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Amy Castine Castine Custom Jewelry |
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 CS6.02 |
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Christel Emenheiser View Bio - View Resume 
Christel Emenheiser is a mixed media artist who lives and works in York, Pennsylvania.
Her collages and assemblages seek to balance the past and present by combining both old and new found objects.
Because of her studies in Illustration at the Art Institute of Philadelphia,
many of her pieces become narrative statements about the artist, her
life experiences, and the world that we live in.
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 CS6.03 |
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Brent Leopold -
fixer26@juno.com My art work is like a web of styles and images. It is a cross between Visionary, Surrealism, Abstract, Collaging, and Illustration. I work on illustrations with mix medium on thick water color paper (11x14), paint (any size), and now pen and ink (9x11). As far as the images - Sociology drives them. It is understanding humans in human conditioning like wombs of daily life.. The pictures are meant to interact with viewer .. to show love, hate, fear , and internal speech. Viewers have said it was a dream or a nightmare when they talked to me about the art. Most of the pictures have my personal touch (sarcasm and poetry) and tell storys like a fragmented poetry book. I have great support from the Central Penn area, my mom and family, Susquehanna Art Museum Open Studio, Art Association of Harrisburg, and friends. My art has won awards and has been shown in Gallerys around the area. Look for my art at the new Circle Magazine. |
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 CS6.04 |
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Jim TurbanView Bio jht911@att.net |
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 CS6.05 (child size) |
This seat will be sold in the Silent Auction. | Jayce Skeehan |
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 CS6.06 (child size) |
This chair was completed as part of Norton's annual series of paintings honoring the Lunar New Year and is the first of such pieces
available to the public. It is unvarnished acrylic on wood and not meant for seating or outdoor use.
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Michelle Denise Norton Norton arrived in Central PA via Northwestern University and the Jersey Shore. Active in all aspects of the art community, she believes that art is best as a kinetic expression of mood and moment. She has had group and solo exhibitions here and in Canada. A broad selection of Norton's work will be on display at the Borders in York throughout the month of March. For more information, contact her at lonelypond@dejazzd.com |
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 CS6.07 |
"Circles Stool", by Almost famous photographer and artist, Steve Dulack, was inspired by a thought: 'A circles stool for a circle school, hey, that's cool.'
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Steve Dulack -
stevesphotos49@aol.com A recent public work completed is Cats in Space for the Do Lunch project and photographic pieces on display at Rapscallions "Nook of the Unique" gallery in Juniata County |
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Lisa Barter Spaar Singer/songwriter/guitarist/artist - Lisa has performed solo and in several bands including Gossamer, Shanti, Acousticology, and Flying Colors. Lisa’s songs are positive and uplifting, reflecting elements of folk, pop, and rock. She has performed at many festivals, coffeehouses, bookstores, churches, pubs, restaurants and parks throughout central Pennsylvania. She has hosted open mic nights, gives guitar instruction to adults and children and worked in the music therapy department at Summit Quest Academy. Her music has been used in film and in video promotional materials in Philadelphia. |
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 CS6.09 |
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Angela Sheaffer Most of my creative projects are experimental. I am an untrained artist, a Visionary or Outsider artist. I create what is in my mind, things as of yet born in to this world and inspired by Spirit. I create with discarded and used items, books, beads and wire, paint and canvas, dyes and fabric…. The art of the 70’s and the messages of the yogis and swamis of that time inspire me. My hope is to turn people on to beauty of Inner Peace through art when they experience something I create. Currently my projects include hand dying and painting “OM” tee shirts for your mind, body, spirit centered practice. Each item is a unique piece of art created with focus on the heart chakra… consciously bringing PEACE to your practice. - artforthepeople@verizon.net |
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 CS6.10 |
The idea for this chair is two-fold. It started as a tree and was made into a chair. Now I've decorated it to harken back to the tree it once was. The bright sections of color were used to differentiate the pieces of the chair. It helps to make the viewer aware of the manufactured nature of the chair. The chair has now become a juxtaposition of its own manufacturing and its original nature.
