Truth In This Art: Recent Episodes
Rob Lee
Truth in this Art is a storytelling series hosted by cultural curator Rob Lee. Truth In This Art documents the vibrancy and development of arts and culture.
Meet Steve Hackman, a visionary composer, conductor, producer, and songwriter who is redefining art music in the 21st century.
Steve is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School, where he honed his skills as a conductor and composer. He has been praised by The New York Times as "a rising star," and has received critical acclaim for his innovative fusion of classical music and popular genres such as hip-hop and rock.
In this episode, we dive into Steve's background, his early interests, and how they still show up in his work today. We explore the role of a conductor and the key skills and attributes needed for success in the field. Steve also shares his creative process of merging two seemingly different genres and the challenges he faces in doing so.
One of his most notable fusions is his mashup of Drake and Tchaikovsky, which garnered international attention. Steve walks us through his thinking behind this unlikely combination and the impact it had on audiences.
We also discuss Steve's favorite fusion and what makes it stand out to him, as well as his exciting future projects that push the boundaries of music even further.
Today's episode uncovers:
- The world of Steve Hackman, the visionary composer, conductor, producer, and songwriter renowned for his groundbreaking fusion of classical and popular music. Get ready to explore how he seamlessly blends these two genres, creating compositions that redefine musical boundaries.
- The diverse array of influences that drive Steve Hackman's extraordinary creativity. Through this episode, you'll gain insights into the sources that inspire his fusion works, ranging from the enchanting allure of film and the electrifying energy of sports to the deeply personal experiences that shape his musical vision.
- Steve Hackman's artistic process in this immersive podcast episode. Discover how he weaves the threads of improvisation, experimentation, and meticulous refinement to craft mesmerizing musical journeys. Be prepared to witness the magic of how these elements intertwine, resulting in cohesive and profoundly impactful compositions.
- Steve Hackman's musical evolution as he delves into his original works in this exciting podcast installment. Experience the artist's unyielding dedication to finding his unique musical voice and pushing the boundaries of art music. Join us as we witness firsthand the unfolding of a remarkable artistic journey that promises to challenge conventions and inspire fellow creators.
Join us for an insightful thought-provoking discussion with Steve Hackman on "Truth in This Art", where we explore the innovative ways he's bridging the gap between classical and popular music. A must-listen for music enthusiasts and industry professionals alike!
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In this compelling episode, we engage with the multi-layered artistry and activism of Kim Rice, the visionary behind the ground-breaking exhibition '[RE] Birth of a Nation.' Utilizing techniques such as crocheting and sewing, Kim's artworks are meticulous explorations of systemic racism and the subtle ways in which whiteness permeates American society.
Kim offers her thoughts on:
- The early moments and mentors that influenced her creative trajectory.
- How her hands-on techniques, like crocheting and sewing, serve as metaphors for societal structures.
- The ways her experiences in cities like New Orleans and Baltimore have contributed to her evolving artistic vision.
'[RE] Birth of a Nation' is more than just an art exhibit; it’s both a love letter to Baltimore's change-makers and a stark critique of systemic inequities. Join us for this insightful conversation to discover how Kim Rice is using her art to shift perspectives and advocate for a more equitable future.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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In this compelling episode of The Truth in this Art, we sit down with Travis Mitchell, the force behind Maryland Public Television's thought-provoking and community-focused content. An industry veteran with over three decades of media experience, Mitchell serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Content Officer at MPT. With degrees from Morgan State University and the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, he is a leading voice in the field, dedicated to educational and impactful storytelling. Mitchell's illustrious career includes an honorary doctorate from Shaw University and extensive work on highlighting the value of HBCUs through innovative media strategies.
In this episode, we discuss:
- The pivotal moments that shaped Travis Mitchell's career journey which led him to become the Senior Vice President and Chief Content Officer at MPT.
- A look back at his transformative years at Morgan State University, exploring how his early interactions with media laid the foundation for his passion in storytelling and content creation.
- The guiding principles behind content curation at Maryland Public Television and how they align with MPT's broader mission and vision.
- Mitchell's top three actionable insights on cultivating and sustaining a dedicated audience for media content.
- A deep dive into narrative choice: How Mitchell selects compelling stories for MPT projects and what themes or emotions resonate with him.
HBCU Week on MPT
One of the most intriguing aspects of Travis Mitchell's work is his commitment to HBCU representation in mainstream media. As the founder of HBCU Week on MPT, Mitchell has carved out an entire primetime schedule dedicated exclusively to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Now in its fourth season, the initiative aims to expand nationwide through PBS, highlighting the cultural and educational significance of HBCUs across America. Mitchell envisions a future where every HBCU in the nation will have its story told, a testament to his dedication and love for these storied institutions.
Join us for an in-depth conversation with a visionary leader who not only understands the power of media but is actively leveraging it to tell vital, untold stories at the intersection of arts, culture, and community.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Warren Bernard is a prominent figure in the world of comics as the Executive Director of the Small Press Expo (SPX), an acclaimed independent sequential art festival. He's an accomplished comics-focused writer and historian, co-authoring the Eisner Award-nominated book "Drawing Power." With extensive expertise, he has extensively researched and written about the pivotal 1950s Juvenile Delinquency / Senate Comic Book Hearings. Warren is a valued contributor to over a dozen books, frequently sharing materials from his own expansive collection. His insightful lectures have been hosted by esteemed institutions including the Library of Congress and The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS). Warren resides in Bethesda, Maryland, where his passion for comics thrives.
During this engaging discussion, Warren Bernard shares:
- His journey from being a passionate comics enthusiast to his current role as the Executive Director of the Small Press Expo (SPX) and curator of the SPX Collection at the Library of Congress.
- The evolution of the SPX Collection since its inception and the meticulous process of accumulating over 10,000 works, preserving the legacy of indie comics.
- How his role at SPX has increased his visibility, opening up opportunities for podcasts and interviews, and how this unique perspective has affected his approach to discussing comics and sharing his expertise.
Tune in to this episode to uncover the remarkable impact of the Small Press Expo, delve into the fascinating world of comics, and gain valuable insights from Warren Bernard's journey as a curator, author, and historian.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Chris Guido is a freelance video editor with over 15 years of experience in the film industry. He has worked on a variety of projects, including promos for well-known networks like Paramount Plus and Disney. Chris has also edited feature-length documentaries, showcasing his passion for storytelling and love for cinema. With his versatile skills and dedication to his craft, Chris has made a significant impact in the world of film editing.
Chris shares his early experiences and fascination with indie cinema, which led him to pursue a career in film editing. He discusses his work on promos for major networks and the creative strategies he utilizes to align with the client's vision. Chris also highlights his contributions to documentary filmmaking, including his work on the films "Great White Intersection" and "Reaching West Dreams of China's New Generation." He emphasizes the importance of giving a voice to people through documentary storytelling. Throughout the conversation, Chris provides valuable insights into the world of film editing and the collaborative nature of the industry.
In this episode, dive into:
- How Chris Guido's passion for storytelling and cinema has shaped his thriving career in film editing.
- Explore Chris's approach as a video editor, focusing on serving the footage while aligning with the client's vision through adaptable styles.
- Uncover the art of creating promos that strike a balance between engaging the audience with information and leaving them curious for more.
- Discover how Chris finds fulfillment in documentary filmmaking, providing voices to individuals and exploring diverse perspectives.
- Examine the crucial traits of patience, open-mindedness, and flexibility that aspiring film editors need to succeed in the industry.
🎥 Join us as we chat with Chris Guido about his career in film editing. Discover the secrets behind crafting captivating stories and the challenges of working in the industry. Tune in now!
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Embrace the journey with 'The Truth in This Art' podcast, hosted by none other than Rob Lee. Today our guest is Sergio Neptuna, a digital artist known for merging everyday life with contemporary culture in his artwork. Inspired by his passion for comics, movies, and music, Sergio's work challenges perceptions and provokes thought. He is dedicated to celebrating the power of creativity in the digital age.
In this episode, host Rob Lee interviews digital artist Sergio Neptuna. Sergio shares his creative background, which was influenced by his love for comics and music. He discusses his current work, which is still in its early stages but aims to incorporate wordplay and thought-provoking themes. Sergio also talks about the importance of community and camaraderie among artists and his experience as an artist in Baltimore. He emphasizes the beauty of the city and the connections he has made there. The conversation touches on the challenges of the local art scene and the need for a centralized platform to bring artists together. Sergio concludes by discussing his creative process and the importance of maintaining confidence in his art.
Within this segment, we dig into:
- Sergio's creative process as he uncovers how his passion for comics, music, and daily experiences shapes his innovative artworks.
- Explore how Sergio crafts his art to engage audiences, delving into the stories and concepts that drive his thought-provoking pieces.
- Join Sergio in a discussion about the vibrant artist community in Baltimore, as he shares anecdotes and insights into the bonds that strengthen the collective creative spirit.
- Embark on a journey through the realm of artistic self-discovery with Sergio, unraveling the significance of confidence and embracing growth as an ongoing pursuit.
- Engage in a conversation about the future of art promotion and connectivity as Sergio illuminates his vision for a centralized platform that bridges artists and audiences.
Discover the incredible talent of Sergio Neptuna, an artist who crafts narratives that challenge perceptions and provoke thought. His work celebrates the boundless power of creativity in the digital age. Don't miss this thought-provoking interview!
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Jordan M. Graham, also known as LordsWrath, is a musical visionary who seamlessly blends the essence of Atlanta with the vibrant spirit of Baltimore. He is a masterful producer and vocalist, crafting genre fusions that resound with substance and capture Baltimore's creative scene.
Jordan's journey in music is one of exploration and growth, embracing discomfort to evolve as an artist. Drawing from his diverse Jamaican, Cuban, Trinidadian, and Native American heritage, he shares insights into his experiences in the EDM scene and how he crafted his unique sound. This episode explores the importance of intention and collaboration in creating music with depth, and Jordan's push for authenticity and innovation in Baltimore's music scene. His call for a new direction and refusal to conform to industry standards is a compelling look into the heart of a creative force shaping the future of music.
In this episode, we delve into:
- The transformative power of stepping out of one's comfort zone as an artist and the growth that emerges from embracing discomfort.
- The role of authenticity and intention in the creation of meaningful music that resonates deeply with audiences.
- The collaborative process of leveraging the skills of talented visual artists to elevate the visual aspects of musical projects.
- Addressing the current state of the Baltimore music scene and the need for a fresh direction that brings representation and diversity to the forefront.
- Examining the impact of conforming to industry norms on the underground music scene's unique identity and exploring strategies to maintain its authenticity while navigating industry standards.
Join us as we dive into the creative mind of Jordan M. Graham, LordsWrath, and explore his unique blend of music that resounds with substance and captures the vibrant spirit of Baltimore.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Agnes Gumier is an artist and interior designer based in Philadelphia. She specializes in oil painting, figure painting, portraits, and illustration. With a background in interior design, Agnes draws inspiration from the city's rich history of art and architecture.
Agnes Gummere is a skilled artist and interior designer based in Philadelphia. She works primarily with oil paint and specializes in figure painting, portraits, and illustration. Agnes draws inspiration from the city's art and architecture, and her work captures character, emotion, texture, and realism. She combines centuries-old oil painting methods with modern digital mediums to create unique and captivating pieces. Agnes also discusses her love for figure painting and her passion for capturing the essence of people in her artwork. She shares her process, including sketching, layering, and incorporating different mediums. Agnes also talks about the intersection of her interior design background and her art, and how they complement each other. She emphasizes the importance of being genuine and passionate in one's creative pursuits. Agnes is currently exploring abstract art and has a show coming up.
In this episode, we discover:
- The artistic journey of Agnes Gummere, a Philadelphia-based artist and interior designer, renowned for her expertise in oil-based figure painting, portraits, and illustration.
- Agnes Gummere's unique fusion of time-honored oil painting techniques and contemporary digital tools, as she takes us behind the scenes of her creative process.
- How Agnes Gummere draws inspiration from the rich artistic tapestry of Philadelphia's art and architecture, infusing her creations with the city's vibrant spirit.
- Agnes Gummere's background in interior design lends a strategic edge to her artistic process, as she meticulously plans and crafts her paintings, seamlessly integrating various mediums.
- Get an exclusive peek into Agnes Gummere's latest artistic venture – a journey into abstract art – and learn about her upcoming show that promises to showcase her ever-evolving artistic prowess.
Join us as we explore the fascinating world of artist Agnes Gummere, where figure painting, interior design, and illustration converge. Prepare to be captivated by her masterful techniques and the depth of emotion in her work. Don't miss this inspiring conversation!
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to "The Truth in This Art" podcast, hosted by Rob Lee, where we delve into the fascinating world of film production with our esteemed guests M Emily Mackenzie, Noah Collier, and Riel Roch-Decter. The directors and producers behind the documentary film "Carpet Cowboys." They have worked together for many years, with M Emily and Noah specializing in cinematography and Riel as the producer. They are part of Memory, a production company that focuses on artist-driven films.
"Carpet Cowboys" is the film that explores the world of Dalton, Georgia, the carpet capital of the world, and delves into themes of American identity, creativity, and economic evolution. The directors share their unique connection to the project and discuss the unexpected moments they encountered during filming. They also talk about the distinct roles they played in the production and how it compared to their previous projects. The episode concludes with a discussion about the upcoming premiere of "Carpet Cowboys" at the New/Next Film Festival and the expectations and excitement surrounding the film's release.
In this episode, we uncover:
- The captivating storytelling of "Carpet Cowboys," a documentary shedding light on Dalton, Georgia's carpet industry, known as the carpet capital of the world.
- The intriguing journey of how directors and producer M Emily Mackenzie, Noah Collier, and Riel Roch-Decter transformed their fascination with hotel carpets into a unique project.
- The intricate web of personalities, job roles, and the pursuit of the American dream that the film uncovers within the carpet industry.
- Discover the behind-the-scenes details as we discuss the multi-year filming process of "Carpet Cowboys," including the challenges and insights encountered by the directors and producer.
- Tune in for an exclusive look at the anticipation and excitement surrounding the upcoming premiere of "Carpet Cowboys" at the New/Next Film Festival, as our guests share their eagerness to engage with audiences and spark meaningful conversations about their thought-provoking film.
Get ready to dive into the fascinating world of the carpet industry with Carpet Cowboys, a documentary film premiering at Baltimore's new next film festival. Join me on The Truth in this Art podcast as I chat with the directors and producer about their journey into the carpet capital of the world, Dalton, Georgia. Don't miss this eye-opening film!
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to another captivating episode of "The Truth In This Art Podcast"! I'm your host, Rob Lee, and today, we're delving into a world where creativity meets guidance. Today our guest is Michelle Gomez, a life and business coach for women artists. She is a multi-passionate artist herself, with a background in art, writing, and teaching. Michelle is dedicated to helping women artists become entrepreneurs without sacrificing their mental health. She is also the founder of the Mental Wealth Network, a membership program that focuses on supporting neurodivergent women artists.
In this episode, host Rob Lee interviews Michelle Gomez, a life and business coach for women artists. They discuss the challenges that artists face after graduating from art school, including the lack of business skills and the mental health crisis among artists. Michelle shares her own journey as an artist and entrepreneur, and how she started her coaching business to help other artists succeed. She emphasizes the importance of emotional intelligence and self-awareness in running a successful art business. Michelle also introduces her programs, including the Artist to Entrepreneur coaching program and the Mental Wealth Network membership.
Within this segment, we dig into:
- The crucial role of business skills and emotional intelligence in an artist's journey toward entrepreneurship. Delve into the strategies, stories, and insights from artists who've successfully merged their creative prowess with astute business acumen, revealing the art behind the artistry.
- The pressing issue of mental health within the artist community. Explore how coaching and support networks have become pivotal tools in addressing the challenges artists face. Tune in to hear stories of resilience, strategies for self-care, and expert insights on nurturing mental well-being.
- The secrets to thriving as an artist by building a supportive community and fostering meaningful relationships. In this episode, we explore the transformative impact of shared experiences, collaborative spaces, and the bonds that artists forge. Join us as we dive into the stories of artists who've found strength and growth through community.
- Tune in as we challenge the notion of worth and success tied to social media metrics. We explore the deeper dimensions of an artist's journey, where authenticity, impact, and personal fulfillment take center stage. Learn from artists who've redefined their paths, and discover how to measure success on your terms.
- Harnessing the power of multi-passionism in the world of entrepreneurship. Explore how artists can leverage their diverse interests to create thriving businesses that resonate with their authentic selves. Through stories and strategies, we uncover the art of balancing and embracing one's many passions.
Learn how to turn your passion for art into a thriving business with these valuable insights from Michelle Gomez on the podcast!
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to 'The Truth in This Art' podcast, hosted by Rob Lee. Engage in this captivating conversation with Sam Bowler, a sculptor, technologist, and writer, as well as the founder of Culturalyst. He is passionate about building a future that takes care of artists and believes that art is a pathway that leads to self-discovery and connection with others. Sam's work with Culturalyst focuses on creating digital infrastructure to make it easier to find and support artists in cities across the country.
In this broadcast, we dive deep into:
- How Culturalyst's digital platform revolutionizes art discovery and support across cities, connecting audiences with local artists.
- Delve into the paradox of New Orleans' booming cultural economy juxtaposed with the hardships faced by artists, unearthing the dynamics at play.
- Join us as we unpack Sam's ambitious mission to interlace artists through a network that amplifies their potential, offering a tapestry of opportunities.
- Embark on a journey through the profound impact of art on personal expression and human connection, delving into its democratization for all.
- Uncover the intricate dance between preserving New Orleans' rich cultural heritage and the challenges of progress, sparking a dialogue on the city's evolution.
Sam Bowler, founder of Culturalyst, joins host Rob Lee to discuss his work in reshaping New Orleans' artistic landscape. Sam shares his personal journey as an artist and the inspiration behind Culturalyst. He highlights the challenges faced by artists in New Orleans and the need for a digital infrastructure that connects artists with opportunities and resources. Sam also emphasizes the importance of preserving the unique cultural identity of New Orleans while embracing progress and development.
Join us as we explore the vibrant culture of New Orleans with Sam Bowler, the founder of Culturalyst. We dive into the innovative platform that is reshaping the city's artistic landscape. Don't miss this inspiring conversation!
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to "The Truth In This Art." I'm your host, Rob Lee. In today's episode, we have an inspiring conversation with Devin & Unique Robinson. Unique is a poet, performer, and professor who directed the film Decisions II (Check out Unique's first interview). While Devin is a film star, producer, and writer who also starred in and wrote Decisions II.
This episode takes a deep look at:
- How Unique and Devin made a remarkable transition from poetry and music backgrounds to the world of filmmaking, unraveling their artistic journey and the motivations behind it.
- Behind the Scenes of "Decisions II": Get an exclusive peek into the making of the film "Decisions II," as Rob Lee delves into the casting process, location shooting in Baltimore, and the intriguing highlights that made the production stand out.
- The significance of portraying Baltimore's essence authentically on the silver screen, as Unique and Devin stress the role of local artists in telling genuine Baltimore stories with unparalleled depth and perspective.
- Independent Filmmaking Essentials: Learn from the experts themselves about the crucial elements that contribute to successful independent filmmaking, with a spotlight on the importance of securing quality actors and investing in well-crafted scripts for the best outcomes.
- The Impact of Art in Filmmaking: Uncover the profound impact of art, personal experiences, and local storytelling in the filmmaking process, as Rob Lee engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Unique and Devin about the power of narratives and creative expression.
Looking for some quality Baltimore filmmaking? Look no further! I had the pleasure of speaking with Unique Robinson and Devin Robinson about their film Decisions II. Get ready for an authentic and captivating story that will keep you hooked till the end!
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to "The Truth in This Art" podcast hosted by Rob Lee, where we are thrilled to have a distinguished guest for the second time Qrcky, a Baltimore-based artist. Delve into his early influences, including iconic figures like Bob Ross and Chuck Jones, and explore how his art serves as a therapeutic outlet. Quirky's remarkable and diverse body of work reflects a unique fusion of Afrofuturism and personal experiences, often exploring themes of freedom, depth, and dimension. With a keen eye for using black and white and experimenting with color, his art has gained recognition within the vibrant Baltimore art scene. Join us as we uncover how Quirky's artistic path, born in the seventies in southern Virginia, led him back to self-expression after navigating challenging life experiences. Through isolation and focus, he discovered a profound sense of contentment and wholeness in his art, embodying a truly inspiring artistic narrative.
In this episode, we delve into:
- Qrcky's canvas which is a blend of childhood wonders, drawing inspiration from legends like Bob Ross and Chuck Jones. In today's episode, we delve into how these influences shape his captivating art.
- Uncover a different kind of brushstroke – one that paints serenity and calmness. Discover how Qrcky's art isn't just a visual feast, but a therapeutic journey that brings him solace and tranquility.
- Ever wondered how art can leap off the canvas? Get ready to explore the world of dimension and depth as we unravel the secrets behind Qrcky's masterful use of 3D modeling, adding a whole new layer to his creativity.
- Tune in as we embark on a mission with Qrcky: breaking molds and shattering barriers. Through his vibrant artistry, we'll explore how he's challenging preconceived notions and giving a powerful voice to artists of color.
- Baltimore isn't just a city – it's a canvas of community and collaboration. Join us on a journey through Qrcky's eyes as he shares the heartwarming tale of how the art scene in Baltimore nurtures diversity and support, turning creativity into a collective masterpiece.
Qrcky shares how his art has been a therapeutic outlet for him, especially during difficult times. Qrcky also delves into his artistic process, including his use of 3D modeling and building his own reference images. He emphasizes the importance of depth and dimension in his work and his desire to bring a new perspective to people of color art. Qrcky expresses his love for Baltimore and the welcoming art community he has found there. He also touches on the concept of Afrofuturism and its presence in his work. Overall, Qrcky's art is a reflection of his personal experiences and a way for him to communicate and connect with others.
Uncover the depth and dimension in Qrcky's artwork and how it sparks meaningful conversations. Don't miss this inspiring interview!
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to The Truth in this Art. I'm your host, Rob Lee. Today, I am thrilled to engage in a captivating conversation with our next guest, an extraordinary multi-faceted creator who has established a profound impact in the realm of art and self-expression. He creates abstract art using bold colors, shapes, and textures. Please welcome Santos Shelton!
Join us as we discuss:
- An inspiring podcast episode that delves into the creative world of Santos Shelton, an artist whose love for anime and comic books ignited his passion for art.
- How art serves as a therapeutic outlet for Santos, providing him with a powerful medium to express his emotions and life experiences.
- Discover the captivating elements of storytelling and vibrant colors in Santos' abstract art, where he skillfully conveys emotions and establishes a profound connection with viewers.
- Explore the essence of Santos' creative process, where he emphasizes the significance of taking breaks and finding a delicate balance between work and self-care to fuel his artistic endeavors.
- How Santos draws inspiration from his lived experiences in the Bay Area, leading us on a journey through his art that explores thought-provoking themes of race, class, and gentrification.
We invite you to join us in an enthralling conversation, where we delve deep into the wellsprings of inspiration, the impactful influences, and the fascinating creative process that breathes life into Santos Shelton's enchanting and emotive artwork.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to "The Truth in this Art", where culture and curiosity converge. Your host, Rob Lee, Baltimore's own cultural curator, invites you on a journey into the hearts and minds of underrepresented artists, tastemakers, and cultural workers shaping the contemporary art scene.
From the streets of Baltimore to the vibrant neighborhoods of Philadelphia, DC, New Orleans, New York, and Austin, our conversations transcend boundaries. We amplify the voices that often go unheard, shining a spotlight on the ongoing renaissance within these urban landscapes.
Each episode is an exploration into the creative process, presenting authentic narratives that challenge prevailing perspectives. We delve deep, incite laughter, evoke thought, and most importantly, celebrate the truth of art.
So, whether you're an art enthusiast, an established artist, or someone who revels in intellectual dialogues, "The Truth in this Art" offers a window into the world of art and culture that's waiting to be discovered.
Subscribe, rate, and review to stay connected with the stories that matter and support the podcast. Join us on this journey, as we inspire, entertain, and shift the narrative one episode at a time.
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Welcome to 'The Truth in This Art,' I'm your host Rob Lee, and today we sit down with the inspiring Set Hernandez, a filmmaker and community organizer who uses their platform to amplify the voices of the underrepresented. Set, a queer, undocumented immigrant with roots from the Bicol, Philippines, shares their unique perspective on filmmaking and advocacy. They provide a behind-the-scenes look into their film, "Unseen," which will premiere at the BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia.
In this episode:
- Dive deep into Set's journey as a filmmaker and community activist, and how their personal experiences have shaped their work.
- Understand their commitment to storytelling that expands the portrayal of underrepresented communities on screen.
- Discover how Set's background as a published linguistics researcher and community organizer has influenced their approach to filmmaking.
- Learn about the story behind "Unseen," a unique narrative that explores immigration, disability, and mental health.
- Understand how Set's vision of inclusivity and accessibility in filmmaking has guided their creative process for "Unseen."
Set opens up about their personal journey as a filmmaker and activist, and how their own life experiences have deeply influenced the stories they choose to tell. They talk about their work with the Undocumented Filmmakers Collective, and how it promotes equity for undocumented immigrants in the film industry. Set also shares the story behind "Unseen," a film that sheds light on the challenges faced by Pedro, a visually impaired, undocumented immigrant, and aspiring social worker.
Join us in conversation with Set Hernandez, an advocate who is breaking barriers and pushing boundaries in the film industry. Learn about their vision for creating more inclusive and diverse narratives in cinema, and don't miss the insightful conversation on their award-winning film "Unseen."
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to 'The Truth in This Art,' I'm your host Rob Lee, and today we have a special guest – Violeta Yala, an exceptional artist who merges technology, storytelling, and culture to create riveting narratives. Violeta is a pioneer in filmmaking and a vocal advocate for her Quechua heritage. Her groundbreaking work redefines the art scene, filmmaking, storytelling, and technology. They discuss Violeta's film, La Lucha, which will have its world premiere at the Black Star Film Festival in Philadelphia. Violeta introduces herself as a futurist and a weaver, who combines different mediums and technologies to create her narratives. She aims to break away from colonial ideas and create a more inclusive and diverse storytelling landscape.
Within this episode:
- Delve into Violeta Ayala's role as a futurist and weaver of stories, challenging traditional filmmaking notions.
- Explore her belief in education beyond reading and writing and the significance of storytelling in human culture.
- Discover how Violeta's unique perspective as someone on the autism spectrum has shaped her journey as an artist and filmmaker.
- Learn about Violeta's latest documentary, "La Lucha," which chronicles the world's longest protest by people with disabilities, advocating for disability rights in Bolivia.
- Delve into her emphasis on art's role in evoking emotions, challenging perspectives, and fostering self-critical thinking.
Violeta discusses her journey as an artist and filmmaker. She shares how her unique perspective as someone on the autism spectrum has shaped her approach to storytelling. Violeta also talks about her early experiences in Bolivia and Australia, her discovery of filmmaking, and her passion for giving a voice to marginalized communities. She delves into the intersection of technology and art, highlighting the evolving nature of film and the need for new narrative languages. Violeta provides insights into her latest documentary, "La Lucha," which follows the longest protest by people with disabilities in the world. She emphasizes the importance of creating art that provokes emotions, challenges perspectives, and opens minds.
Join us in conversation with Violeta Yala, a groundbreaking filmmaker who challenges the status quo. Learn about her advocacy for her Quechua heritage and her upcoming world premiere at the Blackstar Film Festival. Don't miss it!
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to The Truth In This Art podcast! Join our host, Rob Lee, as he delves into enlightening conversations with creative minds and their inspiring journeys. In this episode, we are excited to feature a vibrant discussion with Devin Wilkins, the native of Baltimore City and founder of Meeting Where You Are (MWYA), a mentorship program dedicated to reducing recidivism rates among youth through mentorship, opportunities, and exposure.
During this engaging interview, Devin Wilkins shares:
His profound connection to Baltimore and how growing up in the city influenced his path towards community outreach and mentorship.
The inspiration behind creating "The Black Baltimore Renaissance Vol. 1" coloring book, which highlights the greatness of the Black community in Baltimore and showcases the individuals changing the city's narrative.
The pivotal role of Baltimore by Baltimore in shaping the event "A Curation of Love for our City" and how this partnership enriched the planning and execution of the second installment in the series' second year.
The meticulous process of curating diverse talents for the event, ensuring each participant reflected the unique spirit and essence of Baltimore.
Standout moments from "A Curation of Love for our City" that captured the vibrancy and creative prowess of the city's inner harbor, local vendors, music, and art.
How this event has influenced Devin's future curatorial decisions and approach to future Baltimore by Baltimore festivals.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to a captivating episode of "The Truth in This Art"! Join host Rob Lee as he engages in a meaningful conversation with Matthew Reeds, the Deputy Director of Baltimore Homecoming—an organization mobilizing accomplished Baltimoreans worldwide to spark new collaborations and investments in Baltimore's future.
In this episode, we explore:
- Matthew's background and commitment to philanthropy and doing good in Baltimore, driven by his pride as a lifetime Baltimorean and alumnus of Morgan State University and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.
- An overview of Baltimore Homecoming, its significance for the city, and Matthew's main focus and responsibilities as Deputy Director.
- The impact of Baltimore Homecoming on the community, with specific examples showcasing positive outcomes and changes witnessed.
- Insights into the Crab Tank Pitch Competition and the Homecoming Hero Awards program, and their contributions to Baltimore Homecoming's overarching goals.
Discover the opportunities to support the Homecoming Hero Awards through public voting, the benefits for winners, and how local organizations and institutions engage with Baltimore Homecoming. Don't miss the discussion on Baltimore Homecoming's annual signature event, Activate 2023, and how you can be part of empowering Baltimore's vibrant future.
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Welcome to The Truth In This Art. I'm your host, Rob Lee. In this episode, join us for an insightful conversation with Maori Karmael Holmes, the founder, CEO, and artistic officer of BlackStar Projects. BlackStar Projects is the driving force behind the BlackStar Film Festival, an annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and global communities of color, featuring films by Black, Brown, and Indigenous filmmakers from around the world.
Maori Karmael Holmes is a renowned curator, filmmaker, and writer, dedicated to championing diverse voices in the film industry. As we delve into her inspiring journey, we explore her passion for film, the impact of influential movies and filmmakers during her youth, and the intersection of her personal journey with the founding of the BlackStar Film Festival.
Join us as we discuss:
- Maori's approach to documentary filmmaking, capturing authentic narratives while respecting the privacy and dignity of her subjects.
- Insights into her powerful documentary "Scene Not Heard: Women in Philadelphia Hip-Hop" and its exploration of underrepresented voices in the music industry.
- The mission and significance of the BlackStar Film Festival, as well as the programs and initiatives organized by BlackStar that contribute to a more inclusive and equitable landscape for filmmakers.
Discover the impact of groundbreaking films showcased at the BlackStar Film Festival, pushing boundaries and challenging traditional genres. Gain insights into the evolving independent film community in Philadelphia, the festival's base, and Maori's exciting highlights from this year's program.
Join us for an engaging episode as Maori Karmael Holmes shares her invaluable perspectives on amplifying diverse voices and shaping a more inclusive future for filmmakers.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to a captivating episode of "The Truth in This Art"! Join host Rob Lee as he engages in a meaningful conversation with the innovative and passionate Shauntee Daniels, the Executive Director of the Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), a distinguished region that celebrates historic structures, cultural traditions, and unique patterns of history.
In this episode, we explore:
- Shauntee Daniels' inspiring journey as an advocate for heritage tourism and promoting Black history and cultural heritage.
- A comprehensive understanding of heritage areas, with a focus on BNHA's pivotal role in preserving Baltimore's rich past and promoting cultural development.
- BNHA's impactful initiatives, including guided walking tours and grants that encourage tourism and historic preservation.
Join us for an insightful exploration of Shauntee Daniels' journey at BNHA, the significance of heritage areas, and the profound impact of promoting cultural heritage through heritage tourism.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to "The Truth In This Art." I'm your host, Rob Lee. In today's episode, we have a captivating conversation with Ari Voxx, DC's Dreamy Pop Princess, who delves into the enchanting world of music and creativity.
Join us as we explore Ari Voxx's unique perspective shaped by her diverse influences and unwavering dedication to crafting dreamy pop masterpieces. Through her mesmerizing vocals and captivating songwriting, Ari creates thought-provoking and authentic musical experiences.
In our talk, Ari shares:
- Early influences and the themes she explores in her captivating music.
- Her artistic journey and the driving forces behind her dreamy pop sound.
- The impact of Ari's performances, both locally and beyond, at prestigious venues.
Ari Voxx's belief in the importance of self-expression shines through her artistic endeavors. Join us in this inspiring episode as we uncover the profound messages embedded in Ari's music and gain insight into her creative process. Prepare to be captivated and inspired by the enchanting world of Ari Voxx.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to a captivating episode of "The Truth in This Art"! Join host Rob Lee as he engages in a meaningful conversation with the innovative and passionate Idris Brewster, founder of Kinfolk, an augmented reality archive of Black and Brown history.
In this episode, we explore:
- Idris Brewster's journey into XR and the interplay between artistry, storytelling, and technology.
- A simple definition of XR and its distinctions from VR and AR.
- The founding of Kinfolk and its mission to make Black and Brown narratives accessible through XR.
Join us for an insightful exploration of Idris Brewster's journey in the XR industry, the founding of Kinfolk, and the profound impact of merging technology, art, and storytelling.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to "The Truth In This Art." I'm your host, Rob Lee. In today's episode, we have a captivating conversation with Joseph Cochran II, a visual artist, researcher, and archivist who delves into the essence of advanced industrial societies and the power of archives.
Join us as we explore Joseph's unique perspective shaped by personal trauma and his dedication to capturing the mythological and historical significance within his work. Through mediums like photography, text, video, and installation, Joseph crafts thought-provoking art that intertwines research and archiving practices.
In our talk, Joseph shares:
- Early influences and the themes he explores in his captivating art.
- His artistic journey and the driving forces behind his archive-centric approach.
- The impact of Joseph's exhibitions, both domestically and internationally, at prestigious venues.
Joseph Cochran II's belief in the importance of truth shines through his artistic endeavors. Join us in this inspiring episode as we uncover the profound messages embedded in his exhibitions and installations. Prepare to be captivated and inspired by the world of Joseph Cochran II.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to "The Truth in This Art." I'm your host, Rob Lee, and I’m thrilled to introduce our next guest. Hailing from Baltimore, MD, this artist specializes in eye-catching, colorful portraiture, pop media paintings, and digital artwork. Please welcome Jay Delnegro.
In this episode, we delve into:
- How Jay discovered their passion for art and what specifically drew them to colorful portraiture and pop media paintings.
- The convergence of influences from comics, cartoons, and social issues in Jay's artwork, and the intended message or emotions they aim to convey through their expressive pieces.
- The significance of incorporating themes of childhood and 90's R&B in Jay's art and how these nostalgic elements contribute to the overall narrative and aesthetic.
Join us for an engaging conversation as we explore the inspiration, influences, and creative process behind Jay Delnegro's captivating and expressive artwork.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Step into the inspiring world of Maryland Art Place as Rob Lee, the naturally curious and talented storyteller, takes the stage for his Creative Mornings talk on the theme of 'Truth.' In this captivating presentation, Rob explores the concept of truth through three famous quotes, sharing his unique perspective as the host of "The Truth In This Art" podcast.
With over 400 interviews featuring a diverse guest list of artists, entrepreneurs, and tastemakers, Rob has become a prominent voice in Baltimore and beyond. Motivated by a desire to challenge negative narratives and false perceptions about his beloved hometown, Rob created "The Truth In This Art" podcast in 2019. In recognition of his impactful work, the podcast was awarded the title of Best Podcast in Baltimore by Baltimore Magazine's esteemed editors in 2022.
Beyond his podcast, Rob's commitment to the arts and community shines through his active involvement on the boards of the Baltimore Improv Group and Creative Nomads. These organizations provide platforms for live comedy shows, adult and youth workshops, podcasting, and foster the professional and craft development of arts entrepreneurs. Rob's dedication to providing access to arts, music, and cultural programming to all youth and families is a testament to his belief in the transformative power of creativity.
Join Rob Lee as he takes you on a thought-provoking journey through his Creative Mornings talk at Maryland Art Place. Experience the wisdom and insights he uncovers through three powerful quotes, and gain a deeper understanding of truth in the context of art, storytelling, and community.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to the Truth in This Art. I'm your host, Rob Lee, and I’m thrilled to be in conversation with my next guest: Sean Danaher, founder of the Baltimore-based Danaher Signs. This company specializes in traditional sign making methods, providing a variety of signage solutions for individuals and businesses alike. Please welcome Sean Danaher.
Thank you again for joining the podcast, Sean. In this episode, we will delve into the fascinating world of sign making and explore Sean's background and current work. We will touch upon the following points:
- Sean's background as a former youth pastor and frequent skateboarder, and how these experiences have shaped his journey.
- The transition from his previous roles to becoming a sign painter and the factors that sparked his interest in this unique art form.
- An intriguing exploration of the history of sign painting, which has been practiced in America for over 150 years.
- Sean's process as a sign painter and his preference for traditional methods over technology.
- A discussion on Sean's favorite tools for the creative process and how they contribute to his craft.
Join us as we explore the world of traditional sign making with Sean Danaher, gaining unique insights into his creative process, the history of sign painting, and the keys to success in this art form.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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In this episode of the podcast, join host Rob Lee as he engages in a fascinating conversation with Emilio Maldonado, an Afro-Caribbean artist living and working in Philadelphia. Emilio's work provides a unique perspective from the systematically disenfranchised, utilizing discarded materials to explore the significance of objects in collective memory and the construction of narratives.
During their conversation, Emilio and Rob touch upon various intriguing topics, including:
- Emilio's early creative experiences that sparked his interest in art and creativity.
- The experience of living and working as an artist in Philadelphia.
- Emilio's artistic journey, encompassing both 2D and 3D work and the themes and ideas that drive his current artistic practice.
- The sense of irony and satire present in Emilio's artwork and the feelings he aims to express through his art.
- The core inspirations that fuel Emilio's creative process and artistic expression.
- The importance of approaching his work from the perspective of the systematically disenfranchised and its significance in his artistic vision.
Join us in this enlightening episode as Emilio Maldonado shares his unique perspective and insights into his artistry, offering thought-provoking perspectives on perception, memory, the impact of social constructs, and mental health.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to a new episode of "The Truth in This Art" podcast! Join our host, Rob Lee, as he engages in a captivating conversation with Roxanne Sauriol Hauenherm, a self-taught painter whose works are collected and exhibited internationally. Together, they explore the vibrant world of Roxanne's artistry and gain insightful perspectives into her creative journey.
During their conversation, Jessa and Rob touch upon several intriguing topics, including:
- Roxanne's contemporary interpretations of classic paintings, which offer a fresh perspective on timeless masterpieces and capture the essence of humanity through vivid brushstrokes.
- The themes that Roxanne explores in her captivating art and her unique approach that centers around research and archiving practices.
- The profound messages embedded in Roxanne's exhibitions and installations, where she showcases her perspective on advanced industrial societies and the power of archives, utilizing mediums such as photography, text, video, and installation.
As their discussion unfolds, you'll have the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of Roxanne's artistry and the thought-provoking elements she incorporates into her work.
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Welcome to a fresh episode of The Truth in This Art! In this episode, our host, Rob Lee, engages in a stimulating conversation with Victoria Walton, an emerging visual artist and 2023 Ceramics MFA Candidate at Alfred University.
Victoria's artwork brings forth the profound intricacies of Black identity through her captivating life-size figurative works. This conversation delves into:
- Victoria's early experiences and influential figures that shaped her artistic journey.
- The pivotal "ah-ha" moment that directed her towards art as a lifelong career.
- Her exploration of ceramics as a primary medium, and the additional techniques she employs in her artwork.
- The impact of her work on individuals, the broader Black community, and its cultural significance.
Join us for a thought-provoking discussion as Victoria opens up about her favorite aspects of being a ceramic artist and imparts valuable advice for those embarking on their own artistic journey.
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Welcome to another episode of "The Truth in This Art" podcast! In this engaging conversation, Jessa Dupuis and Rob Lee explore a wide range of intriguing topics. They dive into Jessa's creative journey, discussing her early interests, the inspiration behind her current work, and her unique approach to merging art and design. They also delve into the themes she passionately pursues and reflect on the challenges, rewards, and moments of satisfaction in her artistic endeavors. Jessa graciously shares her insights on overcoming creative blocks, handling rejection and criticism, and the importance of embracing weirdness in art and creativity. Through experimentation and play, she continually evolves as an artist.
Rob and Jessa discuss:
- Jessa's early creative interests and path into the art world.
- The vivid description of her current work, which centers around abstract visual storytelling and connecting individuals with their own narratives.
- Insights into Jessa's creative process, including the themes she explores and the challenges and rewards she encounters.
- The significance of embracing weirdness in art, overcoming creative blocks, and the role of experimentation and play in Jessa's ongoing artistic evolution.
Join us for this captivating episode and get ready to be inspired by the artistic journey of Jessa Dupuis.
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Welcome to another episode of "The Truth in This Art" podcast! Join host Rob Lee as he engages in a captivating conversation with Tayyib Smith, the founding partner and chief strategist at The Growth Collective. In this episode, we cover:
- Tayyib's background and early experiences that have shaped his work today.
- The role of hip-hop culture as a vehicle for entrepreneurship and economic empowerment, and the inspiration behind founding the Institute of Hip-Hop Entrepreneurship.
- Tayyib's approach to building and nurturing relationships between artists, niche brands, and diverse audiences, and how it has contributed to his success as a cultural connector and entrepreneur.
- Three guiding truths that have shaped Tayyib's career and continue to drive his endeavors.
- The creation of The Growth Collective, its mission to address systemic racism and wealth inequality in communities of color, and its strategies to provide access to resources and capital.
- The key challenges faced during the inception of The Growth Collective and how they were overcome.
- Effective ways to share information and resources with underprivileged communities and ensure equitable access.
- The goals and priorities of The Growth Collective and Tayyib's vision for the organization's evolution over time.
Tune in to this thought-provoking episode as Tayyib Smith shares his insights and experiences in empowering communities of color and generating wealth through his entrepreneurial endeavors.
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Welcome to a captivating episode of "The Truth in This Art"! Join host Rob Lee as he engages in a meaningful conversation with the multi-talented James Young.
In this episode, we explore:
- James Young's background as a composer, improviser, educator, and show runner, and his deep passion for organized sound.
- His creative journey from Texas to Baltimore and the influence these environments have had on his musical expression.
- James's extensive experiences at prestigious institutions and festivals, including Mass MOCA, Bang on a Can Festival, and June in Buffalo.
- The unique role he holds as the Artistic Director of Mind on Fire, a modular orchestra that focuses on living composers and promotes accessibility to the arts.
- James's formative experiences, major influences, and his distinctive creative process as a composer.
- The collaborations and partnerships Mind on Fire has cultivated with diverse artists, including somatic artists, poets, puppeteers, and filmmakers.
- The importance of collaboration and creative exchange in the artistic process, and how it enhances the work of both individual artists and the collective.
- James's vision for providing a space for contemporary music and nurturing its growth and impact.
Join us for an insightful journey into the world of James Young, where music becomes a powerful language of communication, education, and transformation.
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In this episode, Rob Lee talks with TrillaKay, a multi-talented artist, DJ, and entrepreneur based in the DMV. TrillaKay shares their journey from a young music enthusiast to a successful DJ with a loyal fan base. We explore their unique repertoire of mixes, music elements, and playlists that have propelled their career. TrillaKay discusses their influences, from house to international sounds and hip hop, and their fearless approach to innovation.
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Welcome to the Truth in This Art. I'm your host, Rob Lee, and today I’m honored to be in conversation with Jordan Levine, a Baltimore-based designer, illustrator, and the founder/CEO of Wonderbooks Tools For Wonderers - Timeless Notebooks for a Range of Purposes. Please welcome Jordan Levine.
Thank you for joining me today, Jordan. In this episode, we will explore Jordan's background and creative journey as an illustrator. We will touch upon the following points:
- Jordan's background and how he discovered his passion for illustration and design.
- The realization of wanting to pursue a creative path and the factors that influenced this decision.
- Jordan's favorite artists and the individuals who have inspired his work.
- The development of his artistic skills and the steps he took to establish a career in art.
- The influences that shape Jordan's work, including custom lettering and illustration styles.
Join us as we dive into the world of design, illustration, and the founding of Wonderbooks with Jordan Levine. Gain insights into his creative process, inspirations, and the keys to success in the industry.
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Wonderbooks is a company started in 2018 by designer, illustrator, and comedian Jordan Levine in Baltimore. Influenced by vintage design and ephemera, but with an eye on the horizon, Wonderbooks creates useful and beautiful notebooks for a multitude of purposes. You can find Wonderbooks in several retail locations, including the Made In Baltimore Pop Up Store at 20 W. North Ave, Baltimore, MD, and Atomic Books at 3620 Falls Rd, Baltimore, MD.
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Welcome to a new episode of "The Truth in This Art"! Join our host, Rob Lee, as he converses with the remarkable Asma Naeem, the Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director at the Baltimore Museum of Art and curator of "The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century" exhibition.
In this engaging episode, we delve into:
- Asma's fascinating journey into the art world, from practicing law to pursuing a Ph.D. in American Art.
- Her experiences as the first person of color leading the Baltimore Museum of Art.
- An insightful exploration into "The Culture," an exhibition that brilliantly captures the profound influence of hip hop on contemporary society.
- A look into Asma's curatorial process, the challenges faced, and the triumphs celebrated while putting together this groundbreaking exhibition.
- Asma's vision for the future of museums, emphasizing inclusivity, accessibility, and representation.
- And a discerning discussion on where Baltimore stands among the top art communities in the region.
This episode offers a profound and inspiring insight into the intersection of hip hop, art, and cultural expression through Asma Naeem's expert lens.
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"The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century" is on display at the Baltimore Museum of Art from April 5, 2023, to July 16, 2023. Don't miss the chance to experience this exhibit firsthand, and mark your calendars for June 18, when "The Culture" will be free for all visitors.
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Welcome to "The Truth In This Art." I'm your host, Rob Lee. In today's episode, we have an enlightening conversation with Olanrele Oni, the President and Founder of Unmatched Athlete, an organization dedicated to promoting LGBTQ+ representation in sports and fitness.
Join me, Rob Lee, as we delve into Olanrele's journey with Unmatched Athlete and discover the mission they passionately share with our listeners. Throughout our discussion, Olanrele shares their experiences, insights, and the incredible impact that Unmatched Athlete has had in creating a more inclusive and empowering environment.
During our conversation, Olanrele shares:
- The story behind their journey with Unmatched Athlete and the driving forces that led them to establish the organization.
- The mission of Unmatched Athlete, which encourages LGBTQ+ and allied youths aged 5-18 to participate in sports and fitness activities, fostering inclusivity and empowerment.
- The creative and unique ways that Unmatched Athlete integrates inclusivity and representation into their sports and fitness programs.
- The impact of their work and the importance of shifting narratives, especially in the world of sports.
Olanrele also shares inspiring success stories that have emerged from the organization, highlighting the transformative impact Unmatched Athlete has had on the LGBTQ+ community in Maryland.
Next, we explore the rewarding aspects of Olanrele's work with the organization so far and how Unmatched Athlete approaches educating and involving allies in their mission. Allies play a crucial role in supporting and creating a safe and inclusive environment for LGBTQ+ youths, and Unmatched Athlete recognizes their importance.
Lastly, we discuss the upcoming Union Collective Pride Fundraiser, a celebratory event that brings together Unmatched Athlete, Movement Hampden, and various businesses in the Union Collective to affirm LGBTQ+ inclusion and raise funds for the organization. This event promises to be a day filled with joy, empowerment, and support.
Tune in to this episode of "The Truth In This Art" podcast to hear Olanrele's insightful responses to these questions and gain a deeper understanding of the incredible work being done by Unmatched Athlete.
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Welcome to "The Truth In This Art" podcast! This episode features an engaging conversation with our host, Rob Lee, and the creative dynamo, Sasha Baskin. Sasha’s work, a fascinating blend of weaving, drawing, and lacemaking, explores the convergence of craft, classical rendering, and reality television.
In this episode, we delve into:
- Sasha's creative journey and the early experiences that shaped her unique artistic path.
- The inspiration behind her transition to traditional weaving and lacemaking.
- An exploration of her current work and the evolution of her creative process.
- The intriguing correlation between reality shows like "The Bachelor", Greek Mythology, and Sasha’s art.
- Her intriguing use of analog and digital technologies in her work.
- The significance of creativity in her life beyond art practice.
- The key skills that her education at MICA enhanced.
Join us as we explore the intricacies of Sasha's unique creative perspective and her journey as a successful portrait artist turned craft and material studies expert.
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Welcome to "The Truth In This Art" podcast! Your host, Rob Lee, dives deep into inspiring stories of creative minds. In this episode, we're thrilled to have D.C. born, Hyattsville raised twins Eleisha Faith McCorkle and Tonisha Hope McCorkle. With BFA’s from New York University in Studio Art, their combined artistic qualities form an impressive interdisciplinary collaboration.
In this enlightening conversation, Eleisha and Tonisha share:
- Their origin stories and how they found their artistic paths.
- The unique characteristics that define their work and their sources of inspiration.
- The transformation process of an idea into a physical piece of art.
- The significance of their bond as siblings in their individual and collaborative creative processes.
- An in-depth look into their first solo show, “OUR SKIN, OUR LOGO.”
- A glimpse into their current work and future vision.
- How their practices have evolved over time and their aspirations for the next three years.
Join us as we delve into their shared experiences, the intricate narratives of their art, and their spiritual journey towards completion using 2D, 3D, and 4D elements. From everyday activities to poignant memories, discover how Eleisha and Tonisha channel inspiration into their works.
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Welcome to The Truth In This Art podcast! Join our host, Rob Lee, as he delves into enlightening conversations with creative minds and their inspiring journeys. This episode features a vibrant discussion with Julio Ricardo Varela, the founder of Latino Rebels, co-host of the “In The Thick” political podcast, and President of Futuro Media.
During this episode, Julio Ricardo Varela shares:
- His unique background and journey as a leading journalist in the Latino digital news landscape.
- Insights into his journalistic approach and what separates good journalism from shoddy journalism.
- The fascinating story behind the founding of Latino Rebels, one of the top U.S. Latino digital media sites in the world.
- His experience and leadership role at Futuro Media, its mission, and its impact on the journalism landscape.
Tune into this episode for an enriching insight into the world of Latino media and journalism.
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Welcome to The Truth In This Art podcast! Our host, Rob Lee, engages in an illuminating conversation with acclaimed writer Greg Burnham, known for his captivating Tuskegee Heirs comic series and author of two notable children's books, "Broken Glass" and "Grandpa's Shoes."
In this inspiring episode, we delve into:
- Greg's fascinating journey in the world of comics and writing. His inspirations and motivations behind pursuing this creative career.
- The conceptualization process behind his work. We learn about the diverse characters Greg creates and understand the importance of representation in his storytelling.
- The hurdles Greg has encountered in his career and his methodologies to overcome them. Greg also shares insightful advice for upcoming writers who may face similar challenges.
- The impact of platforms like Awesome Con on creators. We discuss how such platforms offer an opportunity to showcase work, interact with fans, and connect with the community.
- Greg's approach to preparing for Awesome Con and the convention season. He shares his strategies for ensuring a successful and engaging experience for both himself and his fans.
- A sneak peek into Greg's exciting upcoming projects and collaborations. We also learn about his dream project that he wishes to undertake in the future.
This episode is a must-listen for comic enthusiasts, aspiring writers, and anyone intrigued by the creative process behind compelling storytelling.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Welcome to The Truth In This Art podcast! Our host, Rob Lee, engages with creative minds to uncover their inspiring stories. This episode features a conversation with Ada Pinkston, a multimedia artist, educator, and cultural organizer born in New York.
Ada enlightens us on:
- Her unique journey as an artist.
- The way her art explores the intersection of imagined histories and socio-political realities on our bodies.
- How she stays creative and innovative in her field.
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Welcome to the Truth In This Art Beyond: Philadelphia!
