Sue Ellen Thompson’s sixth book of poetry, SEA NETTLES, was published in 2022. Her work has been included in the Best American Poetry series, read on National Public Radio many times by Garrison Keillor, and recently won a Pushcart Prize. She taught at Wesleyan University, Middlebury College, Binghamton University, and Central Connecticut State University before moving to the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 2006. She now mentors adult poets and teaches workshops at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda. She was awarded the 2010 Maryland Author Prize from the Maryland Library Association.
Pat Valdata is fiction writer and poet. Her new novel, Eve’s Daughters, by Moonshine Cove in November 2020, won first prize in the Novel category from the Delaware Press Association. Her other novels are Crosswind and The Other Sister, which won a gold medal from the Árpád Academy of the Hungarian Association. Her poetry book about women aviation pioneers, Where No Man Can Touch, won the 2015 Donald Justice Poetry Prize. Her other poetry titles are Inherent Vice and Looking for Bivalve.
My story starts in Wilmington, Delaware where I was raised in a family that greatly appreciated art and learned to use my artistic ability to see what I was gifted in doing. From there I went to college and received a degree at Towson University with a focus on painting.
I found my true love and friend in college, married her, and stayed in the Baltimore metro area. From Maryland I have helped raise a family of four and continue to create paintings and learn what it means to be an artist businessman.
Ampersand is a small string band, so named because our core duo of Beth Lawton and Dick Hogle “adds in” other musicians both at home and when we travel. We offer a family-friendly, interactive set of songs and instrumentals, from colonial times through Civil War music,1920s and 30s folk/blues, to modern folk tunes. We play guitars, banjo, mandolin, hammered dulcimer, and often are joined by fiddlers, and a stand-up bass player – lots of songs and rich harmonies and we’re happy to have the audience ask questions, join in on singalongs, and just have a great time with this wonderful tradition
Visual artist and graphic designer Sangeeta Kaul (online at Spicyseed Art & Design) wields her creativity as a fuel for social change, mental health awareness, and community connections. Kaul enjoys organizing events designed to coach and encourage the personal creativity of the participants. She is currently studying Clinical Mental Health Counseling as a graduate student so that she may use her passion for art in a therapeutic way.
Thank you for visiting my performance page. The Harvey and Sam Puppet Company is a children's video production company located in Columbia, Maryland. My website is www.harveysampuppets.com. Live performances are available also. Graduate of Anderson University (Anderson, Indiana).
Melinda Lowy is a national award-winning quilter and is actively involved in local art quilt and critique groups. She has exhibited widely, including regionally and nationally. She is a member of Surface Design Association and Studio Art Quilt Associates, as well as locally of Potomac Fiber Arts Guild and Fiber Art Study Group. She is a native of Billings, MT and resides in Silver Spring, MD. She is retired from a full-time career at a non-profit scientific society, where she managed the higher education programs, although she continues to manage a small non-profit scientific society.
Conceptual and portrait photographer. She reveals the extraordinary in what she calls her ordinary life. Searching out those liminal moment, the drop that never falls, the people who never age, the bubble that never bursts.
Guevin's work exhibits throughout Maryland and has been published in both national and international magazines.
Emily Carter is a professional nature and wildlife photographer that believes that art is found in nature through careful observation of the scenery, lighting and the subject. Through photography, she captures the emotion felt when experiencing a fleeting moment. These images allow Emily to share the connections made with nature with others who perhaps may not have the opportunity to experience it themselves.
As an award winning and published digital artist, her work has been included in local newspapers, magazines, books and smart device apps.