Kaisey McCallion currently lives and and studies in St. Mary’s City Maryland. He is graduating in the spring of 2019 with a BS in Applied Physics and Studio Art from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. While at St. Mary’s he has generated a diverse body of work that addresses how imaginary narratives are told. Insulation time based works, as well as digital or pastel mediums are used in his work to evoke childhood memories, or spatial awareness. Recently his work has been exhibited in the Boyden Gallery at St. Mary’s College of Maryland in both the Student Show (2019) and St.
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Davita Fennell was born in Fort Bragg, NC and raised in Queens, NY. Fennell is experienced in film and digital photography. Her work was accepted into the 50th Annual All Student Show at Boyden Gallery in 2019. She also had work in the 2nd Annual Salon de Refuse in the Hall Walls. Her work focuses on capturing landscapes and close-ups of objects. She is currently attending St. Mary’s College of Maryland to earn her B.A. in Art with minors in Computer Science and Educational Studies.
Born in Washington D.C. in the late sixties, I grew up commuting back and forth between the city and my Grandparents second home on the Patuxent River. I loved spending the summer on the river with my Grandparents and cousins, although I never realized just how much until I grew up. As a child my life had many layers within my family and as I grew older it became layers about friends and events. In the present the layers include my past with my present along with my spiritual believes of what was and what is.
Art has been a part of my life since childhood. It emerged as a special gift in an elementary school drawing competition, and evolved consistently through high school. Upon graduating, I explored various art schools, but was deterred by the prospect of incurring mountains of student debt while lacking a voice, and confidence in myself.
A realistic and representational acrylic and oil painter choosing bold and vibrant colors to depict nature en plein air and from her Maryland studio. She endeavors to bring awareness of the importance of clean waterways which positively effects the eco system and the health of human community. She is a member and cooperative owner of North End Gallery in Leonardtown, MD.
Aicy Karbstein is an Award-Winning contemporary American painter, born in Brazil.
As a teenager, she took art classes, including drawing of live models, at 'Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo'. She then went on to study Advertising, and worked as an intern in the Creation Department of an Ad Agency doing illustrations. Aicy’s fascination for painting has grown exponentially since then, with her passion fanned by exposure to several style of paintings, frequent visits to the Louvre in Paris and the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, among others.
Joanna Macaulay has been an amateur photographer since 1981. She co-founded the St. Mary’s County Camera Club in 1998 with her husband, Jim. She photographs events, travel, pet, and nature photography. Her photos have been on display at the Lexington Park Library Art Gallery, the Southern Maryland Higher Ed. Center, Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, Medstar St. Mary’s Hospital, The University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland, Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, and Annmarie Garden.
After earning her Bachelor of Arts in International Politics, Economics and Business from Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan, Rie Moore worked for global corporations, including Microsoft, Starbucks, and Nissan Motor in Tokyo as a marketing and communications professional prior to her move to Maryland in 2007.
Leonardtown remains the only incorporated municipality in St. Mary’s County with its own elected Mayor and Town Council. Over the last decade the town has experienced a renaissance with the opening of new restaurants and shops, revitalization of its waterfront as well as several beautifully designed housing developments. In 2013 the Town received a coveted Arts and Entertainment Designation from the State of Maryland offering an even brighter future for years to come.