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Well it happened, my best friend is making her deubt on RTL. She is doing a brave thing and mounting a school board election campagin in Spartanburg SC for district 2. She has been in higher educator her entire carrer, is a parent of two in district 2 and for the first time is running for office to do what?? Make change that she would like to see as a parent and as an educator. Her crazy idea.. listening to what people have to say and offer and create policies and procedures that work with students, teachers, and families.

It is a great interview and hopefully one that inspires you to be the Change you Want to see in the world.

Here is her Website for more informaton on how to donate and get involved.

this episode, we’re joined by Matt Miller, Director of the Cumberland Economic Development Corporation (CEDC), for a candid conversation about what it really takes to revitalize a small city with big potential.

Matt shares how projects like the Baltimore Street redevelopment are reshaping not just the look — but the future — of downtown Cumberland. We get into the realities of economic development in a close-knit community, the power of partnerships, and why trust and timing are everything.

Whether you’re a business owner, developer, or just someone who cares about Cumberland’s growth, this episode offers an inside look at the strategy, vision, and heart behind the progress.

What We Cover:

• Why Baltimore Street is more than a facelift — it’s a foundation for the future

• How CEDC is connecting businesses and developers to new opportunities

• Why communication and transparency are key to moving projects forward

• The advantage of doing big things in a small city

• How public-private partnerships fuel long-term success

• Why economic development is really about people, trust, and timing

• What it takes to create real, generational change in a legacy town

Lois has a studio nestled in the heart of Appalachia, and draws inspiration from the region's breathtaking landscape to create exceptional jewelry pieces. Her process is truly distinctive, involving a meticulous technique of carving intricate patterns into brass and then pressing them into sterling silver. Each piece - whether a necklace, ring, or pair of earrings - captures the essence of Appalachian flora and fauna. Her signature style involves delicate leaf and flower motifs, primarily in sterling silver with precious stones, creating texture and depth that mirrors the natural world.

Visit her Website

Western Maryland Artist Studio Tour

Denise Sullivan

A Bob Ross Certified Artist fell in love with oils, paint as well as pastels, she is so thirlled to be a part of the Artist Studio Tour this year and you can visit her in her home studio, she also teached classes and specializes in Landscapes and Florals.

Visit her during the tour here

Donna spent most of her life as a self-taught artist focused on graphite and acrylic. While she "dabbled" and remained drawn to art, she all but put away the easel to raise a family, attend college, and foster a career. Once retired from banking, she started her artistic work anew. Her first move, she found a good instructor and mentor. Secondly, she picked up pastels, an entirely new medium for her. The more she explored what these fabulous little sticks of pigment could do, the more she pushed herself into unknown territory. When asked "Why pastels?" she stated, "I don't do anything by half. Finding a mentor that is both a great guide and fierce friend was paramount. She sparked a passion in me. I discovered what I seldom found in the acrylics. It's the softness, the life, and the way the light just bounces off of the pieces. I just can't get enough." In two short years, Donna conquered a virtually unknown medium to having her own exhibitions in pastel. And as she says, "I am so fortunate to be able to do what I love, and I'm just getting started!" Donna has grown, and quickly. She is now a multi-Award winning Artist.

Donna enjoys hearing from those that have visited her website: Take a walk through her portfolio. If you have any questions, concerns, or even criticisms, please leave her a message. While she is considered a Pastelist, she also works in oil pastel, colored pencil, and to some extent, watercolor. Donna will constantly test new mediums, but she never wanders far from her heart and passion with pastels.

Donna will be set up at the Gilcrest Gallery During the Artist Stuido Tour

Lacy Ann Miller

Joins us, she is a local artist specializing pottery, and has one of the cooler jobs, an Art Teacher.

She has traveled all over the world absorbing knowledge that has informed her art.

She is going to be in one of the shared spaces of artists this year and for exact location check out the Western MD Artist Studio Tour Website

Pamela is back on the podcast after a great response for her first episode, so we are digging a little deeper into Archetypes. This is another great episode and I am sure that she will be back again! What type of Archetype are you? Take the Quiz

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She is a Professional Executive and Personal Coach based on the East Coast of the United States. Her generative wholeness approach to coaching brings clarity, direction, and positive support for her clients. By identifying where growth is desired, setting goals and objectives, and encouraging accountability, she helps clients to become empowered to learn how to obtain their goals and live balanced lives. Her own personal and professional experiences — of living on two continents and the challenges she faced in building and rebuilding a new life — are woven into the coaching she provides. Pamela coaches remotely and in person, depending on clients' preferences and locations.

Pamela has more than 20 years of experience in international business, mainly in the ICT sector, working in the United States and in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Most recently, she has listened to what her inner voice, gut and heart have been saying and quit her corporate job to focus full-time on her coaching business. Since then, she hasn't looked back.

