Art Classes at 711
Johnstown Magazine
Remember how much fun art class was as a kid? Guess what? You’re not too old to still enjoy it. One of the newest art centers to hit the region is Studio 711, An Arts and Learning Studio for All Ages, in Fairfield Township. Debi Bartley opened Studio 711 in early January, and is working toward having it busy constantly.
Creatures Created from Tissue
Nawshin Ali - The Indiana Gazette
Gene Fenton has a knack for doing things with tissue paper the rest of us wouldn't even think of.
He's a papier mache artist.
Gene Fenton
Cynthia McCloud - The Dominion Post
He's not exactly Dr. Frankenstein, but papier mache sculptor Gene Fenton creates fantastic monsters.
Indiana Artists Sculpt Monsters, Dinosaurs Out of Papier-Mache
Jeff Himler - The Tribune Review
Today's filmmakers spend millions on computers to summon dinosaurs from the prehistoric past and set them loose in theaters around the world. Gene Fenton, on the other hand, chooses to produce dinosaurs and other exotic creatures with an approach that although low-tech is high on inventiveness.
Meet the Master of Monster Mache
The Laurel Mountain Post
It’s Looking as if they’ve just plodded off the set of a classic monster movie, the creatures in Gene Fenton’s menagerie are colorful, fantastic - and intentionally a little disturbing. They bring together a medium and a subject that most of us may never have uttered in the same breath before: paper maché and dinosaurs.