aid in public outreach.
indianaartscouncil.org
Be Inspired by the Visual and Performing Arts Alive in Indiana County! The Tourist Bureau of Indiana County Welcomes the Governor’s Awards for the Arts 2014!
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ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF PITTSBURGH http://www.aapgh.org
The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh is an artist-run organization with more than 500 artist members living within a 150-mile radius of Pittsburgh.
BLAIR COUNTY ARTS FOUNDATION
The Blair County Arts Foundation http://mishlertheatre.org Through its ownership of the Mishler Theatre, the Blair County Arts Foundation is preserving one of the remaining links to the area’s cultural past.
The group represents the full range of visual arts talent, from traditional painting and sculpture to installation and new media. AAP is one of the most esteemed artist-member organizations in the country, having produced a major museum exhibition of members’ work
This grand facility has served as the area’s performing arts center since 1906 and is currently home to Allegheny Ballet Company, Altoona Community Theatre, Altoona Symphony Orchestra and the Blair Concert Chorale. Renowned featured artists like Mandy Patinkin join the impressive roster of Mishler stars that includes greats Sara Bernhardt, Ethel Barrymore, Al Jolsen, Helen Hayes, Anna Pavolwa and John Phillip Sousa. National touring company productions have energized audiences and continue to uphold the Mishler’s rich tradition of live theatrical experiences.
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every year for more than 100 years.
THE ARTISTS HAND GALLERY 732 Philadelphia St. (724) 463-8710
The Artists Hand Gallery is the place to come in Indiana County to find local artwork. Dedicated to promoting quality and original artwork by emerging and established artists in Indiana County and the surrounding region, the gallery is a part of a larger enterprise that includes a retail space for visual arts, a show space, a performing arts space and a space for educational opportunities in the arts as well as a great espresso bar. The Artists Hand offers workshops for children and adults that focus on the creative process and personal expression.
IUP UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
Indiana University Museum John Sutton Hall, 1011 South Drive Indiana, PA 15705 (724) 357-2397 http://www.arts.iup.edu/museum The IUP University Museum is located in John Sutton Hall, a beautifully restored and nationally registered historic landmark built in 1875. The museum 34
brings the material history and arts of the region together in an environment that encourages exploration, dialogue and enjoyment. This mandate is based on the belief that art and history are unbounded and essential to our understanding of who we were, who we are and who we want to be. The museum is dedicated to providing leadership in the development of quality collections, exhibitions and educational and public programs that challenge how we see ourselves and the social and natural world in which we live. In addition to regular exhibits throughout the year housed in its permanent exhibit space in Sutton Hall, the museum provides smaller exhibits throughout the campus and community with short- and long-term displays. Courtesy: IUP University Museum
INDIANA FREE LIBRARY Ninth and Philadelphia streets (724) 465-8841 www.indianafreelibrary.org
In 1901 a women’s civic organization was formed from a group of 25 women who had a high literary interest. This civic group was and is still today known as the New Century Club. In 1904 they established a Reading Room above Graff’s Market on North Sixth Street in Indiana. This room consisted of one bookshelf made of packing boxes from the H.C. Christy Shoe Store. In 1908 the reading room needed more space and moved across the street to the Wissell building. The growth of the reading room proved a need for a trained librarian. On Feb. 13, 1908, the NCC sponsored a book social to acquaint the community with the idea for a library to be established in the community center. But it wasn’t until 1926 that the reading room was reorganized and became known as the Indiana Free Library. In 1930 the Indiana Free Library moved to the McCartney Homestead of SE Corner
of North Eighth and Water streets in Indiana, and Indiana Borough began to fund the library. In 1934 the Indiana Free Library moved to the community center, which is its present location. Today, the Indiana Free Library has approximately 88,000 holdings and services 32,924 patrons. The library currently offers children and adult programming on a regular basis. Also, the library offers free public access to the Internet, and it offers gallery space for artists. Courtesy: Indiana Free Library
LATROBE ART CENTER 819 Ligonier St. Latrobe, PA 15650 (724) 537-7011
Latrobe Art Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, opened its doors on June 15, 2002. Nancy Rogers Crozier and the late Elizabeth Hazlett had a vision
