• Read more about Lesa Cook

Lesa Cook grew up in South Carolina and received a BA in Studio Art from U.S.C. in 1987. After moving to the DC suburbs, she continued her fine art studies part-time at:  The Maryland Institute College of Art, The Corcoran School of Art, The Art League in Alexandria, Va., and The Shuler School in Baltimore. She was a full-time student at The Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy from Oct. 2018 until March 2020, when COVID-19 interrupted her studies.

• Read more about Douglas Scott Hessler

Award-Winning Innovative Screenwriter Versatile, results-driven Film/Television professional with 20+ years of comprehensive experience developing and writing screenplays for Feature films and Television. Proven creative problem-solving and innovative skills, a fast-learning curve, and the ability to adapt to ever-evolving Film/Television industry techniques and standards. CORE COMPETENCIES

• Read more about StudioGH

I am an architect turned artist. I make glass art that becomes integral with their places. With unique optics, the art is visible from numerous locations within a building with an inviting presence from the exterior.

• Read more about Pamela Woolford

Pamela Woolford is an interdisciplinary artist and keynote speaker, intertwining her work as a writer, filmmaker, performer, and immersive-media director to create new forms of narrative work about Black women and girls and others whose joy, imagination, and inner life are under-explored in American media and popular art. She is the recipient of six Maryland State Arts Council Awards, five film-festival awards internationally, a Changemaker Challenge Award from United Way of Central Maryland and Horizon Foundation, and a Baker Artist Award in interdisciplinary arts.\