Director of the Washington Glass School since 2005, I specialize in teaching the sgraffito glassmaking technique. A recipient of the 2012 Fulbright Scholarship, I completed my work at the University of Sunderland and served as an artist-in-residence at the Institute for International Research in Glass. As an artist/educator, I've taught at prestigious institutions worldwide. Massachusetts’ Fuller Craft Museum mounted a solo show of my glass panels and sculpture in 2011, where they have my artwork in their permanent collection.
J. Jordan Bruns is an artist and teacher living and working in Maryland and a Glen Echo Park resident artist working in the Chautauqua Tower. He recently returned from a three-year sabbatical in Tokyo, Japan (2018-2021) where much of his current aesthetic influences stem from.
I am a Baltimorian with mid-western roots. Brought up by a social worker and landscape photographer moonlighting as a trucker driver. I was raised in a house with art, deep thinking, community, strong work ethic, thoughtful inclusivity, and a WHOLE lot of neurodivergent folks.
Patrice Drago is an abstract and non-objective artist, working mostly in acrylic and mixed media. Originally from New York, she has lived up and down the East Coast from Maine to Florida, and is now residing in Annapolis, Maryland. She's been creating art in various forms all her life. Her artistic roots are in abstract expression since grade school, progressing to painting on sheets hung from the ceiling in high school. She has worked in all 2D media and continuously explores new techniques that will help her fully express her vision of the urban environment and the natural world.
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.
Sculptor/designer making public art using metals and woods.
Gayle Mangan Kassal is a local Maryland artist who expresses the vibrancy and exuberance of life’s experiences in her work. She paints colorful moments, capturing abounding movement and energy, expressing genuine joy and passion for the world around us.
The visionary artist Ariston Jacks creates a decisive swath through the art world with his multi-disciplinary practice. His work serves as social collage that combines ancient African, European and American social phenomena through 21st century sub-cultures. The early stages of his art practice developed in his hometown of Pine Bluff, AR.
Kristin makes her home and studio in Towson, Maryland.
She sells her paintings, tavern signs and vinegar grained boxes at artisan shows such as the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. Other venues include the former Sugarloaf shows, the American Artisan Show at Wilton and the Waterford Festival.
Each year she creates permanent murals, working with students in Maryland schools, The murals are funded by both the Howard County Arts council and the MD State Arts Council.
Nick is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus in soft sculpture from Columbia, Maryland. He loves the ocean and taking photos of toads in his backyard.