Katrina Doreen resides in Cecil County. She works with watercolors, oil, and photography. She is a former student of Cecil College and is currently studying multimedia design at Penn State University.
Eric Fernandez is a multi-talented artist, graphic designer, and writer who specializes in creating imagery according to a client's vision. In order to express his individuality and determination, he always tries to create his own unique way of doing things. He found his passion for the arts in high school, where Eric wrote poetry that was published in multiple publications such as Susquehanna Life Magazine. This opportunity kickstarted his pursuit of the arts by affirming that he could make something renowned through his hard work and dedication to a craft.
Sainey Ceesay is the 2021 Prince George’s County Youth Poet Laureate. Her poetry touches on mental health, blackness, identity as a Gambian-American, gender issues, and social injustice. She seeks to find and build community through her poetry and encourage others to write. Sainey is a facilitating teaching artist to young children and teens, helping them to create poems that illustrate personal narratives and find healing in the art of poetry.
I am a community-engaged educator who believes in creating sustainable partnerships within and outside the academy that meet community needs, honor lived experience, and support students in asking: Who am I, what do I stand for, and how do I contribute to the well-being of the many communities that I intersect with? I also believe that religious communities are a powerful resource in co-creating a just, ethical and vibrant civic space. I direct the Program in Islamic Studies at Johns Hopkins University and lead a grant on community-engaged pedagogy in Islamic Studies.
Requiem for Twenty-Twenty
See more information about Requiem for Twenty-TwentyMedium: poetry
Year: 2020
Details: one page
S.B. Merrow had a career as a flute maker, and for years worked with her hands—and her ears—on the instruments of professional musicians. Since returning to her first love, poetry, she has been published in journals such as Salamander, Nimrod International Journal, Gyroscope Review, and Free State Review. She has been a finalist several times for the Rash Award in Poetry and her first book, Unpacking the China, won the QuillsEdge Press 2016 chapbook competition. In 2020 her collection Everyone A Bell was published by Kelsay Books.
See more information about "Solstice"
An original song is conceived as one long run-on sentence. The title word "solstice" comes from the Latin "sol" (sun) and "sistere" (to stand still) -- because at the summer and winter solstices, from the Earth's vantage point, the sun appears to stand still before swinging back into the opposite hemisphere.
Medium: "live" piano and voice
Year: copyright, 2017
Details: 4:07
Greta Ehrig is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary artist with a passion for teaching piano, songwriting, creative writing, and mixed-media arts.
Hi I am Hannah, an creator in the MD area.
Liz is an emerging photographer with a lifelong passion for adventure and wildlife. She has long worked to connect people to the outdoors and conservation through years as a public interest activist and as an outdoor leader, teacher, and guide with the Sierra Club and REI. Her work as a photographer is a continuation of those efforts. Through the global pandemic, Liz's "bird-a-day" project has become a source of joy for many suffering through such a difficult year; giving people a connection to and education about birds.