Philadelphia one of the foremost creative regions in the world and this series of interviews was sparked by my curiosity about the arts and culture of the city.
In this episode of The Truth In This Art, Rob Lee talks with James Oliver. James is the founder of James Oliver Gallery in Philadelphia.
James shares:
- His journey as an artist, from abstract to figurative works.
- His inspirations and the process behind his art.
- The origins of James Oliver Gallery and its effect on Philadelphia's art scene.
Don't miss this conversation with a real pioneer in the art world.
Image courtesy of Create! Magazine.
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Welcome to The Truth In This Art. In this episode, our host Rob Lee talks with William Hanley. William is a journalist, critic, and Editor In Chief at Dwell Magazine.
William shares:
- How creative industries and sustainable design interact.
- His career journey and how Dwell has grown.
- Why it's crucial to have diverse perspectives.
- How design can help solve environmental problems.
Join Rob and William as they explore art, design, and journalism.
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Welcome to a new episode of "The Truth in This Art"! Join our host, Rob Lee, as he engages in a captivating conversation with Monica Alford, the Director of Media for United Fray and Editor-in-Chief of District Fray Magazine.
In this inspiring episode, we explore:
- Monica's journey as an artist and professional writer and editor, with a strong focus on arts & culture.
- The transformative role District Fray Magazine plays in the Washington, D.C. area, highlighting local events, promoting diverse content, and generating business development opportunities.
- Monica's invaluable advice on how to stay creative in a bustling world.
- The dynamic and lively lifestyle and entertainment scene in D.C., as represented in District Fray Magazine.
Monica's passion for her work and her commitment to delivering quality content are sure to inspire both artists and non-artists alike. Her perspective offers invaluable insight into the art and entertainment scene in Washington, D.C.
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District Fray is a local magazine providing a vibrant source of lifestyle and entertainment news to Washingtonians via a monthly print and digital publication. The magazine translates DC Fray’s “Make Fun Possible” mantra into a tangible ethos that locals can rely on to stay in the know about what to do in and around the city through the lens of inclusive, eclectic, and objective content. District Fray Magazine’s elevated editorial allows readers to experience the city through the voices of its talented writers and local interviewees.
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Unleashing Creativity and Capturing the Spirit of New Orleans with Robert Witkowski
Join host Rob Lee in this captivating episode of "The Truth in This Art" as he interviews Robert Witkowski, Creative Director at WHERE Y'AT Magazine. Explore Robert's journey, his role in leading a talented team, and his numerous accolades. Discover the mission of WHERE Y'AT Magazine as a voice for arts and culture in New Orleans. Gain insights into the creative process, the challenges faced, and the vibrant soul of the city. Tune in now to be inspired!
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In this episode of "The Truth In This Art" podcast, host Rob Lee welcomes Ari Pluznik, the lead singer-songwriter and music director of Ari and the Buffalo Kings. They engage in an enlightening conversation exploring the intersections of music, community, mindfulness, and the vast potential of the human spirit.
Ari shares insights into their role as the creative force behind Ari and the Buffalo Kings, discussing the band's unique sound and their impactful work within the community. As a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, Ari delves into the profound connection between mindfulness, meditation, creativity, and the human experience. The discussion highlights the transformative power of art, the importance of community engagement, and the profound impact of mindfulness practices on the creative process.
Join Rob and Ari in this captivating episode as they inspire and provoke thought, leaving you with a deeper understanding of the powerful role art plays in our lives. Don't miss this engaging conversation with Ari Pluznik of Ari and the Buffalo Kings!
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Join us on "The Truth In This Art" podcast as host Rob Lee sits down with John Perry, a multi-talented artist with a diverse background and a passion for creative exploration. From skateboarding, BMX, graffiti, Punk, and Hip-Hop in his early years to becoming an art teacher, John's artistic journey is filled with fascinating experiences and accomplishments.
In this episode, delve into John's creative beginnings and discover his first love in the artistic realm. Explore how his diverse interests and influences shaped his creative path and led him to explore various forms of expression.
As an art teacher and accomplished artist, John has had remarkable moments in his career. Hear about his most memorable experiences, including having his work published in "The Art of Modern Rock" and serving as the Art Director for the Record Archive. Gain insights into the impact of these milestones on his artistic journey.
One of John's intriguing projects is Lower Deck Cards, a unique endeavor that combines old photographs and baseball cards with his artistic vision. Learn about the origins of Lower Deck Cards and how it has evolved into a continuous source of creative exploration for John and his fellow artists.
Discover the process behind sourcing cards and the inspiration that fuels John's ideas for each card. Uncover the intricacies of working on such a small space and how John pushes the boundaries to create captivating and seamless designs.
Explore John's constant quest for improvement and how he continually tests his artistic abilities. Gain insights into his unique sources of inspiration and the role of community in his creative journey.
Join us as we dive into the mind of John Perry, an artist whose passion for continuous growth and artistic exploration shines through his captivating work.
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The Truth In This Art, hosted by Rob Lee, explores contemporary art and cultural preservation through candid conversations with artists, curators, and cultural leaders about their work, creative processes and the thinking that goes into their creativity. Rob also occasionally interviews creatives in other industries such as acting, music, and journalism. The Truth In This Art is a podcast for artists, art lovers and listeners interested in the creative process.
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Join host Rob Lee in an engaging episode of "The Truth In This Art" podcast as he sits down with Tonya R. Miller Hall, the Senior Advisor of Art & Culture for the City of Baltimore. Tonya brings a wealth of experience, having collaborated with renowned companies in the fashion, social justice, and lifestyle brand sectors.
Discover Tonya's comprehensive approach to brand development, where she transforms fundamental concepts into strategic programs that drive key priorities and accelerate business objectives. With a remarkable track record as the former Chief Marketing & Programs Officer of the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Tonya brings invaluable insights into the world of art, culture, and marketing.
Beyond her professional endeavors, Tonya is a competitive endurance athlete who finds joy in activities such as boxing and road cycling. Her passion for physical challenges mirrors her drive in the professional realm, creating a unique perspective on achieving goals and pushing boundaries.
Tune in to this episode and explore Tonya's captivating journey, as she shares her expertise, experiences, and the secrets behind her successful career. Gain valuable insights into brand development, marketing strategies, and the intersection of art and culture within Baltimore.
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Darren Thompson Jr is a digital artist born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. Specializing in photography and digital painting, Darren's work focuses on color and how it relates to the image. His interest lies in the relationship between color and image and how it will convey visually to the viewer. For example, is the viewer more drawn to the color or the aesthetic of the image itself. The figurative fight for dominance between image and color is what intrigues him, but ultimately he strives to achieve balance between the two.
Also, with his photography work, he captures photos of objects/surfaces that people overlook and turn them into works of art. Anything, with a unique texture or shape, his iPhone camera lens is on it. Darren’s art journey started at a very young age, but in his teen years he began to lose interest, only to regain his love for art in his freshman year of college. Darren graduated Towson University with a B.F.A in Digital Art + Design.
After graduating, Darren started his professional career in 2016, creating digital paintings in Photoshop. In 2018, he transitioned to capturing colorful and vibrant flower photography, which led to his abstract photography style in 2019. Being in numerous art shows and exhibitions, Darren’s artwork has been shown in art exhibitions in D.C, Virginia, Louisiana, Michigan, and Texas. In late 2021, Darren started participating in pop-ups shops and festivals. Throughout those events he learned that children love and gravitate to his artwork. Darren strives to inspire and bring joy to both children and adults with his art.
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David Andersson advises cities in their efforts to support their local arts and cultural communities by offering guidance in equitable grantmaking, public art investments, data collection and evaluation, and non-profit governance. His work with municipal arts agencies helps strengthen their cities’ cultural sectors and promote vibrant art experiences for all of their residents and visitors. Prior to joining Bloomberg Associates, David worked as the Director of Special Projects for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, where he helped manage the City’s Cultural Development Fund grant program for arts nonprofits. David holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and is a practicing visual artist.
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Amanda Morell has been the Deputy Director for Maryland Citizens for the Arts (MCA) since March 2018. Prior to joining MCA, Amanda spent 3 years with the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County (ACAAC), where she managed the Exhibits and Arts in Education Programs.
Amanda has always had a love of the performing arts. A Baltimore native, she attended Baltimore School for the Arts for high school where she studied music and flute instruction under Sarah Nichols. She studied ballet at “Let’s Dance Studio” in Towson for 13 years before leaving for college in Ohio. After taking an economics course at Ohio Wesleyan University, Amanda decided to come back to Baltimore to finish her degree. She graduated from the University of Baltimore with a B.S. in Business Administration. Upon finishing her degree, she was selected as one of ten Urban Arts Leadership Program (UALP) Fellows in the class of 2014/2015. At the same time, she began working with Amy Hornberger at Baltimore School of Dance. After completing the UALP fellowship, Amanda was hired by the organization with which she was placed, ACAAC.
Having grown up in Baltimore with access to a rich arts education, Amanda knew from a young age that arts advocacy was paramount to a well rounded education.
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One Glimpse at Shaquita Smith and its not hard to tell that this young lady has God given talent in her blood! Shaquita Smith is a actress and producer originally from Birmingham, Alabama but resides in Atlanta, GA. She graduated from Troy State University and American Intercontinental University. She owns her own media production company called "Noonie Studio Productions" and she also is a producer at "Loud Films". Shaquita Smith has appeared on Tyler Perry's "If Loving You is Wrong", All Eyes on Me, Fatal Attraction, Snapped and many other film projects. She has landed lead roles in numerous theatre productions such as Eleemosynary, A Lesson Before Dying, The Insanity of Mary Girard, She Walked Out and God walked In and many others. Shaquita Smith is also a Inspirational speaker who loves to impact and encourage others to live to the best of their ability. When you ask her how she get where she is today.......She simply replies.... "God Did It! "
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Travis Case is a voice actor with a passion for content creation. His voice work has appeared on Shadow and Act, The Shaderoom, and Baller Alert. His video content has been praised by the likes of Tony Baker, Paulo Coehlo, Allen Hughes, and Rosario Dawson.
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Chelsie Grant is a SAG AFTRA Eligible Actress that has been acting since 2020. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, graduated from Stevenson University with her BS in psychology in 2015. Three years later, she went back to school to obtain her MS from Saint Leo University in psychology and graduated in 2020. Back in the summer of 2021, she booked two feature films, a domestic violence film that will start showing on Tubi soon, and a drama/thriller that was accepted by the Charlotte Black Film Festival, the New Orleans Film Festival, and the Cinemaking International Film Festival. She took five improv courses at the Baltimore Improv Group Theatre (BIG) where she received fantastic feedback from my instructors and in addition, she will be training at The Hollywood Winners Circle Course with Wendy Alane Wright.
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Born and reared on the westside of Baltimore Maryland, Noah Silas is an experienced professional Actor and Director that envelopes himself in all aspects of the creative process. Noah Silas is a classically trained actor who has been mentored by some of the most respected acting and voice coaches on the East Coast. He boasts a varied skill set that includes the performance arts, directing and film production and editing. Those talents have garnered him the adulation of audiences from Baltimore, MD to the United Kingdom. Noah has over a dozen stage and film critically acclaimed credits to his name.
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Sultan A. Salahuddin II is from the South Side of Chicago where he attended the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences. He played Jackie Robinson West baseball as a child along with buying now-and-laters from the candy lady. Sultan plays the character Simon James, the series lead, who finds interesting and unique ways to improve the quality of his life.
Sultan is passionate about exposing the beauty of Chicago. He is a member of the Los Angeles Writers Guild Association and Screen Actors Guild. He has performed as a stand up comedian throughout the midwest and a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade located in Los Angeles, CA.
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SOUTH SIDE follows two friends, Simon and Kareme, who just graduated from community college and are ready to take over the world. But until they do, they’re stuck working at Rent-T-Own. Shot on location in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, season two reintroduces the hilarious exploits of these adventure capitalists while authentically showcasing the vibrant city life and dynamic cast of characters of the titular neighborhood.
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In her creative work, Emily Gaines Demsky seeks to ignite conversation around perspective through her painting, photography, and writing. Emily works in a studio in the Woodberry neighborhood in Baltimore, where she creates bold bright paintings of flowers and horizons, photographs the creative process and the natural world, and writes about gratitude, light, and wonder. Emily’s work has been shown locally in recent years at Fleckenstein Gallery, Bozzuto Greene Art, The Gordon Center Gallery, Towson Arts Collective, and The Center Club, and is held in numerous private collections in the Baltimore area.
Emily is the creator of f/LIGHT DECK, a tangible tool designed to help you choose your perspective, claim your power, and change your life. f/LIGHT DECK is made up of 28 vibrant art cards with actions, questions, and affirmations to help you focus on what’s good in your life and in the world. f/LIGHT DECK: Shift your perspective, shift your life.
In addition to her creative work, Emily has served in a variety of volunteer roles in the community, and currently serves on The Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences. Emily has a professional background in arts administration, strategic planning, development, and nonprofit management. Emily holds a BA in Theater from Barnard College, Columbia University.
Emily was born and raised in Baltimore, where she lives with her husband, their two children, and a dog.
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Larry Whaddup Caudle is creative entrepreneur and CEO of The Br8EAK Media based in Baltimore. For the past 25 years, he’s been active in choreography, marketing, branding and the creative direction in the media industry of Baltimore.
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Martinus Evans is an 8x Marathoner, Run Coach, Influencer and driving force behind 300 Pounds and Running.
At 300 Pounds and Running.com, we value consistency,courage,determination, dedication, positivity and perseverance. We understand that if we want to be better than who we are now, we must do the work.
We don’t do diets! Diets are temporary, they do not breed long-term success.
We respect the process! It did not take us a month to gain this weight and it most certainly will not take a month to lose it.
We don’t use excuses! Excuses are tools of the incompetent used to build bridges to nowhere, those use them become monuments of nothingness and seldom do or become anything and I know you’re better than that.
We aim for progress, not perfection! Perfection is for magazines and Disney movies, where everyone is computer altered and live happily ever after. Instead, we strive to go further than we did yesterday, knowing that consistency is the only way to crush our goals!
We love ourselves unconditionally! We leave the hating to the haters, because they are our biggest motivators.
We are honest to ourselves! Loving ourselves means being truthful and honest to ourselves no matter what.
We forgive ourselves and others! When we are honest to ourselves, we find that sometimes the truth hurts and we must forgive ourselves and others for the wrongdoings done upon us. Forgiveness is the rebirth of hope, the reorganization of thought, and the reconstruction of dreams. It is truly the only way to move on to greatness within you.
Lastly, we Chase Values and Crush Goals…We let our values about life and fitness be the driving force and compass to our journey and we crush goals along the way to reaching our values.
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A Texas native, Artemisia Johnson has been living on the East Coast for the past 18 years. She began modeling in 2020 as a part of fulfilling a life long dream and feeding her creative spirit.
Artemisia Johnson, a multi-published model, proudly represents the plus size and body positive communities. She is the proud mother of three amazing children, who all assist and support her modeling efforts in different ways. Her daughter, Collette, is a published MUA and hair stylist and has an integral role in crafting Artemisia’s social media presence.
Artemisia Johnson is supported by her loving parents, four inspirational siblings; and a network of phenomenal friends, fellow models, and photographers.
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Kelsey Ko is a Korean-American psychology graduate student, former educator, and writer living in Baltimore. The pursuit of collective liberation, healing, and human connection guides her work. During her time as an English teacher in Baltimore City Public Schools, she strove to center social-emotional learning and trauma-informed practices in the classroom and to also help future generations tap into their own creative potential. She has also advocated for policy issues impacting students, such as digital equity, with Baltimoreans for Educational Equity. Kelsey's writing and work has been featured in The Atlantic, Baltimore Magazine, and Maryland Matters.
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Megan Elcrat holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Kansas State University. In practice since 2005, she is a licensed architect. Megan founded Present Company in 2010. The company focuses on historic renovation and adaptive reuse, as well as new commercial including the Wine Collective & residential work.
Present Company is a full-service architecture firm specializing in adaptive reuse, historic preservation, renovations and new construction. We believe that every challenge has a solution, sometimes several. We’re about finding the very best one for your very specific vision. We do a bit of everything, but our first love is taking something old and making it meet the needs of the present.
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Sebastian Martorana is an artist living and working in Baltimore, Maryland. For over fifteen years, Sebastian has focused on the art of carving. Much of the material used for his sculptures was salvaged from Baltimore’s historic, though often discarded, architecture. He received his BFA in illustration from Syracuse University, after which he became a full-time apprentice in a stone shop outside Washington, DC. He earned his MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art’s Rinehart School of Sculpture.
Sebastian works on private commissions and commercial projects from his studio in the Hilgartner Natural Stone Company. His body work includes projects for the United States Senate, St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, the National Basilica in Baltimore, the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, DC and the United States Federal Reserve. He is an adjunct faculty member at the Maryland Institute College of Art and a repeat presenter for the American Craft Council. Sebastian’s work is included in the permanent collections of museums including the Smithsonian American Art museum’s Renwick Gallery, which acquired his sculpture featured in their 40 under 40: Craft Futures exhibition.
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Bruce Willen is a multidisciplinary designer, artist, and the founder of Public Mechanics — a design and art studio working in public and cultural spaces. Prior to Public Mechanics, Bruce co-founded acclaimed design agency Post Typography where he led high-profile projects that have shaped the visual language of Baltimore and beyond. His work has appeared on the covers of Time Magazine, The New York Times, and ESPN and in dozens of design books and periodicals, including a Post Typography monograph. He is the co-author of the book Lettering & Type and has written for the Washington Post, Design Observer, and other publications.
As a musician, Bruce has composed new scores for silent films, performed on multiple continents, and released dozens of recordings with the groups Peals and Double Dagger — the latter subject of the 2013 documentary film If We Shout Loud Enough.
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Public Mechanics Experiential design / Placemaking / Public art / Creative strategy / Community branding A design studio led by Bruce Willen, collaborating on projects for public and cultural spaces.
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Hannah Cugle is a Baltimore based multi-artist currently living in Tokyo. Self expressing through music, photography, video, poetry, traditional and digital art, and a little bit of bedroom dancing.
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Shelley Kim fostered her love for stand-up comedy in college while remaining ignorant of any party scene. She can be seen performing and hosting all around the DMV area, sharing her insight as a savvy-yet-awkward minority female in the 21st century. She also co-produced the Underground Comedy Fest 2017, a DC festival with over 60 comedians and national headliners in conjunction with Underground Comedy (named “DC’s Laugh Leader” by Washington Post).
A versatile millennial who likes to stay busy, Shelley is consistently churning out satire on social media. Her projects include a Mike Pence Pinterest boards, Steve Bannon Spotify Sessions, and Alternative Valentine’s– a series of Valentine’s card based on our nation’s favorite political administration.
Other than being a participant in DC’s favorite mudslinging hobby, Shelley is a self-aware sports fan. One of her most popular creations is Coach Taylor’s Yelp Reviews, a series of restaurant reviews from Coach Taylor of Friday Night Lights, a TV show Shelley is obsessed with.
Whether it’s online or onstage, Shelley’s work is seriously not serious, and her unique insights are framed in a silly, disarming way. She’s one of DC’s rising stars, so check out one of her projects above, or see her live. Or just say hi on Instagram at @machinegunshelley_ Your attention would mean a lot to her.
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Isaiah Headen is a producer and writer for the sketch comedy troupe Bad Medicine who performs and teaches at the DC Improv in Washington DC. Bad Medicine has performed at comedy festivals such as SF Sketchfest, NYC Sketchfest, Montreal Sketchfest, Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, SketchFest Seattle and Philly Sketchfest. After graduating from American University with a visual media degree, Isaiah pursued a career as a video editor in broadcast television. He continues to utilize his skills in filmmaking and photography to craft compelling stories across many mediums.
About Bad Medicine Comedy Troupe
Bad Medicine was conceived over a plate of tater tots in 2013 and has since flourished into an award winning sketch comedy troupe that produces sketch shows and teaches sketch comedy at the historic DC Improv Comedy Club. Outside of the District, we’ve performed at comedy festivals such as SF Sketchfest, NYC Sketchfest, Montreal Sketchfest, Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, SketchFest Seattle and Philly Sketchfest. We also produce Sketch Nerds a comedy podcast about the craft of sketch comedy and our award winning short films have screened at the DC Shorts Film Festival, Women in Comedy Festival, Portland Comedy Film Festival, Atlanta Comedy Film Festival and more. Bad Medicine is run by Elizabeth Kemp, Isaiah Headen, Julian Morgan, Shoa Appelman, Andy Weld and Leila Drici. Bad Medicine is simply a group of friends trying hard to forget the political town they live in.
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Isaiah Headen is a producer and writer for the sketch comedy troupe Bad Medicine who performs and teaches at the DC Improv in Washington DC. Bad Medicine has performed at comedy festivals such as SF Sketchfest, NYC Sketchfest, Montreal Sketchfest, Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, SketchFest Seattle and Philly Sketchfest. After graduating from American University with a visual media degree, Isaiah pursued a career as a video editor in broadcast television. He continues to utilize his skills in filmmaking and photography to craft compelling stories across many mediums.
About Bad Medicine Comedy Troupe
Bad Medicine was conceived over a plate of tater tots in 2013 and has since flourished into an award winning sketch comedy troupe that produces sketch shows and teaches sketch comedy at the historic DC Improv Comedy Club. Outside of the District, we’ve performed at comedy festivals such as SF Sketchfest, NYC Sketchfest, Montreal Sketchfest, Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, SketchFest Seattle and Philly Sketchfest. We also produce Sketch Nerds a comedy podcast about the craft of sketch comedy and our award winning short films have screened at the DC Shorts Film Festival, Women in Comedy Festival, Portland Comedy Film Festival, Atlanta Comedy Film Festival and more. Bad Medicine is run by Elizabeth Kemp, Isaiah Headen, Julian Morgan, Shoa Appelman, Andy Weld and Leila Drici. Bad Medicine is simply a group of friends trying hard to forget the political town they live in.
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LaDawn Black, a native of Washington, DC, is a Relationship Expert, Author, Voice Artist and Multimedia Personality.
Black was the host of Baltimore’s #1 radio relationship show, The LaDawn Black Show on Magic 95.9FM for three years. Prior to joining Magic 95.9, The LaDawn Black Show, was a ratings winner and listener favorite for 10 years on Baltimore’s 92Q – 92.3FM. Black has been named Best Radio Personality by the Baltimore City Paper and Best Guilty Pleasure Radio Show by the Baltimore Magazine.
Black is also an author of two Penguin Random House top-selling relationship guides: Stripped Bare: The 12 Truths That Will Help You Land the Very Best Black Man and Let’s Get It On: 15 Hot Tips and Tricks to Spice Up Your Sex Life. Black’s latest book for Penguin Random House is a novel, TEASE: Steamy Short Stories. Stripped Bare was named one of the 10 Best Non-fiction Books by HuffingtonPost and her novel TEASE was a nominee for an African American Literary Award in erotica. She also lends her voice to other authors as a narrator. Black is a popular voice artist for Audible lending her talents to many top-selling books. Plus, she has been the sexy voice on many hot mixtapes and CDs.
In addition to her own radio show, books and articles, Black has been a relationship expert for Oxygen, BET, TVOne, CW, Wendy, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, NPR, Fox News and many other local/national media outlets.
Black is an online relationship coach for match.com, yahoo.com, happenmag.com, blackandmarriedwithkids.com, essence.com, blackpeoplemeet.com and blackmeninamerica.com. Black has contributed to or been profiled by Essence, Ebony, Heart & Soul, Upscale, Glamour, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Magazine and many other publications.
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Salvatore Marrone is a gay Philadelphia based comic artist and creator of the autobiographical comic “No More Mermaids”, a collection of thoughts and experiences of a young man coming to terms with his sexuality.
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Mauricio Pita is a Venezuelan-American actor, director, and producer. Pita is Arena Stage’s current Community Programs Manager where he oversees the Voices of Now program, which produced two feature docudramas during the pandemic and most recently nine short films for the 2022 VON festival at Arena Stage. Mauricio served as Creative Producer for the 2020-2021 Virtual Season of IN Series Opera. His projects with IN Series included the film Orphée et Eurydice, the audio play A Fairy Queen, and the interdisciplinary film/theater piece Boheme in The Heights. All three were featured on DC Metro Theater Arts’ 2021 lists of outstanding productions. In addition, Mauricio currently serves as Artistic Associate with We Happy Few Theatre Company and recently directed two Sherlock Holmes audio experiences as part of their at-home Detective Play Series which received praise for their crisp style and directing. Maryland Theater Guide called Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Norwood Builder “...a perfect adventure.” In addition, Mauricio is scheduled to travel to Croatia in December with an Arena Stage delegation to devise an original play with artists from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ukraine.
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Founded by Mauricio Pita in 2021, Tepui Media is a film production company based in Washington, D.C. Tepui Media’s mission is to produce bold films about people navigating remarkable events. Tepuis are table-top mountains in the Guiana Highlands of South America that host a unique array of endemic plant and animal life. Inspired by these powerful ecological islands of the sky, Tepui Media aims to provide a unique ecosystem of support and a platform for exciting new stories and emerging artists Visit here to learn more Tepui Media.
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Mauricio Pita is a Venezuelan-American actor, director, and producer. Pita is Arena Stage’s current Community Programs Manager where he oversees the Voices of Now program, which produced two feature docudramas during the pandemic and most recently nine short films for the 2022 VON festival at Arena Stage. Mauricio served as Creative Producer for the 2020-2021 Virtual Season of IN Series Opera. His projects with IN Series included the film Orphée et Eurydice, the audio play A Fairy Queen, and the interdisciplinary film/theater piece Boheme in The Heights. All three were featured on DC Metro Theater Arts’ 2021 lists of outstanding productions. In addition, Mauricio currently serves as Artistic Associate with We Happy Few Theatre Company and recently directed two Sherlock Holmes audio experiences as part of their at-home Detective Play Series which received praise for their crisp style and directing. Maryland Theater Guide called Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Norwood Builder “...a perfect adventure.” In addition, Mauricio is scheduled to travel to Croatia in December with an Arena Stage delegation to devise an original play with artists from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ukraine.
About Tepui Media
Founded by Mauricio Pita in 2021, Tepui Media is a film production company based in Washington, D.C. Tepui Media’s mission is to produce bold films about people navigating remarkable events. Tepuis are table-top mountains in the Guiana Highlands of South America that host a unique array of endemic plant and animal life. Inspired by these powerful ecological islands of the sky, Tepui Media aims to provide a unique ecosystem of support and a platform for exciting new stories and emerging artists Visit here to learn more Tepui Media.
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Safe Word
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Jennifer Eden is your favorite Femme Daddy, dominating crowds from the classroom to the dungeon. A certified sexuality educator and pleasure coach, this Black queer nonbinary femme has been schoolin' folks on consent, gender-affirming language, and kink dynamics everywhere from BDSM dungeons to Ivy League universities up and down the east coast for over a decade. Through poetry and storytelling, they bring their unique style of sensual edutainment and wet humor (never dry) to every stage they touch. Audiences in Philly, New York, New Orleans, DC, and of course their hometown of Baltimore, have all experienced Jennifer Eden, Mx. Eden if you're nasty. Be ready to laugh. Be ready to think. And be ready to open yourself to pleasure in ways you've never experienced.
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Rafaella Braga is a young brazilian artist located in Berlin, working with paintings on big canvas with mix media, basing on personal subjects as a self investigation form.
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New Orleans based - both the art and the artist. Alison is a NOLA mixed media painter on a mission to repurpose local canvases, paint, and frames to create unique pieces evocative of the city’s vibrant music and emotions. Every piece is both up-cycled and one-of-kind. She uses her fingers and nails to paint the human emotion. Her work can be seen in galleries on the most popular street in New Orleans - Magazine street. Alison has also participated in artistic causes in and around the city of New Orleans. She is excited about sharing her thought process and how to succeed as an artist.
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Jenna deBoisblanc is a New Orleans native, a creative coder, and a teacher. A physicist by training and a programmer by trade, deBoisblanc’s work treads the line between art and engineering.
Prior to pursing an MFA in digital art, deBoisblanc ran a high school makerspace where she taught electronics, coding, and 3D modeling. She feels passionately about engaging a broader, more diverse audience in computer science and engineering, and she hopes to spread her enthusiasm for creative technology in her classrooms and beyond.
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Jenna deBoisblanc is a New Orleans native, a creative coder, and a teacher. A physicist by training and a programmer by trade, deBoisblanc’s work treads the line between art and engineering.
Prior to pursing an MFA in digital art, deBoisblanc ran a high school makerspace where she taught electronics, coding, and 3D modeling. She feels passionately about engaging a broader, more diverse audience in computer science and engineering, and she hopes to spread her enthusiasm for creative technology in her classrooms and beyond.
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Heralded as "[one] of the most powerful voices of our time" by the Los Angeles Times, bass-baritone Davóne Tines has come to international attention as a path-breaking artist whose work not only encompasses a diverse repertoire but also explores the social issues of today. As a Black, gay, classically trained performer at the intersection of many histories, cultures, and aesthetics, Tines is engaged in work that blends opera, art song, contemporary classical music, spirituals, gospel, and songs of protest, as a means to tell a deeply personal story of perseverance that connects to all of humanity.
Davóne Tines is Musical America’s 2022 Vocalist of the Year. During the 2022-23 season, he continues his role as the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale’s first-ever Creative Partner and, beginning in January 2023, he will serve as Brooklyn Academy of Music’s first Artist in Residence in more than a decade. In addition to strategic planning, programming, and working within the community, this season Tines curates the “Artist as Human” program, exploring how each artist’s subjectivity—be it their race, gender, sexuality, etc.—informs performance, and how these perspectives develop throughout their repertoire.
In the fall of 2022, Tines makes a number of important debuts at prominent New York institutions, including the Park Avenue Armory, New York Philharmonic, BAM, and Carnegie Hall, continuing to establish a strong presence in the city’s classical scene. He opens his season with the New York premiere of Tyshawn Sorey’s Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) at the Park Avenue Armory, also doubling as Tines’ Armory debut. Inspired by one of Sorey’s most important influences, Morton Feldman and his work Rothko Chapel, Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) takes after Feldman’s focus on expansive textures and enveloping sounds, aiming to create an all-immersive experience. Tine’s solo part was written specifically for him by Sorey, marking a third collaboration between the pair; Sorey previously created arrangements for Tines’ Recital No. 1: MASS and Concerto No. 2: ANTHEM. Peter Sellars directs, with whom Davóne collaborated in John Adam's opera Girls of the Golden West and Kaija Saariaho’s Only the Sound Remains.
Tines’ engagements continue with Everything Rises, an original, evening length staged musical work he created with violinist Jennifer Koh, premiering in New York as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival. Everything Rises tells the story of Tines’ and Koh’s artistic journeys and family histories through music, projections, and recorded interviews. As a platform, it also centers the need for artists of color to be seen and heard. Everything Rises premiered in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles in April 2022, with the LA Times commenting, “Koh and Tines’ stories have made them what they are, but their art needs to be—and is—great enough to tell us who they are.” This season also has Tines making his New York Philharmonic debut performing in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, led by Jaap van Zweden. Tines returns to the New York Philharmonic in the spring to sing the Vox Christi in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, also under van Zweden.
Tines is a musician who takes full agency of his work, devising performances from conception to performance. His Recital No. 1: MASS program reflects this ethos, combining traditional music with pieces by J.S. Bach, Margaret Bonds, Moses Hogan, Julius Eastman, Caroline Shaw, Tyshawn Sorey, and Tines. This season, he makes his Carnegie Hall recital debut performing MASS at Weill Hall, and later brings the program to the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, Baltimore’s Shriver Hall, for the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and as part of Boston’s Celebrity Series.
Concerto No. 1: SERMON is a similar artistic endeavor, combining pieces including John Adams’ El Niño; Vigil, written by Tines and Igée Dieudonné with orchestration by Matthew Aucoin; “You Want the Truth, but You Don’t Want to Know,” from Anthony Davis’ X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X; and poems from Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, and Maya Angelou into a concert performance. In May 2021, Tines performed Concerto No. 1: SERMON with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He recently premiered Concerto No. 2: ANTHEM—created by Tines with music by Michael Schachter, Caroline Shaw, Tyshawn Sorey, and text by Mahogany L. Browne—with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. Also this season, Tines performs in El Niño with the Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by composer John Adams; a concert performance of Adams’ Girls of the Golden West with the Los Angeles Philharmonic also led by Adams; and a chamber music recital with the New World Symphony.
Going beyond the concert hall, Davóne Tines also creates short music films that use powerful visuals to accentuate the social and poetic dimensions of the music. In September 2020, Lincoln Center presented his music film VIGIL, which pays tribute to Breonna Taylor, the EMT and aspiring nurse who was shot and killed by police in her Louisville home, and whose tragic death has fueled an international outcry. Created in collaboration with Igée Dieudonné, and Conor Hanick, the work was subsequently arranged for orchestra by Matthew Aucoin and premiered in a live-stream by Tines and the Louisville Orchestra, conducted by Teddy Abrams. Aucoin’s orchestration is also currently part of Tines’ Concerto No. 1: SERMON. He also co-created Strange Fruit with Jennifer Koh, a film juxtaposing violence against Asian Americans with Ken Ueno’s arrangement of “Strange Fruit” — which the duo perform in Everything Rises — directed by dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm. The work premiered virtually as part of Carnegie Hall’s “Voices of Hope Series.” Additional music films include FREUDE, an acapella “mashup” of Beethoven with African-American hymns that was shot, produced, and edited by Davóne Tines at his hometown church in Warrenton, Virginia and presented virtually by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale; EASTMAN, a micro-biographical film highlighting the life and work of composer Julius Eastman; and NATIVE SON, in which Tines sings the Black national anthem, “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” and pays homage to the ’60s Civil Rights-era motto “I am a man.” The latter film was created for the fourth annual Native Son Awards, which celebrate Black, gay excellence. Further online highlights include appearances as part of Boston Lyric Opera’s new miniseries, desert in, marking his company debut; LA Opera at Home’s Living Room Recitals; and the 2020 NEA Human and Civil Rights Awards.
Notable performances on the opera stage the world premiere performances of Kaija Saariaho’s Only the Sound Remains directed by Peter Sellars at Dutch National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Opéra national de Paris, and Teatro Real (Madrid); the world and European premieres of John Adams and Peter Sellars’ Girls of the Golden West at San Francisco Opera and Dutch National Opera, respectively; the title role in a new production of Anthony Davis’ X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X with the Detroit Opera (where he was Artist in Residence during the 2021-22 season) and the Boston Modern Opera Project with Odyssey Opera in Boston where it was recorded for future release; the world premiere of Terence Blanchard and Kasi Lemmons’ Fire Shut Up In My Bones at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; the world premiere of Matthew Aucoin’s Crossing, directed by Diane Paulus at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; a new production of Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex at Lisbon’s Teatro Nacional de São Carlos led by Leo Hussain; and Handel’s rarely staged Aci, Galatea, e Polifemo at National Sawdust, presented in a new production by Christopher Alden.
As a member of the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), Tines served as a co-music director of the 2022 Ojai Music Festival, and has performed in Hans Werner Henze’s El Cimarrón,John Adams’ Nativity Reconsidered, and Were You There in collaboration with composers Matthew Aucoin and Michael Schachter.
Davóne Tines is co-creator and co-librettist of The Black Clown, a music theater experience inspired by Langston Hughes’ poem of the same name. The work, which was created in collaborationwith director Zack Winokur and composer Michael Schachter, expresses a Black man’s resilience against America’s legacy of oppression—fusing vaudeville, opera, jazz, and spirituals to bring Hughes’ verse to life onstage. The world premiere was given by the American Repertory Theater in 2018, and The Black Clown was presented by Lincoln Center in summer 2019.
Concert appearances have included John Adams’ El Niño with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Vladimir Jurowski, Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri with Louis Langrée and the Cincinnati Symphony, Kaija Saariaho’s True Fire with the Orchestre national de France conducted by Olari Elts, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas leading the San Francisco Symphony, Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Royal Swedish Orchestra, and a program spotlighting music of resistance by George Crumb, Julius Eastman, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Caroline Shaw with conductor Christian Reif and members of the San Francisco Symphony at SoundBox. He also sang works by Caroline Shaw and Kaija Saariaho alongside the Calder Quartet and International Contemporary Ensemble at the Ojai Music Festival. In May 2021, Tines sang in Tulsa Opera’s concert Greenwood Overcomes, which honored the resilience of Black Tulsans and Black America one hundred years after the Tulsa Race Massacre. That event featured Tines premiering “There are Many Trails of Tears,” an aria from Anthony Davis’ opera-in-progress Fire Across the Tracks: Tulsa 1921.
Davóne Tines is a winner of the 2020 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, recognizing extraordinary classical musicians of color who, early in their career, demonstrate artistic excellence, outstanding work ethic, a spirit of determination, and an ongoing commitment to leadership and their communities. In 2019 he was named as one of Time Magazine’s Next Generation Leaders. He is also the recipient of the 2018 Emerging Artists Award given by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Harvard University, where he teaches a semester-length course “How to be a Tool: Storytelling Across Disciplines” in collaboration with director Zack Winokur.
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Heralded as "[one] of the most powerful voices of our time" by the Los Angeles Times, bass-baritone Davóne Tines has come to international attention as a path-breaking artist whose work not only encompasses a diverse repertoire but also explores the social issues of today. As a Black, gay, classically trained performer at the intersection of many histories, cultures, and aesthetics, Tines is engaged in work that blends opera, art song, contemporary classical music, spirituals, gospel, and songs of protest, as a means to tell a deeply personal story of perseverance that connects to all of humanity.
Davóne Tines is Musical America’s 2022 Vocalist of the Year. During the 2022-23 season, he continues his role as the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale’s first-ever Creative Partner and, beginning in January 2023, he will serve as Brooklyn Academy of Music’s first Artist in Residence in more than a decade. In addition to strategic planning, programming, and working within the community, this season Tines curates the “Artist as Human” program, exploring how each artist’s subjectivity—be it their race, gender, sexuality, etc.—informs performance, and how these perspectives develop throughout their repertoire.
In the fall of 2022, Tines makes a number of important debuts at prominent New York institutions, including the Park Avenue Armory, New York Philharmonic, BAM, and Carnegie Hall, continuing to establish a strong presence in the city’s classical scene. He opens his season with the New York premiere of Tyshawn Sorey’s Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) at the Park Avenue Armory, also doubling as Tines’ Armory debut. Inspired by one of Sorey’s most important influences, Morton Feldman and his work Rothko Chapel, Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) takes after Feldman’s focus on expansive textures and enveloping sounds, aiming to create an all-immersive experience. Tine’s solo part was written specifically for him by Sorey, marking a third collaboration between the pair; Sorey previously created arrangements for Tines’ Recital No. 1: MASS and Concerto No. 2: ANTHEM. Peter Sellars directs, with whom Davóne collaborated in John Adam's opera Girls of the Golden West and Kaija Saariaho’s Only the Sound Remains.
Tines’ engagements continue with Everything Rises, an original, evening length staged musical work he created with violinist Jennifer Koh, premiering in New York as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival. Everything Rises tells the story of Tines’ and Koh’s artistic journeys and family histories through music, projections, and recorded interviews. As a platform, it also centers the need for artists of color to be seen and heard. Everything Rises premiered in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles in April 2022, with the LA Times commenting, “Koh and Tines’ stories have made them what they are, but their art needs to be—and is—great enough to tell us who they are.” This season also has Tines making his New York Philharmonic debut performing in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, led by Jaap van Zweden. Tines returns to the New York Philharmonic in the spring to sing the Vox Christi in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, also under van Zweden.
Tines is a musician who takes full agency of his work, devising performances from conception to performance. His Recital No. 1: MASS program reflects this ethos, combining traditional music with pieces by J.S. Bach, Margaret Bonds, Moses Hogan, Julius Eastman, Caroline Shaw, Tyshawn Sorey, and Tines. This season, he makes his Carnegie Hall recital debut performing MASS at Weill Hall, and later brings the program to the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, Baltimore’s Shriver Hall, for the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and as part of Boston’s Celebrity Series.
Concerto No. 1: SERMON is a similar artistic endeavor, combining pieces including John Adams’ El Niño; Vigil, written by Tines and Igée Dieudonné with orchestration by Matthew Aucoin; “You Want the Truth, but You Don’t Want to Know,” from Anthony Davis’ X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X; and poems from Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, and Maya Angelou into a concert performance. In May 2021, Tines performed Concerto No. 1: SERMON with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He recently premiered Concerto No. 2: ANTHEM—created by Tines with music by Michael Schachter, Caroline Shaw, Tyshawn Sorey, and text by Mahogany L. Browne—with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. Also this season, Tines performs in El Niño with the Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by composer John Adams; a concert performance of Adams’ Girls of the Golden West with the Los Angeles Philharmonic also led by Adams; and a chamber music recital with the New World Symphony.
Going beyond the concert hall, Davóne Tines also creates short music films that use powerful visuals to accentuate the social and poetic dimensions of the music. In September 2020, Lincoln Center presented his music film VIGIL, which pays tribute to Breonna Taylor, the EMT and aspiring nurse who was shot and killed by police in her Louisville home, and whose tragic death has fueled an international outcry. Created in collaboration with Igée Dieudonné, and Conor Hanick, the work was subsequently arranged for orchestra by Matthew Aucoin and premiered in a live-stream by Tines and the Louisville Orchestra, conducted by Teddy Abrams. Aucoin’s orchestration is also currently part of Tines’ Concerto No. 1: SERMON. He also co-created Strange Fruit with Jennifer Koh, a film juxtaposing violence against Asian Americans with Ken Ueno’s arrangement of “Strange Fruit” — which the duo perform in Everything Rises — directed by dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm. The work premiered virtually as part of Carnegie Hall’s “Voices of Hope Series.” Additional music films include FREUDE, an acapella “mashup” of Beethoven with African-American hymns that was shot, produced, and edited by Davóne Tines at his hometown church in Warrenton, Virginia and presented virtually by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale; EASTMAN, a micro-biographical film highlighting the life and work of composer Julius Eastman; and NATIVE SON, in which Tines sings the Black national anthem, “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” and pays homage to the ’60s Civil Rights-era motto “I am a man.” The latter film was created for the fourth annual Native Son Awards, which celebrate Black, gay excellence. Further online highlights include appearances as part of Boston Lyric Opera’s new miniseries, desert in, marking his company debut; LA Opera at Home’s Living Room Recitals; and the 2020 NEA Human and Civil Rights Awards.
Notable performances on the opera stage the world premiere performances of Kaija Saariaho’s Only the Sound Remains directed by Peter Sellars at Dutch National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Opéra national de Paris, and Teatro Real (Madrid); the world and European premieres of John Adams and Peter Sellars’ Girls of the Golden West at San Francisco Opera and Dutch National Opera, respectively; the title role in a new production of Anthony Davis’ X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X with the Detroit Opera (where he was Artist in Residence during the 2021-22 season) and the Boston Modern Opera Project with Odyssey Opera in Boston where it was recorded for future release; the world premiere of Terence Blanchard and Kasi Lemmons’ Fire Shut Up In My Bones at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; the world premiere of Matthew Aucoin’s Crossing, directed by Diane Paulus at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; a new production of Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex at Lisbon’s Teatro Nacional de São Carlos led by Leo Hussain; and Handel’s rarely staged Aci, Galatea, e Polifemo at National Sawdust, presented in a new production by Christopher Alden.
As a member of the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), Tines served as a co-music director of the 2022 Ojai Music Festival, and has performed in Hans Werner Henze’s El Cimarrón,John Adams’ Nativity Reconsidered, and Were You There in collaboration with composers Matthew Aucoin and Michael Schachter.
Davóne Tines is co-creator and co-librettist of The Black Clown, a music theater experience inspired by Langston Hughes’ poem of the same name. The work, which was created in collaborationwith director Zack Winokur and composer Michael Schachter, expresses a Black man’s resilience against America’s legacy of oppression—fusing vaudeville, opera, jazz, and spirituals to bring Hughes’ verse to life onstage. The world premiere was given by the American Repertory Theater in 2018, and The Black Clown was presented by Lincoln Center in summer 2019.
Concert appearances have included John Adams’ El Niño with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Vladimir Jurowski, Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri with Louis Langrée and the Cincinnati Symphony, Kaija Saariaho’s True Fire with the Orchestre national de France conducted by Olari Elts, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas leading the San Francisco Symphony, Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Royal Swedish Orchestra, and a program spotlighting music of resistance by George Crumb, Julius Eastman, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Caroline Shaw with conductor Christian Reif and members of the San Francisco Symphony at SoundBox. He also sang works by Caroline Shaw and Kaija Saariaho alongside the Calder Quartet and International Contemporary Ensemble at the Ojai Music Festival. In May 2021, Tines sang in Tulsa Opera’s concert Greenwood Overcomes, which honored the resilience of Black Tulsans and Black America one hundred years after the Tulsa Race Massacre. That event featured Tines premiering “There are Many Trails of Tears,” an aria from Anthony Davis’ opera-in-progress Fire Across the Tracks: Tulsa 1921.
Davóne Tines is a winner of the 2020 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, recognizing extraordinary classical musicians of color who, early in their career, demonstrate artistic excellence, outstanding work ethic, a spirit of determination, and an ongoing commitment to leadership and their communities. In 2019 he was named as one of Time Magazine’s Next Generation Leaders. He is also the recipient of the 2018 Emerging Artists Award given by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Harvard University, where he teaches a semester-length course “How to be a Tool: Storytelling Across Disciplines” in collaboration with director Zack Winokur.
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Terry Thompson is a self-taught American artist, born in Chicago, Illinois. He currently lives and work in Baltimore, Maryland. He served in the Army for 9 1/2 years from 1980-1990. He also well-known veteran club dj/producer/promoter with releases on the London, UK record label Defected. During the 80's, Thompson often decorated nightclub parties with his photo-montages and collage works. He produced numerous events over the years including massive parties during the famed Winter Music Conference in Miami. In 1990, Thompson moved to a loft space in downtown Baltimore after a successful Army career. During that period he started his art career with small shows in his loft and eventually branch out to local exhibitions while simultaneously dj'ing and working in corporate America. His art creativity began with figurative collages and paintings influenced by Romare Bearden, Picasso, Miro, Modigliani, and his long-time friend, Spanish painter Salvador Bru. Today, Thompson has his own vocabulary that is a unique blend of colors, shapes, forms, and motifs inspired by dance/dj culture, fashion, design, dreamscapes, and experimental vistas.
Thompson held Artist-in-residence from 1999-2004 at School 33 Art Center. Thompson participated in various exhibitions including: Bianco e Nero, YART Gallery Baltimore (2019), Post Cards from the Edge, Bortolami Gallery (2019) New York, ATM at the Former Robert Miller Gallery (2018) New York, Post Cards from the Edge at Gallery 524 (2018) New York, The ArtBox Project 1.0, Basel, Switzerland (2017), Post Cards from the Edge, Metro Pictures (2017) New York, Art Takes Miami at Scope (2014), Scope, Miami (2012), Sub-Basement Art Gallery (2004, 2008), Galerie Francoise (2012), Flash Art Museum, Trevi, Italy (1998). He holds a Masters of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University.Terry Thompson is an American artist, born in Chicago. Illinois. He currently lives and work in Baltimore, Maryland. Artist-in-residence from 1999-2004 at School 33 Art Center. Thompson participated in various exhibitions including: ATM at the Former Robert Miller Gallery (2018) New York, Post Cards from the Edge at Gallery 524 (2018) New York, The ArtBox Project 1.0, Basel, Switzerland (2017), Post Cards from the Edge, Metro Pictures (2017) New York, Art Takes Miami at Scope (2014), Scope, Miami (2012), Sub-Basement Art Gallery (2004, 2008), Galerie Francoise (2012), Flash Art Museum, Trevi, Italy (1998). He holds a Masters of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University.
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Jade Griffin is a self-taught painter/artist who is originally from and is currently based in Fort Myers Florida. Jade's artwork is a mirror reflection of her mind's inner dialogue, and how she interprets her life experiences. Her work uncovers her story as a black, androgynous female that grew from southern black culture and how the "ideologies" of her upbringing shapes the way she interacts with the world around her today. With her eccentric use of Oil, acrylic, and pastels (soft and oil pastels) Jade creates dynamic, eye-catching bodies of work that are full of movement charged with sensuality, emotion, wit, and sexuality. Jade's overlapping, brushstroke techniques offer a direct but subjective approach to her storytelling in her artwork. In her work, she tells stories exploring sexuality, stereotypes, emotion, gender-fluidity, and African American and LGBTQ culture. In the past years, Jade's work has been exhibited in the Non Profit Organization Love Your Rebellion's : Murals on Tour Traveling Exhibition (2020-2021), Alliance For The Art's Members Group exhibition Titled " Challenging Stereotypes" (2022), and the "JUST SAY GAY" Art exhibition with Fabulous Art Foundation (2022).
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Alyssa Bonk is a digital creator, Founder and Principal at Luck & Hustle PR, a DC-based public relations and social media marketing company proudly serving the beverage and hospitality community, as well as non-profits. CA.
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Rob interviewed Eric and Lynnette Dodson, owners of Cuples Tea House, a small black/woman-owned business in Baltimore, MD selling premium loose-leaf tea, tea accessories and tea education. For us, tea was always something that we enjoyed together, and it was through our love and passion for tea that we discovered Cuples Tea House. We Cuples Tea while researching ideas to create residual income for our family and what we ended up with, was a product that provides alternatives to carbonated, sugar laden drinks. We hope that by introducing people to alternatives to sugary drinks – which contribute to the unhealthy lifestyles of people in urban communities – we start the conversation about redefining how people enjoy healthy beverages.
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Chelsea Gregoire is a consultant, and educator in the hospitality industry. After opening numerous bars, restaurants & hotels for others, Church, opening soon in Baltimore, is their first project as an owner. Chelsea founded Drinkable Genius in 2015, a consultancy focused on supporting business owners in building new restaurant and beverage programs, managing profitability and service standards, and streamlining existing processes to maximize their efforts, particularly amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Always the bartender, Chelsea is passionate about using cocktails and hospitality to generate community and opportunities for others, and was named an Eater Young Gun (2018) and Esquire's Beverage Director of the Year (2019), among other honors. They currently sit on committees for Tales of the Cocktail and Bar Convent Brooklyn, and have taught classes at national and international conferences and in partnership with brands and publications. Chelsea is a Baltimore native with a Master of Arts in Theological Studies. Their experience in building religious communities has defined their holistic approach to career development, equitable systems, and welcoming spaces.
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Rob interviews Lane Levine, the founder and owner of A Friendly Bread, maker of obsessible sourdough snacks, and they discuss the brand, making the move from hobby to business and much more.
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We make delicious, real, naturally leavened sourdough bread. Then we turn it into elevated, obsessible snacks. Enjoy the results of our efforts to take sourdough to its most flavorful limits.
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For someone who was told multiple times as a child, "I would pay to watch you eat," it was a relatively long and winding road to a professional life in food for Jesse Galdston. After myriad jobs in his early 20s (everything from SAT tutoring to research on subseabed nuclear waste disposal), he graduated from the University of Chicago Law School and practiced law in both Chicago and Boston. It was in Boston where Jesse finally gave in to the calls to take up food as a profession, as opposed to just an all-consuming hobby that occupied all of his non-working hours. Starting by stocking shelves and driving deliveries at Formaggio Kitchen Cambridge, a world-class cheese shop and gourmet store, Jesse quickly rose to become a cheesemonger, specialty buyer, cheese cave manager, and senior class instructor. Following a detour into the beverage industry to sell Shacksbury Cider, Jesse was intimately involved in the design and planning for FireFly Farms Market Baltimore at Whitehall Market where he is currently the general manager.
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Hugh Sisson, founder of Heavy Seas Beer, got his start running Sisson’s craft beer bar with his father. In 1986, Sisson met with local legislators to push for the legalization of brew pubs in Baltimore City. A year after he left Sisson’s Brewpub, he started brewing in 1995 as Clipper City Brewing Company. In 2003, Clipper City introduced the Heavy Seas line of beers, and in 2010 the brewery rebranded under the name Heavy Seas. Two years later, Chris Leonard joined the team as Brewmaster, and expansion of the brewery commenced. Today, Heavy Seas is enjoyed by beer lovers nationwide and continues to grow and develop new, daring beers for the world to enjoy. Be fearless. Be bold. Be independent.
