• Read more about Snowday

Snowday was founded in early 2008 with the mission of bringing a cappella and vocal music into mainstream education. The group loves bringing a dose of fun to community and private events. As part of the Artivate roster, Snowday travels to dozens of schools each year and members are very active in the local, national and international a cappella communities. While they spend a lot of time touring U.S. schools, they have also traveled internationally, including a trip to Russia as Arts Envoys with the U.S. Department of State.

• Read more about Kate Kretz

Kate Kretz earned a Cours De La Civilisation Francaise certificate at The Sorbonne, a BFA at SUNY Binghamton (SUNY Foundation Award for Excellence in Fine Arts, Harpur College Departmental Honors in Art, & Harpur College Academic Honors) and her MFA at the University of Georgia.

• Read more about Lesole's Dance Project

OUR MISSION AND MANDATE  Lesole Dance Project (LDP) seeks to empower youth and community members to engage in healthy, creative self-expression by providing educational arts programming and opportunities for cultural exchange.  Working in the United States and South Africa, LDP promotes the unique movement vocabulary and choreographic style inspired by the Southern African heritage, and faciltates learning spaces that honour Black artistic excellence. 

• Read more about Carpe Diem Arts, Inc.

MISSION: Carpe Diem Arts' mission is to engage communities across generations and cultures through the visual, literary, and performing arts, with an emphasis on the traditional arts and on outreach to diverse and under-resourced audiences in the National Capital region and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

• Read more about Rachel Schmidt

Rachel Schmidt is a mixed media artist who uses her art to explore the impacts of climate change.

• Read more about montgomery college

The dance, music, and theatre programs at Montgomery College aim to introduce, educate, and involve a culturally diverse student population to the broadest possible range of dance, music, and theatrical experiences. We strive to allow the students to apply it to their lives and take their experiences into the community.

• Read more about Katie McMurry

I am an artist. It took me nearly 40 years to say that, despite 40 years of creativity that might say otherwise. My first love is photography. Decades after my introduction to the darkroom and all that is the glory of film, my photography business is booming and I’m thankful for many amazing clients and the freedom it gives me to set my own schedule and be there for my kids. But I missed working with my hands. When a local Silver Spring mosaic artist put out a call for interns, I jumped. Suddenly, I was in love again.

• Read more about Susan J Goldman

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• Read more about Nizette Brennan

INSTALLATIONS, PRIVATE COMMISSIONS, and PUBLIC ART, selected Nizette Brennan, Sculptor 410-903-5474 ___   Commission awarded by the GSA Art-in-Architecture Program for a site-specific, carved-stone plaza environment at the Duncan Federal Building, Knoxville, TN

• Read more about Desmond Beach

Desmond Beach is an artist and educator. He earned his MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art's Rinehart School of Sculpture and his BFA from MICA. Desmond is an interdisciplinary artist, the middle son of three boys born in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a project artist, meaning that his work takes its point of departure from specific problems or tragedies. Desmond finds inspiration for his work from growing up in Baltimore during the 80s and 90s and his lived experience as a Black man.