Krissy Harris (they/them) is a dance artist and educator based in Maryland. They hold a MFA in Dance from the University of Maryland School of Theatre, Dance, & Performance Studies, where their dance research branched out into Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies, Journalism studies, and Digital Interdisciplinary Art Practice. They have a passion for dance teaching to a broad range of experience levels and age populations.
16Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County https://www.creativemoco.comSuzan.Jenkins@creativemoco.com(301) 565-3805
801 Ellsworth Dr
Silver Spring, MD 20910
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Sara Maddox is a Maryland-based artist who works in oil, charcoal, and pencil. She is a graduate of the Compass Atelier Master Artist Program. Much of Sara’s painting involves working from images from media, as well as the “real” world, to capture on canvas moments that are severed from the usual or expected context of movement, action, and/or narrative and reframe the images isolated in time. She also enjoys painting portraits, pets, and landscapes.
Miriam Mörsel Nathan’s work was seen in Creative Quest: Art from the Holocaust’s 2nd Generation, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD (2022). Her work will be exhibited in 2024 at the American University Museum, Katzen Art Center, Washington, DC as well as in Photography of the Holocaust: Then & Now, Cepa Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Her work was included in Drawing Discourse, 13th Annual International Contemporary Drawing Exhibition (2022), Juror Catherine Murphy.
A long time resident of Moco and teacher of art of all mediums. Now painting and teaching selectively. Plien Air painter in oils seeks new views that inspire nature and depict a connection to the natural and inner world of the viewer.
In 1984 Michael Friend and his sister Khandi started performing as the Soul In Motion Players. The debut performance was at Michael’s alma mater, Howard University during Black History Month. Original members included HU Fine Arts Department Grads Cheryl Butler Poole, Gregory H. Poole, Gisele Jackson, & Wanda Whiteside. The troupe began touring to other colleges and universities on the East Coast.
SIMPINC was performing famous works from highly acclaimed writers including the Last Poets, Maya Angelou, & James Baldwin.
Yordan Silvera is a multidisciplinary artist, designer and illustrator born in Havana. He studied fine art painting at Escuela San Alejandro, the Cuban National Academy of the Art, and graphic design at The Corcoran College of Art and Design.
Why are we here? To entertain. To bring joy. To foster community and learning through shared laughter. To lighten our shared burden of existence for a short while. Why comedy?Broadly defined and properly presented, comedy encompasses all of the human experience. It can make us laugh and make us cry. It can bring joy and it can bring anger. It makes us think and makes us forget. It exalts and ridicules. It can divert, and it can focus. Comedy levels life’s playing field. Why theater?
Founded in 1986, CREATE Arts Center is a nonprofit arts organization whose mission is to spark creativity, foster learning, empower individuals, and facilitate community connections through the visual arts. Located in downtown Silver Spring, CREATE offers a wide variety of visual arts programming (both onsite and online) for adults and children. Programs include art therapy (both group and individual), art classes and workshops, and art camps for children.
Dance Exchange collaborates across generations, disciplines, and communities to channel the power of dancemaking as a means for dialogue, a source of critical reflection, and a creative engine for thought and action.
The most prolific multidisciplinary arts presenter in the state of Maryland, Strathmore Hall Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit arts organization in Montgomery County that presents and produces music performances, art exhibitions, and education programs on our campus, in the community, and online. Strathmore was founded in 1981 to provide arts opportunities for the people of Montgomery County and to maintain the then newly-acquired property in North Bethesda on behalf of the County as a home for the arts.