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Deyane Moses is a veteran, artist, activist, and curator living in Baltimore, MD. She graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) with a BFA in Photography and an MFA in Curatorial Practice. She received international recognition during her studies for her project, The Maryland Institute Black Archives (MIBA), which documents MICA's Black history from the 1800s to the present and explores its relationship with Black Baltimoreans. MIBA and its accompanying programs prompted MICA’s President to issue a public statement apologizing for the College’s racist past. In 2020, Deyane founded Blackives, LLC a consulting firm that assists Black folk with research, preservation, and mobilization of the archives. She served as a Community Archives Fellow for Inheritance Baltimore and now she is the Public Access Archivist for Afro Charities Inc, which is a not-for-profit organization that preserves 130 years of Baltimore AFRO American Newspaper Archives.
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Juan Webster, General Manager Sagamore Pendry Baltimore, maintains over 15 years of extensive, wide ranging experience in hotel management and operations, and a deep understanding of the Baltimore market. As the first-ever Corporate Director of Social Impact, Juan will create and implement programs and processes to expand our positive impact within our communities. Webster is also the first to hold a position designed to facilitate greater diversity and inclusion in all of our practices in order to foster a true sense of equity for associates across our organization.
Having graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in Sociology, he continued his studies at North Carolina Central University in the Hospitality and Tourism Department and he was also presented with the Doctor of Arts Honoris Causa from Stratford University in Hospitality Management. Though having served within several high-end luxury resort companies, he dedicates a substantial amount of time to acknowledge the need for socioeconomic support within the local Baltimore community.
Juan currently sits on the board of directors for Visit Baltimore, Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Kennedy Krieger Institute's PACT Foundation and Suited to Succeed Baltimore. With the aid of his wife, he founded the LACC Foundation focused on satisfying the immediate needs of the homeless. He has worked with many local and national committees through Baltimore including the Baltimore City Public Schools where he helped uplift students and amplify their achievements both academically and through service.
Webster also provided mentorship and labor to the International Rescue Committee, National Society of Minorities in Hospitality, Union, St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore, Catholic Charities of Baltimore, Choo Smith Foundation and The Movement Team.
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William Jones is a historian, Afrofuturist, author, speaker and educator.
Afrofuturism is a multi-media cultural genre that wields elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and even a little magic to address both the real-world issues facing black people in the present day, and to re-examine and offer up a better way to see ourselves in the future, both in fiction and in reality.
It encompasses the world of sci-fi and fantasy culture from a black perspective, and encourages a breaking down of current, outdated, and widely accepted paradigms to promote a more fully realized and complex black experience. Afrofuturism is intersectional, and, at its heart, about representation and fighting erasure through a kind of cultural activism.
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Dr. Kokahvah Zauditu-Selassie is a retired Professor of English at Coppin State University in the Humanities Department. She earned her Doctorate in the Humanities from Clark Atlanta University. She is the author of “I Got a Home in Dat Rock: Memory, Orisa, and Yoruba Spiritual Identity in African American Literature” in Orisa: Yoruba Gods and Spiritual Identity in Africa and the Diaspora, as well as several journal articles including, “Women Who Know Things: African Epistemologies, Ecocriticism, and Female Spiritual Authority in the Novels of Toni Morrison, Dancing Between Two Realms: Sacred Resistance and Remembrance in African American Culture. She is also the author of an award-winning book of critical essays titled, African Spiritual Traditions in the Novels of Toni Morrison a 2009 publication of the University Press of Florida. Her research focuses on highlighting ritual acts of memory and resistance. A priest of Obàtálá in the Lukumi Yoruba tradition, she is a descendant of a matrilineal group of Vodun believers from New Orleans, Louisiana. Currently she is studying the traditions of Osain in the Lukumi system and in other global African cultures, as well as indigenous systems in the Americas. Her current publication is a novel titled, The Second Line. She can be found on social media at @comptonauthor.
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Born and raised in Washington D.C, Chris Wilson grew up under extremely difficult circumstances. Poverty, drug addiction, and gun violence was the everyday norm in his community. At the age of 17, he was charged with a crime, convicted, and sentenced to natural life in prison. It was during times of isolation that he decided to not only to turn his life around, but to make a difference in the lives of people who currently live in poverty-stricken communities similar to his childhood surroundings. “Many years ago, I committed my life to self-improvement and helping others. I sat in a dark cell and wrote up what I now call my Master Plan. A plan to build a business empire and help others.”
While imprisoned, he earned his high school diploma, graduated from all of the vocational shops, earned an Associate of Arts Degree in Sociology, from Anne Arundel Community College and taught himself to speak and write in several foreign languages. He became a mentor, started a career center, book club and after serving 16 years in prison, he has returned to society a changed man.
He now resides in Baltimore City and is the owner and founder of the Barclay Investment Corporation, a multi-service social enterprise, specializing in residential and commercial contracting work. Barclay works closely with local workforce and social service providers to connect unemployed Baltimore City residents with clients who are in need of a number of services.
His other business ventures include The House of DaVinci, a high-end furniture restoration and design company and Master Plan Productions, a social impact content development company.
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Deverick Murray is the Co-Founder and Director of Programming for the Media Rhythm Institute (MRI).
Media Rhythm Institute is a collective of art development programs focused on strengthening the skills of young creatives in the fields of music, media, and performance. We are driven by a single goal; to do our part in ensuring positive outcomes for emerging creatives by creating viable avenues to pursue artistic talent while achieving independence, responsibility, and well-being. Using Hip Hop as a connector, Media Rhythm Institute delivers programming reflective of community, culture, and the ingenuity of local artists striving to push creativity and expression.
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Matthew Zaremba is a published visual artist whose work has been exhibited across the United States and abroad. Zaremba's work examines the human condition, as well as the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of relationships, communication, and the mind. Zaremba is also the Director, Marketing at Bodega.
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Lewinale Havette is a Liberian artist, who gained knowledge of the socio-political and aesthetic intricacies of the world by growing up exposed to various places, cultures, and beliefs. Her art, like her life, elegantly debunk the historical power structure systems that had previously surrounded her.
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Natalie Cheung received her MFA in Photography from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and her BFA in Photography from the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington, DC. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally; she is a 2022 DC Arts & Humanities Fellowship recipient and has had work represented in numerous collections including the Museum of Fine Art, Houston and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Cheung currently teaches at the George Washington University and has previously taught at the Corcoran College of Art + Design and Temple University, Tyler School of Art. She has been represented by Morton Fine Art since 2014.
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Alyssa Fenix is a black queer neurodivergent artist, Diversity Trainer/Consultant, and founder of the "If I Knew Then Letters Project,” living in Baltimore with her partner, kids, dog, and plants. Her artistic expression includes photography, wood burning, collage art, and creative writing.
Alyssa uses her personal and professional experience working in education and mental health settings to provide a quality framework for clinicians and educators in supporting LGBTQ+ and Neurodivergent youth and young adults through professional development training, Policy/Climate revisions, and coaching and consultation services. She provides a variety of professional development and training opportunities to health systems, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations about Creating Safe and Supportive spaces and practices for marginalized communities as well as provides educational consultative services for families and individuals exploring intersectional identity, with particular emphasis on LGBTQ+ and disability. She has extensive experience providing guidance to organizations in program development to the growing field need for supports.
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Yifan Luo is a Baltimore-based illustrator, storyteller, and creative problem solver. She paints lush vignettes centered around people and food, and makes visual narratives and comics exploring current events and cultural identity. Her work is fueled by an earnest curiosity and the desire to contribute to a more sustainable, connected, and equitable world through compelling visual stories and journalism.
She received a BA from Brown University and an MFA in Illustration Practice from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), where she is an adjunct professor in the Illustration Department. Prior to completing her MFA, she worked as a content manager, designer, and fitness trainer in Boston and Silicon Valley.
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Naima Burrs , M.M., is a violinist and conductor from Richmond, VA. Burrs studied at the University of Northern Iowa where she received a Master of Music degree in violin performance while serving as a Graduate Assistant during her studies. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Naima was featured as a guest on NPR's show "With Good Reason", where she discussed her upbringing and career, and performed works celebrating the contributions of African American composers and musicians.
Burrs has performed as a section violinist with many ensembles including the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, the Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra, and the Waterloo Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra as well as serving as principal second violin with Opera on the James and as concertmaster of Summer Garden Opera.
Naima was one of twelve violinists chosen internationally to participate in the 2014 Scotia Festival of Music, a chamber and orchestral music festival held in Halifax, Nova Scotia where she performed with the legendary cellist Lynn Harrell. Also in 2014, Burrs served as concertmaster for Steven M. Allen's new opera The Poet, starring mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, in Washington, DC. In addition, Burrs served as concertmaster of a chamber orchestra for a PBS documentary about the life and work of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, also featuring the compositions of Steven M. Allen. In 2019, Naima participated in the Colour of Music Festival (COMF) in Columbia, South Carolina as part of the festival orchestra and as a member of the festival’s all-female virtuosi ensemble.
She was one of four conductors chosen to participate in the 2021 Wintergreen Music Festival, as a Summit Conductor, where she worked with master teachers James Ross and Erin Freeman. This July, she will travel to Quebec, Canada to study withYannick Nézet- Séguin and Thomas Rösner through the conducting academy of Domaine Forget at Charlevoix.
Naima was recently appointed Music Director of the Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in Petersburg, Virginia. During the 2021-22 season, she served as conductor of the Hopkins Concert Orchestra and the assistant conductor of the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Beginning in the Fall of 2022, Burrs will also serve as the orchestra director at the University of Richmond.
Burrs is a full time instructor at Virginia State University (Petersburg,VA). She has also served on the faculty at Longwood University (Farmville, VA) and Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden-Sydney, VA). Naima is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree (D.M.A.) in instrumental conducting at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
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Juliano Dutra Aniceto is one of the most significant upcoming conductors of his generation, having worked in the symphonic and in the operatic fields. Currently, Juliano is developing his doctorate studies at The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, under the mentorship of Maestro Marin Alsop, where he served as her graduate assistant. Juliano has appeared as guest conductor and music director in operatic productions in the United States and in South America, having conducted the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Peabody Symphony Orchestra, the São Paulo State Youth Orchestra, São Pedro Opera House, the East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra, ECU Opera Theatre, the São Paulo University Symphony Orchestra, among others.
Juliano is recognized by his versatility among genres, with 12 operatic and 3 music theater productions in his repertoire, including titles as Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel (North Carolina, 2019), Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (Brazil, 2017), Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri, Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto, Janáček’s Katja Kabanová and Věc Makropulos, among others. In 2022, Juliano served as music director and conductor in the recording of the opera Lily, by Garth Baxter.
At Peabody, Juliano is the recipient of the “Artistic Excellence Scholarship.” Juliano also serves as the Executive Assistant for the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship and as Hugh Hawkins Fellow researcher at The Johns Hopkins University (2021).
Juliano has participated in masterclasses with Marin Alsop (his mentor), Kurt Masur, Claudio Cruz, Johannes Schlaefli, Isaac Karabtchevsky, Ernani Aguiar, Martin Schmidt, and Osvaldo Ferreira.
Juliano Aniceto was born in São Paulo – Brazil, started his music education in a social program and, from an early age, his talent was recognized: reviews of his concerts, as a flute soloist, classified him as “A soloist with great future” (Invitation to the Classics, Clovis Marques). In 2022, Juliano joins the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra in the position of Assistant Conductor.
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Ian Power is a composer and performer in Baltimore, USA. Power’s music is inscrutable, warm, insistent, and performer-driven, and has been performed by ensembles and soloists in the US, UK, Germany, Denmark, Israel, and New Zealand.
He released two albums in 2020: Diligence on Edition Wandelweiser Records, featuring long solo works; and Maintenance Hums on Carrier Records, featuring chamber works. Dusted describes him as “a force guiding the rapid-fire development of instrumental syntax and its expressive components.”
Power is Assistant Professor and Director of Arts Production & Management at the University of Baltimore, where he won the Distinguished Teaching Award in 2018. His writing on rhetoric in new music and reviews of CDs and performances are published in TEMPO, and he has lectured at the American Musicological Society, American Studies Association, and universities in the US, UK, and Turkey.
Power studied primarily with Chaya Czernowin, as well as with Steven Takasugi, John Luther Adams, Antoine Beuger, Anthony Burr, Bob Morris, and Dana Wilson. He has degrees from Harvard University, UC San Diego, and Ithaca College.
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Shane Rhinewald has always been a storyteller. For the past 14 years, he has gotten to tell the story of The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, home to the largest collection of toys, dolls, games, and video games in the world. He holds a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in journalism.
About The Strong National Museum of Play
The Strong is one of the largest history museums in the United States and one of the leading museums serving families with highly interactive exhibits and programs. The Strong houses the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of historical materials related to play.
The Strong’s mission is to explore the ways in which play encourages learning, creativity, and discovery, and how it illuminates cultural history.
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Jon Zerivitz is is a Co-founder and director of marketing at Union Craft Brewing, which features a relaxed taproom featuring craft beer & rotating food trucks plus free brewery tours.
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Ashley Miah known as Lee Lee La Cubana, is an Afro-Latina artist from New York City who focuses on acrylic painting. An Honoree of Crain's 20 in their 20's 2022, Ashley enjoys creating art for urban communities and puts events together through her Art Organization, The Culture Candy, for artists to showcase their work and encourage New Yorkers to invest in urban, minority and undiscovered artists. The Culture Candy is a NYC based arts organization that celebrates urban New York City Culture, the arts, and urban & minority artists by providing upcoming artists with showcase opportunities. In addition to The Culture Candy she is the founder of heART Con, a recurring art convention and NYC's official art week. heART Week, her first citywide NYC art week, took place June 2022 and included businesses throughout the five boroughs including Chelsea Market, ARTECHOUSE and more! She aims to continue to create and spread the love she has for her urban upbringing through art.
In her early life, Ashley created art independently leading her to attend a performing arts high school. After attending Fiorello H. LaGuardia
High School of Music & Art she continued to pursue the field and currently holds a B.F.A. from Hunter College. Although she mainly works in acrylics, she is classically trained in figure drawing, photography, graphic design, fashion design and printmaking. Born and raised in the Lower East Side, Ashley creates large works of contemporary pop art paintings that play on 90's pop culture and urban New York City culture, along with paintings and mixed media combining pop culture references and spirituality. This collaboration of ideas is an ode to her upbringing in the 90’s to early millennium in urban New York City, and her family’s Afro-Cuban roots of Santeria in Spirituality. Serving as a reminder of internal riches, Ashley's art signature is the diamond and aims to spread reminders of internal wealth with her current collection through collaborations with Comfiart, Artel & more.
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Tim Fielder is an Illustrator, concept designer, cartoonist, and animator born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and raised in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He has a lifelong love of Visual Afrofutuism, Pulp entertainment, and action films. He holds other Afrofuturists such as Samuel R Delany, Octavia Butler, Pedro Bell, and Overton Lloyd as major influences.
Tim has worked over the years in the storyboarding, film visual development, gaming, comics, and animation industries for clients as varied as Marvel Comics (‘Dr Dre: Man With A Cold Cold Heart’), The Village Voice, Tri-Star Pictures (‘The Mothership Connection’), to Ubisoft Entertainment (‘Batman: Vengeance).
He is known for his graphic novel Matty’s Rocket and his TEDx Talk and BLACK ENTERPRISE interview on the subject of Afrofuturism.
His projects, Matty’s Rocket, INFINITUM, Black Metropolis and High John Conqueror are graphic stories from his company Dieselfunk Studios.
Most recently, his work was showcased in a career retrospective exhibition at The Hammonds House Museum. The show was titled Black Metropolis: 30 Years of Afrofuturism, Comics, Music, Animation, Decapitated Chickens, Heroes, Villains, and Negroes. Very soon Tim will be devoting time the the book variant of Black Metropolis which will be his Memoirs.
He has also worked as an educator for institutions such as New York University, The School of Visual Arts, New York Film Academy and Howard University in the areas of digital animation, concept design, and illustration. Tim has also been an independent animator on his work-in-progress animated film, ‘Harbinger’.
Tim, is an accomplished portrait artist. For decades he has produced illustrations of people from all walks of life from regular folks in the community to Presidents and celebrities. Along with his twin brother Jim, created the art form called Glogging, which showcases his portraits and is implemented in their Youtube and upcoming streaming program called THE DIESELFUNK SHOW.
Due to his years as an instructor, Tim is also well versed and incredibly well-spoken in media and news environments making him ideal for marketing and promotional initiatives. Of particular note is his ability to energetically work with large groups of kids during workshops, as well as actively engaging on book tours to promote his projects.
Tim hopes to push forward with his art in the emerging digital content delivery systems of the day. Dieselfunk Studios is a multimedia company that specializes in narrative stories told in sequential, app, and virtual formats. We strive to move the form forward in traditional and emerging markets.
The artist makes his home with his wife and empty nest in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood of Harlem.
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Monica Pearce is the founder of Tenth Ward Distilling Company, a producer all kinds of spirits, like gin, whiskey and absinthe, as well as canned cocktails. Monica started her career spending 8 years working in the conservation biology field. She received an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park and an Executive Master's in Natural Resources from Virginia Tech. Additionally Monica has over 20 years experience in the service and hospitality industry and 10 plus years experience with marketing, branding and strategic planning.
Monica eventually moved back to her hometown of Frederick, MD where she founded Tenth Ward Distilling Company in July of 2016. She has grown the business from a tasting room and distillery at 1600 square feet and virtually no employees to an expanded cocktail bar and tasting room, private event venue and production facility with a combined square footage of 20,000. Since having started the business, Monica now sits as VP on the board of the Maryland Distillers Guild, is a member of the Frederick Tourism Council Board of Directors, is a graduated fellow from the James Beard Foundation's Women's Leadership Program and was recognized as Frederick County's top 50 under 40 entrepreneurs.
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Noah Smock’s career in social justice started in Baltimore in 2008. He currently has the honor of serving as Executive Director of the Baltimore Community ToolBank. The ToolBank enhances access to tools, equipment, and expertise for community organizations, amplifying their efforts to strengthen and celebrate diverse neighborhoods.
Previously, Smock served as Assistant Director of the Student Outreach Resource Center at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore and as Director of Community Outreach for Living Classrooms Foundation in Baltimore.
Smock currently serves on the board of directors for the South Baltimore Gateway Partnership, an organization focused on environmental sustainability, health and wellness, and community development and revitalization in a targeted zone in Southwest Baltimore City. Additionally, he serves the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps Alumni Advisory Committee as its inaugural board President.
Past board service includes as President of the Carroll-Camden Business Association (CCBA), board chair of Black is the New Green (BNG), and treasurer of The 6th Branch.
Smock has been honored with awards and recognition of his work in the community sector, including recognition as a Birdland Community Hero by the Baltimore Orioles (2019) and as a Homecoming Hero by Baltimore Homecoming (2022).
Smock earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the University of California, San Diego and is prouder to have been a transfer student from San Diego City College. He is an alum of AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, a year of service that shaped his interest and experience working within community settings.
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Melanie Royster is a Multifaceted Visual Artist. Art has always been a passion of hers. Growing up shy and quiet, she has always used art to express herself and tell stories. Melanie really dives into her work and is not afraid to be vulnerable. When you look at her work you can also tell that she is not afraid to experiment with different media or to try different techniques, which really defines her as an artist.
Melanie studied Interior Design at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Arts and is currently working towards growing in her art career. She believes that studying Interior Design has helped her learn to connect with people. When designing for clients she focuses a lot on healing effects of the client’s space, knowing that the design will affect their energy and productivity. She now uses that same practice when it comes to her art, especially when working with other brands.
She wants to make people feel and reflect. Melanie’s design style is influenced by Caribbean and West African cultures, stemming in part from her Jamaican background. A lot of her concepts are centered on the power and worth of women, especially women of color. She also finds Nature to be very grounding in her work and incorporates it in almost every piece. Texture and vibrant colors are also used to highlight important messages and stories, adding movement to her pieces.
With regard to her art career, Melanie is striving to grow and create as much as possible, based on concepts that are really important to her. She does not want to focus on trends and on what’s “popular”. Authenticity is her goal. Melanie offers many different creative services when it comes to her artwork and hopes to use her talents to impact positively those who come across her work.
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James Knill is a South Florida based artist. He is a self-taught, freestyle photographer. He began his exploration of photography almost three decades ago with 35mm film and slides. As a photographer, James’ work explores many subjects such as landscape, portraits, surfing and street photography. His works reveal his affinity for surrealism and captures an essence of peace, natural beauty, magnificence and divinity. His photos illustrate a profound personal relation between man and nature, different environments he encounters and the raw candidness of his subjects. His passions for travel, surf and exploration echo throughout his volumes of work.
Currently, James and his wife own and operate the Amanda James Gallery in Delray Beach, Florida.
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James Knill is a South Florida based artist. He is a self-taught, freestyle photographer. He began his exploration of photography almost three decades ago with 35mm film and slides. As a photographer, James’ work explores many subjects such as landscape, portraits, surfing and street photography. His works reveal his affinity for surrealism and captures an essence of peace, natural beauty, magnificence and divinity. His photos illustrate a profound personal relation between man and nature, different environments he encounters and the raw candidness of his subjects. His passions for travel, surf and exploration echo throughout his volumes of work.
Currently, James and his wife own and operate the Amanda James Gallery in Delray Beach, Florida.
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Chris Clark is a self-taught visual artist, illustrator, and muralist living and working in Jacksonville, FL. Art, to him, is a form of journalism. Using acrylic, oil, ink, and spray paint, he explores the rich culture and history of the Black community across the diaspora and the social issues affecting them today. For Clark, reflecting the human figure is very powerful, which is why he uses graphic-style portraiture and figurative works to depict Black life in America through his personal lens of a Black man, husband, and father. At the core of his work is the notion that representation matters. As the artist explains, “By telling my story, I want to help the viewer rediscover theirs.” Clark’s artwork has been shown in exhibitions around the U.S. and abroad, including “21 Piece Salute: A Salute to the Ancestors Who Lost Their Lives in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre” at the black Wall Street Gallery in New York, NY, and “Through Our Eyes: Journey to South Africa” at the nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He has received multiple art awards and grants for his work. Clark was chosen to participate in the House of Sedulo Artist Residency in London, UK and the Chateau Orquevaux Artist Residency in Champagne-Ardenne, France in 2022-2023. Most recently he completed his first artist fellowship the DEAR (Digital Evolution Artist Retention) fellowship through the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute in New York, New York.
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Chris Clark is a self-taught visual artist, illustrator, and muralist living and working in Jacksonville, FL. Art, to him, is a form of journalism. Using acrylic, oil, ink, and spray paint, he explores the rich culture and history of the Black community across the diaspora and the social issues affecting them today. For Clark, reflecting the human figure is very powerful, which is why he uses graphic-style portraiture and figurative works to depict Black life in America through his personal lens of a Black man, husband, and father. At the core of his work is the notion that representation matters. As the artist explains, “By telling my story, I want to help the viewer rediscover theirs.” Clark’s artwork has been shown in exhibitions around the U.S. and abroad, including “21 Piece Salute: A Salute to the Ancestors Who Lost Their Lives in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre” at the black Wall Street Gallery in New York, NY, and “Through Our Eyes: Journey to South Africa” at the nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He has received multiple art awards and grants for his work. Clark was chosen to participate in the House of Sedulo Artist Residency in London, UK and the Chateau Orquevaux Artist Residency in Champagne-Ardenne, France in 2022-2023. Most recently he completed his first artist fellowship the DEAR (Digital Evolution Artist Retention) fellowship through the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute in New York, New York.
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James Piper Bond is President and CEO of Living Classrooms Foundation, a non-profit educational organization that provides hands-on education and job training programs in challenging settings.
From one of the oldest families in Baltimore, Maryland, James Piper Bond has seen the city face its share of challenges, but he has also seen the opportunities to provide its community members new experiences that may not have been previously available. After sailing across the South Pacific, he returned to Baltimore in 1986 and began working with the Lady Maryland Foundation as a volunteer, later becoming the Foundation’s first full-time employee as education director. The Lady Maryland Foundation was later renamed to Living Classrooms in 1992. Since joining the nonprofit over 30 years ago, James Piper Bond has devoted his time and energy to building connections with people of all ages and to developing experiences to work toward disrupting the cycle of poverty.
About Living Classrooms Foundation
Established in 1985 using unique learning environments, Living Classrooms provides access to more equitable education, workforce development, community safety, and health and wellness opportunities that enable individuals to achieve their aspirations and build safer, stronger, and healthier communities for all.
For over three decades, we have collaborated with community members in Baltimore and Washington, DC to create diverse programs that are community-driven, research-based, and ultimately designed to disrupt the ecosystem of poverty that can be directly traced to historic and contemporary racial, social, and economic disparities. Our programs and best practices value the priorities and aspirations of community members and deliver both opportunity and results.
From serving a few hundred people in our initial year with the building of the educational vessel Lady Maryland, Living Classrooms has grown to serve over 30,000 children, youth, and adults annually at 30 different sites across the Baltimore and Washington, DC region.
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Jocelyn Broadwick is Highlandtown's reigning "Mistress of Smut". As host and curator of Baltimore's randiest reading series, An Evening of Vintage Smut (https://linktr.ee/eveningofvintagesmut), she reads porn novels from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, aloud in public- and occasionally around the world on the Internet- as a part of the Highlandtown Arts District's First Friday Art Walks.
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BeMo Brown is a producer, curator, and creative impresario based in Washington DC. From producing large festivals like the DC Funk Parade and PBR’s Flower Bomb Festival to curating intimate and sophisticated events like Urbane and Parlor-styled discussions, BeMo has exhibited a keen understanding of the DC creative industry. Bryant recognizes the patterns of engagement as it pertains to providing high-quality events often featuring emerging talent based in DC. Publicly, you can hear Bryant hosting the “Wake N Bake With BeMo” podcast and live morning show analyzing patterns in modern culture.
Behind the scenes, Bryant is hard at work transforming content from his Iive-produced shows into permanent media including albums, podcasts, cassettes and web series. In addition, Bryant has a talent for using his expertise to create revenue streams for various artists. He recognizes that as the DC creative industry is growing, DC can not spare another second as the call of other cities' creative industries grows louder. As such, Bryant has provided opportunities for DC-based artists to establish themselves as headliners for larger opportunities in DC and nationally.
In DC's creative industry, there are several artists who have grown beyond the hobbyist nature of open mics but who have yet to catch their big break. Bryant has done a phenomenal job of recognizing these talented individuals, providing sophisticated and worthwhile opportunities while protecting the legacy of DC culture. The creative space that Bryant occupies is not glamorous or subsidized by guarantees but BeMo is brave enough to risk his personal success for the betterment of the creative industry. Some call that foolish, I call it right.
Sponsored by Creative Affairs Office, Office of Cable Television, Film, Music & Entertainment.
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BeMo Brown is a producer, curator, and creative impresario based in Washington DC. From producing large festivals like the DC Funk Parade and PBR’s Flower Bomb Festival to curating intimate and sophisticated events like Urbane and Parlor-styled discussions, BeMo has exhibited a keen understanding of the DC creative industry. Bryant recognizes the patterns of engagement as it pertains to providing high-quality events often featuring emerging talent based in DC. Publicly, you can hear Bryant hosting the “Wake N Bake With BeMo” podcast and live morning show analyzing patterns in modern culture.
Behind the scenes, Bryant is hard at work transforming content from his Iive-produced shows into permanent media including albums, podcasts, cassettes and web series. In addition, Bryant has a talent for using his expertise to create revenue streams for various artists. He recognizes that as the DC creative industry is growing, DC can not spare another second as the call of other cities' creative industries grows louder. As such, Bryant has provided opportunities for DC-based artists to establish themselves as headliners for larger opportunities in DC and nationally.
In DC's creative industry, there are several artists who have grown beyond the hobbyist nature of open mics but who have yet to catch their big break. Bryant has done a phenomenal job of recognizing these talented individuals, providing sophisticated and worthwhile opportunities while protecting the legacy of DC culture. The creative space that Bryant occupies is not glamorous or subsidized by guarantees but BeMo is brave enough to risk his personal success for the betterment of the creative industry. Some call that foolish, I call it right.
Sponsored by Creative Affairs Office, Office of Cable Television, Film, Music & Entertainment.
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Lee Johnson-Lowe, Director Of Sales Marketing at Lord Baltimore Hotel. Johnson-Lowe is responsible for leading and coaching the sales & catering team as well as personally highly motivated sales person. Creativity, innovation and differentiators are a specialty. Focusing on the relationship and loyalty with my clients has been a crucial part of my success. Accommodating association and corporate groups with their hotel, meeting and conference needs.
About Lord Baltimore Hotel
At the time of its construction in 1928, the 23-story Lord Baltimore Hotel was the largest hotel in Maryland. Named for George Calvert, Lord Baltimore and founder of the Maryland colony, it was the last high-rise building with classical ornamentation erected in downtown Baltimore. The lobby has graciously welcomed guests with its stately columns and traditional appointments for nearly a century, while the guestrooms offer a level of comfort that is unmatched to this day. High-tech amenities are located throughout the hotel, from its accommodations to the event spaces. Located downtown, the Lord Baltimore Hotel is a short walk to many prime attractions such as the Inner Harbor, the National Aquarium, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and M&T Bank Stadium.
Lord Baltimore Hotel has been named to these Historic Hotels of America Top 25 Lists
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Lee Johnson-Lowe, Director Of Sales Marketing at Lord Baltimore Hotel. Johnson-Lowe is responsible for leading and coaching the sales & catering team as well as personally highly motivated sales person. Creativity, innovation and differentiators are a specialty. Focusing on the relationship and loyalty with my clients has been a crucial part of my success. Accommodating association and corporate groups with their hotel, meeting and conference needs.
About Lord Baltimore Hotel
At the time of its construction in 1928, the 23-story Lord Baltimore Hotel was the largest hotel in Maryland. Named for George Calvert, Lord Baltimore and founder of the Maryland colony, it was the last high-rise building with classical ornamentation erected in downtown Baltimore. The lobby has graciously welcomed guests with its stately columns and traditional appointments for nearly a century, while the guestrooms offer a level of comfort that is unmatched to this day. High-tech amenities are located throughout the hotel, from its accommodations to the event spaces. Located downtown, the Lord Baltimore Hotel is a short walk to many prime attractions such as the Inner Harbor, the National Aquarium, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and M&T Bank Stadium.
Lord Baltimore Hotel has been named to these Historic Hotels of America Top 25 Lists
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Ben Otterbein, vice president of Otterbein's Cookies. Otterbein’s Bakery, the family-owned business established in 1881. Otterbein's Cookies is celebrating its 140th year in business this year and remains a Baltimore staple.
About Otterbein's Cookies
A family of German immigrants would come to Baltimore, Maryland and start a little bakery near Fort McHenry (Oh say, can you see!), where Adam Otterbein would create a crispy, buttery sugar cookie that an entire city would fall in love with. For Otterbein's Cookies, it's simple baking. simple pleasures. And they wouldn’t want it any other way.
PHOTO BY ERIC STOCKLIN; ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH PRICE
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Evan Serpick is a communications professional with backgrounds in journalism and social justice activism. He is currently the program manager for communications and narrative change at Open Society Institute-Baltimore, and previously served as the editor-in-chief of Baltimore’s weekly City Paper, senior editor at Baltimore magazine, and associate editor at Rolling Stone. Evan has also been a lifelong community activist, serving in a wide range of roles, including as an Ambassador for Baltimore Ceasefire and Social Action Committee Chair for Beth Am Synagogue. He lives in Baltimore City with his wife Brenda, an English teacher at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, and his sons Jack and Benny.
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Evan Serpick is a communications professional with backgrounds in journalism and social justice activism. He is currently the program manager for communications and narrative change at Open Society Institute-Baltimore, and previously served as the editor-in-chief of Baltimore’s weekly City Paper, senior editor at Baltimore magazine, and associate editor at Rolling Stone. Evan has also been a lifelong community activist, serving in a wide range of roles, including as an Ambassador for Baltimore Ceasefire and Social Action Committee Chair for Beth Am Synagogue. He lives in Baltimore City with his wife Brenda, an English teacher at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, and his sons Jack and Benny.
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Christine Vineyard is a local DC artist and art teacher, working with all mediums and a concentration in photography, drawing and painting. She has her BFA in Art Education and a Masters of Art Education with a focus on curriculum writing. Christine is originally from Atlanta, GA where she taught at an international charter school before relocating to DC to continue her teaching career. Christine has worked with all ages from preschool to adults and is excited about sharing her knowledge and love of art with others.
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Christine Vineyard is a local DC artist and art teacher, working with all mediums and a concentration in photography, drawing and painting. She has her BFA in Art Education and a Masters of Art Education with a focus on curriculum writing. Christine is originally from Atlanta, GA where she taught at an international charter school before relocating to DC to continue her teaching career. Christine has worked with all ages from preschool to adults and is excited about sharing her knowledge and love of art with others.
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Chip Py began taking photographs at a young age while he tagged along with his father, a reporter. He studied history at East Carolina University and moved to Washington, DC in 1988. An avid live music fan, Chip Py has been shooting DC bands of all genres for over 20 years. Py has spent the last 12 years photo documenting Washington DC's underground Go-Go music scene and was Chuck Brown's photographer. One of his photographs is on permanent display as part of Chuck Brown Memorial Park. His go-go portfolio was acquired by the People’s Archive of the DC Public Library in 2020 and the Washington City Paper gave him the Editor’s Choice Award for his work in 2021. In November of 2020 Py releases the first ten numbers is a limited edition of Fine Art Chuck Brown prints. In February of 2022 Chip Py's book "DC Go-Go: Ten Years Backstage" was published by The History Press.
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Zoë Charlton (Baltimore, MD) creates figure drawings, collages, installations, and animations that depict her subject’s relationship to culturally loaded objects and landscapes. Charlton received her MFA degree from the University of Texas at Austin and participated in residencies at Artpace (TX), McColl Center for Art + Innovation (NC), Ucross Foundation (WY), the Skowhegan School of Painting (ME), and the Patterson Residency at the Creative Alliance (MD).
Her work has been included in national and international exhibitions including The Delaware Contemporary (DE), the Harvey B. Gantt Center (NC), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (AR), Studio Museum of Harlem (NY), Contemporary Art Museum (TX), the Zacheta National Gallery of Art (Poland), and Haas & Fischer Gallery (Switzerland).
She is a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner grant (2012) and a Rubys grant (2014). Museum collections include The Phillips Collection (DC), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (AR), Birmingham Museum of Art (AL), and Studio Museum in Harlem (NY). Charlton co-founded ‘sindikit, a collaborative art initiative, with artist Tim Doud to engage their respective research in gender, sexuality, and race.
Charlton is a Professor of Art at American University in Washington, D.C., holds a seat on the Maryland State Arts Council, a board member at the Washington Project for the Arts (DC), and a national board member at Threewalls (IL).
Her work is included in “A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration”, a traveling group exhibition co-curated by Chief Curator Ryan Dennis of the Mississippi Museum of Art, and Curator and Department Head of Contemporary Art Jessica Bell Brown of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Charlton was an artist in-residence at The Brodsky Center at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in spring 2022 and participated in the Crosstown Arts residency in Nashville, TN in summer 2022. Charlton is serving on an 8-member steering committee at the Baltimore Museum of Art to reimagine equitable and accountable structures and functions of cultural institutions within diverse local and regional communities.
As ‘sindikit, Zoë Charlton and Tim Doud co-edited Out of Place: Artists, Pedagogy, and Purpose available through Punctum Books. Broad in scope, Out of Place: Artists, Pedagogy, and Purpose presents an overview of the different paths taken by artists and artist collectives as they navigate their way from formative experiences into pedagogy.
**photo Credit Grace Roselli, Pandora's BoxX Project
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Zoë Charlton (Baltimore, MD) creates figure drawings, collages, installations, and animations that depict her subject’s relationship to culturally loaded objects and landscapes. Charlton received her MFA degree from the University of Texas at Austin and participated in residencies at Artpace (TX), McColl Center for Art + Innovation (NC), Ucross Foundation (WY), the Skowhegan School of Painting (ME), and the Patterson Residency at the Creative Alliance (MD).
Her work has been included in national and international exhibitions including The Delaware Contemporary (DE), the Harvey B. Gantt Center (NC), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (AR), Studio Museum of Harlem (NY), Contemporary Art Museum (TX), the Zacheta National Gallery of Art (Poland), and Haas & Fischer Gallery (Switzerland).
She is a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner grant (2012) and a Rubys grant (2014). Museum collections include The Phillips Collection (DC), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (AR), Birmingham Museum of Art (AL), and Studio Museum in Harlem (NY). Charlton co-founded ‘sindikit, a collaborative art initiative, with artist Tim Doud to engage their respective research in gender, sexuality, and race.
Charlton is a Professor of Art at American University in Washington, D.C., holds a seat on the Maryland State Arts Council, a board member at the Washington Project for the Arts (DC), and a national board member at Threewalls (IL).
Her work is included in “A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration”, a traveling group exhibition co-curated by Chief Curator Ryan Dennis of the Mississippi Museum of Art, and Curator and Department Head of Contemporary Art Jessica Bell Brown of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Charlton was an artist in-residence at The Brodsky Center at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in spring 2022 and participated in the Crosstown Arts residency in Nashville, TN in summer 2022. Charlton is serving on an 8-member steering committee at the Baltimore Museum of Art to reimagine equitable and accountable structures and functions of cultural institutions within diverse local and regional communities.
As ‘sindikit, Zoë Charlton and Tim Doud co-edited Out of Place: Artists, Pedagogy, and Purpose available through Punctum Books. Broad in scope, Out of Place: Artists, Pedagogy, and Purpose presents an overview of the different paths taken by artists and artist collectives as they navigate their way from formative experiences into pedagogy.
**photo Credit Grace Roselli, Pandora's BoxX Project
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James Spooner is a graphic novelist, tattoo artist, illustrator, and filmmaker. He directed the seminal documentary AFRO-PUNK which premiered at national and international film festivals, including Toronto International and The American Black Film Festival. James also co-founded the Afropunk Festival, which currently boasts audiences in the hundreds of thousands around the world. His debut graphic novel, The High Desert is available now.
Spooner’s work has been recounted in various publications, including NPR, Vice Magazine, The Village Voice, The New Yorker, Vibe, Fader Magazine, MTV, NBC News and Variety, and he was a recipient of the ReNew Media Rockefeller Grant. He is an ongoing guest curator for the Broad Museum in Los Angeles and previously programmed for the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Spooner is also a contributor to RazorCake Magazine, and he continues to screen AFRO-PUNK at colleges around the country, giving talks on punk and Black identity. He is currently co-editing an anthology from Soft Skull Press entitled, Black Punk Now.
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Keith Knight is many things–rapper, social activist, father and educator among them. He is also one of the funniest and most highly regarded cartoonists in America.
For nearly three decades, this multi-award-winning artist has brought the funny back to the funny pages with a uniquely personal style that’s a cross between Calvin & Hobbes, MAD, and underground comix.
Keith Knight is part of a generation of African-American artists who were raised on hip-hop, infusing their work with urgency, edge, humor, satire, politics and race. His art has appeared in various publications worldwide, including the Washington Post, the New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, the Nib, Ebony, ESPN the Magazine, MAD Magazine, and the Funny Times .
In 2020, the world was introduced to Knight’s work in a whole new way–as the inspiration for the live-action streaming television series, Woke, courtesy of Hulu. Knight serves as a co-creator, writer, and executive producer on the show, currently working on season 2.
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Kesha Bruce, Born and raised in Iowa, she completed a BFA from the University of Iowa before earning an MFA in painting from Hunter College in New York City. Kesha Bruce has been awarded fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), The Vermont Studio Center, The CAMAC Foundation and the Puffin Foundation. Her work is included in the collections of The Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture (14 pieces), The Amistad Center for Art and Culture, The University of Iowa Women's Center, The En Foco Photography Collection and MOMA's Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection. She has been represented by Morton Fine Art since 2011.
Morton Fine Art is pleased to announce Take Me to the Water, a solo exhibition of mixed-media paintings by artist Kesha Bruce. An intuitive combination of painting, collage and textile art, Bruce’s work represents the culmination of a holistic creative practice developed by the artist over several decades. Her eighth exhibition with the gallery, Take Me to the Water will be on view from September 17 to October 11, 2022 at Morton’s Washington, D.C. space.
The wall works of Kesha Bruce are less discrete executions of a concerted vision than the steady accumulation of a long creative process. Referred to by the artist simply as paintings, these mixed-media compositions are in fact patchworks of painted fabric, individually selected from Bruce’s vast archive and pasted directly onto the canvas in a textile collage that can sometimes resemble a quilt. The result of a slow and perpetual artistic method, each work represents hours of treatment, selection and juxtaposition until the whole becomes manifestly greater than its parts. Bruce’s process ends with her titling of each work: a poetic articulation of what the work is at this point capable of expressing for itself.
Much like water, the routine behind Bruce’s artmaking is cyclical and in service to a greater equilibrium – a pointed contrast to many of the epitomic works that make up much of the traditional art histories of the past several centuries, and which tend to aggressively emphasize rupture, madness and unsustainability as the most fruitful mothers of invention. Bruce’s process is distinctly different, and points to more a promising alternative for artmaking, in which creativity and lived experience are inseparably intertwined. For Bruce, this means that art can be not only a form of self-care but an act of self-discovery. Noting that her color palette has become markedly warmer since she moved to Arizona (where she currently serves as the Director of Artist’s Programs for the state’s Commission on the Arts), the artist delineates her method as a form of strategic openness – making room and taking time to allow the materials to guide her toward their final form, rather than the other way around.
The show's title, Take Me to the Water, alludes to a 1969 rendition of the traditional gospel song by Nina Simone at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Bruce locates something transcendent in the recording of Simone’s performance that encapsulates what any form of artmaking, at its best, can be: a conversation between oneself and the divine. Deftly aware of the elemental power of water as a force that follows its own paths and forms its own shapes, Bruce identifies her artistic process closely with this element, and notes how the transcendental effects which result from it can be as overwhelming and rhythmic as the ocean waves of Big Sur.
As an exhibiting artist for over 25 years, Bruce has steadily oriented her craft toward capturing and encouraging the process of artmaking as an end in its own right – a way both of making something new and taking stock of oneself. As an administrator who oversees the creative programming for the entire state of Arizona, Bruce is intuitively attuned to the reciprocal relationship between transcendent acts of self-expression and the quotidian struggle to survive. In this role, she is a mentor and advocate for hundreds of other artists; the example she sets in her own artistic practice, with its emphasis on personal growth over commercial capitulation, thus becomes a form of potent political praxis.
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Yiselle Santos Rivera, AIA, NOMA, LSSYB, LEED AP, WELL AP is a Principal and Global Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion at HKS, Inc. Yiselle seeks to dismantle barriers, bring visibility and voice to underrepresented designers, and create equitable practices through inclusive workplace strategies. As an architect and medical planner, Yiselle amplifies the voices of marginalized communities encouraging processes of co-creation and designing spaces that provide equitable access to care. She is a trusted advisor to firm leaders and clients as they begin their journeys to build more diverse, equitable, and inclusive organizations.
She is the co-founder of the Latin American Interior Designers, Engineers, and Architects (LA.IDEA) DC Committee and founder of “Women Inspiring Emerging Leaders in Design” (WIELD), which received the 2019 AIA Diversity Program Recognition Award. Yiselle has served on the AIA National Associated Committee (NAC) as 2015-16 Mid-Atlantic Regional Associate Director and 2017-18 At-Large Director of Advocacy and Community Engagement. During her tenure, the Emerging Professionals WolfPAC won the AIA ArchiPAC’s ArchiCup for most money raised and greatest number of donors. Later, she served as the 2019 Strategic Council Associate Director and in 2020, served on the AIA National Board as Associate Representative. As a member of the 2020 AIA COVID-19 Health Impact Task Force, Ms. Santos Rivera led the creation of the Additional Considerations section of the AIA Alternative Care Site Preparedness Assessment Tool V2.0 providing measures in support of ethnically diverse and marginalized populations, now translated into 3 languages. During this time, Yiselle also served a two-year term on the AIA Equity and the Future of Architecture Committee, supporting the development of the AIA Guides for Equitable Practice Executive Summaries.
Currently, Ms. Santos Rivera is the AIA DC Chapter Board 2022 Vice President/2023 President-Elect and the NOMA Chair of Research and Development. Yiselle is a national speaker, featured author in book “Latinas in Architecture: Stories of raising the 1% one Latina at a time”, and has been featured on various industry podcasts. She is a storyteller, a 2015 Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program Scholar, and recipient of the 2018 AIA Associate Award and the 2022 AIA Young Architect Award.
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Susan Dorsey is an artist and educator inspired by the constant iteration, evolution, expansion, overlapping, and layering of systems in the natural world. Using drawing, collage, and painting, she emphasizes its complexity to inspire creative dreams; the building of worlds that push beyond structures which hold our imagination captive. She combines her art and science backgrounds as a means of storytelling within her work. Her aim is to share nature’s blueprints for positive futures that support collective growth, lessons she applies to her education practice. Because of her unique contributions to the education field, Susan was named a Grosvenor Teacher Fellow with Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic. She received the 2019 Eastern Region Museum Educator Art Educator Award, and the 2017 Maryland Museum Art Educator of the Year Award. Susan is a consultant on education projects with the National Park Foundation and the National Park Service.
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Margaret Rorison is filmmaker and curator from Baltimore, MD. Her short films are intuitive and personal investigations into urban and corporeal landscapes. Her current work focuses on portraiture, memory, and concepts of absence. She is interested in the potential of storytelling through the use of 16mm projection, performance, and sound. Her practice is dedicated to the preservation of knowledge and community of analog filmmaking and experimental processes; often incorporating tools of early photographic history with motion picture filmmaking. She received her BA from UMD, College Park in Creative Writing and Spanish Literature, and a MFA in Photographic & Electronic Media from MICA. Her work has been exhibited at various festivals and venues including Anthology Film Archives, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Images Festival, Miami PULSE Art Fair, Mono No Aware Festival of Expanded Cinema, Microscope Gallery, The Museum of The Moving Image, The National Gallery of Art, Open City Documentary Film Festival in London, and The Walker Art Center.
She is the co-founder and curator of the experimental film series, Sight Unseen which ran from 2012 -2022. The series has been recognized for its role in the artistic community and has received numerous operational grants from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The MICA Launch Artists in Baltimore Award, Artists Public Domain, The Contemporary Grit Fund Grant, and the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. The series has worked with over 50 contemporary filmmakers to come and present their work in Baltimore. She is a 35mm and digital projectionist at The National Gallery of Art in D.C. film instructor, and program manager for the Film Department at The Baltimore School for The Arts.
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Julia Golonka is an editor and cinematographer with a degree in film from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has worked on documentaries covering a diverse range of topics, including fine artists, prisoner reentry, and Anatomy of Wings, a film 12 years in the making about an after-school program that became a family. She was a 2019 Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund Fellow for her documentary about one of the first women to front a bluegrass band, and recently co-produced Do Whatever You Want All the Time: The Baltimore Music Scene 2005-2020. She currently works as a Senior Editor and Producer at a Baltimore-based production company.
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Julia Golonka is an editor and cinematographer with a degree in film from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has worked on documentaries covering a diverse range of topics, including fine artists, prisoner reentry, and Anatomy of Wings, a film 12 years in the making about an after-school program that became a family. She was a 2019 Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund Fellow for her documentary about one of the first women to front a bluegrass band, and recently co-produced Do Whatever You Want All the Time: The Baltimore Music Scene 2005-2020. She currently works as a Senior Editor and Producer at a Baltimore-based production company.
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Annette Porter is the Director of the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund at Johns Hopkins University. She began her work at Johns Hopkins in 2017 with a mission to identify and empower bold and talented voices from underrepresented communities in film, television, and virtual reality industries. She also serves as Producer and Director of Nylon Films, and is an experienced Director with a demonstrated history of working in the media production industry.
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Annette Porter is the Director of the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund at Johns Hopkins University. She began her work at Johns Hopkins in 2017 with a mission to identify and empower bold and talented voices from underrepresented communities in film, television, and virtual reality industries. She also serves as Producer and Director of Nylon Films, and is an experienced Director with a demonstrated history of working in the media production industry.
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Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund
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Annie Howe is a Baltimore-based papercut artist. Annie’s intricate papercuts are used for a variety of projects including illustration, surface design, and three-dimensional work.
After graduating from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Fiber, Annie Howe in community arts for many years, creating and contributing to the Baltimore art community with large-scale puppetry and shadow puppets. As her love for storytelling grew through this large medium, she found her focus as an artist shifting from large 3D objects to that of the smaller more intimate medium of paper. She founded Annie Howe Papercuts in 2010, creating handmade papercuts for businesses, publications, and private collections, and has not stopped papercutting since!
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Annie Howe is a Baltimore-based papercut artist. Annie’s intricate papercuts are used for a variety of projects including illustration, surface design, and three-dimensional work.
After graduating from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Fiber, Annie Howe in community arts for many years, creating and contributing to the Baltimore art community with large-scale puppetry and shadow puppets. As her love for storytelling grew through this large medium, she found her focus as an artist shifting from large 3D objects to that of the smaller more intimate medium of paper. She founded Annie Howe Papercuts in 2010, creating handmade papercuts for businesses, publications, and private collections, and has not stopped papercutting since!
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About Adam Rodgers
Father-to-three Adam Rodgers is a writer/director whose work is thematically steeped in dad-ness, from his first spec screenplay sale to Universal about a cop-dad (“Moving Elliot”) to his first produced tv movie about a prison guard/track coach-dad (“Racing for Time”) to his feature film directing debut ("At Middleton") about a college-tour-dad. His Academy Award shortlisted film, “The Response,” a courtroom drama about the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals, has no dad stuff whatsoever – but hey, Academy Award shortlist!
About Tom Ventimiglia
Just when his wife became pregnant with their first child, Tom decided to make "The Founders," a documentary about the Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA). With the birth of his third child, his feature screenplay “When We Fall” earned a development grant at the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund in Film and Media at Johns Hopkins University. Now he teaches screenwriting at BSA's Charles C. Baum Film and Visual Storytelling Department. His fiction has appeared in magazines such as The Baltimore Review and The Potomac Review. Tom is widely considered to be the daddiest dad in all of daddy-land.
About Turf Valley
Three stay-at-home dads who discuss life’s “big” questions for six, maybe seven minutes tops.
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About Adam Rodgers
Father-to-three Adam Rodgers is a writer/director whose work is thematically steeped in dad-ness, from his first spec screenplay sale to Universal about a cop-dad (“Moving Elliot”) to his first produced tv movie about a prison guard/track coach-dad (“Racing for Time”) to his feature film directing debut ("At Middleton") about a college-tour-dad. His Academy Award shortlisted film, “The Response,” a courtroom drama about the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals, has no dad stuff whatsoever – but hey, Academy Award shortlist!
About Tom Ventimiglia
Just when his wife became pregnant with their first child, Tom decided to make "The Founders," a documentary about the Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA). With the birth of his third child, his feature screenplay “When We Fall” earned a development grant at the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund in Film and Media at Johns Hopkins University. Now he teaches screenwriting at BSA's Charles C. Baum Film and Visual Storytelling Department. His fiction has appeared in magazines such as The Baltimore Review and The Potomac Review. Tom is widely considered to be the daddiest dad in all of daddy-land.
About Turf Valley
Three stay-at-home dads who discuss life’s “big” questions for six, maybe seven minutes tops.
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Rhonda Pringle is the Market President and Publisher for the Baltimore Business Journal. In this role she oversees the coordinated efforts of editorial, advertising, events and audience development to promote strategic growth in all areas and adherence to the mission of The Business Journals.
Rhonda has over 25 years of media and marketing experience, having started her career as a reporter with the Florida Times-Union and then in various sales and marketing management roles for some of the largest media companies in the U.S. where she worked with small businesses and Fortune 100 companies. Rhonda was recognized as a “World Class Leader” by the National Ad Council and “A Leader to Watch” by the National Association of Black Journalists. Since joining American City Business Journals in 2015, she has been recognized with four Eagle Awards for outstanding performance.
