Naomi (Ngoc) Le was born in Vietnam in 1995. In 2020, she received her BFA from Towson University, in Baltimore, MD and was honored with the Ro and Marius Award. Naomi has exhibited her work in the NextGen 7.0 Exhibition at VisArts, Out of Order at Maryland Art Place, and Katzen Art Center. She is expected to earn her MFA from American University in 2023. Her work is an experiment in how she sees and experiences the surrounding environment. She uses unconventional materials that are store-bought or found, including styrofoam, vacuum bags, and sponges.
Chung-Wei Huang is an award-winning film director who was raised in a small town in Taiwan and is currently based in Baltimore, Maryland. Her creative work focuses primarily on narrative films and dance for the camera videos. Her thesis film, Midnight Carnival (2018), was premiered at the Asian American International Film Festival. In 2021, her second narrative short film, Buck, premiered at the LA Shorts International Film Festival. Chung-Wei's next short film, Squeegee Boy, supported by the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund, is currently in film festival submission.
Kate Norris’ mixed media collages are made from tearing wallpaper and reconstructing the pieces in a new way, giving new meaning with a modern sensibility. From a distance, a viewer looking at the wallpaper collages will see a primary image. But, as the viewer looks closer the process reveals layers of torn and combined papers, where small narratives and abstract juxtapositions of flowers, animals, foliage, and colors are formed. Her collages open conversations about processes, techniques, and symbolic associations.
Curtis Woody is a mixed media collage painter, drawing inspiration from historical connection points that join together individuals, families, generations, and communities. He creates highly textured and intricately detailed original art pieces that are intended to breathe new life into and enhance the unique characteristics of a common historical heritage. To Curtis, life is a circle and he takes pleasure in salvaging the old to create something new, asking the viewer to recognize the past while appreciating the here and now.