Naomi (Ngoc) Le was born in Vietnam in 1995. In 2020, she received her BFA from Towson University, in Baltimore, MD and was honored with the Ro and Marius Award. Naomi has exhibited her work in the NextGen 7.0 Exhibition at VisArts, Out of Order at Maryland Art Place, and Katzen Art Center. She is expected to earn her MFA from American University in 2023. Her work is an experiment in how she sees and experiences the surrounding environment. She uses unconventional materials that are store-bought or found, including styrofoam, vacuum bags, and sponges.
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Elaine Weiner-Reed is an award-winning bilingual visual artist living in Maryland. She earned a B.A. and a B.S. in French (language, linguistics, literature, and education) with a German minor and undeclared second minor in Sculpture from West Chester University, Pennsylvania (1978, 1979). While working as a French linguist, writer, researcher, and leader for the U.S. Government (USG), she earned an M.A. in French from Middlebury College, Vermont (Language and Linguistics, 1989).