A Resident Artist at the Howard County Center for the Arts in Ellicott City, Lisa creates mosaic art, decor, furniture and steampunk crabs. She also engages the community in public art projects and teaching workshops. Using a variety of materials including stained glass, broken dishes, found objects, slate, stone and smalti, Lisa's work tells a story piece by piece so that the viewer finds something new to see each time they look at her mosaics.
Bambi is an artist who uses make-believe to tell the truth, with the deepest respect for irreverence and sticky dance floors. In addition, Bambi is a damn good storyteller, the host at haus of bambi, and the recipient of the Washington Award in dance, btw.
Commissioned by Vogue, The Kennedy Center, The City of Alexandria and the Metal Hearts Cabaret in Boston, Bambi dances the line between the too much and the just enough. (duh)
Summer Blake is a visionary artist specializing in mandalas, sacred geometry, and archetypal symbolism. For Summer, making art is a meditative act, providing a crucial opportunity to engage in the exploration of her own consciousness through deep introspection.
Creating art is also a deeply healing process for Summer, and one that has changed her life in a multitude of ways. By sharing her art, and encouraging others to express themselves creatively, Summer seeks to inspire others toward transformation and self-realization in their own lives.
CeroMundo aka Estevan Palasquesea aka Cero aka Tio Chévere
Emcee, DJ, Visual Artist, Entrepreneur
“This MC is a joy to work with because of the skill level he possesses along with his uncanny skill of being able to write dope lyrics right on the spot. If he lived in NY or California he would be slamming the airwaves with top notch Latin Hip-Hop..no doubt in my mind”
– Mellow Man Ace (Godfather of Latin Rap, Cypress Hill)
Brendan L. Smith has shown his unconventional mixed-media artwork in many gallery exhibitions and alternative venues in the D.C. area. His Ghosts in the Machine series was featured in a solo exhibition at the American Visionary Art Museum’s restaurant in Baltimore. He is a former member of the Sparkplug Collective and has won several grants from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Brendan also is an award-winning arts writer for several publications. He previously lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he showed his artwork in solo and group exhibitions across northern New Mexico.
CHAO TIAN is a boundary-breaking Chinese dulcimer virtuoso, improviser, and sonic thinker whose music unfolds across tradition, experimentation, and diasporic imagination. Trained in the classical lineage of the Chinese dulcimer since the age of five, she now bends that legacy into new shapes—treating the instrument not as a symbol, but as a living, questioning voice.
Tima Aflitunov is a visual communicator based on Planet Earth. His artwork is often driven by imaginative ideas and concepts. When Tima is not illustrating or designing, he enjoys writing, literature, exploring language and history. For Tima, as an immigrant in a foreign country, art became a key to the language barrier and an important outlet for self expression.
I am a local Artist that uses copper and aluminum wire to create my pieces. I twist and bend wire to create freestanding and framed trees, wire writing and different types of signs. I started creating pieces about a year and a half ago and I love it. Together with my fiancé we try to come up with new and original ideas to continue making different and unique pieces. We love creating Wire Art and we hope you enjoy the pieces we create!!
Khristian Weeks works primarily with phenomena - sonic, visual, kinetic, and situational - as distinct from the making of objects. His background is in music, first as an instrumentalist and improviser, eventually exploring composition and sound installation. Weeks earned a bachelor's degree from The New England Conservatory of Music in 1995 (and he has a BM to prove it), but not before taking a few years off of this schooling to re-examine his life-trajectory...to live a little. In 1990, he found a job caring for infants.
I enjoy creating mixed media pieces from found, natural, and upcycled items. I paint with acrylics as well as gouache and watercolor. I also work with fiber to create traditional wool rug hooking pieces. I was trained in illustration and advertising and my work has a strong illustrative feel. Creating art is my passion and sharing that passion with others either through them experiencing my art or when I share my knowledge through instruction is so fulfilling.