The Bellefonte Art Museum is an imagination celebration! 150+ juried artists showing and selling lo FREE and Open to the Public!
We celebrate the human spirit through the arts and recognize the importance of art in our lives by exhibiting and selling art by local artists from our Artist Registry; providing creative enrichment for individuals, families and children; and exhibiting artistic and cultural shows from outside the area.
Open now…
Two Love Stories in Drypoint by Mary Vollero
“I sometimes feel compelled to create something, as I did with these prints, because I want to tell a story. During the process of making art I often realize what it is really about, and what I want to share with others. In this case, it is about the love I have for my pets, it is about the value of loving.”
Meet Mary this Sunday during our opening reception 12:00-4:30
FREE Admission
Opens this week…
“The Calendar of Mary” by Jason Smoyer
This show captures a small fragment of the infinite range of creativity. It is twelve different photographs of the same person. It is a showcase of different techniques and styles blended together then anchored to one person in an attempt to convey the message of human potential. Whether you resonate with the model to adopt different roles or with the photographer pushed to utilize different skills, both leave their comfort zone and face the challenge of creating this series.
Meet Jason this Sunday at our opening reception 12:00-4:30
FREE Admission
Opening this week…
Quantum Dreams by James Farrah
For many years I fooled around with woven paintings - trying to resolve the technical issues involved with weaving watercolors and attempting to produce meaningful images. Working on a way to combine two different perspectives into a new unified image. What I came up with was a technique in search of appropriate content.
One night, after an evening of reading about quantum theory, I had a very vivid visual dream. I woke knowing that I had to produce the dream into reality and that the woven watercolor trick would provide the perfect way to mesh the dream images into visual reality.
Meet James at our Opening Reception this First Sunday, Sept 1.
Free and open to the public.
Opening this weekend…
Soviet’s Fingerprints by ílkay Unay-Gailhard
This project paints the portrait of Soviet automobiles in their second life, with themes of humor & life, and overloaded dreams of profit.
Meet íllay this First Sunday during our opening reception 12:00-4:30
Bees Knees Coffee will provide light refreshments inside the museum.
Museum is free and open to the public.
It’s the final weekend for…
“Cambridge: Portrait of a Place” by Jane Liechty
Cambridge, England, has drawn visitors and scholars for generations. Most are captivated by its stunning architecture and vibrant intellectual life. Few, however, find their way off the beaten path into the lives of ordinary people living within this extraordinary setting. Cambridge: Portrait of a Place explores Cambridge, not as a museum or postcard but as a living entity.
Museum Hours: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 12:00-4:30
Admission and all activities are FREE!
It’s the final weekend for…
Saved by Nature
Colored Pencil Drawings by Maggie Scotilla
Visit this Friday, Saturday, or Sunday 12:00-4:30
Museum admission and all activities are FREE!
It’s the final weekend for …
Entwined Worlds, an exhibition about the symbiotic relationship between humans and insects.
Stop in this weekend and see the new interactive bee hotel display.
This program is free and open to the public during the months of July and August.
This exhibition is in partnership with The Department of Entomology and The College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State University this year for our summer Imagination Celebration.
On display now.
Creative Exploration - The Growth of an Artist by Elyse Pasquariello
One of Elyse Pasquariello’s favorite ways to grow in her craft is to keep trying something new. New mediums, new techniques, new classes. Rare is it more than a few of this artist’s pieces are the same style though most you’ll find have a familiar boldness in color or emotion. She finds joy not only in landscapes and animals, but also capturing emotions personified.
Museum hours: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 12-4:30
Museum admission and all activities are FREE
On display now…
“Cambridge: Portrait of a Place” by Jane Liechty
Cambridge, England, has drawn visitors and scholars for generations. Most are captivated by its stunning architecture and vibrant intellectual life. Few, however, find their way off the beaten path into the lives of ordinary people living within this extraordinary setting. Cambridge: Portrait of a Place explores Cambridge, not as a museum or postcard but as a living entity.
Museum Hours: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 12:00-4:30
Admission and all activities are FREE!
