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Visual artist that specializes in oil realism/surrealism/portraitures

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Matthew McLaughlin is a mixed media artist and curator who explores the human relationship with their environments, specifically urban and suburban spaces. He received his BFA degree in Fine Arts from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2007 and his MFA degree in Printmaking from Arizona State University in 2011. Matthew has shown his work nationally and internationally and his work is in the collections of the Zuckerman Museum of Art among others. He has received numerous awards including the Maryland State Art Council Individual Artist Award in Works on Paper.

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EXHIBITIONS   2017 Speak to Me, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC 9th Annual NUDE, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH Art of Engagement, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC Rituals (member show), Studio Gallery, Washington, DC Emulsion 2017, East City Art, Washington, DC Recent Wood-Fired Figures, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC   2016   Love (member show), Studio Gallery, Washington, DC Cartes Blanches, Washington Sculptors Group at the Delaplaine Center, Frederick, MD Flesh + Bone II, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC Off The Wall, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD   2015

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Art student at the University of Maryland, focused on Abstract Expressionism, acrylic painting, ink painting, handprinting, woodcut prints, monoprint, illustration. Experience with lithography and educated in advanced drawing. Former eglish major with a notation from Jimenez-Poter writer's house in creative writing with a focus on poetry. 

• Read more about Rich Potter

As co-producer of Clown Cabaret, Rich Potter co-wrote and performed in Shakespearean sendup, Delusions of Grandeur (2012) and silent film noir comedy, The Heist (2014-2016). Three years as a RBBB Circus clown, dozens of years doing variety/comedy/juggling acts at festivals and corporate settings in dozens of countries, the Vice Presidential Mansion, and an appearance on The LateShow with David Letterman have led him here. Now he thinks he’s God. 

• Read more about Mary Amato

Mary Amato is the author of over 25 books for children and young adults. Her work for adults also includes poems, plays, essays, and short fiction. Amato's fiction has been translated into foreign languages, optioned for television, and produced onstage. She teaches workshops in creative writing, songwriting, and the creative process around the country and is a frequent presenter in Maryland schools. She is a former classroom teacher and also teaches a weekly online class for adults and teens who are serious about writing.

• Read more about W.C. Richardson

W.C. Richardson received his MFA in Painting from Washington University at St. Louis and his BFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently Professor of Painting and Drawing, and Chair of the Department of Art at the University of Maryland, College Park. Richardson has had twenty-one solo exhibitions and over 100 group exhibitions in galleries and museums across the U.S. and abroad. His work is held in many public, corporate and private collections and he has received numerous grants and awards for his painting.