Hailing from Maryland, LJR is a tenacious and passionate pop-rock artist who strives to empower and inspire his audience to live their lives to the fullest. Seamlessly blending ‘80s-style pop beats with alternative rock guitar solos, his music is tremendously anthemic and infectious while conveying remarkable vulnerability, speaking to those parts of the soul that yearn to heal and grow. LJR is currently releasing his 12-track debut album “When the Sky Began to Fall,” which he is sharing with fans one song at a time with an accompanying sci-fi music video series.
14Howard County Arts Councilhttp://hocoarts.org/info@hocoarts.org(410) 313-2787
8510 High Ridge Rd
Ellicott City, MD 21043
United States
Kay Sandler paints contemporary watercolors, pastels and oils. Subject matter revolves around nature, florals, animals and water. Kay was educated at Maryland Institute, College of Art, and has studied with national artists for many years.
Elizabeth Schwarz Sumner was born and raised in Washington, DC. The youngest of seven children, art was a constant in her home. Her father was a WPA artist and landscape painter and was Elizabeth’s first art instructor. She grew up seeing her father working on oil and watercolor paintings and learned to observe objects and see color through his eyes. This intimate training and guidance are still major influences on her work today.
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, I was inspired at an early age by the mountains, ocean and the natural beauty that surrounded me. I quickly found photography as a creative outlet to capture the sense of inspiration I felt when exploring these places.
Now as a Maryland artist, the magnificent landscapes of ‘The West’ continue to call me back. I’ve enjoyed many fulfilling journeys across the western part of the United States and Canada to capture its beauty.
Magnus Hoopes was born in Baltimore, Maryland; attended the Friends School of Baltimore, and Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvannia. He is currently an Artist in Residence at the Baltimore County Arts Guild, and teaches adult art classes through the Howard County Library System. He and his husband Nikolas Swaner vend online and at local art shows under the collective name of Squishaus, which has been a long-running staple at Claymonster's Monster of a Show in Baltimore, as well as Howard County's Columbia Festival of the Arts.
Cynthia Marie Dillard is a pianist, songwriter, & teacher with a background in classical, jazz, blues, and folk music. She is a Honolulu Symphony Best and Brightest concerto competition winner, Berklee College of Music summer performance program songwriter showcase artist, and a graduate of the University of Washington School of Music in Seattle, WA with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. She studied classical piano with Bonnie Litten and Ann Tanabe, boogie-woogie piano with Caroline Dahl, and jazz piano with Debbie Poryes.
Harold Burgess, a native of Columbia, Maryland, has worked as a freelance professional lighting designer in the Washington and Baltimore metro area which include productions for Round House Theatre, Studio Theatre, Theatre J, Imagination Stage, Adventure Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Rep Stage and Everyman Theatre among others. Recent productions include Murder on the Orient Express, Radio Golf, Dinner With Friends and Sweat at Everyman, A Dolls House Part Two for Round House Theatre, A Doll's House Part Two at Northern Stage (VT), Big River at Adventure Theatre and Trayf at Theatre J.
I have been perform puppet shows for over 30 years. My performances are geared to help children have fun and learn at the same time. I like to involve children my performances. For me puppetry is not just working with animated figures, performing puppetry is an extention of who I am. I often wonder if my ancestors were story tellers, or performing artists. I have a bachelors of arts degree in Religion and it was the worst degree a person could get.