As the days count down to the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College's annual summer celebration, this month's edition of Good Life, appropriately enough, focuses on art.

In this edition, we introduce you to Jana Scott, a 32-year-old photographer from Pleasant Gap, who sees beauty where one may not expect to find it. She specializes in taking close-up shots of rust eating away at bridges, Dumpsters and even battleship guns, the photos resembling abstract paintings. But her rust collection represents more to her than striking colors and patterns. Her work, inspired by Scripture, is meant to symbolize the perils of chasing material treasure that eventually will decay.

In Living Local, you’ll visit Images 2012, a juried exhibition in Penn State’s Robeson Gallery, which gives art aficionados a chance to peruse works from local, state and regional artists. Part of Arts Fest since 1989, the free show in the HUB-Robeson Center features 65 works by 49 artists, with many of the pieces for sale. And unlike at the outdoor festival, visitors can browse with air conditioning.

In our Q & A, you’ll meet Rick Bryant, the man who directs the sprawling Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. By now, 13 years after he joined the festival staff and seven since he became the executive director, people know him as the “Arts Fest guy.”

He talks about the highs, lows and challenges of running a beloved local tradition.

On the Scene visited the Coaches vs. Cancer Golf Tournament banquet and the Taste of Home dinner, a partnership between Home Delivery Pizza Pub and Bridge of Hope Centre County, the beneficiary.

Susan Leath is president and publisher of the Centre Daily Times.