Eric K. Lerner is a self-taught artist. In the mid-1990’s he began creating votive pieces employing mixed media, acrylic, and digital manipulation. Soon, he began working as a graphic designer and illustrator. His clients included the BBC, Science Magazine, IBM, Marriott Corporation and Right Hemisphere. He also produced posters, t-shirts and publications for a number of AIDS service providers and advocacy organizations, including: AIDS Research Information Center, Health Education Resource Organization, Maryland State Health Department, ACTUP, and the American Indian Center.
Biography
Sharon is a mixed media artist specializing in collage and assemblage. Raised
in New Jersey, she currently resides in Washington DC, after 33 years of
residency between Boston, Los Angeles and Portland, OR. She earned a
master’s degree in city planning from MIT, and worked in the transit and urban
design field for over 20 years. Since 1999 she has been a full-time artist,
muralist, teacher, and arts program contractor. As an artist she exhibits
in Washington DC, as well as other east and west coast cities.
Carrie Patterson, is a Professor of Art at St. Mary's College of Maryland. She is Department Chair of Art and Art History and is the recipient of the Steven Muller Distinguished Professorship in the Arts. With over two decades of experience making artwork, she has dedicated her time to a daily perceptual painting and drawing practice that engages her mind and body in building a creative life. Patterson earned her BFA in Studio Art from James Madison University and an MFA in painting from The University of Pennsylvania.
Self-taught artist from Havre de Grace.
Sarah Clough is a visual artist, writer, teacher, and curator who grew up in Oklahoma and Nebraska. Her work is about semiotics, the poetic, the physics of light, and the connections between them. She has received awards in screenwriting, journalism, and the visual arts. She has exhibited in Oklahoma, New Mexico, New York, Maryland, Virginia, and the United Kingdom. While a graduate student at the Maryland Institute College of Art, she was awarded a GradEX solo show and her paintings were also featured in the annual First Year Juried Show.
Emory Knott was born and raised in Baltimore, MD, and has recently earned her B.A. in the Arts, with a minor in English, at St Mary’s College of Maryland. Although she likes to experiment with any type of medium, she prefers printmaking using linoleum relief and intaglio to create her pieces. She travels yearly to both Bethany Beach in Delaware and an old hunting lodge on a lake in Maine, which is reflected in her architecture work. Her fascination with animals and flying is also shown in her series In the Sky, which is a collection of animals with wings flying.
Baltimore Native, I fell in love with art at a young age of 5. I attended the Baltimore School for the Arts class of 1987. Fresh out of high school I started working for Penn Advertising painting billboard where I was able to develope my skills even more. After 14 years I decided to try another form of art in the form of culinary arts.
I've been creating art since I was a small child living in New York. I attended a high school where my creativity was supported and could flourish. After living in Los Angeles for many years, I came back to the East Coast to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art (aka MICA) and pursue my dream of art. I followed that with a Master of Arts from the University of Baltimore. I worked for many years in the commercial side of art creating graphics and animation for the Intelligence Community. I am now enjoying my lifelong dream of creating fine art paintings full-time.