Anne's Arts & Activities Blog

Ceramicist Chanda Zea will exhibit modern sculptural work at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Feb. 3 through March 3. An opening for the exhibit, “pause.repeat,” will be held at noon, Feb. 3 in the KOA Speer Electronics Gallery of Blaisdell Hall. The opening is free and open to the public. The exhibition will open with an introduction to the artwork by Zea, after which refreshments will be served. Zea takes inspiration from everyday objects for her artwork, assembling and re-assembling them into different forms, combining various pieces into series of objects that stand alone or interact with each other. Originally from Western New York, Zea is currently a visiting assistant professor of ceramics at Indiana University Southeast, just across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. For more information on Chanda Zea and her artwork, visit www.chandazea.com. Hours of the KOA Art Gallery are 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. F...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s office of admissions will hold an open house Nov. 1. The open house is designed to give prospective students and their families the opportunity to visit and tour the campus and learn more about the academic programs, student life and co-curricular activities Pitt-Bradford has to offer. Registration begins at noon in the lobby of the Frame-Westerberg Commons, where faculty will meet with participants to talk about various academic programs until 1p.m. There will also be a discussion of college academics led by Dr. Donna Dombek, director of education and associate professor of early level education, at 1:15p.m. in Bromeley Theater in Blaisdell Hall. Following Dombek’s presentation, a student life panel comprised of current students will speak with prospective students and their parents to talk about student life on campus. Student ambassadors will conduct campus tours, and Ale...

By RACHEL MANGINI University of Pittsburgh at Bradford “Camp Woodward is like heaven for those involved in extreme sports,” says University of Pittsburgh at Bradford senior Anthony Citriniti of Pittsburgh. Citriniti and junior Kyley Mickle, both students of Pitt-Bradford’s athletic training department, interned at Camp Woodward in central Pennsylvania this summer. Woodward is an extreme sports residential camp for athletes in BMX, skateboard, scooter, inline skate, snowboard, ski, parkour, cheer, gymnastics, and tumbling. If you are involved in the extreme sports community, you know about Woodward. Considered by many to have the best facilities and training program of its kind in the world, Woodward is often visited by high profile extreme athletes. While there, Mickle of Port Allegany, Pa., met 2012 Olympic gold medalist gymnast Jordyn Wieber. Citriniti was excited to have “covered the 2014 Mongoose Jam tournament, which featured more than 20 ...