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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.

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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

• Read more about Elizabeth Kendall

Elizabeth Kendall lives and works in Maryland on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay  Her vessels, sculptures and installations have been exhibited in national and international venues and is in the permanent collections of the Yixing Ceramics Museum, Peoples Republic of China, the International Ceramic Center in Denmark, the MGM corporation, and the Petroleum Club in Midland, TX among others.  Additional private and corporate installation commissions can be found in Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Texas, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, DC.

• Read more about Liana Owad

Liana Owad is an artist and educator based in Maryland. She earned her MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2014 and her BFA from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania in 2010. A passionate advocate for the maker movement, Owad has played a key role in launching two Makerspaces: the Michael Stanley MakerSpace at the Chesapeake Arts Center in Brooklyn Park, MD, and the Nebraska Innovation Studio in Lincoln, NE. She served as the Studio Art Manager at Hood College for three years and was previously the Sculpture Technician at the Maine College of Art and Design.

• Read more about The AngelWing Project, Inc.

The AngelWing Project, Inc. is a 501(c)3 performing arts organization that promotes the development of the performing arts in the local community. Values: Performance Excellence Service Education & Training Charitable Giving Celebrating Diversity

• Read more about Baltimore Brass

The award-winning Baltimore Brass was founded in 2000 and is one of Maryland’s longest continuously operating professional brass ensembles. The group specializes in the performance of classical and contemporary repertoire designed to appeal to the young and the young at heart. In 2021 they were nominated for the Wammy Awards Educator of the Year. The ensemble was voted Best Chamber Music Ensemble in Maryland by Music Monthly Magazine and was recognized as the official brass ensemble of the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine.

• Read more about The Maryland Cultural & Conference Center

When Park Place was built in Annapolis, the centerpiece was always envisioned as being a world-class performing arts and conference center that would be a source of pride in the community, promote economic growth, and be the center stage for a wide variety of artistic programs. MC3 has been vigilant in identifying the needs and desires of all of the segments of our community and the surrounding region, including our minority community, our arts and education community, our business community, and more recently our region’s Veteran’s community.