A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Rhonda is a proud graduate of the University of Florida, where she holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Journalism and Advertising. A passionate proponent of child welfare, Rhonda served several years on the grant review board of the Season for Sharing Foundation and is a charter board member of BESTWA, a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting with the needs of children in Liberia. She currently sits on the Center Club’s Board of Governors and is a board member of Executive Alliance of Greater Baltimore, Ronald McDonald House Charities -MD, Live Baltimore, GBC Women’s Advisory and a number of other committees, as well as the 2021 class of Leadership Baltimore County.
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Nicholas Mitchel is the Producer & Cofounder at Noisy Tenants, a creative agency with a special focus on social impact. He creates and manages development (workforce, financial, fundraising, grants) projects supporting the residents of Greenmount West and neighboring communities in Baltimore.
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Nicholas Mitchel is the Producer & Cofounder at Noisy Tenants, a creative agency with a special focus on social impact. He creates and manages development (workforce, financial, fundraising, grants) projects supporting the residents of Greenmount West and neighboring communities in Baltimore.
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Delali Dzirasa is the CEO and founder of Fearless, a full stack digital services firm in Baltimore, Maryland with a mission to create software with a soul — tools that empower communities and make a difference. He’s also the CEO and founder of Fearless Sports, an apparel company with a mission to ignite, equip, and uniform the impactful. Delali’s committed to creating a soulful world where action breeds impact, and he’s been named as one of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneurs of the Year for the Mid-Atlantic Region, the Daily Record’s Most Admired CEOs, in the Baltimore Business Journal’s (BBJ) Power 10 list, and in the Black Business Review’s 40 under 40 list. He chaired the inaugural DevOpsDays Baltimore and is a founding member of the governing board of the Digital Services Coalition. Delali is also the Chair of Hack Baltimore: a city-wide innovation movement that teams up technologists, civic leaders, and city residents to design sustainable solutions for Baltimore’s biggest challenges.
Delali’s passion and entrepreneurial spirit started at a young age. As a kid, he used to knock on doors and offer to cut grass, mow lawns, wash cars, or walk dogs. He then went on to graduate from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) with a B.S. in Computer Engineering. Delali has over 15 years of experience leading agile software teams and programs, and he strives to make a difference in technology and in his surrounding community. He’s passionate about increasing the rate of city youth heading into STEM fields and works closely with city nonprofits to provide funding and mentorship programs in city schools, as well as other education initiatives. In 2019, Delali testified to the US Senate Small Business committee on behalf of the National HUBZone Council for the Small Business Reauthorization Act. He was also awarded the National HUBZone Corporate Citizen of the Year in 2020.
Delali currently lives in Baltimore City with his wife Dr. Letitia Dzirasa (Baltimore City's Health Commissioner) and two sons Dominic and Jaden. When he isn’t busy running Fearless’ family of brands, he enjoys working out and hanging out with friends and loved ones.
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Josh Dew, CEO of Vagrant Coffee.
About Vagrant Coffee Roasters
Vagrant Coffee is a craft coffee cafe, roaster, and mobile espresso bar company that offers an elevated beverage experience in 4 retail locations and off site events.
In a world where style and presentation matter more and more, we have crafted amazing cafe environments in addition to our ability to step out of the walls and bring the cafe experience directly to you. Don't settle for bad coffee, so turn our cafe into your office, or book us for your venue, expo booth, or bring our coffee home to craft your own beverages.
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Josh Dew, CEO of Vagrant Coffee.
About Vagrant Coffee Roasters
Vagrant Coffee is a craft coffee cafe, roaster, and mobile espresso bar company that offers an elevated beverage experience in 4 retail locations and off site events.
In a world where style and presentation matter more and more, we have crafted amazing cafe environments in addition to our ability to step out of the walls and bring the cafe experience directly to you. Don't settle for bad coffee, so turn our cafe into your office, or book us for your venue, expo booth, or bring our coffee home to craft your own beverages.
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Josh Dew
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Nicole Foster is a co-founder of Cajou Creamery, Cajou is a mission-driven, plant-based creamery & cafe located in downtown Baltimore that produces exceptional hand-made cashew milk ice cream from scratch.
To this husband and wife duo, Cajou represents the joy of choosing, preparing and eating real food, made from scratch. We reimagine ice cream as a healthy treat. Cajou consists of a chef with more than a decade of culinary expertise, topped with a public health attorney, swirled with two ice-cream loving kids and sprinkled with lots of love. Cajou is committed to making ice cream better, using real ingredients that are responsibly sourced. We are proud to offer our Pints of Joy from our hearts to your home and hope to change the ice cream game, one spoonful at a time. One love!
About Cajou Creamery
Fueled by an unending desire for real food and real ingredients, we have reimagined ice cream as healthy, guilt-free food! Our goal is to make ice cream better - better tasting, better for your body and better for the planet. Cajou Creamery (Kah-jū) is a plant-based ice cream company based in Baltimore, MD, committed to crafting super-premium ice cream using whole superfoods, free from chemicals, artificial flavors, or fillers. Cajou is the first and only plant-based creamery in the DMV (DC, Maryland and Virginia), and the first to exclusively use hand-crafted plant milks to create our bases.
We celebrate simplicity in ice cream, using a few, responsibly-sourced, nutrient-rich ingredients to churn out flavors into luxurious, creamy, dairy-free ice cream. As a result of our purist standards, our small batch hand-crafted ice creams sing with the authenticity of pure ingredients.
Through our chef-driven flavors, we take you on a journey around the world! Currently, we have seven globally-inspired flavors that represent our passion for travel and international cuisine.
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Nicole Foster is a co-founder of Cajou Creamery, Cajou is a mission-driven, plant-based creamery & cafe located in downtown Baltimore that produces exceptional hand-made cashew milk ice cream from scratch.
To this husband and wife duo, Cajou represents the joy of choosing, preparing and eating real food, made from scratch. We reimagine ice cream as a healthy treat. Cajou consists of a chef with more than a decade of culinary expertise, topped with a public health attorney, swirled with two ice-cream loving kids and sprinkled with lots of love. Cajou is committed to making ice cream better, using real ingredients that are responsibly sourced. We are proud to offer our Pints of Joy from our hearts to your home and hope to change the ice cream game, one spoonful at a time. One love!
About Cajou Creamery
Fueled by an unending desire for real food and real ingredients, we have reimagined ice cream as healthy, guilt-free food! Our goal is to make ice cream better - better tasting, better for your body and better for the planet. Cajou Creamery (Kah-jū) is a plant-based ice cream company based in Baltimore, MD, committed to crafting super-premium ice cream using whole superfoods, free from chemicals, artificial flavors, or fillers. Cajou is the first and only plant-based creamery in the DMV (DC, Maryland and Virginia), and the first to exclusively use hand-crafted plant milks to create our bases.
We celebrate simplicity in ice cream, using a few, responsibly-sourced, nutrient-rich ingredients to churn out flavors into luxurious, creamy, dairy-free ice cream. As a result of our purist standards, our small batch hand-crafted ice creams sing with the authenticity of pure ingredients.
Through our chef-driven flavors, we take you on a journey around the world! Currently, we have seven globally-inspired flavors that represent our passion for travel and international cuisine.
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Jonathon Heyward is forging a career as one of the most exciting conductors on the international scene. He currently serves as Music Director Designate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and will begin his five-year contract in the 2023-24 season. Jonathon’s selection was unanimous from the Baltimore Symphony Music Director Search Committee, comprised of BSO musicians, staff, and community members. In March 2022, Jonathon made his debut with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in three performances that included the first-ever performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 15. Quickly re-engaged, he returned in April to lead a Benefit Concert for Ukraine at the Meyerhoff.
Currently in his second year as a Chief Conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, in summer 2021, Jonathon took part in an intense, two- week residency with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain which led to a highly acclaimed BBC Proms debut. According to the Guardian Jonathon was “not too exhausted, though, to lead – from memory – a fast and fearless performance of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, in which loud chords exploded, repeating like fireworks in the hall’s dome, and the quietest passages barely registered. It was exuberant, exhilarating stuff.” In Colin’s Column Ateş Orga noted: “This Prom was about Jonathon Heyward, NYOGB and Beethoven. …Heyward’s a man of twenty-nine coolly heading for the stratosphere.”
Jonathon’s recent symphonic guest conducting highlights in the United Kingdom include debuts and re-invitations with the London Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra. In continental Europe, amongst Jonathon’s recent debuts are collaborations with the Castilla y León in Spain; Basel Symphony, and Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne in Switzerland; Brussels Philharmonic, SymfonieOrkest Vlaanderen and Antwerp Symphony in Belgium; Philharmonie Zuidnederland in the Netherlands; and Kristiansand Symphony in Norway. In season 22/23, Jonathon looks forward to his debuts with the Musikkollegium Winterthur in Switzerland, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine in France, Lahti Symphony in Finland, MDR-Sinfonieorchester in Germany, and the National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin, Ireland. Most recently in his native United States, Jonathon made his Wolf Trap debut conducting the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC, and this was followed by hugely successful debuts with the Atlanta, Detroit and San Diego Symphony Orchestras, leading to instant re-invitations. This year he returns to Seattle Symphony and makes debuts at Grant Park and Mostly Mozart music Festivals. In the coming season, Jonathon looks forward to making debuts with the Houston and St. Louis Symphony Orchestras.
Equally at home on the opera stage, Jonathon recently made his Royal Opera House debut with Hannah Kendall’s Knife of Dawn, having also conducted a Kurt Weill’s Lost in the Stars with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra as well as the world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli’s new opera, Wake, in a production by Graham Vick for the Birmingham Opera Company.
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Jonathon began his musical training as a cellist at the age of ten and started conducting while still at school. He studied conducting at the Boston Conservatory of Music, where he became assistant conductor of the prestigious institution’s opera department and of the Boston Opera Collaborative, and received postgraduate lessons from Sian Edwards at London’s Royal Academy of Music. Before leaving the Academy, he was appointed assistant conductor of the Hallé Orchestra, where he was mentored by Sir Mark Elder, and became Music Director of the Hallé Youth Orchestra. His debut with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at the 2021 BBC Proms earned five-star reviews and was hailed by British newspaper The Guardian as ‘an unforgettable showcase of high-energy collaboration’.
Jonathon’s commitment to education and community outreach work deepened during his three years with the Hallé and has flourished since he arrived in post as Chief Conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in January 2021. He is equally committed to including new music within his imaginative concert programmes. Those qualities were evident in his Baltimore Symphony Orchestra debut bill, which comprised Hannah Kendall’s The Spark Catchers, Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto and the first ever BSO outing for Shostakovich’s Fifteenth Symphony.
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Jonathon Heyward is forging a career as one of the most exciting conductors on the international scene. He currently serves as Music Director Designate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and will begin his five-year contract in the 2023-24 season. Jonathon’s selection was unanimous from the Baltimore Symphony Music Director Search Committee, comprised of BSO musicians, staff, and community members. In March 2022, Jonathon made his debut with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in three performances that included the first-ever performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 15. Quickly re-engaged, he returned in April to lead a Benefit Concert for Ukraine at the Meyerhoff.
Currently in his second year as a Chief Conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, in summer 2021, Jonathon took part in an intense, two- week residency with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain which led to a highly acclaimed BBC Proms debut. According to the Guardian Jonathon was “not too exhausted, though, to lead – from memory – a fast and fearless performance of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, in which loud chords exploded, repeating like fireworks in the hall’s dome, and the quietest passages barely registered. It was exuberant, exhilarating stuff.” In Colin’s Column Ateş Orga noted: “This Prom was about Jonathon Heyward, NYOGB and Beethoven. …Heyward’s a man of twenty-nine coolly heading for the stratosphere.”
Jonathon’s recent symphonic guest conducting highlights in the United Kingdom include debuts and re-invitations with the London Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra. In continental Europe, amongst Jonathon’s recent debuts are collaborations with the Castilla y León in Spain; Basel Symphony, and Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne in Switzerland; Brussels Philharmonic, SymfonieOrkest Vlaanderen and Antwerp Symphony in Belgium; Philharmonie Zuidnederland in the Netherlands; and Kristiansand Symphony in Norway. In season 22/23, Jonathon looks forward to his debuts with the Musikkollegium Winterthur in Switzerland, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine in France, Lahti Symphony in Finland, MDR-Sinfonieorchester in Germany, and the National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin, Ireland. Most recently in his native United States, Jonathon made his Wolf Trap debut conducting the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC, and this was followed by hugely successful debuts with the Atlanta, Detroit and San Diego Symphony Orchestras, leading to instant re-invitations. This year he returns to Seattle Symphony and makes debuts at Grant Park and Mostly Mozart music Festivals. In the coming season, Jonathon looks forward to making debuts with the Houston and St. Louis Symphony Orchestras.
Equally at home on the opera stage, Jonathon recently made his Royal Opera House debut with Hannah Kendall’s Knife of Dawn, having also conducted a Kurt Weill’s Lost in the Stars with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra as well as the world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli’s new opera, Wake, in a production by Graham Vick for the Birmingham Opera Company.
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Jonathon began his musical training as a cellist at the age of ten and started conducting while still at school. He studied conducting at the Boston Conservatory of Music, where he became assistant conductor of the prestigious institution’s opera department and of the Boston Opera Collaborative, and received postgraduate lessons from Sian Edwards at London’s Royal Academy of Music. Before leaving the Academy, he was appointed assistant conductor of the Hallé Orchestra, where he was mentored by Sir Mark Elder, and became Music Director of the Hallé Youth Orchestra. His debut with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at the 2021 BBC Proms earned five-star reviews and was hailed by British newspaper The Guardian as ‘an unforgettable showcase of high-energy collaboration’.
Jonathon’s commitment to education and community outreach work deepened during his three years with the Hallé and has flourished since he arrived in post as Chief Conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in January 2021. He is equally committed to including new music within his imaginative concert programmes. Those qualities were evident in his Baltimore Symphony Orchestra debut bill, which comprised Hannah Kendall’s The Spark Catchers, Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto and the first ever BSO outing for Shostakovich’s Fifteenth Symphony.
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Jeffrey Kent is a multidisciplinary artist. His artwork is conceptual, informed by the historical and the personal, inextricably linked. He utilizes the medium best suited for the subject and temperament of the discussion he is creating. His acrylic-based paintings are generally large works, dramatic in gesture, color, layering, composition, and presentation. Sculpture and bricolage works emphasize the socio-political meaning in ordinary objects of daily life. In critically examining the accessibility of the contemporary Art World, Kent develops live performance and community investment projects.
Jeffrey Kent’s artwork is a passionate investigation of issues related to the political and economic foundations of freedom and the role of responsible citizenship. Kent explores the intimate experience of the individual interacting with the idiosyncrasies of their world- specifically the experience of the black American citizen.
A consistent thread running through his artwork is the tension between the weighty internalized racial oppression countered by the dream of freedom and the intrinsic worth of the individual. The simultaneous plain and exuberance of black Americans is the focus of the candid conversation between Kent and his audience.
In addition to his art practice, Jeffrey Kent is the founded the Subbasement Artist Studios (2004-2014), an alternative art space in Baltimore; co-owner/founder of art and decor retail space, Unexpected Art Space (2013-2016); and co-founder of Connect+Collect (2018 - current), an initiative designed to create awareness and momentum among new and experienced collectors, provide professional development to Baltimore-based artists, and promote a culture of collecting in Baltimore. He is also actively engaged as the Artistic Director of the Peale Center; America's 1st building designed as a museum. Kent provides collecting and curatorial services for private and corporate collectors and mentors apprentices and artists through his LLC, Accomplished Art Services. His artworks are in the collections of National Academy of Sciences, FTI Consulting Inc., Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, among others.
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Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is a government affairs expert with more than a quarter century of experience working with federal, state, and local government officials on policy and program strategies important for corporations and the nation. She welcomes inquiries regarding corporate board service (public and/or mid- to late-stage private) as well as consulting opportunities.
A former professional staffer on the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, Dr. Cummings has worked with Democrats and Republicans on trade, tax, health, food, aging, and retirement security policy. As the founder, president, and CEO of Global Policy Solutions, Cummings has collaborated with members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of State Legislatures, and the National Association of Counties among other policymaker organizations to advance public health, economic development, and environmental solutions important for cities, towns, and states. As a result, Dr. Cummings has a vast network of multi-sector contacts with an emphasis on those serving in government.
The immediate past board chair of the National Association of Counties (NACo) Financial Services Corporation (FSC), Cummings has also chaired the board of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare and has served on the boards of the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Economic Policy Institute, and the National Academy of Social Insurance among other prominent organizations. In these positions, Cummings has been a valued and collaborative board member who has provided oversight and advice to management in their efforts to implement effective and efficient growth-oriented strategies.
The owner of a small business that is also a certified B Corporation, Dr. Cummings has significant profit and loss experience as well as substantive expertise in environmental, social and governance issues pertinent for assessing corporate risk and growth opportunities. She also has a long and distinguished track record of advancing diversity, equity and inclusion strategies through policies, programs, and organizations.
The recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellowship, Purdue University Alumni Association 40 Under 40 Award, and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Congressional Fellowship, Dr. Rockeymoore Cummings earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in political science with an emphasis in public policy from Purdue University and her B.A. in political science from Prairie View A&M University.
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Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is a government affairs expert with more than a quarter century of experience working with federal, state, and local government officials on policy and program strategies important for corporations and the nation. She welcomes inquiries regarding corporate board service (public and/or mid- to late-stage private) as well as consulting opportunities.
A former professional staffer on the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, Dr. Cummings has worked with Democrats and Republicans on trade, tax, health, food, aging, and retirement security policy. As the founder, president, and CEO of Global Policy Solutions, Cummings has collaborated with members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of State Legislatures, and the National Association of Counties among other policymaker organizations to advance public health, economic development, and environmental solutions important for cities, towns, and states. As a result, Dr. Cummings has a vast network of multi-sector contacts with an emphasis on those serving in government.
The immediate past board chair of the National Association of Counties (NACo) Financial Services Corporation (FSC), Cummings has also chaired the board of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare and has served on the boards of the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Economic Policy Institute, and the National Academy of Social Insurance among other prominent organizations. In these positions, Cummings has been a valued and collaborative board member who has provided oversight and advice to management in their efforts to implement effective and efficient growth-oriented strategies.
The owner of a small business that is also a certified B Corporation, Dr. Cummings has significant profit and loss experience as well as substantive expertise in environmental, social and governance issues pertinent for assessing corporate risk and growth opportunities. She also has a long and distinguished track record of advancing diversity, equity and inclusion strategies through policies, programs, and organizations.
The recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellowship, Purdue University Alumni Association 40 Under 40 Award, and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Congressional Fellowship, Dr. Rockeymoore Cummings earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in political science with an emphasis in public policy from Purdue University and her B.A. in political science from Prairie View A&M University.
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Patrick Horvat is the owner and operator of The Bmore Flea Market, a vintage and craft market started in Baltimore in 2013.
Prior to the market, Patrick worked as a graphic designer and creative manager for Under Armour, Nike Asia Pacific, MLB and the NHL.
In addition to the market he works as a freelance designer/creative director and is a full time flea market junkie and vintage collector.
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Patrick Horvat is the owner and operator of The Bmore Flea Market, a vintage and craft market started in Baltimore in 2013.
Prior to the market, Patrick worked as a graphic designer and creative manager for Under Armour, Nike Asia Pacific, MLB and the NHL.
In addition to the market he works as a freelance designer/creative director and is a full time flea market junkie and vintage collector.
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Jeffrey Felten-Green is a Painter/Woodworker. The paintings and crafts he creates appeal to his own sensibility of what art is. Many of his ideas are satirical, playful and at times, serious. They are snapshots of everyday life, or a life he conceives of in his imagination. My collections of African inspired painting, icons, political paintings, folk pieces and parodies reflect his influences, muses, and the things that are important to him.
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James Williams II is a curator and interdisciplinary artist whose work encompasses painting, sculpture and photography. His works center on topics of social and cultural identity in the United States tied together by self-portraiture and narration. His most recent project was curating the show, Whatchamacallit. The exhibition, accompanied with a publication, focused on superimposed identities and the growing obsession over them. Williams is the recipient of the MFA Joan Mitchell Foundation award, the Bromo Seltzer Fellowship, and served as artist-in-residence at School 33 in Baltimore, Maryland. Williams, originally from Upstate New York, received his master’s degree from the Mount Royal School of Art at Maryland Institute College Art (MICA). He currently teaches at MICA. He's the 2022 Sondheim Art Prize winner.
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D. Watkins is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Beast Side, The Cook Up, Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised and We Speak for Ourselves, which was a One Book, one Baltimore selection. He is Editor at Large for Salon. He is featured in the HBO documentary The Slow Hustle and is a writer on We Own the City, an HBO miniseries from David Simon.
Watkins work has been published in the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, and other publications. He is a college lecturer at the University of Baltimore and holds a Master's in Education from Johns Hopkins University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Baltimore. Watkins’ awards include the BMe Genius Grant for dynamic Black leaders, the City Lit Dambach Award for Service to the Literary Arts, the Maryland Library Association’s William Wilson Maryland Author Award, and the Ford’s Men of Courage award for Black male storytellers. He was also a finalist for a 2016 Hurston Wright Legacy Award and The Cook Up was a 2017 Books for a Better Life finalist. He is lives in Baltimore, MD with his wife and daughter.
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D. Watkins is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Beast Side, The Cook Up, Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised and We Speak for Ourselves, which was a One Book, one Baltimore selection. He is Editor at Large for Salon. He is featured in the HBO documentary The Slow Hustle and is a writer on We Own the City, an HBO miniseries from David Simon.
Watkins work has been published in the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, and other publications. He is a college lecturer at the University of Baltimore and holds a Master's in Education from Johns Hopkins University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Baltimore. Watkins’ awards include the BMe Genius Grant for dynamic Black leaders, the City Lit Dambach Award for Service to the Literary Arts, the Maryland Library Association’s William Wilson Maryland Author Award, and the Ford’s Men of Courage award for Black male storytellers. He was also a finalist for a 2016 Hurston Wright Legacy Award and The Cook Up was a 2017 Books for a Better Life finalist. He is lives in Baltimore, MD with his wife and daughter.
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About The Guest
Brandon Ball is a Designer Leader who provides creative problem solving and innovation strategy to clients. He partners with teams to craft and transform customer experiences. He lives and breathes design, combining his passion for the arts with business acumen.
Beginning his career at General Electric, Brandon worked in operations and supply chain. He pivoted to experience strategy, leading innovation and design projects for Marriott. Next, he led and collaborated on human-centered design and traditional strategy projects at KPMG Digital. Before Harmonic, Brandon worked as a Business Designer at Fjord providing people-centric business strategies to public sector clients.
With degrees in engineering, design, and business, Brandon is a multidisciplinary thinker, earning a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (AGGIE PRIDE!), MA in Design Leadership from Maryland Institute College of Art, and MBA from Johns Hopkins.
A proud Atlanta native, Brandon spends his free time traveling, hiking, reading, curating sounds for events around DC, Baltimore, and ATL, teaching at MICA, and mentoring junior colleagues and students from his alma maters.
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The series is produced with the generous support from Maryland Institute College of Art, Office of Open Studies. MICA Open Studies is helping to define the Maryland Institute College of Art as a 21st-century leader in the education of artists and designers. MICA Open Studies fuels creative journeys through convenient and innovative learning models that provide broad access to the college’s rigorous art and design education.
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Brandon Ball is a Designer Leader who provides creative problem solving and innovation strategy to clients. He partners with teams to craft and transform customer experiences. He lives and breathes design, combining his passion for the arts with business acumen.
Beginning his career at General Electric, Brandon worked in operations and supply chain. He pivoted to experience strategy, leading innovation and design projects for Marriott. Next, he led and collaborated on human-centered design and traditional strategy projects at KPMG Digital. Before Harmonic, Brandon worked as a Business Designer at Fjord providing people-centric business strategies to public sector clients.
With degrees in engineering, design, and business, Brandon is a multidisciplinary thinker, earning a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (AGGIE PRIDE!), MA in Design Leadership from Maryland Institute College of Art, and MBA from Johns Hopkins.
A proud Atlanta native, Brandon spends his free time traveling, hiking, reading, curating sounds for events around DC, Baltimore, and ATL, teaching at MICA, and mentoring junior colleagues and students from his alma maters.
The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Office of Open Studies
The series is produced with the generous support from Maryland Institute College of Art, Office of Open Studies. MICA Open Studies is helping to define the Maryland Institute College of Art as a 21st-century leader in the education of artists and designers. MICA Open Studies fuels creative journeys through convenient and innovative learning models that provide broad access to the college’s rigorous art and design education.
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Patricia “Trish” Moore grew up in the Parkville area of Baltimore County and knew from an early age she wanted to be an artist. Moore who not only is a professional graphic designer for the University of Maryland Extension office, but she is also a part-time teacher at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore.
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The series is produced with the generous support from Maryland Institute College of Art, Office of Open Studies. MICA Open Studies is helping to define the Maryland Institute College of Art as a 21st-century leader in the education of artists and designers. MICA Open Studies fuels creative journeys through convenient and innovative learning models that provide broad access to the college’s rigorous art and design education.
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Ariana Parrish is a trained architect, property manager, community activist, and artist. She received her Bachelors of Architecture from Temple University in 2013 and Masters of Professional Studies from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2022. She is a Baltimore native who started a community organization in pursuit of block beautification, and is a homeowner in Baltimore, MD, and Philadelphia, PA. She has a combined fourteen years of property management experience. In 2019, she served as community outreach chair for the National Organization for Minority Architects Baltimore chapter. Before starting her career in architecture, she worked for more than five years in the restaurant industry. Hosting, serving, and catering for restaurants and events in Baltimore and Philadelphia learning her way around the kitchen. When she’s not being a renaissance woman, she is traveling the globe, salsa dancing, climbing, african dancing or kakaking to learn something new to share with Nosreme!
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Ariana Parrish is a trained architect, property manager, community activist, and artist. She received her Bachelors of Architecture from Temple University in 2013 and Masters of Professional Studies from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2022. She is a Baltimore native who started a community organization in pursuit of block beautification, and is a homeowner in Baltimore, MD, and Philadelphia, PA. She has a combined fourteen years of property management experience. In 2019, she served as community outreach chair for the National Organization for Minority Architects Baltimore chapter. Before starting her career in architecture, she worked for more than five years in the restaurant industry. Hosting, serving, and catering for restaurants and events in Baltimore and Philadelphia learning her way around the kitchen. When she’s not being a renaissance woman, she is traveling the globe, salsa dancing, climbing, african dancing or kakaking to learn something new to share with Nosreme!
The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Office of Open Studies
The series is produced with the generous support from Maryland Institute College of Art, Office of Open Studies. MICA Open Studies is helping to define the Maryland Institute College of Art as a 21st-century leader in the education of artists and designers. MICA Open Studies fuels creative journeys through convenient and innovative learning models that provide broad access to the college’s rigorous art and design education.
The Truth In This Art
The Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture.
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Ariana Parrish
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Natovian McLeod is an artist and educator working in Baltimore, MD. She has her BFA in General Fine Arts and Master of Arts in Teaching from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). She has been awarded Maryland Teacher of Promise 2016 and a certificate of merit from Arts Educator, from Dr. Justin Sutters. At MICA she has worked intensively with faculty and its board members to restructure its core curriculum to focus on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Globalization. She is currently an elementary art teacher and the program coordinator for MICAs Art and Design College Accelerator Program.
The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Office of Open Studies
The series is produced with the generous support from Maryland Institute College of Art, Office of Open Studies. MICA Open Studies is helping to define the Maryland Institute College of Art as a 21st-century leader in the education of artists and designers. MICA Open Studies fuels creative journeys through convenient and innovative learning models that provide broad access to the college’s rigorous art and design education.
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Sabrina Dépestre is a marketer and brand strategist who has served as the Director of Brand Marketing at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)’s Office of Open Studies since January 2019.
Previous to MICA, her professional experience includes consulting for businesses and non-profits in industries such as tech, food & beverage, retail, media, and supply chain; and full-time roles spanning from leading strategy with a boutique brand experience agency based in Baltimore; directing the communication strategy for a youth-centered athletic athletic apparel brand, ivivva by lululemon; and leading the creation of group experiences for schools, community partners, and businesses with the Miami HEAT organization.
Her volunteer efforts focus on supporting & connecting youth, entrepreneurs, and leaders in the education, art, social impact, and tech sectors. She is a Mentor & Coach for Bridges Baltimore, a non-profit that provides year-round programming for youth ages 9-23 in Baltimore City; a Board Member of Innovation Works, a social impact organization that helps build sustainable neighborhood economies in Baltimore City; and the 2018-2021 Baltimore Chapter Ambassador for She Builds Initiative, a platform that connects Haitian women entrepreneurs and professionals from around the world.
In between balancing her full-time role at MICA, consulting, and volunteering, she spends her time cooking, visiting family, reading, creating playlists, and practicing yoga.
A graduate of Florida International University (BBA, Marketing), she currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
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The series is produced with the generous support from Maryland Institute College of Art, Office of Open Studies. MICA Open Studies is helping to define the Maryland Institute College of Art as a 21st-century leader in the education of artists and designers. MICA Open Studies fuels creative journeys through convenient and innovative learning models that provide broad access to the college’s rigorous art and design education.
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Jay Rags is a deejay, poet, creative, promoter, and former coffee shop owner from Baltimore, now based in Medellin, Colombia. To hear him dj is to hear a soulful House, Afro-beat, & discofied funk.
Jay is from the Baltimore/DC area now living in Medellin, Colombia. He is the creator of the Baltimore based house music & open-mic website blackbookscafe.com( circa 2002), a co-creator of what would become known as Baltimore’s Collective Minds festival, Poetry4People 2006 “Walkit-Talkit Integrity” award winner, creator of the Soul Fiesta party started in 2003-present, FELA! cast party in Baltimore, Baltimore Felabrations, creator of Studio Sessions Live at Artscape, author/poet of Tribe Called Soul Fiesta, a prolific dj that rocks underground House, afrobeat, latin, and Soul music. He is the self-proclaimed Baltimore king of cultural dance music. Before moving to Colombia he had a weekly Soul Fiesta show on handzonradio.fm. Jay was also creator and owner of NuBohemia coffee shop in the Mt. Vernon area of downtown Baltimore(2013-2018) The coffee shop sold great coffee, hosted many artistic events, sold vinyl records, and was in at least 3 national magazines.
While being a super creative, Jay Rags produced an underground mashup for his deejay sets called "Baba Yaga's Revenge" which he helped to make sure it found itself in dj sets all over the world. He also has spoken word on record labels like Spiritual Blessing and POJI records
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The Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture.
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Soul Fiesta
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Jay Rags is a deejay, poet, creative, promoter, and former coffee shop owner from Baltimore, now based in Medellin, Colombia. To hear him dj is to hear a soulful House, Afro-beat, & discofied funk.
Jay is from the Baltimore/DC area now living in Medellin, Colombia. He is the creator of the Baltimore based house music & open-mic website blackbookscafe.com( circa 2002), a co-creator of what would become known as Baltimore’s Collective Minds festival, Poetry4People 2006 “Walkit-Talkit Integrity” award winner, creator of the Soul Fiesta party started in 2003-present, FELA! cast party in Baltimore, Baltimore Felabrations, creator of Studio Sessions Live at Artscape, author/poet of Tribe Called Soul Fiesta, a prolific dj that rocks underground House, afrobeat, latin, and Soul music. He is the self-proclaimed Baltimore king of cultural dance music. Before moving to Colombia he had a weekly Soul Fiesta show on handzonradio.fm. Jay was also creator and owner of NuBohemia coffee shop in the Mt. Vernon area of downtown Baltimore(2013-2018) The coffee shop sold great coffee, hosted many artistic events, sold vinyl records, and was in at least 3 national magazines.
While being a super creative, Jay Rags produced an underground mashup for his deejay sets called "Baba Yaga's Revenge" which he helped to make sure it found itself in dj sets all over the world. He also has spoken word on record labels like Spiritual Blessing and POJI records
The Truth In This Art
The Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture.
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Soul Fiesta
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Alexandria Johnson is an Austin-based entrepreneur. She has built her professional career as an influencer partnership strategist, and her life’s work around her building her community, empowering black girls/women, and maintaining her family legacy as Austin business owners - Owners of Johnnies Antiques, the oldest remaining shop on east 6th street.
Her journey has lead her to not only founding her own agency, and reviving the family business, but through her passion for empowering others she has also created platforms like BlackOwnedAustin, NotYourTokenBlackGirl Podcast.
THE TRUTH IN THIS ART BEYOND
The Truth In This Art Beyond is a spin-off of The Truth In This Art. Where the original series focused primarily on Baltimore, this series extends outside of Charm City to engage in artistically and culturally relevant conversations and sharing rich stories from our favorite cities. As always, creativity matters here!
The series is produced with the generous support from Raasin in the Sun , BlackArtMattersATX and Six Square. Raasin in the Sun, an Austin based Nonprofit organization who's work focuses on cultivating resilience through art and environmental initiatives. BlackArtMattersATX, amplifying Black voices in Austin's cultural conversation by financially supporting new work from Black Artists based in Austin. Six Square work focuses on preserving and celebrating the historic legacy of the African American community that once thrived in Central East Austin.
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Jon Garcia is an illustrator, graphic designer, and filmmaker from Austin, TX. His illustration work varies from traditional ink and marker drawings to digital art with his primary focus being old-school NES-style pixel art. Jon attended the University of Texas Permian Basin where he “did the thing you’re supposed to do after high school and luckily didn’t go into debt” getting degrees in communications and psychology.
His career in production and design began as the topical producer and eventual creative director for NBC-affiliate KWES-TV in Midland, TX. Highlights of his career at KWES include winning a Texas Associated Press Award for best photojournalist, helping the station transition to high-definition, shooting Friday night football around West Texas, and having a knife pulled on him right before a live shot.
After KWES, Jon moved to Albuquerque, NM where he worked for the One Creative Ad Agency. Working with creative powerhouses Wendy Spalsbury and T. Payton, Jon learned high-end design and creative strategy.
It was during the day to day humdrum of working for demanding clients combined with a puppy that liked waking up at 5:30am that he picked up the pencil he put down when he was 15 (thanks to a very uninspiring baseball coach who taught high school art) and got back into illustration. Beginning with fan art, his work eventually transitioned to creating the pixel art he loved as a gaming kid.
A big fan of collaborating with other creatives, Jon’s design work and illustration work have been used by businesses, podcasts, bands, creators, and also featured in the independent movies “Monday” and “Millennium Bugs.” Currently, he is the lead learning and development designer for Austin-based taco chain, Torchy’s Tacos. His nights are spent enjoying whiskey and video games with his wife Jen and pups, Arya and Keeley, and working on a 2D point-and-click game inspired by the late 90’s.
THE TRUTH IN THIS ART BEYOND
The Truth in this Art Beyond is a spin-off of The Truth In This Art. Where the original series focused primarily on Baltimore, this series extends outside of Charm City to engage in artistically and culturally conversation and sharing rich stories from our favorite cities. As always, creativity matters here!
The series is produced with the generous support from Raasin in the Sun , BlackArtMattersATX and Six Square. Raasin in the Sun, an Austin based Nonprofit organization who's work focuses on cultivating resilience through art and environmental initiatives. BlackArtMattersATX, amplifying Black voices in Austin's cultural conversation by financially supporting new work from Black Artists based in Austin. Six Square work focuses on preserving and celebrating the historic legacy of the African American community that once thrived in Central East Austin.
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Chaka is a storyteller through visual art, film/video (Uplifted), music (Riders Against the Storm), fashion (NefrFreshr), and events (Divine and Conjure Enterprises, Body Rock ATX). He believes in the power of art, and the importance of the artist as a community catalyst for social and cultural change, economic development, healing, planning, and collective conversation. Through life experience, Chaka has learned that the story we tell ourselves is one of the most significant determinants of: how we feel, when we find our purpose, what we consider possible, where we end up, and why we end up there.
THE TRUTH IN THIS ART BEYOND
The Truth in this Art Beyond is a spin-off of The Truth In This Art. Where the original series focused primarily on Baltimore, this series extends outside of Charm City to engage in artistically and culturally conversation and sharing rich stories from our favorite cities. As always, creativity matters here!
The series is produced with the generous support from Raasin in the Sun , BlackArtMattersATX and Six Square. Raasin in the Sun, an Austin based Nonprofit organization who's work focuses on cultivating resilience through art and environmental initiatives. BlackArtMattersATX, amplifying Black voices in Austin's cultural conversation by financially supporting new work from Black Artists based in Austin. Six Square work focuses on preserving and celebrating the historic legacy of the African American community that once thrived in Central East Austin.
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Jade Fabello is an Austin-based freelance writer. He has written for Texas Monthly, Austin Monthly, Thrillist, The Brown Journal of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Study Hall XYZ, Batshit Times, and more. He primarily writes personal essays about culture, art, grief, and love. With over 7+ years of experience in the field, he has interviewed Narcos actor Juan Riedinger, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina actress Tati Gabrielle, and Austin's first Black glam rockstar Bevis Griffin. He is the writer of “I love words and you.” a newsletter that covers the craft of writing. Jade was the senior print editor for Spark Magazine, a local Austin fashion publication. There he edited over 100 stories across four issues and led teams of writers through eight-week workshops covering voice and writing skills. Jade graduated as a Moody Dean Scholar with degrees in Journalism and Communication & Leadership from the University of Texas at Austin.
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THE TRUTH IN THIS ART BEYOND
The Truth in this Art Beyond is a spin-off of The Truth In This Art. Where the original series focused primarily on Baltimore, this series extends outside of Charm City to engage in artistically and culturally conversation and sharing rich stories from our favorite cities. As always, creativity matters here!
The series is produced with the generous support from Raasin in the Sun , BlackArtMattersATX and Six Square. Raasin in the Sun, an Austin based Nonprofit organization who's work focuses on cultivating resilience through art and environmental initiatives. BlackArtMattersATX, amplifying Black voices in Austin's cultural conversation by financially supporting new work from Black Artists based in Austin. Six Square work focuses on preserving and celebrating the historic legacy of the African American community that once thrived in Central East Austin.
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Pamela Benson Owens is the President and CEO of Edge of Your Seat Consulting, Inc and is also in her third year of serving as the CEO of Six Square. For 25+ years Pam has owned Edge of Your Seat Consulting, a unique consulting firm that is dedicated to assisting for-profit, nonprofit, and faith-based entities. The major focus of Edge of Your Seat Consulting, Inc., is to provide methodologies that help manage perceptions and narratives about complex and challenging issues with courage and strategic passion.
She humbly serves on the faculty of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence at Austin Community College and enjoys helping fundraising professionals in understanding not only the fundamentals of fundraising but also donor motivations. Pam leverages humor and honest storytelling to create memorable and applicable strategies for sustainable and substantive change.
She is a proud Texas A&M Aggie where she earned a degree in Journalism and a certification in Diversity Education and completed her graduate work at St. Edward's University with a master’s in human services with a concentration in Conflict Resolution/Mediation. Pam has also completed coursework at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, a certification in DEI from Cornell, is enrolled at Memphis Theological Seminary, and has most recently launched a new business with all four members of her family called 4 The Culture Coffee- an online coffee shop that directs a percentage of the proceeds back to BIPOC nonprofit organizations in the Central Texas region. She resides in Austin with her spouse, Arlyn, and two kids, Preston and Allyson.
ABOUT SIX SQUARE
Six Square is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that celebrates and preserves the great arts, culture and history of Central East Austin. Named for the six square miles of the former “negro” district, Six Square is a visionary leader and powerful partner for major projects that preserve, promote, and sustain black arts, history and culture. We are the only state designated black cultural district in Texas
THE TRUTH IN THIS ART BEYOND
The Truth in this Art Beyond is a spin-off of The Truth In This Art. Where the original series focused primarily on Baltimore, this series extends outside of Charm City to engage in artistically and culturally conversation and sharing rich stories from our favorite cities. As always, creativity matters here!
The series is produced with the generous support from Raasin in the Sun , BlackArtMattersATX and Six Square. Raasin in the Sun, an Austin based Nonprofit organization who's work focuses on cultivating resilience through art and environmental initiatives. BlackArtMattersATX, amplifying Black voices in Austin's cultural conversation by financially supporting new work from Black Artists based in Austin. Six Square work focuses on preserving and celebrating the historic legacy of the African American community that once thrived in Central East Austin.
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Pamela Benson Owens is the President and CEO of Edge of Your Seat Consulting, Inc and is also in her third year of serving as the CEO of Six Square. For 25+ years Pam has owned Edge of Your Seat Consulting, a unique consulting firm that is dedicated to assisting for-profit, nonprofit, and faith-based entities. The major focus of Edge of Your Seat Consulting, Inc., is to provide methodologies that help manage perceptions and narratives about complex and challenging issues with courage and strategic passion.
She humbly serves on the faculty of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence at Austin Community College and enjoys helping fundraising professionals in understanding not only the fundamentals of fundraising but also donor motivations. Pam leverages humor and honest storytelling to create memorable and applicable strategies for sustainable and substantive change.
She is a proud Texas A&M Aggie where she earned a degree in Journalism and a certification in Diversity Education and completed her graduate work at St. Edward's University with a master’s in human services with a concentration in Conflict Resolution/Mediation. Pam has also completed coursework at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, a certification in DEI from Cornell, is enrolled at Memphis Theological Seminary, and has most recently launched a new business with all four members of her family called 4 The Culture Coffee- an online coffee shop that directs a percentage of the proceeds back to BIPOC nonprofit organizations in the Central Texas region. She resides in Austin with her spouse, Arlyn, and two kids, Preston and Allyson.
ABOUT SIX SQUARE
Six Square is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that celebrates and preserves the great arts, culture and history of Central East Austin. Named for the six square miles of the former “negro” district, Six Square is a visionary leader and powerful partner for major projects that preserve, promote, and sustain black arts, history and culture. We are the only state designated black cultural district in Texas
THE TRUTH IN THIS ART BEYOND
The Truth in this Art Beyond is a spin-off of The Truth In This Art. Where the original series focused primarily on Baltimore, this series extends outside of Charm City to engage in artistically and culturally conversation and sharing rich stories from our favorite cities. As always, creativity matters here!
The series is produced with the generous support from Raasin in the Sun , BlackArtMattersATX and Six Square. Raasin in the Sun, an Austin based Nonprofit organization who's work focuses on cultivating resilience through art and environmental initiatives. BlackArtMattersATX, amplifying Black voices in Austin's cultural conversation by financially supporting new work from Black Artists based in Austin. Six Square work focuses on preserving and celebrating the historic legacy of the African American community that once thrived in Central East Austin.
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Harrison Eppright is a native Austinite, professional tour guide, historian and the Manager of Visitor Services/Tour Ambassador at Visit Austin.
Harrison is very passionate about history, African American cultural heritage, and architecture of Austin. In this conversation Harrison, shares many interesting stories and facts about Austin past and present.
PHOTO BY JOHN ANDERSON
THE TRUTH IN THIS ART BEYOND
The Truth in this Art Beyond is a spin-off of The Truth In This Art. Where the original series focused primarily on Baltimore, this series extends outside of Charm City to engage in artistically and culturally conversation and sharing rich stories from our favorite cities. As always, creativity matters here!
The series is produced with the generous support from Raasin in the Sun , BlackArtMattersATX and Six Square. Raasin in the Sun, an Austin based Nonprofit organization who's work focuses on cultivating resilience through art and environmental initiatives. BlackArtMattersATX, amplifying Black voices in Austin's cultural conversation by financially supporting new work from Black Artists based in Austin. Six Square work focuses on preserving and celebrating the historic legacy of the African American community that once thrived in Central East Austin.
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Harrison Eppright is a native Austinite, professional tour guide, historian and the Manager of Visitor Services/Tour Ambassador at Visit Austin.
Harrison is very passionate about history, African American cultural heritage, and architecture of Austin. In this conversation Harrison, shares many interesting stories and facts about Austin past and present.
PHOTO BY JOHN ANDERSON
THE TRUTH IN THIS ART BEYOND
The Truth in this Art Beyond is a spin-off of The Truth In This Art. Where the original series focused primarily on Baltimore, this series extends outside of Charm City to engage in artistically and culturally conversation and sharing rich stories from our favorite cities. As always, creativity matters here!
The series is produced with the generous support from Raasin in the Sun , BlackArtMattersATX and Six Square. Raasin in the Sun, an Austin based Nonprofit organization who's work focuses on cultivating resilience through art and environmental initiatives. BlackArtMattersATX, amplifying Black voices in Austin's cultural conversation by financially supporting new work from Black Artists based in Austin. Six Square work focuses on preserving and celebrating the historic legacy of the African American community that once thrived in Central East Austin.
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Raasin McIntosh is the director of Parks & Placemaking for Downtown Austin Alliance, Olympic hurdler and Founder/CEO of Raasin in the Sun. University of Texas Track Star and Olympian Raasin McIntosh, traveled to West Africa before the 2012 London Olympic Games. There she discovered her true passion competing in front of thousands of fans.
As Director of Parks and Placemaking, Raasin will lead the management team for Republic Square park and manage productions, partnerships and ideation for cultural-based placemaking and activations that welcome everyone to downtown Austin. Raasin is the Founder and CEO of Raasin in the Sun.
ABOUT RAASIN IN THE SUN
Raasin in the Sun is an Austin based Nonprofit organization who's work focuses on cultivating resilience through art and environmental initiatives
THE TRUTH IN THIS ART BEYOND
The Truth in this Art Beyond is a spin-off of The Truth In This Art. Where the original series focused primarily on Baltimore, this series extends outside of Charm City to engage in artistically and culturally conversation and sharing rich stories from our favorite cities. As always, creativity matters here!
The series is produced with the generous support from Raasin in the Sun , BlackArtMattersATX and Six Square. Raasin in the Sun, an Austin based Nonprofit organization who's work focuses on cultivating resilience through art and environmental initiatives. BlackArtMattersATX, amplifying Black voices in Austin's cultural conversation by financially supporting new work from Black Artists based in Austin. Six Square work focuses on preserving and celebrating the historic legacy of the African American community that once thrived in Central East Austin.
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Raasin McIntosh is the director of Parks & Placemaking for Downtown Austin Alliance, Olympic hurdler and Founder/CEO of Raasin in the Sun. University of Texas Track Star and Olympian Raasin McIntosh, traveled to West Africa before the 2012 London Olympic Games. There she discovered her true passion competing in front of thousands of fans.
As Director of Parks and Placemaking, Raasin will lead the management team for Republic Square park and manage productions, partnerships and ideation for cultural-based placemaking and activations that welcome everyone to downtown Austin. Raasin is the Founder and CEO of Raasin in the Sun.
ABOUT RAASIN IN THE SUN
Raasin in the Sun is an Austin based Nonprofit organization who's work focuses on cultivating resilience through art and environmental initiatives
THE TRUTH IN THIS ART BEYOND
The Truth in this Art Beyond is a spin-off of The Truth In This Art. Where the original series focused primarily on Baltimore, this series extends outside of Charm City to engage in artistically and culturally conversation and sharing rich stories from our favorite cities. As always, creativity matters here!
The series is produced with the generous support from Raasin in the Sun , BlackArtMattersATX and Six Square. Raasin in the Sun, an Austin based Nonprofit organization who's work focuses on cultivating resilience through art and environmental initiatives. BlackArtMattersATX, amplifying Black voices in Austin's cultural conversation by financially supporting new work from Black Artists based in Austin. Six Square work focuses on preserving and celebrating the historic legacy of the African American community that once thrived in Central East Austin.
If you're interested in supporting my work, please consider leaving a review and buying me coffee.
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THE TRUTH IN THIS ART BEYOND
The Truth in this Art Beyond is a spin-off of The Truth In This Art. Where the original series focused primarily on Baltimore, this series extends outside of Charm City to engage in artistically and culturally conversation and sharing rich stories from our favorite cities. As always, creativity matters here!
The series is produced with the generous support from Raasin in the Sun , BlackArtMattersATX and Six Square. Raasin in the Sun, an Austin based Nonprofit organization who's work focuses on cultivating resilience through art and environmental initiatives. BlackArtMattersATX, amplifying Black voices in Austin's cultural conversation by financially supporting new work from Black Artists based in Austin. Six Square work focuses on preserving and celebrating the historic legacy of the African American community that once thrived in Central East Austin.
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Samantha Iaconi is an artist and curator born in Baltimore. She received her BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2017. Her studio work is influenced by surrealism and American class culture. She utilizes traditional mediums to create surreal narratives of everyday life. She researches iconic American imagery to explore the connection between past and present American culture. Her work has been exhibited at Hamilton Art Gallery, Baltimore Sound Stage, Studio 87, Maryland Art Place, and more.
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Samantha Iaconi is an artist and curator born in Baltimore. She received her BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2017. Her studio work is influenced by surrealism and American class culture. She utilizes traditional mediums to create surreal narratives of everyday life. She researches iconic American imagery to explore the connection between past and present American culture. Her work has been exhibited at Hamilton Art Gallery, Baltimore Sound Stage, Studio 87, Maryland Art Place, and more.
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The Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture.
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Chanan Delivuk is an intermedia artist trained in all things UI/UX design with a passion for equitable, accessible design. Her background includes work as an educator, she's a slum kid and a scholar.
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Ryan Dorsey is the City Councilman for Baltimore's 3rd District. He works to strengthen communities, make neighborhoods more accessible and safe, increase government accountability and transparency, and ensure that Baltimore is affordable, attractive and inclusive for all who choose to live here.
Elected in 2016, Councilman Dorsey passed a landmark Complete Streets ordinance which codifies strong equity provisions, banned source of income discrimination in Baltimore City housing, and put a question on the ballot in 2018 to create an independent Office of the Inspector for Baltimore City, which passed with more than 80% of the vote.
When approaching policy and legislation, Councilman Dorsey seeks solutions that create lasting change by addressing systemic causes. His approach is informed by his view that Baltimore’s challenges require policy that actively dismantles structural racism and inequality, while embracing Baltimore’s competitive advantage as an urban place designed for density and transit access.
Councilman Dorsey is a lifelong resident of Baltimore’s 3rd District. Raised in the Belair-Edison and Mayfield neighborhoods, he attended and graduated from St. Francis of Assisi, the Baltimore School for the Arts, and the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Before running for office, Councilman Dorsey worked as a project manager in a small business that was founded in Baltimore in 1930 and has been in his family for three generations. He is an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker.
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Irena Stein is a photographer, restaurateur, immigrant, sustainability advocate, and humanitarian whose spirit is deeply rooted in humanitizing society. Irena is the Co-Proprietor along with her husband Mark Demshak and Executive Chef David Zamudio of Alma Cocina Latina.
After life in Caracas, Paris, Brussels and San Francisco; Irena moved to Baltimore in 1998, excited to experience life in a smaller but very strongly historic American city.
She started her career in the culinary world in 2002 and soon after opened Café Azafrán at the Space Telescope Science Institute at Johns Hopkins. Alkimia, her second café, opened in the Humanities building on the same Homewood campus. Both have been pioneers in introducing sustainability and zero waste in the food environments at Hopkins, but above all, they have provided day after day delicious food for the very brilliant community that surrounds them.
Since 2012, Irena has been dreaming of sharing her childhood cultural background with the city of Baltimore, and to present it beyond the borders of Hopkins. Alma Cocina Latina is her project with this in mind.
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Alma is a Venezuelan restaurant that focuses on sharing the gastronomic culture of the Caribbean region. The menu — crafted by executive chef David Zumadio— combines Venezuelan culinary roots with contemporary techniques, spanning from antojos to arepas, crudos and ceviches, and platos principales.
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William Herman is a musician, engineer & producer of Station North Sound. William believes in the record and in capturing the musical movement of the soul. Whether he's playing the role of engineer or producer, bringing an artists intentions into reality is the focus of his craft. He works in a variety of styles and genres.
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William Herman is a musician, engineer & producer of Station North Sound. William believes in the record and in capturing the musical movement of the soul. Whether he's playing the role of engineer or producer, bringing an artists intentions into reality is the focus of his craft. He works in a variety of styles and genres.
