05/16/2026
Embracing Nature our June featured show.
The new show for June at the ARTery Gallery in Milford called Embracing Nature is sure to delight both art and nature enthusiasts. Potters, Scott and Debbie Helfand, and printmaker Carol Lyons invite you to step into a world where the beauty of the natural landscape is honored, celebrated, and transformed into art you can hold in your hands.
Retired educators Scott and Debbie Helfand spend their time exploring the natural world and expressing their love for the environment through clay. Their work is inspired by their desire to promote environmental stewardship. Through design and decoration, they seek to create pieces that inspire others to join them in protecting the environment. Debbie expresses her fondness through hand-building with clay. She often includes upcycled fabrics and natural elements in her pieces and enjoys incorporating whimsical themes. Scott works with a variety of media, including clay, glass, and steel, often combining materials to create aesthetically functional works. Debbie and Scott are committed to promoting Peace, Equality, Inclusion, and a cleaner, healthier environment for our collective future by creating aesthetic, functional art that celebrates environmental friendliness and incorporates themes of nature.
Carol Ann Lyons is currently a private practice art therapist and has been an artist and printmaker for over 40 years. She is a professional conservator of books and artwork on paper. Her clients include Princeton, Simon & Schuster, the New York Botanical Garden, Sony, and lovers of fine art and printmaking in the metropolitan area. Her favorite experiences with the natural world are the simple micro-moments throughout the day that bring her joy, happiness, peace, or gratitude. Her work is allegorical as she explores the relationships she creates and what the natural world encounters within its environment. Carol’s recent prints and paintings are expressed by using acrylic paint on wood, paper, and cloth. Her training as a professional printmaker leads her recent realistic series as a prerequisite to her future woodcuts and monotypes.
You can enjoy the remarkable work of the Helfands and Carol Lyons at the ARTery gallery from June 11th through July 6th. The public is invited to visit with them and enjoy refreshments at their opening reception on Saturday, June 13th, from 6-9 pm.
The ARTery Gallery, located at 210 Broad St. in Milford, PA, is a cooperatively owned and operated fine art gallery located in the historic Forest Hall building. It features an ever-changing variety of fine art and crafts. The gallery is open Thursday through Monday from 10-6 pm. For more information, call (570) 409-1234 or visit www.arterygallerymilford.com.
