Kozlansky.com

Some nice folks I met at lunch at the 2015 NEPA Blog Con.

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Kevin Vogrin

The blog of poet, artist, and filmmaker Kevin Vogrin.

http://kevinvogrin.com/

My name is Kevin Vogrin, a filmmaker, photographer, and trainer, specializing in promotional, documentary, concert, and short film work. Over the past 10 years I made completed over 200 films. My site showcases not only commercial projects but also my personal art, as actively creating art increases skills and creativity that transfer into commercial work.

PeterParkerPA

It's hard to believe that I joined Twitter over five years ago (in early 2008).  Time flies by when you are having fun and tweeting about it!  Anyway, one of my first followers on Twitter was @PeterParker_PA, the handle of Times Leader/Go Lackawanna journalist Christopher Hughes.

Chris messaged me through Twitter the other day and needed some guidance on specific topic bloggers for an upcoming piece.  After helping him out, he informed me that he has a blog! 

I don't know if my design blog, www.peterparkerpa.com, would be eligible for inclusion on the site. I'm doing a lot of pop culture mashups with well-known video game, TV, and movie characters to put on T-shirts to sell online. I'm also adding any corporate logo work I've completed and I'm working to backlog the napkin art series to the site. 

You can read more about his projects on the Bio section of the blog.

One of my favorite things about Chris's blog is that he has been posting some of the photos he's taken of his napkin art.  He started drawing napkins for his daughter’s school lunch in April 2011 and posting them on his Twitter account.  At some point, I think that I told him he should start a blog with them (and obviously he did).  He is too talented and the drawings are too awesome not to share with others.  Also - according to the photo captions -  They’re a hit at lunchtime!


I would be doing a disservice if I didn't make mention of the other Times Leader bloggers.  You can find them at the following URL:  http://www.timesleader.com/section/BLOGS

 

Wilkestype

I learned about this blog through a Leadership Wilkes-Barre classmate on Facebook.  Lisa Reynolds alerted me to a very cool blog called "Wilkestype", a typography blog by students at Wilkes.  

http://wilkestype.wordpress.com 

This blog is an exercise for the students of Cross-Media Typography at Wilkes University. In it, you’ll find samples of type that we’ve found a deemed awesome. So browse through, and feel free to agree or disagree with our opinions!

You may have never thought about it before, but typography is an art form.  I know that I haven't.  It's one of those things that we may see every day and not give second thought to.

Typography is defined as (from the Greek words τύπος (typos) = form and γραφή (graphe) = writing) is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning).  Source = Wikipedia


We hope that you enjoy the word art that Wilkes has to offer.
Happy Sunday!

~Michelle

Tina Imel

I attended the second Scranton Pecha Kucha night this weekend, hosted by blogger Mandy Boyle and with presentations by ten individuals, including Mandy, NEPA Blogs co-administrator Michelle Davies, and bloggers Brian Fulton, Glenn Burgess, Catherine Shefski, and Cheri Sundra.  Among the presenters was someone I recognized from the second Scranton StorySlam, a woman with platinum-blonde hair who had served as Conor McGuigan's on-stage assistant. As the night progressed, I leaned that she was a local artist named Tina Imel. Her presentation was all about her art and the experience of being an artist with roots firmly planted in Northeastern Pennsylvania, yet with a global presence established through online networking.

Tina Imel
http://tinalimel.blogspot.com/

From her blog's "About Me":

Tina Imel's oil paintings are an amalgamation of classical portraiture, Punch cartoons and medical texts. Her portraits border on the surreal. She often incorporates pieces of someone else's past into her own environment. Her fondness of possessions that have outlived their owners and her traditional style of painting give her introspective and very personal work a connection to history. Tina is an award winning artist whose work has been shown in galleries across the United States and Europe. Her paintings will be published in two upcoming books, including a collection of contemporary female surrealists.

Tina also has an extended Internet presence!

Her non-blog website: http://tinaimel.net/
Her Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/tina.imel?ref=profile
Her Flickr Photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tinaimel/
Her MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/tinaimel
Her Twitter page: https://twitter.com/tinaimel

Over the years I have met many brilliant and creative people who have made a conscious decision to stay in Northeastern Pennsylvania and work to make this area a better place - if only through their continued presences. It's people like Tina Imel who give me hope for the future of NEPA!

Jason Miller Playwrights' Project

Jason Miller Playwrights' Project
http://nepaplaywrights.wordpress.com/

From their "About" page:
The Jason Miller Playwrights’ Project is a collective of regional stage and screen writers who conspire under the stewardship of Scranton Public Theatre at The Olde Brick Theater in Scranton to actively challenge and encourage each other in the creation of viable new scripts. The project currently operates without subsidization thanks to the support of volunteers dedicated to the development and preparation of work by local playwrights for professional production.