Chapter 2 of “Entanglement” is now available to view!
https://entanglement.buzz/
“Entanglement” is an ongoing digital comic by Benjamin Andrew that explores the web of connections between plants, pollinating insects, and humans. Presented through a unique website, the story dramatizes the parallels between the internet and the biological networks plants use to communicate and share resources. A solitary bee named Mason discovers natural — and unnatural — secrets by listening closely to the signals emanating from plants. Readers can follow the story through each new chapter, and even suggest pollinator gardens in Centre county that the characters can investigate.
“Entanglement” is part of our “Entwined Worlds” exhibit exploring the symbiotic relationship between humans and insects.
On display now…
Saved by Nature
Colored Pencil Drawings by Maggie Scotilla
Visit this weekend!
Museum admission and all activities are FREE!
Entwined Worlds, an exhibition about the symbiotic relationship between humans and insects.
This program is free and open to the public during the months of July and August.
This exhibition is in partnership with The Department of Entomology and The College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State University this year for our summer Imagination Celebration.
Join us tomorrow for First Sunday 12:00-4:30
Let’s celebrate three new exhibitions, the winners of our July poetry contest, and make a “Bug Hotel” in our Makery at the Museum.
Meet exhibiting artists and enjoy a coffee and cookie provided by Bees Knees.
Museum admission and activities are free!
Visit today…
Entwined Worlds, an exhibition about the symbiotic relationship between humans and insects.
Learn more about Leafminers and why they are referred to as “Hidden Artists”.
This program will be free and open to the public during the months of July and August.
This exhibition is in partnership with The Department of Entomology and The College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State University this year for our summer Imagination Celebration.
Opening this week…
Creative Exploration - The Growth of an Artist by Elyse Pasquariello
One of Elyse Pasquariello’s favorite ways to grow in her craft is to keep trying something new. New mediums, new techniques, new classes. Rare is it more than a few of this artist’s pieces are the same style though most you’ll find have a familiar boldness in color or emotion. She finds joy not only in landscapes and animals, but also capturing emotions personified.
Meet Elyse this Sunday during our First Sunday Opening Reception 12-4:30
Museum admission and all activities are
Opening this week…
“Cambridge: Portrait of a Place” by Jane Liechty
Cambridge, England, has drawn visitors and scholars for generations. Most are captivated by its stunning architecture and vibrant intellectual life. Few, however, find their way off the beaten path into the lives of ordinary people living within this extraordinary setting. Cambridge: Portrait of a Place explores Cambridge, not as a museum or postcard but as a living entity.
Meet Jane this Sunday at our First Sunday Opening Reception 12-4:30
Admission and all activities are FREE!
As we close the book on another successful Monet’s Picnic, I want to thank my favorite sidekick for always being there to help. I couldn’t do it without him!
Thank you to all our volunteers for making this an event to remember!
BTW- the food provided by was definitely a reward worth waiting for! Delicious!
Opening this week…
Saved by Nature
Colored Pencil Drawings by Maggie Scotilla
Meet Maggie at our First Sunday Opening Reception this Sunday, August 4th 12-4:30
Museum admission and all activities are FREE!
Some of our happy raffle winners from Monet’s Picnic fundraising event yesterday. I think their smiles say it all!
Another successful Monet’s Picnic!
Thank you to everyone who came out to support us today! We couldn’t ask for a better venue to celebrate art, food, and friendship than .
It’s Friday in the ‘Fonte!
Stop by the museum tonight between 5:30-7:30 for your quick portrait sketch by Elody Gyekis.
It’s FREE!
BELLEFONTE — The Bellefonte Art Museum has partnered with the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences and the Department of Entomology for its new
This Friday, July 26th is Friday in the ‘Fonte!
Tour our many galleries, make a “bug hotel” in our Makery studio, and have a portrait sketch created by artist, Elody Gyekis.
Museum hours: 12-8
Sketches: 5:30-7:30
Admission and activities are FREE!
On display now…
The Mind’s Eye by Joan Koester
Imaginative paintings, simple, bold, and modern, engage the viewer in a visual world that’s both unique and relatable.
Hours: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 12:00-4:30
Museum admission and all activities are FREE!
On display now…
Reflections on State College by Christopher Taschner
This show presents images made in state College, PA that incorporate reflections. The goal of this work is to explore and present State College in a new way. To try to find a bit of hidden magic and extra meaning through the juxtaposition that often occurs with reflections.
