The Washington Independent Review of Books is a 501(c)(3) charity based in the DC/MD/VA region providing online book reviews and other literary-focused content seven days a week since 2011. The Library of Congress has been archiving our content since 2016, highlighting it as a publication of "cultural significance." Our readership is global, but we highlight and deliver local activities that are unique to the DMV. (Note that the "Type" of Literary Arts selected above is not very representative of what we do, but it seemed closest within the list of choices provided.)
2Arts Council of Anne Arundel Countyhttps://www.acaac.org[email protected](410) 222-7949
2666 Riva Rd Ste 150
Annapolis, MD 21401
United States
We are a made in Maryland artisan market featuring handmade artisan products, fine art & photography.
Val Schaefer began his art journey purely as a means of art therapy. A disabled combat veteran imprinted upon and humbled by the experience of war, he unexpectedly found peace in the workshop. This is where Val discovered a unique way of blurring the line between frame and art, making them one and the same. Instinctively he knew the grandeur nature of extensive ornamentation was the perfect fit. The broad range of details found in the unfinished wood satisfied Val's need for complexity and elegance.
Juanita Banks-Whittington is an award-winning children's book author, Army veteran, social worker, and diversity practitioner residing in Odenton, Maryland. She specializes in writing children’s books that highlight positive relationships and bridge diversity gaps, aiming to introduce young minds to a future where they feel seen and represented within the pages of her books.
Scott currently lives in Annapolis, Maryland and works closely with ArtFarm teaching young future artists. He'll be starting as an instructor at Maryland Hall in the fall of 2023 teaching encaustic classes and workshops.
Quinn Bedingfield fell in love with music at the early age of nine and four years later he began producing beats of all genres and in particular, Hip Hop. He started creating beats for other Artists and has served scores of Artists by creating beats they enjoy. In 2020, when the Pandemic hit, Aurah, an "Old School" Hip Hop Artist was born. Aurah writes his own music and is very passionate about creating the appropriate beats. He channels his ADHD into his music and, like many musicians, is a perfectionist.
Self- taught Maryland based multimedia artist, Rowan McClanahan, has been sharpening his skills for the past several years. He completed a 3 year program at the Center of Applied Technology South where he specialized in carpentry and graduated from Southern Senior High school.
Located in an award-winning building on the St. John’s College campus, just steps from the Maryland Statehouse, the Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Art Museum (/m) presents changing exhibitions in a free and welcoming environment. Like the college, we foster curiosity by encouraging deep engagement and open-ended conversation, asking timely and persistent questions of the human experience through art and with extraordinary artists. We are the only nationally accredited visual arts museum in Anne Arundel County and one of only five in the State of Maryland.