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Elliott Grabill's music has been described as "post-romantic, full of angst, overflowing sentimentality, and polytonality-- mixed with glittering electronics." His satirical music explores the art of taking a familiar melody and turning it upside down as the piece develops. He also composes imaginative pastoral music, using electronics to take the listener to far distant lands. Though tonal, his style embraces maximalism, polyphony, and complex harmony.
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Patti (Spady) Ross graduated from Washington, DC’s Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts, The American University and The Keller Graduate School of Management. As a lifetime learner, Patti holds a certificate in Writing for Social Justice from the University of California, Berkeley. After high-school graduation, she performed with several local theatre companies in the Washington region.
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Sylvia Jones is a writer, educator, and prison abolitionist. She earned her MFA from American University in Washington D.C., and recently served as a 2021-22 Stadler Fellow at Bucknell University. She’s associate poetry editor at Black Lawrence Press and works part-time teaching creative writing and composition at Goucher College and The George Washington University. She also is reader for the journal, Ploughshares.
Joel Michael-Schwartz is an eclectic and deeply curious mandolinist, guitarist, teacher, and composer. He is based in Baltimore, and performs, collaborates, and teaches around the Mid-Atlantic. Bridging traditions and using music as a tool of cross-cultural communication is at the heart of his wide-ranging musical life. Equally at home playing Bach, flamenco, bebop, swing, and celtic, he brings expression, command, and a quirky sense of fun to all his artistic endeavors.
J.B. Shepard is a studio pet portrait photographer and the founder of the Puptrait Studio in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Best known for his signature headshot style of dog photography and the whimsical Paper Hats featured in many of his pet portraits, J.B.'s unique take on dog portraiture has quickly made his dog photos some of the most instantly recognizable in the pet industry and have earned him critical acclaim within the United States and abroad.
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Maryland Art Place's primary focus is supporting artists from the State of Maryland. We believe Black Lives Matter and we recognize that there is much more to be done in supporting and elevating the voices of Black artists across the state and we are committed to doing this work. Despite - or perhaps because of - the current climate, we continue to believe that the arts are essential to our health and well-being, and are dedicated to finding new ways to bring our services to the public that are representative to the artistic community as a whole.