Thank you to all of our artists that contributed artwork to this beautiful Sunflower exhibit. We look forward to seeing your creations for our next multi-artist, multi-media display, “NEPA – Americana!”
Richard D’Ambrosia is an artist that works in mixed media. He crafts masks and mannequins, adorned with a “hodgepodge” (Richard’s description!) of materials and textures. His mix might include an assortment of 1950’s gumball machine toys, exotic feathers, and ancient coins. He designs very unusual photographs, a line of note cards that can only be described as quirky, and paintings that capture the emotions and moments throughout his life!
Richard is the proud owner of a restored 1904 farmhouse that was once part of an estate in Dingmans Ferry, known as Huntingtower. He lives with his husband Keith at what they’ve aptly named, “Roosters at Huntingtower”.
Richard has exhibited his work at The Stroudsburg Arts Festival, Origins Gallery, Art on the Mountain, The Milford Craft Show Gallery, UpFront Exhibition Space, Festival of Wood at Grey Towers, Pocono Environmental Education Center, The Artists’ Market in Sholoa, Pa, Victorian Days in Belvidere, NJ, and craft and art exhibitions around the tri-state area. Richard is presently on exhibit at The Art Factory of White Mills. His cards begin at $5.00 each. To see some of his most exciting pieces, visit The Art Factory of White Mills. New pieces will be premiering at his “meet & greet” at The Art Factory on February 2, 2019 – from 1:00-4:00.
On Saturday, 01/19 from 1:00-3:00 (we cut the event short so that everyone could beat the storm and arrive home safely), The Art Factory of White Mills hosted our 4th “High School Emerging Artists Showcase”. As a result of the impending storm, turnout was weaker than we would have liked, however, the students did not disappoint! This year’s artwork was phenomenal!!!
Jerry and I were relieved to not have to act as judges… It was that challenging! The artists that we represent in The Art Factory were our judges. Trust me, that was no easy task! Thank you to all of our artists that did attend and helped to support these young artists! Thank you Bill Cohen-photographer, for your input as well 🙂
A really huge shout out to art teachers; Kathy Higgins, Honesdale High School, and Justin Hayden, Western Wayne High School. Your schools are extremely lucky to have you on staff! Your guidance and encouragement to these art students do not go unnoticed or unappreciated. The love and respect these students have for you is so well deserved! Kudos!
Thank you to the families that came out to support their children. It means a lot to your children and to us as well!
Thank you to the Wayne Independent Newspaper for the phone interview.
Lastly, thank you to Connor Simon and Wally Life for videotaping this event and interviewing the emerging artists! We look forward to the segment airing sometime in mid-February. We will post the segment on this website and Facebook when we can.
It’s not too late to view all of this wonderful artwork. We will have all of the participants work on display through Saturday, 01/26. We are open daily from 10:00-5:00 (except today, as we are still shoveling out!). First, second, and third place winners will have the option of leaving their work on display inside the gallery for the next 6 months! Yahoo!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO 2019 “HIGH SCHOOL EMERGING ARTISTS SHOWCASE” WINNERS!
First Place Winner – $100.00 gift card to Michael’s for art supplies goes to Melanie Roberts, Western Wayne High School
Second Place Winner – $75.00 gift card to Michael’s for art supplies goes to Shaylin Pugh, Western Wayne High School
Third Place Winner – $50.00 gift card to Michael’s for art supplies goes to Bethany Good, Honesdale High School
Western Wayne Art Students Place at High School Emerging Artists Showcase
Two self-portraits titled “Jet Fuel” and “Made of Dust” and a color pencil piece of actor Luke Evans won Western Wayne High School art students Melanie Roberts and Shailyn Pugh first and second place respectively at the 4th High School Emerging Artists Showcase at The Art Factory of White Mills on Saturday, Jan. 19.
Students from local schools participated. Western Wayne had a number of high school students submit pieces including Maya Black, Miriam Sheehan, Melanie Roberts, Melody Gershey, Dayla Jones, Kat Moore, Rachel Butler, Shailyn Pugh, Abby Burke, and Nina Nerys.
Junior Shailyn Pugh won the second-place prize of a $75. gift card to Michael’s.