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Kris Hoellen is the Executive Director at B&O Railroad Museum.
Entrepreneurial, trusted senior executive with over 25 years' non-profit and for-profit management experience. She has served on leadership teams with fiduciary responsibility for large complex organizations and has been directly accountable for $10+million dollar budgets. Primary attributes include highly entrepreneurial, collaborative, and results-oriented leader. Transferable skills include: fundraising/new business development, strategic planning, advocacy, engagement, and staff mentoring.
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The B&O Railroad Museum is known as the birthplace of American railroading, and for good reason. It was here where the first stone of the railroad was laid, where the nation’s first mile of commercial railroad was constructed, and where the Mt. Clare Shops made innumerable contributions to the development of the rail industry.
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Ana Rodney is a practicing Doula for nearly 15 years, a yoga instructor, energy healer, and wellness practitioner based in Baltimore City. She’s Executive Director, Founder of MOMCares and the Rising Mama, a wellness organization that centers mothers in the delivery of care and support to the entire family unit. Ana has spoken and led workshops throughout the Mid Atlantic Region of the United States; addressing audiences at Johns Hopkins Hospital, University of Maryland Medical System, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, and George Washington University. She is also a graduate of Morgan State University. Ana serves as a Board Member and historian for the BCIITY Alliance and board member for Maryland breastfeeding association. Ana is the Chair of the Baltimore City Maternal Mortality Review Board as well as a member of the Fetal Infant Mortality Review Board. Ana has been acknowledged by the Public Justice Center for her contributions and collaborations in Policy in Maternal Health. Ana is the recipient of the NARAL MD Prochoice Young Advocate award, OSI Community Fellowship, Warnock Foundation Award, along with other awards for her service to the mothers of Baltimore City. Most recently, Ana has been rewarded the Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women Impact Grant for MOMCares.
Ana Rodney has served as a Perinatal Mental Health Consultant for the Baltimore City Health Department. Ana was named a Baltimore Homecoming Hero in 2019 and a Game Changer by Baltimore Magazine in 2021. Ana has a background in education, teaching in Baltimore city as an artist, Spanish and English co-teacher between 2006-2014. Finally and most importantly, Ana is mother to Aiden and Asher Rodney, ages 7 and 14 months, respectively.
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MOMCares serves under-supported mothers with NICU experiences in Baltimore City by providing prenatal and postpartum doula care including transportation, advocacy, self-care opportunities, and nutritious meals to mothers and their families. Please consider making a donation to support our work by visiting momcares.org/donate.
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Dante Swinton has a BA in Environmental Studies from Winthrop University and an MS in Nonprofit Management and Social Entrepreneurship from the University of Baltimore. He has been advocating for a transition to zero waste and away from trash incineration in Baltimore since 2015. Determined to make the city a better place for everyone, Dante ran for mayor of Baltimore from 2019 to 2020.
Over the last couple of years, Dante has been developing a zero waste cooperative, Glass Recovery and Sustainable Systems (GRASS) Baltimore. It will be a makers and exhibit space with a mission to recover bottle glass, support entrepreneurial artists, and strengthen communities.
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Kenya Miles is the artist and alchemist behind Traveling Miles Studio and founder of Blue Light Junction, a natural dye studio, alternative color lab, retail space, dye garden and educational facility in central Baltimore.
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Blue Light Junction is a natural dye studio, alternative color lab, retail space, dye garden & educational facility in central Baltimore. Founded by textile artist, farmer, and natural dyer Kenya Miles, Blue Light Junction is focused on growing, processing, and preserving the history of natural dyes and their artistic, practical, and commercial applications.
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Dion Bowen is the Founder/Creative Chief Officer at Epic Art Universe.
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Epic Art Universe is a creative agency specializing in graphic design, web development, marketing, consulting, graphic design educational training, after-school programming, social media development and more
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Ashley Williams is the Founder & CEO at Clymb.
Ashley Williams is an educator, school leader, and emotional intelligence expert with over a decade of experience in education. She has written and implemented socio-emotional and mindfulness curriculums for schools, non-profits, students and educators. She is a dedicated mindfulness practitioner.
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Empower youth to improve their emotional health and find greater peace, focus, and success in and out of the classroom with Clymb—an interactive emotional wellness software designed just for them. Each young person receives a personalized plan based on the state of their emotional health according to Clymb’s research-backed assessments.
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Rodney Salvador is the driving force behind REUS Laboratories. Established in Brooklyn, NY in 2018, REUS is a BIPOC-owned, high-fashion streetwear brand focused on sustainability and hand craftsmanship.
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Mojdeh Rezaeipour is an Iranian-born interdisciplinary artist who works primarily in mixed media, installation, and film. Her recent research and creative projects are excavations of material memory at the intersection of her own story and a collective diasporic story. She is a graduate of University of California Berkeley, where she studied architecture, and of AltDiv, an alternative divinity school centering healing justice and art as spiritual practice. Her practice is process-led and adaptive at its core, bridging over a decade of Mojdeh’s work in the world as an architect, storyteller, and community organizer. In the past few years, her exhibitions and stories have appeared in publications and broadcasts such as The Washington Post, Washingtonian, BmoreArt, DIRT, Image Journal, WPFW, and The Moth Radio Hour. Mojdeh has worked at award-winning architecture firms in San Francisco, New York and Tokyo, and has exhibited nationally and internationally in a wide range of venues from DIY project spaces in Berlin to museums such as The Phillips Collection. She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including The Studio Visit Fellowship at Takt Berlin (2018), Second Place at The Trawick Prize (2019), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship (2020), The Nicholson Project Artist in Residence (2020), VisArts Studio Fellowship (2021), a Wherewithal Research Grant (2021) and 2022 Sondheim Semifinalist. Mojdeh is currently based in Washington, DC, where she is a Studio Fellow with Henry Luce III Center for Art and Religion at Wesley Theological Seminary*.
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Originally from Jacksonville, Florida he brings characters to the stage that present an outlook on the hardships of life from a gentleman’s perspective. Ivan’s comedy is realistically clever and honest, but also focuses on his experiences throughout his child and young adulthood. Although, he grew up in a house full of sisters, his upbringing is the reason for his “Gentleman Comedy”. Ivan started his comedy career in VA Beach while in the NAVY, after residing in Virginia he relocated to the City of Baltimore where he was quickly embraced by the comedy community. He begun to perform at Comedy Clubs and Colleges around the country. In 2017 Ivan became the founder of the Baltimore Comedy Festival hosting 100+ comedians, domestic and international. In 2019 Ivan was selected for Kevin Hart's "Hart of The City" produced by Comedy Central. Following that accomplishment, he hit the World as a Feature with Norwegian Cruise Lines and performed in over 12 countries. He is also a frequent performer in the DMV area, where he is known as a favorite. In Baltimore he is known for being one of the most diverse comedians on the scene, performing and writing various Sketches while entertaining crowds weekly at his Art of Comedy Showcase/Open Mic Series. (Motor House/SHOWROOM Baltimore).
Ivan is also the founder of the Baltimore Comedy Festival which is in its fourth year and host 100 comedians from all over the world performing at over 20 venues in the city each Labor Day week since 2017. Ivan is also a co-founder of the Washington DC Comedy Festival
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Cindy Cheng lives and works in Baltimore, MD. She enjoys puzzles and learning about what her friends like to collect. She has been a resident at the Vermont Studio Center and the Anderson Ranch Artist Residency. She is a 2018 recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant, and in 2017 she won the Sondheim Artscape Award. She has participated in solo and group shows at School 33 Art Center (Baltimore), Fjord Gallery (Philadelphia, in collaboration with Cheeny Celebrado-Royer), Ditch Projects (Eugene, OR), St Charles Projects (Baltimore), and ‘Sindikit Project (Baltimore, in collaboration with Cheeny-Celebrado Royer). Cindy received her BA from Mount Holyoke College. She received a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from MICA in 2008 and then earned an MFA from MICA’s Mount Royal School of Art in 2011. Cindy teaches at MICA in the Drawing Department.
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Michael O’Connell is a field editor with Patch in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. He is also the host and producer of the weekly It’s All Journalism podcast and produces the Better News podcast for the American Press Institute. Previously, Michael was a digital editor at Local News Now, a senior digital editor at Federal News Network, a producer of the National Governors Association’s Meet the Threat podcast, and managing editor at The Connection Newspapers. For three years, Michael taught podcasting in the American University School of Communication’s Masters in Digital Storytelling program. Besides speaking about podcasting at various journalism conferences, Michael is also the author of the textbook, Turn Up the Volume — A Down and Dirty Guide to Podcasting. In June 2018, Michael traveled to Tajikistan on behalf of the U.S. State Department to teach young journalists how to podcast.
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Josh and Caitlin are theatre artists in Baltimore City dedicated to increasing diversity in classical theatre. After knowing each other through classical theatre for years, they began collaborating in 2017 to produce Shakespeare in a new way for an audience they didn’t see it serving. Together, they create hip hop adaptations of Shakespeare's plays under the name Fools and Madmen. They are guided by their belief that Shakespeare’s plays belong to everyone and that everyone should have the opportunity to access them.
Fools and Madmen is a series of mobile hip hop adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays, touring Baltimore City Schools and communities. Their goal is to bridge hip hop and classical theatre culturally and artistically, and to combat racial disparity in classical theatre. They believe that Shakespeare’s stories and characters are for everyone to access, and hope to break the perception that they belong only to one audience or culture. Their plays integrate Shakespearean text with original hip hop songs, creating a lyrical and rhythmic mash-up of classical and modern language, of poetry and music. Performed in the round, scored by live musicians, by an ensemble of BIPOC artists, their productions show that the only thing separating Hip Hop and Shakespeare as artforms are the voices and experiences of the people telling the stories.
About the Show (Julius Caesar, running July 8-17 at Motor House):
A hip-hop adaptation of Julius Caesar, written and adapted by Baltimore artists Joshua C. Thomas and Caitlin Carbone Hernandez and directed by Mari Andrea Travis. Inspired partly by the film Moonlight, our adaptation focuses on Brutus and Cassius’ relationship, showing a male friendship as complex and intimate to challenge the idea of Roman stoicism as a pillar of masculinity.
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Michelle Faulkner-Forson is the Managing Director of The Baltimore Improv Group (BIG).
The Baltimore Improv Group (BIG) advances the art and appreciation of comedy improv in the Baltimore region through enthusiastic participation and education. BIG enhances the quality of, expands participation in, and fosters the appreciation for improv throughout Baltimore.
BIG envisions awareness of, participation in and passion for improv comedy spread throughout the Baltimore region. We similarly envision improv’s infectious culture of support spread throughout the greater Baltimore area, inspiring community and creativity among all.
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ABOUT Fells Point Cultivated Creations
Cultivated Creations started as a house plant hobby gone wild. Founder Mike Holcomb always enjoyed gardening and became enraptured by the science of living terrariums, getting crafty with plants and putting them in his empty window storefront.
One day the window ran out of space and we realized we could share these creations with the community that loved seeing them from afar. Partnering with local artist Alexander Madaus, they set out to create a space for the community to grow with the greenery. Thus, Cultivated Creations was born.
We love that this is a way to bring joy to others and brighten up the community and we want to continue to grow and help others learn how to grow both plants and their spirits each day.
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Cary Michael Robinson is the CEO and creative director of Artbae, The creative lifestyle brand made for those who desire to explore their divine-ly-inspired impulse to create!
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Chris Amendola is the Executive chef and owner at foraged. a hyper-seasonal eatery. Foraged is a new take on farm-to-table. each item on the menu is comprised of local and seasonal ingredients. the concept is true to chef chris amendola's ethos in the kitchen, one that is deeply rooted in the woods.
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Vote for Station North! USA Today nominated the Station North Arts District as one of the nation’s 10 best creative and cultural hubs. Join us in voting once a day through July 4th. Find the link to vote in the episode description. This week, are excited to announce the return of Station North Summer Art Walks the final Fridays in July ‘spotlight on Charles North’, and August ‘spotlight on Greenmount West’ and September. Step into the artist studios, galleries, pop-ups, and performance spaces that make Station North one of the 10 best Arts Districts in the country. July 29, August 26, and September 30. For more information, visit stationnorth.org. Station North Arts District is a proud program of the Central Baltimore Partnership.
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Thomasine Dolan Dow was born/raised in Baltimore (Parkville for those who know Baltimore). Moved to LA in the 80s with 2 friends. Pursued advertising career. Moved to NYC with same 2 friends and in '86 met a fashion designer at a party and that changed everything. My career in fashion started at Ralph Lauren, then Armani Exchange, Banana Republic, launched my own line, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Lemlem, Sperry. During that time Dolan Dow also worked in costuming on a Meryl Streep movie and deep dived into educating myself on Sustainability in fashion. Dolan Dow currently works for MII (Material Innovation Initiative) as a Fashion Design Specialist. MII's objective is to accelerate the development of sustainable materials used in fashion, auto and home industries.
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Dr. Tiffany E. Barber is a nationally and internationally recognized scholar, curator, and critic whose writing and expert commentary has appeared in top-tier academic journals, popular media outlets, and award-winning documentaries. Her work, which spans abstraction, dance, fashion, feminism, and the ethics of representation, focuses on artists of the Black diaspora working in the United States and the broader Atlantic world. Her latest curatorial project, a virtual, multimedia exhibition for Google Arts and Culture, examines the value of Afrofuturism in times of crisis.
Dr. Barber is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Art History at the University of Delaware as well as curator-in-residence at the Delaware Contemporary. She has completed fellowships at ArtTable, the Delaware Art Museum, and the University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies. During the 2021-2022 academic year, Dr. Barber will be a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Getty Research Institute where she will be completing her first book.
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Sarah Magida is a practicing Life Coach, artist and Reiki Master. Under the name Firefly Life Coaching, Sarah works to serve artists and well, everyone!
Firefly Life Coaching offers life coaching services one-on-one, Reiki, and monthly workshop for artists and non-artists, carefully planned programs to electrify the lives of artists and general Life Coaching. FLC aims to heal expectations faced growing up as a “different” kind of thinker. Artists have their own unique way of interpreting the world and even if they don’t realize it on a conscious level they create art to facilitate their own healing and growth.
Coming from a background immersed in the arts having attended an arts high school, arts college as well as exhibiting nationally, at art fairs and galleries and created public art projects. Sarah sees it as my purpose to work to heal the inner child of artists that have learned to neglect play in their work, investigate and bring light humor to the limiting beliefs that can take hold in an arts community and loosen the ties that bind a creative from stepping into their beautiful art career.
Sarah feels artists are often neglecting an investment in themselves as individuals and lacking knowledge concerning self-care, healing blocks and deep inner workings of what it means to be an artist in this contemporary world. As a coach Sarah focuses on what thriving looks like to each individual she works with.
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A native Wisconsinite, Elsa M. is proud to call Maryland “home” and has completely fallen in love with all the state has to offer!
Prior to her move, Elsa was a TV Reporter/Anchor for ABC, 13 WHAM News, and co-host of the highest-rated morning show in the Rochester, NY market: “The Wake-Up Club” on 103.9 WDKX. She also was a reporter for WDRB, FOX 41 News in Louisville, KY, and R News in Rochester, NY. Upon moving to the DMV, Elsa co-created and co-hosted “The Intersection” - a live-streamed, studio-produced web show and podcast out of Washington, D.C. with her friend and fellow host Jeff Johnson of BET.
Elsa has been honored numerous times throughout her career, receiving several awards and distinctions, including earning an Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Spot News, three Emmy nominations for hosting, winning The National Press Foundation’s “Why Journalism Matters” competition, and accepting The Ralph O. Nafziger Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison for Excellence in Journalism within 10 years of graduation (GO BADGERS!). She was also named one of the “40 Ethiopians Under 40 Changing the World” by Addis Life Magazine, one of ‘her’ Magazine’s Top 10 Women to Watch, and one of The Democrat and Chronicle’s Top Emerging African American Leaders.
In her spare time, Elsa loves working out on her Peloton each morning, trying out new vegan restaurants and recipes, painting, reading, and catching up on - you guessed it - lifestyle TV Shows!
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Tamao Nakayama was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, and moved to the U.S. when she was 25 years old. She is still deeply influenced by the Japanese aesthetic, and the belief that 'less is more'. She is an emerging artist with a minimalist abstract style. She currently resides in Virginia.
When Tamao was young, the country of Japan was changing significantly. Even though Tokyo had been rebuilt after World War II, many areas were still undeveloped. There were a lot of small studios of traditional craftsmen in every neighborhood. The elementary school she went to was built for experimenting with new educational programs. The school was very innovative and creative in the country at the time, and her creativity blossomed there. She and her classmates created comic books, a SiFi film, and theater plays. She studied art and sculpted with paper at the after-school program.
From 2001 to 2003, Tamao studied art and ceramic sculpture at Santa Rosa Junior College in northern California. In 2004, She studied glass, metal, and furniture design at Palomar College in southern California. She won scholarship awards from California College of Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology, Savannah College of Art and Design to study at these schools. However, Tamao felt that she needed to experience how art was implemented in real life and to explore new technologies and materials in the design fields. She moved to Los Angeles and worked for furniture designers, interior designers and architects.
In Oct. 2020, Tamao moved from California to Virginia because of Pandemic. During her moving processes, she discovered six of her sculptures were stolen from her storage in San Diego. Unfortunately, the thieves were never caught and these pieces were never found. Tamao started to create from scratch in a garage in Virginia. Originally she was planning to pick up where she left off 17 years ago, to work on ceramic sculpture. However, knowing that the pandemic would prevent her from having access to a kiln for a while, she tried to create sculptures with other materials like concrete. Unfortunately, the temperature in the garage for Virginia winter was too cold for concrete to cure. Finally, she concluded that the only way to continue being creative was to stay inside and paint. In Oct. 2021, Tamao’s painting got selected for the juried group exhibition ‘Hypothesis’ and was exhibited at the Target Gallery in Alexandria, VA.
Tamao is new in art, yet she has numerous unique experiences in design, culture and life. This difficult time in 2020 made her explore 2-dimensional art. She currently works on painting and sculpture using various materials at her studio in Woodbridge, VA.
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Shane Prada came to Baltimore in 2004 as a Teach For America corps member. After receiving her Master of Arts in Teaching from the Johns Hopkins University in 2006 and completing her TFA tenure, she helped start one of the first charter schools in Baltimore city. In 2010, Shane began taking evening classes at the Maryland Institute College of Art’s Jewelry Center, then a continuing studies program. She fell in love with art jewelry and metalsmithing and the community fostered by the Jewelry Center. In the fall of 2012, MICA announced that it would discontinue the 22-year old Jewelry Center program in 2014. In the spring of 2013, a leadership team comprised of the core faculty and three students from the program was formed. Shane took the lead as the team created a new organization that would continue the legacy of the MICA Jewelry Center, the Baltimore Jewelry Center. In her role as director of the BJC, Shane oversees the administration and strategic plan of the organizations, steers the programming, raises funds through grant writing and fundraisers, manages the organization’s finances, and manages community outreach. In her spare time, Shane is an avid equestrian, training and competing in the Olympic sport of eventing.
Elliot Keely is an artist and metalsmith from Raleigh, North Carolina. Elliot completed my BFA with a concentration in metalsmithing and jewelry design from Appalachian State University. From 2017-2019, Elliot participated in the two year Core Fellowship at Penland School of Craft. Elliot explores different processes, often incorporating ceramics, drawing, painting, and collage into my work, while maintaining and specializing a practice in metal. Elliot is currently based in Baltimore, Maryland. where he works to manage the Baltimore Jewelry Center, a non-profit jewelry educational space.
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The Baltimore Jewelry Center is an educational nonprofit building a vibrant creative community for the study and practice of metalsmithing and art jewelry. We educate and inspire new and established artists, as well as promote metalsmithing and art jewelry to the general public through exhibitions, community and educational outreach.
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Steph Littlebird is a Kalapuyan visual artist, professional writer, and curator from Portland, Oregon. She is the 2020 AICAD-NOAA National Fellowship recipient, ‘20 Caldera Artist in Residence, 2019 Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC) project grant awardee, and a three-time Art + Sci Initiative recipient. Fogel’s work revolves around her Indigenous heritage and contemporary native issues. She has been featured by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oregon Bee Project, and at World Environment Day.
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Gyna Verduzco is a dynamic, versatile musueum adventurer who craves the plausibility of what a museum can be.
In 2020 Gyna embarked on my museum journey and had the amazing privilege of working at the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art where she helped develop an online database of over 300 Ancient Egyptian artifacts. Gyna's background includes 3D model , photograph, graphic design, and photogrammetry
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Andy Cook is the founder and Executive Director of Made In Baltimore. After a decade spent telling stories of progress and innovation as a photojournalist in Baltimore and New Orleans, Andy shifted focus to pursue a career in urban planning. As an Environmental Planner at the Baltimore Office of Sustainability, Andy helped launch Waste-To-Wealth, a program capturing economic value from sustainable waste diversion. Baltimore City Rec & Parks’ Camp Small Zero Waste Initiative, Baltimore City Department of Public Works’ Grow Centers, and Baltimore Office of Sustainability’s Food Waste Initiative are all programs Andy piloted during that time.
A native of Baltimore County, Andy holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cooper Union, and a Master of City Planning from MIT. In 2018 he was recognized as one of Baltimore Business Journal’s 40 Under 40. He lives in the Remington neighborhood.
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Mister Kokedama is a Baltimore-based business that creates unique handcrafted bonsai through the process of wrapping and binding different varieties of plants in mosses. We cultivate an environment in which we emphasize one’s connection with nature through teaching the delicate and intimate process of making and caring for the kokedama. Our goal is to raise environmental awareness and participate in conversations concerning climate change. Mister Kokedama creates zero waste and the entirety of the product is 100% natural and biodegradable. We also support local nurseries and garden centers in the Greater Baltimore area that provide a wide range of high-quality tropicals to succulents and everything in between.
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Theresa-Xuan Thanh Bui, is a first-generation Vietnamese-American pursuing a Bachelor in Fine Arts in Fiber, a minor in Art History, and a concentration in Curatorial Studies and Creative Writing from the Maryland Institute College of Art. They admire the beauty in making and equally prioritize the visceral love and empowerment in listening and valuing others. Thus, they turn to curation as a challenge to better critique themselves and their community. They aspire to tastefully dismantle the binding constructs of the art institution in order to establish space for the liminal, the radical, the exquisite, the unseen, the more.
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Myla Robinson is a Baltimore County based small business owner. They run a small online earring shop out of their home, making pieces out of real flowers and botanicals by preserving them in resin.
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Perryn Morris is a makeup artist based in the DMV area. Picking up the artform as a byproduct of graphic design, Perryn's work has graced the pages of Girl's Life Magazine, Harper's Bazaar Vietnam, Elle Magazine Bulgaria and Paper Magazine.
Perryn's love for makeup came from its ability to transform, even in the smallest measures. From grand editorial looks, to simple everyday adjustments, Perryn seeks to create a space where those who wish to, can use makeup as a means of self-expression. His inspiration comes from the works of Serge Lutens, Danessa Myricks, Nicka Kislyak, Roshar, Pat McGrath, and many others. Fostered by the mentorship of Jamaya Moore, Sonia Roselli, Latia Curtis, and DeShawn Hatcher, he seeks to grow his presence within the global fashion stage.
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Tina Canady is a queer Baltimore-bred, artist and cultural organizer. Her work centers Black liberation, joy and healing as pivotal tools in the disruption of white supremacy. She is passionate about creating new works and retelling the stories we think we know. Once upon a time, she took a bite out of the Big Apple and received a BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She currently serves as a Single Carrot Teaching Artist and looks forward to this new chapter as an Ensemble Member! She was previously seen at SCT in “Peter Pan or Wendy, Peter. Peter, Wendy” and most recently as Charlotte/Hazzie in “Safe Space.”
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Single Carrot Theatre is an ensemble theatre company in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. The Company was founded in 2005 by students from the University of Colorado at Boulder. The company selected Baltimore, MD as the city to locate their theatre after a nationwide city search.
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CJay Philip, an award winning actress/director/choreographer is Artistic Director of Dance & Bmore, a multidisciplinary Baltimore based ensemble presenting a unique fusion of movement, music, theatrics and spoken-word in their socially conscious and interactive works. Dance & Bmore also designs innovative multigenerational programs that seek to stimulate the imagination and strengthen relationships while building a sense of community and well being. The FazaFam Family Jam focuses on strengthening families though music, movement, and play, Forever Fit & Fun uses memory-based movement, prompts and storytelling to capture the memories of seniors citizens and encapsulate them in spoken-word, music and dance.
Before moving to Baltimore, CJay began her career with the Maude Baum Modern Dance company and Burundi African Dance in upstate New York. She made her Broadway debut in Big the Musical, appeared on in Street Corner Symphony, on Broadway and was Dance Captain for Hairspray on Broadway. She has toured as Lorrell in Dreamgirls and Paulette in Legally Blonde. CJay has written four works for the stage including a musical adaptation of Carmen which enjoyed a sold-out European run and is being revised for a Baltimore premiere.
She has directed and choreographed hundreds of musicals and performance events around the world including: The Who’s Tommy, Once on This Island, Ragtime, Marvin’s Trial, the Philadelphia Presidential Summit, the Emmy Award–winning NBC broadcast of the McDonalds Gospel Fest, the Baltimore African American Festival, WOW (Women of the World) Festival at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, and an Upfront for Essences Magazine.
As an arts educator she’s been program director for the HOPE for kids School of the Arts in NYC and the Baltimore Story Tree Gang addressing social issues through comic storytelling and community talk-backs lead by teens. CJay was founding director of the Children’s Theater Production Company at the Gordon Center for the Performing Arts. She teaches Interdisciplinary Collaboration at Baltimore School for the Arts and Musical Theater at Baltimore Centerstage. CJay was host and producer of online series The Baltimore Arts Scene and Dance & Bmore Live. CJay is the recipient of a Baker Artist b-grant, a Baltimore Social Innovators Award, Dance Break NYC Award and a Champion of Courage Award. She is a Robert W Deutsch Fellow and a Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow.
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Imtiaz Patel is the CEO of the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, parent company of the local news startup The Baltimore Banner.
Imtiaz is a former executive with Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal where he led circulation strategy and served as GM of key business verticals. Previously, Imtiaz was a consultant with Kurt Salmon Associates and Deloitte focused on growth strategy and business turnarounds. Most recently, Imtiaz advised several news organizations, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, Gannett and USA Today, and also led the efforts to acquire The Baltimore Sun and Tribune Publishing. Imtiaz holds a B.Sc. in Economics, Accounting & Finance from The London School of Economics, as well as an MBA from Columbia Business School.
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Shelonda Stokes is greiBO's influential leader and responsible for the development of its global brand and successful position in the marketplace. Known throughout the industry as a strategic and creative visionary with a very strong business acumen, she is the President and CEO of greiBO entertainment.
This sought-after thought leader and businesswoman is the recipient of over 75 community related awards and numerous professional awards such as Innovator of the Year and Maryland's Top 100 Women. She is on speed dial and key advisor for an elite list of Fortune 100 CEO's, elected officials, and other dignitaries. Greibo's growing impressive client list is the result of her management and greiBO's culture of engaging people to look, listen and believe. Just ask Under Armour, Hewlett Packard, Smithsonian, the State of Maryland and Visit Baltimore to name a few.
Perhaps best known in production and entertainment circles for her expertise, Shelonda is the executive producer of the Baltimore's African American Festival, This event has broken record attendance of 500,000 over its annual weekend.
Shelonda is a graduate of Morgan State University's Electrical Engineering program and currently serves as co-chair of The LEADERship, a program of the Greater Baltimore Committee.
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Every Wednesday in June & July The Truth In This Art & Station North Arts District are partnering to spotlight a sample of district-based artists to share more about their work, future projects, and how they make Station North a creative hub.
With this podcast, Station North is celebrating its 20th year anniversary and its the recent re-designation as an arts district.
Located in the heart of Baltimore, Station North was the first area in Baltimore to receive the State designation as an Arts & Entertainment District in 2002.
Spanning the neighborhoods of Charles North, Greenmount West, and Barclay, Station North is a diverse collection of artist live-work spaces, galleries, rowhomes, and businesses, all just steps away from Penn Station, Mount Vernon, Charles Village, the Maryland Institute College of Art, the University of Baltimore, and Johns Hopkins University.
There are now 22 Arts & Entertainment Districts in Maryland, and similar programs in dozens of states. Station North continues to serve as a national model for Arts & Entertainment Districts.
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Elena Fox is a Baltimore-based illustrator, comic book artist/writer, musician, cake decorator and cat enthusiast. She has done album artwork for Satan’s Pilgrims, The Electric Mess, Freezing Hands and The Resonars, as well as a lot of gig posters and t-shirt designs for bands, including Surfer Blood, Dressy Bessy, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, and David Leibe Hart.
Cake art and design was formerly her day job for over a decade where she worked at Baltimore’s Charm City Cakes and was on the Food Network's reality show “Ace of Cakes” (2006-2010), sculpting and painting bizarro cakes. She is currently reprising her role making said wacky sugar creations on Food Network's new series “Duff Takes the Cake.” Elena is the bass player/backing vocalist of PLRLS (a new wave/post punk/gonzo party rock band), guitarist/vocalist of Candy Smokes (trashy garage trio made up of teenage rats that were born to have a good time at all costs), and bass player/backing vocalist of Concrete City (snarky indie rock for refined punks). She published her first solo comic book in 2019 called Dramatic Paws Vol.1- a psychedelic look at her daily reality. She is currently writing Dramatic Paws Vol.2, out fall 2020.
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Derek Cooper is an artist, an educator, and actor who has inspired thousands of kids and families to play, learn and explore their interests, emotions and the world around them through his work at Port Discovery Children’s Museum. Derek is a talented and experienced actor, having performed in community theater shows since he was 14. In addition, Derek researches, creates, trains staff members, performs, and evaluates activities and programs offered at Port Discovery. His story times, music times and theater programs at Port Discovery are lively, imaginative and fun – and always a fan favorite! Derek is passionate about increasing people’s exposure and access to fine arts – and he’s especially passionate about making that possible for children. Derek enjoys seeing other people smile and laugh – and loves to see the stars at night. He thinks storytelling – no matter what form or style – is pure magic because it has the power to reach people emotionally and offer a window into other perspectives. Derek holds a B.A. in Theatre from Lynchburg College.
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About Sistah Scifi:
Started on February 2, 2019, Sistah Scifi is a strong niche scifi brand with over 11K engaged Instagram followers located throughout the US and Canada, 8K Facebook followers and an email list of over 3K. Sistah Scifi has been featured in The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, BookRiot, Buzzfeed, VentureBeat, and Facebook's Boost My Business. Sistah Scifi's number one product is the Sistah Scifi Author list shirt, and major clients include the Museum of Popular Culture (Seattle), Oakland Museum of California, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Sistah Scifi has hosted author interviews with John Jennings, NK Jemisin, LL McKinney, Jewelle Gomez, and Nisi Shawl to name a few. Sistah Scifi has developed strong collaborations with major international publishers such as Hachette/Orbit, Akashic, Abrams, Macmillan/Tor.com, and Simon and Schuster.
About the founder: Isis Asare is a serial cultural entrepreneur. One of her earliest ventures was Sistah Sinema. Asare started Sistah Sinema in her living room and expanded it to 20 cities across the US and internationally and a streaming partnership with indieflix.com within five years while working full-time at companies such as Microsoft, Shutterfly, and Brightroll. She successfully exited Sistah Sinema by selling it to community investors in 2015. Asare also has over a decade of finance and business development experience at Fortune 500 companies. Before starting Sistah Scifi, Isis Asare worked in Vendor Management and Business Development at Amazon, finance at Sears, T-Mobile, and Microsoft. She earned a joint MBA/MPP from Columbia Business School and Harvard University and a BA from Stanford University. Asare resides in Oakland, CA and identifies as a queer, Ghanaian-American sapiophile.
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Bria Sterling-Wilson is in conversation with Rob Lee on The Truth In This Art.
Through the utilization of magazine clippings, newspaper, and fabric I am recontextualizing found materials to confront how the African American man and woman is represented and perceived in society. In these works, I present individuals juxtaposed with contrasting hair, facial features, body parts, environments, and clothing. My collages ascribe to the multifaceted African diaspora by visually depicting cultural appropriation, race, police brutality, stereotypes, identity, and the idealized standards of beauty placed upon women of color. The act of cutting and manipulating allows me to have control to tell our story by expressing the oppressive nature and historical narratives associated with the black community. The representation of individuals of color has been polluted for centuries with discriminatory imagery. I challenge those reactionary views and ideals with my contemporary collages. The black experience is permeated with unparalleled allure, struggle, solidarity, and culture which I explore through my creative practice.
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Nick McKernan is a Baltimore-based artist whose path into animation can be summed up as one long, inevitable surprise. Originally from Oregon, he performed as a stage actor, musician, and filmmaker between various hospitality and education jobs before discovering an intense love for animation. In 2017, he applied to the Maryland Institute College of Art. In 2021, he received his BFA in Animation.
Nick’s work has been described as psychedelically-charged, exploring themes of gender fluidity, systemic inequality, and communal love, and has screened domestically and internationally. He currently works as an Animator + Editor at LAI Video in Washington DC, and lives in Baltimore, MD.
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For over a decade, Philadelphia artist and Parsons alumni M.K Komins has been passionately committed to the pursuit of creative excellence. Their work uses lush, dreamy realism and bold, hyper-saturated color to explore the juxtaposition between the glamorous empowerment of identity and the fight for human acceptance. M.K. uses a variety of mediums like traditional acrylics and oils, and newer digital art. In some cases, working in an experimental image making technique that involves painting broad, digital color, printing on canvas or giclee, then striping and manipulating the pigment with chemicals such as acetone to create tonal planes. They then build back detail with layers of traditional paint mediums like acrylics and oils. The process is a practical application of their quest to explore and expose empathy; in order to rebuild a more honest construct of humanity, we must first be willing to destroy, re-approach, and rebuild our perspective.
With a vast and diverse range of skills, M.K.’s client roster includes work with companies such as Titmouse Animation and Universal Studios, as well as large-scale creative collaborations with companies like Lord & Taylor and The Special Olympics.
Their work has been highlighted online by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Juxtapoz Magazine, Hi Fructose, Creative Debuts, Create! Magazine, and can be found in print in Pikchur Magazine, Brut Magazine, Create! Magazine, and Creative Bloch. M.K.’s art has been shown and sold in galleries spanning from Los Angeles to London.
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Diana Carla Rowe is a Contemporary Artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Born in Detroit, Michigan, and raised in Austin, Texas Rowe’s parent’s migration from Jamaica to New York City inspired her move to Brooklyn, New York in. She currently works and develops paintings and illustration projects in her Greenpoint studio. She has created work for Neiman Marcus, Early Majority, and Home Goods. Her work can be described as surrealist automatism as well as mixed media abstractions.There is a repetitive nature that carries through her work representing the passing faces of those around her. Her work scales from 30 in x 30 in to 120 in x 120 in. Her first solo exhibition “Much More Than Madness” is on from July 1st, 2022- Sept 2022 at The Nka Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee
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Scott Everett, Multi-disciplinary creative based in Detroit, Michigan, an illustrator and small business owner of the nostalgic brand - WessonArt. A custom sticker & printshop whose focus is to celebrate the past in the present.
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Shady Haze is quite simply one of the most influential, well-regarded, and all-around versatile Content Creator and Cosplayer from Northern Virginia. She is known for her unique take on cosplaying her favorite male characters like; Superboy, Cyclops, Poe Dameron, Aladdin, and Danny Phantom.
For Shady, art and all things geek has always been a heavy influence in her daily life, with collecting comics and figurines when she was six years old and then cosplaying today. Since the start of her Cosplay journey, she has gained multiple skills in crafting cosplays, making armor builds, and creating social media & creative video content.
Shady is proud of being an LGBTQIA+ Asian American woman! She has developed herself as a brand and an extension of “Shady Squad ” into a community for creations, collaborations, and connections, which houses meet-ups, photoshoots, and even virtual events during the pandemic. Shady Haze has been featured in multiple magazine issues like Metro Weekly, Cosplay Alliance, Cosplay Zine & Creative Cosplays Magazine. She’s an all-around badass social media creator who lives by her motto, which is “I Aspire to Inspire.” Shady Haze loves bringing her favorite characters to life in her own way.
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Awesome Con is an annual pop culture convention in Washington, D.C. The event takes place in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Awesome Con debuted at the center in 2013. After a successful start, the annual event has become one of the largest fan conventions on the East Coast of the United States.
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Natasha Magino, co-founder, and Jasmin Dixon. Editor & Social Media Manager, of The Vibe Room.
As residents of the DMV (D.C., Maryland, and Virginia) area, we are challenged by this monotony as well. One day when Natasha Magino and Isabel Yu sat down to catch up, they realized they were depleted from their daily 9-5 routine. They began to discuss a need for young DMV residents to have a space where creatives can connect and explore the community around them. We saw a chasm between talented local creatives who wanted to share their work and people looking for unique and accessible experiences in the area who didn’t know where to start.
Enter: The Vibe Room. With our combined marketing, design, and editing talents, we’ve created the space that the DMV needs. The Vibe Room is a publication that celebrates creatives and creative spaces doing exciting things with fashion, music, food, art, and culture in the DMV. Through our quarterly magazine issues and networking events, we provide a space to watch for up and coming artists and entrepreneurs making our community more unique.
We are working to build a network of creatives and artists while bringing cultural accessibility to you, our beautiful readers. Welcome to The Vibe Room.
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Rosy Sunshine Galvan is a Dominican-American artist from the pre-gentrified, Lower East Side of Manhattan, residing in Baltimore. Her art is a strange and awkward, yet beautiful meeting of graffiti, folk art, Caribbean vibes, direct conversations and healing. Rosy is a big fan of artist Yayoi Kusama.
In the series, Ancestral Vessels of Feminist Resistance, Rosy Sunshine creates vibrant paintings of survival. Her color-filled goddesses explore the power to reclaim the physical realm and thrive after acts of violence and explores using color vibrations, patterns, and tactile paintings to heal trauma and anxiety.
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Heidi Klotzman is the award-winning Founder and CEO of Baltimore-based HeidnSeek Entertainment, LLC (HNS), a company recognized for its excellence in marketing businesses and special events and booking live music and DJ talent. Her creative direction of HNS has become synonymous with Baltimore’s events and promotion culture. She has cultivated tens of thousands of professional subscribers into her entertainment guide and advises them on what to do.
Klotzman has been acknowledged as one of the Most Influential Professionals in the Baltimore event field by Baltimore Magazine’s Power Issue, The Queen of Clubs by The Baltimore Sun, a Top Professional Under 35 by b newspaper and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a Rising Star by Baltimore Business Journal and Living Classrooms Foundation, an Emerging Leader by The United Way of Central Maryland, a Very Important Professional Under 40 and Leading Woman by The Daily Record, a Woman of Power by E Media, a Woman of The Year nominee by The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, a Spirited Woman Giving Back winner, a Philanthropik Philanthropy award winner, a Community Game-changer by Cre-a-TV, and nominated as one of the Largest Contributors to the Local Music Scene by the Maryland Music Awards. She’s also been interviewed by Medium, Baltimore Style Magazine, and Jmore Magazine.
Klotzman has appeared on the ABC2 Midday Maryland show as an ongoing Events Contributor, WCBM Radio for Women Talk Live, Baltimore CityBizList as a featured CEO, KHZTV Radio with Gina Geppi Social Scene, Port Covington for The Future of Charm City and Deep Dive panels, her alma mater Roland Park Country School on the young women’s entrepreneurial and diversity panels, her alma mater Goucher College on the Subject of Leadership talk, the Media and Marketing panel at Baltimore Next Media Web Festival, Motor House for the Women In the Industry panel, the Baltimore Music Conference for the Women in Entertainment Panel, the Successful Revolution Conference panel, and Maryland’s New Directions to share her experience as an inspirational entrepreneur. She has also contributed as a writer to Wedding411 Magazine and Mobtown Music Guide and published a book of poetry entitled Circadian Rhythm
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Elise Richard is a fashion blogger originally from Lafayette, Louisanna and now residing in Baltimore.
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Angeline Murphy is a Austin,Texas based model specializing in print and online shoot. Murphy shares her thoughts on the modeling industry, experiences as a alternative models and how a positive outlook helps us work.
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Christopher learned the art of measuring & design while living in London, a city that had a profound effect on his life. While immersed in the English culture, he absorbed the sensibilities of some of the world's best clothiers while being trained in the skills he would need to execute his own vision of the classic English style. During his time in London, Christopher would frequently visit Saville Row and Jermyn Street to observe and gather inspiration. The end result was a new approach to men's clothing that blends European style and fit with a modern attention to detail, clean, understated lines, and comfort. This formula produces fashionable, fitted and comfortable clothing that you will love wearing.
Christopher Schafer Clothier was designed to give clients the best and most unique experience when designing custom clothing. Founded in 2010 by Christopher Schafer, we provide our clients with both the best customer experience and the finest options in the world. We take pride in our work and feel that every garment we create is a direct representation of our brand.
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Henrietta Stack$ is public relations and media finesser | your favorite awkward DJ | vibe checker.
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Scottie B - co-founder of the all-important Baltimore club label Unruly Records - was one of firm facilitators of the rise of Baltimore Club as we know it today.
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Since 1994 Unruly Records, owned and operated by Baltimore’s legendary DJ’s Scottie B. and Shawn Caesar, has been hailed as the home of Baltimore Club. People around the globe have asked the question: WHAT IS BALTIMORE CLUB? It is the brand of Baltimore, the foundation of club, combined with the element, art and passion of music is what drives the genre known as Baltimore club music.
Since it’s inception, Unruly has created other lanes in deep house and hip hop. Be on the lookout for the release of many early releases in all of the genres.
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June is a Baltimore native, published poet, filmmaker, performer, dancer, arts educator, and author of Paper Trails of the Undying. In 2020, she was recognized by Baltimore Magazine as Best Poet of Baltimore. Her directorial debut, A Black Girl's Country, featured in national and international film festivals and was recently acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art as a part of their permanent collection. Nia serves her community as an arts educator, teaching dance, film, and creative writing to Baltimore youth. Her most recent film, The Unveiling of God / a love letter to my forefathers made its premiere in Baltimore, MD in October 2021. The film illustrates Black men in the community through moving portraits, poetry, dance, and music. June is a proud member of the Baltimore community and it shows at the center of her work.
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Joe Tropea has served as Maryland Center for History and Culture's Curator of Films and Photographs since 2012. He creates exhibitions and exhibition videos, writes for the organization’s underbelly blog, which he co-founded in 2012, and manages the Imaging Services department and Maryland Center for History and Culture's digital projects. He started at Maryland Center for History and Culture in 2005, worked part time in the Special Collections department, and earned an MA in Public History from UMBC. In 2015 he co-founded the Preserve the Baltimore Uprising Archive, a digital repository that seeks to preserve and make accessible materials related to the killing of Freddie Gray and related subsequent events in Baltimore City. Joe is the co-director of the award-winning 2013 documentary Hit & Stay and the director of 2018’s Sickies Making Films.
He is also a collective member/owner of Beyond Video, a Baltimore based not-for-profit video store.
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Ron Cassie is a senior editor at Baltimore magazine, winning national magazine awards for his work around climate change, the opioid epidemic, and the death of Freddie Gray. He has been both a Folio and City Regional Magazine Association writer of the year finalist. His co-written story on police surveillance was selected for the Pulitzer Center’s 2021 Year in Review. Other work has appeared in The Best of American Sports Writing, Newsweek, CityLab, Huffington Post, Grist, The New York Daily News, City Paper, and Urbanite, where he served as editor-in-chief. He is pursuing a doctorate degree at Georgetown and has taught writing at several Baltimore-area colleges. His first book, If You Love Baltimore, It Will Love you Back, a collection of short nonfiction stories, was published in 2020. Prior to becoming a journalist, he swung a hammer, rode a bike, and poured drinks for a living.
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Keona Tranby is the director of marketing and communications for the American Craft Council. She graduated from the University of St. Thomas with her degree in business administration and entrepreneurship. She started a print magazine in college that led to an opportunity to work for a startup in San Francisco and brought her out to Venice, California, where she worked with fashion designers, photographers, and models. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her dogs, interior decorating, hosting events, gardening, and finding pieces to fix up at thrift stores.
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The American Craft Council is a national nonprofit organization that connects and galvanizes diverse craft communities and traditions to advance craft’s impact in contemporary American life and to keep craft artists and the community connected, inspired, and thriving.
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Originally from Baltimore, DJ-SUN is an open format dj/producer who works on the stage, in the club and in the studios across the country. SUN spins in many different settings from dance clubs, to concert venues, private events, radio and even on TV shows.
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Jae Jin is an independent global recording artist, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor (SAG-AFTRA), & storyteller. He has self-released 3 albums of original music for which he has received GRAMMY consideration, numerous accolades, and songwriting awards (including winning the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Award and 1st place in the International Songwriting Competition). He has performed nearly 600 concerts in 132 cities globally. Jae is also the recipient of a prestigious Creator Award through WeWork for his original music & powerful life story and gave his first TEDx talk in 2020.
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An artistic force in the broadest and most creative sense of the word, Darin Atwater's career has encompassed the roles of composer, conductor, pianist, record producer, artist, arranger, film composer, vocalist, entrepreneur, educator, and arts advocate. As a master inventor of musical hybrids, he has blended American pop, soul, Hip Hop, jazz, classical, and gospel music into many dazzling fusions, traversing virtually every medium, including records, live performance, radio, and television--literally reinventing the symphony orchestra in America.Born in Washington, D.C., Atwater made his orchestral debut as both composer and pianist in May 1995 with the National Symphony Orchestra performing his own Piano Concerto. The following year the National Symphony and the National Cathedral Choral Arts Society premiered his Proclamations. In 1997 he accompanied Kathleen Battle and the NSO for the re-opening of the Kennedy Center Concert Hall along with a performance that summer with Jennifer Holiday and the NSO for the PBS national broadcast of A Capitol Fourth. engagements with major orchestras, In Performance at The White House, European tour, and world premieres of his numerous compositions followed. As a guest conductor he has appeared with the Baltimore Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, M phis Brass, and the Columbus Symphony. Atwater appears regularly with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis as both guest conductor and composer. From 20042007 Atwater served as Composer-in-Residence with the Baltimore Symphony. This collaboration produced many evening length works that have become staples in the repertoire. Among th are Song in a Strange Land, Evolution of a People, Paint Factory, Southern Folk Sketches, God's Trombones, and a ballet, Ghetto Safari. As solo artist, Atwater presented annually for the Steinway Series presented by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. He was vocalist, pianist, and arranger with the U.S. Air Force Band for America's Veterans; A Musical Salute on PBS. Most recently, Atwater performed a solo piano recital for the grand opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the first artist to perform in the Oprah Winfrey Theatre.In 2000, Atwater founded Soulful Symphony, an 85 member orchestra with vocals made up of mostly African American and Latino musicians. After 10 wildly successful seasons of sell-outemperformances in a joint venture with the Baltimore Symphony, Soulful Symphony entered into a historic partnership with Broadway Across America. Soulful Symphony delivered another three seasons of sold outemperformances at the Hippodrome Theatre before a triumphant return to the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall to celebrate 15 yearstaking an entire culture and setting it to music. The 2009 my Award(r)winning Soulful Symphony with Darin Atwater is one of the longest running pledge specials, airing currently nationwide on PBS/APT.Atwater r ains a strong advocate for Arts, Culture, and Music Education. He served on the board of Maryland Citizens for the Arts, testifying before the House and Senate for state and national funding. Through his work with Soulful Symphony, Atwater has lectured and spoken to countless schools along with hosting open rehearsals that has accompanied every concert since the inception of the organization.The critics' praise has been unanimous: The New York Times described him as composer with a muscular imagination. The Baltimore Sun wrote, Atwater has an uncommon ear for instrumental coloring and the urban beat. The Philadelphia Inquirer writes, Atwater has created a musical antidote for the malaise gripping classical music and is a unifying vessel for a dozen or so genres of music in the commercial and art realms The Washington Post adds, From the first few chords, his music sets itself apart, otional and riveting. Among his many honors and recognitions, NBC named him in The Grio 100: History Makers in the Making. Ebony magazine dubbed him one of the 30 Leaders of the Future, and the Baltimore Business Journal placed him on their exclusive 40 under 40 list. Atwater received The Prestige Award by the State of Maryland foremindividuals who bring prominence to the region along with Legends and Pioneers Award by The Afro American Newspaper and The Vision Award from Maryland Public Television. He was profiled on an ABC special for Entertainment Studios We are the Dream following President Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and the late Ted Kennedy.Along withemexpanding the cultural footprint of Soulful Symphony, He is scoring two feature films along with recording his debut album with a label releaseemscheduled for the summer of 2017. 2016-2017 season
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Philip is an artist and photographer born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He’s been practicing photography since he first picked up a Polaroid when he was nine years old. Philip’s love for his city and community inspires his creative practice and his ultimate goal is to capture the true essence of everyone that he photographs. The more he learns about photography as a form of art, the more he wants to create innovative, captivating works of art. Working as a full-time artist since graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Baltimore in 2020, Philip has remained dedicated to experimenting with and perfecting his skills as a photographer. His work has been featured in Baltimore Magazine and BmoreArt. When Philip is not creating in his studio, he spends time educating and mentoring other aspiring photographers and organizing events to support Baltimore’s creative community.
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Christopher Chester is a multidisciplinary designer with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry. He studied graphic design at The Maryland Institute College of Art. Skilled in Identity & Print Design, Product Design, Photography, Project Management, and Communication. His goal revolves around consistent learning, while contributing to a community with a diverse voice, both in life and design.
Micah E Wood’s portrait photography flows with the vibrancy of the Baltimore music scene. Exploding with color, the work builds a sense of belonging and intimacy to the subject that can only be achieved by a thorough understanding of the specialness and sense of place in Baltimore. His portrait work from 2012-2016 culminated in his book ‘Features’, in which Micah turns his gaze adoringly on his favorite artists. Over the past eight years, Micah has only continued to document individuals of the microcosmic Baltimore music scene, such as emerging hip hop artists such as JPEGMAFIA to underground post punk bands to electropop legend Dan Deacon.
Micah disarms people, and curates intimate moments with the artists he photographs, and you can see that in his work. His approach to using light as a 3-dimensional or sculptural form on the human is a playful feature that links both his portrait and landscape work.
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Baltimore native DJ Impulse has been moving crowds around the world for over 20 years. His ability to read a room and act accordingly by knowing just what to play and when, is something that can’t be taught. It’s not just the best dance clubs and parties that have Impulse in high demand, some of the world’s most trusted brands trust Impulse to provide the soundtrack. Past and current clients include Nike, Red Bull, Vans, Food Network, MTV, Cisco, Chase Saphire, and many more.
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Cissa Paz is a Brazilian singer-song writer. The diversity of her cultural experience merges with her fearless taste for new combinations, as she creates and rearranges songs that are melded with the rich traditions of Afro-Brazilian and Luso-African concepts. Cissa’s captivating stage presence and soulful voice bring music that is fresh, fun and rhythmic.
Paz’s new album, Curandeira, which means “healer,” represents a culmination of personal and musical growth for the acclaimed singer-songwriter. Paz has earned a reputation as a musical innovator in the DC area along with three Wammie nominations and a dedicated following.
Her style is a unique blend of regional Northeast Brazilian styles—including forró, samba, and maracatu—with a twist of jazz, funk, and soul. As a composer and performer, Paz has always been interested in creating something new, combining her musical passions and interests in a way that not only celebrates her Brazilian African-indigenous roots but builds on them as well.
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Adam Stab is Baltimore’s longest-active graffiti writer. He has been both participant and formative to the culture of Style Writing since 1984. Since the mid-eighties the movement of style writing (or graffiti writing) has become the largest, fastest growing art form – or rather culture – on the planet.
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YTK is an versatile artist from Baltimore, MD. YTK is a self taught producer, writer, poet, rapper and pianist.
