The Studio at St. Mary’s: Space to Create is home to over a dozen artists. Their art forms range from fiber arts, literary arts, visual arts, to the healing arts. Some of the artists offer classes and workshops at their studios, while others focus on their work. You can read about each artist here…
Z3 Concepts – a full-service video production company dedicated to producing quality multimedia for today’s sales, training, and marketing needs. From planes, trains to automobiles, and everything in between our broad experience has sent us to many places both geographically and technologically for almost 25 years.
Stan Zlotkowski, Producer
Listening Hearts Studio / The Writing Studio
The Listening Hearts / Writing Studio at The Studio at St. Mary’s: Space to Create is a shared space for a variety of programs.
Listening Hearts is an intensive Monasteries of the Heart experience for women in inner-city Erie. Specially designed for women experiencing poverty, homelessness, in recovery, or post-incarceration. The Writing Studio sessions are offered through several writing groups, each share the space and offer different types of writing experiences. The Tibetan Buddhist Sangha also shares the studio and meet on Sunday mornings. Also, occasional spirituality programs are offered to the public in the Listening Hearts/Writing Studio. Stay connected to open events through The Space to Create Facebook page.
For more information contact: Anne McCarthy, OSB Anne McCarthy, OSB at Benetvision; annemcc@benetvision.org or 814-460-5522
The Fiber Studio
The raw energy of my emotions continues to fuel me and propels me to 
further investigate as I open new doors of experimentation. I am hooked on creative challenges and wonder. I love pushing paint around and manipulating fabric and fibers into something interesting. I am continually learning and experimenting with new media and techniques, meeting new people, and seeking new ideas. Join me to work, learn, experiment, hang out or just stop and chat! Together, we may be able to expand each other’s horizons and enrich our experiences of being human.
A collective voice for a vibrant region
Founded in 1960 as the Arts Council of Erie, Erie Arts & Culture is the regional arts agency for Northwestern Pennsylvania, as appointed by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA). Our role is to promote, support, and develop culture and creativity at the regional level; ensuring broad opportunities for residents and tourists throughout communities in Erie, Crawford, Venango, Warren, Mercer, and Lawrence counties to engage with the sector educationally, socially, and economically. Our presence ensures that all communities – regardless of their geographic location or economic status – are systematically and equitably served.
LXB Design Studio 
Lechner & Benson Advertising Design is a creative, results-oriented professional team handling a wide variety of communications projects. The founding partners, Bill Lechner and Chuck Benson, each have over 35 years of experience in advertising, direct mail, print graphics, logo design and corporate identity, sales promotion, signage and displays, package design, media buying, website development, and public relations.
Barbara Crone brings almost 50 
years of experience in producing artwork, murals, scenery, and costumes to The Studio at St. Mary’s.
She has also developed and taught art classes to students in public, private, and home-school classrooms. Her teaching includes not only painting and drawing but a series she designed exploring art history. Barbara has exhibited in juried and invitational shows in New York, Florida, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Krakow, Poland.
Amy VanScoter, Owner/Instructor
Infinite Love Yoga, LLC is your home for yoga, whole health, and intentional living. We provide a safe, supportive, and welcoming space for all that fosters community building while allowing room to breathe, relax, deeply connect, self-heal, and thrive. Our experienced yoga instructors and workshop practitioners are devoted to helping you know yourself fully and care for yourself more deeply. Our classes are inclusive and adaptable to meet you right where you are today. Come practice with us! We want to see you thrive both on and off the mat.
Bryan Toy
Presque Isle Woodturners (PIW) is a member of the American Association of Woodturners. Our mission is to educate woodturners and the public about the art and craft of woodturning. We were organized in 1999 and became incorporated as a non-profit organization in 2003.
Meetings are held the first Wednesday of the month at St Mary’s Studio 310 E. 10th Street 2nd Floor at 6:00 p.m.
Weaving/Spinning Studio
Barbara Hauck, Owner/Instructor
Barbara J. Hauck’s work includes both functional weavings and fiber artwork which is a convergence of painting and weaving. Barbara received a Bachelor of Science in Art from Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, and a Master of Arts in Speech and Communication Studies from the Edinboro University of PA. Having learned to weave at Skidmore, she has been working at her craft for over 50 years.
Although Barbara has been known mostly in the Erie region as a fundraiser, she has participated in many gallery shows over the years with both paintings and fiber arts. She also authored the book “A Picture Palace Transformed: How Erie’s Warner Theatre Survived a Changing World.” Even in her fundraising positions, she advocated for arts and culture with several local organizations; the Warner Theatre Preservation Trust, the Erie Philharmonic, and the Arts Endowment of the Arts Council of Erie.
Barbara is active in the Chautauqua County Weavers’ Guild, the Lake Erie Fiber Arts Guild, Northwest PA Artists Association, the Erie Branch of the American Association of University Women, and the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 435. Barbara has been a weaving and fiber arts teacher at the Inner-City Neighborhood Art House for over 20 years and at The Studio at St. Mary’s where she teaches weaving to adults.
You can read more about Barbara, or contact her, through her Blog here: Weaving As Meditation