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This pictures you see here are from my recent Next Steps in Stained Glass workshop at Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. The participants spend the first day of 3 (or sometimes 4) class days designing a panel, and then after a couple of weeks, they come back to build it. This group was all about nature . . . birds and bees for the most part, but complimented with a more abstract depiction of nature.

I am always amazed and very pleased at how ambitious these relative newcomers to creating in glass can be in the projects they envision and finish. Keeps me jumping and learning as I help them.

There's a mouse in one of these panels . . . see if you can find it! ... See more

Kudos to our member Jacqui Whitcomb on her solo exhibit at Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art .

The Millersburg Area Art Association takes pride in announcing the art exhibit of Board Member, Jacqui Whitcomb. The exhibit opens April 14th in the Romberger Gallery of the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art in Millersburg.

This is Jacqui's first solo art exhibit hosted by the Center, and it features an exceptional variety of images in oil and acrylic. The show opens April 14th and runs through July 15th.

We continue to be cautious as we move through the pandemic, so it was decided there would be no opening reception. Guests are invited to visit the center at their convenience.

Be sure to stop by the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art before July 15th and enjoy the artwork of one of our talented local artists.

Gallery hours are Wed. – Sat from 10 am – 4 pm ... See more

Join us for two amazing online classes coming up this weekend & next at the Guild!

Fine Craft as a Business - Online Selling: Instagram 101 - Saturday, April 10, from 10 am to 12 pm. https://www.pacrafts.org/events/fine-craft-as-a-business-online-selling-instagram-101-april-10

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Strengthening Resilience - Saturday, April 17 from 1-2:30 pm https://www.pacrafts.org/events/strengthening-resilience-online-april-17 ... See more

An ongoing list of legal resources, FAQs and tips for artists, arts organizations and small business in Minnesota, assembled by MN Lawyers for the Arts.

Monday Meet the Master Artisans. Today’s featured artist is Brian Cunfer (@WindsorChairShopLancasterCo)

I started my chairmaking craft in 1993 as a stress relief from my job in construction. In 2003 I decided to retire from my job and devote my time to teach chairmaking and accept commissions. In recent years I have branched out into woodturning, restoration woodturning and general furniture construction. Currently I teach chairmaking and woodturning at my shop/studio in Kirkwood and The John C Campbell Folk School in Brasstown,NC."
https://pachairmaker.com

#pacrafts #paguild #pgc #pgcmasterartisan #masterartisan #paguildmasterartisan #masterartisanmonday ... See more

I have so many ideas for new work and no place to get muddy. I've written a solid business plan and have a bank ready to help me. Now all I need is the right property at a price I can afford and I'll be ready to fly. Meanwhile, here's a bit of my work available in Millersburg. ... See more

Even as I feel springtime green overtake my yard, the yearn to go yondering grows stronger each day.

Even as disease killed many thousands of our fellow world travelers, my legs have carried bricks and gravel and building things around my home creating a sacred space from which to retreat from the ever-present call of work.

Those same legs, and the heart they are attached to, feel the pull of gravity, suggesting that the center is somewhere yet unseen, while maybe all the while it is deep inside.

A country singer once sang of "Ramblin' Fever". Writer Louis L'Amour used the term "yondering" - this need to go explore that exists deep within, the action of wandering to the place over yonder that we haven't seen yet.

As I await my opportunity to go exploring again, I am revisiting our last real yondering trip, which took Robin and I deep into West Texas to the town of Terlingua, where the stars danced over our heads.

This photo was taken around 5:30AM on June 6, 2019. The artistic rendering version was accomplished through the use of Topaz Studio software.

#starrynights #milkyway #terlingua #terlinguaghosttown @thebuzzardsroost #glamping #topazstudio #spoonflower #pentaxks2 @topazlabs #topazstudio2 #astrotracer #tipi #chisos #visitbigbend #bigbendnationalpark #texashighways @ The Buzzard's Roost ... See more