to create an art center in the heart of downtown Latrobe, where local artists could exhibit their work. Within a decade, the Latrobe Art Center has become the hub of activity by reaching out to the community and encouraging everyone to share in the creative process. The center is known for its education programs, community involvement, quality artwork and the Neighborhood Cafe. Latrobe Art Center is a membership gallery that provides the opportunity for artists to display and market their work by exhibiting six times a year. Nonmembers may exhibit and sell their work for a two-month period in our Featured Artist Section. Visitors to the center will find a variety of artwork in all media, including oil, acrylic, watercolor, pen and ink drawings all professionally displayed and ready for purchase. Beautiful stained glass, jewelry, pottery, woodwork and fiber art are also available. Courtesy: Latrobe Art Center
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ART WORKS/BOTTLE WORKS IN JOHNSTOWN 411 Third Ave. Johnstown, PA 15906 (814) 536-5399 www.bottleworks.org
The Bottle Works and Art Works in Johnstown merged as one entity in January 2014. Now, the once separate companies exist as one dynamic arts organization operating two cultural centers on Third Avenue in the historic cultural district of Cambria City. The original building is 7,500 square feet, with a pristine black box — excellent for a multitude of programming needs — a gallery, a teaching kitchen, several offices and several artist studio spaces. The second building, 18,000 square feet, was a former industrial building, and lends itself perfectly to large format art, bigger concerts, large classroom spaces and studios that artists rent. It also boasts a Gallery Shoppe, full of regional artists’ work. Each calendar year, both facilities are booked with exhibits, educational programming, heritage celebrations and community projects. The two buildings form an arts campus, and the visitor total is between 7,500 and 10,000 people a year.
THE SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES MUSEUM OF ART www.sama-art.org
The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art is a community art museum founded in 1976. SAMA successfully operates the nation’s longest-running museum satellite system with four museum facilities in the southwestern Pennsylvania cities of Altoona, Johnstown, Ligonier and Loretto. The museum maintains a permanent collection of more than 4,000 works of local, regional, national and international artists. SAMA’s four museums offer awardwinning education programs, special events and approximately two dozen exhibitions annually. The museums are: v SAMA Altoona, 1210 11th Ave., Altoona, PA 16601, (814) 946-4464 v SAMA Johnstown, 450 Schoolhouse Road, Johnstown, PA 15904, (814) 269-7234 v SAMA Ligonier Valley, 1 Boucher Lane & Route 711 South, Ligonier, PA 15658, (724) 238-6015 v SAMA Loretto, Saint Francis University Mall, P.O. Box 9, Loretto, PA 15940, (814) 472-3920
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GREENSBURG ART CENTER 230 Todd School Road Greensburg, 15601
In 1929 a small, dedicated group of Greensburg artists began meeting in each others’ homes to paint still-life paintings and to discuss and critique the artworks they created. They called themselves the Kinderhook Group, and they flourished under the tutelage of Alex Fletcher, a well-known local professional artist. The Kinderhook Group grew in membership and scope, and was incorporated as the Greensburg Art Club in 1952, a non-profit educational organization. The purpose of the Greensburg Art Club, to promote knowledge and understanding of the fine arts, was fulfilled through instruction and encouragement to artists, students at all levels of experience, and all other persons with fine art interests.
Classes, open studios for figure drawing and still-life painting, all-media open studio time for individual work, informative programs and workshops, and art exhibitions are scheduled regularly throughout the year. Members and friends of the Art Club donate many hundreds of volunteer hours each year to the multitude of tasks required to keep the center active and running smoothly. The decades-long relationship of the Greensburg Art Club with a former member, the late William B. Rowe Jr., resulted in his memorial gift to the GAC for the creation of the recently completed Rowe Gallery annex to the Alex Fletcher Art Center. Courtesy: Greensburg Arts Center
In 1955 the organization bought the historic, two-room public school on Todd School Road, east of Greensburg.
WEST PENN ART
In honor of its first mentor, the Art Club named the school the Alex Fletcher Memorial Art Center.
The group’s mission is to help the art community of western Pennsylvania take advantage of the Internet to promote artists and art shows through its free website. It is designed to be a one-stop place to locate all of the great art and artists in region.
