Melissa Daoulas is a seasoned writer, producer, and educator with a decade of experience in streaming platforms and television networks. She started her career working for National Geographic while at the University of Maryland, where she was responsible for technical video evaluations for US, International and Nat Geo WILD programming. She credits her time there as being pivotal for her love of media arts.
I am an artist, metalsmith, bookbinder, and printmaker. I have been making things my whole life and enjoy sharing what I learn with other people especially including hands-on components!
As an Author, Illustrator, Muralist, Doll Artist, Puppeteer, and Master Teaching Artist, Danyett Tucker has over 15 years of experience cultivating joyful learning environments for multi-generations of learners. Dedicated community artist that is passionate about using visual storytelling techniques to support mental health awareness, embrace strength through adversity, and to help build a more equitable and inclusive society for Everyone!
Adele Schmidt is a multifaceted professional with expertise in media production, documentary filmmaking, and Film and Media Arts education. She co-founded and currently serves as the artistic director of Docs In Progress, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering community through the art of documentary filmmaking.
What makes Creative Outlets Arts Center unique is our focus on Wellness. We believe that art and artmaking is an integral part of our mental health and we aim to teach the community how to use it! It is our goal to engage the community in art making and display by not only providing classes and resources, but an exhibition space as well. We want our community to see value in art making as well as the reality that they, themselves can be a practicing, exhibited artist in our community
Saxophonist Brent Birckhead is an award-winning artist, whose aesthetic is an intersectional amalgam of traditional and popular styles. Unbound by genre, Birckhead’s approach to woodwind artistry is driven by his compulsion for creative risk and deep respect for legacy. His place in the continuum of a storied lineage begins with his surname, Birckhead, and extends to his extensive musical education and work ethic as a visionary approach to life as a rising leader.
Don Johns is an in-demand percussion performer and educator in the Baltimore/Washington Metropolitan area. He is a regular substitute musician with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Richmond Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Johns is also principal timpanist of the Apollo Orchestra in Washington, DC. In addition, he is the lead percussionist for Soulful Symphony (Columbia, MD). Moreover, Dr.
Rebecca Crouch is a Chicago native who discovered her natural born aptitude for art as a child. Growing up with her mother, artist Dianne Crouch, Rebecca was immersed in the world of art from an early age. She went on to study at Howard University in Washington DC, where she majored in Mathematics but kept her artistic talent close to her heart.
Bobby Croft is a decorated artist and art educator known for his functional ceramic works. A Frostburg native, Bobby holds his bachelors in ceramics and painting and his masters in teaching, both from Frostburg State. For seven years, Bobby taught middle school art in Washington County before transferring to Allegany County where he now teaches elementary art.