Known for her colorful and biomorphic imagery, Shana Kohnstamm creates fantastical worlds and alien lifeforms that incite whimsy and wariness, intrigue and hesitation. Whether a sculpture that invites you to touch, or a painting that begs you to look closer, Shana’s work is uniquely engaging.
Artist Bio for Lea Craigie-Marshall Born in Falls Church, Va in 1976, self-taught, contemporary artist Lea showed talent from an early age. An natural creative spirit, she spent time taking private art lessons with her mother at home as well as in the mountains of scenic West Virginia with her grandmother, both artists. These strong female influences helped mold and inspire Lea to be the dynamic, multifaceted, feminist artist she is today.
Jason Patterson’s artwork is centered in Black history, with a special focus on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. He represents those histories through portraiture and the physical re-creation of historic texts. In addition, Patterson designs and builds wood frames to hold his portraits and documents, designed in various styles, to help convey the subject matter’s concept and time period.
Tyler Yvette Wilson is a multidisciplinary artist who primarily works with text, photography, and video. She blends children’s motifs, autobiographical, current, and historical narratives to discuss the aftershock of colonialism and the troubling foundations that underlie most of Western society. Tyler was raised in Austin, TX and Atlanta, GA. She studied at Davidson College from 2010 to 2016. After graduating with a B.A. in Studio Art, she attended Oglethorpe University for post-baccalaureate studies. In 2020, she earned her M.F.A.
DOB- 06-29-1955
Education- BFA VCU 1977 , MFA Rinehart 1979
Honors and Awards- Jose Puig Memorial Award, Amalie Rothschild Award, H P Walters Traveling Fellowship
25 year member of IATSE Local 487
Alizah Lathrop is a contemporary painter from Maryland. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting at Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV, in 2020. During her college career, she was President of the Visual Arts Collective and closely involved in many other art programs, such figure drawing and special event coordination. Additionally, her work was included in two of the school’s Literary and Arts publications Sans Merci, and was awarded high honors.
Yam Chew Oh is a multidisciplinary, multilingual artist and educator who explores notions of self, family, and circumstance through abstraction, language, and the everyday. His work has been exhibited in the United States, Asia, and Australia, and featured in Commotion, Lumina Journal, The Match Factory, Studio Visit, and Velocity. Oh is Faculty at the School of Visual Arts in New York, where he received an MFA in Fine Arts and teaches studio art. He is a writing tutor at the Maryland Institute College of Art and a member of the international collective Atlantika. More at www.yamchewoh.com.
Caryn Martin is a Baltimore-based multidisciplinary artist and educator. Martin received MAT and MFA degrees from Maryland Institute College of Art, and has taught color theory, two-dimensional design, and introductory time-based media classes at various institutions. She has shown her work at Catalyst Contemporary, Creative Alliance, Maryland Art Place, Mitchell Gallery at St. John’s College, Anne Arundel Community College, School 33, Institute of Contemporary Art Baltimore, Gallery B in Bethesda, and the Delaplaine Arts Center.
Leslie Sapp is a creator, performer, teacher, and director of movement-based story theatre and an Arts-Integration Specialist with special expertise in the integration of drama, movement, and storytelling activities into English language teaching. Leslie is passionate about supporting the creative self expression of immigrants and refugees, older adults, and other marginalized populations.
Leslie holds an MA in ESL, a Post Graduate Diploma in Drama in Education, a BFA in Visual Arts, and a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA).