Hershey Area Art Association

Promoting, Encouraging, and Perpetuating the Fine Arts and Fine Arts Education in the Region

The Hershey Area Art Association (HAAA) was founded in 1995 and established to encourage, promote and educate or be educated in the fine arts in the Hershey, PA and the  surrounding Central Pennsylvania area. The organization is for artists and art lovers alike. We hope you’ll share your creativity and be inspired through our organization events and enjoy the fellowship.

The Hershey Area Art Association is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.  All donations are fully 

tax-deductable to the extent allowable by law.

Regular meetings and art classes are conveniently held at the Hershey-Derry Township  Historical Society building, located at 40 Northeast Drive, Hershey, PA, 17033, near the Hershey Outlet Mall. Ample parking is available.
Come join us - be inspired!

Mailing address for

HERSHEY AREA ART ASSOCIATION

PO BOX 654

Hershey, PA 17033-0654

HAAA Hats for Hope Event

took place on March 18, 2014.

Hats were delivered and a delicious meal was served to the patients and residents by HAAA members.  

Sharon Zook earned her Master's Degree in Applied Clinical Psychology from Penn State University.  She is the President of the Lebanon Valley Council for the Arts and works in design and management for Snitz Creek Cabinet Shop.  She is President of the South Sixth St. Playground Association and won the Jefferson Award in 2010.

The presentation will follow a journey through thyroid cancer diagnosis, surgery and treatment examining how art served to restore hope and control through those pessimal times. The theory of "Flow" by Dr. Cszikszentmihali sheds light on the power of art as one activity capable of facilitating optimal experience by transporting one to a new and more complex self even during otherwise unpleasant life experiences.  Happiness and enjoyment may be within one's control even though disease, trials or other changes restrict how one previously achieved enjoyment.