Anson Asaka is a self-taught visual artist and a civil rights attorney. Mr. Asaka uses paintings and drawings to celebrate Black people, culture, and history. Mr. Asaka has done commissioned paintings for FMC Corporation, Corpus Christi Catholic Parish in Baltimore, and Howard County Public Library (East Columbia Branch). Artspace in Richmond, Virginia selected Mr. Asaka to participate in the JAZZ: February/March 2023 Juried Exhibition. In February 2023, LED Baltimore selected Mr. Asaka to be a featured artist on its website and billboard.
Ara Ko (b. 1988, Hongseong, Korea) received a BFA from Ewha Womans University (Seoul, Korea) and is a current MFA candidate in MICA’s Hoffberger School of Painting (Baltimore, MD). She has exhibited at the CICA Museum (Seoul, Korea), Gallery We (Seoul, Korea), Washington Square Park (New York, NY), Miboo Art Center (Busan, Korea), and Sung Nam Art Center (Seongnam-si, Korea). Ko has received numerous awards during her graduate studies including the Leslie King Hammond Graduate Fellowship (MICA) and a CCC Community Art Grant (MICA).