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Who decorates the bears?
Artists from around the region decorate, adorn, exaggerate,
and paint larger-than-life-size bears. Clarion County A
Beary Good Place is a hands-on, touchable art project,
proving that art doesn’t have to be "serious" to be good –
it just has to be fun. The artists submit design proposals
for review by the Clarion Bears Committee. Sponsors are
invited to graze through selected designs and choose the
artist and design of their choice.
Artists use the bears as their canvas to express their
vision of Clarion County’s unique history and local culture.
Then the decorated bears on display will promote economic
growth and tourism among our communities.”
Gretchen C. Mason
Community Hero
Gretchen C. Mason is a graduate of the Art institute of
Pittsburgh, Gretchen Mason is an experience design
profession poised to contribute innovative graphic artistry
in computer graphics and illustration. She has extensive art
and design knowledge and is a creative problem solver. She
is the 2004 Winner of the Clarion Autumn Leaf Festival Logo
Design and a 1998 Circle of Excellence at the Art Institute
of Pittsburgh. Gretchen describes the experience of creating
the Community Hero as an “exciting community project” and “a
wonderful opportunity to express the gratitude that our
“Community Hero’s Deserve”
Jake Yale
Callensburg’s Beary Best
– Courage Under Fire
“Clarion County is Super” Bear
Jester
Jake Yale from Clarion, PA is a professional graphic
artist from Clarion, PA graduated from the Art program at
Clarion University, and is currently the e-marketer/web
designer for Clarion University Admissions. He has also had
many independent art shows.
Ruth Hirsch
Beary Sweet Freedom
Ruth Hirsch read about the upcoming Clarion County: A Beary
Good Place project in the local newspaper and debated
whether to try to design a bear. Describing herself as “a
self -taught crafter” who enjoys making crafts and painting.
After attending an artist workshop session, on how to design
and paint a bear & the products to use, Ruth decided to
submit a few designs. She submitted a patriotic style bear
in honor of her hometown and America. “Since 9/11 our
country has changed and become more patriotic. This reborn
patriotism inspired me to choose the patriotic theme as a
reminder to our community of that patriotism.” Her grandson,
16-year-old Cameron Ashbaugh, helped her paint the bear. “We
spent many hours together working on it and we both truly
enjoyed it,” Ruth said.
Steve Jaworski
Autumn Leaf Bear
Steve Jaworski from Mayport, PA has a varied art
professional career. He is a freelance Illustrator and
Graphic Designer. From animation and photo lab experience to
teaching basic photography to high school students. In
college he was a multiple nominee for outstanding student in
the division of Time Based Media.
Rosemary Kalinowsky
Fabulous Foxburg Fun
Rosemary Kalinowsky from Foxburg, Pennsylvania considers
herself to be an “artist at heart.” Her experiences include
the creation of bulletin boards during her teaching career,
from which she is retired. She has worked with textiles
including projects from designing and sewing her own wedding
gown in 1968 to creating articles of clothing for her
children and herself. She has dabbed in patchwork, quilting,
knitting, embroidery and other sewing projects. Classes
included water color and oil painting and now with her
newest creation of Fabulous Foxburg Fun – she can add public
art to her resume.
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