The Wyoming Seminary Upper School opened an exhibit of student artwork entitled STEM And Art: Changing Perspectives Of Waterways on October 4 at the Kirby Center for the Creative Arts, Wyoming Seminary, 260 North Sprague Avenue in Kingston from 5:30 to 7:30.

Dr. Andrea Nerozzi’s Science-Technology-Engineering-Math (STEM) Program students collaborated with Beth Burkhauser’s The Interdependence Hexagon Project and the Eastern PA Coalition of Abandoned Mine Reclamation to change perspectives of our local waterways that remain polluted from legacy mining practices through artful expression.

The students were provided a tour by EPCAMR’s Executive Director, Bobby Hughes, of the Solomon Creek Watershed in the Wyoming Valley and educated on the rich history of mining, pivotal decisions that came with dire consequences, and disasters that have led to the challenges our local waterways throughout the Anthracite Region still face today decades later after the majority of the mining industry has declined.

Many of the students then utilized EPCAMR’s recycled iron oxide pigments in their artwork created on hexagon canvases to give their own perspective of what they had seen during their outdoor learning experiences.

They painted what they thought should be showcased to help increase the awareness of the state of our local waterways and the importance of restoring, protecting, conserving, and cleaning them up to encourage future support for watershed restoration undertaking by EPCAMR and it’s Coalition partners.

The Exhibit will showcase the classwork, methods, and processes the students had gone through to create the show and will run until November 4.

EPCAMR and Wyoming Seminary both recently received one of The International Interdependence Hexagon Project’s 2019 Community Partnership Award Project that will be displayed at the Exhibit as well.

For more information, visit the event Facebook page.

For information on programs, initiatives and other upcoming events, visit the Wyoming Seminary and Eastern PA Coalition of Abandoned Mine Reclamation websites.

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[Posted: October 1, 2019]

10/7/2019