2024 ARTISTS

ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE

The 2024 Rhoneymeade Fest Artists-In-Residence are supported by the PA Council on the Arts Creative Communities Initiative and the Centre Foundation’s Knight Fund.

Carrie Weaver / Imber industries

From west coast to no coast, geometric creations large and small have been offered to the public since 2010. Carrie’s goal is to create objects that are both ornamental and playful. They are meant to be an aid to turning potentially mundane places into mind-expanding playscapes for people of all ages. Mineral, animal, and plant forms evolve together in dynamic patterns, crystalizing into soft sculptures.

Elyse Rainbolt

Elyse Rainbolt (b. Ashland, Oregon, USA, 1985) is a multimedia artist, lyricist, designer and flower farmer residing in Rebersburg, PA.  Being sensitive, observant, adaptable and somewhat of a chameleon, Rainbolt imbibes the feelings & moods of people and the environment around her.  Her mind surrounds and cultivates what is good.  She has a distinct sentimentality for the early 20th century as well as 1960’s and 1970’s counterculture and is in constant search of a mood or setting.  Rainbolt is a music enthusiast & visually creates what she is sonically inspired by, bearing unanticipated results with meaningful outcomes.  She especially enjoys collecting antique Edwardian garments and paper ephemera.  The scope of her interests and the amplitude of her abilities provide ambiance.  She specializes in hand painted garments, tapestries, murals, poster art, textile design and dried floral arrangements.  She’s had solo exhibits in Denver and New York, along with Fukuoka and Tokyo, Japan.  This is her third year drawing the windows at Rhoneymeade Fest. Instagram Mixcloud Email

Joe Beddall, Abi Beddall, & Freida Donadio

Joe Beddall is a practicing visual artist experimenting with physical and cognitive perception through material and process. He holds a degree in Art Education from Kutztown State University and has taught Design and Art History at Antalya International University in Antalya, Turkey. He has been an Artist in Residence in Obama, Japan, Thimphu, Bhutan, and The New Arts Program in Kutztown, PA. His work is part of The Bellefonte Art Museum collection and in private collections around the world. 

Abi Beddall is a multimedia performance artist, designer, curator, and educator living in Pittsburgh, PA. Their work takes inspiration from collaboration, community interaction, and activism, leading Beddall to specialize in Performance Art and Protest. Their search for inclusivity in ceremonial wear inspired Abi to create custom special occasion clothing for clients, expanding the artist's wearable art series into a handmade clothing company: A.B.I.

Freida Donadio was born last year in Pittsburgh, PA. As an artist exploring vocals and percussion, she enjoys creating her own instruments. 

Stacy & Ayla Hall

Peace Cranes for Palestine is a community art therapy project, initiated in November 2023, through which we are creating a memorial for the children of Gaza. The goal is to fold and display 14,500+ origami cranes, representing the estimated number of children killed in attacks by Israel in Gaza since Oct 7th, 2023. Additionally, the display will symbolize hope for peace, a call to action, and a call for a permanent ceasefire.