Helen Glazer's work in photography and photogrammetry-based sculpture is informed by scientific insights into interacting forces affecting ecosystems and shaping landscapes. Experiences as Baltimore Ecosystem Study artist-in-residence and National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists and Writers Program grantee have shaped her thinking. Her project Walking in Antarctica premiered as a solo show at Goucher College, Baltimore, funded with a Rubys Award from the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance and an artist's grant from the Puffin Foundation in 2017.
Exhibitions have included solo show at Kanvas, NYC; group exhibitions at Skowhegan '75 on 22nd St. NYC, 2021. Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Solomons, MD, Maryland 2022 at Howard County Arts Center, Works on Paper Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Montpelier Art Center, Laurel, MD.
Artist-in-Residence, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, 2009-2102. Currently teach Studio Art and Art History at College of Southern Maryland.
Education: University of Illinois (BFA, 1972); Northern Illinois University (MA, 1975; MFA, 1976); Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.1972
John Ruppert, Sculptor - Professor and former Chair of the Department of Art at the University of Maryland, College Park, was born in Winchester, Massachusetts, in 1951. He received his BA in Art and Art Education from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1974, and his Master of Fine Arts from the School for American Craftsman, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, in 1977. From 1962-64 he lived in Amman, Jordan. Became active in archaeology and traveled throughout the area (Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, and Cyprus), visited sites, and participated in several digs.
Education: MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1995; BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1975. Recipient of Franz & Virgina Bader Grant 2017, Finalist Bakers Artist Awards 2017, Artscape 2017, Two person Show Harford community College 2016, Outdoor Sculpture Invitational 2016, Solo Show College of Southern Maryland 2015, Solo show University of Connecticut, 2014
Gina Pierleoni is a mixed media artist living and working in Baltimore. She earned an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and a B.F.A. from the College of New Rochelle (NY)
Individual Artist Awards include grants from :the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts; the Gottlieb Foundation (emergency grant) and three from Maryland State Arts Council.
MSAC Individual Artist Grants, 1988, 1991. Work in the permanent collections of The American University Museum, Washington, D.C.; The Krannert Art Museum,Champaign-Urbana Illinois: The Newcomb Art Museum, New Orleans, LA.
I have been painting and exhibiting since the mid 60's and that is what I currently do full time. I have been affiliated with several galleries over the years, most currently with the Studio Gallery in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington DC. For more biographical info, see my website at www.stanwenocurart.com or my resume here.
Solo Exhibitions
Highland Center For the arts, Greensboro, Vt
Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont
Gango Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Knight Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Limner Gallery, New York, New York
Lucas Gallery, Telluride, Colorado
Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Swanson Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
Vermont Arts Exchange, N. Bennington, Vermont
Group Exhibitions
“26th Annual NBOSS”, North Bennington, Vermont, Summer 2023
“25th Annual NBOSS”, North Bennington, Vermont, Summer 2022
Steven Hoffman Shapiro has been working as an artist since 1980. His work explores various aspects of abstraction, the figure, narrative expression, and architectural themes. He works primarily in oils and acrylics but also explores a variety of three-dimensional media, including clay and wood constructions. Like many artists, his drawings and monoprints serve as explorations for larger works. Shapiro's paintings, drawings, and three-dimensional works have been exhibited in Alabama, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Washington D.C., and Venice, Italy.
Viki Keating has a glass studio called Stained Glass Creations, which produces commissioned glasswork for architectural installations as well as original work for galleries. She has been working with glass for over 35 years and works in fused and cast glass. Using and experimenting with different techniques. She has attended many professional workshops for various glass techniques with well-known glass artists and has been exhibiting in juried exhibitions for many years.