• Read more about Mary Proenza

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.

• Read more about Krishna Banwaree Jr

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.

• Read more about Elena Bonilla

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.

• Read more about Art Garroway

I have no formal jewelry making experience. Everything I know, I have gotten from YouTube, books and my brain. I started making jewelry, two years ago by marrying various pieces of broken jewelry to chains and findings. I took a left turn and began to work on Copper. I credit my younger brother with steering me toward the magic of Copper. I have learned to make patinas from Salt, Vinegar, liquid Ammonia Borax, Red wine Vinegar.. I've even used potatoe chips to get a patina on the copper. To the untrained eye, my studio would appear to be chaos. I call it organized chaos.

• Read more about Nikki Cee

Based out of the Washington, DC metro area, is a photographer dedicated to the love of photographing people and the passion for creating fine art. Her photography is unique because it's timeless, yet contemporary, and tells your story in both a memorable and meaningful way. Nikki's main goal, at this point, is to build long lasting relationships with her families and clients. There is nothing more fulfilling than to be  able to grow with your clients and become the "family photographer." Living in your purpose is that much better when your clients turn into friends who turn into family.  

• Read more about Chao Tian

CHAO TIAN is a boundary-breaking Chinese dulcimer virtuoso, improviser, and sonic thinker whose music unfolds across tradition, experimentation, and diasporic imagination. Trained in the classical lineage of the Chinese dulcimer since the age of five, she now bends that legacy into new shapes—treating the instrument not as a symbol, but as a living, questioning voice. 

• Read more about Nikki Brooks

Nikki Brooks was born in 1975 in Brooklyn, New York, but was raised in Spotsylvania County, VA.  She is a multi-disciplinary artist that works specifically in installations and assemblage that are infused with digital and audio elements, paintings, sculpted text, and collage spaces. These works encourage the viewer to connect in forms of writing, storytelling, and shared dialogue through workshops that focus on diversity, inclusion, truth- telling and lament.      

• Read more about Dani Feng

Hi, I'm Dani. I'm a student at Universiy of Maryland, College Park. I'm fond of cartoons.

• Read more about Joyce Williams Graves

Hello, I am a freestyle artist.  I love drawing and painting everything.  However, I like painting nature and landscapes. Also, I love using various mediums, such as acrylic, color pencils, pastels,  and oil.

• Read more about Wrensford Seyi

Greetings, I am a visual artist based in Laurel, Maryland. A graduated from Towson University in 2016 with a BS in Advertising and Art + Design. I have a wide range of mediums from digital to sculpture. I am currently focused on fluid art and oil pastel. I love getting inspiration from women and nature. I like earthy tones and bright pops of color. Abstract art is such a fun and creative medium that in 2019 I started my own fluid art classes called Paint & Pour. I have hosted at The Remy in New Carrollton, Six Flags in Largo, as well as my own events.