Library of Life

Art In City Hall (of Philadelphia) and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University   will co-sponsor an exhibit of artworks that responds to the natural and environmental sciences for Library of Life, celebrating the Academy’s 200th anniversary.

Founded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is America’s oldest natural history museum and a world leader in biodiversity and environmental research. For 200 years, the Academy has carried out its mission to encourage and cultivate the sciences, exploring the remarkable diversity of our natural world and sharing these discoveries with the public through innovative exhibits, publications, and educational programming.

In celebration of the Academy’s Bicentennial, this exhibition invites artists to respond to the natural and environmental sciences. The Academy holds more than 18 million specimens – library of life on earth – in its collections. As the institution moves into its third century, these growing collections provide scientists with information on the ways in which human behavior has affected the environment.

This exhibition will take place from March 11 – May 24, 2013, with a reception: March 14, 5-7 pm.

Participating artists will include: Nancy Agati, Karen Aumann, Sarah Bakken, Mary Begnardi, Riccardo Berlingeri, Ava Blitz, Anda Dubinskis, Stephanie Elden, Amy Evans, Uta Fellechner, Lesley Haas, Aislinn Harrington, Rebecca Hoenig, Ken Hohing, Nathan E. Horton, Girija Kaimal, Sarah Kaizer, Mandy Katz, Maria Lupo, Martha Madigan, Julie Mann, Maria Markovich, Elizabeth Miller McCue, Robert John McKeage, Florence Moonan, Elisabeth Nickles, Colleen O’Donnell, Ellen Owens, Orlando Pelliccia, Dolores Poacelli, Bruce Pollock, Stan Smokler, Kathleen Spicer, Thomas Vance, Ted Warchal, Emily White, Susan White, Michael Wiley, Kimberly Witham, Nami Yamamoto.