The University Museum is touring last fall’s successful exhibit “Invisible Threads...Common Grounds” to the University Art Gallery at Clarion University. The exhibit, which includes masterworks from the museum’s permanent collection by Paul Binai, Herbert Olds, Kathe Kollwitz, and Francisco Goya, will run from September 10 through October 31, 2009.

Pittsburgh plein-air artist and IUP graduate Ron Donoughe has offered to create one of his trademark nine-by-twelve-inch house paintings. People attending this year’s University Museum benefit, the Black Diamond Jubilee (September 11, 2009), will have the opportunity to bid on this custom-painted, one-of-a-kind piece of fine art.

The Indiana Arts Council is assisting the University Museum in this year’s fundraising efforts by raffling off a beautiful black-and-white diamond pendant for only $10 per ticket.

Treasured objects and artifacts held by the University Museum will be preserved for future generations with help from the Institute of Museum and Library Services Connecting to Collections Bookshelf.

The University Museum, in cooperation with IUP Special Collections and University Archives, presents “A Walk Through Time: Pennsylvania Coal Culture Featuring the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company Collection.” The exhibit opens to the public on September 15, 2009.

“Invisible Threads: Common Ground,” an art exhibition curated by Vicky A. Clark, opens in the University Museum February 7 and will run through March 21, 2009.

English sculptor Alastair Noble will present a talk at 5 p.m. on Wed., Oct. 22, 301 Sprowls Hall in conjunction with his installation currently being exhibited in Kipp Gallery.