• Read more about Paul Santori

My name is Paul E. Santori, a painter and musician living on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. I was born in Columbia, Missouri and have lived in the United States all my life. In my early years I lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma then moved to Matawan, New Jersey. In 1978 I moved to Chicago, Illinois to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where I benefited from a very open curriculum which allowed me to work in sculpture, video and performance art.  My main interest, however, was always painting and drawing.

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• Read more about Jason Patterson

Jason Patterson’s artwork is centered in Black history, with a special focus on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. He represents those histories through portraiture and the physical re-creation of historic texts. In addition, Patterson designs and builds wood frames to hold his portraits and documents, designed in various styles, to help convey the subject matter’s concept and time period. 

• Read more about Ann Farley

Ann Farley’s art is shaped by her time on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the Florida Panhandle, and the coast of North Carolina. She currently creates in quaint colonial Chestertown. Ann is a business consultant, educator, and environmental advocate. She has a BS in biology from Duke University and an MBA from Florida State University. Ann sees unexpected ways things fit together, and encourages collaborations to leverage resources and provide richer experiences in our communities.

• Read more about Yuh Okano

Yuh Okano Yuh works with several quality textiles and processes
including silk and Shibori ( Traditional tie dye technique ). Yuh creates stunning surfaces that project three-dimensional illusions. Her scarves are fun and fanciful, soft with flow and energy, bringing to mind features of coral and sea animals immersed under water.
 Yuh learned her basic design skills in Tokyo, and then came to the US and completed her education at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1991. She has shared her ideas and taught all over the world.

• Read more about The High & Wides

The High & Wides play string band music from an alternate timeline, one where Bill Monroe's "Rocky Road Blues" made him an international superstar and the rock'n'roll revolution was led by fiddlers and banjo players. With roots in urban Baltimore and the rural Delmarva peninsula, they draw on bluegrass backgrounds and weave in influences from new wave to old time to make music that defies boundaries while evoking the era when country, bluegrass, western swing, and early rock'n'roll mingled freely.

• Read more about Chestertown A&E District

Chestertown’s Arts & Entertainment District was certified in 2015 under a program administered by the Maryland Department of Commerce and the State Comptroller’s Office. The District encompasses 51 acres of the historic downtown area, stretching from the Chester River waterfront to Mill Street. It offers state and local tax abatements for qualified artists who create and sell their creative works in the District and for property owners who build or renovate structures for qualified arts purposes.