My name is Anthony R. McCray, and I hail from West Baltimore. Growing up in Park Heights, I faced numerous challenges, including threats to my life both from external sources and within my own home. Despite these adversities, creativity wasn't always a natural outlet for me; it took pivotal life experiences to unlock my artistic potential.
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danah bella is an award-winning choreographer and dance filmmaker who has performed and presented her work throughout the country and internationally. She is the artistic director of d a n a h b e l l a DanceWorks, a modern dance company focused on reclaiming evocative movement as social practice, a founding member of Colectivo Caliban, an artist collective that transgresses disciplinary borders through sound and movement, and currently serves as the founding chair of the BFA Dance program at Peabody Conservatory.
I am a photographer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, amongst others. I specialize in portraits for connoisseurs of edgy and elegant content. Story telling portraits in a cinematic style.
Lawrence Lanahan is a journalist, radio producer, and performing musician in Baltimore City. He is the author of The Lines Between Us: Two Families and a Quest to Cross Baltimore's Racial Divide, and his songwriting and composition can be found on recordings by his project Disappearing Ink.
I am an active resident of Baltimore City currently working with several, nonprofit organizations to lead art workshops and classes with young people. I am a visual artist and advocate. I am deeply passionate and supportive of Baltimore's DIY music scene. While I am very excited to begin bringing my community practice into that space, I am currently finishing my MFA in Community Arts at MICA, and looking forward to opportunities to showcase my personal art practice which is multidisciplinary.
Artist Statement
My name is Benjamin Baugham; artist name Boy Blue. I am a traditional ink artist by passion and a chalk artist by calling. I have never been formally trained in the arts but I have been divinely gifted with the ability to communicate with others. I devote all my art to Christ, not necessarily in subject but always in my intention. My ink on canvas expresses the darker parts of our nature as people; how complex our flaws can be and how beautiful they become when explained and redeemed. My chalk on pavement expresses the innocence I get to see in each
Ama is a Baltimore born foundationally Black and Aegean interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the layered complexities of identity through the lenses of ancestry, mixed-race heritage, motherhood, spirituality, sexuality and femininity through expression. Utilizing various media, she crafts visual narratives that delve into the interplay between personal history and collective memory. Often using bright colors and light to convey by any means necessary at times it may feel that her work takes no prisoners.
Brennan Donovan is a painter from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. His most recent work explores making making process with light. He earned his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.https://bakerartist.org/portfolios/wwwbakerartistorgportfoliobrennandonovan
Brian Suryah (Baltimore, 1996) is an object, ritual, and pigment-centered transdisciplinary artist exploring the intersections of imagination, form, and ancestral technology using the brand Suryah Studio to present their work publicly. Brian’s work outside their transdisciplinary practice focuses on collaborative efforts with regional branding, civic engagement, and social impact initiatives using human-centered design to better understand and nurture themself, their community, and the spaces and places we share collectively.