For many years, James Kiwuwa has entertained, thousands of individuals from all over the world. Countless lovely people who brought him into their lives and made him a part of their communities.
The opportunity to perform countless compositions around the world would appear to be a worthy influence of delight; but beyond the call to entertain, he connects with every audience in a way that participants understand and value each other’s culture.
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Jean Smith is a Washington, DC area native who became an artist after retiring from the Federal Government in 2013. She spent many of her working years as an analyst with a keen appreciation of details. This skill has crossed over to her artwork—a demonstration of her determination and passion for her new subjects. Her medium of choice is oil. She revels in painting commonplace items positioned or found with strong light sources providing deep shadows and a radiance that make her subjects anything but mundane.
Hillary Steel is an artist and teacher who specializes in weaving and resist dyeing. She incorporates ikat and shibori (in Spanish, jaspe, and amarras) into her hand-woven wall pieces. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. After graduation, she studied textiles through post-baccalaureate coursework at SUNY Buffalo State College and the University of Pittsburgh as well as through travel to Côte d'Ivoire, Peru, Chile, and Mexico. Hillary received a Masters in Teaching degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.
Andrei Kushnir, a plein air painter, has exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States. He is an elected signature member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, the Washington Society of Landscape Painters, and the Salmagundi Club, NYC, an official US Coast Guard Official Artist, and member of Oil Painters of America. His work is in the public collections of the US Coast Guard, D.C.
Harry Appelman has performed on concert stages on five continents. He has been chosen three times to participate in U.S. State Department music tours over seas -- to South and Central America, Eastern Europe, Turkey andCyprus, and South Asia. He has performed in Egypt with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and the Todd Marcus Quartet, and has performed at the Festival Gnaouas et Musiques du Monde in Essaouira, Morocco and the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Mr.
Jazz guitarist, bassist, composer and director Joshua Bayer has performed at venues such as The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Detroit Opera House, Blues Alley, The Harlem Renaissance Festival, The World Jazz Festival, The Phillips Collection, The Contemporary Theater Festival, The One Step Down, New York Museum Of Modern Art, National Public Radio, and Philadelphia's Chris's Jazz Café.
Doug Pierce, an extremely gifted and talented composer/orchestrator, arranger and trumpeter hails from the motor city; Detroit, Michigan. Detroit is known for having produced some of the finest jazz musicians in the world. During his time in Detroit Doug has had the great opportunity to study with quite a few internationally recognized jazz musicians including Marcus Belgrave, Donald Walden, Rayse Biggs, Jimmy Wilkinson, Larry Smith, Kenneth Cox, Teddy Harris Jr., Russell Green and Herbie Williams.
Carrie Rose is a flutist, composer, and teacher in the Washington, DC area. She is producer, composer, and performer for the Origins Concert Series in Silver Spring, Maryland-a hub for adventurous music seekers that features a world premiere of her compositions on each concert. The series, in its eighth season, is supported by the Arts and Humanities Commission of Montgomery County.
Barry Brennessel earned degrees in English and French from the State Univetsity of New York College at Brockport, and a Master of Arts in Writing ftom the Johns Hopkins University.
During a 25-plus year career in communications, Alex Kasten has engaged audiences worldwide – visually, on the web, and in print. His work in sculpture grew naturally from an aptness for observation and interpretation that has been present throughout his life and career – from a childhood spent observing art and artists at work; through an academic interest in cultural Anthropology and the discovery of artifacts; to a professional career that spans multiple media.