Mary Behrend’s art studio has been repurposed over the last 80 years, serving as a bunkhouse, a library and a student lounge. Today, students are again using the space to express themselves through art.
Mary Behrend's Studio was part of the original property that Ernst and Mary Behrend purchased near Erie. Mary Behrend practiced her painting there.
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The Mary Behrend Studio at Penn State Behrend has been a bunkhouse, a farmer's office, a library and a student lounge. Today, Dan Schank teaches art classes there.
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Dan Schank teaches art classes in Mary Behrend's Studio at Penn State Behrend. "There are no 'right' answers here," he said, "and by working more instinctively, students develop a new way to observe the world."
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