FEATURING TALENTED LOCAL ARTISTS

Her ceramic women are elegant, watchful presences, that seem to follow the viewer around the room as light and shadow shift across their forms.

Raised in the “Pretzel Belt” of Pennsylvania, Meshon grew up with and surrounded by artists.

Mita Bland not only captures that essence and the spirit of a place, but she is also able to create new spaces that have not yet been built, giving the viewer the sense that the space has always existed.

I caught up with multidisciplinary artist, sculptor, and teacher Danielle Mailer in her studio near Goshen, marked from the road by exuberant hanging sculptures, easy to spot as you drive by.