Wildwood Park Art In The Wild Artists Sponsors for the Awards

Art In The Wild
Art In The Wild was conceived with the goals
of presenting quality outdoor art using natural
materials, providing educational opportunities
and community involvement. The works of art are
composed of mostly natural materials to blend
with Wildwood’s nature setting. The project was
open to all. The exhibit is one more way to bring
awareness to Wildwood’s mission — preserving,
enhancing and interpreting the Park’s resources.
Artists
Site 1: Rachel Chronister
Rachel is a student at Central Dauphin High
School. She combined her passions for art and
music into her ‘Chimes’ creation.
Site 2 : Christin Nguyen
Christin is a future nursing student and enjoys
art as a hobby. She likes getting lost in creating
pieces of which she can be proud.
Site 3: Mikki Blackman
Mikki Blackman leads a team of Pa. and S.C.
artists including Norm Blackman, Barbara and
Carl Busko and Sylvia and Bob Lehman that
works in the natural environment celebrating the
creative process with the earth as a collaborator.
Site 4: John Brechbill
John Brechbill is a senior at Hershey High
School. He runs cross country and track and also
participates in AP art. He is hoping to attend Penn
State, Syracuse, Purdue or Ohio State in the fall.
Site 5: Paul Nagle
Paul Nagle is an artist and an educator working
primarily on sculpture, painting and drawing. His
main concerns are blending the figurative with
the abstract, merging the imagined world with the
visible. https://www.facebook.com/paul.nagle.54
www.paulnagle.com
Site 6: Ashley Russo & Beau Macginnes
Evolving a self sustaining, progressive perspective
from the instinctual growth of nature is the intent.
Site 7: Christine Quimby & Paul Martz
Paul Martz and Christine Quimby are a husbandand-wife team from Harrisburg. They live with a
cat named Rosario.
Site 8: Corinna Jablonski & Sue Shade
Corinna is a whimsical, nature-loving student
of life. Sue is a lively gardener, painter, sculptor
and hiker.
Site 9: Brook Lauer
Brook S. Lauer is a working artist, college
instructor and gallery administrator in the
Harrisburg area. Her artwork ranges from
2 dimensional wall hangings to 3 dimensional
installations. www.brookslauer.com
Site 10: Amy Lewis
An architect and welder by profession – Amy
Lewis is an adventurer and inventor by nature.
She dreamt up Agrisculpture to combine her
creative, environmental and spiritual missions
into one design practice. www.Agrisculpture.com
Site 11: Jamie Lebo
Jamie Lebo teaches Advanced Art 2 at Upper
Dauphin Area Middle School. She is working with
7 creative students interested in learning about all
aspects of art.
Site 12: Grace Troxell
Grace Sachi Troxell is an artist and graduate of
Skidmore College. She received a Post-Graduate
Certificate from the Glasgow School of Art.
Currently, her work is on view at the Doshi Gallery
in the State Museum of Pennsylvania and Masur
Museum in Louisiana. Her piece for Art In The
Wild explores metamorphosis. Installation
assistance provided by Maureen Joyce and
HACC’s sculpture class.
Site 13:Kim Vergil
Kim Vergil is an artist from Montreal, Canada.
Kim’s agile hands and inquisitive spirit work
together, weaving a story rich with the warp and
weft of life. www.kimvergil.com
Site 14: Sam White
Sam White is a senior at Central Dauphin High
School. He is pursuing a major in painting and
also enjoys photography and working three
dimensionally.
Site 15: Karena Comoss
Karena Comoss is a Harrisburg artist who enjoys
working with various mosaic techniques. She also
presented work at the 2013 Art In The Wild.
itsjustkarena@comcast.net
Sponsors for the Awards
First Prize: Seltzer’s Lebanon Bologna
Second Prize: Paul and Mary Lundeen
Third Prize: Aaron and Janis Brenner
Environmental Outdoor Art
April 12, 2014 – October 31, 2014
Art In The Wild Committee
Marcy H. Brenner
Carol Lopus
Jim Caufield
Mary Lundeen
Patricia Garcia
Chris Rebert
Michelle Hornberger
Donna C. Seltzer
Elizabeth Johnson
Olivia Susskind
Jurors
Jim Caufield
Donna C. Seltzer
Jason Lyons
Judge
Daniel Mack
Wildwood Park
Managed by Dauphin County Parks and
Recreation Department, Wildwood Park is one of
Pennsylvania’s premier centers for environmental
studies, educational opportunities and outdoor
recreation. This public resource is located in the
rolling hills of central Pennsylvania on the outskirts
of downtown Harrisburg.
Over 85,000 people use the Park annually. Its 229
acres are a haven for countless species of flora
and fauna centered around the 90 acre freshwater
wetland. A popular three-mile loop trail encircles
the park with side trails and boardwalks for a total
of six miles of trails.
Commissioners
Jeff Haste, Mike Pries, George P. Hartwick, III
WILDWOOD PARK
100 Wildwood Way
Harrisburg, PA 17110
www.wildwoodlake.org
Photo Credit: Jim Caufield
Please DO NOT touch or damage
the art installations. They are for
the enjoyment of visitors.
The Art In The Wild video is shown at Wildwood’s Olewine Nature Center and wildwoodlake.org. It is a great
way to see all of the art if you don’t plan to travel to the fifteen sites. The video was filmed and produced by
Central Dauphin High School students Amoe’ Arp & Nishay Wilson. Marcy Brenner is the video liaison with
the Art In The Wild committee.
Video