MISS CHELOVE (also known as Cita Sadeli) is an independent multi-disciplinary artist raised in Hyattsville, Maryland, and currently based in Brentwood, Maryland, in the Gateway Arts District in Prince George’s County. She is the former Co-Founder and Co-Director of Art + Interactive agency, Protein Media (Washington, DC, and Brooklyn, NYC, 2000-2013).
John Henderson (Baba John) is a native New Yorker and a longtime resident of Maryland whose creative practice spans the visual arts. A mix-medium artist whose primary material is glass, John's visual work has been exhibited at Parish Gallery, Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Goldman Art Gallery, Sandy Spring Museum, Hill Center Gallery, Carey Beth Cryor Gallery (Coppin State University), BLITD ART STUDIOS, Montpelier Art Center, and James E. Lewis Museum (JELMA).
CHEROKAREE TSALAGI an Indigenous American Textile Artist/Designer born and raised in Baltimore City. He is the Creative Director of Tsalagi and Tsalagi Textiles Studio. A fashion textile business which started shortly after he graduated from Baltimore City College in 2017. He graduated with a 4.3gpa and the IB Diploma of the Visual Arts program. Advocate and Activist in the Arts community standing up for the Indigenous peoples and all peoples alike in the world of human rights, fashion and art.
Olufunmilayo “Miss Funmi” Sodipo is a Baltimore-based fiber artist and crochet educator working in fiber and craft. Through Fumi Luv’s Crochet Way, she creates accessible crochet works and leads community workshops that emphasize skill-building, creative expression, and inclusive arts participation across diverse age groups.
Sawtistic is a Baltimore County–based multidisciplinary artist working in wood sculpture, color, and narrative art. Known for hand-carved characters and interactive community installations, his work bridges fine art, storytelling, and public engagement—inviting viewers of all ages into imaginative, participatory worlds.
Andrew Glickman is an American living in Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. His work as a photographer focuses on street, documentary, and social landscape photography. He joined the Washington, D.C. Street Photography Collective in 2024 and is currently working on a number of series including one about human interconnection.
Sanah Brown-Bowers is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans realistic
portrait painting, sculpture, shadow boxes, installation, and immersive experiences.
Rooted in her Christian faith, her practice explores themes of legacy, spiritual
restoration, and Black joy. Through layered materials such as fabric, archival
imagery, wood, and found objects, she creates narrative-rich environments that
honor ancestry, community, and the divine presence in everyday life.
In 2024, Brown-Bowers earned her MFA in Multidisciplinary Art from the
Theophilus Thompson: An Elusive Kinetic Portrait
With over 1000 hand-formed aluminum tiles which spin and flicker, the pixelated portrait of Theophilus Thompson, an early African American chess expert, mathematician and teacher from Frederick, Maryland, shifts and changes in the wind, honoring him while acknowledging his obscure history. Created with Tsvetomir Naydenov. More of our public art projects are at www.margotwitht.com
Medium: mild steel, stainless steel, aluminum, glass, copper, enamel
Year: 2020
Details: 10’ x 14’ x 8’
Marguerite de Messières is a Maryland-based multimedia artist working across painting, portraiture, sculpture, installation, and time-based media. Her work explores landscape, memory, and the relationship between individual and collective experience. She frequently creates community-responsive public art in collaboration with sculptor Tsvetomir Naydenov, combining painting, metalwork, and kinetic elements.