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The James A. Michener Art Museum marked its 35th anniversary year with the addition of 62 artworks by 26 artists to its permanent collection, demonstrating its continued commitment to representing the diverse community of artists with ties to the greater Delaware Valley and Bucks County region.

Of the 26 artists collected, 12 are new to the museum’s collection, 12 are women artists, and six are artists of color. The works span from the early 1900s to 2020. Diverse in media, the acquisitions encompass sculptures, paintings, drawings, prints, decorative arts, and photography.

“These acquisitions represent a variety of perspectives and generations, reflecting the breadth and depth of artistic expression in the Delaware Valley region,” said Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Chief Curator Laura Turner Igoe. “We are proud to share these works with our patrons and invite our community to join us in appreciation of the rich cultural heritage of our area.”

The acquisitions, which were completed throughout 2023, include:

•“Bloodline” (2015), a monumental sculpture by Holly Wilson (b. 1968). An enrolled member of the Delaware Nation and descendant of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, Wilson is a multi-media artist whose work narrates both family history and personal experiences.

Recently on view in the 2023 exhibition “Never Broken: Visualizing Lenape Histories,” “Bloodline” tells a powerful and complicated story of generational loss, survival, and resilience through a series of cast bronze figures representing multiple generations of the artist’s family, traversing a cut locust branch.

The acquisition of “Bloodline” demonstrates the Michener’s commitment to provide a space for perspectives of the Lenape, the Indigenous people of the land on which the museum stands.

•Eight paintings by regional women artists donated by Doylestown collector Janet Macrae, including work by Theresa Bernstein (1985-2002), Alice B. Doughton (1880-1969), Jesse Drew-Bear (1877-1962), Mildred Bunting Miller (1892-1964), and Clara…

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Evelyn Varden was a prominent stage, film and television character actress from 1910 through the late-1950s. She is probably best remembered for playing landlady Monica Breedlove in the 1955 cult classic “The Bad Seed” starring Nancy Kelly, Henry Jones and Patty McCormick.

Mae Evelyn Hall was born in June 1893 in Adair, Indian Territory. In 1867, the Delawares, once a powerful tribe, had been given rights within the Cherokee Nation. In March 1903, ten-year-old Delaware tribe member Hall, chose as part of her Cherokee Nation allotment forty acres of land near Bartlesville, soon to be one of the leading oil towns of Indian Territory. At first her tract appeared to be ordinary agricultural land, but subsequent development of the oil industry put it in the heart of a valuable oil field, and worth a large amount of money.

The Cherokee Allotment Act of 1902 provided that contests against selections of land in allotment must be instituted within nine months from the date of an allotment’s original selection of the land. Sometime after the allotment certificate had been issued to Hall, Ida M. Swannock instituted contest proceedings whereby she sought to obtain the land selected by Hall. She claimed that the nine months’ contest period didn’t apply to her.

Dawes Commissioner Tams Bixby ruled in Swannock’s favor and required Hall to return the allotment certificate. In 1907, Hall sued Secretary Garfield of the Interior Department to enjoin him from issuing a patent to the land to Swannock, require Commissioner Bixby to return her allotment certificate, and set aside contest proceedings on the grounds that the Dawes Commission had no jurisdiction whatever on the matter. The results of what was ultimately decided is unclear.

Hall’s acting career began when she was still a baby – in her aunts’ repertoire company, with her father as company…

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SEJ Tour attendees grab a photo by the Delaware River at Milford Beach. Photo by the DRBC.

The Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) held its annual conference in Philadelphia, Pa., last week. This year hosted by the University of Pennsylvania, the conference brings together environmental journalists from across the nation and world for a week-long event featuring workshops, panel discussions, speaker sessions and opportunities for networking and collaboration. The main plenary was a Q&A with EPA Administrator Michael Regan. 

Also on the agenda were all-day tours and also local mini-excursions, offering attendees various ways to learn more about the history, diversity and the environmental challenges and opportunities faced in the Delaware River Basin.

DRBC communications staff were invited to participate in the conference. On Wednesday, April 3, DRBC’s Director of External Affairs and Communications Beth Brown was a panelist for the Policy at a Watershed Scale: Local Lessons, Collective Solutions track of the Beyond Extraction, Across Boundaries workshop. Brown discussed the unique makeup of the DRBC and how it works across political boundaries to manage, protect and improve water resources.

On April 4, Brown and Communications Specialist Kate Schmidt participated in the full-day tour of the Delaware Water Gap: Taken Land, Water Wars and an Uncertain Future. On the bus from Philly, DRBC staff introduced folks to the Delaware River Basin and the DRBC, sharing our history and our part of the Tocks Island story. Staff also discussed the DRBC’s role in the region today, especially in flow and drought management, protecting water quality and studying climate change.

