Our Creative Spirits

The Fellowship is home to an amazing array of creative spirits. Here are a few examples!


  • Reed Asher, Phoenix Pottery

    For more information about Reed and her phenomenal  pottery, watch this fun, short video, or visit her website. 


  • Roy Bartels, Poppy's Crafting

    A printer and a woodworkers, Roy has two "shops."

    • https://www.etsy.com/shop/PoppysPrintsAndStuff
    • https://www.facebook.com/PoppyPaperCrafting/


  • Pat Buckstrup, original art prints

    A gifted and prolific artist, we are working on Pat's web presence.


  • Julie Colacchio

    Author Julie Colaacchio writes because she  firmly believes that America needs magic. Find out more about Julie and her book, The  Poinsoned Fruit, by clicking here: 

     https://juliecolacchio.com/home

  • Joe Cosentino

    An actor, playwright, director and producer, and prolific author of mystery, romance and humor novels, find out more about Joe at his website: https://joecosentino.weebly.com/

  • Tom Hackett Photography

    After retiring from a thirty year career as a software engineer, Tom turned his attention to photography, an art form he had dabbled in since childhood.  Initially considering himself  a landscape photographer, he has experimented more recently with abstract, conceptual and surrealistic work.


    Learn more about Tom  by clicking here and here.

  • Bridget Herlihy

    A multi-disciplinary artist, Bridget  can be found on facebook and here. 

  • Pat Lamanna

    Pat is a folksinger and award-winning songwriter. She performs frequently in the Hudson Valley and beyond. She also creates and presents UU services locally and internationally.


    Find out more about Pat by clicking here. 

  • Roberta M. Roy

    Roberta holds a B.A. in English from the State University at Albany, NY; an M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Nebraska; a Certificate of Clinical Competency in Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language Association (ASHA); and is licensed as a Speech-Language Pathologist in the State of New York. Her background particularly qualifies her to write humanistic historical fiction and sci-fi with literary quality.


    https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00QV3U7E4

  • Christopher Tuthll

    Christopher Tuthill is a writer whose short fiction has appeared in The Mythic Circle, Dark Tales From Elder Regions, and Tales of Reverie. He is a native of Riverhead, on Long Island, New York, where the award-winning Osprey Man is set. He works as an academic librarian, and his hobbies include board games, baseball, hiking, camping, and telling stories to his three children. He lives in Poughkeepsie, NY with his wife and three children.


    You can learn more about Chris, and read his  short stories by clicking here. 

  • Karl Volk

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  • Jim Weismann

    Jim is one of the Fellowship's most prolific poets, and has been the featured at the Poughkeepsie Library District's poetry evenings.

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