• Read more about ArtQuest

Shawn Smith from the DMV area. An artist working mostly with acrylics on canvas.

• Read more about Broadie

Prince George's County, MD Graphic Artist Broadie fell in love with art when he was a child in elementary school. The moment his teacher gave him a pair of scissors to start cutting shapes, he knew he wanted to create. He still remembers using cotton balls, popsicle sticks, paint, and glitter to create a snowman. He dreamed of having his designs on billboards for people to stop and stare. He was first introduced to digital art in 2005 attending Bowie State University, a Historical Black College (HBCU), majoring in Fine Arts.

• Read more about Liz Lescault

Liz Lescault is known for her biomorphic sculptures.  She worked for many years exclusively in clay first as a potter and then as a sculptor.  She continues to work in clay combined with other media but is currently working primarily with extruded plastic filament. Liz also explores a variety of mixed media in her work.

• Read more about Kaylee Daryl

Kendra Lee (b. 1987) is known as Kay Lee, is a multidisciplinary artist. She is a true Washingtonian, who currently resides in the Upper Marlboro, MD area. In 2011, she received her A.A. in Liberals Arts from community college, her B.A. in 2013 from the University of the District of Columbia in the Administration of Justice and in her M.S.A. in Business Administration from Washington Trinity University. Kendra has always had a love for the arts. As a self-taught artist, she learns through experiences and trying different approaches to her artwork.

• Read more about Cheryl Foster

I am a visual artist. Stained glass mosaics and oil painting are my areas of passion. No matter where I wander I always come back to rich skin tones, storytelling eyes and wrinkled skin. Period. Full stop.

• Read more about Jeanette M. Bolden

In 2021, Jeanette Bolden received the Washington Print Club Young Printer awards and was featured in On Paper: Journal of The Washington Print Club. Bolden also contributed illustrations to the Diamondback Newspaper's "Behind the Demands" project. In 2022, she graduated from the University of Maryland with an MFA in studio arts and a minor in art history. That same year, Jeanette interned at Pyramid Atlantic and co-taught for the Hispanic Heritage Month Poster Internship Program. Currently, she's participating in the Exercise for Emerging Artists program hosted by Transformer Gallery.

• Read more about Shahin Talishkhan

Shahin Talishkhan is an artist whose distinct visual language reflects a confluence of wide-ranging interests in art, philosophy and science. His paintings are meditations on the nature of visual perception and its connection to our most intimate emotional experiences. These meditations result in imagery that seems both representational and abstract as well as pictorial field that exude a sense of tactile presence, movement, and transformation. 

• Read more about ArtJamz

Since 2010, ArtJamz (www.artjamz.co) has been providing art-focused educational experiences to individuals, fortune 500 companies, public schools, and non-profit organizations across the United States. Our art instructors have deep knowledge and experience in providing and leading art coursework and have been trained in art theory and techniques. Our mission is to make the world a more creative place by making visual art education opportunities accessible to all people.

• Read more about Bria Edwards

Bria Edwards–a Washington, D.C. native and B.F.A. Graphic Design graduate of St. John’s University–spent over a decade scouting and scaling the visual arts circuit before finally finding her niche. Until then, she had been sure of only a few things–of these things. She needed texture. Her hands needed to bend and shape and mold divergent media, never tethered to just a computer keyboard or canvas. Edwards also needed her pallet-knife and vibrant colors to manifest her 2D portraitures–immersive and palpable opuses that both tangibly and visually debunk the monolithic myths about black people.

• Read more about TANECIA BRITT

Video Director that specializes in Feature Films, Pilots, and Commercials.  Creator/Owner of  www.DMViFF.org www.DMVNude.com www.Jane365.com www.TheExperieneAgency.net