Tocks Island was one of the first major projects planned…

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OSU partners with Native American tribes to explore making products and materials with hemp – OPB[]>> 0; // 3. If IsCallable(predicate) is false, throw a TypeError exception. if (typeof predicate !== ‘function’) { throw new TypeError(‘predicate must be a function’); } // 4. If thisArg was supplied, let T be thisArg; else let T be undefined. var thisArg = arguments[1]; // 5. Let k be 0. var k = 0; // 6. Repeat, while k < len while (k >> 0; // 4. If isCallable(callback) is false, throw a TypeError exception. // See: http://es5.github.com/#x9.11 if (typeof callback !== ‘function’) { throw new TypeError(callback + ‘ is not a function’); } // 5. If thisArg was supplied, let T be thisArg; else let // T be undefined. if (arguments.length > 1) { T = arguments[1]; } // 6. Let k be 0. k = 0; // 7. Repeat while k < len. while (k Math.pow(2,32)-1)throw new RangeError("Invalid array length");var n=[];return n.length=r,n}function Call(t,l){var n=arguments.length>2?arguments[2]:[];if(!1===IsCallable(t))throw new TypeError(Object.prototype.toString.call(t)+”is not a function.”);return t.apply(l,n)}function CreateDataProperty(e,r,t){var a={value:t,writable:!0,enumerable:!0,configurable:!0};try{return Object.defineProperty(e,r,a),!0}catch(n){return!1}}function CreateDataPropertyOrThrow(t,r,o){var e=CreateDataProperty(t,r,o);if(!e)throw new TypeError(“Cannot assign value `”+Object.prototype.toString.call(o)+”` to property `”+Object.prototype.toString.call(r)+”` on object `”+Object.prototype.toString.call(t)+”`”);return e}function CreateMethodProperty(e,r,t){var a={value:t,writable:!0,enumerable:!1,configurable:!0};Object.defineProperty(e,r,a)}function Get(n,t){return n[t]}function HasProperty(n,r){return r in n}function IsArray(r){return”[object Array]”===Object.prototype.toString.call(r)}function IsCallable(n){return”function”==typeof n}function RequireObjectCoercible(e){if(null===e||e===undefined)throw TypeError();return e}function ToBoolean(o){return Boolean(o)}function ToInteger(n){var i=Number(n);return isNaN(i)?0:1/i===Infinity||1/i==-Infinity||i===Infinity||i===-Infinity?i:(i<0?-1:1)*Math.floor(Math.abs(i))}function ToLength(n){var t=ToInteger(n);return t2?arguments[2]:r,o=arguments.length>1?arguments[1]:[];if(!IsConstructor(r))throw new TypeError(“F must be a constructor.”);if(!IsConstructor(t))throw new TypeError(“newTarget must be a constructor.”);if(t===r)return new(Function.prototype.bind.apply(r,[null].concat(o)));var n=OrdinaryCreateFromConstructor(t,Object.prototype);return Call(r,n,o)}function ArraySpeciesCreate(r,e){if(1/e==-Infinity&&(e=0),!1===IsArray(r))return…

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LAWRENCE — For the third consecutive year, the University of Kansas will be a host site for the Global Climate Teach-in. This year, events will highlight the research and connections of several campus departments and centers and well as community beyond campus.

Climate panel

Noon April 2

The Educate & Act Series will feature the topic of “Climate Feminism and Inclusive Leadership around Climate Change” with faculty, student and community panelists: Megan Kaminski, professor of English and environmental studies; artist Melissa Hilliard Potter; and post-baccalaureate research education program scholar Vic Secondine, citizen of the Delaware Tribe of Indians and president of the new Indigenous Stewardship Club.

The Educate & Act series is supported by The Commons, the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity and the Center for Service Learning. Register online to attend the public event.

Zine Night

6 p.m. April 3

The Emily Taylor Center will host its Zine Night series in conjunction with the Climate Teach-in, centering the topic “Destroy the Patriarchy, Not the Planet.” During this session, participants are encouraged to create a 5.5-by-8.5-inch page exploring the relationship between environmental justice and feminism for inclusion in a comp zine. Free pizza will be served at this public event in the Burge Union, Forum B.  

Film screening

7 p.m. April 4

Prairie Hollow Productions will screen its new film, “Hot Times in the Heartland,” at Liberty Hall. The two-hour documentary features leading regional voices in the realm of climate change adaptation. The program has been produced by Dave Kendall, former host of “Sunflower Journeys,” along with Rex Buchanan, director emeritus of the Kansas Geological Survey, and Laura Mead, a local multimedia artist. The film includes Leigh Stearns, professor of geology, and Ward Lyles, associate professor of urban planning. Tickets are free but required for the public event; reserve them online.

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Kintzer said it was the first time in her nearly nine years at Lehigh that she was contacted about artifacts. Kintzer consulted two sociology and anthropology professors and spoke with Lehigh College of Health Dean Beth Dolan to decide the best option for the artifacts.

“If you don’t make a decision, the artifacts go to the Pennsylvania Museum of History. That felt a little too distanced or removed from what we were hoping to accomplish here,” Kintzer said. “I was worried they might end up in a drawer where someone forgets about them, versus being something that would be honored and used.”

Dolan suggested contacting Delaware Nation. University leaders signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Delaware Nation in October 2023, signaling an ongoing, reciprocal partnership. The agreement also enabled Delaware Nation to relocate an extension of their historic preservation office to Lehigh’s campus. At the time of the signing, Sean M. Daley, a faculty member with the College of Health who directs Lehigh’s Institute for Indigenous Studies (IIS), said he hopes the MOU will encourage Delaware Nation students to not only come to Lehigh to study, but to start a connection with their ancestral lands.

Dolan said the timing of the find was fortunate. Katelyn Lucas, Delaware Nation’s historic preservation officer, moved into her office at the IIS at the start of the Fall 2023 semester and was quickly able to handle the transfer of the artifacts to their rightful home.

“Honoring the history and culture of the Lenape people is a foundational goal of Lehigh’s MOU with the Delaware Nation, a goal that is further supported by the Institute for Indigenous Studies in the College of Health,” Dolan said.

Most of the artifacts found on Lehigh’s property are “pre-contact” artifacts, meaning they were made before European settlers…

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