• Read more about p.a.b.a.m

Thank you for your time and interest! My name is Derek Cade Jr up and coming contemporary/abstract artist, you can follow me on Instagram @ P.A.B.A.M ART IS MY LIFE🧡

• Read more about Joy Nutt

Joy Nutt was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Maryland and Colorado. She is a first generation Trinidadian American.  Joy attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. and graduated with a degree in Electronic Studio Art. The traditional studio courses were transformative to her practice and encouraged a love for craft and exploration. Joy is a veteran art teacher and enjoys helping students discover their artistic voice.

• Read more about Dani Allora

Dani Allora  aka ThatSingerChik is an talented singer/songwriter and lyrical storyteller from Washington, D.C. With a foundation in gospel/Christian music, she became a part of the DMV’s Go-Go culture and has been a member of multiple locally based bands and groups such as Mambo Sauce and the all-female band, Bela Dona. Dani has shared the bill with many accomplished artists such as CeCe Winans, Johnny Gill, Eric Benet, Doug E.

• Read more about Whistling Hens

Whistling Hens was founded by soprano Jennifer Piazza-Pick and clarinetist Natalie Groom to perform and commission music by women composers and create a financially and artistically equitable future for women in music.

• Read more about Bert Speight

From a young age, it was clear Roberta's first love was art. At the age of 9 years old, her mom signed me up for after-school art classes. When she was 10, she entered a tv guide ad contest and was chosen for art classes but was unable to take them because she was too young to enroll in their school. As Roberta continued to hone her craft, Roberta became interested in experimenting with different mediums and techniques. As she entered her teenage years, she would get hired to draw murals on kids' bedroom walls. In high school, some of her drawings were in the school exhibit.

• Read more about Monica Milton

Monica Milton's love of art began when she was a child as she loved to draw cartoons and people.

• Read more about Brown Ballerinas

Paula Brown is an accomplished dancer, professor and certified ballet instructor and studio owner. She has held several partnerships and artist and residency with the John F. Kennedy Center and Creative Suitland in Prince Georges County Maryland. As a first-time author, Ms. Brown is hopeful to share her experience and break any stigma of Black and brown girls in the classical ballet community.

• Read more about Kay S Lindsey

• Read more about Mark Wamaling

The scope of my artwork includes collage, mixed media, artist-made books, drawing, photography, and printmaking. I share a studio with my partner, Denise, at Wamalingo Studio in Brentwood, MD. I have exhibited in many local exhibitions through the years and my work has been collected in public and private collections. If there is any common thread throughout my work it would best describe as embracing the elements of chance, accident, improvisation as well as natural abstraction.  At times, it also involves my personal attack on rationality and a materialistic and disposable world.

• Read more about Damany