Born in the Buckeye State of Ohio, I studied Geology at Oberlin College. My father’s interest in photography rubbed off on me, even though I committed an early error by leaving my first camera on an airplane.
During school, I inherited my grandmother’s metalsmithing tools, spawning a career as an award-winning jeweler.
My uncle was a building contractor, which led me to become a designer/builder of energy-efficient homes and an instructor of housebuilding.
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I was born in Houston, Texas to an American father and Welsh mother. I became disabled when I was eleven and withdrew into comic books for comfort. I received a BA in visual art from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2013. Drawing inspiration from Botticelli, Caravaggio, and Hans Bellmer, I work primarily in oil painting. I have now expanded my work into comics and illustration, and my work has been published in comics anthologies. All my work has a unifying concern with the representation of women in art and media.
Acquaetta Williams is a sculptor, glassblower and painter who has seen her work evolve from her vision of women and African Images through glass with work featuring Giraffe Neck Women and Women Who Carry and then into Timekeepers and Deconstructing Time: Memories. Internationally and nationally educated, Ms. Williams has studied under Harvey Littleton at the University of Wisconsin and Dale Chihuly in master classes at Pilchuck in Seattle, Washington.
Im a karaoke singer I have performed at several venues in the Washington DC area, if anyone knows any new place I can perform please let me know.
Steve Wanna is a multi-disciplinary sound and visual artist whose work includes music, sound design for dance collaborations, sculpture, installation, photography, and works for mixed media. His work showcases the hidden, often ignored beauty he finds in chaotic and seemingly random phenomena. Abstract, experimental, and multimedia, his work is inspired by science, nature, and philosophy, often incorporating elements of controlled randomness—uncertainty is built into the process. Born and raised in Lebanon, he immigrated to the US with his family as a teenager.
Richard Klank lives and works in Maryland where he is a Professor of Art at the University of Maryland. He has exhibited his work in solo exhibitions at The Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian Museum of Art, The National Cathedral and The World Bank as well as other local galleries. In Key West, he has exhibited at The Fred Gross Gallery The Artist Warehouse Gallery, The Lois Locklear, The Victoria Lesser and Fort Martello Museum and a retrospective exhibition at The Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center.
Mary Proenza lives and makes art in Riverdale Park, MD. Her artistic disciplines include painting, drawing, printmaking, and writing. She has received residency grants from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Jentel Foundation, Springboard for the Arts, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, New York Mills Cultural Center, and Dorland Mountain Arts Colony. Her written art reviews have been published in Art in America and The Brooklyn Rail, and her visual art appears on the covers of books from John Daniel & Co.
Krishna Banwaree Jr. is a native of St. Croix, Virgin Islands born on August 21, 1978 of artistic parents. From childhood this Crucian expressed his self-taught talent until he became President of the National Arts Honors Society at the Central High School where he graduated in 1997.
Through old family Latino principles, I learned how to be a modern healer. I learned how to put the needs of others before my own, and how to broaden my understanding by putting myself in other people’s shoes. While still carrying those principles, I found a way to embody those values into a career. Through practices of art therapy, I found myself exceeding in the best way possible as a person. When I worked with children, I had the effectiveness that these kids were grasping and appreciating the tools I was giving them not only to grow as an artist, but as to grow as person.