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Division of Arts and Humanities

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The Division of Arts and Humanities at Penn State Altoona offers courses in Arabic, art, art history, communication arts and sciences, communications, dance, English, French, German, history, integrative arts, Latin, music, philosophy, political science, religious studies, Russian, Spanish, theatre arts, visual arts, and women's, gender, and sexuality studies.

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Concert: Brandis Ajay

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Artwork by Kevin Brophy

Penn State Altoona to exhibit work by Emerging Artist in Residence Kevin Brophy

“Housewives of the Queer Hearth: The Utopic Domestic of a Feminized City,” by Kevin Brophy in collaboration with Rosa Nussbaum, will be on display March 5 through April 5 in the McLanahan and Sheetz galleries of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts at Penn State Altoona.
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