Gallery Walk: Millworks Style
Gallery Walk #37 rolls into town this Sunday on a “Magic Bus.” I can see it now pulling up outside of the Millworks. All that are hungry, parched or just ready for a date with art, you may now depart. You can see the banner now; Millworks Fall Wall Stands Tall in the Hall. Over the seven years I have been covering art in the area, I have written “chapter and verse” with 15 editions dedicated to artists of the Millworks. Highlighting the lineup for Gallery Walk Sunday at the “Food. Brewery. Art.” entity is mounting a strong ode to fall. Featured are the diverse works of Kristen Fava for Rexmake (studio 210). She demonstrates her own special style using Old World letterpress to create an eclectic group of works on paper. Joining her is award-winning Linda Benton McCloskey of studio 103, well known for her landscape paintings of local vistas and far off places. Linda incorporates oil, cold wax, acrylics, and encaustic in her abstract expressionistic works as a freewheeling creative.
Artwork by Tina Berrier at Millworks
Jemar Sweets of studio 104 is a Harrisburg-based landscape photographer. Jemar captures a wide range of cityscapes and architecture under his Lensworthy Imagery heading. I.was.spencer.jackson is the IG handle for one of the relatively new artists at Millworks found in studio 323. He is celebrating his one year-plus at the studio. A self-proclaimed “purveyor of designs and fulltime overthinker” gives a clue to his persona. The pop-art world of Mr. Jackson consistently sends a positive vibe in visual illustration. Optimism is his calling card in life. Julie Iaria of studio #321 has been a Millworks mainstay for years. From teaching art classes to kiddos on the rooftop to spreading joy through her “Amperage” art adorning Millworks beer labels for her special brew, she is one of the original crew. Diverse mediums are her specialty as ink, encaustic, oils and acrylics come into play in her paintings. She is an explorer of engaging elements.
Reina R76 of studio #104 recently added “muralist” to her highly tuned resume. A force of nature as a Venezuelan African American artist, Reina’s advocacy arsenal includes community-based endeavors as a vital part of the Artist United Advisory Council for the Civic Club of Harrisburg. Tina Berrier in studio #319 has been at Millworks since its inception. She recently celebrated National Folklore Day (8-22-2025) as a visual storyteller of global reach, Tina travels to destinations far and wide like Oaxaca in Mexico for Day of the Dead remembrances and then dramatically details their iconic imagery in her paintings. From spirit animals to tribal chieftains there is no world untouched by her creative gifts. On your visit, be sure to stop in at the main floor gift shop where all the artists house their wares for sale.
Artwork by Gail Walden Coleman
Power of Pink Art Auction
When the call came for help to assemble a group of artists willing to donate art for auction on behalf of Susan G. Komen and its umbrella for Breast Cancer Awareness, Gail Coleman, a well-known Mechanicsburg abstract painter, answered it with a passion unlike most. A dozen years ago, Gail was one of those diagnosed with breast cancer. Today as a survivor, she is always willing to help to do battle against cancer’s life altering diagnosis. The Power for Pink Art Auction is organized by Marilyn Fuller-Smith, who has raised over $100,000 for breast cancer causes and walked countless miles since 2011. At the age of 79, she shows no signs of slowing down. Close friends Jayne Blake and Donna Slusser are assisting her with the auction. The Power of Pink takes place on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Buhrig’s Gathering Place found at 25 E. Main St. in Mechanicsburg. The call to artists went out in late July, and the response was overwhelming. Contributing are gentlemen artists Howard Kulp, Douglas Beard, John Guarnera, Stu Leask and Charles Feathers. A baker’s dozen of female artists who donated their works include Emily Zebel, Claudine Jackson, Nicole Herbert, Cheryl Piperberg, Pamela Black. Jana MacGinnes, Michele Moats, Alison Rosen, Barbara Weber, Wendy Warner, Jill Peckelun, Reina R76 and, of course, Gail Walden-Coleman. My apologies to anyone missed as this was the up-to-date list before it went to press. A heartfelt thanks to all from Marilyn and friends, Gail, and those that keep the cause 24/7.
“Pisces,” by Geoffrey Thulin, watercolor and gouache, 2021, 12 x 12″
“The Flow of Stars and Patterns” @ CALC
One of the Fairfield Valley Artists, Geoffrey Thulin, in his most recent collection points to the stars and the constellations. His interstellar body of work informs us we can only hope to be going into the age of Aquarius. His celestial calibration is a celebration of gouache and watercolor paintings that light up the night sky in the Upper Gallery at the Carlisle Arts Learning Center (CALC). He is part of a paring for “Starstruck” opening Sept. 19. Sharing the stage with Olivia Jean Albritton whose flirtations with the cosmos could easily be appropriate for Area #51 and beyond. Her intergalactic explorations take one on a surreal space adventure through her acrylic paintings. Come out and meet them both for the opening night reception at 5:30 p.m. on 9/19 at 38 W. Pomfret St.
Meanwhile downstairs in the GB Stuart Gallery is “Pattern and Flow,” featuring the duo of Barbara Martin and Guy Terry Kuhn. Ms. Martin provides the flow of the show with intuitive works of abstraction from a concise palette. Shapes come organically to the painter as she more than leaves her ‘mark’ throughout her body of works. Indelibly inscribed in graphite and ink as his medium, Guy Terry Kuhn develops “Patterns.” They are unlike those of the TV screen sign-off when broadcasting ended for the day back in the 1950’s. That test pattern still gives me an eerie sense of the “Twilight Zone” and “The Outer Limits.” Exacting in their execution his patterns become like soldiers polished for inspection.
“Coming Together” by Ann Benton, alcohol inks, 20”x24”
ABA @ LAV
Ann Benton of Millworks Studios in Midtown, is also now Ann Benton Art of Lancaster Art Vault (LAV). This would make her a bi-cosmopolitan creative splitting her time between Harrisburg and Lancaster where she now resides. She is serving up a “drink and drive” art exhibit opening in just a month away. The date is set for Oct. 3, Lancaster’s First Friday, “night on the town” from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lancaster Art Vault found at 100 N. Queen St. For those non-Lancastrians who get to drive to the Red Rose City without fear of getting pulled over as the alcohol Ann serves up in her show is alcohol ink-found throughout her extraordinary abstract paintings. Victoria Abadir, owner and curator of the Lancaster Art Vault, is excited to have Ann join the roster of her featured artists in the gallery. Look for bold strokes and kaleidoscopic colors. Victoria suggests arriving early before the crowd descends upon the city for this star-studded show. It runs through November 30, perfect for a Fall Day trip to Lancaster. Speaking of special events in Lancaster, the city will hold its Annual Art Walk the weekend of Oct. 18 to 19.
3rd in the Burg Sneak Peek: La Cultura
Elyse Irvis and her band of renown, The Entrepreneurs, start the party early, say 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at 19 N. 4th St. with “BLACC Fridays.” For a $20 entry fee, join La Cultura’s new mixer for “a taste of unreleased products from local business owners looking for feedback.” Experience what’s dropping as it drops…always ahead of the curve, La Cultura. More than a thing, a way of life, the Culture starts here.
Just eight days after that La Cultura does it again, but with a different theme. On Saturday, Sept. 27 from 6 to 9 p.m., it will host The Burg Whiskey Festival. Offering over 50 craft whiskeys from regional distilleries, the evening promises atmosphere, ambiance and an arsenal of some of the best local ‘tastes’ for whiskey lovers far and wide. Trey Clay, marketing director shared “There are both vendor and sponsorship opportunities open through Sept. 15. A featured highlight for the night is a VIP “Early Access & Tasting Lounge.”
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