MSA MEETING
*** IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING ***
* FEBRUARY 16th meeting is on 3rd Thursday.
* Registration required to receive Zoom Link
IN-PERSON MEETING ADDRESS:
Franciscan Renewal Center
PIPER HALL
Padre Serra Room
5802 E. Lincoln Drive
Scottsdale, AZ 85253
** Parking in Rear of Piper Hall **
"The Drehers - A Legacy of Beauty”
Presented by Mr. Jeff Scovil
Thursday, February 16, 2023
7.30 pm Arizona time.
Our February 16th program will be presented by MSA Life Member and Past President Jeff Scovil - “The Drehers - A Legacy of Beauty.” Five generations of the Dreher family of Idar-Oberstein, Germany have been master carvers in precious stones. The Dreher family were carving exquisite animals for Faberge who was jeweler for the Czar's court at the turn of the last century. Gerd Dreher (deceased) was the fourth generation of carvers and brought the art of animal carving to its pinnacle. His son Patrick continues the tradition of superb craftsmanship and will be the last in the family to do so. The Houston Museum of Natural Science has a wonderful display of the family's work which can be seen there until May of 2023.
Jeff is a world-renowned mineral photographer, author and lecturer. He travels all over the United States, Canada and Europe photographing at minerals shows and for private collectors, dealers and museums and writes reports on what is new at shows for several mineral magazines. Jeff lectures at Mineral shows, symposia and for mineral clubs across North America and Europe including Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Wolfach and Siegen, Germany, Lwowek, Silesia, Poland; Kongsberg, Norway and Beijing, China. He is a regular presenter at the Cincinnati Mineral Show and does the annual report on what is New at the Rochester Mineral Symposium.
He is Associate photographer for Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogical Record and our own The Rockhound Record. He is recipient of 2007 Carnegie Mineralogical Award and 2014 inductee in Mineralogical Society of Arizona Hall of Fame.
Jeff is an MSA Milestone Life Member and MSA President 1985 and 1991.
For 29+ years Jeff has run the Seminar in Mineral Photography at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show® as well as the Mineral Photography Competition. Over 14 of the posters for the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show® have featured Jeff’s photographs. His work has also graced show posters in Ste. Marie-aux-Mines, Grenoble, Lyon and Paris (all in France), Siegen, Wolfach and Munich, Germany and Peshawar, Pakistan. Displays of Jeff’s work as prints have been held at numerous Mineral museums worldwide.
Jeff’s work has appeared several times in Arizona Highways including a special Gallery section devoted to his photos of Arizona minerals. He is also a regular contributor and is on the mastheads of Lapis (Germany), Le Regne Mineral (France), Lapis International and is a contributor to Revista Mineralogia (Spain), Mineralienwelt (Germany), Otoczak (Poland) as well as World of Stone and the Mineralogical Almanac (Russia). Jeff’s first major publication was the fine “coffee table book” Minerals by George Robinson, published contributor to include by Simon and Schuster (1994). In 1996 Jeff published Photographing Minerals, Fossils & Lapidary Arts (Geoscience Press) and is the only book ever written on the subject. Jeff has also written several articles on locality mineralogy for the Mineralogical Record and Rocks and Minerals as well as travelogues on his trips to China, Russia and Madagascar. He averages 23 magazine and book covers and over 1,000 published photos each year.
Mark your calendars and register as Mineralogical Society of Arizona is proud to have Jeff present his very special program for MSA!
Thank You Jeff for your life-long membership and support of MSA and kicking off our 2023 programs!