Performances and exhibits presented by the College of Fine Arts are listed on the Lively Arts’ events calendar. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at lively-arts@iup.edu.

Departmental events for current faculty and students can be viewed on the individual department and program pages.

Object of Our Affection: IUP History to Be Shared in University Museum Exhibit

An exhibit of memorabilia, paintings, photographs, and scrapbooks from 1875 to the current decade will be on display at the University Museum, September 1–October 27, with a public reception on September 8 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Posted on 8/30/2012 11:01:39 AM

Season Announced for 2012–2013 Ovations! Series

The Lively Arts at IUP announced the majority of what it plans to present during the 2012–2013 Ovations! series season, including two Broadway hits, a Broadway-related family event, contemporary dance, a string quartet, jazz, Latin folk, a play, and more.

Posted on 5/23/2012 10:58:04 AM

ArtsPath Residency Assists At-Risk Youth in Butler County

ArtsPath visual artist and painter Bernie Wilke recently completed a residency at the Mars Home for Youth in Mars, Pa., where the youth created a mural, to be unveiled at the free MHY Historical Tour and Open House on October 1, 2011.

Posted on 9/29/2011 2:36:52 PM

Boys' Life

Boys’ Life is a bitingly funny post-modern comedy of manners, which follows three former college buddies now seeking to make their way in the big city—and with various women of their acquaintance.

Posted on 7/31/2008 6:50:36 PM

An Evening of Dance and Percussion

In a one-night-only performance, this unique production takes on a different beat as the two groups explore the music and dance of different cultures and genres.

Posted on 7/31/2008 6:48:31 PM

Anything Goes

Through a twisted set of scenarios, confused identities, mis-matched lovers, and super-sized characters, this fast-paced farce of a musical sets sail on a path of true hijinks and adventure.

Posted on 7/31/2008 6:46:29 PM

The Consul: A Musical Drama

The Consul brilliantly illustrates the desire of Everyman/Everywoman to live freely, to speak openly, to defy oppression, and to cry out against injustice.

Posted on 7/31/2008 6:44:32 PM

Picnic

The luxury of beauty—its advantages and its consequences—are a few of the conflicts that take hold in this popular, Pulitzer Prize winning story by William Inge.

Posted on 7/31/2008 6:42:29 PM

Babes in Toyland

Based on the musical, IUP Dance Theater, with guests Mahoning Valley Ballet, brings Mother Goose Village to life.

Posted on 7/31/2008 6:39:12 PM

Violet Sharp

Winner of the 2006 Julie Harris Playwright Award, Violet Sharp is about a twenty-seven-year-old domestic servant of Charles Lindbergh’s family that is suspected of kidnapping the Lindbergh's infant son.

Posted on 7/31/2008 6:36:35 PM