FLOCKS & FEATHERS: BIRDS IN SCIENCE, CULTURE, AND ART
Exclusive to the Everhart Museum, February 1 - June 1, 2008
Birds take flight in the human imagination and play an important role in the global ecosystem. They travel millions of miles every year migrating around the world, and their life cycles, bird song and evolutionary characteristics have inspired scientists, cultures and artists for millennia. The Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art begins its 2008 centennial celebration with an interpretive exhibit based on the foundation of the Everhart Museum collection of birds; the Museum's founder, Isaiah Fawkes Everhart, was a physician who expressed a lifelong interest in ornithology (the study of birds). In fact, when founding the Museum in 1908, Everhart donated over 2,000 bird specimens to begin the Museum's collection, and ever since the Everhart Museum has continued to collect bird-oriented cultural and scientific materials. The exhibit Flocks & Feathers highlights the Museum's collections of specimens from around the world, cultural objects that use feathers or depict birds, as well as contemporary art inspired by avian creatures. This exhibit is partially sponsored by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

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IN THE FIELD: BIRDING & RESEARCH IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY
Exclusive to the Everhart Museum, February 1 - June 1, 2008
In the Field illustrates the efforts of Lackawanna County (PA) birders who observe and count the resident and migratory birds found in Northeastern Pennsylvania, as well as the data and studies of scientific researchers in tracking the habitats and health of these birds and their local ecological niches. Local birding enthusiasts, including members of the Lackawanna Audubon Society, lend their photos and data sheets for counting birds as part of the exhibit. Local biology professors present their years-long research and data from bird-banding and studying various species of resident and migratory birds stopping over in Lackawanna County for the exhibition.

INTERACTIVE: ISAIAH'S CORNER: BIRDS OF A FEATHER
February 1 - June 1, 2008
Explore birds, their environment, habitats, feathers, and more in our hands-on activity center, designed with our youngest visitors in mind. Touch, play, create, and learn about birds and cultures from our Flocks & Feathers exhibit! Please note that adult guidance is required.

REQUIEM: BY THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO DIED IN VIETNAM AND INDOCHINA
On Loan from the George Eastman House, September 28 - December 31, 2007
Between the height of the French Indochina War in the fifties and the fall of Saigon in 1975, 135 photographers from all sides of the conflict were recorded as missing or dead. This exhibition is a memorial to those men and women and in many cases it includes the last photographs they took. The result is a sequence of images that follows the course of the war and the transformation of serene landscapes into scenes of nightmarish devastation. At the moments of intense battle one is reminded not only of the courage of the photographers but of their compassion amid the brutality of war. Requiem not only honors the photographers who died, but also the men and women who fought in this war. It is a compelling look at an important part of our history. The exhibit is accompanied by a book of the same name published by Random House.

While at the Everhart Museum, Requiem will be enhanced by a selection of artifacts borrowed from the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Collection of the National Park Service. To further complement these exhibits, the museum also hosted The Wall That Heals, a half-scale traveling version of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, from November 8 - 12, 2007.

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INTENDED CONSEQUENCES: GENOCIDE MOTHERS AND CHILDREN OF RAPE
Exclusive to the Everhart Museum, September 21 - December 31, 2007
In February 2006, photojournalist Jonathan Torgovnik traveled to East Africa to shoot a story for Newsweek Magazine on the 25th anniversary of HIV/AIDS. While in Rwanda, he heard the testimony of Margaret Mukacyaka, a survivor of the Rwandan Genocide. Mukacyaka was one of thousands of women who was raped during the genocide in 1994 and, as a result of her ordeal, had a child and contracted HIV/AIDS. Deeply disturbed by her story, Torgovnik returned to Rwanda later in 2006 to begin work on documenting the stories of these women and shed light on the heinous crimes that had been committed against them. The result is world premiere of the exhibit "Intended Consequences: Genocide Mothers, Children of Rape." Recently Torgovnik was named winner of the Britain National Portrait Gallery's 5th Annual Photographic Portrait Prize for his portrait of Joseline Ingabire, one of the many powerful photos on display in this exhibit.

This exhibit is presented in collaboration with Scranton's Interdependence Day Committee and has been funded by a group of Scranton-area businesses and individuals committed to the concept of Interdependence Day.

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COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO VIETNAM
September 28 - December 31, 2007
Northeastern Pennsylvania sent many soldiers to Vietnam in the 1960s, and several members of the Scranton community share their stories from abroad during the conflict in this Gallery One exhibit. Photographs, letters, and reminiscences by these participants illustrate different perspectives and experiences of this world event and the resulting impact on their personal stories.

Pathfinders: Forging Lives, Founding Home
November 8 - December 31, 2007
Pathfinders is a three-year initiative by the Everhart Museum that seeks to showcase the families and histories of the Northeastern Pennsylvania. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the program pairs area students and/or community members with a resident artist to explore the lives of their relatives, especially in terms of how they came to call the area "home," as well as to discover their place in the region's history, culture, and future. Under the direction of area artist, Judith Youshock, the current exhibit features the collaborative work of students from the Howard Gardner School and residents from the Gino Merli Veterans' Center.

AMERICAN SCENERY: DIFFERENT VIEWS IN HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL PAINTING
On Loan from Westmoreland Museum of Art, May 4 – September 2, 2007
American Scenery features landscape paintings grouped by pairs or arranged in series so the viewer can see how different generations of Hudson River School artists interpreted the majestic American landscape. The Hudson River School, considered by many to be the first truly American school of painting, flourished between 1825 and 1875. The three generations of artists (71 in all) represented in the exhibition of 114 paintings are assembled from one private collection. According to Judith O'Toole, director of the Westmoreland Museum, "American Scenery's themes of changing seasons, times of day, and weather conditions, inspired artists to create different views. The artists of the Hudson River School shared an interest in portraying different views of the untamed American landscape as reflection of our unique national character, and as a way of communicating universal truths and philosophical concepts."

