2023

Meet the Winners

Harrisburg Magazine’s Simply the Art Photo Submitted By ArtistsStory By Christina Heintzelman – cheintzelman@benchmarkmediallc.com In August 2022, Harrisburg Magazine, celebrated the twenty-fifty anniversary of Simply the Best. A decision was made to expand this program […]

2022

Two Local Women Artists Reach for the Stars

And Those Stars Have Landed in Their Hands Photo Supplied By The ArtistsStory By Christina Heintzelman – cheintzelman@benchmarkmediallc.com “Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the […]

2022

Mindfulness in Teaching and Art

Opening the Quintessence of Creativity for Others Photo Submitted By Artist, John DavisStory By Christina Heintzelman – cheintzelman@benchmarkmediallc.com Teacher, art facilitator, artist. John Davis never took an art class in high school and came to […]

2022

Matriarchs of Art

Group Photo By Jeb BoydStory By Christina Heintzelman – cheintzelman@benchmarkmediallc.com We are strong, we are unapologetic and secure in who we are and what we do, we are fierce, we are creative, we are wise, […]

2022

COCOON – The Emergence of Historical Legacy

Kate Browne’s Public Space Sculpture in Steelton scheduled for 2023 Photo By Eric EtheridgeStory By Christina Heintzelman – cheintzelman@benchmarkmediallc.com Cocoon – verb – (Cambridge Dictionary) ‘to protect someone or something from pain or an unpleasant […]

2020

A Study in Complexity: Susan Kreider Getty

Photo Submitted By Susan Kreider GettyStory By Christina Heintzelman – cheintzelman@benchmarkmediallc.com Susan Kreider Getty is an artist who does not wish to be placed in any artistic genre. “I work in oils, pastels, acrylics, watercolors, […]

2022

Michelle Green’s awakening as an artist

Story and Photo By Christina Heintzelmancheintzelman@benchmarkmediallc.com Michelle Green’s story about her first artistic experience is the best and goriest that you may ever hear. “When I was about 3 or 4 years old, I was […]