ANCIENT MICROWORLDS
On Loan from Ancient Microworlds
June 12 - September 7, 2009
Ancient Microworlds marries paleontology with photography to attain an intriguing exploration of past life. In this exhibit, Giraud Foster and Norman Barker demonstrate that fossils can dazzle the mind and the eye. Together, Foster and Barker have developed innovative high-magnification photographic techniques and painstakingly selected the remarkable specimens that make their stunning images unique. Theirs is an ancient world as artfully beautiful as it is scientifically engaging. The microphotography of fossils is complemented by the Everhart Museum's own fossil collection. The exhibit was created by Ancient Microworlds.

ORNAMENTAL IMPRESSIONS: Howard Gardner School of Discovery
June 12-September 7, 2009
Fascinated by the art of fossils or the beauty of these ancient creatures? Check out the works on paper created by Howard Gardner School students who were inspired by the Everhart Museum exhibition Ancient Microworlds featuring micro-photography of fossils from around the world. HGS students use the natural surroundings of Nay Aug Park, the Everhart Museum's home, as their classroom in the autumn and spring, and these artworks reflect their multidisciplinary aesthetic education. The 5th-12th grade students feature the art of paper marbling and hand-colored monoprints with rubbings and found objects in this exhibit reflecting the diverse and complex patterning often found in a multitude of fossils. Through these collaborative efforts with schools and community groups, the Everhart Museum nurtures creativity and showcases artistic excellence in the region.

ISAIAH'S CORNER: Dino Nation!
June 12-September 7, 2009
Let your need to explore lead you to Isaiah's Corner: Dino Nation! where you can find fossils, rocks, and dinosaurs! Investigate fossil records, solve puzzles, create fossil art, and more in our hands-on activity center, designed with our youngest visitors in mind. Touch, play, create, and learn about the underground world captured in our Ancient Microworlds exhibit! Please note that adult guidance is required. For more information, contact the Everhart Museum at 570-346-7186 or email: general (dot) information (at) everhart-museum.org

TRANSFORMATIONS 2008: ICONS & IMAGERY
May 7-July 27, 2009
Transformations 2008: Icons & Imagery features studio art quilts by 32 artists from nine countries. Each of the artist members of Studio Art Quilt Associates represented in Transformations 2008: Icons & Imagery used the idea of an icon, with its ability to elicit symbolic meaning beyond the object represented, as a starting point for the quilts in this exhibit. German textile expert Rudolf Smend, who served as the sole juror of this exhibit, selected work he felt "focused primarily on artistic originality, perfect craftsmanship and innovation," while providing a new take on the meaning of iconography through the use of fresh imagery and interpretations. The artists work chosen for the exhibit feature a diverse range of imagery, all of which use what are iconic pieces, including Byzantine icons themselves, symbols from ancient world cultures, the American landscape, feminine pop culture "icons," and cultural motifs taken from oft reproduced media imagery. The quilts included in this exhibit feature diverse styles of textile and fiber arts, reflecting time-honored quilting, sewing, and embroidery techniques as well as less traditional techniques such as printing, photography, collage and inclusion of found objects in and on the quilts. The exhibit which is on loan from Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) has toured internationally and was curated by Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer.

THE ROCKS & MINERALS PERMANENT GALLERY RE-OPENS
Opened November 2008
The Rocks & Minerals Gallery reinterprets and presents a new and improved version of the “Rocks Room,” a well-known and beloved exhibit that was retired more than a decade ago. Created in the 1950s, the original “Rocks Room” was a small closet gallery featuring “glow-in-the-dark” rocks. It was a must-see experience for children from throughout Northeast Pennsylvania who visited during the 1960s and 1970s, and remained the most popular element of the Museum into the 1980s. The reopening of this permanent gallery cements the Everhart Museum's commitment to featuring more of its natural sciences collection and awakening the wonder and magic of museums in the child still found in all of us.