Volta Center for Writing Arts A Place Where Writing and Collaborative Arts Flourish For more information about our workshops and upcoming events: www.voltawritingcenter.org Bucks County Community College Library Newtown Campus 275 Swamp Road Newtown, PA Website EMAIL ME
Alexis Greer-Armentrout Painter Bio:I grew up in Ohio with a passion for art. It was in my high school art history class that I first encountered the work of Artemisia Gentileschi, an artist whose work started my journey into oil painting. While I continue to refine my drawing skills, oil painting has become the medium I connect with the most. Art history has not
Cathleen Hanville Photographer Bio:I am a hobbyist photographer fascinated by textures and finding beauty in small moments. Website EMAIL ME
Russell Risko Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Fine Artist Russell Risko is a seasoned Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Bucks County Artist. During his 40-year career as a visual communicator, Russ achieved leadership roles as Art Director, Creative Director and Ad Agency President. His work has appeared in countless regional, national and e-zine publications and website propertieToday, Russ enters the next chapter of exploration in watercolor and
Emily P. Chang Artist / Musician / Astrologer / Creator Bio“My art is more often done with intention than not. I go to the canvas withpurpose rather than flow, though perhaps this is evolution as I find mypersonal style. Knowing this, I feel a sense of achievement when something iscomplete, whether or not it actually manifests into the initial vision. Mypaintings are reflective of an
Pamela Shumskas Painter and Mixed Media Artist Bio:I am a Bucks County native and studied at Tyler School of Art. I've spent my career as a creative and own a marketing firm, 21 years old, in the heart of Doylestown. While I love my day job, I also love to be creative with my hands, get dirty, paint, cut things out, make textures and bury
Linda Lefevre Painter Bio:My work is inspired by the world around me and the emotion it elicits and includes both abstract and landscape imagery. The abstract work finds its way to completion through the application of thickly applied paint and bold brushwork; painting, scraping, and scribbling inform the surface as I worked much like an archeologist, digging until the final piece presents itself.My landscape “alla
Works Tacky Tinsel StuffDownload Gimme Some Liquid CayenneDownload Julie T. Standig Literary Arts Bio:Julie Standig’s poetry has appeared in Schuylkill Journal Review, US1 Poets/Del Val, Gyroscope Review and Crone editions, Silver Birch Press. Sadie Girl Press and many others. She has a full collection of poems, The Forsaken Little Black Book and chapbook, Memsahib Memoir. Currently she is working on a new writing project. Once a lifelong New Yorker she now happily resides in Bucks County, with her
Devon John Chebra Photographer Bio:I am Devon John Chebra, a photojournalist, visual poet, and lover of the natural world. Using alternative photographic processes and repurposed art materials, I strive to create reminders for myself and my audience of the magic and wonderment possible in the most mundane parts of our day. My most recent explorations in chlorophyll printing and anthotype celebrate plants’ natural light-sensitivity so no
Shanthi Manickam Fine Artist Bio:Being outdoors, feeling the wind, smelling the flowers, passing by the woods, watching the movement of sunlight as it hits all of these sights and capturing it on the canvas is precious to me. My subjects are usually natural landscapes, trees, flowers, and people. My style is representational. Using acrylics and oils as my medium, I strive to bring depth into