I started out my career as a young Artist, still in middle school, going to an after school program called 901 Arts. The connections I made at 901 Arts allowed me to apply for several scholarships to cover art programs I was interested in. I was able to take fundamental drawing, expressional drawing, pottery, and photography classes at local Universities, Towson and the Maryland Institute of College and Art. The scholarships also allowed me to go to an art and film focused summer program, Steven Yeager's Young Film Makers Workshop.
Frances Wertimer is a Baltimore-based multi-media artist originally from New York City, with roots in New Orleans as well. Her work is driven by a desire to heal from and interrogate misogynistic cultural tropes such as the Madonna/Whore complex, as well as archetypal study, psychology, myth, spirituality, and the pursuit of justice. Frances has exhibited work in New York City, Baltimore, New Orleans, and has multiple works held in private collections in the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands.
Chyna has been a competitive artist since the age of 5, and she was selling custom paintings to her community by the age of 10. Throughout high school, she continued to develop her skills through lessons from professional artist mentorship, and workshops; and even enrolled in a pre-college program at the prestigious Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). At just 16 years old, Chyna taught herself digital design and quickly secured a job as a graphic designer at Damon Foreman's Music Academy, where she honed her craft and created her first professional advertisements.
Caroline MacKinnon is an artist, writer and educator based in Takoma Park, MD.
Her hand-built ceramic sculptures and gouache paintings are inspired by humankind’s connection to the cosmos. The Canadian-American artist has exhibited her work at Rhizome DC, the Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel, MD, the District of Columbia Arts Center (DCAC), GWU’s Luther W. Brady Gallery in the Corcoran Flagg building in downtown Washington, DC, the Brentwood Arts Exchange in the Gateway Arts District in Prince George’s County, MD, as well as in other regional galleries and art centers.