Stephanie Scott earned her B.A. in Studio Art with a minor in Educational Studies from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and both an A.A. in Art and a Letter of Recognition in Digital Imaging from the College of Southern Maryland.
Studio and gallery for fine mosaic art and handcrafted jewelry. Art created with materials including glass, stone, minerals, fossils, fine gems, and found objects. Resident artists with frequent guest showings. Some commissions accepted – help design a piece for yourself or for a gift. Watch the work, browse, shop and meet the artists! Andamento is an Italian word meaning ‘movement’ or ‘course.’ It describes the flow of lines in a piece of mosaic art produced by placement of rows of materials chosen by the artist.
Aziza Afzal is a queer, multi-racial artist residing in Maryland. She creates art in many mediums, such as performance, adaptation, script-writing, painting (murals), linocut and intaglio printmaking, drawing, jewelry-making, design, collage, and puppetry.
Folk art and patterns, history, the environment, and landscapes make up the wide breadth of Magan's work. A painter at her core, Magan is an artist of diverse interests spanning from work with natural materials, to wearable art, to digital design.
Douglas Zaruba was born in Buffalo. NY in 1949 and studied Fine Art, Architecture, Poetry, and Physics at the State University of New York at Buffalo. In the mid-70’s, he shared studio space at the Essex Street Studios in Buffalo along with other young artists, including Duayne Hatchett, Robert Longo and Cindy Sherman. After an initial success as a painter, he abandoned painting to become a nationally-recognized jewelry designer and master goldsmith. In 2005, he left the US to live on a remote Caribbean island off the coast of Panama, where he began to paint again and create sculpture.
I am a Fifth generation artist, acclaimed jewelry designer, writer, poet, international consultant, master teacher to creative makers, speaker and a Fulbright Specialist 2023 - 2026
I was commissioned by the country of Rwanda to, write and illustrate their first manual on how to design and make beaded jewelry.
Authored The Art of Bead Stringing - Artist to Entrepreneur.
Dancing Out Loud: Navigating the Rhythms of Life.
Dancing Out Loud: The Little Book of Quotes
Board Member: Arts and Humanities Council Montgomery County (Maryland)
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