The Conference Center at Penn State Great Valley

Join us in celebrating the power of art to inspire environmental action and advocate for a greener, healthier future!Artists are often inspired by nature and create art out of the outstanding natural beauty all around us. We are now at a critical juncture where we need to advocate for harnessing our imagination, wealth, and technology to make our communities and our country greener and healthier places for everyone to live. Recently the Supreme Court curtailed the powers of the EPA to protect the environment, no longer requiring the reductions in emissions that are urgently needed to limit global warming. What

Join FBI Special Agent Jake Archer for a riveting journey into the world of art crime and cultural heritage recovery!Special Agent Jake Archer, FBI Art Crime Team - Philadelphia Division will share thrilling insights into his work investigating and recovering stolen art and cultural property across the globe, including his experience helping recover a Revolutionary War-era musket stolen over 50 years ago from Valley Forge.SA Archer conducts art and cultural property-related investigations, repatriations, and training domestically and internationally. SA Archer is the team lead for the Art Crime Team's international matters involving the FBI's Eurasia Legal Attaches, to include areas

From puritans to polyamory, Professor Rebecca Davis explores the story of America’s sexual past.In the United States today, we have government decrees that there are only two sexes, debates about “trad wives” and polyamory, and frequent references to the nation’s “puritan” past. But in her latest book—and in this talk—Professor Rebecca L. Davis argues that seventeenth-century Puritans are a weak precedent for how the history of sexuality has unfolded in the United States. Into the 1800s, the United States was far more welcoming of gender nonconformity and same-sex/queer desires than we might presume. Instead, a significant shift occurred in the

Join Jenny Rose Carey as she unveils the forgotten contributions of pioneering women in horticulture!Women have tended and loved their gardens for millennia but their contributions are largely forgotten. In this lecture, Jenny Rose Carey takes a small slice of time, 1900 to 1940, and explores the key women who founded gardening organizations including The Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women; The Woman’s National Farm and Garden Association; and The Garden Club of America. Other women discussed include authors, garden designers, conservationists, dig-in-dirt gardeners, and influential women from Chester County who participated in the horticultural movement during that time.Jenny Rose

Dive into a night of captivating films! Discover adventure-filled documentaries that inspire audiences through film, art, and ideas.Join us for an evening of inspiring and captivating films handpicked from the Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado. Founded in 1979, Mountainfilm is one of America’s longest-running film festivals. The annual festival is held every Memorial Day weekend in Telluride, CO. Mountainfilm is a dynamic nonprofit organization and festival that celebrate adventure, activism, social justice, environment and indomitable spirit.Mountainfilm on Tour in Malvern, PA will feature a collection of culturally rich, adventure-packed and engaging documentary short films that align with Mountainfilm’s mission to