I Am Collingswood

I Am Collingswood: Devon Winfree

The Collingswood coffee shop manager is part barista, curator and booking agent. This week she tells Patch about her new venture into jewelry-making.

As manager of popular Haddon Avenue coffee shop Grooveground, jewelry designer Devon Winfree finds herself connected to a variety of art and music. She says the borough nurtures young artists, and provides many opportunities for her to grow her new custom jewelry business, Earthen Treasures. Collingswood Patch: Tell me about your background in the arts. What was your first love? Drawing, painting, sculpting? Devon Winfree: I started doing lots of arts classes in high school. I did fine art, sculpture, web design. Then when I went to college I started doing more fine arts like painting and getting into expressive drawing classes and abstract painting. I went to Monclair State University for one year, and then I did a year at Rowan …

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Artist Adds Youthful Flair to Collingswood

Local art is always featured around town. But it's not every day the artist is a 7-year-old.

She's a locally-acclaimed artist whose work is recognized and applauded in the local arts community. Her in-demand pieces were even featured at the borough's Nov. 13 Second Saturday event. And she's only 7 years old. On Nov. 13, Collingswood frame shop The Traveling Framer featured and sold 24 pieces created by7-year-old Alexis Hochgertel, of Haddonfield. Alexis' portfolio debut was certainly a monumental day for her. But her Nov. 13 debut also marked a monumental day for The Traveling Framer 0wner Stan Demski–the debut made Alexis the first child artist ever featured in his shop. "We'd originally taken a couple of Alexis' pieces to Stan's shop to get them framed for our home," said the artist's father Robert Hochgertel. "While he had the…

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