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Emily Smith -
emily@eesmithdesigns.com
Emily Smith, a native of Camp Hill, started painting and sculpting at the age of 10. Throughout her high school career, she pursued academics while keeping art as a hobby. She received her formal art training at Rochester Institute of Technology where Emily earned a Bachelor of Fine Art in Graphic Design. During her professional career, Emily has done graphic design and marketing for various businesses. Emily also managed a ceramics studio in the Harrisburg area. Currently, she is working to broaden her portfolio while working in the service industry.
Emily's art is usually nature based, but modified to her mind's eye. She enjoys painting and sculpting, with her subject matter generally consisting of surrealistic landscapes. More important than the subject matter in Emily's paintings and sculptures is the color. She uses color as a method to evoke the mood of the painting. She is particularly interested in how different colors affect different people, and uses that in her art to evoke conversation about the nature of color.
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 CS6.11 |
Grandmothers' Kitchen" 
As a child reared by my grandparents. my favorite place to be was with her in her kitchen. The chair interprets all that went on there.
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Season Hain -
rapscallions@aol.com In addition to being a published non-fiction and prose writer and copyrighted songwriter, I consider myself an Outsider Artist. I've created avant-garde pieces in several mediums: hand molded whimsical sculptures of pumpkins, cats, and assorted veggies; assemblage art; contemporary art. My writings as well as my art conveys a depth of thought and emotion from soul-crushing grief to madcap whimsy. Although my creative foray began as a floral design artist, my challenge and comfort now lies with this form of _expression. Art and the life of an artist is home to me. Recently completed -- a lunch box for the Harrisburg Do Lunch program and I always have new pumpkin heads emerging weekly. Also, I'm working on designs for another PA public art project. I had two of my assemblage art pieces hanging in the State Capitol recently and my work as well as the works of other PA Artisans is on display at my gallery/shop: Rapscallions "Nook of the Unique" gallery in Juniata County |
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 CS6.12 |
An indoor chair for admiring, not sitting on. Painted with paint and flair. |
Carl Portzline -
CPortzline@aol.com
I am a retired state worker from the department of revenue ... and paint as a hobby ...
lately I have decided to start showing some things because I am starting to have some free
time on my hands ... I enjoy baseball and hockey ... and drawing to relax.
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 CS6.13 |
Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, Angela's chair consists of several 90 degree angles and a linear, airy design.
The three separate tiers act as plateaus for placing small plants.
This idea coincides with Frank Lloyd Wright's concept of incorporating the natural environment with his architecture.
The seat of the chair serves as the "ground" and the tall structure towards the back is meant to frame the seat back with its ornate circle design.
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Angela Cibos -
acibos@hotmail.com While painting large abstract canvases remains Angela’s forte, she often strays from her norm with charcoal drawings, oil pastel studies and the occasional three-dimensional design. While Angela’s work has been published and received many awards, her most fulfilling award to date was a grant awarded in 2002 to fund her September 11 memorial mural along Front Street in Harrisburg, PA. Continuing to show work, her pieces have been affiliated with Art for the People, Gallery Walk, Artsfest, and WITF, but are most often sold independently in Harrisburg and Philadelphia. Having traveled extensively, she has lived in Chicago, Santa Fe, Boston, and Philadelphia, and currently lives with her husband and one-year-old daughter in her native town, Harrisburg. She is seeking her second art degree from Shippensburg to teach art. |
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Susan Murphy View Resume - bluelotus-studio@hotmail.com Take the Stinky Cheeseman and introduce him to the Queen of England and then throw in the Dali Lama. And what do you have? Extreme and unexpected laughter. Such is life and art to Susan. It's a fun blend of the serious, the bizarre and the contemplative. The most grown up 29 year old you've ever met, she is an experienced artist, actor, director, published writer, student, worker bee, certified hypnotherapist and Reiki teacher, doula, mother, wife and animal lover. All vegetarians love her and art critics will fall to their knees in laughter, or at least, that's what she dreams of. For now though, she just hopes her chair sells well to benefit the Circle School. |
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 CS6.15 |
This chair is constructed of various remnants and artifacts that I have gathered & thus is emblematic of my language as an artist. Using scraps and fragments of objects that were once beautiful and important, I assemble and manufacture new devices and contraptions. My goal as an artist, and as a person, is to create absurd situations that establish the potential for narrative content. Asking a question, with no intention of providing the answer.