Today the Greensburg Art Club members continue to operate the Art Center (sometimes referred to as the Greensburg Art Center) under its original charter.
www.westpennart.com
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WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART 221 N. Main St. Greensburg, PA 15601 (724) 837-1500 www.wmuseumaa.org
The mission of the museum is to enrich a growing public through innovative and collaborative approaches to the collection, preservation and presentation of American art. It was established in 1949 at the bequest of Mary Marchand Woods, a longtime resident of Greensburg interested in the arts. This visionary founder bequeathed her entire estate in order for the museum facility to be built in Greensburg. In 1959, the museum opened its doors to the public, and its focus became the collection and exhibition of American and southwestern Pennsylvania art. Over the past 50 years, the museum has assembled a collection of works by significant American artists, concentrating on the mid-18th through the mid-20th centuries, including works by Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent and Winslow Homer, among other preeminent American artists. 38
The museum has also become known as the repository for works by southwestern Pennsylvania artists, including artists of the Scalp Level School, holding many exhibitions and publishing several books on the subject since 1981. This interest caught the attention of noted art historian William Gerdts, who observed in his encyclopedic 1998 book, “Art Across America,” that the museum “pioneered regional investigations.” The museum is a recognized leader in the social enterprise movement in southwestern Pennsylvania. Through retail and product development initiatives and traveling exhibitions, annual unrestricted earned income has increased sixfold, thereby significantly increasing self-sustainability.
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Venues THE PHILADELPHIA STREET PLAYHOUSE 725 Philadelphia Street Indiana,, PA 15701 Phone: (724) 464-0725 www.indianaplayers.com
Home to the Indiana Players, it is a nonprofit community theater located in Indiana that offers western Pennsylvania audiences the best of dramas, mysteries, comedies and musicals since its first show in 1977, “Harvey.” Stressing community involvement, the Indiana Players strongly encourage anyone with an interest in theater to join or get involved with a show.
KOVALCHICK CONVENTION AND ATHLETIC COMPLEX
711 Pratt Drive Indiana, PA 15705 (724) 357-5222 www.kovalchickcomplex.com The Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex, located along Wayne Avenue adjacent to the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus, is 148,500-squarefoot facility that offers multi-use adaptable space in 5,000-seat Ed Fry Arena, the 630-seat Toretti Auditorium, the 17,000-square-foot state of the art Conference Center with multiple breakout rooms, and the 6,000-squarefoot Corporate Training and Executive Conference Center. Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Kovalchick Complex took place November 13, 2008. The complex is named in honor of the Kovalchick Family, of Indiana, who donated $2 million for the facility’s construction. An ideal venue for concerts, family shows, sporting events, conferences, conventions, trade shows, corporate seminars and much more, the Kovalchick Complex has an estimated economic impact of $12.5 million in each year of operation. While owned by Indiana University of Pennsylvania, in July of 2009, IUP selected Global Spectrum as the facility management and marketing firm for the Kovalchick Complex. 39
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Venues THE PASQUERILLA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 450 Schoolhouse Road Johnstown, PA 15904 (814) 269-7200 upjarts.org
INDIANA THEATER 637 Philadelphia St. Indiana, PA (724) 467-2065
The Indiana Theater strives to offer quality live music and cinema productions. The theater manages two in-house productions known as the Smalltown Sounds Series for live music, and the Community Movie Series for cinema. The theater also provides quality production for film festivals, independent movie screenings, large group meetings and more.
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The Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center at the University strives to be the center of myriad programs designed to enhance the role in service to the people of the local community. Among its benefits to the region expanded opportunities to participate in a wide range of cultural programming including full-scale Broadway performances, large musical groups such as symphonies, dance troupes and internationally known speakers; youth programs and senior citizen programs; to attract regional and national business conferences, professional meetings and planning sessions; and to attract additional visitors and guests to the area resulting in a positive impact on the local and regional economy in such areas as hotels, restaurants, specialty shops and other support services.
THE ARCADIA THEATER 1418 Graham Avenue Windber, PA 15963 (814) 467-9070 acadiatheater.net
The Arcadia Performing Arts Inc.’s mission is to provide a variety of quality, professional and cultural entertainment for the communities in our region. Also included are a “Coal-ala-Bear” children’s series and the Missoula Theater Children’s Workshop, both of which provide quality, professional and cultural experiences for children.
MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE 7690 Somerset Pike Jennerstown, PA 15547 (814) 629-9201 mountainplayhouse.org
The Mountain Playhouse, is home for live professional theater. It features Broadwayquality talent. The Mountain Playhouse enriches the lives of the people of Southwestern Pennsylvania by producing and presenting live professional theater, developing new works for the stage and offering educational opportunities. In so doing, the Mountain Playhouse contributes to the economic well-being of the region and encourages the advancement of theater as a relevant art form in the modern world.
SUPPORTS family business owners through educational seminars and peer networking events that contribute to the strength, growth and longevity of your business. RECOGNIZES family-owned businesses at the annual Family Business Award Program for industry excellence and contribution to your community. Go to www.iup.edu/centerforfamilybusiness to see area family business owners honored by the CFB! Center for Family Business - 324 Eberly College of Business and Information Technology 664 Pratt Drive, Indiana, PA 15705-1036
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Venues THE PALACE THEATRE 21 W. Otterman St. Greensburg, PA 15601 724) 836-8000 thepalacetheatre.org
The Palace Theatre hosts nationally renowned celebrities, bands, and touring shows plus regional organizations in a diverse mix of entertainment. It features French Renaissance decor, golden Grecian marble and murals.
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STAGE RIGHT!
105 W. Fourth St. Greensburg, PA 15601 (724) 832-7464 stagerightgreensburg.com A school for the performing arts and professional theater company, the group’s mission is to bring affordable, highquality arts education and entertainment to Westmoreland County and the surrounding areas. The result of this has been students who are finding success in their pursuits of attending the best colleges and universities in the country.
835 Philadelphia Street Indiana 724-349-6112 www.jimmy.org
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While still in high school, Stage Right students have been chosen to attend the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts among other accolades.
LIGONIER THEATRE 208 W. Main St. Ligonier, PA 15658 (724) 238-6514 ligoniertheatre.com
Home of the Valley Players of Ligonier, the theater offers the community quality entertainment and events that appeal to the entire family. In addition to four regular season theatrical productions, the theater features two youth troupe plays plus current movies on weekends and more.
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At Calvary, we value diversity and welcome all in the spirit of God’s love.
Calvary Presbyterian Church
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Events MARCH
JULY
For a donation, public receives a handmade bowl filled with homemade soup, bread, a cookie and a drink. All proceeds benefit the Indiana County Food Bank.
Downtown Indiana “Walk and eat� as local restaurateurs present a taste tour through downtown.
Empty Bowls fundraiser
MAY
Westsylvania Jazz & Blues Festival A full day of musical performances by local and regional jazz and blues artists in downtown Indiana.
JUNE
Bluegrass Festival Ox Hill fairgrounds, Home
Timberstone Music Festival Rochester Mills Several bands play all day, and camping is readily available.
Annual Taste & Tour Fundraiser
Black Lick Fire Company Summerfest Black Lick Fire Department Grounds Parade Friday night and Battle of the Bands Saturday
Country music show J.S. Mack Community Center, White Township Benefits Indiana County Fraternal Order of Police.
AUGUST
Thunder Mountain Native American Festival Lenape Nation, Nowrytown More August events on page 46
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Events AUGUST
OCTOBER
J.S. Mack Community Center, White Township Performances, games, food, rides, animal exhibits, displays, various competitions.
Smicksburg Features Amish baked goods and locally grown apples for sale, festival and food and a tractor show. IUP Potters Tour Tour of potter studios and works countywide.
Indiana County Fair
SEPTEMBER
Northern Appalachian Folk Festival Enjoy the work of artists, craftspeople and musical performers, plus films, workshops, art exhibitions, excursions, and theater performances at numerous venues throughout downtown Indiana.
Marion Center Community Harvest Festival Marion Center Arts and crafts, parade, hayrides, fireworks
Smicksburg Apple Fest
Smicksburg Fall Festival
NOVEMBER
Smicksburg Christmas Open House Smicksburg Refreshments, wine tasting, Christmas baked goods, fresh baked pies and samples of gourmet foods.
It’s a Wonderful Life Festival/ Light-Up Night Various activities capped by a parade through downtown Indiana.
Celtic Festival Thistle & Pine, Route 119, Marion Center
Smicksburg Demonstrations of apple cider and apple butter making.
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C e l e b r at i n g 2 5 Ye a r s o f t h e L i v e ly A r t s !
