John Ruppert, Sculptor - Professor and former Chair of the Department of Art at the University of Maryland, College Park, was born in Winchester, Massachusetts, in 1951. He received his BA in Art and Art Education from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1974, and his Master of Fine Arts from the School for American Craftsman, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, in 1977. From 1962-64 he lived in Amman, Jordan. Became active in archaeology and traveled throughout the area (Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, and Cyprus), visited sites, and participated in several digs.
Born in 1975 in Ohio. Attended Salisbury University in Maryland. Became a professional photographer in 2001.
Shanthi Chandrasekar is a multimedia and multidisciplinary artist from Maryland who has an academic background in physics and psychology, and has been trained in the traditional Indian art forms of Kolam and Tanjore-style painting. While many of her works are influenced by her Indian heritage, her true inspiration comes from the mystery and majesty of the world around her; her muse lives where the scientific overlaps with the spiritual.
Elizabeth Mackie is an interdisciplinary artist working in handmade paper, sculpture, installations, photography, video, sound and textiles. Her works addresses the interface between science and art. Prior and recent projects include Glacier Loss on the Ortler Mountain Range, Italy, Impact of Delaware River Rising Water Levels, and Microfibers in our Waterways.
Kimmary I. MacLean is a Maryland artist specializing in nature and animals. She works in a variety of media including charcoal, drawing pencil, pastel, acrylic, and digital photography. Kimmary is also a ballet teacher at National Ballet Institute for the Arts with advanced teaching certification in the Cecchetti Method of Ballet
Kimmary published two books for Kindle, 'A Caterpillar Goes for a Walk' and 'One Squirrel in A Tree...'. 'A Caterpillar goes for a Walk' is also available in print, through Amazon. A book of poems accompanied by fantasy landscapes will soon be available.
Adrienne Moumin is a visual artist based in Silver Spring, MD, and part-time in New York, NY. Moumin works in hand-printed B&W photography, and photo-based, hand-cut-and-assembled, and mixed-media collage. She is best known for her Architextures photo collage series, ongoing since 2000.
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• Bachelor of Arts, Frostburg State University
• Master of Liberal Arts, The Johns Hopkins University
• Doctor of Communications Design, University of Baltimore
Published writing
• Past weekly photography columns: Baltimore Evening Sun, Prescott (Arizona) Courier, South Bend (Indiana) Tribune
• Articles appeared in: Petersen’s Photographic, Darkroom Magazine, PSA Journal
• Published photos (numerous), through iStock and Getty Images
Awards/recognition
• Second place winner KINSA (Kodak International Newspaper Snapshot Awards)
• Bodine Contest (honorable mention)
Lisa Sheirer is a visual artist, living and working in Frederick, Maryland. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Printmaking from West Virginia University, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from The University of Notre Dame. Ms. Sheirer has been creating artwork for over 40 years.