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Erik Miley View Resume - yelimkire@yahoo.com Who is Erik Miley? Tell me if you know, and I will not believe you. I could go on and on about myself, but you really wouldn’t know me any better than you do right now. The work is what’s important, that is what I do and is the truest reflection of who I am. |
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 CS6.16 |
Sitting on this chair, you are Beauty. |
Shauna L. Yorty slymadcow@verizon.net Phone: 717-507-6125 "When you open your eyes, do you see it? I do. I see it. I see art everywhere." - sly View her complete Bio |
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 CS6.17 |
"The whole world rests on the tip of the tongue."
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Jessica Colon -
jcolon7137@aol.com Jessica Colon is a busy mother of two who loves dabbling in different art forms whenever she gets the chance. Crafts, furniture and room design are some of her favorites. Jess is excited to be contributing a piece of her work to benefit the children at the Circle School. |
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 CS6.18 |
"JUST WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!"
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Miriam meerium@earthlink.net |
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 CS6.19 (child size) |
I loved making this chair! The legs are 4 different animals; Giraffe, Zebra, Ostrich, and some sort of green creature.
My family helped with the entire process.
Chair can be used for sitting. Seat is chalkboard. Tail is eraser and has chalk at end, fits into hole.
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Kristina Myers I have always been interested and involved in the arts. Initially I was more interested and involved in performing arts. I began painting about 2 years ago, to relieve stress. It has become a sort of therapy for this married mother of 2 with VERY little time to relax. I paint with acrylic on canvas and have found myself using anything on a piece. The more I paint - the more I want to paint. I tend to paint over each painting before I am pleased with the outcome. So all of my paintings have a least 3 layers and are always textured. I have no formal training. I do freelance graphic design, read and love to experiment in the kitchen. This is my debut as an artist and I hope to inspire creativity. I go by Tina and can be reached at: StinkyDesigns@yahoo.com |
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 CS6.20 (child size) |
The chair is decorated with sea shells, stones, crystals, and mirrors. Decorations on the back symbolize the seven chakras. It can be used as an indoor decorative shelf or just to admire on its own. The more time we spend in spiritual reflection, the more we see.
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Deborah Delgado
delgado404@yahoo.comI work as the Traumatic Brain Injury Project Director for PA Protection and Advocacy (disability rights). I'm a self taught artist who incorporates items found in nature and in thrift shops. I love finding new and unexpected uses for things. |
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 CS6.21 (child size) |
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The Circle School Art Corp. Special thanks to Chelsea Howard Foley, Caroline Secher, Molly Lemke, Hladini Mensah, and Miranda Baldys for contributing to this creation! |
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 CS6.22 |
A collage of data CDs painted in the hues of the season and collaged on a black painted background. The painted greens blues and yellows evoke a sense of renewal, while the silver foil that remains of the CDs reminds me of water in its various forms throughout the year: rain in summer, frost in fall, ice in winter, and dew in the spring.
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Lisa Clarke -
lisaclarke72@msn.com
Lisa attended Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia.
Although she has done some mural and decorative painting, Ms. Clarke’s creative focus in recent years has centered on writing.
She pens a weekly nightlife column for the Carlisle Sentinel and has contributed to Harrisburg and Fly Magazines.
After contributing to a group show at the Mantis Collective in August 2005, Ms. Clarke discovered a renewed interest in the visual arts.
