By Marcus Smith ’27, Student Correspondent<\/p>\n
The unsung story of coal mining\u2019s effect on Scranton\u2019s culture is on display now in the Hope Horn Gallery.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Anthracite Coal Industry of Northeastern Pennsylvania: Selected Paintings, Sculptures and Works on Paper from Public and Private Collections, 1829-1959\u201d is an exhibition showcasing the artwork that comes from the extensive history of coal mining in Northeastern Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
Many pieces in the exhibition\u00a0are taken from Richard Stanislaus\u2019s G\u201998 private collection.<\/p>\n
Born and raised in the Scranton area, Stanislaus has a deep connection to the coal industry.<\/p>\n
Initially, Darlene Miller-Lanning, Ph.D, the curator of the Hope Horn gallery, wanted to do a single exhibition on Stanislaus\u2019s private collection of artwork about coal mining and its culture, but it quickly grew much bigger.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to do a show that we thought would represent works in his collection, but we ended up with two shows, there\u2019s so much material,\u201d Dr. Miller-Lanning said.<\/p>\n
Stanislaus gave a presentation at the Oct. 24 opening of the collection to discuss the various pieces included in the exhibition, which was followed by a reception commemorating the opening.<\/p>\n
The exhibition is an effort to bring awareness to the impact that mining had on the local community for those who might be unfamiliar with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody has a story. Everybody knew somebody or was related to somebody that was involved in coal mining,\u201d Dr. Miller-Lanning said.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the heritage of the coal region has faded from public memory over time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was this whole culture that grew up around it, and some of that is still present in the community, yet as generations move on, every year, a little less is remembered,\u201d Dr. Miller-Lanning said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Anthracite Coal Industry of Northeastern Pennsylvania: Selected Paintings, Sculptures and Works on Paper from Public and Private Collections, 1829-1959\u201d will be presented at the Hope Horn Gallery until Dec. 12.<\/p>\n
Marcus Smith ’27, Schuylkill Haven, is an English and theatre double major at Scranton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Marcus Smith ’27, Student Correspondent The unsung story of coal mining\u2019s effect on Scranton\u2019s culture is on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1764,13278,178,180,179,274],"class_list":["post-18888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-hope-horn-gallery","tag-richard-stanislaus","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-the-university-of-scranton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}