Linda and Blake Gall Endowment Challenge
Linda and Blake Gall have pledged $50,000 to our endowment to challenge others to make planned gifts to support the Festival.
Capturing College Avenue
College Avenue, with businesses on one side of the street and academic buildings on the other, is a quintessential State College and Penn State place.
Announcing Images 2017
The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is now accepting submissions for its juried exhibition, Images 2017. The show's juror is Kathryn Blake.
Follow the Clues to the Fugitive
Our sales rep from 3WZ radio, Cathy Brown, called to ask me if I would be the station’s fugitive in a contest the station was holding.
Annual Meeting Brings New Directors
The Festival’s annual meeting in October, where we elect new directors, is an occasion for both joy and sadness. Join us in welcoming our new board members.
Festival “Show and Tell” at the CCHS
Bring your favorite Festival purchase "show and tell" at the County Historical Society at 2:00 pm, Sunday, September 18 at Centre Furnace Mansion.
2016 Brian Ebright Memorial Award Winner
We do our best to recognize one outstanding volunteer each year, knowing that it will take a long time to run out of excellent candidates.
Dear 2017 Festival Intern
My summer as the Intern was difficult at times (I won’t even start on creating the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra’s program), but it was always rewarding.
Images 2016 Award Winners Announced
It's time to tip our hat to the award winners in the exhibition, Images 2016. Prize decisions were made recently by the show’s juror, G. Daniel Massad.
Remembering Dick Baney
We were especially touched by the death last week, of one of our special volunteers, Dick Baney, the father of Carol Baney, our Director of Operations