Ollie L. Jefferson (Ph.D., Howard University) is a Producer, Playwright, Professor, Publisher, and the Founder/President and Chief Executive Officer of Timeless Visual Works – The Inspirational Film, Theater & Publishing Co. She formed the collegiate communication, culture, and multimedia organization with extensive experience in the arts and education. As a professional teaching artist, Dr. Jefferson designed Masterclasses at Timeless Theater Academy. She has a proven track record in educating and training film, television, and theatre professionals to compete in a global market.
Suzy Kopf is a multidisciplinary artist who scrutinizes the paper ephemera of midcentury consumer culture to magnify the enduring mythos of the American Dream. Through watercolor paintings, collages, and mixed-media installations she excavates archival materials and inherited nostalgia for failed utopias. Suzy has received numerous residency fellowships including Kala and PLAYA. Projects have been funded most recently by the Hagley Museum and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).
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.
"A sense of wonder" speaks to how Leslie Goldman creates: developing characters and landscapes drawn from memory and folklore, a childlike curiosity and the senses - crafting visceral works that give the viewer’s imagination room to explore.
Leslie predominantly works with oil paint, graphite, pastel, ink and wax; building up, sanding down and scratching into layers to create a dreamlike atmosphere.
As an artist based in Baltimore MD, Hannah Cohen creates intricate hand cut paper pieces evoking movement found in nature. Active in the local art scene since 2014, Hannah has work displayed in private residences as well as corporate locations in Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland including The Hepburn, The Papermill building, GDIT, VY Reston Heights and Exelon Constellation Headquarters.
Suzanne Shelden has lived in Maryland for most of her life. Her strengths are in painting, drawing, photorestoration, graphic design, and exhibit design. As a painter she has been active for over 40 years. Three of her current series are: "Route 4" (paintings of views as seen from the car), "Appalachian" (scenes from the mountains), "Washingtonian" (DC perspectives). Her work is currently showing at Artworks@7th in North Beach, Maryland, and at North End Gallery in the heart of the Leonardtown Arts District.
Jessica Powell is a Baltimore based Artist and Educator. She works mostly in watercolor and oil painting mediums; however, enjoys the exploration found in layering with mixed media and surface manipulations. From figures to landscape, Jessica explores the quickly changing moments of both the natural world and the human narrative. This fascination with movement and time is revealed in her approach with loose mark marking and use of layers. Both her experiences as a mother and the love for the outdoors have influenced much of her work as she documents these ever-fleeting moments.
Visual artist and graphic designer Sangeeta Kaul (online at Spicyseed Art & Design) wields her creativity as a fuel for social change, mental health awareness, and community connections. Kaul enjoys organizing events designed to coach and encourage the personal creativity of the participants. She is currently studying Clinical Mental Health Counseling as a graduate student so that she may use her passion for art in a therapeutic way.
Between painting alongside her grandmother and watching her father build reproduction antique furniture, Rosa Leff grew up seeing no distinction between fine art and craft. What mattered was that things were made by hand and done well. It is with that in mind that she creates her hand-cut paper pieces. Each of Leff’s papercuts is cut by hand from a single sheet of paper using a knife. Her cityscapes are based on photos she’s taken in her neighborhood and all over the world. While Leff is best known for her ability to capture thin tangles of powerlines and intricate brickwork, she also enj
Sally Davies studied illustration and graphic design at Sheridan College, Canada, and primarily worked in this genre for many years. Recently, she shifted her interest to painting and creating Time-Lapse films of her paintings. She was awarded 2019 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award. Davies' films were featured at 2019 Utopia Film Festival.