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Angela Wheeler’s family roots are embedded in Baltimore City – and, therefore, America’s story of Black excellence in law, politics, art, and education. She belongs to a creative family of accomplished writers, thinkers, entrepreneurs, and artists, including her great aunt and acclaimed Harlem Renaissance painter and art educator, Laura Wheeler Waring, who is her professional and artistic muse.
Ms. Wheeler’s unique background, passion, and purpose to uplift Black voices has led her to raise funds for students of color pursuing higher education, currently those enrolled at the Maryland Institute College of Art. This endeavor is an ongoing pursuit resulting in more Baltimore-based African American students enrolling and graduating with an art and design degree from the prestigious college.
Ms. Wheeler is also an award-winning fundraising strategist who has worked with nonprofit leaders in the Baltimore region. She has served key institutions in the arts and cultural scene, such asThe Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture, the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance, and the Banneker-Douglass Museum that is operated by the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture.
As an entrepreneur, Ms. Wheeler is passionate about community service. In recent years, she has focused her energies on a project serving underrepresented families in the Reservoir Hill neighborhood of West Baltimore, orchestrating successful annual and capital campaigns to renovate and reopen a fifty-year old after-school program and community center. In addition to leading the fundraising strategic planning efforts, Ms. Wheeler led recruiting, training, and motivating a high-level volunteer team to success. Today, the Revoir Hill community enjoys expanded services for low-income children, adults and families in a newly renovated, state-of-the-art building that also features upgraded youth education programs. The building and programs were nearing closure when Ms. Wheeler became involved.
One colleague’s feedback sums up her professional approach: "Angela Wheeler's work ethic represents the highest levels of professionalism -- incorporating her unique vision, her polished skills in [fundraising], journalism, PR, consulting & production and her continuous attention to detail -- all performed with a very sharp, friendly wit which ensures that every project will be a joyful, productive journey."
In her spare time, Ms. Wheeler enjoys international travel and curating The Door Project, a documentary art project and collection of full-size entryway doors painted by acquaintances and friends.
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Annalisa Dias is a Goan-American transdisciplinary artist, community organizer, and award-winning theatre maker working at the intersection of racial justice and care for the earth. She is Director of Artistic Partnerships & Innovation at Baltimore Center Stage. Annalisa is also a Co-Founder of Groundwater Arts. Prior to joining BCS, Annalisa was a Producing Playwright and Acting Creative Producer with The Welders, a DC playwright's collective; and a Co-Founder of the DC Coalition for Theatre & Social Justice. Artistic credits include: WRITING: 4380 Nights, the earth that is sufficient, One Word More, The Last Allegiance, A Legacy of Chains, Crooked Figure, Consider the Dust, Matanuska, Coal, and Servant of the Wind. DEVISING: Wit's End Puppets: Malevolent Creatures; banished? productions: Tyger; Theater Alliance: I Love DC. DIRECTING: Source Festival: Dust to dust to dust and Dressing Bobby Strong; The Salima Project (film). Annalisa’s work has been produced or developed by The Welders, Theater Alliance, Signature Theatre (DC), Arena Stage, the Phillips Collection, The Gulfshore Playhouse, the Mead Theatre Lab, The Hub Theatre, Spooky Action Theater, Tron Theatre (Glasgow), and OverHere Theatre (London). Annalisa frequently teaches theatre of the oppressed and decolonization workshops nationally and internationally and speaks about race, identity, and performance. She is a TCG Rising Leader of Color. Recent work includes THE EARTH, THAT IS SUFFICIENT, a performance project about hope for the future in the face of the climate catastrophe, produced by The Welders throughout 2019 in Washington DC and globally.
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Josie Marcellino is a Comedian. Filmmaker. Cosplayer. Nickelback Fan.
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Painter Meron Engida creates vibrant tableaus that act as a vehicle for exploring the artist’s personal experiences and Ethiopian cultural identity. Through trust in the mark-making process, Engida has developed a rich visual vocabulary which draws influence from the colors and narratives of ancient Ethiopian art. At the intersections of abstraction and figuration, Engida’s works center a cast of expressive figures who together tell stories of vulnerability, empowerment, and resilience. Fusing memory and imagination, Engida layers tones, symbols, and motifs to construct emotive scenes intended to prompt dialogue about diversity and women’s experiences.
Engida’s latest body of work illustrates the impacts of war and climate change upon everyday lives, honoring the experiences of women and children living amidst the ongoing Ethiopian War. With palettes of acrylic and oil pigment, the artist here employs a system of dots, used to symbolize water, earth and teff. In "Teff teffa", the artist gestures towards the growing inaccessibility of teff—the staple grain used to make injera—due to war, drought, and global demand, demonstrating these forces’ impact on the foundations of Ethiopian cultural identity.
Celebrating 12 years of placing exceptional contemporary art in global private and public collections.
Founded in 2010 in Washington, DC by curator Amy Morton, Morton Fine Art (MFA) is a fine art gallery and curatorial group that collaborates with art collectors and visual artists to inspire fresh ways of acquiring contemporary art. Firmly committed to the belief that art collecting can be cultivated through an educational stance, MFA's mission is to provide accessibility to museum-quality contemporary art through a combination of substantive exhibitions and a welcoming platform for dialogue and exchange of original voice. Morton Fine Art specializes in a stellar roster of nationally and internationally renowned artists as well as has an additional focus on artwork of the African Diaspora.
Morton Fine Art founded the trademark a pop-up project in 2010. a pop-up project is MFA's mobile gallery component which hosts temporary curated exhibitions nationally.
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Paige Hernandez is a multidisciplinary artist who is critically acclaimed as a performer, director, choreographer and playwright. As an AEA equity actress, Paige has performed on many stages throughout the country. She has collaborated with the Lincoln Center and has been commissioned by several companies including the National New Play Network, the Smithsonian, The Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse and the Glimmerglass Festival. She is the recipient of an Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council as well as four Helen Hayes nominations for choreography, directing and performance. Paige has also been named a “classroom hero” by The Huffington Post, a “Citizen Artist Fellow” with the Kennedy Center, “40 under 40” by the Washington Post and one of “Six Theatre Workers You Should Know” by American Theatre Magazine. She is elated to be the Associate Artistic Director of Everyman Theatre in her hometown of Baltimore, MD. With her company B-FLY ENTERTAINMENT, Paige continues to develop and tour original work internationally.ses.
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"My artwork is a visual representation of my hybridism: a fusion of my gender, ethnicity, cultural, and social experiences. I impose colors, imagery, and materials that evoke femininity and tranquility with the intent of transcending or balancing a specific form. I associate working with light, color, and energy as a positive means to focus on the healing power found in the creative process and within us all. It is my belief that colors have both feminine and masculine energies and each color represents a specific aspect of nature." - Amber Robles Gordon
Celebrating 12 years of placing exceptional contemporary art in global private and public collections.
Founded in 2010 in Washington, DC by curator Amy Morton, Morton Fine Art (MFA) is a fine art gallery and curatorial group that collaborates with art collectors and visual artists to inspire fresh ways of acquiring contemporary art. Firmly committed to the belief that art collecting can be cultivated through an educational stance, MFA's mission is to provide accessibility to museum-quality contemporary art through a combination of substantive exhibitions and a welcoming platform for dialogue and exchange of original voice. Morton Fine Art specializes in a stellar roster of nationally and internationally renowned artists as well as has an additional focus on artwork of the African Diaspora.
Morton Fine Art founded the trademark a pop-up project in 2010. a pop-up project is MFA's mobile gallery component which hosts temporary curated exhibitions nationally.
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Sarah Sullivan is a small business owner and community builder. She has spent most of the past decade running the Mobtown Ballroom in Pigtown, an arts and entertainment venue that serves as a second home for many Baltimoreans. She moved to Baltimore from rural Massachusetts in 2006 to attend Goucher College, where she majored in Peace Studies. After college, Sarah became the Americorps Volunteer Coordinator at the St. Francis Neighborhood Center in Reservoir Hill, where she founded the Reservoir Hill Festival and eventually served as the interim Executive Director.
For 8 years, Sarah was a principal member of Guardian Dance, where she toured Baltimore City Schools and universities performing pieces that centered around racial justice and equity. She taught dance to young people in Sandtown, and was a founding member of Dance Camp, a fixture of Artscape in 2017 and 2018.
Sarah has worked for the House of Ruth Maryland as the Training Institute Coordinator. She managed and led the band, the New Old Fashioned, for 7 years. For the past 5 years, she has consulted with arts organizations on preventing and responding to sxual asault. At the beginning of the pandemic, she started a weekly livestream where she supports local artists, interviews political figures, and raises money for progressive causes.
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My work's abstractions arise from the subjects I portray: ecological and geological cycles, processes of chemical corrosion and natural efflorescence. With roots in traditions of Chinese landscape painting, my monumentally sized paintings and installations evolve a fantastic, abstract vision of the natural world. My latest work confronts the challenge: the resuscitation of landscape painting in a world where "landscape" is represented and defined through an ever-widening field of digital, graphic, and visual forms. How can a painting capture flux, abundance, waste, fertility, and the collision and collusion of diverse forms? How can it respond to the pressure we place on our era's fragile ecosystem? My paintings explore both questions by sustaining tension between what is artificial and what is natural, between what is chemical and what is biological, between organic and inorganic. The paper on which I paint is not only a recognition of a tradition of Chinese painting; it is also a medium of vulnerability and expansiveness, susceptible to crease and tear as well as to collage and collation. My own role in the creation of the paintings strikes a balance between the purposive and the protective. I trust to process, chance, and change, but I encourage, direct, and facilitate all of these. In my most recent work, I hope to live in the tradition of landscape painting, experiencing it for what it has always been: an occasion for radical experimentation and confrontation with the world, in the broadest sense of the term that sustains us. - KATHERINE TZU-LAN MANN
Celebrating 12 years of placing exceptional contemporary art in global private and public collections.
Founded in 2010 in Washington, DC by curator Amy Morton, Morton Fine Art (MFA) is a fine art gallery and curatorial group that collaborates with art collectors and visual artists to inspire fresh ways of acquiring contemporary art. Firmly committed to the belief that art collecting can be cultivated through an educational stance, MFA's mission is to provide accessibility to museum-quality contemporary art through a combination of substantive exhibitions and a welcoming platform for dialogue and exchange of original voice. Morton Fine Art specializes in a stellar roster of nationally and internationally renowned artists as well as has an additional focus on artwork of the African Diaspora.
Morton Fine Art founded the trademark a pop-up project in 2010. a pop-up project is MFA's mobile gallery component which hosts temporary curated exhibitions nationally.
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Jenny Wu's sculptural paintings transform liquid paint into sculpture, a process derived from making oil on canvas paintings and discovering the many layers of oil paint beneath the surface. These layers embody linear time, repetitive process and material characteristics. WU pours a thick coat of latex paint one color at a time on a glass surface allowing each layer to dry completely and repeating the process many times. She then cuts the dried paint to reveal layers of cross-section, which are then assembled into sculptures on a flat surface. The cross-section juxtaposes order and chaos: the consistent order of paint from old to new, and the imperfection of subtle differences in thickness. Each piece follows a specific pattern, uniting differences to present a systemic imagery. These works question our basic assumptions about what paintings and sculptures can be. Her work acknowledges the sensational and perceptual properties of materiality, and then transforms the materials from their original forms and purpose to present them within new contexts.
JENNY WU earned her MFA in Studio Art from American University in 2015 and her B.A. in Studio Art and Architectural Studies from William Smith College in 2012.
Celebrating 12 years of placing exceptional contemporary art in global private and public collections.
Founded in 2010 in Washington, DC by curator Amy Morton, Morton Fine Art (MFA) is a fine art gallery and curatorial group that collaborates with art collectors and visual artists to inspire fresh ways of acquiring contemporary art. Firmly committed to the belief that art collecting can be cultivated through an educational stance, MFA's mission is to provide accessibility to museum-quality contemporary art through a combination of substantive exhibitions and a welcoming platform for dialogue and exchange of original voice. Morton Fine Art specializes in a stellar roster of nationally and internationally renowned artists as well as has an additional focus on artwork of the African Diaspora.
Morton Fine Art founded the trademark a pop-up project in 2010. a pop-up project is MFA's mobile gallery component which hosts temporary curated exhibitions nationally.
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Influenced by quilts used during the Underground Railroad to send hidden messages to the traveling slaves, the drawings in Godspeed document a journey of escapism for travelers in search of a better life, for themselves and for generations to come. Quilts are used as sign markers, shields, portals, and gateways to help secure safe passage towards an “Afrotopia.” Hip Hop music, African wax fabrics, and the quilts of Gee’s Bend give form and guidance to the figures and patterns, encompassing African American history, culture, and mysticism.– MICHAEL A. BOOKER, 2020
Celebrating 12 years of placing exceptional contemporary art in global private and public collections.
Founded in 2010 in Washington, DC by curator Amy Morton, Morton Fine Art (MFA) is a fine art gallery and curatorial group that collaborates with art collectors and visual artists to inspire fresh ways of acquiring contemporary art. Firmly committed to the belief that art collecting can be cultivated through an educational stance, MFA's mission is to provide accessibility to museum-quality contemporary art through a combination of substantive exhibitions and a welcoming platform for dialogue and exchange of original voice. Morton Fine Art specializes in a stellar roster of nationally and internationally renowned artists as well as has an additional focus on artwork of the African Diaspora.
Morton Fine Art founded the trademark a pop-up project in 2010. a pop-up project is MFA's mobile gallery component which hosts temporary curated exhibitions nationally.
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Celebrating 12 years of placing exceptional contemporary art in global private and public collections. Founded in 2010 in Washington, DC by curator Amy Morton, Morton Fine Art (MFA) is a fine art gallery and curatorial group that collaborates with art collectors and visual artists to inspire fresh ways of acquiring contemporary art. Firmly committed to the belief that art collecting can be cultivated through an educational stance, MFA's mission is to provide accessibility to museum-quality contemporary art through a combination of substantive exhibitions and a welcoming platform for dialogue and exchange of original voice. Morton Fine Art specializes in a stellar roster of nationally and internationally renowned artists as well as has an additional focus on artwork of the African Diaspora.
Morton Fine Art founded the trademark a pop-up project in 2010. a pop-up project is MFA's mobile gallery component which hosts temporary curated exhibitions nationally.
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Tarrin Morgan II is a man of many talents and possess wisdom beyond his years. He is a tried and true student affairs professional that has been working in the higher education field for nine fulfilling years. “Students are not an interruption to our work, students are our work” is Tarrin’s professional philosophy which is backed with his actions of putting students first, advocating for them at all times, and his reputation of exceeding expectations of students and colleagues. In addition to being an educator, he has been doing videography for over 10 years. He has interned for Emmis Communications (specifically with radio station, Hot 97), done multiple videos for Morgan State University, and does freelance work such as weddings, commercials for businesses, etc.
Tarrin originally created the Real Talk Session Series to address the issues that students and staff of color face at a private higher education institution in New Jersey. The Real Talk Session Series was birthed on November 15, 2017 when he held a conversation surrounding race, gender, and leadership with award-winning researcher, political commentator, and professor, Dr. Wendy Osefo. The Real Talk Session Series evolved into what it is today when Tarrin faced an extremely tough battle with depression and anxiety all throughout 2018. He was able to turn a negative situation into positive as well as figure out a way to fuse his passions of education and videography in his own unique way in efforts to maximize his positive impact on the world.
Tarrin holds a Masters degree in Higher Education Administration from Morgan State University (Baltimore, Maryland), a Masters degree in Administrative Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University (Teaneck, New Jersey), and a Bachelors degree in Communication with a minor in Sociology from William Paterson University (Wayne, New Jersey). He aspires to obtain his Doctorate degree in Education in the near future. Tarrin sits on the advisory board for the NJ National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) African-American support group, AACT-NOW and is a certified NAMI NJ In Own Own Voices (IOOV) presenter. He also co-hosts a monthly men's healing event called Messages For Men which is held the first Saturday of the month at Above Art Studios in New Brunswick, NJ.
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Tim McFarlane is a painter based in Philadelphia, PA. His paintings and works on paper examine the fluid and contradictory nature of memory and place, with an emphasis on color, multi-layered systems and process. His practice has extended to include wall-based painting and drawing installations, as well. Much of his work is informed by everyday observations of the visual impact of human activity and engagement with the outdoor environments of his native Philadelphia.
Tim is a 1994 Temple University/Tyler School of Art graduate who has exhibited his work extensively in the U.S. and has been featured in major art fairs in New York, Miami, Dallas and San Francisco. He has been a visiting artist and lecturer at several universities, has been a regular participant in artist panels and has taught at Tyler School of Art & Architecture. Tim McFarlane’s paintings and works on paper reside in numerous private and public collections such as Bucknell University, Fox School of Business (Temple University) and West Virginia University. His work is represented by the Bridgette Mayer Gallery (Philadelphia).
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Todd Radom is a designer, sports branding expert, and writer. His work includes the official logos for Super Bowl XXXVIII, the 2009 NBA All-Star Game, the 2014, 2016, and 2018 MLB All-Star Games, the graphic identities of multiple Major League Baseball teams—including the Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Angels—and league, team identity, and branding for Ice Cube’s BIG3 basketball league. Among the leading creators in the professional sports industry, his three decades of work have resulted in some of the most familiar icons of our popular culture.
Born in New York City, Todd is a fourth-generation working artist. He has been inspired and intrigued by the iconography and visual culture of American sports, particularly baseball, since childhood. He attended the School of Visual Arts and earned a BFA in Graphic Design.
Todd is regarded as an expert on design for professional sports, the aesthetics of baseball, and the dynamics of brand loyalty between consumers and professional sports franchises. He regularly speaks to design groups, professional conferences, and colleges about his work and creative career. He has provided commentary about sports logos and branding for ESPN, National Public Radio, and The New York Times. In addition, he has been profiled or quoted in numerous publications including the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, Sports Illustrated, The Athletic, and Sporting News. Radom is the author of “Winning Ugly: A Visual History of Baseball’s Most Unique Uniforms,” and co-author of “Fabric of the Game: The Stories Behind the NHL’s Names, Logos, and Uniforms.” In 2015, Todd served as co-curator of “The Sports Show” at the SVA Chelsea Gallery in New York, a sports-themed exhibition of more than 140 works from 32 different artists, representing a range of creative disciplines. His work was included in the Worcester Art Museum’s 2021 exhibition, “The Iconic Jersey: Baseball x Fashion,” the first exhibition solely devoted to the baseball jersey in an art museum.
Todd currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the SVA Alumni Society. He also volunteers for the Baseball Assistance Team, an organization dedicated to assisting members of the professional baseball community who are in need.
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Lane Harlan, entrepreneur, restaurantuer and writer. Harlan is the creative mind behind many Remington establishments like WC Harlan, Clavel Mezcaleria and Fadensonnen.
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Keyia Yalcin is the founder and owner of The Yalcin Group and Fishnet Restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland.
Fishnet took the traditional concept of Turkish Street Food 'Balik Ekmek' (translated Fish in Bread) and fused it with American tastes. This fast-gourmet seafood eatery has turned into an exciting original concept over the years focused on freshness and quality.
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Sandra L. Gibson’s arts and culture training, teaching and practice over three decades have given her a unique understanding of partnership, creativity and collaboration. Gibson’s professional experience began with her role as program representative for UCLA Extension’s Department of the Arts, where she developed and managed 180-200 nationally recognized programs annually. Gibson later became Director, West Coast Operations at American Film Institute, where she also served Director, NEA’s Independent Filmmaker Program and Director, Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies. Gibson’s work as the executive director of the Long Beach Regional Arts Council in California developed her gifts for working with diverse cultural communities, individual artists and patrons of arts and culture. Gibson directed the city’s first Cultural Masterplan and launched the first Smithsonian Institution Program Affiliation in the US with the City of Long Beach. In 1995 Gibson served on the steering committee that formed Americans for the Arts and as a founding board member, and was recruited for the position of executive vice president and COO at the organization in 1998.
In 2000, she was appointed the fourth president and CEO of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, the leading service and advocacy organization for the presenting industry worldwide. Gibson realized the need for a more comprehensive assessment of the performing arts in the context of a rapidly changing world and partnered with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to sponsor the first nationwide survey of the performing arts presenting field. Gibson engaged the association in new technologies and expanded its reach globally and across industry sectors, including partnerships with the leadership of Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes in Mexico; the French Embassy Cultural Services Division; the Netherlands Consulate and the Cultural Ministry of Colombia, among others. Gibson served as a Commissioner on the Culture Committee of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO from 2005-2009 and testified with cellist Yo-Yo Ma about the challenges with nonimmigrant visa processing before the House of Representatives Government Reform Committee in 2005. Gibson served on NEA’s Music Creativity panel in July 2002, the Regional Partnership Agreements panel in February 2006, the State Partnerships Agreements panel in January 2009, and State Partnerships Stimulus funding panel in March 2009. In 2004 Gibson launched the Creative Campus Initiative with a landmark meeting of the American Assembly at Columbia University, and in 2007 established the Creative Campus Innovations Grant Program to support exemplary cross-campus, interdisciplinary projects that integrate the arts into the academy. Gibson also led the development of an eco-leadership forum that advances the goals and action agenda of Culture|Futures, an international collaboration of organizations and individuals in the nonprofit, for-profit, philanthropic, economic development, political and policy arenas who are shaping and delivering proactive support for the transition towards an Ecological Age by 2050.
Gibson became an independent consultant in July 2011 and in 2012 formed Sandra L. Gibson and Associates, LLC, a consulting practice dedicated to advancing the arts, culture and education globally. Gibson serves as Executive Director of the Maryland Film Festival/Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland, as a Consulting Advisor to the DeVos Institute for Arts Leadership founded by Michael Kaiser at the University of Maryland, and as a Consulting Advisor to The Canales Project founded by opera singer Carla Dirlikov. From 2012-2018 Gibson served as the first executive director of the National China Garden Foundation in Washington, DC, overseeing the development, fundraising and construction design for a priority U.S.-China government initiative to establish the National China Garden, a 12-acre classical Chinese garden center in the historic U.S. National Arboretum. She has served as a consultant to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture, Northwoods Nijii Enterprise Corporation, Theatre Forward, and as an advisor to the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, as a consultant to the Smithsonian Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education and Access, and the National Museum of American History, as well as a Senior Artistic Advisor to the China International Performing Arts Fair, Guangzhou, China. Currently Gibson serves as President and Chair, Friends of the British Council, Board Member and Chair of the Artistic Committee of the Sphinx Organization, and as Vice Chair of the National Advisory board for Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. An ethnomusicologist and musician with a Master’s Degree in Music from Northwestern University, Gibson believes the arts are critical to personal, community and national well being, essential to an advanced democracy and vital to global cultural exchanges. She has worked tirelessly to raise dynamic conversations about the intrinsic value and impact of art and art making, their contributions to a high-quality education, to economic livelihood and to a historic legacy woven intricately into the very fabric of life.
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Chef Egg is a professionally trained chef, culinary instructor and host of Chef Egg Live: Interactive Cooking Events.
His mission is to free everyone from a boxed, frozen and fast food prison by teaching you how to really get cooking! Not just show you a recipe, but also give you the details you need to claim your culinary independence. From the grocery store to the kitchen table, you'll learn the basics of how to prepare, cook and serve simple and tasty meals.
Egg brings a high level of energy and passion to his teaching. His infectious sense of humor, and natural way of interacting with people, allows him to instantly connect with a wide range of audiences. Chef Egg's wants to educate, entertain and inspire. He really wants people of all ages to learn from his teaching, and he uses his off-beat humor as a way of keeping their attention, and to promote learning in a fun and engaging manner.
With a rare blend of formal culinary training, real-world experience, and a street-wise sense of humor, Chef Egg has found a niche that allows him to stand out in a sea of cooking shows, viral videos, and amateur foodie blogs.
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Chef Scott Bacon, a contemporary and classically trained chef, unites culture, tradition and sophistication to create dishes full of character. Chef Bacon’s culinary repertoire stems from both his southern Black and British roots underscored by classic French finesse. In his role as head chef, he oversees the culinary team executing restaurant and hotel operations at Maryland’s only Relais & Chateaux property.
Honoring his culture and upbringing, he is inspired by the comfort, depth and deliciousness that is ever-present around the table. “When I was growing up, dinner was always the time when things slowed down, if only for a moment, giving us a chance to come together as a family and share in the happiness ignited by beautiful food. That is the feeling I want to share with our guests.”
With over 11 years of experience cooking across Baltimore, Scott Bacon will continue Magdalena’s mission of exploring innovative and artful interpretations of Maryland cuisine. Chef’s love of Baltimore and passion for sourcing locally-grown ingredients will be at the forefront of the Magdalena menu, while incorporating his own Southern influence onto the plate. “By taking classic dishes and making them more delicate and refined, I want to offer our guests a new perspective on Maryland cuisine while sharing a piece of my story as well.” Guests will be welcomed with vegetable-forward dishes, shared plates, and elevated takes on traditional dishes as he takes the helm of the restaurant to new heights. The seasonally driven cocktail program and Wine Spectator awarded Wine List will seamlessly accompany the cuisine.
Prior to joining The Ivy Hotel, Chef Scott worked with the Foreman Wolf Group for many years, cooking at Cinghiale, Bar Vasquez, and Johnnys throughout his tenure. During his time as Sous Chef at Magdalena, Bacon worked hand-in-hand with renowned Chef Mark Levy, helping reimagine the restaurant’s fine dining roots into the Maryland Bistro concept that exists today.
Bacon was raised in Howard County and moved to Baltimore when he was 20 years old, where he began his culinary career. He believes in learning the basic rules of cooking in order to break them and enjoys drawing parallels between food and music, particularly jazz. Away from the kitchen, he can be found producing Electronic Music and performing around the city.
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Davon Pulliam, owner and founder of Tortuga Kombucha.
ABOUT TORTUGA KOMBUCHA
Tortuga Kombucha is a Black Owned small batch tea focused kombucha beverage company. We make kombucha in the pét nat style of wine... sounds different, tastes delicious. We are proud to serve a product we believe in.
The wisdom of the Tortuga— symbolized for us the taking of time to make the best kombucha. We were interested in learning how each Tea tastes before and after fermentation. The development of our kombucha was a process. This allowed us to ask and learn from people, shops about tea and its culture, tradition, regions, flavors and cultivation.
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Chef Sedrick Crawley, Culinary Director of Pizza University & Culinary Arts Center.
About the Pizza University & Culinary Arts Center
Pizza University & Culinary Arts Center was established to fill the need for skilled pizza makers and professional chefs in the restaurant industry. Our immersive hands-on training focuses on both the theoretical and practical methods necessary to form the perfect dough, a sublime sauce, crispy crust, and to identify only the best ingredients to produce the most authentic, delicious, and healthy end results.
We here at the Pizza University aim to grow a new generation of knowledgeable pizzaioli and professional chefs, and to help create a system that can improve the wellness of both the fast-growing restaurant industry and the rich world of diverse cuisine which so deeply fuels all of our passion for cooking!
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Shaun Stewart work as the bar manager, cocktail specialist and craft cocktail extraordinaire at JBGBs. The more whiskey focused bar I was the bar manager of was The Elk Room in Baltimore, Maryland. During my time there, I developed 2 menus that included specialty drinks, a rotating seasonal sangria, and a bottled cocktail program. The program that I was running was nominated as one of the top 25 bars in Esquire magazine. I have achieved recognition in the industry as a member of the Bartender's Guild and have competed in Ryes Up in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021. Prior, I helped put together the bar programs at Gunther & Co. and bar Liquorice in Baltimore and was rewarded with being the best new bar in Baltimore 2014.
Once taking over the cocktail program at bar Liquorice, we've won a few awards. We won "Best New Bar 2014" from the City Paper. We won "Best New Neighborhood Bar 2015" from Baltimore Magazine. They also named us one of the top 50 Bars in the area. We were listed as the first bar in the Federal Hill/Riverside area.
I have also competed in Bacardi Legacy and was a finalist for Glennfiddich Experimental Bartender of the Year.
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Sid Sharma is the co-founder of Mobtown Fermentation, a Baltimore-based business and makers of Wild Bay Kombucha and Icaro Yerba Maté.
About Mobtown Fermentation
Mobtown Fermentation LLC was founded by Sid Sharma with two childhood friends: Sergio Malarin and Adam Bufano. Mobtown Fermentation are the makers of Wild Bay Kombucha and Icaro Yerba Maté. Mobtown Fermentation's beverages are currently being sold in over 1500 stores in the Mid-Atlantic.
Through fermentation techniques and unique flavor combinations, Mobtown Fermentation are able to create a kombucha for both new and seasoned drinkers. Mobtown Fermentation hopes you enjoy our simple and honest recipe
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Ayeshah Julia Abuelhiga is the founder and CEO of Baltimore-based Mason Dixie Foods, maker of clean-label, preservative-free, frozen scratch-made biscuits, scones and sweet rolls. Mason is focused on disrupting the highly-processed frozen bread and dough category, offering the first frozen, zero-prep, clean-label biscuits, scones and sweet rolls on the market. The goods can be found in more than 5,000 stores across the country, including several major retailers like Whole Foods.
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Enrique is a former polo player, writer, entrepreneur and master of all things vermouth. At the age of 17, he moved from Ecuador to Argentina to work with horses and become a professional polo player, which eventually led him to play and live all over the world, including in Argentina, California and Spain. Though he has lived many lives and in many different places, he has spent most of his time in bars, kitchens and farms, with books, wine and vermouth. Enrique is also a Member of the Board of Directors of the Maryland Wineries Association.
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Serving up warm and gooey elevated comfort food with a cheese focus! Vegan options too!
With over 20 years in the restaurant industry, former Red Maple GM and popular local DJ Mike Jointz, blends the quality & precision of upscale dining with the casual comfort of your neighborhood carry-out.
Born from the vibe of a backyard cookout, Cheezy Mike's celebrates the place where food and entertainment intersect and memories are created.
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Josey Schwartz co-owner, brewer, and doer of many things at Suspended Brewing Company, an ecologically and socially focused company endeavoring to make the world a better and tastier place.
Suspended Brewing Company is a very small brewery in the historic Pigtown neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. We are a fully vegan, cruelty free company with a mission to show that social justice and ecological stewardship can be a viable combination for business, and to be an uplifting presence in our community.
We are a diverse team with great respect for each other. We are independent. We are minority and woman owned.
We focus on mixed culture fermentation but also have a big appetite for variety. We love to make hoppy beers, lagers, dark beers with lots of roast flavor, mild beers, beers with fruits & veggies, spiced beers, low ABV beers, historical beers, and beers with other specialty ingredients.
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From Henry's website When I turned 20, I decided that I would dedicate my life to being a Renaissance man. I started working in kitchens throughout Charleston, South Carolina, where I learned to proficiently use and care for knives. My obsession with knives began when I started stone-sharpening. The idea that a knife could be restored repeatedly to original sharpness opened the possibility to have a tool for a lifetime. At a crossroads in my life, I reached out to local knifemakers, interested in starting the craft of making chef knives. That’s when I met Quintin Middleton. He took me in as his apprentice and guided me for a year, teaching me the craft. It’s safe to say I would not be where I am without him. Since then, I have found purpose and pleasure from supplying people with tools to make cooking not just easier, but something to look forward to. My knives are both tools and pieces of artistic expression, and each knife is unique.
My goal is to supply people with tools that will last them a lifetime, and to be a part of the shift away from single-use or non-durable goods. With proper care, these knives will last long enough to become heirloom pieces. How many things that you own can you say that about?
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Kirk Francis founded Captain Cookie and the Milkman, an super-hero themed East Coast cookies & ice cream shop that started with one food truck in DC. Together with his wife, he has spent the last decade expanding the business to operate both food trucks and physical stores now in MD, DC, VA and NC with a commitment to building up our team and helping the communities in which we operate. This year, we will expand also to NYC for the first time. Kirk and his wife, Juliann, also started Tastemakers, an incubator kitchen for startup businesses, which quickly grew to become the most sought after commissary kitchen for small and mid-sized culinary businesses in DC.
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John Minadakis is the co-owner of Jimmy’s Famous Seafood, an iconic Maryland landmark which has served the community for nearly 50 years. Recently, he started The Famous Fund, a charity which aided over 30 city restaurant keep their doors open during the pandemic. He’s also The 2022 recipient of The Maryland Restaurant Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
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MC Bravado is an emcee/educator from Baltimore by way of New York. He's received noteworthy press across mediums, including but not limited to Rolling Stone, HipHopDX, FOX, ABC, CBS, Yahoo!, SiriusXM Shade45, Billboard, Okayplayer, DJBooth, HotNewHipHop, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Magazine, Earmilk, and REVOLT TV.
No stranger to performing on major stages (Warped Tour, A3C, SXSW), MC B is showing and proving his way to rarefied air. That being said, the former Baltimore city high school English teacher still keeps a leg in the classroom as an instructor for afterschool music programs. He also empowers and educates other creatives and student artists as a publicist and speaker.
His latest album release “The Living Game” coincided with the launch of his record label venture ("Label Necklace"). The lead single for the project (“Like Kobe” ft. Joell Ortiz) is out now!!
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Chris Franzoni started @EatmoreBaltimore in March 2015 with a desire to highlight, through social media, the rapidly growing food and restaurant scene in Baltimore and the surrounding areas.
While focusing mostly on local restaurants, the idea to create @EatmoreBaltimore stemmed from a desire to showcase Baltimore in a positive light (with inspiration from his friend @NashvilleFoodFan), and to help land it on the map as one of the best up and coming foodie cities to visit. Since its inception, @EatmoreBaltimore has grown to over 49,000 followers, highlighting hundreds of restaurants around town.
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The Smoking Swine started as an idea for a food truck and has grown into so much more. The name "The Smoking Swine" has transcended the truck and has attached itself to L. Drew Pumphrey , your humble host. L. Drew Pumphrey, in fact, is The Smoking Swine.
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Richard Gorelick is a former food journalist for City Paper and The Baltimore Sun and facilities manager for Baltimore Improv Group (BIG Theatre).
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A native of Davidsonville, Maryland, Zack Mills graduated from The French Culinary Institute in 2007. Immediately following graduation, Mills began working in various kitchens in the Washington, D.C. area before landing a job as a sous chef at Bourbon Steak, a Michael Mina restaurant located in Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. During his tenure there, Bourbon Steak received 3 stars in the Washington Post and Washingtonian dining guides and was named Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW).
In 2012, Mills accepted the opportunity of a lifetime to join Mina Group as a corporate sous chef working under the direction of Michael Mina. There, he oversaw the culinary operations for the James Beard award-winning chef’s East Coast restaurants along with several notable restaurant openings including PABU in Baltimore, Maryland; The Handle Bar in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; and Pub 1842 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Continuing under Mina’s mentorship, Mills accepted the executive chef position at Wit & Wisdom, Mina’s upscale American tavern located in Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore. At Wit & Wisdom, Mills was responsible for overseeing daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner services, as well as Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore’s 24-hour room service. Under Mills’ leadership, Wit & Wisdom was named one of Baltimore’s Best Restaurants by both the Baltimore Sun and Baltimore Magazine.
In 2018, Mills partnered with Patrick Hudson of True Chesapeake Oyster Company and Nick Schauman of the Local Oyster to build True Chesapeake Oyster Co in the historic Whitehall Mill which will opened in the Fall of 2019. Since its opening, True Chesapeake Oyster Co has received four-and-a-half out of five stars in the Baltimore Sun and was voted Best New Restaurant by the Baltimore Magazine Reader’s Poll.
Giving back to the community has always been a top priority for Mills. He continues to volunteer his time cooking for national charitable organizations including No Kid Hungry and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He was the 2016 winner of Baltimore’s “The Supper” chef competition to benefit the Saint Agnes Foundation, and also appeared on the Food Network’s competition series Chopped.
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Brian McLaughlin is President of Enterprise Community Development, Inc (ECD) and President of Enterprise Community Partners’ Community Development Division. Brian is charged with leading operations and the overall strategic direction of both organizations, as well as Enterprise Residential – the company’s property management company. ECD is an owner, operator and developer of housing spanning 113 communities with a portfolio valuation of more than $1.3 billion supporting 21,000 residents. Brian has spearheaded the merger of the three legacy companies brought together to create ECD, ultimately expanding its workforce to more than 500 associates who make up one of the 50 largest private owners of affordable housing in the country and the sixth largest among nonprofits. Brian oversees a team with expertise in community planning, development, design, construction, asset management, property management and resident services. Enterprise Community Partners, ECD’s parent company, is a national nonprofit that develops community-based programs, advocates for affordable housing policy and invests capital to build and preserve affordable homes.
Brian brings diverse experience in managing real estate business lines across the nonprofit, public and for-profit sectors. Brian’s 25-year career also includes directly leading development of mixed-use, market rate, workforce, historic tax credit and Low Income Housing Tax Credit-supported housing. Brian began his career working in the nonprofit community development field in Boston and in York, Pennsylvania. He later served nine years at Fannie Mae across multiple positions, including as a senior asset manager and a multifamily underwriter, leading the company’s short sale product line during the Great Recession, and serving as special assistant to its president and CEO where he directed the company’s executive office. From 2003-2006, Brian served as an assistant secretary for Maryland’s Department of Housing and Community Development, where he led the state’s largest and primary division of government responsible for neighborhood revitalization programs and investments. From 2014-2018, Brian was the co-founder and CEO of Lantian Development, a Maryland-based private equity and development company where he built a $150 million portfolio that included more than 1.1 million square feet of office and institutional assets across 403 acres of land in the DC metro region.
An honors graduate of Duke University, Brian also holds a master’s degree in city planning from MIT and a master’s degree in economics from American University. Brian serves on the boards of the Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, and has been appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as a branch board director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
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Mr Ernst Valery is a co-managing member of SAA | EVI and shares overall responsibility for the day-to-day operations and execution of SAA | EVI projects and relationships. Mr. Valery has successfully invested in and developed real estate in Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Pennsylvania; Virginia; California; and New York. For the past 16 years, he has been involved with development projects ranging from mixed-use, multi-tenant rental properties, single-family renovations and condominium conversions.
Mr. Valery is the founder and president of SAA | EVI affiliate Ernst Valery Investments Corp. (EVI), a private, minority-owned real estate investment firm established in 2001. EVI invests in select underserved and undervalued key emerging domestic real estate markets, defined as urban transitional areas with high residential and retail demand. Mr. Valery has extensive experience in affordable and market rate housing development and investment, including providing due diligence capabilities and extensive skills in budget planning, design development, marketing, and the supervision and guidance of contractors, architects and engineers. He is responsible for the securing and structuring of financing, including expertise in securing Historic and New Markets tax credits.
Mr. Valery is also active in social entrepreneurship and volunteer work, including a collaboration with a team of professionals and graduates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Community Innovators Lab (MIT CoLab) as well as efforts at incubating businesses around the world that help alleviate poverty and increase the earning potential of low income individuals, families, and communities.
Mr. Valery graduated from Columbia University’s Master of Science program in Real Estate Development. He also obtained a Master’s Degree in Policy Analysis and Public Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree in Urban and Regional Planning with a concentration in International Relations, both from Cornell University. Ernst is also a Mel King Community Fellow at MITs CoLab.
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Brad Rogers, executive director of South Baltimore Gateway Partnership.
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Thibault Manekin is a speaker, educator, entrepreneur, community organizer, and cofounder of Seawall. Soon after graduating from college, Manekin traveled to South Africa, where he combined his passion for bringing people together with a love of sports to help create Peace Players, a nonprofit with the mission of bringing together children from war-torn countries around the world through basketball and dialogue. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Kira Wisniewski is the Executive Director of Art+Feminism. She has a can-do attitude and passion for community, capacity building, and the arts with expertise in non-profit structures, operations, and events. Outside of Art + Feminism, Kira is the host and co-organizer of CreativeMornings/Baltimore, co-founded the non-profit 826DC, is an Awesome Foundation Baltimore trustee, and volunteers with Fluid Movement and Special Olympics DC. Born in South Korea and raised on Florida sunshine (where she earned her degree at the University of Miami), she has proudly been calling Baltimore home since 2012, where she lives with her partner and her pet rabbit, Jeremy.
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Lisa Brown was raised between Washington, D.C. and Compton, CA. She developed a deep love for film photography and darkroom printing at a young age, and by the time she was seven, she was taking pictures with her first camera. Film photography and darkroom printing were the first classes she took at the National Children's Museum in Washington, DC. Lisa was first inspired by her grandfather, who was not only a student at Howard Law School but an exceptional street photographer in DC in the late ‘80s. Lisa still finds inspiration from his work today. Film never left her spirit, and she attended Prince George’s College where she acquired a degree in arts. After college, she dove deep into Africana Studies and was guided by many professors to further pursue her education in the field of visual arts. Currently enrolled at MICA to complete BFA. Lisa has been recognized by the Pittsburgh Art Society, Black Is Magazine, and The National Museum of Women in the Arts.
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Ann Shafer is an independent curator, art historian, writer, and a leading expert on intaglio printmaking by Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17. Formerly Shafer was associate curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where she curated a variety of exhibitions. She also organized the museum’s Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair in 2012, 2015, and 2017, featuring an international array of twenty presses, publishers, and dealers. Currently, she is bringing the print fair back to Baltimore in April 2022 and hosts two podcasts: Platemark and The Curator’s Choice. Shafer has a BA from The College of Wooster and an MA from Williams College. In additional to the Baltimore Museum of Art, Ann has worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art.
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American painter Emma Childs was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, where she lives and works today. Childs graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) with a BFA in General Fine Arts. She has participated in an artist residency at Arts Warehouse in Delray Beach, Florida, and is currently a resident at School 33 Art Center in Baltimore.
Childs’ work is held in several public and private collections in Baltimore, Washington DC, New York, and Los Angeles. She is represented by Rhodes Contemporary in London, UK, and Hidell Brooks Gallery in Charlotte, NC.
In this current body of work, Emma Childs has been developing a language of painting that allows her to explore the way we exist in the world we build around us. Childs’ work explores moments of chaos and mundanity, freedom and containment, isolation and contact. She is interested in the ability of a work to evoke an energetically emotional response from the viewer as well as creating objects that physically interact with their environment, to walk a line between creating something self-contained as well as reaching outward.
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Inspired by sacred geometry, Jordann Wine draws on classical forms and patterns in her work to reference mathematical concepts that reflect the wonders of the universe. Working with the golden ratio, fractals, and gradients these geometric abstract paintings, drawings and murals connect to notions of deep space in time, as well as deep space found in meditation. Floating, falling, fading and unfolding patterns of triangles and circles mesmerize the viewer, evoking contemplation of the infinite. Seeking order out of chaos, and interrupting rigidity of order with slight imperfections in the repetition is central to the meditative nature of her practice and to the solace it intends to bring out in the hand-drawn imagery.
Along with her work in drawings, paintings and murals, Jordann has evolved her practice by introducing glitter. Glitter, commonly dismissed as an ordinary craft material, is elevated to a painterly standard as she foregrounds the material’s inherent qualities of holding and releasing light. Making use of the medium’s full range of iridescent, opaque, and translucent color qualities, she transforms the childish or garish reputation of glitter into a reflective cosmic field. Reflective surfaces instinctually remind people of water, the element most critical to survival. Glitter’s shimmering surfaces, reminiscent of light hitting water, attracts the viewer into the work, evoking the appeal of both the movement of water as flow and the introspective quality of water as stillness.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts from New York University; where she studied Sustainable Entrepreneurship in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study and minored in Studio Art. She continued her education at the Aegean Center for Fine Arts in Paros, Greece. Currently, based in Washington, DC, she has had solo exhibitions at Honfleur Gallery, George Mason University, and Strathmore Arts Center, as well as many national and international group exhibitions. She has murals throughout DC, Maryland, New York and Jamaica, working with among others: Facebook, the DC Commission of Arts and Humanities, POW! WOW! DC, Conrad Hotel, lululemon, and JBG. Her work has been purchased for private collections, including recent acquisitions for the permanent collections of the Kennedy Center, Capital One Café, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank, Lockheed Martin, Fairmont Hotel, Montefiore Hospital, and Booz Allen Hamilton. She was a 2021, 2020 and 2019 recipient of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship grant.
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Jess Langley is the founder and artist behind White Coffee Creative. She started the business to make an impact and help others do the same. The three words she uses to describe her style: colorful, simple, and cohesive. A self-taught muralist, her work can be found inside of Spark Baltimore, on the walls of Christopher Schafer Clothier on Aliceanna Street, and on the storefront of Sharp Dressed Man just to name a few.
White Coffee Creative is an inclusive, woman-owned studio in Baltimore, MD creating design and murals with sustainability in mind.
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Dareise is a multi-passionate entrepreneur who brings creativity, professionalism and dedication to all of her endeavors.
She started her journey as an educator over fifteen years ago teaching high school English. During her career, she has served students, families and teachers as a tutoring center director, assistant principal, teacher and mentor for new teachers.
She is a certified Reading Teacher (Goucher College), has a bachelor’s degree in English from Coppin State University and a master’s degree in Education: Administration and Supervision from Notre Dame of Maryland University.
The Baltimore City native grew up in a low-income household to a mother with a mental illness and an absentee father. Her grandparents raised her until her grandfather passed away. She was nine. Her grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease when she was fourteen. She then moved with a family member who was a victim of domestic violence. Despite these adverse experiences, her faith, family, mentors and therapy got her through college and into a thriving career.
Dareise became a realtor in 2016 and is a proud member of the Dream Builders Home Group of Keller Williams Metropolitan.
Dareise carries the values of hard work, integrity and outstanding client service into everything she does, and is ready to educate and successfully guide her clients through the home buying and selling process.
She is a contributing writer for Upscale Magazine, Baltimore Small, and The Baltimore Times, editor of My Life is Not a Sermon by Tonya Blue-Shelby, former writer for The Flywire Magazine and Coppin State University’s newspaper and intern with The Baltimore City Paper.
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Murphy received her BS degree from Towson State University in Maryland and her MFA in Painting from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University in New Jersey (1992). Her paintings, collages and videos have been exhibited in solo and group shows internationally. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at Gallery Aferro in Newark, NJ, Real Art Ways in CT., Pentimenti Gallery in Philadelphia, and HPGRP Gallery in NY. Group exhibitions include The Feminine Mystique at the Jersey City Museum, Fancilful: Small Media Moments at Concoria University in Montreal, HPGRP Gallery in Tokyo, Kenise Barnes Gallery, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, and ArtNews Projects in Berlin to name a few.
Murphy is the recipient of many professional awards. These include a Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, a New Jersey State Arts Council Fellowship in Painting, a MacDowell Colony residency and travel award, two Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation fellowships, a Puffin Foundation Grant, and a Change Inc. grant.
Publications and literature include five reviews in The New York Times, New American Painting #63, The Star Ledger, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Jersey Journal, and State of the Art – a half hour PBS program featuring prominent New Jersey artists. Online reviews include Two Coats of Paint, Hyperallergic, CAA Committee on Women in the Arts Picks, ArtInfo.com, John Haber art reviews, Fallon and Rosof Artblog, Art Fag City, and Park Place Magazine.
Murphy’s work is in the collection of Deutsche Bank, Jersey City Museum, Hudson County Community College Foundation, Deborah Buck and numerous private collections.
In addition to her art practice Murphy is an accomplished curator. Recent curatorial projects include Material Girls at the Visual Art Center of NJ, summer 2010.
Murphy is currently the Director of the Center for Visual Arts at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
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Baltimore native Tiffanni Reidy is a multihyphenate creative whose work ranges in and between interior architecture, creative direction, graphic design, photography, and publication design. Her interior architecture work takes an emphasis on renovation design in both the commercial and residential realms, while her collaborative projects include creative direction and a focus on local craftsmanship.
Tiffanni’s residential design clients are creative-minded and looking to achieve a modern, color-filled, vintage-inspired aesthetic that honors historic elements, and accentuates the clean lines within their architecture. Tiffanni’s work with businesses is conceptually driven, and hones their interest in transforming their brand into a three dimensional space people love to hang out in.
Tiffanni has always loved interior spaces. She received her Masters in Interior Architecture from The George Washington University and has an undergraduate degree in graphics and photography from Syracuse University, both of which influenced her affinity for bold color and attention to light and shadow. Prior to launching Reidy Creative in 2018, Tiffanni worked as an interior designer in the D.C. metro region, and served as the Founder and Creative Director of DomiCile Magazine. She was inspired by the notion that the connectedness felt by those in a neighborhood or region could be amplified by learning about locally handmade and homegrown products from small businesses. Driven by her passion for localism, Tiffanni's favorite spaces to design are those where families and communities live and gather in celebration of each other.
In her free time, Tiffanni enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter, and tending to her organic vegetable garden.
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Savannah Wood is executive director of afro charities and an artist with deep roots in Baltimore and Los Angeles. Wood works primarily in photography, text and installation to explore how spirituality, domesticity, and our relationships to place shape our identities. Major themes in her work include ancestral research, reframing land as a readable archive, and depicting humans as part of, rather than separate from, the natural world. Her projects reconnect people with the everyday beauty of our world and the histories that lie hidden below the surface.
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Espi Frazier is a Visual Artist/ Art Instructor/ Fiber Artist Born in Chicago, Illinois and a Baltimore resident since 1993. Frazier received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art under Professor Grace Hartigan. Art. Frazier has been an instructor at Friends School of Baltimore since 1993.
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Aliza Bran is the Media Relations Manager of The International Spy Museum, a nonprofit museum located in the heart of Washington, DC.
ABOUT The International Spy Museum
The Museum's mission is to educate the public about espionage and intelligence in an engaging way. It provides a context for understanding the important role intelligence has played in history and continues to play today.
The International Spy Museum has the largest collection of espionage related artifacts ever placed on public display per Guinness World Records.
Every nation considers intelligence essential to its national security. The Museum lifts the veil of secrecy on the hidden world of intelligence, exploring its successes and failures, challenges, and controversies.
The Museum's mission is to educate the public about espionage and intelligence in an engaging way. It provides a context for understanding the important role intelligence has played in history and continues to play today.
As a non-profit, the Museum aims to provide an objective and apolitical forum for exploring important topics such as the impact of secrecy on civil liberties, the changing role of technology in intelligence work, and the challenges of disinformation in a social media environment.
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Minje Suh is one of the co-founders of Waffie in Baltimore!
ABOUT WAFFIE
At Waffie, we serve specialty dessert waffles (and recently chicken & waffles) that are made with dough-based (not batter!) waffles. We tend to stray away from the usual breakfast-style waffles, but instead create fun, happiness-inducing waffle creations that make customers say, "WOW". All of our products are made freshly every day and created made-to-order!
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Apasrin Suvanasai is the Museum Educator with the Office of Historic Alexandria.
Currently Suvanasai is working on an exhibit at the Freedom House Museum (former slave pen) which will highlight significant African Americans in Alexandria, VA who have shaped the community and nation. Partnered with Northern VA Community College art students and community artists to create portraits of the historical figures.
Additionally, Suvanasai received a community-based grant from Plant Medicine Coalition to conduct an oral history project: DC’s Psilocybin Oral History Project & Documentary.
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Alim Smith is a Delaware born interdisciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited in American art galleries primarily on the east coast. His artistic process expands beyond a singular medium due to several years of applied studies in Visual Art, Communicative Arts as well as Photography. Smith’s creative exploration stems from experiences and events within his culture, applying a variety of ideas based on his knowledge of self and understanding of others.
Smith also recently created promotional posters for Season 3 of Atlanta.
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Meghan McCorkell joined the Pratt Library as Marketing & Communications Director in January 2017. She guides the John Cotton Dana award-winning Marketing & Communications team as they work to ensure the citizens of Baltimore and Maryland know about the amazing resources and services the Pratt Library has to offer. Meghan enjoys working to further the Pratt Library mission, and is grateful to have a job that centers around helping people.
Prior to joining the Pratt Library, Meghan was an Associated Press and Emmy Award-winning television news reporter. She graduated with honors from Catholic University of America.
Enoch Pratt Library's mission is to provide equal access to information, services, and opportunities that empower, enrich, and enhance the quality of life for all.
