A Maryland native, Vicki’s work is influenced by the varied and dynamic landscapes as well as the different seasons. Photography, digital painting, and illustration all find their way into her work.
A lifelong Maryland resident, Vicki is an artist, photographer, and designer. Using her art to reveal the beauty in everyday scenes, Vicki is captivated by the changing landscape. Her love of rural farm scenes as well as main streets, cityscapes, mountains, and seashores that make up the state, influence her choice of subject.
Nico’s cross-cultural art training rooted from his country of origin, Indonesia. He moved to the United States in 1990 to pursue a degree in design.
Toward the end of his undergraduate studies, Nico had an amazing opportunity to work for and be mentored by a successful artist in Tampa, FL, Jane Murray Lewis. She introduced him to the world of Gutta/ Serti Silk painting. He uses lush white silk and the application of vibrant fabric dyes on his paintings. In some of his painting he assembles hand dyed and hand cut silk to create a bas relief / three dimensional surfaces.
Sara Caporaletti is a visual artist from Maryland. She received her BA in studio art from McDaniel College in Westminster, MD and her MFA in fine art from American University in Washington DC. Her work explores various autobiographical elements related to Catholic religious practices and beliefs through a variety of media. She has participated in the American University Studio MFA Berlin residency with GlogauAIR studios in Berlin, Germany, as well as residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Wesley Theological Seminary.
I've been creating art since I was a small child living in New York. I attended a high school where my creativity was supported and could flourish. After living in Los Angeles for many years, I came back to the East Coast to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art (aka MICA) and pursue my dream of art. I followed that with a Master of Arts from the University of Baltimore. I worked for many years in the commercial side of art creating graphics and animation for the Intelligence Community. I am now enjoying my lifelong dream of creating fine art paintings full-time.
Tara creates abstract works with a variety of media including strips of dried acrylic paint she likes to call "palette trash." She uses this recycled material for entire works as well as collaging into acrylic and oil paintings rich with texture. An artist for more than three decades and former high school art teacher, Tara finds endless visual inspiration during walks in her historic Baltimore neighborhood.
Leslie Olabisi is an engaging narrator and the relatable, conversational voice you are looking for in your commercials. Using her training as an actor, she makes adjustments quickly and her throaty yet clear vocal quality is a unique tone that stands apart from any other female voice.
She is a SOVAS Voice Arts Award winner for Outstanding Radio Promo and the documentary she narrated, Unmarked, was nominated for a Capital Emmy.
Leslie studied at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in NYC, Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory and was a student of the late great, Wynn Handman.
Shanelle Harrison is a visual artist, educator, and author primarily working in printmaking, drawing, and mixed-media art. She was born in Columbia, MD, and received her B.A. from Morgan State University in 2019. As an artist, Shanelle explores sociological and psychological conditions to convey a story and begin a dialogue. As an educator, Shanelle teaches art for elementary school children, hosts art lessons for beginning artists, and creates art videos on YouTube for people who cannot afford art lessons.
Robin M. Gilliam is a mixed media abstract collage artist in Annapolis, Maryland, who specializes in creating to get her zen on. She paints and weaves found objects into mixed media collages and journals and is a teaching artist at Maryland Hall.
Robin achieved her BA in art and psychology from Goucher College in 1984. She has spent the past 30+ years creating to heal from life’s challenges, such as sexual assault, addiction, spouse battling opioids and stage 3 head/neck cancer, and aging parents with cancer and dementia (both passed now).
Ms. Holl has been a professional teaching artist for over 25 years. She has created glass installations (sculptural, leaded, fused, & cast) mosaics, murals, sculptures, and many mixed media art works in public spaces. She received an AIA award for excellence (American Institute for Architects) on two large glass projects created for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Reston, Virginia. Tara opened a National Geographic exhibition at Explorers Hall at the Washington D.C. with 8 large sculptures depicting the many uses of glass.