I come from a typical Polish family. Hard work, sound logic and sausage. My first drawings were illustrations of the Bible, where I drew everyone with very short arms. My mom pointed out this oversight, andunwittingly started my career as a 'serious' artist.
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Joseph Corcoran is a Baltimore based installation artist. He mainly employs glass and neon in his work. As a
former Naval Officer, he saw glass-making firsthand while stationed in Italy and Malta. Upon returning
stateside, he spent over 14 years learning, teaching and exhibiting his work across the nation. He has
executed many public and private pieces including recently installing a piece at the US Ambassador’s
residence in Beijing, China. Joe received a Bachelor’s in Mathematics from the US Naval Academy and is
Peter Ross is a banjo maker, researcher, and musician who lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Ross is one of earliest contemporary makers of gourd banjos, ranging from those of his own design to exact replicas of historic instruments. His reconstructions of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century banjos have been featured internationally in museums, art galleries, movies, documentaries, and live performances.
Stephen Towns was born in 1980 in Lincolnville, South Carolina, and received a Bachelor of Fine Art in painting from the University of South Carolina. His work has been exhibited nationally, including solo exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Galerie Myrtis, York College, Goucher College, as well as group exhibitions at Jack Shainman Gallery: The School, August Wilson Cultural Center, Arlington Art Center, The David C. Driskell Center, Montpelier Arts Center, Star- Spangled Banner Flag House and Museum.
Ed Hrybyk is an upright and electric bassist, composer, arranger, and educator emerging fromthe Baltimore/DC area. Ed graduated from Baltimore School for the Arts in 2006 where hestudied classical bass with Laura Ruas. He graduated from the University of the Arts in 2010 with an undergraduate degree in jazz bass performance. Under the tutelage of Craig Thomasand Steve Beskrone, Ed received the Jymie Menitt Bass Award.
Samuel Burt is a composer in Baltimore. He's composed works for orchestra, small groups, piano, and electronic music. He is an improviser on clarinet, bass clarinet, and daxophone. He is a professor at Towson and Johns Hopkins Universities.
Burt obtained degrees in music composition from the Peabody lnstitute and university of Georgia. He studied with Lewis Nielson, Leonard Ball, Geoffrey Wright, and Christopher Theofanidis.
Baltimore-based percussionist and performer Adam Rosenblatt has a penchant for finding interesting and uncommon ways to present and perform contemporary music. He has a keen interest for growing an interdisciplinary performance practice, believing that a mix of media and art forms can speak more directly and powerfully to our current modern context.
ellen cherry is a singer, songwriter, musician, designer, artist, producer, recording engineer, and human. Emmy nominated Song and Story Alchemist, ellen cherry (lowercase letters intentional!) is a full-time touring and working performer based in Baltimore, MD. In 2018, ellen co-produced a podcast that examines fame and celebrity from a working musician's viewpoint, called "Why Aren't You Famous?" In 2017, ellen presented a new touring project called Portraits in Song.