Home

What is
NEPA Creative?

NEPA Creative is committed to supporting local creatives, fostering creativity, and connecting opportunity.

More about us

NEPA Creative Directory

Create a directory listing and join a growing list of creators in NEPA!

Create a listing

Upcoming Meetups

Next Creative Meetup

Tuesday, August 15

Join us for our next Creative Meetup on Tuesday, August 15 at 5:00 PM at the THINK Center in Downtown Wilkes-Barre. Doors at 5:00 PM, sessions will begin at 5:30 PM.

Facebook | Instagram

Sunday Spotlights

Sunday Spotlight: Dave Mallarkey

Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Dave Mallarkey of Back Mountain Woodcraft!  Dave has been a wood carver and sculptor for 20+ years.  He started wood carving when he joined a carving club just to check it out. Just like that Dave was hooked! Dave creates wood carving and sculptures using various methods and tools including knives, chisels, and chainsaws. When working on his wood carvings and sculptures he tends to create backstories for all of…

Sunday Spotlight: Ashley Delaney

Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Ashley Delaney of Beyondinfinitycreations! Ashley is a wife, a mom, as well as a  fur-mom to two dogs, two cats, a rabbit, and a horse. She loves animals, but horses are her passion. She teaches riding lessons part-time, runs an Interscholastic Equestrian Association Team, and enjoys hiking when she has spare time. She’s always enjoyed DIY projects and has always been creative. Her woodworking journey started when her husband…

Sunday Spotlight: Aubrey Haskell

Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Aubrey Haskell of Vessels for Danu! Aubrey, the creator behind Vessels for Danu, is a contemporary ceramic artist based in Scranton. She has always been creative as well as a lover of nature and fantasy. For the past seven years, she has been creating functional pottery and sculptures inspired by the shades and ripples of nature and the feeling of forgetting reality and stepping into a fairytale. Aubrey grew…

Why is this important?

“Engaging with people from different backgrounds and unique perspectives is vital to innovation. The Creative Meetups give us an opportunity to learn, grow, and improve as a community. Having an inclusive space and a consistent forum to gather is such an important resource for NEPA.”

Jamie Smith, Founder of Social Fabric Collective

Jamie Smith, Founder of Social Fabric Collective

“I think that as a creative mind, it is very easy to become uninspired. Having the Creative Meetups be a place where creative minds can come and be surrounded by a room of their peers to spark inspiration is so powerful, so beautiful, and infinitely important.”

 

Jess Ross, Social Media Specialist | Net Driven

Jess Ross, Social Media Specialist | Net Driven

“Creative Meetups like these inspire new and exciting projects. Connecting creatives of different media and outlets allows for them to potentially bring larger, more diverse projects to life.”

Melissa Diltz, Melissa Diltz Art & Creator of SEEK

Melissa Diltz, Melissa Diltz Art & Creator of SEEK

Minimum 4 characters