Lisa R. Danaczko is a dynamic storyteller and engagement strategist. Her artistic practice examines creative placemaking with themes of belonging, collective memory, hidden connections, and respite in public spaces.
Caroline Creeden is an interdisciplinary artist from Maryland. She has a MFA in Studio Arts at Towson University, BFA in Fibers and a MA in Teaching from the Maryland Institute College of Art.
“I see Black people as art.”
I am a mixed media artist, educator, and photographer based out of Washington, D.C. I combine striking black and white photography with acrylic paint or fabric and upcycled frames as canvases. My artwork not only features my students, but celebrates and honors them as living pieces of art. My art is about them; the photography is them. The subject matter is always them. I like to connect them, placing them in Black history. There’s something beautiful about connecting the past and the present and teaching them visually in that way.
Mygenet Tesfaye Harris is an Ethio African American artist whose work is inter- and multi-disciplinary. Her artistic journey flourished during her undergraduate and graduate studies at the MICA. Her imagery is based on her story of migration and adaption fueled by her birthplace of Ethiopia and her Eritrean bloodline. Mygenet's exhibition of Wax & Gold is from three series reflecting her origin and life. The Ethiopian phrase “Wax and Gold” refers to many unseen complexities and Symbols below the surface.
Neville is a portraiture artist that has participated in over 40 domestic and international juried exhibitions. Neville won “Best in Show” at Touchstone Gallery’s 2020, “Us”, exhibition in Washington, DC. He recently exhibited at the Museum of Science + Industry in Chicago, IL for their “2024 Black Creativity exhibition” and the African American Museum in Dallas, Texas for their Carroll Harris Simms National Black art exhibition.