Maria Buszinski has been creating art under the alias Momma Rain for the past 10 years and following her passion to create. She currently is working primarily with acrylics on canvas - in particularly creating figurative art and portraitures. Her paintings trend towards vibrant colors and cherub-like faces that stare back and can provide an initial a “cheerful” or “whimsical” impression but with a moment’s contemplation her subject matter reveals a grittier, political and socially relevant depth.
I have spent my life leading creative teams for global production, sports, hospitality, and entertainment companies, and I am now offering my creative skills to YOU! From managing production studios at Walt Disney World and Marriott International Headquarters, to writing scripts and producing international events, to developing global and personal brands, to leading tourism strategies for the State of Maryland, I am now focused on helping you and your family experience exciting and memorable edutainment in your life.
Mary Jo Tydlacka is a resident artist at the Howard County Center for the Arts. Two of her paintings are in the Folger Shakespeare Library Collection. Other collectors of her work are Patrick Spottiswoode of Shakespeare's Globe, London, Michael Kahn of the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. and Theresa Colvin, past Director of the Maryland State Arts Council. She participated in two artist exchanges with Cergy-Pontoise, France. She graduated from Northwestern University and did art studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, and at MICA.
David Zuccarini was born in Baltimore and attended the Corcoran School of Art and the Maryland Institute College of Art.
The subjects of Zuccarini’s paintings are frequently taken from his immediate surroundings. His family, students, and studio figure prominently in his work. “In the process of painting those subjects that you know, you find your own voice," he says. "You learn from each piece that you do and sometimes a dialogue ensues. You start out with one idea, and by the time you finish the piece something else occurs to you. It’s an ongoing process."