Penn State Altoona students, faculty, and staff are invited to an open house at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA) in downtown Altoona at 1 p.m. on April 21. They will have the opportunity to view the exhibitions “Passing Freight and Contours: Land, Rail, Rau” by photographer Stephen Mallon and guest curator Julie Rockwell. Both Mallon and Rockwell will be in attendance to speak about their work.
ALTOONA, Pa. — Penn State Altoona students, faculty, and staff are invited to an open house at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA) in downtown Altoona at 1 p.m. on April 21. They will have the opportunity to view the exhibitions “Passing Freight and Contours: Land, Rail, Rau” by photographer Stephen Mallon and guest curator Julie Rockwell. Both Mallon and Rockwell will be in attendance to speak about their work.
The event is free, and transportation will be provided for those who need it.
Mallon is a photographer and filmmaker who specializes in the industrial-scale creations of mankind at unusual moments of their life cycles. Mallon’s work has been featured in publications including “The New York Times,” “National Geographic,” “The Wall Street Journal,” “Smithsonian Magazine,” and “Vanity Fair.”
Rockwell is the archivist for the East Broad Top Railroad Archives and Special Collections at the East Broad Top Railroad National Historic Landmark in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania. She is a Johns Hopkins University Advanced Academic Programs graduate earning a master’s in museum studies and a post-baccalaureate certificate in digital curation.
To request transportation, please email [email protected].