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April Danielle Lewis is an artist, visionary, and community cultivator. Her artwork explores the intersections of history, place, and identity through a social justice and community building lens. Interventions, performances and installations are the vehicles used to express those themes. By day, April is the co-founding Director of Community and Culture at Open Works, a non-profit makerspace whose mission is to make tools, technology and the knowledge to use them accessible to all. With a passion for equitable and intentional community building, April finds fulfillment through her work by helping folks find their way to self-empowerment through making.
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Alicia Wilson, Esq. is Vice President of Economic Development for Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System and Associate Professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, Maryland. At Johns Hopkins, Alicia leads a core team focused on developing and implementing Hopkins’ institution-wide strategies and initiatives as an anchor institution in and around its campuses both within the United States and abroad. Alicia spearheads the elevation and expansion of Hopkins signature commitment to its communities through investments in real estate, economic and neighborhood development, healthcare, and education.
Prior to joining Hopkins, Alicia served as the Senior Vice President of Impact Investments and Senior Legal Counsel to the Port Covington Development Team. Port Covington is a 235-acre redevelopment project located in Baltimore, Maryland and is one of the largest urban revitalization efforts in the United States. As Senior Vice President of Impact Investments and Senior Legal Counsel, Alicia ensured that the $5.5 billion Port Covington Development Project generated a measurable beneficial social and environmental impact alongside a financial return for its equity investors in the project (i.e. Goldman Sachs, Kevin Plank, and other equity investors). She led a team focused on measuring and reporting the social and environmental performance and progress of the Port Covington Project to maximize both performance and impact, while ensuring transparency and accountability to stakeholders.
Prior to being promoted to Senior Vice President of Impact Investments and Senior Legal Counsel, Alicia served as Vice President of Community Affairs and Legal Advisor to Sagamore Development Company, a Plank Industries Company. During the 2016 Baltimore City Council legislative session, Alicia drafted key pieces of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) legislation and served as the principal negotiator of the TIF legislation and the two largest Community Benefit Agreements in the history of Baltimore associated with the passage of a $660 million TIF bill, the largest TIF awarded in the history of the United States at that time. The negotiations of the community benefit agreements involved over 200 stakeholder groups representing tens of thousands of residents from across the City of Baltimore.
Prior to joining Sagamore Development Company, Alicia was partner at the downtown Baltimore law firm of Gordon Feinblatt — the sixth-largest, law firm in the state of Maryland. When Alicia made partner on the eve of her seventh year of practice, she made history by becoming the first African-American to be named partner in the sixty-year history of the firm. Alicia is a talented trial attorney and sought-after legal advisor to individuals and business owners on all aspects of real estate, financial services, and employment and labor law matters. In her legal practice, Alicia established herself as a strategic communicator, shrewd negotiator and savvy architect of complex deals involving multiple of stakeholders and robust community engagement.
Alicia is actively involved in civic and charitable organizations. She currently serves on the boards of the Center for Urban Families, the University of Maryland School of Law Board of Visitors, the Walters Art Museum, and the National Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program. Most notably, Alicia was recently elected as Chair of the CollegeBound Foundation and as such is the first CollegeBound Foundation alum, first woman, first African-American and youngest Board Chair in the thirty history of the organization. Alicia also serves as Parliamentarian within the Harbor City Chapter of the Links, Incorporated and is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
Alicia is a graduate of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. At the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Wilson was a Blaustein and Sondheim Public Affairs Scholar and, in 2003, was named the Harry S. Truman Scholar for the state of Maryland. She is the first student in the history of UMBC to be awarded this honor. Alicia was named the 2004 Andrew Levy Leadership Scholar at the University of Maryland School of Law. In late 2004, she was also named the 2004 George L. Russell Scholar at the School of Law. While in law school, Alicia served as the co-captain of the Maryland Law National Trial Team and led her team to be ranked the number one trial team in the country.
For her accomplishments and public service, Alicia has received numerous awards and honors. Most recently, Alicia received the 2021 Humanity of Connection Award from AT&T for her commitment and leadership in advancing anchor strategies that elevate and expand communities through economic development, healthcare, and education. She was also recognized, in 2021, by Black Enterprise as one of the 40 leaders under 40 who are “changing the world at local, national, and global levels.” Her work within Baltimore was also recently honored by the Junior League of Baltimore naming Alicia their Inaugural Woman of Distinction. In 2020, Alicia was named to the Maryland Daily Record’s 2020 VIP List, the National Bar Association’s 2019 40 Under 40 List of the Nation’s Top Advocates, the 2019 Whitney M. Young Award Recipient by the Greater Baltimore Urban League, a 2019 Distinguished Women by the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, and as one of Maryland’s 2019 three most inspiring voices by Community Law In Action. In 2018, Alicia was recognized as an Unstoppable Women by the UWAC Collective, as one of two Power Women of the Year by the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, and as Community Advocate of the Year by the Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce.
Her professional and civic leadership have propelled her to the forefront of local and national media attention. Most recently, Alicia was named by the Afro-American Newspaper as the Newsmaker of the Year for 2021. In late 2021, Alicia was featured in Baltimore Style Magazine as one of Baltimore’s Six Women of Strength for her leadership and civic involvement. In 2020, she was recognized as one of the Top 25 Emerging Leaders in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare, by Baltimore Magazine as one of the 30 Women Shaping the Future of Baltimore, and by the Maryland Daily Record as one of Maryland’s Very Important Professionals in Business. In 2019, Alicia was profiled in Forbes magazine as the “The Black Millennial Lawyer Making Michelle Obama More Accessible to Baltimore’s Youth” and Savoy magazine named her one of the “Most Influential Women in Corporate America.” Also, in 2019, Alicia was featured in the Maryland Daily Record as one of the Top 50 Influential Marylanders. In late 2018, the National Business Journal named Alicia as one of the nation’s Top 50 Influencers under 40 and in that same year Black Enterprise produced a television feature on Alicia for her work in securing the $660 million tax increment financing for the Port Covington Project. In early 2017, Wilson was featured and honored by WBFF Fox 45 as one of Baltimore’s four Champions of Courage. And, in 2016, the Baltimore Sun profiled Alicia as one of “Baltimore’s 25 Women to Watch.”
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Ufuoma Agarin is a voice that amplifies sociopolitical causes. As a first-generation African American woman and a public interest lawyer, she aims to shed light on black stories, display African cultures, and spread messages related to the history and current state of the diaspora, world governments, disenfranchised minorities, and social causes.
She invites you to join her on her journey as she grows in her showcase of self and purpose —from the everyday world stage to social media platforms. Offering a spunky blend of politics, law, humanitarianism and social activism, as well as pop culture and fashion, she looks to enlighten and entertain you using her personal journalistic engine, ONE UFUOMA.
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About Patrice Gentile
Owner, Seamstress & designer Patrice Gentile discusses the start of Aliceanna including grandmaternal inspiration for her slow fashion brand, sustainable fabric sourcing.
About ALICEANNA
ALICEANNA was named for designer Patrice Gentile’s much-admired grandmothers. ALICE, a headstrong powerhouse, who learned the ins and outs of business through her entrepreneurial Middle Eastern and Italian immigrant parents, and ANNA, a free-spirited non-conformist, who rejected her conservative 1950s Midwestern upbringing. In Gentile’s mind, each matriarch acts as the yin to each other’s yang. Growing up, Gentile found herself somewhere in the middle of these two identities— borrowing characteristics from Alice and Anna as she saw fit. Both the designer and her line are the product of two women.
ALICEANNA is a line of handcrafted covetable pieces dedicated to a woman’s inner duality. All ALICEANNA garments are made in small batches or are one-off originals. Each piece is made from vintage or deadstock fabric sourced from all over the country. Gentile makes each piece one by one, and each is a labor of love. Gentile has created a line that minimizes excess and steers away from mass production and fast trends. She is an strong advocate for ethical, eco-friendly fashion and has converted ALICEANNA into a zero-waste brand.
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Michelle Geiss serves as a Co-Founder and Executive Director of Impact Hub Baltimore. As a community workspace supporting 500+ social entrepreneurs annually, Impact Hub Baltimore and its members are building a local economy that advances equity, innovation, and civic wealth. She draws on eighteen years experience in program design and strategy for social innovation and social enterprise. She was born outside of Philadelphia, educated in Maine, and worked on four continents, before coming to Baltimore in 2011 for an MPH at Hopkins School of Public Health. She sources inspiration and enlightenment from Baltimore's committed grassroots leadership every day. Michelle believes that we must bravely and creatively step into creating a more just, joyful, and abundant world together.
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Anita Kassof is the executive director of the Baltimore Museum of Industry.
Baltimore Museum of Industry is a museum in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Located in an old cannery, the museum has exhibits on various types of manufacturing and industry from the early 20th century. There are several hands-on sections with working equipment and other artifacts.
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Molly Ricks joined the Baltimore Heritage team in September 2019. In the past she has interned with the National Park Service and worked as a research historian with the federal government. Molly received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her thesis (a comparison of the commemoration of the Black and white burial grounds at prominent Virginia plantations) and subsequent work have focused on public history, preservation, and uncovering untold stories.
Molly coordinates Baltimore Heritage’s walking tours, speakers, our annual Bmore Historic unconference, and the organization’s volunteers that help with these events. She also maintains connections with other community partners, like the Bruce Street Arabber Stable and the Laurel Cemetery Memorial Taskforce. She is in charge of Baltimore Heritage’s social media and outreach efforts. She also edits, researches, and produces the videos for Baltimore Heritage’s Five Minute Histories series (over 150 videos have been published).
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Kimberly Vasquez (ella/she/her), a daughter of Guatemalan immigrants, was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle and Baltimore City College. Since her freshman year, Kimberly has been a powerful leader within SOMOS (Students Organizing a Multicultural and Open Society), a student-led advocacy organization that tackles injustice in schools, Baltimore, and across the nation. During her 4-year tenure at SOMOS, Kimberly successfully championed fights for fair academic opportunities for ESOL students, a safe reopening of schools, a moratorium on standardized testing, and more.
Throughout the pandemic, Kimberly worked relentlessly to close the digital divide. In Baltimore, one out of every two Black and Latinx households lacks basic high speed internet access and poses a barrier to children's’ education.
In April 2020, Kimberly gave public testimony that resulted in 3 million dollars being transferred to Baltimore Schools for devices and internet access. That May, she began a campaign of demands for Comcast, a monopolistic internet provider in Baltimore, to provide adequate internet service for families. Kimberly worked with organizations, City Councilmembers, and School Board members from across the country, as well as FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel, and more. In March 2021, her efforts successfully pressured Comcast to double their Internet Essentials speeds for low income subscribers, impacting over 1 million people nationwide.
Kimberly’s work during this unprecedented crisis has been nationally recognized in the New York Times, Buzzfeed, Reuters, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, and beyond.
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Monique Crabb is a conceptual artist whose work explores personal history, identity, body, and environment. She works primarily with secondhand textiles and organic materials she has foraged, grown, or repurposed. She received her BFA in Photography from the Maryland Institute College of Art and is currently pursuing her MFA at the University of Maryland Baltimore County in Intermedia + Digital Arts.
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Amy Cavanaugh is the executive director of the Maryland Art Place.
Maryland Art Place (MAP) inspires, supports, and encourages artistic expression through innovative programming, exhibitions, and educational opportunities while recognizing the powerful impact art can have on our community. MAP creates a dynamic environment for artists of our time to engage the public by nurturing and promoting new ideas. MAP has served as a critical resource for contemporary art in the Mid-Atlantic since 1981.
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As Property Management Coordinator, William Christian III is responsible for supporting the Property Management and Development teams with the day-to-day operations of the Hoen Lithographic Campus and other projects while maintaining consistent and seamless hospitality, business support, and technical experience for tenants and guests.
William brings over six years of experience in guest-facing and hospitality along with a background in architecture and real estate. Outside of the professional realm, William is also a self-published author of three and is currently working on his fourth publication. William obtained his Bachelors of Science in Architecture and Environmental Design at Morgan State University and is currently seeking his Masters in Real Estate Development at University of Maryland, College Park.
As Community Manager, Katherine Phillips focuses her attention on the Center for Neighborhood Innovation (CNI) at Hoen. Katherine most recently left the Office of National Collections at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, where she worked on promotional efforts for eight charitable funds. She has a B.A. in Global Sustainability and Religious Studies from the University of Virginia.
About Center for Neighborhood Innovation (CNI)
The CNI believes that connections drive innovation. By providing access to tailored facilities, shared resources, and interdisciplinary conversations, our shared workspace and innovation hub offers an environment where members can grow and collaborate on the common goal of addressing the primary issues facing distressed communities.
At its core, the CNI is a collaborative workspace for mission-driven organizations. The advantage of a large, shared space is that we can gather a diverse community – non-profit and for-profit organizations, educational institutions and design firms, serving scientists and construction apprentices alike. This organizational diversity places the ideas, the capital, the strategic partners, and the technicians needed to solve local/global challenges in the same space.
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Crystal Rivera is the co-founder of Puerto Rico Distillery, a father-daughter craft rum distillery located in Frederick, Maryland focused on family, culture and traditions as embodied in Puerto Rican Moonshine.
Puerto Rico Distillery specializes in high-quality artisanal Puerto Rican diaspora rum. Affectionately known on the island as Pitorro, it’s been close to impossible to find it anywhere outside of Puerto Rico. Pitorro is a rum distilled from sugar cane molasses that for centuries has been enjoyed by Puerto Rican families and friends. Puerto Rico Distillery aims to share the unofficial national spirit of Puerto Rico and its rich traditions. This family-owned distillery is led by father-daughter team Angel Rivera and Crystal Rivera. This Rivera Team is part of a career Navy family, and are award-winning ambassadors of their culture in the state of Maryland.
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Zsudayka Nzinga is a multi-disciplinary fine artist, curator and arts educator from Denver, CO living in Washington, DC. Her work is largely focused on mixed media portraiture of American life including themes of motherhood and culture. Her pieces explore patterns and textures using acrylic, oil, decorative and hand dyed paper, fabric, thread, linocut stamp and ink on canvas. She also makes jewelry using silver, wood, resin and precious stones. Nzinga started out as a spoken word artist and performer. While attending Hampton University and Metropolitan State College of Denver she pursued a journalism degree and self-published 3 books of her work. She spent several years touring the country performing, hosting and curating spoken word and special arts events before focusing on her own visual art. She has since shown her work in galleries and museums all over the country and been featured internationally in blogs and reviews. She has curated multiple exhibitions for both youth and professional artists and recently won a curatorial grant with the DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities. She serves on the board for Freedom School Arts and Entrepreneurship and is currently Vice President of Black Artists of DC as well as a member and curator with the Women’s Caucus for Art. She is a proud mother of 3 children and wife to artist, James Terrell with who she runs their family business selling and exhibiting their art, managing their merchandise line, and assisting teachers and homeschool families with arts integrated education.
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Michele's Granola founder and owner Michele Tsucalas.
"In my early 20s, I spent a special coastal New England summer waiting tables and devouring fresh-baked granola bars from the neighborhood bakery. When I returned home to Maryland, I missed the granola even more than the beach, and began experimenting with my own homemade cereal.
Fifteen years later, I am happy to be able to share my crunchy creations so widely with so many happy customers! All of our products are still handmade from scratch and hand packaged with love in our Maryland kitchen.
Our commitment to making the very best granola in the very best way possible is not only what sets us apart, it’s our reason for being."
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Starting as childhood passions, Alexandre Keto began drawing and painting as early as six years old. Growing up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Keto’s masterpieces are heavily influenced by Samba, his spiritual Orisha worship, and by American graffiti. Samba, a Brazilian musical genre and dance, gained its roots from Africa via the West African slave trade and through religious practices of African people. Being raised as a child to take pride in the culture of Samba, Alexandre Keto connected to old school Samba the most, where the lyrics emphasized the fight of the Black movement and of Africans in a poetic manner. To pay homage to his Orisha worship, Keto honors the Orishas by painting his versions of the gods and goddesses and by preserving ancestral Yoruba traditions by finely binding them into his art pieces. It was through hip hop that Keto was embraced and started doing graffiti. Graffiti, an urban language that uses the help of the hip-hop movement to fight and look for solutions for social problems aided Keto in his search to bridge the gap between his world and how it related to the Black diaspora.
By creating this positive representation, it allowed Keto to become closer to his mission which was to celebrate, reconnect, and value the African heritage. Through his work, he started understanding more about the history, feelings, problems and wishes of individuals not only in his very own community but all over the world.
“Once I saw the impact of this work, I realized that this was the result of a passion that was adapted to my reality. I also discovered that I was able to arouse feelings, and more than just adapt but transform the reality of the people that were in contact with my art.” Keto states.
Understanding his full purpose was life altering for Alexandre. This knowledge resulted in his having an ambition far superior than just being recognized and pleasing art critics – he discovered the desire of changing the lives of the people he encountered, interactively doing his small part to manifest a better society. In the last ten years, Alexandre Keto has completed more than 1,000 murals and paintings in over 21 countries - collaborating on social projects with notable organizations such as United Nations, The United States Consulate, The Brazilian Embassy, and Doctors Without Borders. Keto has also partnered with several grassroots organizations, helping to spread his message of community in overlooked neighborhoods and sections of the world.
“I believe that art is a tool that enables this direct intervention, opening new horizons – but in a real and accessible way, so it really reaches people. That is why today I do art having in mind social issues, so it can be one more tool for building knowledge.”
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Maurice James Jr. is a self taught Contemporary Artist and Graphic Designer. Born in Philadelphia, PA, Maurice now lives and works in Washington, DC which has been his greatest source of inspiration as an artist.
The work of Maurice seeks to intertwine iconic American pop culture references with powerful black images to positively promote Black Love, Black Beauty and Black Power. Maurice’s work focuses on portraying the splendor and strength of Black People as well as embodying the importance of Black representation in mainstream pop culture. Growing up as a young man in the Wynnefield section of West Philadelphia, he collected comic books, baseball cards and watched films that while considered classics, did not prominently feature Black People in the heroic role.
Using digital graphics and merging genres that have not traditionally been combined to recreate well known pop-culture moments, Maurice’s art answers questions such as “How could Black folklore integrate into comic book culture?”, or “What if Black artistic genius was hailed in the light of deity?”. His work strives to create a glimpse of a reality in which Black People and Black Culture are one with Pop Culture.
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Being a native of West Baltimore has taught Artist Ernest Shaw the meaning of perseverance, community and integrity. As a product of Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore School for the Arts, Morgan State University and Howard University Shaw recognizes the importance of using his skills and talents for the betterment of others, not simply for his own self-aggrandizement. For Ernest, teaching is also an artistic medium.
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Hot Sauce Artists Collective is an artist-run organization. Our mission is to give opportunities to emerging and established artists by showing their artwork in untraditional gallery spaces. We bring the gallery environment to parking lots, city parks, trails, and more.
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Mixing the world of sports history with sewing, embroidering, and screen printing since 2007, This Sporting Life is the creation of Baltimore-born artist and maker, Arvay Adams.
After graduating from MICA, with a degree in painting, Arvay lived in both New York and Los Angeles for almost two decades. It was in these two inspirational cities, that Arvay began to transition his work more to researching, and making history-inspired sporting goods. Arvay now calls Baltimore home, he continues to be inspired by all things sports, and is constantly producing new works.
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Evan Woodard is a Baltimore-based explorer, photographer and amateur historian who takes us behind the scenes on his hunts for lost relics in forgotten 18th century homesteads, rubbish dumps and privies.
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Lehna Huie is a multi-disciplinary artist and cultural worker of Jamaican heritage b. NYC 1988. Extending beyond monolithic perspectives, Lehna is committed to uplifting stories of Black identity as a means to explore international connections among the Pan African and Caribbean Diasporas. Her work concentrates on themes such as the soul, migration, non-linear time and remembrance as a means to recover untold narratives of those whose lived experiences have been erased and distorted by the chronicles of colonialism.
Huies works are reflected through weaving multiple visual art forms as cultural vignettes rooted in an archival practice. Varying in scale, medium and surface, Lehna draws together clusters of accumulated art pieces, personal and found objects by using unique approaches to representational portraiture.
Huie honors her heritage through interdisciplinary research methods. Reflecting on facets of her identity, she creates works on surfaces such as painting, wood, canvas and fills wall space using a patchwork approach to accompany her tactile tapestry-like paintings. Huie layers cut up mural scraps, bright patterned textiles and materials, often including video projections and soundscapes.
Her installation environments serve as both living shrines and alternative historical documents of the memory recovered in untold stories. Huie honors her relatives and ancestral guides through the possibilities of space and dimension. A long-time arts educator, Huie is deeply committed to the fusion of arts and social change as a path to liberation.
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Pure chocolate by Jinji was founded in 2012 by Jinji Fraser, and her father, Guy. Since the beginning, the priority has been maintaining a high level of sensitivity to the farmers who grow & harvest the cacao, and to the earth that yields the fruits. Along with local, seasonally selected ingredients, the chocolates also pay tribute to the ancient art of storytelling, creating rich flavor profiles that are both complex and memorable. All our chocolates are made simply, without dairy or gluten, so you can experience the full flavor of hand-harvested cacao. Any specific questions concerning ingredients or allergens should be directed to the chocolate maker on duty.
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Albert Phillips was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland and received primary education in the Baltimore City Public Schools System. He earned an Associate of Arts in General Studies from Baltimore City Community College, a Bachelor of Science in Print Journalism from Morgan State University, and a Master of Science in Education from Johns Hopkins University.
Upon graduating from Morgan State in 2013, Albert shifted his primary career passion from writing for numerous local and national publications to the development of inner-city youth. He served various roles working directly with Baltimore City youth while employed by the YMCA, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the Choice Program. In 2015, he earned a state and national award for exemplary community service throughout Baltimore City.
In 2016, Albert transitioned into education to work within the same school system that taught him. He worked as a paraprofessional, teacher, and administrator in Baltimore City Public Schools for about four years.
Currently, Albert works as a Work-Based Learning Specialist with Baltimore City Public Schools, helping students gain access to work-based learning opportunities including career exploration, professional development, and career preparation.
Albert is also founder and CEO of Free Black Mind Educational Group, a social enterprise startup that provides digital and print resources designed to empower and educate Black youth. His first self-published book, Y’all Hiring? The Black Teen’s Guide to Navigating Employment was released in October 2020.
Albert is a man of the people and is devoted to helping to drastically change the lives of youth living in communities devastated by racism and white supremacy.
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Kumasi J. Barnett received his MFA from The Ohio State University, and now lives and works in Baltimore, MD. Influenced by the aesthetics and narratives of comic books, his work subverts and imbues the often timeless genre with a present day social consciousness. Barnett frequently paints directly over old copies of comic books, changing their narratives into critiques of police brutality, racial profiling, and more broadly, systemic racism.
Barnett’s works have been exhibited widely both in the United States and abroad, including exhibitions at Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles, CA; the SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY; City Lore, New York, NY; Con-Artist Collective, New York, NY; The Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY; Sulphur Bath Studio, Brooklyn, NY; and The Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY. Museum exhibitions include the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town, South Africa; The Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL; and most recently the Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA. Barnett presented a solo booth with Lowell Ryan Projects at The Armory Show 2020, in the Focus section curated by Jamillah James. Barnett’s work has been featured in Artforum, Ammo, Vibe, Hyperallergic, Huffington Post, Autre, Artnet News, and The Guardian, among others.
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Ucheoma Uzosike is a cartoonist and animator from Catonsville, MD. Ucheoma has shared his work social media for a few years and is currently working in character design and creating a comedy series for Webtoon. He enjoys bringing the bizarre and niche into his work while also touching on the mundane topics that make everyday life kind of ridiculous.
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About the guestDelvin Lugo is a Dominican painter based in New York.
In Delvin Lugo’s current series of paintings “Early Life in Neon,” the artist revisits memories from his hometown in Moncion, Dominican Republic. In these vibrant works, Lugo highlights positive, nurturing, and comic aspects of the rural life his family lived prior to their emigration to the United States when he was twelve years old.
Resourcefulness and improvisation were intertwined with his earliest expressions of identity as a gay boy interested in fashion and the fabulous, so wearing one of his mother's earrings or having a homemade Barbie doll are celebrated in these paintings. Highlighting the retrospectively humorous elements of these early expressions is also essential in this series. Years before Lugo (or his family members) learned to speak English his favorite t-shirt bore the slogan “Bitch, Bitch, Bitch!”and he proudly showcases it here. This bold approach to life is manifested and amplified through the use of vibrant and fluorescent colors in the paintings. To accentuate the spirit of playfulness, these paintings can also be viewed in black light. In any light, though, they are full of delight, resilience, and a tenacious joy.
Delvin attended Maine College of Art for art foundation and BFA from School of Visual Arts. He currently resides in New York City.
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Terrell Tilford was born and raised in the Mid-City/West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA, where he now serves as founder and Creative Director of Band of Vices. A double creative in the arts community, Terrell is both a respected classically-trained actor of stage & television and a social advocate for visual artists, having now opened his third commercial exhibition space.
While he has been collecting art since the age of 16, Terrell debuted his first gallery as Tilford Art Group in New York City in 1999, on an evening that also honored the late Dr. David C. Driskell. In 2002, in a move to Los Angeles, he began hosting art shows in his home before opening his first brick and mortar in 2003. Twelve years later, Terrell would rebrand his gallery at Band of Vices, but with a more intentional, collective mission to disrupt the art world and to seek more collaborations between creatives. Terrell Tilford received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts and his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
While he still continues to make frequent appearances in television and on the stage, Terrell is approaching his 20th year representing artists and curating exhibitions and his dedication has never been more focused. Forever an innovator, he continues to use both of his platforms to bring the art collecting and entertainment communities together.
ABOUT BAND OF VICES
Founded in 2015, Band of Vices is an art and culture company committed to providing a platform to often overlooked creative communities and a narrative through ever-evolving initiatives, including a highly curated exhibition program, culturally-relevant strategic partnerships, mission-driven community programming, and more.
Headquartered in the burgeoning West Adams Arts District of Los Angeles, Band of Vices believes in disrupting the limited business model for artists and creatives. The platform most recently launched its BoV collaboration laboratory, (coLAB), a new discovery space for creatives to express themselves through curation, exhibition, performance and merchandising.
With two spaces, the Sacred House and now coLAB, BoV is further expanding its commitment to provide a platform for those historically undervalued, overlooked or cast aside.
Band of Vices embraces uniqueness, diversity and inclusion.
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Mz. Icar is an anonymous art collective comprised primarily of Black Women. Our name is racIzM, backward. Our members comprise of an Illustrator, Photographer, Designer, Prop stylist, Street Artist, and Collage Artist. We started this collective to create works that celebrate Women, Global Blackness, and Play. We create narratives in the form of geometric mixed-media street art and fine art that explore histories and imagine the best-case scenario future
from the perspectives of women and people of color. Our work has been exhibited at Pyramid Hill Museum in OH, MINT Gallery Atlanta, Culture House DC, Welancora Gallery, The Leroy Neiman Gallery, Westwood Gallery, i-20 Gallery, WNYC Radio's Green Space, Rush Gallery, Andeken Gallery, SXSW and the Manifest Hope Art for Obama Democratic Convention Gallery Exhibition. We have done site-specific installation work at Etsy's HQ, Publicis, and branded art projects for Ms. Lauryn Hill's world tour, Essence magazine and Nickelodeon. Our Value series was included in the 2020 Photoville Exhibition, Downtown Brooklyn. We are cohorts of Philadelphia’s 2021 Fellowship for BlackArtists, Presented by Mural Arts Philadelphia.
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McKinley Wallace III is a mixed-media painter whose art depicts strength expounded by the oppressed and an educator dedicated to cultivating people-oriented environments that foster inclusive community building and high-quality learning. He will receive his Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Maryland Institute College of Art in spring 2021.
McKinley Wallace creates identity-affirming spaces by sharing, expanding, and integrating community-based projects within his curriculum and studio practice. He wants to encourage a learner's sense of self and investment toward educating themselves and others, in and outside of school. This past summer, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of eight high school youth and McKinley Wallace created a social-distanced mural in West Baltimore called "A Promising Future," a name picked by the youth. Each of them produced 24" black and white paintings on wood panels to answer one essential question, "what does it take to help a community thrive?" He and two other artists installed their wood panels on an outdoor surface, framing a centerpiece Mr. Wallace designed and painted on site. The most important thing about the mural is that Black people made it for a predominately Black community. For years to come, as the youth who assisted with this mural reach well into adulthood, they can visit this artwork, stand in front of the painting and say, "I helped make this."
McKinley Wallace III aims to promote and establish a safe space for non-consensus racial beings. He will orchestrate an inclusive environment for youth to feel culturally recognized, take steps out of their comfort zones, and not feel judged by their perspectives, beliefs, attitudes, and racial bodies.
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Jason Newton joined WBAL-TV 11 News in 2013 as co-anchor of WBAL-TV 11 News Today. He is also host of the public affairs show "11 TV Hill".
Jason is an award-winning reporter whose news travels have taken him around the country covering stories of national interest.
Prior to WBAL, Jason was an anchor and reporter at sister-station WISN-TV, the ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, and WBOC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Salisbury.
In 2017, Jason won an Emmy Award for his coverage of Maryland's opioid crisis as part of WBAL's "State of Addiction" coverage. In 2006, he earned an Associated Press award for "Outstanding In-Depth Reporting," covering the efforts of Maryland firefighters to help clean up and restore order to Slidell, Louisiana, one of the hardest hit communities by Hurricane Katrina.
Jason served on the teaching staff in the broadcast department at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. While there, Jason played in integral role in launching Discover UMES, a university webcast highlighting achievements on campus.
Jason has a degree in broadcast journalism from the Philip Merrill School of Journalism at the University of Maryland-College Park.
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Michael Haskins Jr developed an imagination for various lifestyles earlier in life, inspired by ways of living outside of Baltimore, MD. Throughout the past decade, he has worked on retail projects, creative direction for artists, as well as consulting for brands. Today his main focus is whatever is going on at CURRENCY STUDIO, along with building strong relationships with companies in Baltimore that he personally loves
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Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Kameron Robinson is a black Abstract and Conceptual artist. His aim is to create immersive spaces utilizing: visual, audio, and light as his mediums. His creative explorations involve shedding everyday expectations of what an “artist” should be.
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Quintel Harcum, Founder of Good Part & Co. Health Cafe and Juice Bar.
Baltimore’s Historic Mt. Vernon neighborhood has a new hub for health...introducing Good Part and Company.
Good Part & Co. is a lifestyle brand focused on making healthy living cool and convenient by offering plant based food alternatives.
This brick and mortar café concept is part of a vision that sees our community improving its quality of life starting from the inside out.
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Carol Rhodes-Dyson is a curator for the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and organized the exhibition Robert Houston: Tell Our Story featuring the work of Robert Houston and his influences Baltimore photographers JM Giordano, Devin Allen and Washington DC's Dee Dwyer.
Carol Rhodes Dyson has gained significant curatorial experience through Busboys and Poets, a progressive restaurant and alternative arts space. I held that position since the summer, 2013. An example of exhibitions I curated or co-curated include include:
#Migration61, with the Phillips Collection based on what the 61st piece of Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series would look like
Implicit Bias, an exhibition with the Joan Hisaoka Smith Healing Arts Gallery that displayed images confronting bias and racism. It featured over 80 works displayed at the Smith Healing Arts Gallery in DC and throughout five Busboys and Poets location.
curated over 60 images throughout five restaurants for the 10th Anniversary of Busboys and Poets/Artomatic* celebration.
ABOUT BUSBOYS AND POETS
Busboys and Poets is a community where racial and cultural connections are consciously uplifted… a place to take a deliberate pause and feed your mind, body and soul… a space for art, culture and politics to intentionally collide… we believe that by creating such a space we can inspire social change and begin to transform our community and the world.
ABOUT Reginald F. Lewis Museum
The Lewis Museum, the largest African American museum in Maryland, has been the authentic voice of Maryland African American history and culture since it opened in 2005. We tell our story through our permanent collection, special exhibitions, educational programs and public events.
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Devin Allen, a Baltimore native, has quickly become one of the foremost voices in the movement for Black lives. In the spring of 2015, with the death of Freddie Gray and tensions high in the city, Devin wanted to be a part of the movement. Having never photographed before, he instinctively picked up a camera to document the emotion, heartache, and anger in the streets. Since then, his work has resulted in two TIME magazine covers.
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Mahntay is an 80's baby raised on 90's hip hop, comics, and cartoons. He started Roasted Like Ever Comics in 2017. Since then he's had several semi-viral moments and celebrity cosigns.
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Tiffany Holmes serves as the chief academic officer, responsible for all aspects of the development and delivery of educational programs, including curricula, faculty, facilities and budget, and ensuring and supporting the achievement and fulfillment of academic excellence across all disciplines of the College. Tiffany is on The Truth In This Art to tell us about The Art Of Racing.
About the Art of Racing
The Art of Racing is part of the ongoing partnership between 1/ST and the Park Heights Renaissance that included honoring the late community advocate George E. Mitchell through the George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and the George E. Mitchell Park Heights Community Fellowship Grant. The Art of Racing builds upon the legacy of these initiatives by recognizing and honoring individuals who, much like Mitchell himself, demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to the Park Heights community.
“The visual elements behind the Preakness Stakes captivate the imagination both on race day and year-round,” said David Wilson, Chief Marketing Officer, 1/ST. “The Art of Racing commemorates and celebrates one of the most iconic sporting events in Maryland, and nationwide. It also represents the opportunity for a modern visual interpretation of the Preakness Stakes as we redefine the sport to connect with a new generation of fans.”
“The Preakness is one of the most esteemed public events for Maryland and this inaugural competition celebrates its importance in a unique way,” said Dr. Leslie King-Hammond, the founding director of the Center for Race and Culture at MICA and a member of the judging panel for The Art of Racing.
There is an illustrious history between MICA and the Preakness Stakes that began in the 1970s when then-MICA professor Raoul Middleman led his classes in painting murals of Pimlico Race Course. The seven murals Middleman created with his students, which live in perpetuity behind the course’s grandstand, provide an intimate look at a tradition defined by history and character.
“Raoul Middleman enriched the lives of his students by giving them the hands-on opportunity to experience commercial artmaking,” said Dr. Tiffany Holmes, MICA’s Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. “The Art of Racing builds upon Professor Middleman’s legacy by commissioning artists from MICA and across Maryland to provide their interpretations of Maryland’s time-honored tradition of Thoroughbred racing.”
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Alvin Gray, a Baltimore native, has been a director, producer, in the DMV area for over 15 years. Known for his unique cinematography, Gray decide to part ways with CBS radio to explore his hunger for his own expression and creativity. In turn, he advanced his career as a producer and director for a considerable amount of films and music videos. From NFL to NBA players, Grammy Award to Emmy Award winning artists, Gray has produced visuals for them all. After a small hiatus Gray jumped right back in the Director seat, to begin production for suspense film Sweet Dreams.
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Charlie Visconage is an American self-taught artist. When other kids told him he was a “bad drawer” in school, he believed it for a long time. In 2014, a friend suggested he paint just for the hell of it, and Charlie found a new means of expression that he loved, breaking out of the false beliefs of the past. By working to capture the soul of his portrait subjects, Charlie is on a lifelong quest to better understand people by painting them. Charlie’s work seeks to capture people at their most vibrant, with portraits featuring neon-drenched features, bulging eyes, clenched teeth, and never-ending energy, with many layers of thick color. Each portrait has an accompanying piece of text, showcasing the subject’s soul; good, bad, best, worst, absurd, shameful, and joyful. Charlie’s work has been shown locally in the DC and Baltimore area and internationally in Poland, Slovenia, and Japan. Every few years, Charlie recharges his creative energy with long-term artistic residency programs, including those in Slovenia, Japan, and in 2022,Portugal. Charlie currently lives and works in Washington, DC.
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1/29-2/22 - LAID BARE at the Notre Dame University Gormley Gallery (https://www.gormleygallery.com/exhibitions)
May 6-22 at Homme Gallery (@homme_DC on IG) my solo show "POSITIVE FURY", Opening May 6th from 6-9 PM
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Rob Lee is podcaster and host of The Truth in This Art. In this episode he is interviewed by The Truth In This Art alum Kelly L. Walker.
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The Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting the vibrancy and development of Baltimore and beyond's arts and culture. My vision is to create a deeper sense of community in the city of Baltimore by highlighting Baltimore’s entrepreneurs, artists, and cultural leaders.
This storytelling series grew out of my desire to shift the common narratives about the city of Baltimore into a more positive light. Conversations about Baltimore are often narrowly focused on crime, when in reality, Baltimore is rich with diverse cultural influences, including artists, small business owners, and many other community members dedicated to creating positive change. When I created The Truth In This Art two years ago, I set out to amplify these voices in order to paint a more truthful picture of Baltimore and its people.
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LaFontaine E. Oliver was named president and general manager of WYPR in Baltimore in July of 2019, after six years at WMFE in Orlando, Florida. During his first year, Oliver helped launch a new health reporting desk and the weekday podcast, The Daily Dose, as a vital source of the most relevant news to the community about the COVID-19 health pandemic and the state's response. Recently, Oliver led efforts to acquire WTMD from Towson University to preserve the beloved music discovery format. The deal for the purchase of WTMD closed in November of 2021, bringing the powerhouse local public radio stations together.
At WMFE, Oliver oversaw the expansion of its newsroom and local news coverage, adding beat reporters, expanding its public affairs program and launching an award-winning health desk. Under Oliver's leadership, major efforts included spearheading community engagement efforts to get the station better connected to diverse and underserved communities and spearheading a marketing campaign designed to encourage active listening and civil discourse in the community with 90.7 WMFE acting as the conduit.
Oliver returned to Baltimore after a successful stint running WEAA, licensed to Morgan State University, from 2007 to 2013. There, he launched a daily syndicated talk show, and his work in growing the station garnered him an invitation to present to HBCU presidents and vice presidents at the Annual White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Conference in Washington, D.C., in 2009.
In his 20-year broadcast career, Oliver has been involved in several commercial, satellite and public media initiatives to grow service to diverse audiences. Oliver holds an MBA from the University of Baltimore and Towson University and a BA in business administration from the University of Miami.
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Steve Anderson, owner of Third Eye Comics. Steady diet of punk rock, monster movies, hip hop, and comic books made him what he is today.
Third Eye Comics is an internationally renowned comic book superstore based in Maryland known for their incredible selection, and friendly, welcoming staff. From one of the most comprehensive selections of graphic novels in the world to a thoroughly well-maintained and stocked selection of current comics, back issues, and more, Third Eye has become a destination for comic fans worldwide.
Steve Anderson & Trish Rabbitt started Third Eye in 2008 when everyone told them the worst thing in the world to do at that time was open a comic book store - and, ever since, they've grown the store from its humble beginnings in an 800-sqf little space into the monstrous 10,000+sqf superstore it is now, accompanied by a second location and a sister gaming store. For hours and locations, check out their website!
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Ros Paris is a local comedian who cohosts Mondo Baltimore as Frau Ankenstein. An avid lover of bizarre pop culture, she’s been a part of the Mondo Committee for 3 years. Prior to Mondo, she was a founding member of Free Range Improv in Annapolis.
Michael Ridgaway a cohost of Mondo Baltimore. With Ros, Michael is doing monthly Mondo Baltimore shows and other screenings. During the pandemic lockdowns Michael helped launch a weekly Mondo movie stream.
Mondo Baltimore film series shows horrible and bizarre cult films.
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Angie Kelley, Baltimore city resident of 16 years and Community Engagement Manager of Moveable Feast.
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Home delivers medically tailored meals at no cost to Marylanders living at the intersection of critical illness and food insecurity. Our goal is to Feed People, Fight Disease, & Foster Hope by removing barriers to food access, provide nutritional education, and make sure our clients always feel supported. We started in 1989 to directly address the AIDS crisis, and 32 years later are still here and have expanded to serve cancer, diabetes, heart/liver/renal/lung disease, and those living in hospice.
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Groundwork Kitchen, home of Paul’s Place’s culinary arts training program and restaurant located in Baltimore City’s Pigtown community, celebrated the graduation of its first cohort of students on December 21st. This first cohort of students, who range in age from 18 years old to early-60s, participated in the free 12-week program and will now enter Baltimore’s workforce.
“We have watched the students grow tremendously over the last 12 weeks, gaining the skills needed to be successful in the culinary field while also building confidence and finding purpose and self-pride,” said William McLennan, executive director of Paul’s Place. “This is really what the program is all about, building a workforce of skilled personnel while building up Baltimore.”
Since the start of the program in October, the students have learned front-of-house and back-of-house skills from a dedicated staff including Training Chef Shavonya Bracken and Executive Chef Kimberly Triplett, and upon graduation, will have earned industry-recognized credentials.
Program Director Ellen Levy oversees recruitment, case management services and job placement and retention services for the training program. “Paul’s Place provides additional resources to participants post-graduation to ensure the students’ success. Over the last few weeks, we’ve worked with them to help plot their next steps, targeting permanent employment in Baltimore’s restaurants, hospitals and catering businesses.”
Through the program, it is anticipated that Paul’s Place will provide 122 jobs and nearly $12.2 million in annual economic activity to the City of Baltimore, according to an economic impact study by Sage Policy Group that the organization commissioned in 2018. To help get there, Paul’s Place is actively recruiting for its next cohort, which will kick off in January.
ABOUT Groundwork Kitchen
Groundwork Kitchen’s program, operated by Paul’s Place, is founded on the nationwide initiative of FareStart’s Catalyst Kitchens, a proven model implemented in nearly 60 other facilities across the country. The program utilizes four integral program components: culinary skills training, life skills training, hands-on experience, and individualized case management support and coaching throughout training, job placement, and for six months after students begin their post-graduate careers.
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Emon Surakitkoson was born in Thailand and emigrated to the United States when she was 19 years old. Emon was always interested in the arts but was discouraged from attending art school in her home country. When she arrived in the US, she worked in a variety of jobs in the food and beverage industry. In 2018, she started experimenting with painting and mixed media, and began selling her work shortly thereafter. Since then, she has developed the unique style of sculptural, black and white paintings for which she is known, and in 2020 she transitioned to working as a full time artist.
Emon employs a restricted palette to stretch the limits of her medium and as a challenge towards creating complexity. She uses bold contrast and repetition to elicit an immediate response from viewers, while a closer inspection reveals the highly skilled technique, nuance and detail that Emon has cultivated. Her work has become increasingly three dimensional as she’s reflected on the emotional impact of work that changes the viewer’s relationship to space.
Emon has exhibited her work around the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area and in Canada. Her work can be found in hotels across the continental U.S., including the Hyatt Aviara Resort, and Kimpton Banneker Hotel. She has also done mural work with the international mural festival POW! WOW!. Outside of her art practice, Emon has produced events and markets that support local artists and makers around DC, including through partnerships with the Hilton brothers’ H2 Collective and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Emon lives and works in Washington, DC, with her English Bulldog, Noodle.
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Yurri Mial is a design director for Under Armour. Yurri designs some of the most unique footwear for the brand.
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Originally from the West coast Bettina has called Baltimore, Maryland home for more than 18 years now with her husband, Matt. She made her mark early on in Baltimore with her culinary skills as one of the city’s top pastry chefs. In 2014 life moved her back to the direction of natural living and all things holistic as she embarked on a new journey. Charmington Holistics was born. It started with a vegan potluck group and learning how to make diy body butters, then grew to taking a course after course in aromatherapy, herbalism, cosmetic formulation, good manufacturing practices, CO2 compounds, herbal medicine making, natural perfumery and holistic nutrition.
The Tonics were launched in 2017 as a core staple product line that Bettina was ready to share with the world. The tonics are the perfect combination of Bettina’s years as a skilled culinarian and her passion for herbal medicine making.
Bettina personally enjoys and engages in energic modalities such as Crystalline Consciousness Technique and Shamanism.
Charmington Holistics is her multidisciplinary project aimed at sharing Bettina’s knowledge of holistic living and it’s benefits to our mind, body and soul as well as living in harmony with the Earth & her magic.
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Anthony 'Inkboy' Chestnut, has been a tattoo artist over 15 years. His studio, Free Ink, is located in downtown Baltimore.
ABOUT FREE INK
Baltimore's first Black owned Upscale tattoo parlor. Free Ink LLC was created to meet the needs of it's clients that appreciates the finer things in life. Greeted with alkaline water, and calming scents. Free Ink LLC engages all of your senses.To get a better understanding you would have to stop by.
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Baltimega is a Baltimore-based producer known for unique style of lush harmonies over raw drums and creative samples is a sound that is exciting for the Club Music genre.
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Michael Peace is the owner of MAP M.A.P. Technologies. M.A.P. Technologies is your one stop shop for all of your Gaming and Computer needs!
M.A.P. Technologies started 20 years ago as a PC repair shop at a table in the Patapsco Flea Market. Starting with PC repair, they expanded after recognizing an opportunity to sell video games. Now, they are renovating a new 10,000-square-foot space downtown at 322 W. Baltimore Street. It’ll have a video game lounge that doubles as a community center.
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Zeke Cohen has represented the First District on the Baltimore City Council since 2016.
Zeke grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts, the son of a social worker and a psychiatrist. Zeke's belief that "community comes first" was inspired by his mother's stories of marching for Civil Rights and registering voters during the Mississippi Freedom Summer. After graduating from Goucher College, Zeke taught in West Baltimore and, as a teacher, was awarded the Elizabeth Lawrence Prize for Excellence. He attained a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University. Zeke started his nonprofit, The Intersection, to help young people learn community organizing and civic leadership. He ran for office with the belief that democracy only works when everyone has a voice in the process.
In July 2019, Zeke introduced the Elijah Cummings Healing City Act, making Baltimore the first city in the country to comprehensively legislate trauma-responsive care. The bill, which was signed into law in February 2020, and the movement that propelled it forward were created to help Baltimore heal from our enduring legacies of trauma, racism and violence.
In April 2019, Zeke sponsored the Gender-Inclusive Single-User Restroom bill, which helps ensure our city is safe and welcoming for all communities by requiring all single-user restrooms to have gender-inclusive signage. It was the first bill in Baltimore’s history to be signed at a Pride Parade.
In 2018, Zeke introduced the Transparency in Lobbying Act. The law tightens restrictions on lobbyists and requires lobbying disclosure forms to be posted online.
Zeke and his staff work tirelessly to deliver world-class constituent services and to provide transparency throughout the process. Since entering office in 2016, his office has resolved over 2800 separate constituent requests for assistance. These include requests for help resolving water billing disputes, removing abandoned boats from vacant lots, and expediting the repair of broken streetlights. Zeke believes in the power of organized communities and in the past two years, his office created community-driven task forces on the topics of transportation and public safety.
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Kevin Coelho is a life-long lover of film and one of the three founding members of the Baltimore Video Collective.
ABOUT BEYOND VIDEO
Beyond Video is a volunteer-run home-video library based in Baltimore. We are located at 2545 N. Howard Street. Our current public hours are every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 3-9pm. Our inventory is crowdsourced by disc donations.
Beyond Video is owned and operated by the Baltimore Video Collective. The BVC is dedicated to the continued growth and circulation of a world-class home-video collection representing cinema of all eras, regions, and genres on the DVD, blu-ray, and VHS formats. So far we’ve built a library of 21,000 movies and counting, one donation at a time!
Since the prevalence of streaming services and video on demand have changed the economics of physical media and closed the overwhelming majority of video stores across the country, we have reinvented the video store under a more sustainable model: a non-profit, volunteer-based community video library.
We view physical home video and the culture surrounding it as pivotal to our community’s access to film history. We also see Beyond Video as a community resource that encourages and amplifies the open-minded exchange of ideas, awareness of different cultures and perspectives, and the fueling of creativity in Baltimore and the surrounding region.
After several years of planning, we opened our doors to the public in 2018 with just under 9,000 titles. Despite COVID, we’re going stronger than ever today, with over 21,000 titles and a robust membership-support group.
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Dominic Griffin is a pop culture polymath who lives on the internet. He is the host and producer of The Armchair Auteur, a YouTube series of film criticism and video essays. He writes about film, music, television, comics, and professional wrestling at any publication that will support his unhealthy obsessions with Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Mann and the X-Men. You can find him on Twitter and Letterboxd probably talking about Carly Rae Jepsen or maybe Mamet.”
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The Armchair Auteur is an ongoing video project from film critic Dom Griffin. Every week, there will be new reviews, retrospectives, rants and video essays about film and film-adjacent pop culture.
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Aisha immigrated to the US from Kuwait for school when she was eighteen, and came to Baltimore by way of Milwaukee and Portland, Oregon. Since moving, she has engaged with Baltimore’s refugee community as a mentor and interpreter. She often finds herself invited into the lives, homes - and stories - of individuals, and feels fortunate to see glimpses of their journeys to America and views on their current situations.
For Aisha, stories are powerful in understanding the past and changing future narratives around refugees and immigrants. She believes that food is a collection of stories that are triggered and shaped through memories of feelings and current interactions of one’s environment.
Aisha is a cultural broker, bridging and bringing together different cultural backgrounds, and helping to amplify self-narratives. Aisha provides the vital link to refugee and immigrant community, ensuring that at every step of the way, Mera’s decisions reflect the actual needs of the community it serves. In addition to her roles with Mera, Aisha serves on the Baltimore’s Community Advisory Board for the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs.
Aisha’s favorite food is Iranian bread made in a dive-in oven — but when she can’t find that, she loves to eat Chef Iman’s za’atar bread, because it reminds her of her grandma’s.
About Mera Kitchen Collective
Food brings people together, no matter where you are from. It’s a ritual, we gather with our friends and family around the table, not only feeding our bodies but feeding our souls, connecting with people we care about. Mera Kitchen Collective is a community-driven, food business and we’re building a worker cooperative. We focus on the empowerment of chefs from around the world by celebrating our skills and talents in the kitchen, highlighting the value newcomers bring to the fabric of our society.
We love Baltimore. We also recognize that policies and systems can create structural barriers that make it harder for some individuals to gain access to resources and opportunities -- and easier for others. Our goal as a collective is to amplify our chefs skills and talents.
Why 'Mera Kitchen'? We chose the name Mera Kitchen because it contains the Greek word meraki, which has no direct English translation. Both a verb and an adverb, it connotes that when someone is doing an activity — like cooking — with so much care, devotion, and attention to the task at hand, that they leave a piece of themselves in it. In a world where our attention is often divided, we believe that there is immeasurable beauty and power in the collective act of creating and sharing food made with love.
What we do: Mera Kitchen Collective hosts pop-up events, and we offer catering services and cooking classes throughout Baltimore City. Mera's chefs come from all over the world; many are here seeking refuge, eager to put skills back to use to re-establish an independent, sustainable livelihood. We hope to connect you with our chefs and our chefs with their local community.
And now we’re opening our first restaurant! In October 2021, we moved to our first space! We’re currently open for lunch and expanding hours weekly! We envision our new home as place that represents our diverse cultures as a team at Mera, and the community that we integrated into Baltimore. It is a vehicle to share our cultures; the aroma of cardamom in a rice dish, the tangy spices of salsa verde, fruity, tropical baked goods, and the refreshing gingery mint juices of Burkina Faso. This space is an opportunity for our cooks and chefs to fully express themselves, re-invent their food, collaborate with one another, and most importantly take the Baltimore community on a culinary adventure around the world. We believe in the power of communing over food, on long tables, with shared plates, in conversation, and in pausing to connect with new and old friends.
Mera Kitchen Collective is a building a worker cooperative - we participate democratically as we build our business together. This allows for each of us to only strengthen culinary expertise and have a voice in the operations. We hope to use the cooperative model as a successful tool for wealth generation and fostering empowerment.
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John Tyler is a 21-year-old artist, Founder of Love Groove Music Festival, and film scorer for Under Armour, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Visit Baltimore, and Maryland Public Television. He has been featured in Hulu Advertisements, BET Instagram Promotions, Baltimore Magazine, Afro Newspaper, Baltimore Sun, B’more Art, and Baltimore’s 92Q. At 16, John released his first mixtape and has since released two more. In 2019, John’s debut album “The Good Side of Things” dropped, setting a high standard for Baltimore music. This project highlights his abilities to merge multiple genres into one.
At 17, John started the Love Groove Music Festival to bring together young artists from different genres of art to showcase talent and to offer learning and networking opportunities. This year marks his fifth showcase, partnering with Hot Sauce Artists Collective, Baltimore Center Stage, Blueprints For Artists to bring an ultimate music, arts, and education festival.
