Annual Art Gala

Each year, the Art Gala marks the time to renew or become a member of the Latrobe One Hundred Friends of Art.  The Greater Latrobe community has supported the art collection from its beginnings in 1936.  James R. Beatty and Mary Martha Himler were the founding teachers of the collection and recognized that if the concept were to succeed, it would need outside help.  He sent out his Student Council to enroll members of the Latrobe One Hundred Friends of Art with dues of $1.00 a year, a not inconsiderable sum in the depression time of the late 1930s.  The Latrobe One Hundred Friends of Art continues to support the art collection although the number has grown far beyond 100.  In 1991, at the recommendation of Mr. Beatty, the Board of School Directors formed the GLSD Art Conservation Trust to oversee the care and conservation of the collection.  The Art Trust is comprised of community members, faculty, school district administrators and members of the School Board.  The Art Trust assists with the purchase of new paintings and oversees the professional conservation of the collection.  In addition, the Art Conservation Trust secured funding for nearly a mile of museum-quality track lighting to showcase the paintings and to build the Center for Student Creativity in the senior high school.   

2023 Art Gala - November 2, 2023 (Tickets are $25 per person) 

The Hundred Friends of Art Membership Information:

Past Gala Honorees