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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)
A native of the Eastern Shore, Jenny O’Grady writes and makes book sculptures in Baltimore. She is the editor of UMBC Magazine. She taught book arts and electronic publishing as an adjunct professor in the University of Baltimore’s Creative Writing and Publishing Arts MFA program (2008-2012), where she earned her MFA in 2006. Previously, she worked as a community newspaper reporter, following in the footsteps of her mother, and also at a culinary school.
Personally, Alyscia Cunningham is a granddaughter, daughter, wife, mother of 3, sister, aunty, friend, artist, advocate, writer, Pisces, dreamer, truth seeker, positive thinker, adventurer, traveler, hiker, teacher, student...and her journey continues.
Professionally, Alyscia is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, filmmaker, and photographer who has contributed to National Geographic, Discovery Channel, America Online and the Smithsonian Institution. Alyscia is also the Founder of Her House Media and the CEO of a Maryland Home Improvement company, Uprising Builders, LLC.
I am a Baltimorian with mid-western roots. Brought up by a social worker and landscape photographer moonlighting as a trucker driver. I was raised in a house with art, deep thinking, community, strong work ethic, thoughtful inclusivity, and a WHOLE lot of neurodivergent folks.
Some of my shots are obviously location-heavy, so beautiful that you point and shoot. Others less obvious, and some Photoshop'd (the truth of the subject retained). Now we have phones that can take amazing pictures: The challenge comes from picking the right subject.
Digital Art by Adam Zynger Adam Zynger has a background in art and medicine. He exhibited internationally since his high school years and in Baltimore as well, including in BMA (Baltimore Museum of Art) as part of the Artist’s Equity show. In the past he also taught college Art Appreciation and Art History courses. His playful encounters with digital art begun with the purchase of his first computer.
Rosemary Frisino Toohey has had more than 300 productions of her plays around the world from New York to New Zealand and nine of her comedies are published: Dramatic Publishing, Playscripts, Inc., and Lazy Bee Scripts. Her work is included in the collections of university libraries from Harvard to the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and she's won grants from the Maryland State Arts Council for three of her dramas.
I am an award-winning playwright, filmmaker, and musician.
Maria Adelmann's novel HOW TO BE EATEN and short story collection GIRLS OF A CERTAIN AGE have been published by LITTLE, BROWN. Her novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in a support group for trauma, while her short story collection features realistic, character-driven stories that explore the worlds of female narrators.
Performance Poet, Writer, Percussionist, Storyteller, Picture Maker, Workshop Facilitator Linda Joy Burke is a 2002 Distinguished Black Marylander Award recipient for Art from Towson University’s Office of Diversity, a 2004 Poetry for the People Baltimore Legacy Award recipient, a 2013 Howard County Women’s Hall of Fame inductee and a 2018 Women’s Giving Circle Young Women Journey Camp Leadership program, “Stand Up” award recipient and a 2021 Howard County Women’s Giving Circle (S)hero nominee.