Shanna Lim is a Washington DC-based second-generation immigrant of Chinese Thai, European and Indigenous American descent. She is an interdisciplinary site-specific performance and visual artist whose work is focused on the audience's interactive plain of human connection and shaking the challenges of limited realities.
Katie Macyshyn (she/they) is a performance artist and educator who has facilitated workshops, afterschool programs, and multimedia rituals in the DC metro area since graduating with honors from the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at George Washington University in 2013. Their classes explore the foundations of art through creative play and mindfulness. Macyshyn’s interactive performance work has been included in DIY venues and gallery exhibitions in the DC area including Rhizome DC, VisArts, and Transformer DC.
Diane Rappisi is an IAPS Master Circle member, a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, and holds memberships in the Maryland Pastel Society, the Pastel Society of Colorado, the Salmagundi Club in New York, and the Oil Painters of America. She trained at Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia, where she deepened her understanding of color, form and anatomy, and discovered her love of figure painting. Diane’s work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and abroad and has won numerous awards in national and international exhibitions.
I am an oil painter of colorful, vibrant palette knife paintings. In my work I seek to create a sense of place, capturing the light, energy, and soul of my subject. With my knife, I describe what I see with layers of paint – sometimes loading it on in bold strokes, sometimes sgraffitoing by drawing or scratching into the wet paint, and often almost sculpting the paint to tell my story. My goal is to create a joyful and sophisticated work of art that speaks of the beauty found all around us, painted with love and thoughtful abandon.
A stalwart with the Easton community, Betty Huang has had an interest in the arts from a young age. As a child, Betty found herself inspired by the work of impressionists like Eugene Boudin, Claude Monet, and Joaquin Sorolla for their use of color to capture light and emotion. She uses these inspirations to bring her own visions to life on canvas. Today, Betty finds inspiration from her camaraderie with artists around the world. Her love for the different cultures and identities she encounters from country-to-country guide her artistic choices. Like the impressionists before her, Betty’s