Explore the history of Pennsylvania's industries and their representation in art. Registration is just $50.00 (includes symposium, continental breakfast, lunch and reception).

The symposium will be held at the American Philatelic Society, located in the historic match factory in Bellefonte.

Symposium: 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Speakers and topics include:

• Betsy Fahlman (Arizona State University) – Wonders of Work: The Art of American Industry

• Eric Schruers (Independent scholar) – An Eye for Art: Edward Steidle's Artistic Legacy

• Helen Langa (American University) – Heroic Men, Vulnerable Workers, Economies of Power: Re-reading American Industrial Prints from the Great Depression

• Barbara Jones (Westmoreland Museum of American Art) – Born of Fire: The Valley of Work

• Hedy da Costa Nunes (Muhlenberg College) – Preserving the Black Diamond Heritage: Public Monuments to the Anthracite Industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania

• William Pencak (Pennsylvania State University) – Pennsylvania: America's Great Industrial State

• Angela Breeden (Centre County Historical Society) – Early Industries in Centre County, Pennsylvania

• David Lembeck (Centre County Historical Society, Co-curator of A Common Canvas: Pennsylvania's New Deal Post Office Murals, The State Museum of Pennsylvania) – 1930s Pennsylvania Post Office Art

• Jonathan Mathews (Pennsylvania State University) – The Legacy of Coal and Its Art

• Julianne Snider (Pennsylvania State University) – The Future for the Steidle Collection

Opening and closing remarks by Russell Graham, Director, Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery, Penn State University

Reception and Exhibition Opening: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Wonders of Work and Labor: The Steidle Collection of American Industrial Art
Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery, Ground Floor, Deike Building, Penn State University, University Park (State College), Pennsylvania

Copies of the newly released book, Wonders of Work and Labor: The Steidle Collection of American Industrial Art, will be available for purchase and for signing by the authors, Betsy Fahlman and Eric Schruers.