Palmer Museum celebrating Arts and Humanities Month

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State invites students, faculty, staff and the public to celebrate Arts and Humanities Month at the museum this year. Galleries will be open until 9 p.m. on Thursday evenings throughout October and special programming will offer visitors a memorable experience.

The museum’s featured programming celebrating Arts and Humanities Month includes:

■ ‘Acting Out!’, 7:30 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6

Student actors in the inaugural bachelor of fine arts acting class from the School of Theatre will engage in theatrical dialogues with works of art in the galleries.

■ ‘Date Night,’ 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 13 

Start your weekend early — bring your sweetheart to the museum and enjoy the galleries together. Chocolates and other sweets will be served in the lobby.

■ Student opening for ‘Expanded Practice,’ 5:30 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 20

Enjoy a cookie, conversation and recent work from your favorite School of Visual Arts professors at this reception for the ‘Expanded Practice’ exhibition.

■ ‘School of Music Student Jazz Group,’ 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27

WPSU and the Palmer Museum of Art are once again partnering to present a series of free jazz concerts. Seating is limited and tickets are required. For ticket information, visit www.wpsu.org/jazzatthepalmer or contact Tamra Fatemi at (814) 863-6635 or trf14@psu.edu.

The concerts are made possible, in part, by Fred and Judy Sears and the Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art.

Exhibitions on view at the Palmer Museum of Art this fall are ‘Recent Acquisitions: Gifford Beal in Rockport’ from through Sunday, Dec. 18; ‘The Gentle Satire of Adolf Dehn’ through Sunday, Dec. 18; and ‘Expanded Practice’ from Saturday, Oct. 18, through Sunday, Dec. 11.

The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is located on Curtin Road and admission is free. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. The museum is closed Mondays and some holidays.

Thursdays in October, the museum is open until 9 p.m. The museum will have reduced hours from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, through Sunday, Nov. 27, and Saturday, Dec. 17, through Thursday, Dec. 22. The museum will be closed Thursday, Nov. 24, Friday, Nov. 25, and Friday, Dec. 23, through Sunday, Jan. 1.