Featured Exhibit
Family Tree
Family Tree brings together the work of four sisters to "talk about trees." As curators, painters, photographers and writers, we portray trees in conditions in and outside of human care and conflict. Genealogical roots and botanical roots intertwine.
In its beauty and force, "nature" is often regarded as benign and apolitical. We do not expect trees to assume editorial stances or embody ideologies. Whether bombed or irradiated, contained, or marginalized, in underground union or standing in persistence, trees and their representations can offer solace and space—for the necessity of talking, listening, and learning.
Family Tree offers both critical commentary and sensual delight in visualizing the tree as refuge and livelihood, consumed and consuming, under assault and triumphant, as historical record, and as harbinger of things to come.
- Elin o’Hara slavick / California
- Madeleine Slavick / Aotearoa New Zealand
- Sarah Slavick / Massachusetts
- Susanne Slavick / Pennsylvania
Susanne Slavick, Tree of Life: Nepal, 2020
Events
Art in Context Gallery Talk with Susanne Slavick; Opening Reception to follow
Susanne Slavick is an artist, curator and the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon University. She studied at Yale University, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, and Tyler School of Art in Rome and Philadelphia. Her traveling curatorial projects include When the Bough Breaks (2019); Marx@200 (2018); Unloaded (2015-19); and Out of Rubble (2011-15). Recent exhibits include those at University of Virginia, Gettysburg College, McDonough Museum of Art, Chicago Cultural Center, and Accola Griefen Gallery (NYC). Honors include multiple grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the 2019 College Art Association Distinguished Teaching of Art Award and Carnegie Mellon’s Henry Hornbostel Teaching Award. She has published in books and journals including: Formations of Identity: Society, Politics, and Landscape; Cairo: Images of Transition; Journal of Visual Culture; Technology and Culture; Hyperallergic, and Cultural Politics.
Free and open to the public. Free wine/beer bar and lite fare to follow the lecture.
SOMA Night Lights
Join us for a mesmerizing celebration of art and technology!
Experience video-mapped projections transforming the buildings of the SOMA Arts District (South Main Street), featuring original works by artist Jeff Dobrow and a special community-created projection.
Be part of this free, family-friendly event that brings together creativity, community, and culture in the heart of Wilkes-Barre’s SOMA Arts District. Enjoy immersive light displays, live art demonstrations, a local vendor market, music and more!