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.
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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.
Education: BS Photography, 1975, Rochester Institute of Technology D. B. Stovall, a Washington, DC area native, bought his first camera at age 10 – a Rosko purchased for 88 cents at Murphy’s Five and Dime. Quickly moving on to various Instamatics, an old Leica D, and finally Japanese 35mm SLRs, Stovall explored various aspects of black and white photography, becoming adept at all kinds of darkroom work by the time he entered high school.
My name is Eric Reiffenstein and I’m a Photographer, and Educator. In addition to teaching and sharing my love of photography I’m a Fine Art and Portraiture Photographer. I have BFA from Purchase College State University of New York and after four years of odd jobs, some photographic and some not, I decided to go back to Graduate school at Savannah College of Art and Design. The MFA Program there gave me the opportunity to explore new directions in my personal work and the school’s emphasis on a well rounded technical and artistic curriculum filled in gaps in my knowledge.
The artist was born in Washington, DC. He's a graduate of the School of Art of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond Virginia. He has been a fulltime professional painter, printmaker and sculptor since 1974. A complete selection of his work, his art processes and his history can be viewed at WWW.josephcraigenglish.com.
Deborah Addison Coburn is a painter and collage artist in the Washington, DC area. She received a BFA in painting from Cornell University, where she studied with Gillian Pederson-Krag and May Stevens. After post-graduate study in painting, graphic design and illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art, she worked as an advertising art director at Doner Advertising and Smith Burke & Azzam in Baltimore, MD, and at Tracy-Locke/BBDO in Dallas, TX. Returning to painting, Ms. Coburn studied at the Corcoran School of Art with William Christenberry and Steven Cushner.
Gita worked as a television and radio host in New Delhi and wrote for the Press Institute of India as well as several magazines and a news service before moving to North America in 1976. Gita participated in Shankar’s Annual International Children’s Art Competitions and Shankar’s On-The-Spot Competitions from the age of 6. She won many art and essay prizes as a child and teenager. She has a Bachelor’s and a Master’s in English Literature from Delhi University. After finishing high school she briefly studied art at the renowned Triveni Kala Sangam in Delhi under the tutelage of Mr.
Anne Cherubim is an abstract contemporary landscape painter. She works predominantly in acrylic. Her art is rooted in real life images and textures, with a modern abstraction, often in a limited colour palette. Anne’s other body of work is The Recycled Art Project, a series of limited edition digital paintings.
Maggie Gourlay works in screenprinting and papermaking to create both installation and two-dimensional work that explores the intersection of the natural world and domestic space. She is a recipient of DC Arts and Humanities Council art grants and other awards, and has had numerous solo and group shows with her work in several public and private collections. Gourlay is a current member of Sparkplug--sponsored by DC Arts Center--and Cultivate Projects, a platform for a contemporary redefinition of landscape.