She currently favors a mixed media technique involving digitally enhanced sketches.
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 CS6.23 (child size) |
Brandon’s chair is an original poem hand-written on a child’s folding chair. The chair is to act as a functional, physical manifestation of a type of punishment that might be utilized to curb a misbehaving child. In correlation to the poem, the chair represents what the speaker longed for as a form of punishment as a child rather than the physical abuse he instead received. The piece features permanent marker on flat paint.
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Brandon Dameshek View Bio eekabug666@hotmail.com |
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Jonathan Frazier -
frazierjonathan@hotmail.com Jonathan grew up in Dillsburg PA. He was accepted into the Harrisburg Arts Magnet School in his senior year and went on to attend the Maryland Institute, College of Art. He later transferred to Kutztown University where he received his BFA in painting. After 4 years in the US Air Force, Jonathan returned to Harrisburg where he has made a living as an artist and performing musician. His ink illustrations were most recently seen in the tour booklet for the Historic Harrisburg Candle Light tour in Bellevue Park. His paintings will be on view during February 2006 at the Second Floor Gallery as part of the Seven Lively Artists' group show. The Second Floor Gallery (697-0502) is located on Market Street, Mechanicsburg. Jonathan also shows at the Art Association of Harrisburg, the F.A.N. Gallery in Philadelphia, and Gallery 30 in Gettysburg. |
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 CS6.25 (child size) |
2 boys.... Blue cup, blue bowl, Sports shows Bug sheets.....a dog... A snake.... Hot wheels.... Primary colors... PINK Please. Use: Indoors, sit if you please |
Kristina Myers I have always been interested and involved in the arts. Initially I was more interested and involved in performing arts. I began painting about 2 years ago, to relieve stress. It has become a sort of therapy for this married mother of 2 with VERY little time to relax. I paint with acrylic on canvas and have found myself using anything on a piece. The more I paint - the more I want to paint. I tend to paint over each painting before I am pleased with the outcome. So all of my paintings have a least 3 layers and are always textured. I have no formal training. I do freelance graphic design, read and love to experiment in the kitchen. This is my debut as an artist and I hope to inspire creativity. I go by Tina and can be reached at: StinkyDesigns@yahoo.com |
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 CS6.26 |
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Amy and Galen Gish -
amygish@aol.com
My husband, Galen, and I are both business professionals and professional musicians who also participate in the visual arts.
We both come from families with professional as well as amateur artists. We enjoy working in various formats including two and three dimensional as well as various media including pen, pencil, paint, clay, metal, and mixed. We look forward to creating a chair to support your programs. I am also a voice teacher and I embrace the concept of guiding students but ultimately letting them find their own way and what works for them - it hasn't failed me in almost 20 years of private teaching.
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 CS6.27 |
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Michael Reed M.Reed Designs - Creative Renaissance mreeddesigns@yahoo.com |
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 CS6.28 |
Morning Glories on an oak chair. |
Jennifer Weber |
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 CS6.29 (child size) |
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Joseph Caroppoli An artistic piece of work in any medium is a link between the artist and the viewer. We take it in and we let it out. I took the chair in and allowed it to speak to me. I heard it and let out the vision. Creating this chair was a "total" fine art experience for me. I utilized 3D design, painting, drawing and printmaking techniques intertwined to create one image. The end result is more than just a chair, it is "purely" fine art. jkcaroppoli@peoplepc.com |
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 CS6.30 |
Hemp Twine, Found Wooden Chair Frame, Salvaged Aluminum Wire. The chair is crocheted in the round in hemp twine on a found wooden chair frame. I have used wire in portions to create structure on soft sculptured crocheted areas. It is the first in a numbered series of thrones with an Earth Mother theme. |
Andrea J Linebaugh The Alexandrea Collection 
Andrea Linebaugh is a fiber artist living in the beautiful woods in York, PA with her 3 daughters, husband, and dog.
