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Boca Raton Public Library from page 4 Mental Health Awareness; The whole family is also invited to participate in an
Boca Public Library Hosts Finding Relief for Common Foot and Ankle Conditions; interactive presentation offered by the Ruth & Norman
Rales Jewish Community Center called “Bullying
Achieving Optimal Health, One Healthy Habit at a Time;
Health and Wellness Week, CBD and Medical Marijuana: What You Need to Know; Awareness.” Attendees will learn what bullying is, and what
they can do when bullying occurs online or face-to-face.
Smart Homes for Health;
October 1st – 6th Chinese Herbal Medicine Demystified; This program takes place on Sunday, October 6th, at the
Sun Safety and Skin Cancer Prevention; Downtown Library from 1:00–2:00 pm.
People frequently seek out the library for educational Conscious Aging for a Happy Life; “Libraries across the country have been advancing
materials and information about services related to health What’s the Deal with a Plant-Based Diet? health literacy in their communities,” notes Joleen Capella,
and wellness issues. In response, the Boca Raton Public Reduce the Stress of Caring for Your Aging Parents; Instructional Services Librarian, “and we are excited to
Library has announced a series of free classes and programs Maternal Wellness. bring together all of these resources in support of a healthy
during its second annual Health and Wellness Week, from Florida Atlantic University’s Louis and Anne Green community.”
October 1st through 6th. Classes include: Memory and Wellness Center will also provide free, Information about these programs, and registration, is
Mindfulness Meditation; 15-minute memory screenings by appointment on Friday, available through the Calendar on the library’s website at
Hearing: The Ear–Brain Connection; October 4th, at Spanish River Library from 3:00–5:00 pm. bocalibrary.org or by calling the library at (561) 393-7852.
Hands-Only CPR Training; Call (561) 393-7906 to schedule an appointment as space
Alzheimer’s Resources from The Volen Center; is limited.
Boca Museum of Art Exhibit Probes Mysteries of Universe,

Honors Women Astronomers Who Mapped the Stars

As the world Prusa’s new series of in the 19th century, painstakingly analyzing the many glass
celebrates the 50th prints, created for this photographic plates from observatories around the world to
anniversary of the first exhibition, honor the map the stars.
landing on the moon, contributions made to The earnings of these women were substantially
the Boca Raton Museum science and astronomy less than men in their field, and their labor too went
of Art pays tribute to by women w ho unrecognized. Another woman scientist honored in this
this milestone year by spearheaded early efforts body of work is Rebecca Elson. She was a theoretical
charting a different to map the heavens. She astrophysicist whose research focused on dark matter who
course that stands out was inspired by the life died of lymphoma in 1999 at the young age of 39 and was
from the rest, with a and accomplishments of also an accomplished poet.
new, current exhibition Maria Mitchell, the first “I am especially drawn to ideas and experiences that unsettle
that will be on view female astronomer in Carol Prusa, Cosmic Web (for the and coalesce in my art,” said Prusa. “Seeing a total eclipse for
through January 19th: Carol Prusa in Studio, 2019. the U.S., who achieved Harvard Observatory Computers), the first time, I was blown away by a euphoric feeling of
“Carol Prusa: Dark Courtesy of the artist. international acclaim 2018, Silverpoint graphite titanium floating, I was so moved that I literally fell backward.”
Light.” On this journey, as the first American white, mars black, stainless steel “When the shadow of the eclipse passed over, the world
the artist invites viewers to honor the women astronomers who scientist to discover a pigment with acrylic binder on changed in a way I had never experienced before. The sun
originally helped map the stars as she takes flight across the comet. acrylic dome with internal light, became a sharp black disc, Venus popped out and the sky to
mysteries of deep space. Mitchell was a 62 x 62 x 12 inches. Courtesy of my right was night and to my left it was day. I was compelled
This new exhibition is curated by Kathleen Goncharov, the pioneering advocate the artist. to create this body of work to come to terms with this
Senior Curator of the Museum, and features never-before-seen for math and science overwhelming feeling,” adds Prusa.
works created specifically for this show: meticulous creations education for girls and was the first female astronomy
handmade by artist Carol Prusa using her signature silverpoint professor. At age 29, in 1847, Mitchell discovered the comet Boca Museum of Art Exhibit on page 6
technique. The artist lives in Boca Raton and currently teaches that would be named “Miss Mitchell’s Comet,” using a two-
painting as a Professor of Art at Florida Atlantic University. inch telescope. King Frederick VI of Denmark awarded her
“We sometimes get too distracted with the busyness and a gold medal, and she became the first woman elected to the
craziness of the trivial details in our daily lives. That is when American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
we need artists like Carol Prusa to expand our horizons into Mitchell led an all-female expedition to Colorado in 1878
the solar system, into the deeper unknown of dark space.” to observe the total eclipse of the sun. Her goal - bold for her
said Irvin Lippman, the Executive Director of the Boca Raton time - was to encourage other women into her profession, at the
Museum of Art. dawn of America’s scientific age. Later astronomers honored
“As Carol explains, she has always been interested in Mitchell by naming a lunar crater on the moon “Mitchell
science and cosmology. In the sixth grade she wondered about Crater.”
the Big Bang and ‘how it could be that there was nothing before Following in Mitchell’s footsteps to witness solar eclipses,
there was something.’” Carol Prusa was inspired by the life-changing effects she felt
Prusa combines surprising materials such as sculpted resin, while witnessing these astronomical phenomena in Nebraska
fiberglass, metal leaf, LED lights, black iron oxide, titanium, and Chile. Prusa’s favorite quote by Mitchell captures the spirit
and powdered steel with the ancient craft of silverpoint, of this exhibition: “We seize only a little bit of the curtain that
resulting in ethereal creations that command curiosity. “Carol hides the infinite from us.”
Prusa: Dark Light” includes silverpoint, graphite and acrylic There were many women astronomers throughout history
works on plexiglass and wood panels; light-speckled domes who led the charge in the field of astronomy, but with little
with internal lights and video. recognition. Prusa’s new suite of prints challenges this lapse by
“Carol Prusa is a visual alchemist whose work harnesses honoring these women astronomers: Maria Mitchell, Henrietta
cosmic chaos and makes invisible forces materialize before our Swan Leavitt, Annie Jump Cannon, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin,
eyes,” writes Logan Royce Beitmen in the exhibition catalogue. Vera Rubin, and Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
“Drawing with actual silver and painting with powdered steel, Other artworks in the exhibition are dedicated to women
Prusa’s use of materials defies expectations.” who served as human “computers” at the Harvard Observatory

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