Stacey R. Salazar makes drawings, paintings, and artist books based on the relationships, language, and experiences of an everyman and everywoman. By combining personal observations and sensations with gestures of transformation, symbols of power, and compositional traditions borrowed from Renaissance and Baroque portraiture, Salazar imagines a mysterious potency in the contemporary everyday.
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Mirlande Jean-Gilles is a mother of two, a writer and a visual artist. Her award winning ficiton and poetry have been published in various literary journals and anthologies.
Her vibrant collages are inspired by her Haitian heritage as well as the work of women and mothers all over the world.
In 2012 Mirlande was selected to be "Bearden 100" in collaboration with The Romare Bearden Foundation.
Eric Rivera Barbeito was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2017. Rivera Barbeito integrates a multimedia approach to his practice that draws from a diverse field of processes to give visual representation to concepts relevant to the present condition between Puerto Rico and the United States.
Margaret Rorison is filmmaker, projectionist, educator, and curator from Baltimore, MD. Her work aims to support and preserve contemporary filmmakers and film culture. Her current work focuses on portraiture, memory, and the precarity and beauty of nature. Her work has been exhibited at Anthology Film Archives, Miami PULSE Art Fair, Microscope Gallery, The Museum of The Moving Image, The National Gallery of Art, and The Walker Art Center.
Ryan Schmal Murray is an artist who creates conceptually-driven work that combines digital and physical media. His work addresses the search for meaning at the intersections of “high” and “low” culture and at the boundaries of different media.
Joseph J. Capista’s poems have appeared in journals such as Ploughshares, Slate, and The Georgia Review. A two-time recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council's Individual Artist Award, Capista has also received grants from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and the Sewanee Writers' Conference. Capista has assisted with the Baltimore Writers’ Conference and has studied W.B. Yeats through the NEH. His prose has appeared in the Baltimore Sun.
As an artist based in Baltimore MD, Hannah Cohen creates intricate hand cut paper pieces evoking movement found in nature. Active in the local art scene since 2014, Hannah has work displayed in private residences as well as corporate locations in Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland including The Hepburn, The Papermill building, GDIT, VY Reston Heights and Exelon Constellation Headquarters.
Janet Maher works in many disciplines and has taught a wide range of mixed media, printmaking, book arts, design and drawing courses since 1997 at Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore from which she retired as a Professor Emeritus of Art. Her works are in many public and private collections and has been shown nationally, internationally, regionally and locally through juried competitions and other opportunities.
Tracy is a graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art -Continuing Studies and a Baltimore native. She believes through art, we can change the culture and bring a positive viewpoint to people of all ages. Tracy is a teaching artist, graphic artist, and fine artist that uses colors, content, and beauty to make change for the better. Her artwork and teaching spreads positivity, creativity, and inspiration.
Professional Experience:
Artwork
Macy's Westminster Mall California 2019
Ronald McDonald House 2019
Salem Tobacco Products 2000
Julie Wills is an interdisciplinary artist working in sculpture and installation, drawing, text, and intersections between these media. She is recipient of an Individual Artist Award (2019) and a Creativity Grant (2023) from the Maryland State Arts Council. Other recent awards include the SSG and AC Edwards Fellowship from Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (2023), and artist residencies at Marble House Project, Cill Rialaig (Ireland), Arteles (Finland), Jentel, PLAYA, The Hambidge Center, and Pyramid Atlantic Art Center as a Denbo Fellow.