2021

Reflection / Absorption // Joshua Leff
Almost Endless // Group Exhibition
Artists in Our Midst // Group Exhibition
Feral Grounds // Evan Lovett
Our Backyard // Sam Dietze
The Vibrant Indefinite // Michael Allison and Tony Porter
A Glorious Tradition // Group Exhibition with featured artist Alex Hess

Feral Grounds

An installation of six murals and site-specific paintings by Philadelphia-based artist Evan Lovett.

Evan Lovett was born blind into a world of nothing but indistinguishable, muted tones and sharp sounds. As a small child his eyes, not knowing their limitations, clumsily scanned the terrain around him, finding only blurred edges and unremarkable colors, a fault that was not his own. As a boy, he struggled to fill in the blanks of the world around him and was forced to do so creatively. When his clinical lack of vision was discovered and corrected, Evan became consumed by his observations and those new details became an artistic obsession.

Lovett, born and raised in the Greater Philadelphia area, built an artistic career off his continued explorations. For over a decade, his curiosity of the subtle and often overlooked parts of life have become a constant source of inspiration, perpetually fueling his passion to create. From portraits of the working class, celebrating trades and creators of his city, to large scale murals of nature adorning forgotten walls, Evan’s hands tell tales of what his eyes could once only dreamed.

Reflection / Absorption

Joshua Leff’s installation used light sculptures to transform the Wolf Gallery into a space of installation, interaction, and excitement. Joshua Leff is a multidisciplinary sculptor based out of Brooklyn, New York. He holds a BS in Art Education from the University of Vermont and a MFA in Sculpture from the Maryland Institute College of Art’s Rinehart School of Sculpture. Leff’s artwork uses light and projection in order to create environments outside of the everyday world. He uses these artworks to explore human nature in a rigid, unnatural world.

Almost Endless

SAMA Altoona invited artists from around the world to submit artwork in this celebration of creativity. During the pandemic, people turned to the creative arts to find solace and comfort and this exhibition is a testament to the creative process. With an interactive creativity studio, the public was invited to come in during the museum’s open hours to create at any one of the museum’s stations and hang it up on the Community Creativity Wall! Over 700 artworks were submitted and displayed as 4x6 inch images, celebrating the sheer joy of creativity and art making during the