I have always thought of myself as an artist. When I was very, very young the definition of being an artist was described to me as someone who looks for beauty, finds beauty and creates beauty. I believe it is the ability to see the beauty in even the most grotesque, the most angry as well as the most lovely that makes one an artist. I was fortunate from an early age to have teachers in my life to guide my way, instill both the desire to create and the determination and work ethic to realize my vision.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. NATIVE, CURRENTLY RESIDING IN SILVER SPRING, MD. TEACHING STONE SCULPTURE FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY ADULT EDUCATION, FOR TWENTY YEARS, NOW TEACHING FOR RECREATION AND PARKS, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD. A MEMBER OF THE ART LEAGUE, ALEXANDRIA, VA., STRATHMORE ARTS CENTER, BETHESDA, MD., AND THE ART GALLERY OF FELLS POINT, BALTIMORE, MD., FORMERLY INVOLVED ASSISTING IN THE SELECTION OF ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD.,ALSO JUROR MEMBER SELECTING EXHIBITIONS FOR FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER, CHEVY CHASE, MD.
Gregory Hein (b. 1960, Baltimore, USA) uses the materiality of paint to explore the limits of language. His work in painting and video examines chance, symbols, and sentimentality, crafting found-word abstractions that generate shapes spontaneously. Hein studied Studio Art and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Design at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Adrienne Moumin is a visual artist based in Silver Spring, MD, and part-time in New York, NY. Moumin works in hand-printed B&W photography, and photo-based, hand-cut-and-assembled, and mixed-media collage. She is best known for her Architextures photo collage series, ongoing since 2000.
Jackie, a native of Ireland based in Maryland, is an award winning interdisciplinary artist, curator and activist. She has had solo exhibitions across the US and has been featured in the: Washington Post, Washington City Paper, HuffPost, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Reno Gazette-Journal. She is the recipient of grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Vermont Studio Center and multiple grants from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County.
Marian Osher, a painter and printmaker, born in Philadelphia, has lived most of her life in Maryland. She enjoys working in her studios in Maryland and near the Delaware seashore. She received her BA (University of Maryland) and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking (George Washington University). She has had twenty-nine solo shows. Her artwork has been shown in numerous group exhibitions in the U.S., and in international shows in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Germany, India, and Italy. Osher is included in the Green Art Guide and the Women Environmental Artist’s Directory.
Hi! I’m Gail. I use my artwork as a vehicle for creating awareness, posing questions, and for making statements on various social issues. My creative process is anchored in a consistent, intuitive approach to being present in the now. I live immersed in the flow of creation, incorporating what comes into my stream of consciousness {intellectually, emotionally and/or physically} into my artwork.