• Read more about Mariah Bethke

Mariah Bethke is a visual artist based in Baltimore County with a deep-rooted passion for nature, human history, and the evolution of life. Mariah’s artistic work is guided by a fascination with the past—how people have lived, created, and connected to the natural world across time.

• Read more about Taina Litwak

My work focuses on my concern with the damage humans are doing to the planet and where our culture is heading.  I do acrylic paintings with collaged newspaper and maps on. I am doing a series of installations relating to plastic waste.  The first was a 9x13 foot room at Artomatic DC, 2024, inspired by an installation I did in a Washington Project for the Arts show years ago.  The second site specific installation was at the Crows Nest gallery in Baltimore MD, in 2025.

• Read more about Pilar Ortiz

I am a Colombian artist whose work is deeply rooted in heritage, memory, and transformation. Thirty years ago, I immigrated to the United States, a journey that profoundly shaped my identity and artistic voice. Since then, painting and creating have been constants in my life: a way to process change, preserve culture, and explore the evolving relationship between past and present.