Artist of the Month
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Matt and Tyler Greer = The Corner Brothers
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By Mariah Lucas For more than a decade, Matt and Tyler Greer’s music has echoed from the bars of downtown State College, where they perform as the Corner Brothers. Toting […]
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Stephanie Gush turns love of art, nature into painted and carved gourds
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What do you get when you mix influences of college art classes, a long-ago job on a local farm, and a love for the Peruvian art of mate burilado? For […]
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Julia Whicker’s Everblooming Flowers
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Author Julia Whicker of State College never dreamed she would start a handcrafted paper flowers business. Although her parents and sister are artists, she viewed her youthful artistic efforts as […]
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State of the Story Creates Personal Connections
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Once upon a February evening, seven storytellers took the stage in front of an audience of about seventy people and shared heartfelt stories about how they learned “Love Lives On” […]
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Interpreting Happy Valley: Photographer Kevin Reilly
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Photographer Kevin D. Reilly pulled into the Fraser Street garage on an overcast and at times rainy fall afternoon. He looked up at the sky and questioned if it would […]
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Let’s Face It with Emily: Beyond the basics
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If you think you know face painting, think again. Local artist Emily Cooper’s new and growing business, Let’s Face It with Emily, is about far more than just a simple […]
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Jim Jackson Brings Fresh Approaches to Traditional Materials
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Artist Jim Jackson takes his creative inspiration from nature and other cultures, especially the indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. A native of Wellsboro, Jackson taught elementary art at Blackhawk […]
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The Intricate Ornaments of Jim Byrnes
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By Jess Wellar As an avid viewer of the popular glass-blowing competition TV series Blown Away, I jumped at the chance to interview our artist of the month, Jim Byrnes, […]
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A Window to the Divine: Iconographer Mary Kay Laplante
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Mary Kay Laplante creates icons in the studio of her State College home using materials and techniques that date back to the medieval era of Eastern Orthodox religious tradition. “When […]
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Jim Colbert: Poet, Visual Artist, Singer/Songwriter … and More
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Bellefonte’s Jim Colbert is a man who wears many hats. He is an instructor, a poet, a visual artist, and a singer/songwriter. He’s got a lot of irons in the […]