She felt proud of her color pencil portrait of actor Luke Evans who, among many other roles, recently played Gaston in the newest Beauty and the Beast film. Shailyn enjoys creating portraits and other realistic pieces. She thinks the one she did of Evans is one of her best. I used to be afraid of blending colors,” Shailyn explained. “But for this piece I think the colors I needed were there in the end.”
The prize money will help Shailyn purchase watercolor paper and new paint. She would like to practice more painting and explained that she loves the challenge involved in creating good quality artwork. “When I’m finished with a piece, I like to see what I created and usually I can see myself getting better,” Shailyn said.
Her classmate senior Melanie Roberts came in first at the showcase for her self-portraits, “Jet Fuel” and “Made of Dust.” Melanie explained how she enjoys creating symbolic self-portraits that display qualities about her. “Jet Fuel,” created with half colored pencil and half pen and ink, has a background of half water with her head under it.
“A lot of my pictures show emotion,” Melaine said. Daydreaming and wonderment is represented in Melanie’s other portrait in the showcase called “Made of Dust,” created with colored pencil, charcoal, and some acrylic. She explained how there are planets and starts around her head in the picture which represents how her head is sometimes in the clouds.
Next year, Melanie wishes to start college in the spring and study art. In the meantime, she plans to use the prize of a $100. gift card to Michaels to buy more acrylic paint and pen and ink markers. “I like to show how I feel in my artwork,” Melanie explained. “It helps me to explain things because it is hard to talk about emotions.”
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What: will be hosting their 4th
“High School Emerging Artists Showcase”
This is a great community event, featuring local students’ artwork!
Come view the works of our area’s young emerging talent!
It’s pretty amazing!!!
All serious art students from the Wallenpaupack Area High School,
Wayne Highlands High School and Western Wayne High School
are invited to participate.
Local artists represented in The Art Factory will be on hand to mentor, guide, and judge the students’ artwork. Prizes will be awarded including; gift certificates and the opportunity to have the artwork hung in the gallery for up to 6 months! What a great thing to include on a college resume!!!
There is no fee to be entered in The Art Factory’s “High School Emerging Artists Showcase”. Pre-registration is required. Visit www.TheArtFactoryofWhiteMills.com for the application. The deadline to enter is January 2nd.
This is a free event, open to the public. Please come and support our area’s finest young artists.
Jane’s work has always been intuitive. Working primarily in watercolor, Jane’s work includes various other mediums including; paper, fiber arts, and charcoal. Jane feels that each medium lends itself to the enhancement of the others.
Jane paints in both loose impressionistic, as well as controlled realistic styles. This allows her to keep her work fresh and allows her to choose the style that best compliments the current subject matter.
For over thirty (30) years, Jane’s studio; nestled in a high valley near the Appalachian Trail was a major source of inspiration. Starting her college education in Sussex County, Jane went on to teach varied Art and Design course as an Adjunct Professor.
Jane’s beautiful watercolor prints begin at $80.00. Exciting “alcohol ink” tiles begin at $45.00. Jane offers workshops in “alcohol ink” at The Art Factory of White Mills. To view some of her artworks, visit The Art Factory of White Mills.
Come “meet & greet” Jane at The Art Factory on 12/01 from 1:00-4:00.
(Dale) Bernice Craft formerly from NYC, now calls Pike County home. Bernice (the name she prefers to be called) studied under NJ artist Gene Feller.
Around fifteen (15) years ago, Bernice’s interest shifted primarily to jewelry making. She uses a technique of wire weaving, soldering, fabricating, and etching techniques.
Bernice has combined her love of nature and semi-precious gemstones to create her unique, one-of-a-kind pieces. She calls the style “chaos wire wrapping” due to the random, but well thought out placement of the wires. She also makes beautiful “tree of life” pendants using a similar technique. You can learn her “craft” (pardon the pun!) by enrolling in her workshops held at The Art Gallery of White Mills.
Recently, Bernice has expanded her art to include pastel nature prints. Framed, colorful, beautiful, and very reasonably priced!
Jewelry pieces (earrings, bracelets, and pendants) begin at $20.00. Framed prints begin at $45.00. To view some of her prettiest pieces, visit The Art Factory of White Mills or catch her at local craft fairs!
