Katie Loebach (b. Gaithersburg MD) is currently a double major in Art and Art History at St Mary’s College of Maryland. She draws from her knowledge of art history to create art around women’s sexuality. Her inspirations date back to the pre-historic time, as she uses the Venus of Willendorf as one of the key works of art that inspires her rounded form. She thinks about ways in which women were portrayed as sexual objects, and creates art that begs the question- can women be sexual while having their own autonomy?
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My interest in photography began around the time of my 13th birthday, when I received a “Yashica A”, which is a twin lens reflex film camera whose exposure I set manually using a hand held light meter, and which produced 2 ¼ inch square negatives. I built a black and white darkroom in my parent’s basement. Since my exploration of photography began in monochrome, I became used to visualizing potential subject matter in grey tones.
DEBORAH STERNBERG, described by critics as a “spine-tingling soprano” (Ben Demers, DC Theatre Scene), is praised for her flexibility, stage presence, and radiance of tone. Recent performances include art songs of Lili and Nadia Boulanger with Cantate Chamber Singers and Washington Master Chorale, respectively; duet recital Orpheus with a new chamber ensemble; featured soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra’s Play! A Video Game Symphony at Wolf Trap; and recitals for the Friday Morning Music Club and the Penn Alps music series.
Born in Brooklyn, and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, I have been an artist ever since I can remember. My mother was an artist, and I was blessed with a very creative and artistic childhood. Among my earliest memories I recall sitting behind my mother as she painted, I was drawing, copying her. This was a routine. Together we also wallpapered our walls by creating collages on our walls. Later my mother taught me techniques she learned in her art classes in college, and we drew and painted together, everywhere.
Ms. Holl has been a professional teaching artist for over 25 years. She has created glass installations (sculptural, leaded, fused, & cast) mosaics, murals, sculptures, and many mixed media art works in public spaces. She received an AIA award for excellence (American Institute for Architects) on two large glass projects created for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Reston, Virginia. Tara opened a National Geographic exhibition at Explorers Hall at the Washington D.C. with 8 large sculptures depicting the many uses of glass.
Started painting a couple of years ago with californian artist Cathy Grawin. Work with oil, acrylic, mixed media.
Erin Roberts is a speculative fiction writer who tells stories across formats – her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in publications including Asimov’s Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, The Dark, THEN AGAIN: Vintage Photography Reimagined by One Artist and Thirty Writers, The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4, and The Best Dark Fantasy and Horror of the Year 2018; her interactive fiction has been published in Sub-Q Magazine and is forthcoming from Choice of Games; and her non-fiction essays and reviews have appeared on Tor.com and in Cascadia Subduction Zone, People of Colo(u
Nishi Chawla is an academician and a writer.
She has seven plays, six collections of poetry, and two novels to her credit. Her plays get staged regularly in India as well as in Washington D.C.
Maud Taber-Thomas is an artist who specializes in oil paintings and charcoal drawings. Trained in classical techniques at the New York Academy of Art, and with a background in English literature from Bowdoin College and Oxford University, where she studied abroad, Maud Taber-Thomas draws inspiration for her evocative portraits, interiors, and landscapes from the narratives and characters of classic literature. Her works, which range in scale from miniature to larger than life, capture the vibrant light and color of far-off places and distant time periods.