Baltimore native Lenett Partlow-Myrick aka Mama Nef is a visual artist, poet-writer, educator, spirARTtual activist, grandmother, and principal artist for Partlow Art. She makes artifacts of her living experiences as an African-descendant female residing in the United States. Her visual art has been featured at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, in group shows at Hamilton Gallery, the Dos-à-Dos book art exhibit, and most recently on the cover of Passager. Her writings appear in several anthologies, including A Community of . . .
Rejjia Camphor is a Transdisciplinary Eclectic Artist, Organizer and Teacher from Baltimore, Maryland. She currently serves as a Creative Writing Instructor for Writers In Baltimore Schools, a Baltimore Youth Film Arts Fellow at Johns Hopkins and is the Founder of the environmental community project, Sister Stream Catcher. She earned a BA degree in Creative Writing, Visual Culture and Women’s Studies from Hampshire College in 2020.
James Gossard is an award winning Maryland film producer & director, poet, and playwright. He is also a screenwriter and fiction writer. His current project, DIVINE INSTINCT, a feature-length documentary about sculptor Gary Spinosa, was a 2023 Finalist in the Washington DC Independent Film Festival where it screened its World Premiere on March 1, 2023. Gossard worked as a freelance journalist in Montana, following the Border Grizzly Project and writing for wildlife journals. StoryPros named his screenplay, WHITE DUST, in its Top Ten Action-Thrillers.
Steven Schutzman is a seven-time recipient of a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant Award.
Brooks Vernon is a filmmaker and writer born and raised in Maryland, USA. He graduated from Towson with a Bachelor's Degree in Electronic Media & Film Production. His portfolio can be found at www.brooksvernon.com
LeeAnet Noble is an internationally critically acclaimed multi-faceted artist. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Howard University with her BFA in Theatre and is certified in Equity from Purdue University.
Poetic Soul is a DMV poet, educator and first time author. She aspires to write poetry that inspires thoughts of love, inner peace, and hope. She has featured at open mics such as BusBoys & Poets, An Evening with Authors, and DC Refresh. She participated in the Words Beats Life combine and has performed at open mics all around the DMV area as well as Orlando and Texas. She prides herself on being a lifelong learner and recently earned a Master's Degree in Educational Technology and is currently pursuing a doctorate.
Judith Krummeck is a writer, broadcaster, and immigrant living in Baltimore. She is the evening drive-time host for Maryland’s classical music station, WBJC, 91.5 FM, and she is the author of two books. "Beyond the Baobab" is a memoir in essays about her immigrant experience. Her biographical memoir "Old New Worlds" intertwines the immigrant stories of her great-great-grandmother and her own, and was a finalist in the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the 14th Annual National Indie Excellence® Awards.