Nature is my inspiration in all aspects of my life, whether it is my art or my daily life.
I take great pains to minimize my impact on the Earth. I have been creating art since my earliest memories and have never stopped.
I had always made things to give away and 2 years ago began peddling my wares at
The Studio & Art Bar, 38 N Beaver St., York
which I own with 3 other women artists.
I serve on the Arts District Taskforce, which was founded by York's Mayor Brenner to reconstruct an area of the
downtown into an Arts District. Building on my love of Faeries- I serve on the Staff at Spoutwood Farm in Glen Rock, PA
where we hold the May Day Fairie Festival and volunteer for the Maryland Faerie Festival held in
Upper Marlboro, MD. I also contrived and drive the Art Van, the rolling advertisement for the York Art District. - * -
alexandrea999@aol.com
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 CS6.31 |
Jen’s 12 year old daughter, Diana, pitched in to help with this project. They used all of her scrapbook bits and posters to create this chair. It is a mixed media covered rocking chair filled with a bunch of memories from a dozen years in the music business.
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Jen Shade Jen can be heard every weekday morning on WQXA-FM 105.7 the X alongside the rest of the morning crew, Nipsey and Earl. Her X-Team Profile |
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CS6.32 |
I have been on a year long search for wisdom into the deeper spiritual meaning of circles in scripture. So, when this opportunity came up for The Circle School I couldn't resist. I took a deep breath and let all that has influenced me this year flow freely on to the chair.
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Julie Neal -
randjneal@comcast.net Julie is an accomplished photographer that has been published in several respected national publications including the Washington Post. Julie’s award winning photography and artwork have been displayed in many public showings, as well as many private collections. Julie has taught several photographic courses at Harrisburg Area Community College and led an art discussion group. Julie also founded the “Two Fish” art gallery and leads the local group of artists at Life Center. Julie resides in Hershey with her husband and two children, and is active in her home church of Life Center Ministries International in Harrisburg. Some of her work can be seen at Life Center Ministries: Colors of Life |
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 CS6.33 |
 This stool has "The Circle School" cut out on the top with circle designs mig welded onto the legs. |
Bob IngersollRGI Sculptures Hello, I am Bob Ingersoll. I have 35 years experience working as a Metal Sculptor. I am a juried member of the PA Guild of Craftsmen and the American Crafts Council. I specialize in wall hangings, indoor or outdoor sculpture, and jewelry (pins, bracelets, brooches). I produce works on many subjects, from abstract images to animal scupltures. I love to do cubistic and abstract interpretations as well as copper and brass wall and free standing sculptures. Some of my work can be seen at the Perry County Council of the Arts. I have had several best of shows and have been featured on PBS' On Location. - bigbob@pa.net |
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 CS6.34 |
When picking out a chair this one caught my eye.
What great elegant curves and structure. This chair was screaming for a new soft elegant look.
I painted the chair with a soft cream background, sanded it real good to give it a loved and used look.
I then painted loose stroke roses, buds, leaves, and bees with color washes on the background.
The chair is sealed with a matte polyurethane Varnish and waxed with a good finishing wax.
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Deb KreigerView Bio www.DebKreiger.com debkreiger@hotmail.com |
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 CS6.35 |
Large wooden rocking chair with a large rope seat. Painted landscape on the front, with mountains, sun, trees and a stream. The back side has sky, clouds and a couple of sea birds. The arms have leaves and flowers, and below the seat, there are fish swimming around. Handmade pillow for the seat, and crocheted a small afghan, which is hanging off the back.
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Judy Adams -
j-adams@adelphia.net I received all of my formal training at The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. at the age of six. Since then I have been involved in many different types of art, but my favorite mediums have remained pencil and ink. I love to draw, and draw, and draw! Oh, and cutting and pasting is also a blast. Oh, and murals in oil or acrylic - particularly realistic wildlife in not-so-realistic environments. I enjoy what I create and I hope others do as well! |
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