• Read more about Peter Wood: Collector of the Impossible

Peter Wood, the Collector of the Impossible, presents incredible, magical objects with unparalleled showmanship. He has appeared twice on national television, where Penn & Teller said his act was “beautiful, subtle.” Baltimore Magazine described Peter as “charming, witty, and amazing,” and Washington Business Journal said that he “will blow your mind.”

• Read more about Tinku Bhattacharyya

Over the course of her quarter century plus career in the music industry, Tinku Bhattacharyya has engaged in a multitude of unique, groundbreaking roles driven by her enduring passion and creative approaches to artist development and fierce advocacy for artist rights administration and protection. Since launching her career as a club promoter and DJ with Thelonious Junk (Big Beat) and Café Graffiti in Edinburgh in 1995, the UK bred, New York and Baltimore-based visionary has defined what it means to be an innovative Renaissance Woman in the fast-moving, ever-evolving music industry.

• Read more about Danyett Tucker

As an Author, Illustrator, Muralist, Doll Artist, Puppeteer, and Master Teaching Artist, Danyett Tucker has over 15 years of experience cultivating joyful learning environments for multi-generations of learners. Dedicated community artist that is passionate about using visual storytelling techniques to support mental health awareness, embrace strength through adversity, and to help build a more equitable and inclusive society for Everyone!

• Read more about Fetima McCray

The stories we tell can shape our world. As an artist, I strive to craft visual and literary works that bring meaning and perspective to the human condition.   My art is driven by passion and purpose. I create vibrant paintings and mixed-media pieces that give form to the intangible—emotions, spirituality, and thoughts. My art tells stories of struggle, strength, pain, and perseverance that need to be heard.  

• Read more about Melissa Wimbish

Soprano and bandleader Melissa Wimbish is a genre-defying artist known for her ability to move between opera, art song, Renaissance polyphony, and pop music with alarming ease. She has premiered works for the stage written especially for her, most notably in the title role of Josephine by Tom Cipullo when “... the afternoon belonged to Melissa Wimbish ... Beautifully prepared, vocally stunning, and theatrically riveting, [she] effortlessly held the audience in her hand throughout this one-woman show.” (Washington Post)

• Read more about Lynne Streeter Childress

Lynne Streeter Childress is a playwright, actor, teaching artist, director, and founding artistic director of Building Better People Productions, a theatre company for young audiences based in Annapolis, MD  that does shows based in themes of kindness, respect and the things that make us all better people. Her shows include We Got: It! A Show About Empathy and Feeling All the Feelings.  Lynne lives in Annapolis, MD with her husband and son.