 Sky Cone and Howard Fokes used their tenth anniversary celebration aboard the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway to make a charitable contribution to Passion Works Studio.
The couple invited passengers to join them on the train ride through the scenic Hocking Valley. Midway through the trip, masked “outlaws" (historic re-enactors) "demanded" money from the guests in a surprise robbery. These big-hearted bandits donated the loot to Passion Works immediately following the heist.
Happy Anniversary and a big thank you to Sky and Howard for their generous and creative contribution!
Passion Works has many fans like Sky and Howard who are interested in showing their support. But you don’t need to have a run-in with masked men in order to donate to Passion Works. Now that we’ve added the new “donate” button, contributing to Passion Works Studio is simply a click away.
Click over to our website and select the "Donate" button at the top of the page.
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Wendy Minor Viny is Passion Works Studio’s featured artist for the month of August. Wendy began her time at Passion Works as a volunteer in 1999 and quickly moved into the Lead Artist-in-Residence position of that year. Wendy's ability to work collaboratively and individually is a huge contribution to the studio. Her refined use of light and layers is used to guide rather than influence the creative process of artists she works with. Wendy studied sculpture and painting at both Ohio State University and The Columbus College of Art and Design. In 1993, she co-founded Standing Stone Arts Collective in Amesville, Ohio, where she lived and worked collaboratively until 2001. Wendy is also an artist with the Ohio Arts Council’s Artist-in-Residence program, teaching painting and found-object sculpture in Ohio’s public and private schools. She has been recognized for her own work as well as for her work with Passion Works Studio on National Public Radio, PBS (Conversations in Humanities), and various publications such as Dialogue, USA Today and Ohio Magazine. 
