Nazarene Maloney is a young artist who has dedicated herself to making her passion for classical music her career. During her primary and secondary education, Nazarene expressed a deep affection for music; specifically, singing. After earning her Associate’s Degree in Music from Prince George’s Community College, she continued on to Morgan State University where she flourished participating in Opera @ Morgan, with roles as Papagena (W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte) and Maria La O (Ernesto Lecuona's Maria La O).
Black Feminism in Art Song and Literature
Presentation at 2022 African American Art Song Alliance Conference. Lecture recital exploring intersectional perspectives on black feminism from the late 19th century into dialogues of the contemporary.
Mandy Morrison uses aspects of narrative to create video and performance work that explore how the body projects itself in varying contexts. Her performance, video and film pieces have been exhibited and screened internationally in galleries, museums, and festivals including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Kunstlerhaus e.V., Hamburg, and CINESONIKA in Vancouver. Her work has been written about in Artforum, Frieze magazine, the New Art Examiner, Szene Hamburg and Art Papers.
Shana Oshiro, is an alumna of Morgan State University with a BFA in Vocal Performance and a former Miss Maryland. She has appeared with Opera Philadelphia in productions of Porgy and Bess and Margaret Garner and made several appearances with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as a featured ensemble member. She performs with multiple music organizations in the DC Metropolitan area- -including Handel Choir of Baltimore, CAAPA Chorale, and IN Series Opera.
Julie Simon has been working with the photographic process for more than 40 years - first in television news, and then in corporate media and education. She has exhibited her experimental video, photographic, and interactive work on television and in art galleries/museums and on the web, winning a number of prestigious awards for a wide range of media projects. Simon is a Professor at the University of Baltimore where she teaches photography and video production.
NOPE | Animated Trailer
Animated visual of the 2022 American Neo-Western science fiction horror film written, directed, and produced by Jordan Peele.
Year: 2022
US Based Visual/Digital Artist & Entrepreneur.
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