Museum hours Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 12:00-4:30
FREE Admission
It’s a beautiful day to stop by the museum and see Joe Beddall’s sculpture, The North Star. 😍
On display now…
LINETYPE by Benjamin Fehl
This set of drawings illustrates how three distinctly different sketching techniques can be used to tell three unique stories about place, all through the articulation of line. The artist explores onsite, time lapse documentation, drawing from the subconscious, and the assembly of pieces. Highly detailed, these works invite the viewer to step in close and appreciate both the complexity and simplicity of line.
Museum hours: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 12:00-4:30
FREE Admission
I can’t think of a more tranquil seat in town. 😍
On display now…
Creating Festival Banners Since 1981 by Marty Edmunds
As an artist, a woman who loves to sew, and a recent resident of Boalsburg, I was so happy to see that State College had a wonderful Festival of the Arts with a yearly banner contest. When the Arts Festival adopted its “juggling jester” logo, I decided to use a jester in all my banners. Since then I’ve been challenged every year to come up with a new theme using a jester as you can see in this display.
Walk by our 24/7 Display Window to see these amazing banners up close and personal.
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Last weekend for our Holiday Market. Shop Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 12:00-4:30
Over 60 local artists and hundreds of original artworks and hand-crafted items for sale. Shop our Holiday Market this weekend.
Check out this quick printmaking clip by Liza Johnson. Liza is one of ten registry artists on display now at BAM.
It’s a beautiful day!
This is the final weekend for “Into the Light - A Tapestry of Art and Culture from Local Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans” Visit this weekend before it’s gone! It’s another great reason to pop in during Downtown Bellefonte’s Friday in the ‘Fonte. BAM will remain open until 8:00 p.m. this Friday, May 27th.
WATCH, the jellyfish change colors! 😍 The Age of Aquarium by Steve Getz and Carol Ann Simon Cillo 24/7 Display Window @ BAM
It’s coming soon!!!
Photographs are mounted and framed. Let the hanging begin!!
Do you have a favorite? This weekend is a great time to visit the museum and vote for your favorite environmental poster. There are forty-five images to choose from and the four with the most votes at the end is summer will receive prizes. Museum Hours: Friday, Saturday & Sunday 12:00-4:30
Slow it down. ⛲️
It’s a beautiful weekend! Take a stroll by the museum’s display window and see our Upcycled Whimsical World by Lisa Cousins. ⚠️ Be prepared to SMILE
Click image to view the virtual slideshow “Questionable Characters” by Mark Messenger On display now in our R Thomas Berner Photography Gallery Museum Hours: Friday, Saturday & Sunday 12:00-4:30 or by appointment
Click image to view the virtual C19 slideshow On display now in our Special Exhibition Gallery April 2-May 30 Museum Hours: Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 12:00-4:30 or by appointment
Click image for the virtual gallery slideshow. “Personal Views” acrylic paintings by Douglas Weirauch On display now in our R Thomas Berner Photography Gallery Museum Hours: Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 12:00-4:30
Click image to view the virtual slideshow. Pastel Paintings by Theresa Crowley Spitler On display now in our Sieg Gallery Museum Hours: Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 12:00-4:30
Final weekend for “Let’s Get Modern: an exhibition of Abstract Art” If you haven’t made it in, visit this weekend before it goes away. This exhibition includes works by some of its classic names like, Wassily Kandinsky, Sol LeWitt, and Alexander Calder, as well as abstract works by local artists and some by important but lesser known artists from the twentieth century. Museum Hours: Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 12:00-4:30 Click image to play a quick slideshow of the complete exhibition.
Turn, Turn, Turn by Dave Kolasa Colors, shadows, and shapes flit in and out of perception as these dichroic discs move about in the light. Walk by our 24/7 Display Window and watch the colors dance.
Click to view the virtual slideshow “Locale” by Tom Rosenow This gallery exhibition of oil paintings is on display now in our Sieg Galllery. Visit in person, online, or by scheduling a private tour. Museum Hours: Friday, Saturday. & Sunday 12:00-4:30
Click to view the virtual slideshow “France in SuperBlue” by Gary Schubert Gallery exhibition is now open! Visit in person, online, or by scheduling a private tour. Museum Hours: Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 12:00-4:30
