Summer Blake is a visionary artist specializing in mandalas, sacred geometry, and archetypal symbolism. For Summer, making art is a meditative act, providing a crucial opportunity to engage in the exploration of her own consciousness through deep introspection.
Creating art is also a deeply healing process for Summer, and one that has changed her life in a multitude of ways. By sharing her art, and encouraging others to express themselves creatively, Summer seeks to inspire others toward transformation and self-realization in their own lives.
CeroMundo aka Estevan Palasquesea aka Cero aka Tio Chévere
Emcee, DJ, Visual Artist, Entrepreneur
“This MC is a joy to work with because of the skill level he possesses along with his uncanny skill of being able to write dope lyrics right on the spot. If he lived in NY or California he would be slamming the airwaves with top notch Latin Hip-Hop..no doubt in my mind”
– Mellow Man Ace (Godfather of Latin Rap, Cypress Hill)
Brandon T. Gorin makes digital folk art on his cellphone because he always has it with him. Mostly his art is for looking at but it is a little bit about thinking about. He works as the assistant technical director at the Milburn Stone Theatre at Cecil College and does stand-up comedy in the tristate area.
Nikki Brooks was born in 1975 in Brooklyn, New York, but was raised in Spotsylvania County, VA. She is a multi-disciplinary artist that works specifically in installations and assemblage that are infused with digital and audio elements, paintings, sculpted text, and collage spaces. These works encourage the viewer to connect in forms of writing, storytelling, and shared dialogue through workshops that focus on diversity, inclusion, truth- telling and lament.
Valerie Aleta Smith - Currently lives and work in Baltimore, Maryland
Valerie Smith is artist working primarily in oils on canvas, bottle art, cigar box art and shoe art. She often employs bold and bright colors in her surrealism style of painting.
EDUCATON:
Graduated: Professional Institute of Commercial Art – 1984
Studied: RETS Electronics and Architectural Design School; Maryland Institute of Art (fine Art);
Towson University College of Art
SOLO EXHIBITS:
2009 - Joe Squared Restaurant
2013 – Padonia Stations Restaurant
2013 – Towson University, Department of Chemistry
Aaron Henderson (Spud MD) is a pop artist from Baltimore Maryland.
Spud’s artworks is heavily inspired from loud, brightly colored, thick outlined Saturday morning cartoons from his early childhood.
From a young age SPUD has been working with many mediums of art from Graffiti to mixed media. Now narrowing down his focus on canvas and murals, Spud has been making his mark in the District of Columbia and Baltimore Maryland area.
Spud MD is a hardworking individual who strives to create a brighter and more creative world wherever he goes. #SpudMD
Anna Sellheim is originally from Washington DC. She earned her MFA in comics from the Center For Cartoon Studies in 2016. She has been published by the Nib, Oni Press and Seven Days (Vermont’s Alternative Weekly Newspaper). She also has contributed to a number of anthologies, most notably Dirty Diamonds and Comics For Choice. She has taught adult literacy in DC to native English speakers that read below a 6th grade level, and has taught art and comic classes throughout The DMV Area and New England.
Tima Aflitunov is a visual communicator based on Planet Earth. His artwork is often driven by imaginative ideas and concepts. When Tima is not illustrating or designing, he enjoys writing, literature, exploring language and history. For Tima, as an immigrant in a foreign country, art became a key to the language barrier and an important outlet for self expression.
Born and raised in New York City, USA, 1990. She is a self-taught artist, designer and a poet. she has decided to pursue her education in the Engineering discipline. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Avionics Technology, in 2014 at Vaughn college of Aeronautics and Technology, NYC.