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Penn State College of Arts and Architecture – Units and Schools

Wide view of the glass-front Recital Hall and the brick facade Music building.

More than the sum of our parts

The College of Arts and Architecture boasts academic departments with century-long traditions as well as fledgling research initiatives forging novel solutions in transdisciplinary domains. There are town–gown arts culture galleries and world-class performance centers. Each of A&A’s academic, research, and outreach units shines brightly, which makes the synergy of the whole that much more stunning.

Academic Departments + Schools

Department of Art History

Department Head Elizabeth Mansfield
240 Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-6326
Fax: (814) 865-1242
Contact: Erica Nodell

School of Music

Director David Frego
233 Music Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-4421
Fax: (814) 865-6785
Contact: Machelle Reese

School of Theatre

Director Rick J Lombardo
116 Theatre Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-7586
Fax: (814) 865-5754
Tickets: (814) 863-0255
General Inquiries: Mark Powell (814) 865-7586
Publicity Contact: Cheri Sinclair
Admissions Coordinator: Shannon Ritter
Assoc. Dir. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Kikora Franklin
Assoc. Dir. Academics: Dan Robinson

School of Visual Arts

Director Vagner Mendonça-Whitehead
210 Patterson Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-0444
Fax: (814) 865-1158
Contact: sova@psu.edu

Stuckeman School

Including the Departments of Architecture, Graphic Design, Landscape Architecture

Interim Director Mallika Bose
121 Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, PA 16802
Contact: Jamie Behers

Department of Architecture

Interim Department Head Dan Willis
121 Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-9535
Fax: (814) 863-8137
Contact: Christina Leidy

Department of Graphic Design

Interim Department Head Gary Chinn
30 Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-0345
Fax: (814) 863-8706
Contact: Nina Bumgarner

Department of Landscape Architecture

Department Head Roxi Thoren
121 Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-9511
Fax: (814) 863-8137
Contact: Diana Nolten

Two people standing in front of a large painting of Elvis Presley at the Palmer Museum of Art.
Theatre students dancing and singing in front of a bright red truck with neon lights in the background.

Research Centers + Initiatives

Arts & Design Research Incubator

Director William Doan
14 Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-5126
Email: adri@psu.edu
Manager: Tara Caimi

Center for Pedagogy in Arts and Design

Director Susan Russell
113 Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802

Center for Virtual/Material Studies

Director Sarah Rich
241 Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
Email: VirtualMaterial@psu.edu
Manager: Carolyn Lucarelli

E+D – Ecology plus Design

Director Andy Cole
Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, PA 16802

Hamer Center for Community Design

Director Lisa D. Iulo
05 Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, PA 16802

Stuckeman Center for Design Computing

Director José P. Duarte
Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, PA 16802

Studio for Sustainability + Social Action

Director Simone Osthoff
Patterson Building
University Park, PA 16802

Engagement Units

Borland Project Space

125 Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802

Center for the Performing Arts

Director Sita Frederick
Eisenhower Auditorium
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-9494
Fax: (814) 863-7218
Contact: Angela Harbst
Publicity Contact: Laura Sullivan

Office of Digital Learning

Assistant Dean Gary Chinn
Director Chris Stubbs
12F Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-7447
Contact: eli-aanda@psu.edu

Penn’s Woods Music Festival

Music Director Gerardo Edelstein
Penn State School of Music
Music Building I
University Park, PA 16802-1901
Contact: Russell Bloom

Palmer Museum of Art

Director Erin M. Coe
Curtin Road
University Park, PA 16802-1901
Phone: (814) 865-7673
Fax: (814) 863-8608
Contact: Sheryl Shaffer
Publicity Contact: Sarah Anne Wharton

Penn State Blue Band

Director Gregory Drane
101 Blue Band Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-3982
Contact: Wanda Hockenberry

Penn State Centre Stage

Producing Artistic Director Rick J Lombardo
116 Theatre Building
University Park, PA 16802-1901
Phone: (814) 863-0493
Fax: (814) 865-3645
Publicity Contact: Cheri Sinclair

Woskob Family Gallery

146 S Allen Street
State College, PA 16801
Phone: (814) 865-4710

A close up view of a machine project, featuring a cylindrical piece of glass that magnifies the metal framework as you look through it.
The back of a music student in a black and white striped shirt playing her cello during rehearsal.
Guests looking at a series of student artwork displayed on a gallery wall during the undergraduate juried show at Zoller Gallery.
A female student displaying her project on her computer while discussing it with two male students.
A scene from the musical Caroline, or Change. A group of actors are holding hands dancing around a dinner table during a Chanukah party.
An architecture student speaking with a company during a career fair at Stuckeman Family Building.
A beautiful satin gold and peach tapestry patterned dress with full sleeves adorned with ribbon and ruffles.
A student looking at various framed artwork displayed along a gallery wall.
School of Music piano soloist performance.
Full wall display of landscape architecture plans created by students, showcasing a rendered map of the world connecting parts of the world to the project renderings with string.
A&A is committed to artistic and scholarly creativity, research, and the preparation of specialized practitioners in all of the arts and design disciplines.