2014-2015 IUP’S PREMIER TOURING PERFORMANCE SERIES DOC SEVERINSEN Tuesday, September 16, 8 p.m. Fisher Auditorium STRINGS & SERPENTS Wednesday, October 22, 8 p.m. Gorell Recital Hall, Sutton Hall NATIONAL ACROBATS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Tuesday, November 11, 7 p.m. Fisher Auditorium DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT Thursday, December 4, 8 p.m. Fisher Auditorium SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL Tuesday, January 20, 8 p.m. Fisher Auditorium TE AMO, ARGENTINA Wednesday, February 11, 8 p.m. Fisher Auditorium
2014 M.A. THESIS EXHIBIT August 8-September 4 Kipp Gallery & Annex Gallery, Sprowls Hall SONGS, SONNETS, & STOLEN LINES September 11-October 16 Kipp Gallery, Sprowls Hall IRONS: FUNCTIONAL TOOLS TO ART OBJECTS September 13-November 8 University Museum, Sutton Hall GALA: HOT IRON—A VICTORIAN INDUSTRIAL FANTASY September 26, 6-10 p.m. University Museum & Blue Room THE MOUNTAIN & THE BUMBLE BEE October 30-December 5 Kipp Gallery, Sprowls Hall MUSLIM/AMERICAN, AMERICAN/MUSLIM October 30-December 5 Kipp Annex Gallery, Sprowls Hall
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PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Saturday, February 21, 8 p.m. Fisher Auditorium MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY Monday, March 2, 8 p.m. Fisher Auditorium
DR. RICK’S TRAVELING SHAKESPEARE SHOW PRESENTS THE TEMPEST August 28-30 & September 4-6, 8 p.m. August 31 & September 7, 2 p.m. Waller Hall Mainstage
VIENNA BOYS CHOIR Wednesday, March 18, 8 p.m. Fisher Auditorium
THE LITTON QUARTET Tuesday, October 7, 8 p.m. Gorell Recital Hall, Sutton Hall
PABLO ZIEGLER QUARTET FOR NEW TANGO Thursday, March 26, 8 p.m. Gorell Recital Hall, Sutton Hall
AN EVENING OF STORY LEGENDS IN MUSIC & DANCE Saturday, November 1, 7 p.m. Fisher Auditorium
JONES-MARURI DUO Thursday, April 9, 8 p.m. Gorell Recital Hall, Sutton Hall MEMPHIS THE MUSICAL Monday, May 4, 8 p.m. Fisher Auditorium
SEASON OF LIGHT November 15-December 13 University Museum, Sutton Hall 2015 M.F.A. THESIS EXHIBITION February 7-March 5 University Museum, Kipp & Annex Galleries NAME IS THE SURFACE March 19-April 16 Kipp Gallery, Sprowls Hall HIGH SCHOOL ART INVITATIONAL March 28-May 16 University Museum, Sutton Hall THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM GOES DOWNTOWN April 7-May 2 Artists Hand Gallery, Philadelphia Street, Downtown Indiana 2015 B.F.A. THESIS EXHIBITION April 30- May 9 Kipp Gallery, Sprowls Hall
CELEBRATING OUR OWN Friday, November 14, 8 p.m. Fisher Auditorium FAHRENHEIT 451 November 6-8 & 12-15, 8 p.m. November 9, 2 p.m. Waller Hall Mainstage THE TENDER LAND December 4-6, 8 p.m. December 7, 2 p.m. Waller Hall Mainstage HEROES & MARTYRS FROM WWII Sunday, February 1, 8 p.m. DiCicco Rehearsal Hall, 121 Cogswell Hall LEAVES OF GRASS Saturday, February 7, 7 p.m. Gorell Recital Hall, Sutton Hall SOLDIER’S HEART February 19-21 & 25-28, 8 p.m. February 22, 2 p.m. Waller Hall Mainstage BACH & BEYOND Saturday, March 21, 7 p.m. DiCicco Rehearsal Hall, 121 Cogswell Hall AN EVENING OF DANCE & PERCUSSION Saturday, March 28, 7 p.m. Fisher Auditorium INTO THE WOODS April 16-18, 8 p.m. April 19, 2 p.m. Fisher Auditorium
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