Featured Exhibit
John Paul Caponigro: Landscapes Within Landscapes
A form of environmental art in virtual space, John Paul Caponigro’s works are about the nature of perception and perception of nature. Exhibited internationally, his works have been purchased by private and public collections including The Estee Lauder Collection, Princeton University, and The Smithsonian.
John Paul is a pioneer among visual artists working with digital media. He consults with the corporations that build the tools he uses including Adobe, Apple, Canon, Kodak, and Sony. A member of the Photoshop Hall of Fame, Epson’s Stylus Pros, and X-Rite’s Coloratti, his work is published widely in periodicals and books including Art News and The Ansel Adams Guide.
A highly sought-after lecturer (Apple, Google, TEDx), leads unique adventures in the wildest places on earth to help participants creatively make deeper connections with nature and themselves.
Selected Videos
Events
Second Saturday Family Hour: Landscape Building
Landscapes Within focuses on nature and how we see it. Join the Sordoni Art Gallery to create your own 3D landscape made of mountains, trees, rivers, and whatever else you decide! Jan Lokuta, from the Wilkes-Barre Riverfront Parks Committee, will present coloring sheets exploring the landscapes of the Wyoming Valley. Don’t forget to join us for storytime at 1 p.m.!
The Art of Om: Sound bath with Michelle Smith & Lorraine Elick
Registration required. Email melissa.carestia@wilkes.edu
Allow yourself to dissolve into a headspace of presence with the sounds and vibrations of the Tibetan singing bowls. In this practice, Michelle Smith and Lorraine Elick will strike singing bowls on your body and around the room to help you taste the bliss of a meditative state of being. You will come away from the class feeling relaxed and many people notice improvements with sleep and pain perception. Come experience the wonders of sound therapy and carry a new level of peace into the moments of your life
Please bring your own yoga mat and dress in light layers. This is a yoga-based practice.
Art in Context: Glaciers in Pennsylvania: Evidence from Geologic Mapping and Lake Sediments by Dr. Matthew Finkenbinder
Pennsylvania has been partially covered by ice sheets at least four times during the last 2.6 million years. The most recent period of glaciation, the last ice age, had its peak around 21,000 years ago when parts of northwestern and northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) were ice covered. As the ice advanced and later retreated across NEPA, a series of landforms were created which allow geologists to reconstruct the timing and patterns of glacier movement. For example, glacier advance and erosion formed lakes and bogs, which have filled in with water and sediments. Glacier erosion, and later deposition, created other landforms that define the edge of the former ice sheet (moraine) and meltwater streams that created sand and gravel deposits (glacial outwash). Mapping the distribution of these landforms, and characterizing the deposits, provides insights into the glacial history of the region, while also providing information on the location of viable aquifers for drinking water supply, economic deposits of sand and gravel, and areas prone to landslides. In this talk, I will present a summary of two ongoing research projects that focus on different aspects of the glacial history of NEPA. First, I will present an overview of a sediment core record collected from Nuangola Bog in Luzerne County. The sediment record extends back to the time of ice sheet retreat across the landscape and records the timing of ice melt and the corresponding climate changes. Second, I will discuss a recent geologic mapping project in Pike County that I completed in collaboration with scientists at the Pennsylvania Geological Survey. This project involved creating a county-wide map of glacial landforms and sediments and, using various techniques, dating the age of the deposits to determine the timing of ice advance and retreat.
The Art of Om: Sound bath with Michelle Smith & Lorraine Elick
Registration required. Email melissa.carestia@wilkes.edu
Allow yourself to dissolve into a headspace of presence with the sounds and vibrations of the Tibetan singing bowls. In this practice, Michelle Smith and Lorraine Elick will strike singing bowls on your body and around the room to help you taste the bliss of a meditative state of being. You will come away from the class feeling relaxed and many people notice improvements with sleep and pain perception. Come experience the wonders of sound therapy and carry a new level of peace into the moments of your life
Please bring your own yoga mat and dress in light layers. This is a yoga-based practice.
Second Saturday Family Hour: Plants, Pollinators, and Pennsylvania – Oh My!
Let’s get growing! Join the Sordoni Art Gallery to create seed bombs and your own bug hotel. Pollinator-friendly seed bombs will help you start your garden of Pennsylvania-native species and bug hotels will welcome pollinators and other beneficial insects into your garden. Don’t forget to join us for storytime at 1 p.m.!