Christine Higgins is the author of Hallow, a full-length collection of poetry published in Spring, 2020 (Cherry Grove). She was the 2nd place winner in the Poetry Box competition for her chapbook, Hello, Darling in 2019. She is the co-author of In the Margins, A Conversation in Poetry (Cherry Grove, 2017). She has been the recipient of a Maryland State Arts Council Award for both poetry and non-fiction. Her work has appeared in America, Poetry East, Nagautuck River Review, and Windhover. You can learn more about her on her website: www.christinehigginswriter.com.
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Alexandra DeArmon was born and grew up in Frederick, Maryland and graduated from UMD College Park. She currently divides her time between Maryland and Alaska, after having spent more than a decade traveling and living all over the United States. Alexandra has been a contributing columnist to her hometown paper, the Frederick News-Post, since 2013 and is working on a book about her travels.
Madeleine Mysko is the author of two novels, Bringing Vincent Home (Plain View Press) and Stone Harbor Bound (Bridle Path Press,), and a poetry collection, Crucial Blue (Cherry Grove Collections). With three other Maryland poets, she is also the author of In the Margins: A Conversation in Poetry. She is a past recipient of Individual Artist grants in both poetry and fiction from the State of Maryland. Presently she serves as a contributing editor for American Journal of Nursing, and teaches writing part-time at Goucher College. She lives in Towson, Maryland.
Andrea Downs
she/her
Baltimore, Maryland
Koch was originally an abstract artist. A pivotal event for him was seeing the work of Edward Hopper. It inspired him early in his career to change to painting in a realist direction. Koch has been given unprecedented access to Hopper’s studio on Cape Cod, enjoying 17 residencies there since 1983, an honor granted to no other living American artist.
Manuel Barrueco is internationally recognized as one of the most important guitarists of our time. His unique artistry has been continually described as that of a superb instrumentalist and a superior and elegant musician, possessing a seductive sound and uncommon lyrical gifts.
Artist. Graduated from Notre Dame University of Baltimore in Fine Art, 2004. I have a disabled son and after years of working to support both him and myself, I have decided to leave a low paying job to pursue my Masters in Fine Art. It is a risk but the benefits of such a move would bring better living possibilities for both my son and myself. I am currently attending community college to get my portfolio in order. During this transition, financial help would be an amazing blessing.
National recording Artist Corinthia Cromwell has been known to astound audiences with her skillful and passionate performances as a gospel, jazz, and R&B saxophonist, vocalist, composer, Multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader. With two internationally released CD recordings and three International single releases from her latest recordings under her belt, Corinthia has been established as one of the most anointed musicians of this era.
As a leading ambassador of the American theatre song, Dr. Carolyn Black-Sotir has written and performed a repertoire of 13 original theatrical concerts. Programs include tributes to the Gershwins, Sondheim, Weill, Rodgers & Hart & Hammerstein, Porter, Bernstein, Kern, Arlen, Berlin, as well as performances focusing on the music of specific historical events or eras, such as the American Civil War and The Gilded Age.