Spotlights

Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Deskiewicz-Flannery, owner of Cyanide Suzy Creations! While originally from the Lehigh Valley, Susan now resides in Duryea, where she works as Lead Baker at the University of Scranton. Susan is also the owner of Cyanide Suzy Creations, a bakery that creates speciality made, horror-themed treats! Her love for baking happened purely out of fate. She began a kitchen job in Sellersville after a very rough divorce and was handed…

Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Nick Jablonski! Nick works at Holly Label Company as a Business Development Manager and has 20+ years of experience in graphic design which includes packaging design, marketing, and advertisement production. Ever since Nick was little he has always had a passion for art and computers. In high school, he attended every art class and computer programming course he could. Once he noticed his love for it, he felt like…

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…

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…

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…

Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Matt Kester! Matt is the drummer for NEPA based Pop-Rock band Nowhere Slow. He has been in the game for over 20 years. From corporate events and weddings to national level concerts, he’s done it all.  Matt owns local event production company, Matt Kester Productions (MKP), where he asserts that there is no event too big or small for him and his team. Matt brings his vast wealth of…

Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Sarah Novroski! Sarah and her husband, Eric, run a local production company where she leads all things video. Sarah is a first-time mom trying to navigate the balance of creativity, work, and being the best mom she can be. She loves the outdoors and spending quality time with family and friends, especially over a good cup of coffee. Sarah considers herself a self-taught creative. From painting in the backyard…

Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Nick Bukofski! Nick works as a photographer based out of NEPA both for himself, as well as being a full-time editor and photographer at Knot Just Any Day, where he photographs everything from weddings to portraits. For Nick’s entire life, he was interested in art in any form. He never even considered photography until his senior year of high school, when he randomly decided to take a photography class.…

Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Christine Brown! Christine was born and raised in northeastern PA. She has traveled all over the country and to parts of the world, but considers Scranton as her home base. Christine has been interested in creating art ever since she was little. Her intuitive free flowing form of painting came about after she got sober almost 6 years ago. Christine works with acrylic paints on canvas. She waters the…