SCRANTON — City native Denis Yanashot uses the materials found near the Marvine Colliery, an abandoned processing plant for anthracite coal, to create pieces of art. His work is on display at The University of Scranton’s Hope Horn Gallery through Friday, Oct. 6, in an exhibit entitled “Anthra-Sight,” which opened on Sept. 8.
Yanashot, who grew up near the Marvine Colliery, uses coal silt, burnt ash and scrap metal to create visual narratives to help commemorate the region’s industrial history.
He presented a gallery lecture on the exhibit at an opening event in the Pearn auditorium of Brennan Hall Friday on Sept. 8 at the university’s The Hope Horn Gallery on the fourth floor of Hyland Hall. The exhibit is open to the public, free of charge.
For more information, contact Darlene Miller-Lanning, director of the Hope Horn Gallery, at 570-941-4214.