This year’s Art Gala hosted by the Greater Latrobe School District Art Conservation Trust will honor the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Ligonier Township. The annual event supports the trust’s work to oversee and care for Greater Latrobe’s art collections, which were generated by two teachers: James Beatty and
(Editor’s note: Behind the Art is a recurring series highlighting artistic works throughout the county.) John Kane was both a rough-and-tumble immigrant laborer and a self-taught artist of renown. Born in Scotland in 1860, he emigrated to the United States at age 19. He landed in the Pittsburgh area, where
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In honor of Women’s History Month, the Latrobe Art Center is featuring an exhibit honoring five women who contributed to the city’s growth.
Titled “Remembering Her: A Reflection on Latrobe’s Women in the Arts,” the exhibit encourages attendees to reflect on women who were gifted artists and who also played a role in Latrobe’s growth and development through leadership roles or other activities.
The exhibit features five women: Mary Martha Himler, a renowned artist and teacher; Sara McComb, a librarian; Virginia Daniels, director of Latrobe’s Summer Day Camp; and Elizabeth Hazlett and Nancy Rogers Crozier, both co-founders and the Latrobe Art Center.