Bob Baumbach
A retired high school art teacher
from State College, Bob taught many mediums and
started the high school photography program over twenty years ago. He has
seen the
photo program at State High through the digital revolution. He has taught
crafts, drawing
and painting and has taught adult education watercolor classes for the
State College
Community Education Program. Bob is also active with Italian Street
Painting at the Arts
Festival and has been a guest artists at other Festivals. You can review
Bob’s
photography and art at his website at
www.rbaumbach.com.
Cecilia Charlotte Ebitz
In my work I strive to illuminate the secret truths we
all share. Embracing my own sense
of raw tactility, I play with materials, often without any concentrated
aim, as a means of
exploring my relationship with the stories of my life. It is simple truths
that I value—not the
particulars of an event, but the lasting sense of “happening.” The
indistinct sensation of
having learned, having loved, having lost, or having healed—this is the
shared human
experience. I received a BFA in sculpture from Penn State and continue to
make and
show work locally.
Jennifer Kane
Jennifer, a native of Southern Illinois, holds a BFA in
painting and an MFA in Costume
Design for Theatre from the University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana. She
has participated
and won prizes in many regional juried art shows, including Art of the
State in Harrisburg
and the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. She has a successful
business selling
her own work, which she started in 1999. Examples of her work can be seen
at
www.jenniferkaneart.com
.
Ruth Kempner
Ruth, a New York native, holds a fine arts degree from
Cooper Union. She has studied at
NYU, Yale, PSU and the Rhode Island School of Design. She lived in
Clearfield for almost
thirty years before moving to State College. Her paintings have won awards
in many juried
shows throughout Pennsylvania, including the prestigious CPFA “Images.”
Ruth has also
served as a juror for a number of Central Pennsylvania shows.
Anne Kenyon
Anne Kenyon is an artist who has worked in a variety of
media, most recently in pastel.
Her work is primarily landscapes with an emphasis on local scenes, farms,
and gardens.
She is a member of the Art Alliance, the Central PA Pastel Society, and
the Farmland
Preservation Artists. Her recent studies in pastel have included workshops
with Robert
Carsten, Ron Monsma, Judy Carducci , and Richard McKinley.
Karl Eric Leitzel
Karl Eric Leitzel grew up in the Penns Valley region of Centre County and
still lives
there. He is a self-taught artist working primarily in oil and acrylic. In
recent years, he
has been able to make the jump to full time art as a profession, with
gallery representation
in South Carolina and New Jersey as well as several Pennsylvania cities.
Karl is the
founder and director of Landscape Artists International (http://l-a-i.com),
as well as a
member of Oil of America and a signature member of International Plein Air
Painters
. Locally, he is a member and current president of Farmland Preservation
Artists of
Central PA. You can learn more about Karl and see his latest work at
http://keleitzel.com
Jeff Mathison
Jeff received his BFA from Penn State in
1972 and has been the graphic artist for A&H
consultants for twenty years. His artwork has been exhibited in many
galleries and juried
shows. See his work at
www.artbymathison.com.
Sandy McBride
Alexander (Sandy) McBride has been teaching painting and
drawing at the college level
since 1964. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA 1962) and
Cornell
University (MFA 1964). His teaching career has taken him from teaching six
years in New
England to Pennsylvania (1970-present) and, in addition, to England,
France, Germany,
and China. In addition to painting he works professionally in three
additional media:
drawing, photography, and computer imaging (Computer Art and Digital
Photography).
For more information or to see his work visit
http://mcbstudio.com.
Ken Plattner
Ken is a stained glass artist who has worked in the area
since 1977. He started
producing stained glass to help pay for his engineering studies at Penn
State, but
decided that glasswork was what he really wanted to do. Ken has taught in
the area
for many years. His business, Abbey Stained Glass, is located on Main
Street in
Boalsburg. His works are installed worldwide and seen in numerous public
and private
places locally.
Michele Rivera
Michele is the founder of Artistic Horizon Art Center and
the Bears That Care program.
She is originally from Brooklyn, N.Y. but left the city to raise her
children in Happy Valley.
She graduated from The School of Visual Arts at Penn State and
Kingsborough
Community College in New York. Michele works in ceramics, metals and
watercolors.
Veronica Winters
Veronica is a Russian fine artist who graduated with her
MFA degree in painting
from Penn State in 2005. She is devoted to full-time work in studio
painting and drawing,
concentrating on high quality production of artwork. She gives private art
lessons to both
children and adults. Her gallery is posted at www.VeronicasArt.com . She
has collectors
for her work in both the U.S.A. and Russia. Her paintings, drawings, and
photos were
published in several editions of literary magazines as well as in "Date
Book 2004" by
Syracuse cultural workers, NY. She enjoys traveling and shooting pictures,
many of which
become subjects for artwork. Her native country is always a source of
cultural inspiration
and contrasting values. Veronica lives in State College with her husband
and son enjoying
the views and lifestyle of the country.