Irene V. Martinelli
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life,” said Pablo Picasso.
And, so it was with Irene Martinelli. She has spent a lifetime of creativity as a writer, a clay artist, a photographer, and then suddenly something unthinkable happened. She turned 70. With no time to waste she threw herself into freeing her mind of the dust of everyday life.
I am a traditionally trained artist skilled in multiple media disciplines, current Associates in Arts: Photography student with a completed Photography Certification, and proud Navy veteran with six years of free-lance photography hobby experience prior to college. My current focus is on my "Shattered Past" photo series where I photograph various types of antique broken glass with a variety of experimental techniques.
Tracy Butler has been a self-taught artist residing in Baltimore, Maryland for over 20 years. Her journey which she refers to as her Art-Life journey has taken her all over the DMV, painting and sharing her art works with the world. Tracy's resume includes:
2015 “Making it work” and 2016” “ put name here exhibitions at Banneker Douglass Museum in Annapolis Maryland;
Published artwork, 2021 “ArtFest Magazine” 1st edition. Participation at several :First Sunday Art Festivals” in Annapolis Maryland.
As well as art pop-ups and local galleries in the DMV area.
I employ traditional textile methods to create botanically dyed quilts and artworks.
Renee Taylor, a multifaceted artist, healer, and entrepreneur who co-founded the Prince George’s County-based nonprofit, Operation Arts Foundation. With a vision to develop a creative economy, the foundation aims to lay the foundation for profitable, collaborative relationships between artists, businesses, and the community, streamlining opportunities and creating financial stability for artists.
I’m, a Greensboro, NC born, D(M)V area based queer Black femme-presenting, busyish, transit-adjacent possibility model for Black folks who are at least queer-affirming if not queer themselves to make their own clothing, home decor, and other art and crafty things to reclaim ancestral knowledge and power and nurture the planet.
Im 36 years old and i make jewelry for a living. I suffer from disabilities after a stroke in 2020. I have been diagnosed with Seizure Disorder, Funtional Neurological Movement Disorder with mixed symptoms, Endometriosis, Iron and B-12 deficiencies, POTS, and being tested for Hypermobile Ehlos-Danlos syndrome. Making jewelry helps get me through living with these conditions and makes me feel like i can still be productive even on days i can't do much. In the last 5 years after loosing my mom I became disabled and couldnt walk well, and now I walk with a cane and have seizures frequently.