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Valerie Parker Henry, Dance Spirit May 16, 2008 When Valerie Parker Henry enters a room you can tell she moves a little differently than the average person. Her movements are smooth and graceful. Her back is perfectly straight and she seems to glide across the floor. Ms. Parker Henry, who has danced professionally for decades, is talking about her life in the "Loft" dance studio on the second floor of Mulberry Art Studios, before teaching an intermediate ballet class. "Dance has allowed me to travel the world," she says. "I've danced in France, Latvia, and the Ukraine, as well as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Singapore, and Malaysia." A significant part of her dance career has been in Jerusalem, Israel, where (Click to read more) Rusty Banks, Guitar Maestro May 9, 2008 Rusty Banks remembers when he realized how important the guitar would be in his life. He was 13, an 8th grader in Jasper, Alabama. Coal mining country. He'd been playing the instrument for a few years, taught by an elderly Pentecostal-influenced piano teacher, Corinne Williamson. "It was a 20/20 special with Hugh Downs on the life and music of [legendary Spanish guitarist Andres] Segovia," says Banks, 33, on a recent Spring morning at George's diner in Mountville. "I saw how far the guitar could be taken. It could play the bass, the chords, the melody. Hearing Segovia made me aware of what could be accomplished on guitar." (Click to read more) Roberta Little May 2, 2008 When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, artist Roberta Little was 100 miles away from her home near Biloxi, Mississippi. She evacuated to Pensacola, Florida. "The power was out where we were, and we missed the direct impact of the storm," says Little. When she returned to her home, her studio was destroyed - all her supplies and tools crushed and washed away. Like many from the devastated region, Little and her husband, left their home. They ended up in Lancaster. (Click to read more) Bobbi Carmitchell: Soul Singer April 25, 2008 Bobbi Carmitchell on the guitar: "For me, the thing about playing a guitar that is so different from many other instruments is that you are so physically connected to it. My first instrument was piano and I love playing it, but you are only connected to it by your finger tips and the bottoms of your feet! With a guitar, you literally wrap yourself around the instrument and embrace it. The vibrations that come from playing a guitar go right into your very soul and there's nothing really quite it. (Click to read more) R. Paul Stewart April 18, 2008 Artist R. Paul Stewart is featured in the main gallery at Mulberry Art Studios for the month of April. Mr. Stewart, a former resident artist at Mulberry for thirteen years, is enthusiastically welcomed home by April Koppenhaver, the gallery's charming and effervescent owner-operator. "Paul is one of the most exceptionally talented artists we have had here at Mulberry," says Ms. Koppenhaver. "His photography is amazing, and, of course his colored pencil work is sublime. We are so happy for the Lancaster County public to see his work." (Click to read more)

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