Galleries will bring Rosemarie Fiore to campus this fall for a smoke-painting performance celebrating inclusivity
Rosemarie Fiore performing at Museum of Contemporary Art and Space 42 in Jacksonville Florida.
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HUB-Robeson Galleries receives National Endowment for the Arts grant
May 12, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State s HUB-Robeson Galleries has received a $25,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support a performance celebrating inclusivity in Central Pennysylvania, titled Rosemarie Fiore: Smoke Painting Performance, by artist Rosemarie Fiore.
The award will bring Fiore to the University Park campus for an outdoor smoke-painting performance in fall 2021. The 3-hour performance will result in three large-scale murals which will be displayed in the HUB-Robeson Cultural Center for two years. A solo exhibition
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Fiore s project will be an outdoor smoke-painting performance at the university this fall to celebrate inclusivity in Central Pennsylvania, according to the announcement.
However, this will not be her first paint performance. Fiore previously performed by outdoor smoke painting at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Jacksonville, Florida.
Fiore also has converted lawn mowers, cards, floor polishers and amusement park rides, with the help of Penn State School of Visual Arts students. These tools will be used in her Smoke Painting performance in the fall.
Additionally, Fiore has showcased artwork like murals in the HUB Galleries.
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Performances
With Penn Stateâs university-wide wellness day on March 11 approaching, the HUB-Robeson Galleries are preparing to entertain and educate audiences about mental health and toxic masculinity through a new show centering around toilet paper.
âFrozen in the Toilet Paper Aisle of Life: Man Up!â was written by theater professor William Doan and Tyler Sperrazza, assistant production manager at the HUB-Robeson Center.
The upcoming simultaneously virtual and in-person performances of the show will take place at 2 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Thursday, with Q&A sessions following the last two showings, according to a Penn State News release.
Doan said his play showcases 65 of his own drawings during a 30-minute telling of a series of funny yet serious stories about his life, of which he refers to as a âliving comic book.â
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