KELLY WALKER
Born in Evansville, Indiana, Kelly Walker found her way to Baltimore, MD by the age of 18 where she has lived ever since. A self-taught artist, Walker will tell you she studied at “The School of Real Life”. She absorbs the beauty, chaos, and sometimes disturbing reality of Baltimore City and channels it into her work. In addition to her fine art career, Walker also runs a decorative painting company, Artstar Custom Paintworks, which is responsible for many of the exquisite custom faux finishes and murals found throughout the city’s establishments.
KEN SCHIANO
BIO Ken is an award winning artist living in Chestertown, Maryland. His work has been exhibited widely up and down the East Coast and has found its way into many corporate and private collections.
ALI MIRSKY
Ever since I can remember I have been a dreamer, a creator, and someone who is fiercely devoted to self expression and kindness. It is with this ideology that I move in the world and have devoted my life to the exploration of art and the creation of hundreds of public art installations within communities all over the world. From Africa to Israel, to small towns along the East Coast and over 100 public art projects in Baltimore and the DMV alone, I have been able to utilize my talents and expertise to spread the power of art.
ADAM ZYNGER
Digital Art by Adam Zynger Adam Zynger has a background in art and medicine. He exhibited internationally since his high school years and in Baltimore as well, including in BMA (Baltimore Museum of Art) as part of the Artist’s Equity show. In the past he also taught college Art Appreciation and Art History courses. His playful encounters with digital art begun with the purchase of his first computer.
ELIZABETH BURIN
Elizabeth Burin was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Switzerland. She holds a B.A. in Classics from the University of Cambridge and advanced degrees in Art History from the Universities of Paris-Sorbonne and Cambridge. After completing her doctorate, she worked for seven years at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore as a curator in the Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books. She is the author of various articles on illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and of a book, Manuscript Illumination in Lyons, 1473-1530 (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2001).
SUZANNE COLEY
Suzanne Coley is an independent Baltimore artist. Her style is characterized by radical fabric manipulation, needlework, embellishments, superposition of layers, and couture ergodicity. She has a Master of Humanities with concentrations in philosophy and classical literature.  
Lesley Giles
Lesley Giles is a contemporary painter from London where she worked and exhibited before moving to the USA in 2003 with her American husband. Her studio is on the Eastern Shore near Washington DC.  Lesley was honored to receive an Independent Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council in 2021. A Masters graduate of the Royal College of Art London, Lesley has exhibited her work extensively in galleries and museums throughout the UK, USA, and China.
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