Spotlights

Every Sunday, NEPA Creative turns the spotlight on some awesome creatives. This week, we have Leann Walsh!  After graduating from King’s College and heading down to Philadelphia to get her Master’s degree in Molecular Biology at Drexel University, Leann began really struggling with anxiety. In order to cope with the stress of a new environment and graduate school, she started painting in her free time. Leann found that the simultaneously chaotic and organized style required to paint galaxies was a relaxing escape from…

Every Sunday, NEPA Creative turns the spotlight on some awesome creatives. This week, we have Travis J. Prince!  Best known for his painting “Chancellor Williams,” Travis Prince is a self-taught portrait artist from South Carolina. His focus on education, social issues, and relationships within the black community is put in the forefront of his work. His medium of choice is oil paints, but he sometimes incorporates inks, spray paints and other mediums as well. He hopes that his art will spark conversations on…

Every Sunday, NEPA Creative turns the spotlight on some awesome creatives. This week, we have Beckie Henderson! Ever since she could hold a pencil, Beckie has always loved to draw. Her grandfather was a watercolor artist and her father is extremely creative. As a child in England, Beckie won local art shows and a nationwide Saturday morning TV show contest with a submission of Disney characters at the beach. As a teenager, she drew a lot of anime and comic book stuff and…

Every Sunday, NEPA Creative turns the spotlight on some awesome creatives. This week, we have Justene Bartkowski! As a NEPA native, Justene’s love for what’s around her is at the epicenter of her pursuit to capture the most beautiful moments behind the lens. This passion for photography and videography began in her hometown, and continued to grow as she began traveling the rest of the country and world.  Justene photographs/videos life in its most raw and honest form, finding the nostalgic and cinematic…

Every Sunday, NEPA Creative turns the spotlight on some awesome creatives. This week, we have Jeremy Brown! Jeremy Brown is the creator of Wallace.dog, an 8-bit corgi who loves adventures and acting out his favorite video games! Jeremy launched the Wallace.dog project on January 1, 2018. The project consists of 99 published animations, 1 game in-development, dozens of characters, and nearly 5,000 followers across all platforms. The titular Wallace.dog visits exotic dog parks, plays with hoo-mans and fellow animals, and pays homage to…

Every Sunday, NEPA Creative turns the spotlight on some awesome creatives. This week, we have Aarika Whittle of Whittle Bones! When Aarika was young, she was curious. She spent countless hours in the woods discovering wonders and getting lost in her own imagination. She turned to creation and art to make stories from her finds and fun. Aarika’s grandmother Josephine was the most incredible woman and constantly fueled her love and passion for nature and art. She bought Aarika her very own art…

Every Sunday, NEPA Creative turns the spotlight on some awesome creatives. This week, we have Elizabeth and Jahmeel Powers of Powers Performance Coaching!  Meet Elizabeth and Jahmeel Powers. Together, they train others in the art of acting with their co-founded performance coaching business, Powers Performance Coaching, as well as being adjunct professors of Theatre at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre. Powers Performance Coaching offers Improvisational and Acting workshops to companies, schools and organizations to encourage team building, leadership, presentational, and communication skills. They also…

Every Sunday, NEPA Creative turns the spotlight on some awesome creatives. This week, we have Scott Nichols! Scott Nichols is a lighting artist from Seven 810 Fixtures based out of South Auburn, PA. His lighting and art career began when he quit drinking four years ago. After a lifetime of booze was cleared out, a completely different person emerged. Emotionally, mentally, and creatively — everything opened up for him.  Scott built his first lamp just to have a neat “pipe” lamp in his…

Every Sunday, NEPA Creative turns the spotlight on some awesome creatives. This week, we have something a little different. Today we are spotlighting NEPA Cyber First Friday! Just like a Third Thursday or First Friday event that many cities have, NEPA Cyber First Friday (NEPACFF) is taking artists and giving them their own gallery which will be hosted by a local business on a digital platform. Here’s how it works: all of the artists’ galleries are uploaded to the “Photos” section of the…

Every Sunday, NEPA Creative turns the spotlight on some awesome creatives. This week, we have Morgan “Mahoganyhands” Monaghan! Mahoganyhands was a nickname given to Morgan by a friend while she was sitting behind a local donut shop. For hours on end, she carved and crafted a chunk of mahogany into what would become a trophy for a music festival she attended with a group of friends. Morgan rolled with it and she is still here today “rolling with it.” Morgan grew up in…