First Friday Scranton

This event has been going on for quite a long time now, and it only just occurred to me to check to see if they have a website. They do. And whaddya know, it's in a blog format!

First Friday Scranton
http://firstfridayscranton.com/


First Friday art walks are held on the first Friday of every month at galleries and businesses around Downtown Scranton. Paintings, photography, sculpture, music, performance art…you never know what you’ll find at First Friday in Scranton.


Support local artists and mingle with your Northeastern Pennsylvania neighbors, all in a casual atmosphere. Join us for First Friday!

Field's End Art

Here's another submission to nepablogs@gmail.com:

Hello, I would like to be added to your blog.  I am contemporary artist, and am collected and exhibit around the world, and reside outside of Lehighton,  PA.  


You can link to me with the link down at the bottom of this message.  Thanks!


Hilary J. England


for new paintings please visit www.hilaryjengland.com

Check out my artist's life blog at: www.fieldsendart.blogspot.com

It's always great to see a blog from another artist here in Northeastern Pennsylvania!  Many people don't realize how many artists, writers, poets, musicians, and performing artists we have in this area. And a blog is a great way for these folks to share their creativity with the world!

If you're an artist, a writer, a poet, a musician, a sculptor, an actor, a burlesque performer, a sword swallower, or - heck, if you're anybody here in NEPA who has a blog, we'd like to hear from you! Drop us a line here at nepablogs@gmail.com !

Nicole Polanichka's Studio

Here's another blogger from Northeastern Pennsylvania who is also an artist! From her "About Me:"

Nicole Polanichka was born in Dalton, Pennsylvania and formally trained in the visual arts at Princeton University. Her work has been shown in galleries throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania, Princeton New Jersey, and in the Triangle area of North Carolina. Polanichka is currently based out of Danville, PA where she has an artist’s studio.

Nicole Polanichka's Studio
http://nicolepolanichka.blogspot.com/

Welcome to my studio! Here you will find selections of previous art work, postings of new pieces as they are finished, announcements of upcoming shows, and random musings from the artist herself (me)! Feel free to look around, comment on what you see, and send friends and acquaintances my way. Most work is available for purchase (I will say when it is not) and all is available for viewing. Have fun!

It's Personal

Little did I know that Karla Porter started a personal blog in addition to her business and human capital blog. I learned about it after she posted a link to a conversation that some fridge magnets were having with each other in her office on the comments section of my personal blog.

"It's Personal"
http://personal.karlaporter.com
My blog karlaporter.com is the professional me. This is the personal me.

Karla uses this Tumblr platform blog to talk about events in her personal life, techie stuff, crafting, recipes and etc. Most people do not realize that Karla is heavily into arts and crafts and often blogs about some of the projects that she does.

Stop on over and check out Karla's latest venture, I recommend you start with the first post.

~Michelle

Primrose Design

Here's an arts and crafts blog by Janet, who describes herself as "a freelance graphic designer with a home-based business crafting pillows and home accessories from vintage materials." Another Scranton-based blog!

Primrose Design
http://primrosedesign.blogspot.com/
Musings on life in the country, art in general, crafts in particular, the hunt for vintage treasures with the occasional garden photo and recipe thrown into the mix!

Trials and Triumphs: Lost Virtues and Captive Hope

Here's another blog from my location-based search. It's another one from Nanticoke, and it's by a young lady who describes herself as "an aspiring potential artist/photographer." (What is it about Nanticoke that seems to produce so many art blogs? Whatever it is, I'm not complaining!)

Trials and Triumphs: Lost Virtues and Captive Hope
http://cooperish.blogspot.com/

My Trials and Triumphs I shall display for you. A story regardless of how grim or colorful it may seem. An adventure unknown, in a world unexplored. I will write you a story. Will you tell me yours?

Three art blogs from Nanticoke

A few years ago I had a vision of my home town of Nanticoke transformed into an art colony, as artists took advantage of readily available housing at very affordable prices. Whether or not something like this could even happen, I don't know. But it is interesting that three of the six active blogs I recently found from Nanticoke are explicitly about art! Check them out! Are we seeing the beginning of a Nanticoke Renaissance?


drawing a blank
http://joedillon.blogspot.com/

Drawing inspiration and appreciation from many manners of art, I continue my journey to become an artist like my forefathers.


Cool Blue Studio
http://coolbluestudio.blogspot.com/

A peek inside an artist's studio and all that happens during the creative process of a regular day. My primary focus is on equines, but I love keeping my hands busy with illustrations and clay too. Join me daily, won't you?


Erika Baez Art
http://www.erikabaezart.com/

I am originally from New York City and I am currently an art apprentice at The Ani Art Academies-Waichulis in Pennsylvania. My posts are about Art, Books, Travel, Food, Movies... To view and shop for my latest work, please visit My Art Store.