The University of Scranton will host an art exhibit Friday, Apr. 5 for “Our Common Home: Landscapes from the University of Scranton Art Collection.”
The exhibit is inspired by Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical letter “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home.” In answer to the call by Pope Francis to “Care for Our Common Home,” The University of Scranton has begun an intensive seven-year journey to become designated as a Laudato Si’ University by the Vatican. The collection features twentieth and twenty first century representations of landscape and nature connected to eastern Pennsylvania. Artists represented include Jon Carsman, Nina Davidowitz, Berenice D’Vorzon, Earl Lehman, Walter Elmer Schofield and Melville Stark, among others.
The gallery lecture, presented by Darlene Miller-Lanning, Ph.D., director of the Hope Horn Gallery, will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. in Pearn Auditorium, Brennan Hall. A public reception will follow from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Hope Horn Gallery, Hyland Hall, and is part of downtown Scranton’s First Fridays. The lecture and reception are free of charge and open to the public.
The exhibit will run from Apr. 5 through May 3, and can be seen, free of charge, during gallery hours.
For more information on the event call 570-941-4214 or email darlene.miller-lanning@scranton.edu.