Damon Arhos is a visual artist and art educator who lives and works in Washington, DC and Louisville, Kentucky. A gay American of Greek descent, he creates artworks that present portraits of identity as they reflect both queer experiences and cultural dichotomies. Arhos frequently appropriates Ancient Greek art and mythology, anthropomorphic forms, and elements of LGBTQIA+ culture within repetitive and everyday visual contexts.
Robert Hoffman
BFA Indiana University 2007
Mixed media and self taught fiber artists
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.
Aaron Oldenburg is a Baltimore-based game, interactive and video artist. His work has exhibited in festivals and galleries in New York, Johannesburg, London, Buenos Aires, São Paulo and Los Angeles, including SIGGRAPH, A MAZE. International Games and Playful Media Festival, the LeftField Collection at EGX Rezzed, Slamdance DIG, Game On! - El arte en el juego, and FILE Electronic Language International Festival. His games have been written about in Kill Screen, Baltimore City Paper, and Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
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).
Elli maria is a Latinx, mixed-media artist based in Baltimore. she experiments across different mediums - blurring the lines between photography, painting, printmaking, drawing, collage, installation, and more - to explore themes of time, memories, identity, and trauma. her distinct visual language is inspired by personal narratives/emotions, nature, & science. she invites viewers to explore imagery that is ambiguous and evocative while constructing their own meanings and interpretations.
A Brief Bio of Sheryl Southwick
Sheryl, a resident of Easton, is a colorist having studied with professors who had been students of Josef Albers, including Harvey Harris and Paul Dufour. After attaining a BFA in painting, Milton Resnick, Nathan Oliveira and Leon Berkowicz were also teachers who influenced her work. Chris Mona, Printmaker; Mary Vernon, Janine Nagy, and David Hornung at Mississippi Art Colony; and Laurel True at True Mosaic Studio in New Orleans are among her other teachers.
As a resident of Prince George's County, Winston W. Harris earned printmaking degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University, (BFA) and Howard University (MFA). (2022-2023 Key-Holder Artist in Residency Program at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, (2016-2017) Finalist Artist: Purple Line Transit Partners Project and Sandy Spring Museum (Guest Artist Program).
Shannon Collis is an interdisciplinary artist who creates installations and interactive environments that explore the ways in which digital technologies can transform the perception of audio and visual stimuli. She seeks to build a deeper connection between the sensing body and the world, blurring the lines between physical and digital spaces. More broadly, her work is reflective of the human imprint on the environment and the range of its social, economic, and ecological implications.
Colette Krogol and Matt Reeves are choreographers, performers, filmmakers, and mixed media designers. They are groundbreaking artists who bring virtuosic athleticism, mesmerizing design landscapes, and powerful imagery to their work. They have been making work collaboratively for over thirteen years as the Artistic Directors of Orange Grove Dance, a dance, design, and film company that exists at the intersection of dance and immersive, performer-operated design.