• Read more about Melinda Lowy

Melinda Lowy is a national award-winning quilter and is actively involved in local art quilt and critique groups. She has exhibited widely, including regionally and nationally. She is a member of Surface Design Association and Studio Art Quilt Associates, as well as locally of Potomac Fiber Arts Guild and Fiber Art Study Group. She is a native of Billings, MT and resides in Silver Spring, MD. She is retired from a full-time career at a non-profit scientific society, where she managed the higher education programs, although she continues to manage a small non-profit scientific society.

• Read more about M Sasha-Loriene

Born in Washington, DC and raised in Bowie, MD, Sasha-Loriene is a 27 year old self-taught painter. Using acrylic paint as her medium of choice with no formal education or training, Sasha-Loriene weaves together different themes and techniques to capture her thoughts, feelings, and interpretation of the world in every piece. The goal of her art is to tell a story and create a personal experience for all that encourages others to not only reach deeper within each painting, but within themselves, as well.

• Read more about JOHN MACARTHUR

John MacArthur was born in Washington, DC in 1946. Having grown up the son of a writer and an artist in our Nation’s Capital, he was exposed to museums and the work of masters from the time he could walk. Plein Aire painting became a daily activity. John has always been fascinated by color and how the world is comprised of shapes, values and hues. He created his first pigments with water and poke berry juice. After meeting Vincent VanGogh (Kirk Douglas, but at 10, he was convinced it was Vincent), he began using acrylics. Ms.

• Read more about W.F. Lantry

W.F. Lantry’s poetry collections are The Terraced Mountain (Little Red Tree 2015), The Structure of Desire (Little Red Tree 2012) winner of a 2013 Nautilus Award in Poetry, The Language of Birds (2011) and a forthcoming collection, The Book of Maps. He received his PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston.

• Read more about Jerome Harris Parmet

CURRICULUM VITAE                                                    JEROME HARRIS PARMET Sculptor 11534 Highview Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20902 TEL: 914-980-8013 E-M: jhparmet@yahoo.com www.sculpture.org/parmet    EXHIBITS, COMPETITIONS & INSTALLATIONS:   2018      Zenith Gallery, Traveling Full Circle, 40thAnniversary Exhibit, Washington, DC 2016      Intersections; 2016 Sculpture Now, Edith Wharton Estate, Lenox, MA 2016      Hell Gate Bridge, Memories & Horse, Of Course; Carriage Barn Gallery, New Canaan, 

• Read more about Audra Meckstroth

Authenticity is at the heart of Audra's creative work. The undeniably bold digital and acrylic paintings that make up her latest collection demonstrate the principle of layout and composition that hse developed in her 15 years as a professional graphic designer. Each piece begins with a photo that she then digitally manipulated. Details are simplified, the boundaries between objects expanded, and the colors enhanced, often resulting in an abstract and nearly unrecognizable composition.

• Read more about Melisa Matthews

Melisa Matthews graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art with a concentration in Digital and Film Photography. She has exibited her work in  galleries around the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. She is currently a public school educator. She focuses on provoking landscapes from around the world

• Read more about Donato Soranno

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• Read more about Caroline Thorington

Caroline Thorington first encountered printmaking on an Exchange Fellowship at the Akademie der bildende Kuenste in Munich Germany. She received an MFA in printmaking from George Washington University then taught printmaking and drawing at Montgomery College, MD until the end of the last Century. She has received many awards and grants including two Boston Printmakers’ Ture Bengtz Memorial Prizes, a Muskat Studios Award and several grants from the Montgomery County Arts Council, MD.

• Read more about Audra Amerson

Lavender Rose Boutiques is is new startup, lovingly designed and crafted in the heart of Gaithersburg MD. My collections include Jewelry, children's clothing, and accessories. My journey into the amazing, fun and colorful world of fashion began over 35 years ago as a self taught children's clothing dsigner in my beloved home country Zimbabwe. I have since traveled the world, throughout Africa, Europe, and America and have been truly blessed to have the opportunity to indulge and continue to grow and my passion for fashion.