The Artists-in Residence for 2026: Bill Teitsworth & Renee Emanuel

 Bill Teitsworth has received more than thirty national awards and honors, including the High Winds Medal (2011), the Greathouse Medal, and the Silver Medal of Honor of the American Watercolor Society, the Milford Zornes Award of the National Watercolor Society, and Best in Show and the Silver (John J. Newman Medal) and Bronze (Ralph Fabri Medal) of the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic. His work has been included in seven books, most recently Sketchbook Confidential II, out in June 2012 from North Light Books. He has authored three articles for The Artist’s Magazine, and was invited by editor Maureen Bloomfield to contribute to her article on “painting snow” this January.

He is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, and has served as a director of the Society since 2007. In April of 2011 the AWS invited him to demonstrate “the acrylic portrait” during the 144th Annual Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club in NYC. Bill is a workshop instructor for Coastal Maine Art Workshops (and other organizations). He is represented by Kiesendahl and Calhoun Fine Art (www.kandcgallery.com) and by the Newman and
Saunders Gallery in Wayne, PA.

Renee Emanuel, a native of Northeast Pennsylvania, creates colorful landscape and still-life paintings that celebrate her strong connection to the landscape and the still life objects that she loves. She has been recognized as an award winner in the recent publication, The Best of America, Watercolor Artists and Artisans. A graduate of Marywood University, she received an MFA in Painting and is a signature member of the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic and the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society. Her work was also selected for the books Watercolor Expressions and The Best of Acrylic Painting, and was the focus of an article, “Cherished Objects” in Country Living Magazine. Her paintings were awarded recognition in The Best of Pennsylvania Artists and Artisans and represented in the “Small Works, North America” exhibition in Fairfield, Connecticut. Most recently, she participated in a three person show called City Light at the Melberger Art Center in Scranton, PA. and in a two person exhibition, “An Intimate Landscape” at the Butternut Gallery in Montrose PA. She is also one of the contemporary artists invited to participate in the show, “Art of the Land” at the Everhart Museum in Scranton PA through the summer.

 

 

The Artist-in Residence for 2025: Carlo Savo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTIST’S BIO

Carlo was born and raised In Northeast Pennsylvania a few miles outside of Scranton PA. He began drawing at a young age copying comic book covers and popular cartoon characters of the era. As a teenager, he taught himself painting and traditional figure drawing. Though he received some guidance from various individuals who encouraged him in his artistic pursuits, Carlo has never had a formal art education.  At the age of 18, he became an apprentice auctioneer and entered the world of antiques and fine art. During his sixteen years as an auctioneer, he gained firsthand knowledge of the art world and collecting. In 2016 he left his career in antiques to pursue new opportunities and further explore his artistic vision.

 

 

 

 

 The Artist-in Residence for 2024 is Brooke Wandall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brooke is an avid book collector and painter living in NEPA with her two daughters. She received her Fine Arts degree from Marywood University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Brooke, drawing was an activity she never grew out of. Her mother is a notable local folk artist and Brooke Brooke usually paints abstract terrariums with flowers, but she also enjoys painting realistic still lives with books and vases. Occasionally, she feels inspired to create large abstract landscapes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Her creative process typically begins with her staring into space and noticing small details in the world that would normally go unnoticed. Nature, unique objects, and fellow abstract painters inspire Brooke and her work. For Brooke, being creative is about expressing herself through her painting because that’s how she communicates her world to others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Artist-in Residence for 2023 is artist Joe Statuto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Statuto graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor of Fine Art degree. His shows have included his photography, drawings and paintings. He is currently a resident of Clarks Summit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

His work can be seen on Instagram:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The artists of Verve Vertu Art Studio and the Artists for Peace are our new

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artists-in-Residence for 2022.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artists for Peace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Photography of Selena Waters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selena has been part of the studio since 2010. She enjoys working in all mediums, but photography is her first love.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2021

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Mel Wolk has agreed to be the Artist-in-Residence at The Gathering Place for 2021.    

Dr. Mel Wolk is a retired Pediatrician and Pediatric Allergist. He is a self-taught photographer who graduated from the New York Institute of Photography. He had been a free- lance photographer with Pennsylvania Magazine for twenty years. He produced a food calendar and many other images for Browntrout Publications, and his images have appeared in Country Living, Popular Photography, and Gourmet Magazine.

     Past exhibits in juried art shows have included Stroudsburg, Clarks Summit, and Scranton galleries. Solo exhibits were at the Trolley Museum, Tudor Gallery and the Artists for Artists Gallery in Scranton.

     A photo-digital interpretation won him a place in a juried show at the Susquehanna Art Museum in Harrisburg, PA. Because of his interest in antique and junk cars, he had a solo show at the Antique Automobile Museum in Hershey, PA.

     For the past few years, he has extended his work into Abstract and Expressionistic art. The use of found objects enhanced with vivid colors has since won him places in juried shows at the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, Connecticut, and the Robertson Art And Science Center in Binghamton, NY. His most recent entry was at the Barrett Art Center in Poughkeepsie, NY.

     Dr. Wolk’s exhibit at The Gathering Place will feature his abstract and expressionistic work. His devotion to art is shown in his own words: “Without imagination  you would have no creativity; without creativity, you would have no art; without art you would have no culture; without culture, you would have no thinking; without thinking, you would have no imagination.”

     One of Dr. Wolk’s favorite quotes is from Salvatore Dali, “ The world will never have enough outrageous!”