The Johnstown Public Arts Alliance
The Johnstown Public Arts Alliance is working with the City of Johnstown to initiate a public art program. Recently completed was the first phase of the project, a feasibility study funded by the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts.
The sculpture will be made of polished Stainless Steel, have a 20-foot diameter and a bypass circle design. This circle will emerge from the ground, form a circle, and re-enter the ground on the opposite side forming a continuous loop. The nature of the circular form is gentle and the use of Stainless Steel is bold, this being the inspiration for the name Celebration of Life. Click here to view the Celebration of Life rendering.
Phase II is the temporary placement of museum quality sculptures at selected locations in the Kernville neighborhood of Johnstown, which has been designated by the City as an arts incubator area and has suitable space available. In consultation with City officials, four sites have been identified:
* The Route 56 underpass near the intersection of Haynes and Napoleon Streets
* The intersection of Napoleon and Franklin Streets, near Hickory St. Bridge
* Lot across from the Johnstown Water Authority of Franklin Street
* Lot across from the Community Garden on Napoleon Street
Funding is currently being secured for the first site and a rendering has been created.
Overview Rendering CAD Layout (A) CAD Layout (B)
For more information on the Haynes Street Sculpture Project, please click here. This project made possible by Pittsburgh 250 Community Connections.
Questions? Please contact Cindy and John Stallings at 814.255.5013 or johnandcindy.stallings@atlanticbb.net, Jim White at 814.536.3556 or Renée Daly at 814.536.8616.
Tax-deductible donations can be made to:
Johnstown Sculpture Project
413 Third Avenue
Johnstown, PA 15906-2705
Cultural Assets
Allegheny Highlands Regional Theatre is located in a wooded area overlooking Cresson Lake, presents their summer theatre productions in a pre–Civil War barn located in near by Cresson.
Arcadia Performing Arts in Windber offers year–round quality performance in a beautifully restored turn–of–the–Century vaudeville theatre.
Band of Brothers Shakespeare Company is dedicated to educational enrichment of both actor and community through the production of classic theater in the Laurel Highlands Region.
BOTTLE WORKS Ethnic Arts Center is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the cultural diversity of the peoples of this region through their Arts. The former industrial building hosts 4–6 annual celebrations of heritage and tradition through exhibits and support activities.
Community Arts Center offers a variety of programs including exhibits and crafts. Coordinates the popular Labor Day Loghouse Arts Festival, Festival of the Trees, Holly Bazaar, and Book Fair Bonanza.
Johnstown Concert Ballet is a school dedicated to the teaching of classical ballet. The Company performs an annual "Nutcracker" and smaller performances and workshops.
Johnstown FolkFest is a huge free festival staged every Labor Day and featuring the tops in Folk entertainment and ethnic foods.
Johnstown Area Heritage Association showcases the Johnstown stories in three distinct facilities:
- Flood Museum – stunning exhibits and an Academy Award winning movie captures the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
- Discovery Center – America through Immigrant eyes. The Center tells the national story in a local context.
- Wagner Ritter House – interpretive museum housed in the home of two steel–working families; demonstrates how they lived and even what they planted in German raised–bed gardens.
Johnstown Symphony Orchestra provides live performances of high–quality classical orchestral music, featuring local, regional, and internationally known artists to the broadest possible diverse audience.
Mountain Playhouse of Jennerstown is the oldest performing stock theatre in Pennsylvania. The productions in the restored gristmill are Broadway quality throughout the season.
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown offers the opportunity to explore and create Arts in a magnificent 900–seat theatre.
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA) with Loretto as a Main Museum and two other sites–Ligonier and Altoona. SAMA strives to preserve and exhibit American Arts and is dedicated to making its educational programs and art programs accessible to all.
Tom Menna/NAACP Productions recruits local minority propular to create a major Mother's Day production.