Woskob Gallery in State College hosts community art event

STATE COLLEGE — The Woskob Family Gallery will host a community art-making event — ‘Wall to Wall: A Community Drawing Project’ — from 1 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31.

All members of the community are welcome. Participants are invited to contribute to a wall drawing visualizing their resolutions for the upcoming year.

The piece will remain on display through Tuesday, Jan. 10.

Visitors can immortalize their fun night at the art-themed New Year’s Eve photo booth set up in the gallery.

In addition to the events in the gallery, there will be performances throughout the day and evening in the theater adjacent to the gallery. The shows are open to anyone with a $10 First Night button, and are free to children 12 and younger.

At 2 p.m., flautist Naomi Seidman and cellist Jonathan Dexter will perform. Yang Xiao Di, senior instructor from the renowned National Circus Project, will perform at 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

For more information about First Night and purchasing buttons, visit www.firstnightstatecollege.com.

The Woskob Family Gallery is a contemporary art space in downtown State College that brings a program of exhibitions and events to central Pennsylvania. Run by Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture, the gallery serves as a laboratory for exploring how the arts can catalyze creative place-making.

The Woskob Family Gallery is located at 146 S. Allen St., State College.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays.

For more information, contact program manager Haley Finnegan at hbs131@psu.edu or (814) 863-5353, or visit www.woskobfamilygallery.psu.edu.