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Altoona
Artists of the 21st Century
artwork by grade-school students in the six counties SAMA serves
in the Wolf and Pechter Galleries and Detwiler Education Center
January 31, 2025 – April 6, 2025
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The Museum’s twenty-seventh annual student art exhibition will be displayed at Altoona, Ligonier, Bedford, and Johnstown. Held in conjunction with National Youth Art Month, the exhibition is open to schools that participate in SAMA’s Arts-in-Education or Artist-in-Residence program. These programs serve six counties: Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fayette, Somerset, and Westmoreland. Through the programs, SAMA educators and professional artists travel to public and parochial schools to provide lessons designed to enhance students’ understanding of art creation, technique, history, critique, and aesthetics. SAMA’s award-winning education initiative is the largest of its kind in the Commonwealth.​
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Bedford
Artists of the 21st Century
artwork by grade-school students in the six counties SAMA serves
in the Titelman Galleries
February 14, 2025 – April 27, 2025
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The Museum’s twenty-seventh annual student art exhibition will be displayed at Altoona, Ligonier, Bedford, and Johnstown. Held in conjunction with National Youth Art Month, the exhibition is open to schools that participate in SAMA’s Arts-in-Education or Artist-in-Residence program. These programs serve six counties: Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fayette, Somerset, and Westmoreland. Through the programs, SAMA educators and professional artists travel to public and parochial schools to provide lessons designed to enhance students’ understanding of art creation, technique, history, critique, and aesthetics. SAMA’s award-winning education initiative is the largest of its kind in the Commonwealth.
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Bedford
Inspired by and In the footsteps of Donald M. Robinson
in the Paula and Dean Lemley Gallery
February 14, 2025 – April 27, 2025
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These exhibits celebrate the works of Donald M. Robinson. The exhibition is the result of two workshops led by artist Recie Dolan and photographer Skip Allen, in which artists of all mediums were invited to create an artistic representation, reaction or response to pieces in the Donald M. Robinson collection ahead of the Donald M. Robinson Photography Biennial. The exhibition and workshops were sponsored by the Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation.
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Wild Realms: A Global Journey in Animal Photography
selections from the Donald M. Robinson Permanent Collection
in the Donald M. Robinson, Ashe, Jerry & Joan Hawk, and Children's Discovery Galleries
February 21, 2025 – June 29, 2025​
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See a collection of photographs centered on exotic animals and wildlife from around the world, including Africa, South America, and Antarctica taken by Donald M. Robinson while traveling the globe.
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Johnstown
Artists of the 21st Century
artwork by grade-school students in the six counties SAMA serves
January 17, 2025 – March 30, 2025
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The Museum’s twenty-seventh annual student art exhibition will be displayed at Altoona, Ligonier, Bedford, and Johnstown. Held in conjunction with National Youth Art Month, the exhibition is open to schools that participate in SAMA’s Arts-in-Education or Artist-in-Residence program. These programs serve six counties: Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fayette, Somerset, and Westmoreland. Through the programs, SAMA educators and professional artists travel to public and parochial schools to provide lessons designed to enhance students’ understanding of art creation, technique, history, critique, and aesthetics. SAMA’s award-winning education initiative is the largest of its kind in the Commonwealth.
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Ligonier
Artists of the 21st Century
artwork by grade-school students in the six counties SAMA serves
February 14, 2025 – April 20, 2025
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The Museum’s twenty-seventh annual student art exhibition will be displayed at Altoona, Ligonier, Bedford, and Johnstown. Held in conjunction with National Youth Art Month, the exhibition is open to schools that participate in SAMA’s Arts-in-Education or Artist-in-Residence program. These programs serve six counties: Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fayette, Somerset, and Westmoreland. Through the programs, SAMA educators and professional artists travel to public and parochial schools to provide lessons designed to enhance students’ understanding of art creation, technique, history, critique, and aesthetics. SAMA’s award-winning education initiative is the largest of its kind in the Commonwealth.