While at the Everhart Museum, American Scenery will be complimented by works from the permanent collection, along with loaned items from regional collections of Hudson River School art. The exhibit is accompanied by a book of the same name published by Columbia University Press.

ABBY WARMAN
Exclusive to the Everhart Museum, March 23 – June 17, 2007
Abby Warman’s work reflects the inspiration of Northeast Pennsylvania, as well as her winter home of Naples, Florida. According to one critic, her subjects, often floral and still-life, “bathe in light and atmosphere” and her luminous shadows reflect an exact understanding of the effects of local color. Warman has exhibited widely in the northeast and Florida, including the Salmagundi Club in New York.

ANCIENT MARKS: THE SACRED ART OF TATTOOING AND BODY MARKING
Exclusive to the Everhart Museum, February 2 – April 15, 2007
From the street gangs of East Los Angeles to the Maori of New Zealand, there is a powerful global renaissance of ritual and communal body marking. Seven years and 30 countries in the making, Ancient Marks visually documents the age-old custom of painting, carving, incising, or etching upon the canvas of the human form. The result is a revealing look that transcends fads and cultures, combining Chris Rainier’s photographs with cultural artifacts from the Everhart’s permanent collection.

Former apprentice to Ansel Adams, award-winning Chris Rainier is considered one of the leading documentary photographers working today. He is co-director of the National Geographic Society’s Cultural Ethnosphere Program, and his photography has been featured in Time, Life, Smithsonian, The New York Times, and more. He is based in Washington, D.C., and teaches workshops worldwide. The exhibit is accompanied by a book of the same name published by Earth Aware Editions.

PARTS OF THE PROCESS: THE WORK OF PETER HOFFER
Exclusive to the Everhart Museum, October 13 – December 31, 2006
Parts of the Process: The Work of Peter Hoffer is a retrospective of his artistic range and includes more than 70 prints, drawings, paintings, and artist’s books. A native of Pennsylvania, Hoffer’s long-term affiliation with Scranton’s Marywood University is well known to the community and to the hundreds of students who have benefited by his tenure. He studied art at George Washington University, earned an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and completed post-graduate study at the Rochester Institute of Technology. While in school, Hoffer concentrated on refining his drawing and printmaking technique within the idiom of representational imagery, but in the span of his more than 30-year career he has explored many possibilities in two-dimensional media, culminating in his current, non-objective monoprint collages.

Inspired by many artists, Peter Hoffer’s style mixes abstraction and representation in his work. In his early career, Hoffer was greatly influenced by Rembrandt and Picasso in his work, but also credits Matisse and Kollwitz for their impact on his style. Hoffer is comfortable exploring many types of subjects — landscapes, architecture, portraits, and figures — and creating humor and ambiguity in his work.

NATURAL SELECTIONS: JULIE DERMANSKY
Exclusive to the Everhart Museum, July 14 – September 24, 2006
Natural Selections features an exhibit of specimen photographs created by Julie Dermansky and objects from the museum's natural history collection. A Civil War surgeon and outstanding naturalist, Dr. Everhart created the Museum in 1908 to benefit the residents of northeastern Pennsylvania and funded the institution from the profit of his family’s coal mine holdings. The Museum has since amassed a natural science collection of 10,000 pieces that also includes mammals, reptiles, insects, minerals, shells, fossils, and herbaria (plants). According to Dermansky, “Natural history museums have always been a source of inspiration to me…. My photos celebrate the tradition of the naturalists as well as documenting the decay of both the tradition of presenting natural history the way the naturalist intended, and of the specimens themselves. I illuminate the mysterious beauty and timelessness of the specimens. I hope to capture the mysterious quality of the natural history collections, especially those still intact in their 19th-century format, before all the museums are engulfed in interactive displays and multimedia ecosystem halls.” An illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition.

CAPTURING THE LIGHT: MASTERWORKS OF CONTEMPORARY GLASS
Exclusive to the Everhart Museum
April 28 - June 25, 2006
Glass is one of the most ancient of all mediums and it has continued to enchant artists for thousands of years. Capturing the Light: Masterworks of Contemporary Glass provides the visitor with an insight into how artists manipulate the medium with diverse results. Glass in this exhibition has been subjected to a number of processes: heated, cooled, stretched, melted, carved, poured, tinted and sculpted. Capturing the Light was developed in collaboration with Holsten Galleries of Stockbridge, Massachusetts and participating artists include: Sonja Blomdahl, Dorothy Hafner, Sidney Hutter, Kreg Kallenberger, Marvin Lipofsky, Dante Marioni, Charles Miner, Stephen Powell, Chris Ries, David Schwartz, Lisabeth Sterling, and Steven Weinberg.

COLLECTING IN DEPTH: SEVEN ARTISTS FROM THE MASLOW COLLECTION
Exclusive to the Everhart Museum
February 2 – April 9, 2006
One significant aspect of collecting is the degree to which any particular collection represents the depth and range of work produced by the individual artists over time. The Maslow Collection includes over 175 artists, most of whom are represented by four or more works, with a number of artists having as many as 15 works in various media included. The upcoming exhibition will present in depth the work of seven artists from The Maslow Collection: John Beerman, James Biederman, Mark Cohen, Robert Cumming, Melissa Meyer, Kevin O’Toole, and Anthony Sorce.

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