Photographer and visual artist Shelby Wormley, last fall’s artist-in-residence at Franklin & Marshall College, shares the views she captured through her lens with an exhibit this month.

“THE SHOP PRESENTS: ESSENTIALS,” opens at F&M’s Susan and Benjamin Winter Visual Arts Center Friday, March 4, with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. It will remain on view through Saturday, March 26.n goes here

The State Museum of Pennsylvania today announced the recipients of the Art of the State 2021 purchase prize. Artwork selected will become part of The State Museum’s permanent collection. This year The State Museum chose two artists as purchase prize winners, Becky McDonah of Millersville and Shelby Wormley of Lancaster.

Students this academic year have the chance to encounter two local artists, both photographers, who will bring perspectives on African American identity and culture to Franklin & Marshall’s campus. As the artist-in-residence for the fall semester, Shelby Wormley, who shares a Lancaster art media storytelling firm, WE&Company, with her husband, Jordan, plans a pop-up barbershop in the atrium of the Susan & Benjamin Winter Visual Arts Center.

The Baldwin Leadership Program works to build strong community leaders who reflect Lancaster County today and tomorrow.

Through an 18 month process, these extraordinary Baldwin Leaders will pursue a project of their choice and design, meant to inspire personal leadership development. From a train road trip, to experiencing culture through music, and embracing identity through storytelling, our newest class of Baldwin Leaders is an one of kind group of community champions committed to emboldening extraordinary community through art, connection, and personal growth.

"When Summer Came: A Photographic Documentation of the Black Lives Matter Protest 2020" is an immerse experience of the protest that took place the Summer of 2020 after the murder of George Floyd. People will be able to walk through the park and will be able to read and see some of the stories of the protesters.

Lancaster-based visual storytellers and documentarians Shelby and Jordan Wormley, founders of WE&Company in Lancaster, say Juneteenth this year feels recharged from the racial justice movement sparked last year. Photo provided by the Wormleys

Photos: 'Assemblage' art exhibit promotes Black togetherness and shatters stereotypes. Creative Director Richard Craighead , Founder of Inclusive Art Movement York and Photographer Shelby Wormley present their exhibit entitled, 'Assemblage: A Photographic Representation of Black Togetherness', to the York College Center for Community Engagement.

Learn more about Inclusive Arts Movement York at www.inclusiveartsyork.com

The temporary installation was photographed by Shelby Wormley and stemmed from the creative vision of Richard Craighead, founder of Inclusive Arts Movement York. They garnered enough donations to make their gallery exhibit — "Assemblage: A Photographic Representation of Black Togetherness" — an outdoor experience.

Across the country, there are many discussions about race, and ABC27 photojournalist Shelby Wormley is familiar with those discussions. The camera was flipped this time, however, as Wormley shared her story about growing up as a black woman, going to protests as a six-year-old, and covering protests in Lancaster. “Every summer my mom would get ready for the Unity March and we would march from Penn Park all the way to where Lillie Belle Allen was murdered because of her skin color,” she recalled.

8 county artists are nominees in this year’s Art of the State; exhibit to go online this year.Eight Lancaster County artists are among the nominees for the 53rd annual Art of the State, which will be an online-only art exhibition this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Meet Shelby & Jordan Wormley | WE&Company Co-Founders, Storytellers.How do you think about risk?

Feeling exposed, and vulnerable is uncomfortable and can be quite terrifying to some. Learning how to lean into that uncomfortability and trusting your unknown purpose is the first step and it’s a big one. But once you’ve taken it, you’ll discover just how capable and brave you are and have always been. You’ll never be able to turn back because you’ve already taken one of the greatest risks a person can take and that is betting on yourself.

When her father was murdered, Shelby Seaton used photography to help with the healing process. She took the words as a gesture of love, never believing it would come true. “He would always say, ‘I would give my life for either one of my kids,’” said Shelby Seaton of her father, Rodney Seaton.on.