• Read more about Debra Mims

Debra Mims has been a Performing Artist for over thirty years. She has a B.F. A in Theatre Performance from Marygrove College, in Detroit , Michigan. With training in Dance, She has performed at the Georgetown Theatre Company, the Children’s Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin, and the Detroit-Windsor Dance Company. Debra is the 2010 Individual Artist Award winner for solo performance She worked as an Arts producer for PBS in Detroit and Madison, Wisconsin and has produced arts programs nationally.

• Read more about Bryan Ewald

I am an independent guitarist. multi-instrumentalist & producer based in Annapolis, MD. In addition to performing solo and with various bands of my own, I have been hired by over 200 artists/bands for live, touring, or recording work. 

• Read more about Stephen Cyphers

STEVE CYPHERS Steve has been a professional drummer, percussionist and singer since 1988. He is a founding member, singer and percussionist with the band Blue Miracle. Blue Miracle is a genre-bending Jam Band with two original albums. They have played at clubs, festivals, colleges and private events throughout the country for over three decades and still perform today. Steve also collaborates with many different bands and musicians across the region.

• Read more about Yann Seznec

Yann Seznec is an artist whose work focuses on sound, music, physical interaction, games, and building new instruments. Recent projects include residencies at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, the Floating Cinema in London, Playable City Lagos, and Timespan in the Scottish Highlands. He has performed at The Roundhouse London, Mutek Montreal, Melbourne Recital Hall, Liquid Rooms Tokyo, Köln Philharmonie, Fak’ugesi Johannesburg, and more.

• Read more about Center Of Help, Inc.

Mission  The Center of Help’s mission is to empower, educate and connect immigrants with resources to promote self-sufficiency and advocate for the successful integration of the immigrant community into Anne Arundel County and the surrounding areas. The Center provides adult and youth education and case navigators who provide resources and guide clients to access services and become self-sufficient. www.centerofhelp.org

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• Read more about MARY ANN JUNG

Mary Ann Jung of HISTORY ALIVE! is an award-winning actress and Smithsonian Scholar with 12 different fun and inspiring shows about Amazing Women in History. She has appeared on CNN and Good Morning America and in newspapers around the country. She has been a lead actress and Director of History and Shakespearean Language at the Maryland Renaissance Festival for 40 years. She was also Director of Family Performances and Street Theater at ArtScape for 10 years. Ms. Jung performs in the authentic costumes, accents and attitudes for her heroines of history.

• Read more about ARTAGAYNE

Alison Gayne, a.k.a. “artagayne”, grew up in Annapolis, Maryland and lived in Portland, Oregon for 15 years, studied art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and has recently returned to her hometown. Her passion for art began at a young age. She started pursuing art more seriously while attending Moore College of Art & Design, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2011, her “Bike Art Series” artwork was published in the Bike Art: Bicycles in Art Around The World Book, out of Athens, Greece.

• Read more about SoCo Arts Lab

The SoCo Arts Lab (the "Lab") offers the opportunity for making and sharing art, in all its forms, to nurture and ignite creativity and expression in the southern part of Anne Arundel County.  Specifically, the Lab operates a center for the visual arts; provides individual and communal work spaces for artists; offers educational and cultural programs; and engages in other activities including public cultural exhibits, presentations to groups, and panel discussions.

• Read more about Hiram Larew

* Highly experienced poet, presenter, workshop leader * Provides engaging presentations and workshops (in-person or virtual) to diverse groups including:                           - civic, cultural, senior, community and religious groups                           - high school and college classrooms                           - US and global conferences  * Offers exceptional, unique facilitation skills on topics such as:                      - poetry as an anti-hunger tool                      - poetry about America's slave holding past