Still Life

With four guide ropes attached to it, the east-side clock face is raised into position. While it didn't seem that windy on the ground on Saturday, Jan. 28, winds higher up were strong, requiring extra guidance to bring the clock face safely to the Old Main bell tower.

Old Main clock faces installed

Ben White of New Vibrations Audio and Video works on a ledge of the Old Main bell tower, to remove the speakers from the old chime system. The company installed a new carillon system today (Jan. 27) that will play a digital recording made of the original Old Main bell that now sits adjacent to Old Main and other bells of comparable sizes.

New carillon, restored clocks being installed

The funeral procession for Joe Paterno made its way past Beaver Stadium and down Porter Road as crowds applauded on Jan. 25. Thousands lined the procession route through the University Park campus and downtown State College to bid a last farewell to Joe Paterno.

Joe Paterno's funeral procession

Coach Joe Paterno was on the field for the first half of the Nittany Lions' football game. Penn State beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 13-3 on Oct. 8, 2011, in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Beaver Stadium.

Joe Paterno through the years

Katie Knobloch and Andrew Adamietz, members of the a capella group Blue in the Face, shared a candle at the vigil held Sunday, Jan. 22, to mourn the death of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who passed away earlier in the day. Several thousand members of the Penn State and State College community came out to the Old Main lawn on Penn State's University Park campus for the vigil.

Thousands mourn Paterno's passing

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HUB-Robeson Galleries exhibit 'Textural Rhythms' to debut Sept. 24

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

University Park, Pa. -- The HUB-Robeson Galleries will be home to "Textural Rhythms," a collection of 67 quilts created by some of America’s best-known African American quilters such as Michael Cummings, Ed Johnetta Miller, Tina Brewer and Jim Smoote, from Sept. 24 to Dec. 5. The exhibit is being held in collaboration with local and University professional artists, the doll exhibit of Maxine Levin and a club environment structure by John Geisz. There will be a jazz students combo performing at a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 30, at the Robeson Gallery. Admission to the exhibit is free.

Also, Dan Yoder, professor of music, will lead Penn State School of Music Students in a jazz concert at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 in the HUB Auditorium.

Sponsors of Textural Rhythms are the HUB-Robeson Galleries, the Penn State Department of African and African-American Studies, the Penn State Institute for the Arts and Humanities, the Paul Robeson Cultural Center, the Equal Opportunity Planning Committee, the Penn State Music Department, the Penn State Department of Women’s Studies and the African-American Research Center.

The goal of this exhibit is to unite two popular artistic forms of African-American culture -- jazz and quilts. The connection between the two art forms is historical, emotional and spiritual. The quilts, in this exhibit, harness the spirit of jazz and celebrate the musicians.

Carolyn L. Mazloomi is an artist, author, historian and curator acknowledged for being among the most influential African-American quilt historians and quilting artists of the 21st century. Mazloomi, a former aerospace engineer, has been involved in the economic development of women through the arts for more than 20 years. Her organization, WCQN, has been recognized by the International Labour Department in Geneva, Switzerland, and the United Nations for its developmental programs to help advance women. In 2003, Mazloomi was awarded the first Ohio Heritage Fellowship Award. Ohio Heritage Fellows are among the state’s living cultural treasures.

For more information on this and other exhibitions, contact the HUB-Robeson Galleries at (814) 865-0775, or visit http://www.sa.psu.edu/usa/galleries online.