Final weekend for the Croton Arts Festival! It has been rescheduled to October 3-4, 2026

Croton Fall Arts Festival set for Croton Rod and Gun Club in Flemington | Art & Galleries | buckscountyherald.com

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Admission is free, and the show will go on rain or shine. Refreshments will be served. All work exhibited will be for sale.

Featured works include stone benches, sculpture, mixed media art, paintings, pottery, photography, jewelry and wood creations.

In addition, Gloria Kosco will be on hand to do a children’s activity to make “pinch pots,” which they can create and take home. Artists will be available to explain their artistic process, making this a more interactive art show.

Artists include, Justin Anchinsko, Diana Contine, Gloria Kosco, Reed Mitchell, Jonathan Rischawy, Zoe Rischawy, Steven Snyder (posthumously), Deborah Tinsman, and special guest artist, Annie Haslam.

Anchinsko, founder of Innerstone.Design, designs stone benches that are “not only beautiful, but also practical and comfortable.” Anchinsko “listens” to the stone before creating one-of-a-kind stone benches and stone sculpture, fitting them into natural landscapes.

Working with his father, the late stone sculptor Steven Snyder of Cedar Maze Sculpture Garden, he developed a deep understanding of how each individual stone’s shape and texture can guide his hand to create work in a style uniquely his own. Anchinsko started creating stone benches and outdoor stone sculpture when he discovered how polishing stone brought out its inner beauty.

Contine of dakota-moon.com is a state juried member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen with juried status in both jewelry and fiber. She is also a member of the Pennsylvania Society of Goldsmiths and a certified instructor in the PMC Guild. She teaches jewelry design and techniques throughout New England and in her studio.

An adventurous sense of color and an eye for combining unexpected textures are hallmarks Dakota Moon designs. She incorporates a range of materials from precious gems and metals to semi-precious beads and ethnic elements. Contine’s work is also imbued with a deep sense of respect and affection for the Divine feminine. Her pieces are far more than wearable art; they are meditations on the spirit of beauty.

Haslam first came to international prominence in 1971 as the lead singer of Renaissance.

Before music took center stage, she studied fashion and in London she followed her dream to be a dress designer. She later incorporated her own artwork, printed on silk, into her concert wardrobe. She even had her paintings enlarged – one for each song – and displayed behind her band and orchestra.

In 2002, Haslam developed a parallel career as a visual artist that now spans original canvases, and an ever-growing body of commissioned work. Painted songs have become a particular passion. Haslam has become widely known for transforming musical instruments into one-of-a-kind works of art. Among the most celebrated is a CF Martin guitar displayed in the Martin Museum in Nazareth, Northampton County.

Kosco, who began making pottery as a teenager, is an accomplished artist working with different materials but is continually drawn back to clay. She is known for her exceptional skills in wheel throwing.

She creates beautifully crafted pottery that marries elegance with practicality. Her work often reflects a deep connection to nature, drawing inspiration from organic shapes, textures, and colors. She conducts workshops and classes at Mudtown Ceramics in Milford, N.J.

Mitchell enjoys turning ordinary moments into art that challenges the viewer to see the familiar in unexpected ways. Guided by intuition and a playful imagination, believing that powerful interconnected beauty and meaning surrounds us all, his images range from direct interpretation to the abstract.

Jonathan Rischawy is a painter working in an impressionist-representational style, who began his art career as a Graphic Designer. He then became a certified art teacher and began painting more frequently. His goal as an artist is to bring the often unnoticed beauty of the everyday and common to the forefront. A high school art teacher in Sussex County, N.J., his work is frequently displayed throughout Hunterdon and Bucks counties.

Zoe Rischawy grew up with a father who is an artist. Accompanying him, as a child, on late afternoon car rides to scout the area for places to take pictures, she said she learned very quickly what the “golden hour” was and what shadows look best for painting. She said she loves to take “pictures of strangers living their lives around me for that split second it takes to snap a photo … (choosing) to capture the beauty of them in that moment.”

Snyder (1956-2025) built Cedar Maze, his home and studio in Point Pleasant, Bucks County in 1996. There he created a sculpture garden, and from 1997 through 2017, he featured his work along with that of other artists at yearly Cedar Maze Art Shows. Snyder’s work was heavily influenced by love of family and nature. From 2018 through 2024, his work was included in the HoBART Art Show in Frenchtown, NJ.

His past works include the carving of three large sandstone murals on the exterior of the Jewish Center of Princeton in Princeton, N.J., and a reproduction of a classic Bucks County farmhouse, featured in Fine Homebuilding Magazine. Country Living Magazine did a cover story on Cedar Maze in 1996 and in 2001, HGTV’s “Our Place” showcased his work at Cedar Maze as well. Snyder’s work has been collected both publicly and privately throughout the United States.

Tinsman maintains a pottery studio in Lumberville. The recipient of a fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts in 1989, she has participated in craft shows all over the northeast over the past 30 years. Her aim was to make everyday pots which were both functional and beautiful. Tinsman has moved on from making pots, and has turned to creating objects from wood that amuse her, as well as to painting.