Pamela holds a bachelor's degree in Modern Languages from Clarion University and a master's degree in American Studies from the University of Amsterdam. She is an accredited Associate Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation, a certified generative coach through inviteChange and a certified Archetypes at Work TM guild member. And speaking of Archetypes, her leading Actors are Explorer, Lover and Sovereign.

This week we are lucky enough to highlight Hilmar Gottesthal check out his studio click the link below for more details Artist Studio Tour

Hilmar currently is the featured artist at The Ferlman Gallery, you can check out his work

Artist and sculptor Hilmar Udo Fister Gottesthal was born on Christmas Eve 1942 in Carinthia, Austria. He studied at the "University of Vienna" and the "Vienna Academy of Fine Arts" where he graduated in 1966 winning the two highest art awards. He partially restored the Neo-Gothic Votive Church in Vienna before his interest in Byzantine art took him to Greece and Turkey where he spent 30 years painting and sculpting as well as capturing the ancient ruins, myths, and religious icons.

He arrived in Istanbul in 1966 having received an Austrian-Turkish Cultural Exchange Grant. His earliest One Man Shows were at the Istanbul City Gallery, the State Museum for Painting and Sculpture, the American Robert College and American Cultural Institute. It was there in 1968 that Nancy Hanks, later Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts discovered and invited Gottesthal to his first American showing in Rockefeller Center, New York.

In 1972 he moved to Greece following an exhibition in Athens. It was here that he first developed his own Sepia made from squid and produced Black and White drawings which drew international attention. In 1978 he was an "Artist in Residence" for Berkeley School For The Arts for four months painting archaeological sites around Oaxaca, Mexico and in the provinces of Tabasco, Chiapas, and Yucatan. The resulting works were shown at the Governor's Palace in Oaxaca.

Back in Greece Gottesthal continued to develop his own style, painting with oil and watercolors works which often contained spiritual elements using his complex pointillist and sometimes mosaic-like style. He painted murals in the Bell Tower Chapel of a Greek Orthodox Church in Karitsa near Mount Olympus and restored two Byzantine chapels working with American art students in a summer internship program on Mount Kissavos.

In 1986 he moved back to Turkey where he recorded the nautical archaeological recovery and finds of the 11th century Byzantine shipwreck at Serce Harbor. These works are on permanent display along with the artifacts at the Bodrum Nautical Archaeological Museum. The artist then conceived and executed an enormous Plane Tree sculpture measuring 22' x 12' x 8' that was donated to the Hasanbaba Forestry Recreational Park, "To The Children of the World" as a climbing sculpture. During those same years he exhibited in London, Paris, Hamburg and returned to the United States for exhibitions in Winnetka on the North Shore and at the Gruen Gallery in Chicago.

In 1993 before leaving Europe to make his home in the USA he celebrated a 25 years retrospect in Ankara at the Turkish National Museum and was awarded a medal for his cultural contribution to Turkey. In 1995 he started a Fine Arts Program with the International Summer Music Courses in St. Paul, Austria. In 1998 he accepted a commission for 26 Stained Glass windows for Priestfield Pastoral Center in West Virginia which included 15 Stations of the Cross, two large circular windows and a 6' x 6' map of W. V. in Stained Glass. Since completing this project he issued his first U.S. print and held exhibitions in London, England, St. Paul, Austria, Dorset, England, The Wachau, Austria and several locations in the U.S. He was invited to the White House's 2002 artist's reception for the Stained Glass Christmas Ornament he made for the National Tree which has become part of their permanent collection. In May 2003 he completed a 9' by 12' stained glass for a United Methodist church. Then in January 2007 Maryland Public Television featured him on "Artworks This Week" and he had a packed exhibition opening reception at the Saville Gallery in 2008.

Gottesthal now a US citizen resides with his photographer wife Penny Knobel-Besa in Western Maryland on a mountain top across from his woodland gallery, "Sanctuary Studios". They both had exhibitions in Vienna, Austria in June 2012 and celebrated the completion of his Sanctuary Sculpture Field including two 18 foot wood sculptures and stone works in June 2013.

Pat is making her 2nd apperence on the podcast, after hitting the mics almost 10 years ago, this its personal.

Over the past several years, she has painted en plein air along with working in my studio. She appreciates the focus and presence required to paint on site and have worked to bring the liveliness of plein air to her studio work.

Patricia Hilton received her BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati and MFA from Indiana State University. Since then, she has participated in group, two-person, and one-person shows in Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.

She is excited to welcome everyone to her studio space during the Artist Studio tour in October!

More information: Pat's Website

He's BACK!!!

We were so excited to have Mike back for season 9, Mike is of course going to be featured on the Artist Studio Tour this year and serving up delicious piping hot soup and other snacks to entice you to visit... but this episode we dive into the artist psyche a bit and what it might feel like when you finish a large project or any project and the dreaded "What's Next" question comes up.

As always this is a great chat and of course like subscibe and Share this podcast with your friends!

Links to More info:

Mike's Website: http://www.michaelhunterthompson.com