A prankster at heart, Virginia Warwick first started performing, creating characters and storylines while growing up in Frederick, Maryland. In high school one could spot her on the streets handing out free cheese dressed as the infamous “Professor Cheese”. Growing up she grew to love wildlife and nature, evident from her past history of pets, which included everything from quails to guinea pigs. While earning her degree at University of Maryland, College Park, she gravitated towards performance art and sculpture.
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Tavish Forsyth (He/Them) is a queer improviser, educator, and word technologist.
Tavish helps learners Decode the Script, create Improv Drama Clubs, and establish Writer's Rooms. He helps educators in supporting community-focused theatre. Tavish is based in Baltimore City, which is the ancestral land of the Piscataway people. He is the founder of Bird City Improv and a teaching artist with MSDE's Centers for Creative Classrooms.
Galerie Myrtis (GM) is an emerging blue-chip gallery and art advisory specializing in twentieth and twenty-first-century American art with a focus on work created by African American artists. The gallery opened its doors in 2006 to utilize the visual arts to raise awareness for artists who deserve recognition for their contributions in artistically portraying our cultural, social, historical, and political landscapes; and to recognize art movements that paved the way for freedom of artistic expression.
The Creative Alliance builds communities by bringing together artists and audiences from diverse backgrounds to experience spectacular arts and education programs and engage in the creative process. We provide support to area artists, promote Baltimore as a center for creative production, act as a positive force in our community, and advocate for cultural expression rooted in a sense of place. Live Music & Performance | Classes | Festivals | Artist Residency | Cultural Events | Youth Arts Education
Winner of the Kay Murphy Prize for Poetry, Linette Marie Allen holds an MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore. Her work has been published in magazines and journals worldwide, including The Rialto, Prairie Schooner, and Márọkọ Magazine. Twice nominated for the Best of the Net Awards, her poetry has been arranged to music by composers at The Peabody Institute. She is a member of the Academy of American Poets.
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The Felder House is a 501c3 non-profit organization based in Baltimore, MD. Over the past 27years the organization has seen measurable success and has been making a difference in the lives of youth ages 5 to 18. We provide youth in undeserved communities training in Fashion & Lifeskills. Life skills afford our youth the opportunities to learn adaptive and positive behavior skills through the art of Sewing Technology. This helps the youth to deal effectively with the demands and challenges that life.
Aaron Maybin is a 34 year old contemporary artist, educator, community activist, and former professional football player from Baltimore Md.
selected as the 11th overall pick in the 2009 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills as a former All-American defensive end at Penn State University. Aaron went on to play in the NFL for the New York Jets and the Cincinnati Bengals in a 5-year career before making the decision to walk away from football to pursue a career as a professional artist, activist, author, educator, and community organizer.
NVSV, pronounced “NASA”, I am an emcee based in Baltimore who is known for his unique production style that he pairs with his reflective and visual word play. Like wine, my artistic expression ages and causes the listener to yearn for something they didn’t know was missing from their lives. From childhood my influences stem from gospel which was always present in the house or car with my mom, Jay Z from my sisters, and from my own discovery of hip hop; lil Wayne and Lupe Fiasco.