Born in DC. Exercising my God-given gifts to create art.
Born and raised in Baltimore City, I participated in the Baltimore City Gifted & Talent Art program from elementary through middle school. I attended high school at Mergenthaler Vocational & Technical Sr. High School, where I was educated in Commercial Arts. Upon graduation from Mergenthaler in 1990, I went into the United States Air Force for 9 years. I continued to work on my art. Studying the works of my favorite artists. Edward Degas, and Van Gough.
Steven Parker Bryant
My name is Anthony R. McCray, and I hail from West Baltimore. Growing up in Park Heights, I faced numerous challenges, including threats to my life both from external sources and within my own home. Despite these adversities, creativity wasn't always a natural outlet for me; it took pivotal life experiences to unlock my artistic potential.
I am a photographer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, amongst others. I specialize in portraits for connoisseurs of edgy and elegant content. Story telling portraits in a cinematic style.
Caryn Chavarria is a Latina artist who grew up in Silver Spring but currently resides in Rockville. She specializes in drawing, painting, digital art, and photography. She is a high school art teacher at Rockville High school, where she teaches digital art, photography, and ceramics. Her work will be featured in the Wheaton Arts Parade promotional material.
Poema Zahir de Rafael Benavente Saavedra
Here is the live reading of the poem Zahir, made by its author, Rafael Benavente in Granada, Nicaragua in 2018. Benavente Saavedra consolidates her poetic work and has launched her latest collection of poems in December 2021. He is currently writing his third collection of poems, which will soon be published in 2024. However, from this his Itinerary, he already gave us a glimpse of the strength, vitality, and mastery of the written word that accompanies him. Raphael proposes, along with his poetry, to renew romantic verse and give us an antidote to the pain of the soul. Aguilar was the director, editor and photographer of the video.
Medium: Video
Year: 2018
Details: 2 minutes 20 seconds
Raúl Aguilar with the artistic name Héctor D'León, was born in 1973 in Estelí, Nicaragua, is a multifaceted artist and engineer. Influenced by his uncle, painter Donaldo Altamirano, and his father, a lawyer who first career was industrial design. He began formal art training at age 12 at the "Casa de la Cultura." Educated under the Jesuits at Central American High School, he developed a passion for literature and initially pursued "Arts and Letters" at UCA before switching to electronic engineering at UNI.