• Read more about Shawn Siochain

Artist and musician Shawn Siochain from Maryland makes paintings, digital art, kinetic sculptures, and other creations from the studio and at mural sites and festival locations. His handmade acrylic shadowboxes are 3D canvases that incorporate multiple layers and LED lights. His large scale kinetic interactive sculptures have captivated people at dozens of festivals and at Burning Man. As a former humanitarian worker with USAID, his work incorporates themes of empathy, compassion, and global connectedness.  

• Read more about Cathy C Cook

As an artist, filmmaker, educator and eco-activist, Cathy Cook has been creating award winning films since the early 1980’s. Cook’s practice is grounded in scientific and social research. She uses installation, collage, moving images, sound, and animation to employ a non-linear aesthetic that evokes the visceral reality of lived experiences. Recurring subjects include environmentalism, the evolving human body, aging, and feminism. 

• Read more about Kemet Dank

Kemet Dank is a Baltimore-based multidisciplinary artist and entrepreneur whose work serves as a testament to radical individualism and creative freedom. Since 2005, Dank has pioneered the evolution of cloud rap and independent hip-hop, rejecting genre constraints to build a practice rooted in disruptive design. His work—an intentional fusion of sonic exploration, film, and high-concept product design—is anchored by a 2024 landmark showcase at the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) and a 2025 bi-coastal tour with international, experimental, pop-punk artist Evanora Unlimited.

• Read more about Christopher M Bathgate

Chris Bathgate is a self-taught machinist and machine builder. He has spent over two decades building and modifying a variety of metalworking tools and automated machinery to create intricately machined metal sculptures that defy easy classification. Through his work, the artis has attempted to coin the term “studio machining” as an emerging field within the fine arts. His works are fundamentally engineered, every detail methodically designed from the ground up.