AfroLatina artist, Jaz Erenberg painted her first mural in 2017 and immediately knew that if she could find a way to engage the community around her, the mural could be that much more impactful! Over the last 6 years, her practice has grown through collaboration with communities to build creative ways to make them feel seen and heard throughout the process. Using workshops and events, communities have become an integral part of how she creates public artwork.
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Washington, DC born artist, Simone Agoussoye, has been honing her skills in portrait artistry for the past several years. Known for her creative depictions of people, Simone blends her traditional skill in portraiture with fresh, unique, and unconventional techniques transforming her from a realistic fine artist to more of a contemporary artist.
After working as a creative project manager for national ad campaigns and brands and painting her whole life, Lidija Jurovich launched, LIDIJA, a visionary art brand created to uplift small artists in Baltimore.
Abisola Yelé Oladeinde is an award-winning fashion designer with a passion for creating Afrofuturistic fashion pieces. She explores themes of identity, culture, and the human experience through her work. Born and raised in Nigeria, Abisola's art is deeply influenced by her African heritage and her personal experiences as a Black woman. Her unique designs incorporate one-of-a-kind tie and dyed Adire fabrics that feature symbols tied to her African heritage.
Joel Turner is an artist from Towson, Maryland working as a figure painter. Joel received his Associates in Fine Arts in 2013 from Delaware College of Art and Design, and received his Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2015.
Bart O’Reilly is an Irish artist living in Maryland. He teaches at Loyola University, Harford Community College, and The Maryland Institute College of Art. He has a BFA from NCAD in Dublin 2000 and received an MFA from MICA in 2012. He is a recipient of an Individual Artists Award from The Baltimore Office of Promotions of the Arts and has been recognized for scholarly and creative work at Harford Community College. In 2022 he published My Father’s Work Shed a collection of poetry and paintings with Wipf and Stock Publishers.
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Mixed media artist based in Baltimore County imploring others to encounter her work and the world with childlike wonder ☆
B.S., Electronic Media and Film (Towson University 22’), writer, photographer, A/V editor, and multimedia specialist.
Ara Ko (b. 1988, Hongseong, Korea) received a BFA from Ewha Womans University (Seoul, Korea) and is a current MFA candidate in MICA’s Hoffberger School of Painting (Baltimore, MD). She has exhibited at the CICA Museum (Seoul, Korea), Gallery We (Seoul, Korea), Washington Square Park (New York, NY), Miboo Art Center (Busan, Korea), and Sung Nam Art Center (Seongnam-si, Korea). Ko has received numerous awards during her graduate studies including the Leslie King Hammond Graduate Fellowship (MICA) and a CCC Community Art Grant (MICA).