NINA Q. ALLEN IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST WHO USES THE LANGUAGE OF THE OCEAN TO SYMBOLIZE MATRILINEAL HEALING (DIVINATION) & AFROFUTURISM. HER WORK USES MOON WATER, SCIENCE, AND COLOR TO SYMBOLIZE GROWTH, REBIRTH, & ANCESTRAL MAGIC IN TWO CHANNELED (PHYSICAL EXISTENCE VS. SPIRITUAL PRESENCE) REALMS.
THE INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF THE WOMAN'S ANATOMY IS ESSENTIAL TO CLEANSE AURAS OF THE PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE.
*ALL-CAPS ARE USED INTENTIONALLY TO BRING THE ENERGY OF EPITAPH STYLES AT CEMETERY/MEMORIAL SITES.
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Lydia Peters is an artist local to the DC Metro area, originally from Trinidad and Tobago. Lydia came to the US to perfect her craft by studying Art at Howard University obtaining her BFA. During her studies, Lydia became inspired by the AfriCOBRA and Cubism movements. Elements of each can be found in many of her works. Lydia is an American of Afro-Caribbean descent and aims to incorporate her culture and life experience into her artworks. When not creating new works, Lydia works to keep art alive through the next generation by teaching art at elementary schools in her community.
Lex is a fine artist born and raised in the DC metropolitan area. She received her bachelors in studio arts with a concentration in painting from the University of Maryland in 2013. Since then she has worked as both an art teacher and an art consultant. As an artist Lex primarily works with oil and acrylic paint on canvas. She draws inspiration from her own life, the life of her family and master artists she has studied. Lex has a continuously growing following as she continues to produce quality, thought-provoking, creative art.
Maryland based artist, Anna Kaminski, started by making work in a photojournalistic capacity during the Iraq war nine years ago and has slowly moved her practice through painting and ceramics into the realm of sculpture and installation.
Misty M Cole is an art quilter who designs, teaches, and sells her work through her business, Pick Your Brain Designs. Her award-winning quilts have been exhibited at the International Quilt Festivals in Houston and Chicago; the National Quilt Museum; the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum; the Textile Center; and many other venues. Her first solo show hung at the College Park Aviation Museum, a Smithsonian affiliated museum, in 2017. She is a member of Southern Comforters Quilt Guild of Bowie, MD; the Baltimore Applique Society; the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild; and Studio Art Quilt Associates.
Born in Washington DC in 1948.
Studied photography and African-American History
at Federal City College in Washington DC.
Has lived in Bowie Md for the last 25 years.