John aspires to be a touring artist, compose music for major films, and to continue to give back to his community through Love Groove Music Festival.
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Robbin Lee is the Executive Director of Baltimore Homecoming, Inc. Prior to joining Homecoming, she has produced hundreds of events for nonprofits in the DMV such as The Phillips Collection and Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District (BID) all the while serving as Events Director for The Emporiyum – voted DC and Baltimore’s best food event in 2014 and 2015. When asked to come back and make an impact for her favorite city, Robbin eagerly joined the Baltimore Homecoming team in October 2017.
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Terrance Diggs is a Baltimore-area-based designer, entrepreneur, and all-around creative. He is most notably making his mark as Creative Director of the streetwear and lifestyle brand, D17. Since 2016, Terrance has applied his Digital Arts degree from Towson University and imaginative marketing skills to a diverse portfolio of Maryland creatives and brands; as well as working for ASICS on global social media campaigns.
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Chef Amy von Lange of Schola. Schola is a result of Chefs Amy von Lange and Jerry Pellegrino's passion for not only cooking but for sharing their kitchen with others and teaching their craft in the process. With more than 25 years of experience between them, the classes they teach at Schola are hands-on, informative, intimate, and fun.
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Bryan Burkert is an entrepreneur and owner of many Baltimore small businesses including The Sound Garden, Bondhouse Kitchen and Sir Duke.
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It began back in 1993 in Baltimore, Maryland and since then we've been the recipients of over 50 Best-Ofrecord store awards. In 2014 we were voted the 2nd best record store in the United States by Rolling Stone Magazine.
The Sound Garden, located in historic Fells Point in Baltimore, Maryland, opened in 1993 in a tiny space across the street from our current locations. Our little independent music store quickly established itself as the award-winning Baltimore's Best Independent Record Store. In 1994, The Sound Garden moved into its present location - a 6000+ square foot warehouse - where we proudly carry an immense and eclectic selection of music, movies and really cool stuff.Why are we different from other independent record stores and independent music stores? Quite simply - because of the amazing selection of used and new Vinyl, CDs, DVDs, LPs, video games and Blu-Rays we can offer to our always satisfied customers. We stock over 100,000 new and used CDs and DVDs. In addition to having the hot new releases, we carry a variety of imports, obscure and rare titles, and releases from smaller independent labels...at ridiculously low prices! We also sell posters, t-shirts, stickers, books and other random wonderful finds. We are a team of curators. We are 20 year plus Record Store folks, who live to discover and share what moves us with you.If you're looking for something that we don't carry, we'll be glad to order it for you. Special orders can be placed at no additional cost to you and usually arrive within a week. We also invite you to listen to nearly any title in the store before you buy it; just ask one of our music experts who will gladly assist - with no pressure to buy! Visit the Baltimore location (or our Syracuse location) and find out why we've won numerous accolades, including "Best Record Store" from Baltimore Magazine and from the City Paper.
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Chef Tyler Johnson is the executive chef at John Brown General and Butchery and partner Jason Wilcox Head Butcher/Manager at John Brown General and Butchery.
ABOUT JBGB
JBGB’s is a full-service restaurant alongside a whole-animal butchery located in the Remington community of Baltimore City. The restaurant offers outdoor and indoor seating with full service, as well as an outdoor community fireplace. JBGB’s restaurant boasts New York style pizza out of our wood-burning brick oven, our beloved burger, and an ever changing menu of small plates and entrees. The shop specializes in whole animal butchery of grass-fed, grass-finished beef, and pasture-raised pork, lamb, and poultry. We also dry-age beef in house. Our butcher staff keeps the cases stocked with a rotating selection of house-made sausages, pates, breakfast and charcuterie meats, alongside an abundant variety of fresh cuts of sustainably raised beef, lamb, pork, and poultry. You will also find pantry items, local eggs and vegetables, provisions, Cunningham’s bread, baked goods, spirits, beer, and wine throughout our shop.
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Elisa Milan is the owner and head chef of The Empanada Lady in Station North Arts District in Baltimore city.
ABOUT The Empanada Lady
Elisa Milan of The Empanada Lady makes authentic Puerto Rican cuisine including hand-rolled Empanadas and Coquito, traditional Puerto Rican Egg Nog, which has an important connection to her roots. The Empanada Lady is currently catering at non-profit arts hub, gallery, and performance space Motor House.
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Chef Sean Guy, formerly of The World Wrestling Federation Restaurant, NY and The Hard Rock Cafe, MD founded Water for Chocolate Catering in May 2006.
After years spent in an Executive Chef capacity with such casual dining establishments as Planet Hollywood and Dave & Busters, Sean longed for a simpler, more direct conduit to his guests. His signature sweet potato bread pudding w/ crème angalise, Italian sausage meatloaf and kick-A$$ egg salad w/ crispy prosciutto & avocado are readily available at Water for Chocolate.
If you have read the book, then stop by and experience his version of “Water for Chocolate”. And if you have not read it, there is a well-thumbed copy waiting for you at the Chef’s table.
WATER FOR CHOCOLATE OFFERS UPSCALE COMFORT CUISINE IN A CASUAL DINING ENVIRONMENT.
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Visual artist Michael Bruley of Chestertown Maryland along the Chesapeake Bay. Having Grandparents in Philadelphia, Michael experienced city vibes. His mother Candice was known to paint murals of flowers, rainbows and peace signs inside house walls. His father Michael, had owned a body shop where he quickly learned mixing colors and paints. Having this influence further allowed him to express himself through art. He often painted murals in his childhood room. At the age of 12 a friend of his older brother gave him a four foot canvas, paints and a brush. On this canvas he painted his first painting of a Pegasus flying over a rainbow and mountains. A radiant and elegant gift, for art was very apparent from an early age. Art will go onto become his truest refuge. In second grade Michael was diagnosed with dyslexia. While eventually he learned to cope, this continues to influence his self-esteem and confidence. In turn increases his drive and motivation for art. As a teenager he really took to photography as well as painting and often mixing the two. His love for experimentation has evolved his work in many different directions. Today, his portfolio differs from realism to abstract and one dimension to three dimensional art. During High School, Michael continued to paint and received a scholarship from the Queen Anne’s County Art Council towards his first year at Chesapeake College where he completed his degree in Liberal Arts. In 2002 he started University of the Arts in Philadelphia, in pursuit of pursuing a photography major. After his first year he realized his passion was for painting. After he transitioned to the painting department he felt more confident in his art. At the time he was the first junior to sell a painting for $1,500. There after every summer he would take every painting he created and displayed and sold them across Maryland. He was known as a “fire ball” in college, selling a good bit and speaking his mind. Graduating in 2005, Michael received his Bachelor’s in Fine Art with an emphasis in Art Therapy. The year of 2006 Michael’s life would take a dramatic turn. On his way to register for classes at Temple University he was involved in severe car accident. Which shattered his body. His art came to an abrupt halt. He was heavy medicated on pain medication which became addictive. That life style continued up until his father’s death in 2010. It was then he realized this lifestyle had to come to an end. Like the Phoenix, he pulled himself out of the ashes and with the help of many people he slowly started getting his life back on track. In the summer of 2012, Michael was walking by a Jazz Festival in his home town and got inspired to start painting again. With only red, yellow and black watercolor paints. He was back! Feeling better than ever and with a new view on life, he picked up back where he left off six years prior. In 2016, he decided it was time to dedicate his career to art and being a fulltime artist. The bold colors in Michael’s art express his passion and excitement for life. He is certainly a Jack-of-all-trades. He loves to create and engage his audience with his art. Michael continues to experiment is experimenting with colors and textures which create rich and beautiful work, typically with high contrast. His love for creating art has helped him through the best and worst of times, his self-expressing is prevalent.
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Aaron Jones is a master tailor and owner of hometown haberdashery, Bushelers of Baltimore. A Bushelman or Busheler alters and repairs garments. They take the tradition of tailoring clothes and offer a contemporary experience. Old school skills are used to give you a new school look, providing high-quality service in a modern, casual environment.
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Josh Sinn is a Maryland-based photographer and educator who received his Bachelors of Fine Arts in Photography at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Working primarily with film, he enjoys documenting all aspects of life, especially focusing on people and their environments. Baltimore has become the central character in most of his work, with photos detailing his relationship with a city home to beauty, joy, and pain.
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About Kelly L Walker
Kelly Walker is an American born, self taught artist who continues to study at the ‘School of Life’. She found her way to Baltimore, Maryland by the age of 18 where she has lived ever since. Walker absorbs the beauty, chaos and reality of Baltimore City channeling it into her work.
In 2013, Walker purchased a rundown auto shop in the heart of the city. The building is located between the historic cultural arts district of Mt Vernon and the newly designated Bromo Arts district currently undergoing a neighborhood revitalization. In an immense labor of love, Walker transformed the downtrodden building into live/work space that has been featured in Baltimore Magazine as a work of art in of itself. An art collection covers the inside walls, boasting of other local artists. The studio and apartment serve not only as a place of business and a home but sometimes Walker opens her home for gatherings which benefit community organizations such as Creative Alliances ‘Art to Dine for’.
The dichotomy of Kelly Walker’s world translates onto her canvases as she paints in fits of inspiration which has led to an expansive collection of unique series, committing spontaneous reflections of her mood and emotions to canvas. Walker’s abstract paintings demonstrate the techniques, textures, and patterns she employs as a professional decorative painter. She pushes mediums past their intended purposes, encouraging them to collide and react, not rejecting happy accidents and forcing incompatible materials to meet. Utilizing a wide range of atypical materials, her works are intricately layered, calling reference to landscape, graffiti and color fields. Walker’s artwork has been featured extensively at venues both in and outside of the Baltimore area, including the Rosenberg Gallery, Silo Point, Gallery 1951 in Los Angeles & Las Laguna Art Gallery in California and the Delaware Museum of Art.
About Artstar Custom Paintworks
Paint is a wonderfully versatile medium, translating endless ranges of color, texture, or patterned ideas into functional, long-lasting designs.
Artstar Custom Paintworks is a Baltimore based decorative painting and faux finishing company founded by Kelly Walker in 2002. Artstar specializes in hand-applied, atmospheric finishes that capture and enhance the charm of any environment with sophisticated drama. We are dedicated to individualized service and the highest quality craftsmanship to make your improvement project a powerful and diverse work of art.
We actively develop new custom finishes for the design and architectural trades, and are well respected for our professional contracting services and collaboration in the design process. Services range from murals and traditional faux finishes, to custom painted finishes and fine Italian Plasters.
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Mark Dinerstein
Mark Dinerstein is an owner / operator of Hammerjacks. With more than 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry, Mark oversees the Hammerjacks team and is responsible for the day to day operations including developing and overseeing strategies for the venues, food & beverage, sponsorships, partnerships, events and more.
Prior to joining Hammerjacks in 2019, Mark served as President at Knitting Factory Presents (KFP).
Andy Hotchkiss
Andy Hotchkiss is currently a principal at NREB, LLC a commercial real estate brokerage firm based in Bethesda, MD. He represents national, regional and local retailers in procuring real estate and negotiated 100’s of retail leases in this 15 year. He is licensed in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC; and a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). Andy’s past interests include starting the successful development company GapWedge and creating The Honour Society – an apparel company specializing in officially licensed collegiate clothing. Prior to these accomplishments, Andy served as an account executive at Adair- Greene, an Atlanta based advertising firm. Andy is currently the President of the Carroll Camden Business Association, a local organization that oversees the district in which Hammerjacks resides. Andy is a 3rd generation Maryland native and currently resides in Bethesda.
Hammerjacks
Hammerjacks, a legendary Baltimore brand, was originally established in 1977, and reestablished in 2021 under new ownership. For 20 years, its reputation for showcasing regional and national musical talent propelled it to a strong national brand and was a beacon for live entertainment in the mid-Atlantic. The local and regional affinity for the brand continues to this day. Now, almost fifty years after first opening its doors, Hammerjacks is back and ready to raise the bar, inviting seasoned regulars and a whole new generation alike to join them in carrying on the legacy of a true Baltimore institution. Located at 1300 Russell Street, the new Hammerjacks operates with the same rock & roll attitude that fueled the original into entertainment history. The first phase of the new Hammerjacks features recycled shipping containers fashioned into food and beverage stations and the outdoor space will see a wide variety of usage, from large-scale NFL tailgate parties and live events.
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Jamye Wooten is the founder of CLLCTIVLY, an organization that’s building an ecosystem of grants and resources to nourish Black-led organizations that want to improve Baltimore.
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Jon Bregel is a multidisciplinary filmmaker and photographer located in Baltimore, MD. He is also the founder and photographer of BaltimoreSmall.com, a media platform that gives voices to small businesses and nonprofits through photography and storytelling.
Jon tends to have a very hands-on approach which has led him to Direct, DP, and Executive Produce branded content for clients such as; Nike, Audi, National Geographic, Cadillac, ACLU, Samsung, Pfizer, Gap, Tiffany & Co., and many more. Jon's films have earned him Thirteen Vimeo Staff Picks, and has been featured in Adweek, Huffington Post and Gizmodo and awarded at Cannes Lion, AICP, Adweek ARC Awards, LIA, Clio, Webby, Shorty, One Show, Creativity, PDN and Spikes Asia.
Jon’s heart for connecting deeply with people keeps him rooted in his Baltimore community, while also giving him opportunities to travel around the world capturing humanity at large.
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Ismael Quezada is 1st generation Latinx film photographer born and raised in Baltimore, MD.
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Monesha Phillips is the owner of Pandora's Box Boutique. Pandora's Box Boutique provides a unique selection of the latest trends, jewelry, gifts, home décor, and personal accessories.
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Pandora's Box Boutique's mission is to provide a unique selection of the latest trends, jewelry, gifts, home décor, and personal accessories. Our products are high-quality, affordably priced, and handpicked with a sense of humor and authenticity, making them items that everyone can relate to.
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Akio Evans continues to define innovation personified in the creative and fashion space while inspiring his local community. The creativity Evans brings to his sneaker art has allowed the Baltimore native to reach new heights attracting the attention of major celebrities, and production companies. Evans has captivated social media audiences, entertainers and influences while maintaining his connection to his community teaching art and video production to students in the City of Baltimore public schools.
Akio grew up in East Baltimore in a single parent home. As a child, he was fascinated with television shows and movies that we may have all shared love for in the 90's His love for these shows and movies inspired him to start creating art and designs on shirts, hats, and shoes. At 17 Akio taught himself how to put art on clothing. It started off as a simple hot glue gun and sewing routine, but as time progressed, so did his skill set and now he specializes in selling clothing. Akio also got his start in documentary filmmaking by documenting his friends in high-school. Always wanting a camera when he finally got his hands on one he hardly ever put it down and he took it everywhere ready to record at any moment even filming his own high school graduation. After high school Akio took to the west coast for 4 years and he sold his handmade clothing and co-owned a store in Spokane WA all the while documenting his entire journey which he released a street DVD titled Real Recognize Real Ent Vol 1 in 2006.
When he returned back to Baltimore from the west coast he started to explore teaching himself learning more about filming and video editing. Akio was then introduced to the program Safe Streets East in 2007. During his time with Safe Streets, he volunteered filming marches and social events for the organization while also working on his solo projects and servicing the community making music videos for local artists. In 2013, Akio was the recipient of two awards: A City citation from Former Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake for his filmmaking contribution to Baltimore Public Schools; Akio was awarded a certificate of achievement from the Baltimore City Youth Commission for his contributions and services to the youth at Gilmor Elementary. Akio was recipient of the Joe Mann's Black Wall Street Award for his contribution to Baltimore's inner-city and personal entrepreneurial achievements.
Years later after taking a hiatus from fashion design, until a conversation with his friend in November 2014, The Wire actor, Felicia Pearson (Snoop) egged him on to start making custom shoes again. Akio agreed and made a pair for Felicia and they both shared on social media displaying all the images of Akio's finished artwork that later grabbed the attention of many including celebrities.
Akio first debut documentary film, Grace After Midnight Pain, the story of the life and times of 'The Wire' actress Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson, which he directed and produced alongside Felicia Snoop Pearson and Michael K. Williams. The documentary film was screened in Harlem in 2014 and was submitted to Sundance in 2015.
Today, Akio's commissioned sneaker art has been collected by friend and comedian Donnell Rawlings, Dave Chappelle, Dr Dre, Nick Cannon, Kevin Hart, Havoc of Mobb Deep, Tyronn Lue, Allen Iverson, and along with his collaboration with friend Felicia Pearson for Ewing Athletics and Derec Dunn of Atlantic Records. In April 2019, Evans received an Official Citation from the Maryland General Assembly for his outstanding contributions, dedication and overall progression of the Baltimore City youth.
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Erin Brooks is a cosplayer, illustrator and yarn artist.
Erin make crochet plushies of people's pets and geeky characters from Disney and other pop culture - Sci-Fi, cartoons and fantasy.
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Roxxy Haze can only be described as what happens when a latchkey kid is raised by the Disney Channel and PBS. Her comedy has become a mashup of socioeconomic insight and observations, as well as geek culture. Her online content (featured on Buzzfeed, VH1, E! News Online, Billboard and more) has garnered an impressive following, bordering cult like. Haze has featured and headlined across the country, working with comedians Brian Posehn and Baron Vaughn.
Recently, Haze wrote, produced and directed her own web series, The Roxxy Haze Show, a comedy sketch showed focused on geek culture and pop culture, as well as releasing her first nerdcore rap mixtape entitled Roxxy Versus: A Roxxy Haze Mixtape. Haze can be heard regularly on her podcast, Bedtime B!chin’ with Roxxy.
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Born in North Carolina, raised in Maryland, hip hop artist $iz focuses on staying true to himself, while producing a showcase of versatility through each performance. Starting off writing in 2012 and making multiple mixtapes before his first album release @void in 2019, $iz is no newby to the Hip-Hop music scene. After making a final change to his stage name in 2021, going from $izzle to $iz, he continues to make create the highest quality music. There will never be a shortage of music in his
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Awesomus Prime is the Rock Star convention DJ/Producer who doesn’t shy away from entertaining the nerdy masses. His music is dedicated to showcasing remixes and music inspired by your favorite video games, anime, and cartoons. He also spices things up with just a dash of chiptune for his geek infused tracks and performance. Don't let your guard down around him though, you may catch a combo breaker of bass heavy music to the face. Awesomus has been DJing the con circuit across the country quickly becoming a fan favorite and it’s easy to see why. He brings a highly energetic spirit to every set as he runs around dancing with fans, breaking it down and has been known to headbang the night away.
Awesomus has had the pleasure of sharing the stage and working with other amazing artist including Hyper Potions, DJ Cutman, MC Lars, Mega Ran, Mark Cooper, YTCracker, EyeQ, Big Bad Bosses, In Loving Memory, STEREOTYTANS, SkyBlew, Kenzie Black, Clockwork Dolls and is the official DJ of Heroes 4 Hire. He has rocked the house at many conventions and Con After Parties including Super MAGFest, Blerdcon, Zenkaikon, Setsucon, New Jersey Gamer Con, Nerdtino Expo, J1 Con, Comic-Con 4 Kids, Epic Nerd Camp, New York Comic-Con, Defend the North, AnimeNYC, Quirkcon, Saikoucon and Awesomecon. He is also the CEO of the Anime and Gaming record label, Kawaii Kunai Music, which is dedicated to bringing you Nerdy Weeb Music for Nerdy Weebz. This Mech Warrior DJ is one artist you don’t want to miss!
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About The Artist
Joshua Olsen is an artist from Long Island New York who moved to Baltimore to pursue an MFA in community art and work within communities in Baltimore. Particularly in communities which may be neglected. Olsen's involvement has been with the youth of Morrell Park. Olsen's art consists of studio and community work, and teaching in a libortorial and inclusive way.
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Phil Davis, Director + Programmer began Sweaty Eyeballs as an annual invitational programming series in 2012. He is an animator, avid musician, cartoon watcher and professor of animation and film at Towson University. His animations and music videos have been featured in festivals internationally. He is currently working on an animated documentary short about the town of Millinocket, ME and incidents surrounding a fatal paper mill accident.
The mission of Sweaty Eyeballs Animation is to showcase unique, experimental and diverse voices in the field of animated filmmaking with a focus on innovation in craft, storytelling and work that questions preconceived notions of what animation can and should be. We love independent animation, and we love Baltimore. Get ready to join us in combining the two! Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival will foster a community of animation lovers and creators in the mid-Atlantic region and allow a venue for often overlooked work to be seen on the big screen.
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Michael Owen, a contemporary American painter. Since 2003, Michael has created hundreds of large-scale works, exploring social, emotional and spiritual issues. Michael had the opportunity work with many well-known companies, but the community, education and collaboration and have always been the most important parts of his practice.
In 2008, Michael started the Baltimore Love Project, by evenly spreading 20 love-themed murals throughout my city. It’s amazing to see the art, discussions and message of LOVE continue to spread all around the world. Currently, Michael lives and works out of his newest project, HOME Artist Residency.
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Dee J is a writer/poet, event planner, brand ambassador, dancer, promoter, collaborator and apparel owner. Dee J is heavy involved in promoting community events within the LGBTQIA+ community as well as growing their brand.
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Velvet is the founder of AfroVelvet. Through their art they seek to reimagine the "black" existence from an inside perspective; To develop creative branding and media for Black Artists + Entrepreneurs; and To render visual, wearable, and performative art that peaks into future landscapes/environments for the diaspora.
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Baltimore-based artist Chris Bathgate is a self-trained machinist. He utilizes handmade tools and automated CNC (computer numerical control) milling and drilling machines to create precisely-crafted elements that assemble into complex sculptures. Machining is his method of artistic expression. He has spent more than fifteen years adapting metalworking machinery from salvaged and repurposed equipment. Bathgate’s aesthetic considerations stem from the very machines that he uses to create his sculptures. Each piece that he makes is informed by the one it is preceded by, and he modifies his machinery accordingly—not for improved practical function but for the aesthetic developments that can be produced.
Bathgate is unique in his formalist approach to precision machining as an art form. His entire body of work is an ongoing investigation into this concept. Process lies at the heart of his practice and it serves as the primary catalyst for his ideas. He evaluates his sculptures for form and visual composition in a continuous cycle of ideation, problem solving, fabrication, analysis, and revision, similar to systems engineering. Bathgate’s carefully composed technical diagrams are evidence of his gestaltist outlook in which the whole may be deconstructed into its elements.
Playing with the tension between aesthetic vs. utility, form vs. function, and industrial vs. handmade, Bathgate’s interdisciplinary work lies at the intersection of art, craft, and design. It serves as an example of how computer-mediated fabrication may bridge the divide between art, craft, and industrial production in the Digital Age.
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EU1OGY was born out of chaos. The music defies genre. It is a raw, energetic deconstruction of everything you think you know about sound. Growing up in and around Baltimore, Maryland, EU1OGY spent much of his early childhood shuttling between group homes and foster homes, urban, suburban, and everything in between. For EU1OGY, music and art were salvation, a safe form of expression amidst the flux. Always the new kid, a born outsider, the sound of EU1OGY’s music reflects the many world’s he moved between, a raw, hardcore punk sound mixed with trap beats and a vocal delivery that will knock down the walls of your house. This is something totally brand new. This is EU1OGY.
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Dr. Alicia Puglionesi is a writer and historian. She teaches courses about medical mysteries, the mind sciences, and the politics of health care. Her first book, Common Phantoms: An American History of Psychic Science, tells the history and highlights the ways in which psychical research troubled the boundaries of science and its relationship to democracy and popular ways of experiencing the world.
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Raised in a Nicaraguan household in Miami, FL and currently living in Baltimore City, Jessy DeSantis is a self-taught emerging artist creating meaningful, vibrant work. Her painting's stark contrast of vibrant color and white space draws the viewer into her subjects. She is inspired by her connection to nature, family, and her Central American roots. Her paintings are more than just visually beautiful. They carry in them intention with a story to be told. She seeks to pass on these stories of heritage and truth with all of it's complexities to her children and future generations.
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Nas the Artist was born and raised in Baltimore, MD. He began his art journey taking up graphic design at Mergenthaler High School before transferring to Perry Hall. After graduation, Nas attended CCBC with aspirations to obtain an A.A. degree in Business Administration. Unfortunately, unforeseen circumstances would arise and Nas decided to pursue entrepreneurship full-time without looking back. He began to teach himself various forms and styles of art all while developing his own style. With inspiration coming from photography, cartoons, music, madonarri, sports, history and much more, Nas formally introduced his own style of art called Artistco. (the ability to use creativity to make an impact) Since then, Nas has started his own business and has received commission work from various clients. He hopes to gain more notoriety while making a positive impactful difference on millions of lives around the world. Through Faith and prayer, we shall get there. This is Artistco.
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Alex Rector is a 28 year old Texas born, Baltimore raised self taught visual artist. She practices abstract, minimalistic and illustrative styles of art.
As an emerging artist her goal is to encourage appreciation of expression while using primary and secondary colors.
Her minimalistic pieces demonstrate an authentic appreciation for bold colors and simple patterns, relieving the audience of deep thought and giving them a chance to simply enjoy the work. Her abstract pieces create a space for free thinking and unique interpretations of the expression presented on the canvas.
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Daven Ralston is the owner of Charm City Books. As an actor/teacher/classically-trained musician and lifelong book nerd (all of her best memories growing up involve books), she is passionate about sharing her love of literature and community building through the arts and education with Pigtown and Baltimore at large. She hopes that CCB becomes a destination in Baltimore known for its great selection of books, locally made crafts, community programming, and overall magic. Her favorite book is The Awakening by Kate Chopin, and she is currently reading Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse.
Brandon Rashad Butts is a writer, director and producer based in the DMV area. He joined Charm City Books because of his love for books, his connections with the staff, and a desire to talk more about books. In his field, He’s most recently participated as a writer in the DMV Q Fests (2.0 & 3.0), Jingle in July (Adventure MTC), and The Variations Project (Rapid Lemon Productions). His play Spice of Life was developed at AdventureMTC. His full-length plays Personal Protection and Reclamation have received readings at Baltimore Center Stage. His short plays Between Us and Profiled have been produced at Manhattan Repertory Theatre, The Secret Theatre, and Blue Pearl Productions. He is co-creator of Vigilant, which received a workshop at Flying V Theatre. He’s contributed to an editorial piece with Huffington Post Black Voices, “Black Hair Defined”. His short story “The Red Barn” was published in the 3Element Review. Brandon has served as a Manhattan Theatre Club Directing Fellow, a Stage Choreographer and Director’s Society Observer and Producing Fellow at Baltimore Center Stage. He is focusing more on his connection to literature and he is grateful to have a place like Charm City Books to expand in that. He loves reading memoirs, sci-fi, political science, and historical fiction/non-fiction. He is based in the DMV area.
Charm City Books is an independent, family owned bookstore and community gathering space located in historic Pigtown. We offer new books and locally made crafts as well as classes, workshops, and a wide range of events for the community and by the community. Charm City Books is a space for everyone, a place where neighbors can connect and learn about one another through literacy and the arts.
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Andrew Cosentino is a food and lifestyle blogger cover Baltimore.
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Se Jong Cho is scientist and artist. Se Jong Cho started painting seriously in the fall of 2013 when an epiphany that she could stretch her time by painting because every new painting is a portal to a different world and new experiences in it. Se Jong Cho subscribes to the idea that art is a magical operation (William Burroughs). Se Jong Cho paints because she wants to share how she imagines the world around her through various scientific, engineering, and philosophical interpretations. Se Jong Cho paints because this is an effective means of communication where ambiguity of colors and shapes allows for deeper meaning in the minds of observer through synthesis of multiple minds’ life experiences. This is a magical operation.
Photo credit: Marc Miller
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This special bonus episode is from an art talk at The Eubie Blake Cultural Center with Rob Lee and Jason V with curator Thomas James. We're discussing Repercussions: Redefining the Black Aesthetic. Recorded in September of 2021.
*Repercussions: Redefining the Black Aesthetic*
"More than 50 years removed from the 1960s ‘new abstraction’ movement, contemporary Black artists are creating abstract works that add new layers to what we consider fine art. This work is important to analyze as these artists tell new stories, inserting themselves into the conversations affecting the modern world."
—Thomas James, Exhibition Curator
Featuring the artists
* ALEXANDRE AMEGAH * ANTONIO MCAFEE ASHA ELANA CASEY BRIA STERLING CHARLES PHILIPPE JEAN PIERRE DESMOND BEACH KY VASSOR LEHNA HUIE LIONEL FRAIZER WHITE III QRCKY REBECCA MARIMUTU SARAH STEFANA SMITH SULDANO ABDRIRUHMAN VICTORIA WALTON * WELSEY CLARK
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Jim Doran is a multidisciplinary artist from Baltimore, Maryland. He makes tiny dioramas with paper, wood and ink drawings. He loves to compose and record music. He's a stop-motion animator.
Jim earned my B.A. in music composition from Washington College, a certificate in computer programming from the Community College of Baltimore County, a graduate certificate in information technology from Johns Hopkins University, and an M.F.A. from Towson University. He began teaching Web design and WordPress at the Community College of Baltimore County and MICA in 2006. He makes my living as a Web developer/designer.
Jim’s work has been exhibited across the USA, in Europe and in the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. He's been fortunate to have been featured on many websites, including This is Colossal, Beautiful Decay, The Order of the Good Death and even CSS-Tricks.
Jim identifies as a surrealist, a metaphysicist, and a pescatarian.
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Jason Chapman is a skateboarder and owner of Charm City Skatepark. Charm City Skatepark is a 28,000 sq. ft indoor park which accommodates skateboards, BMX bikes, scooters and roller skates and blades.
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Samuel T. Herring, also known as Hemlock Ernst, is an American singer and rapper from Baltimore, Maryland, best known for being the frontman of the synth-pop band Future Islands. He was also a member of Art Lord & the Self-Portraits, The Snails, and Trouble Knows Me
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Sam Sessa has been part of the WTMD staff since 2006, as the host of Baltimore Hit Parade (formerly Baltimore Unsigned). In 2013, he became WTMD's Baltimore music coordinator, and helps produce and host concerts and other WTMD events. From 2005 to 2013, Sam worked as a reporter and editor in The Baltimore Sun's Features Department.
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David ‘Wavey’ Anderson is a Baltimore born photographer and filmmaker. He started his visual career at CCBC in 2015 where he studied fine arts and found his passion in analog film. The passion grew from still photos to moving images. He began interning for Six Point Pictures soon after under the mentorship of filmmaker Kirby Griffin and producer LaTonya Joyce. His work features strong emotion, often focusing on the imperfections of humanity and the beauty within the struggle. Pieces have been shown in local exhibitions such as Light City Baltimore, as well as virtual showcases at The Baltimore Museum of Art.
Recently, he released in directorial debut film, “Liquor for Water” in late 2020. The story follows a young man going through the battle with his demons, both internally and externally, featuring brilliant performances by local talent.
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Joshua Slowe is a visual artist whose work transcends the boundaries of portrait photography. Taking inspiration from fashion and street photography Joshua has paved his very own style by blending the two. He uses this unorthodox approach to document the people in his community to tell their stories through light.
Starting out as spectator of the medium, Joshua was drawn to analogue film at a time when the rise of digital technology seemed unstoppable. Joshua used film photography to help capture the raw energy his surroundings gave him. He hopes the viewer feels like they can start to see inside the minds of the subjects in his work.
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Dr. Schroeder Cherry, a native of Washington, DC, is now a Baltimore-based artist and 2019 Sondheim competition finalist who captures everyday scenes of African American life, often set in barbershops and utilizing repurposed materials. He has worked in seven museums across the US, including The Art Institute of Chicago; Smithsonian Institution’s Anacostia Museum; Studio Museum of Harlem; J. Paul Getty Museum; The Baltimore Museum of Art; and Maryland Historical Society. He has held senior grant maker positions at Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Foundation, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, first as Deputy Director of Museums, and later Counselor to the Director. He currently teaches museum studies at Morgan State University.
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In this episode, I interview Baltimore based model Babi Lee. Babi's interests include collaborating with other artists to continue to gain experience and creating for the sake of creating as well as art. Babi views modeling as just one of the main ways to express that passion for art.
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David Ibata is an American painter from the Washington DC metropolitan area. He received his education from the Corcoran College of Art & Design (BFA, 2008) followed by the New York Academy of Art (MFA, 2010). Since 2011, David has worked in museum education in affiliation with the National Portrait Gallery and National Gallery of Art. He currently serves on the Board of the Washington Studio School.
Photo by Jared Soares
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Petula Caesar is a multi-talented all around artistic being. She is a writer, performer, creator, producer, recording artist and arts administrator.
She got her start writing erotica when she was published in New York Times bestselling author Zane’s erotica anthology “Caramel Flava” and has published two volumes of erotic ficton and an audiobook of erotic fiction. Petula has written for various publications like Baltimore’s former alternative weekly City Paper, The Afro-American Newspapers, and Baltimore Magazine. Petula is also a storyteller and performance poet who has been featured at signature Baltimore events like Artscape, Stoop Storytelling, The Baltimore Book Festival, and Charm City Kitty Club. She has performed erotic poetry and suggestive storytelling with her band in tow for audiences up and down the East Coast and has performed with The Punany Poets from HBO's "Real Sex" series.
After spending much time onstage in front of audiences of all kinds, Petula grew to love backstage just as much, and moved into theatrical production, event production and artist booking. She has curated, directed and produced events at most major venues in Baltimore, including The Creative Alliance, The Motor House, Arena Players, The Arch Social Club, The Reginald Lewis Museum and Metro Gallery and has worked with numerous Baltimore performers like The 5th L, Eze Jackson, Lea Gilmore, Jonathan Gilmore, Navasha Daya, and Joyce Scott. She created Caesar Productions LLC to present and elevate various aspects of African American culture, especially performance and literary arts through events ranging from live performance to workshops.
Petula released her memoir entitled “She’s Such A Bright Girl: An American Story” in June 2018, where she recounts an upbringing full of conflict and tension centered around colorism. The book won an Honorable Mention at the North Street Books Prize for creative non-fiction, and throughout 2018 and 2019 Petula could often be found appearing at branches of the Enoch Pratt Library and at other community events talking about her book and other themes related to race.
Petula became director of Community Engagement for the Baltimore Rock Opera Society (BROS) in 2019. In her role of finding ways for BROS to become more reflective of Baltimore’s demographic (majority African American), she assisted with creating programming with that audience in mind by using Black creatives both onstage and behind the scenes to execute that programming. This included serving as producer of a series of virtual concerts in 2020 called Rock Opera 101 (during the height of COVID no less). And while 2021 finds us still facing COVID, Petula continues to create, serving as Executive Producer and Co-Creative director of a theatrical presentation called “Funktopia - An Intergalactic Tribute To Funk and Hip Hop” that will feature music from Outkast, Kendrick Lamar, George Clinton, Funkadelic, and similarly funky artists.
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Chris is the founder of Figure 53, a software company he started from his Baltimore apartment in 2006. Figure 53 is now composed of about a dozen people across three cities, making software used to run live performances in tens of thousands of venues and over 100 countries around the world. Prior to Figure 53, Chris trained and worked as an actor, and now that his kids are older and his company has matured, he's started to get back into the rehearsal room to make theater directly. He most recently completed renovation of an 8000-square-foot black box theater on 25th Street in Baltimore’s Old Goucher neighborhood.
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Hae Won Sohn is a medium-centric sculptor currently based in Queens, NY. In her practice, the artist utilizes studio-artifacts such as broken molds or material remnants; further incorporating the action of de-/reconstruction in her (re)development of form and object-history. Through materials such as porcelain clay, plaster, mineral oxide pigments and found industrial metalware, she explores the systems and structure of casting and mold-making as a process to reach to unique multiples.
Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Sohn earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the College of Design at Kookmin University located in Seoul, South Korea, and her Master of Fine Arts degree at the Cranbrook Academy of Art located in Bloomfield Hills, MI. She has been selected as a Finalist for the inaugural Galerie Emerging Artist Award (2019) and the 16th Janelt & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize (2021). Represented by Emmanuel Barbault (New York, NY), she had her first solo exhibition “Monologue aside” with the gallery in January 2020. Her work has also been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD; Gray Contemporary, Houston, TX; MONO Practice, Baltimore, MD; Next Step Studio & Gallery, Ferndale, MI; Zahoorul Akhlaq Gallery of National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan; and Kyung-In Museum of Fine Art, Seoul, South Korea.
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In this episode, I interview Minnie Soles, an independent alternative model, content creator, musical artist & single mom from Baltimore City
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Chef Justin Holloman “THE CURATOR” brings a unique style of cooking through various outlets.
Chef Holloman was set on a culinary career path from a young age dating back to 7 years. His influences include family traditions as well as culinary legends like Emeril Lagasse. After graduating from the Baltimore International College and learning from various local restaurants and being a private chef, Chef Holloman is ready to bring forth his own gastronomical style.
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Tyler Brewer is a tattoo artist working out of the Baltimore Tattoo Museum.
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Carlos Raba was born and raised in the Mexican state of Sinaloa by his mother and her four sisters. He learned to make tortillas by hand in his uncle’s restaurant and picked up classic North Mexican recipes like cochinita pibil and lengua from his aunts and grandmother. Critical of Mexican politics and fearing for their lives, Raba’s journalist mother sought asylum and moved the family to the suburbs of Washington, D.C. when Raba was 17.
After he graduated from high school, Raba attended business school for a year and began working in grocery stores. He started at the Whole Foods in Kentlands, Maryland, trying his hand at different roles—butcher, fishmonger, cheesemonger, and eventually store manager. He then moved to Giant Foods and worked at various locations for five years. Growing tired of the corporate life and inspired by his business partner Lane Harlan, Raba used his creativity and family recipes to open Clavel in Baltimore in 2015. Raba serves the same shrimp ceviche recipe that his grandmother taught him when he was 6 years old, along with other Sinaloan specialties in a relaxed, communal setting. In 2017, Raba was named “Best Chef ” by Baltimore’s City Paper and in 2018, he earned a StarChefs Rising Star Chef award.
In 2020, he earned his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu under Vicente Junior. The same year, he also founded Guardian Baltimore gym, a 501(c)3 non-profit in the Remington neighborhood of the City of Baltimore, dedicated to providing kids ages 5-17 with FREE training in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and Yoga. Right now 30 kids are training for FREE through donations and the support of gym memberships.
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Jamaican born, Brooklyn bred, Kalilah Wright is a trained architect, who merged her love of fashion and architecture to peruse entrepreneurship — crafting cool MESSages on t-shirts, birthing apparel brand, MESS In a Bottle.
Kalilah has created a community that loves her MESS. She has mastered building an organic community of followers who are invested in the growth of her companies. Part of the MESS are celebrities Serena Williams, Mark Cuban, Luvvie Ajaye , Lena Waithe , Bozoma Saint John, Yvonne Orji and Rocnations’ rapper Rapsody.
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Between painting alongside her grandmother and watching her father build reproduction antique furniture, Rosa Leff grew up seeing no distinction between fine art and craft. What mattered was that things were made by hand and done well. It is with that in mind that she creates her hand cut paper pieces. Each of Leff’s papercuts is cut by hand from a single sheet of paper using a knife. Her cityscapes are based on photos she’s taken in her neighborhood and all over the world. While Leff is best known for her ability to capture thin tangles of powerlines and intricate brickwork, she also enjoys experimenting with novel media such as paper plates and paper towels. Leff delights in bringing a modern, urban perspective to a traditional folk medium.
Leff serves on the board of The Guild of American Papercutters and is a member of The Paper Artist Collective. She has exhibited her work throughout the United States and in China. She resides in Baltimore with her husband and chihuahuas, Chalupa and Refrito.
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Ryan Wagner (he/him) is a proud native of the Baltimore area, having grown up in Baltimore City and attending high school in Harford County. After receiving a degree in Musical Theatre from Frostburg State University, Ryan spent the first part of his professional life as a stage actor in New York City performing in hundreds of shows both in New York and around the country. Following a stint on a Broadway National Tour, Ryan spent a year hosting the MLB Fan Cave, a digital and social media project for Major League Baseball. That experience was followed immediately by a return to Baltimore, where Ryan was hired in 2012 to be the next voice of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, a position he held through the 2020 season. Ryan lives in Hampden with his wife, Amy, and their two pets.
One of the first people hired at the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Baltimore County, Ryan serves as the brewery’s National Ambassador, supporting the growth of the Open Gate Brewery and all Guinness initiatives nationwide in a variety of ways - always working from our pillars of Quality, Integrity, and Passion. His main areas of focus are developing training and education programming for internal staff and consumers, building on and celebrating our culture and heritage, acting as spokesperson for media and PR requests, leading our efforts in regard to beer quality both within the brewery and at retail, focusing on providing memorable and engaging industry hospitality, assisting with product commercialization and sales, and acting in a support role across various other areas. At the heart of it all is a passionate and energetic desire to share the spirit of Guinness with friends new and old, with his love for laughter and storytelling guiding the way.
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John Wells is an American rapper, producer, and songwriter from Baltimore, Maryland. Growing up around music, he always wanted to be an artist himself. At the age of 11, a friend introduced him to Eminem, inspiring him to write his own raps. From the ages of 11 to 15, he went though many phases of artists ranging from Tupac Shakur, to Lil Boosie, to Chance the Rapper. At the beginning of 2013, about the start of the second semester of his sophomore year in high school, he started playing video games every night with two friends from school, named Qwame Mundell, better known as QMD, and Tyrez Morton, who was already releasing music at the time under the name TC, better known as HB Rez. A few months of sleepless nights playing playstation passed, and he was introduced to Malik King, better known as 2k, another person to play playstation with every night. Around the end of April 2013, he was introduced to FL Studio by his friend, Jamal Scott, better known as Scotty Banx, who he'd met that year in an elective class for music video production at Kenwood High School. He'd always struggled with finding beats that he liked on YouTube. Inspired by a local young artist from Baltimore named Butch Dawson, who produced all of his own music, he decided he wanted to make his own. On June 27th, 2013, John Wells, at the time going by his nickname, Luckee, released his first verse that was featured on a song by HB Rez, entitled "DOPEBOY". Two days later, after a good response on the song, John, Tyrez, Malik, and Qwame were on the phone, playing playstation like they always would, when they decided they wanted to become a rap group. Being big fans of artists like, Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, and Chance the Rapper, artists who often write based on their personal experiences to illustrate a general idea, they decided on the name Generation Why, eventually becoming Generation Y. Over the summer of 2013, two new members, Hassan Ricks, better known as Ali, and Johnny Martinez, joined Generation Y, making it a whole. Since the summer of 2013, John Wells has released multiple songs featuring members of Generation Y, local artists, solo tracks, a six-track EP with Generation Y, a beat tape inspired by the death of Billy Watts, a teen producer from Michigan who committed suicide, and produced his entire first project, entitled The KEILANI, which is set to be released February 22nd, 2015, making all of his own cover art throughout the whole process, and making many visits to the home of Scotty Banx, where he recorded almost all of The KEILANI. He says his sound is influenced by artists and groups such as Outkast, 2pac, Butch Dawson, Isaiah Rashad, Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean, King Krule, Lorine Chia, The Internet, Pink Floyd, Erykah Badu, Jay Electronica, Vince Staples, D'Angelo, and J Dilla, among many others, but he is mainly influenced by his own life, and everything and everyone that surrounds him. In his upcoming project The KEILANI, he tells stories of his life in great detail, some being as simple as trying to talk to a homeless woman when walking home from school, and sitting in a bar eating chicken wings while waiting for his father to drive him home, and some being as complex as his own thoughts of suicide, the effect of drugs on Baltimore, MD, and even his want for a child of his own. All of these subjects, and more, become simple, yet complex, through John Wells' music. The KEILANI is produced completely by John Wells himself, and mixed by Scotty Banx. He describes it as a self portrait.
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Local Color Flowers is a Baltimore-based floral design business. We create personalized arrangements and bouquets from fresh, seasonal, and sustainable flowers cultivated by local specialty growers. We are committed to responsible use of resources, supporting the local economy and promoting neighboring farms. We provide our clients an environmentally and socially conscience alternative when purchasing flowers.
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This episode I have the pleasure of speaking with Jamillah Muhammad, owner of Taste This Cake.
Taste This Cake is a gourmet cakery operating out of B-More Kitchen in NE Baltimore City. source locally for our specialize in uniquely flavored cakes (and other baked goods) for all occasions. Our products are made from scratch using locally sourced dairy and eggs and other high quality ingredients. Let us create something special for you!
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Max Lents is a co-founder and CEO, Baltimore Spirits Company.
The Baltimore Spirits Company is humbly owned and operated by Max Lents, Ian Newton, and Eli Breitburg-Smith. Each of us is a proud resident of Baltimore, The Greatest City in America. We are inspired by the city’s pride in its history, music, sports, cuisine, arts, and humanity to bring a culture of Rye whiskey and spirits manufacturing back to Maryland.
We are proud to be a part of the buzzing, vibrant community that boasts of America’s first cathedral, a world-renowned medical school in Johns Hopkins, Hampden’s annual toilet races, multiple NFL Superbowl championships, and one of the nation’s most eclectic, community-supported art scenes. Such a city deserves a spirit to be proud of.
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Alex Fine is a freelance illustrator living and working in Baltimore, Maryland. A graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art, he has over a ten years of experience in editorial, advertising, and book illustration. As well as working full time as an illustrator, Alex is also an adjunct professor at MICA in the illustration department.
Clients include: Adweek, Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore Sun, Billboard Magazine, The Boston Globe, Chronicle Books, Dallas Morning News, Edelman, ESPN Magazine, Grantland.com, Harper Collins, The Hollywood Reporter, john st., Kokanee Beer, McSweeney's, New York Magazine, New York Observer, Newsweek, O Magazine, Parade, Philadelphia Magazine, Politico, Scholastic Books, TBWA ChiatDay, Time Magazine, Time Out New York, Variety, Washington Post, WIRED, and 360i.
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Christina Delgado is the founder & owner of Tola’s Room, a mobile collective of the arts, community, and education—essential to the growth of healthy positive minds, leading to healthy positive communities.
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Aaron creates and produces original radio programs and podcasts for WYPR. His current project is the neighborhood documentary series, Out of the Blocks, which earned the 2018 national Edward R Murrow Award. His past work includes the long-running weekly cultural program, The Signal, and the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings series, Tapestry of the Times. Aaron's stories have aired nationally on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, PRI’s Studio 360, & The World.
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Marcel Martin bka "Kariz Marcel" is a New York-born, Baltimore-Virginia raised music producer and social entrepreneur. His roots sprouted from 90’s Hip-Hop, Go-Go (DC) and Baltimore Club Music as well in afterschool program design, where he built Kariz Kids, a east coast afterschool curriculum based music program founded in Baltimore, in business until 2017. After being one of over 4000 applicants, he made it to the final 25 for the 2019 One Beat, an international cultural diplomacy exchange program partnering with the US State Department that brings musicians together from around the world to share and collaborate on musical ideas and projects.
Ashley Lomax is a singer, songwriter and music curator. Ashley's worked with major companies such as Live Nation as a touring VIP representative and travelled the country (and some of the world) with acts like Janet Jackson, Kanye West, Slipknot, Chris Brown and Stone Sour. Ashley's also a podcaster.
Kariz, Ashley and Eddie’s of Roland Park are partnering on a Spotify Playlist. It’s comprised of Baltimore-area music and curated by Ashley Alexander and Kariz Marcel from creative music hub Blakwater House.
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Brandon Soderberg is the co-author of "I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad." He reports on police, drugs, and guns. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Intercept, Vice, The Appeal and many other publications.
The explosive true story of America's most corrupt police unit, the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), which terrorized the city of Baltimore for half a decade.
When Baltimore Police Sergeant Wayne Jenkins said he had a monster, he meant he had found a big-time drug dealer - one who he wanted to rob. This is the story of Jenkins and the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), a super group of dirty detectives who exploited some of America’s greatest problems: guns, drugs, toxic masculinity, and hypersegregation.
In the upside-down world of the GTTF, cops were robbers and drug dealers were the perfect victims, because no one believed them. When the federal government finally arrested the GTTF for robbery and racketeering in 2017, the stories of victims began to come out, revealing a vast criminal enterprise operating within the Baltimore Police Department.
Cops planted heroin to cover up a fatal crash that resulted from a botched robbery. They stole hundreds of thousands of dollars, faked video evidence, and forged a letter trying to break up the marriage of one of their victims to keep his wife from paying a lawyer. And a homicide detective was killed the day before he was scheduled to testify against the crooked cops.
I Got a Monster is the shocking history of the rise and fall of the most corrupt cops in America from Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg.
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Beth-Ann Wilson is a painter, gallery owner, entrepreneur, and community activist. Wilson's art focuses on expressive portraiture and natural landscapes inspired by urban life as well as the places she has traveled to and explored.
Night Owl Gallery is an intimate artist-run exhibition space showcasing the original paintings and fine art prints of artist Beth-Ann Wilson. Also featuring curated goods from local artists and craftsmen, here you can be sure to find one-of-a-kind gifts, hand-crafted jewelry, home décor items along with a few vintage treasures. Night Owl Gallery is a unique space that brings together Wilson's love of art, community, & culture.
Additionally, Night Owl Gallery hosts an array of art and crafting workshops throughout the year and participates in community events, many of which are free and open to the public! In our ever-changing world, we have shifted many of these events on-line or have scaled them down in-person with numerous safety measures in place. We invite you to join us (safely) in person or on-line!
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Maxwell Michael Towson is a screenwriter born and raised in Baltimore. Towson's credits include the horror/dark comedy film Lowlife on Hulu, comedy sketches with a group called Tomm Fondle for All Def Digital and Funny or Die and the TV series Dr. Death on Peacock.
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Jerrell Gibbs retraces family memories, examining the origin of his own life by representing intimate and instantly joyous moments. Affirming the multilayered experience of the African-American diaspora, Gibbs plunges the viewer into an immersive experience, the realm of his childhood.
Growing up in Baltimore influenced his perspective on socio-economics, body politics, race, economic disparities and their influence on one another. Through his figurative portraits, Gibbs invigorates banal representations of black identity by depicting empathy, inviting the possibility for a spiritual connection. The works are adapted from small Polaroids into life-size paintings.
Gibbs graduated with an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD in 2020. He has exhibited at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, The Galleries at CCBC and The Gallery at Howard University. His work is in the permanent collection of the Columbus Museum of Art. Gibbs is represented by Mariane Ibrahim Gallery.
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Erin Fostel spent the first few years of life navigating the world with blurred vision. Since the moment she first wore glasses, seeing things in focus for the very first time, she has been consumed with the joy of observation and a love of drawing. In 2004, she received a BFA in Drawing from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions both in the Mid-Atlantic Region and nationally. She is a past winner of a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award and a Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Travel Prize. Her drawings have been included in local and international publications, as well as private and institutional collections. Her studio is based in Baltimore, MD.
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J.M. Giordano is an award-winning Baltimore-based photojournalist. Giordano’s book, We Used to Live At Night, chronicles over two decades of the city’s nightlife. His work has been featured on various news outlets, including NPR, ProPublica, Al-Jazeera, GQ, Architectural Digest, Taste, Observer, New Review, Sunday Magazine, Guardian, Telegraph, Daily Mail, Washington Post, Baltimore City Paper, i-D Magazine, Discovery Channel Inc., and Rolling Stone.
His first book, published by Culture Crush Editions, is called “We Used To Live At Night” documenting 25 years of nightlife in Baltimore. His book can be pre-ordered here.
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Back in 2010, Mowgli was finishing his final year at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, while a graffiti tagger started running rampant in the town of Blacksburg, VA. After months of seeing the same tags on campus, local businesses, churches, and the same alleyway he walked to class everyday, he decided to do something about it and make the change he wanted to see in the world. After reaching out to the business owner of alleyway, Mowgli was given permission to cover the tags and put up his own positive imagery up utilizing aerosol and hand cut stencils.
After completing several pieces on the wall and collaborating with the Town of Blacksburg, he completed his first mural of the entire level of Super Mario 1-1 linking street art with one of Mowgli's favorite past-times. One day as he walked to class, there was a woman walking with her child ahead of him down the alleyway of the mural. The child exclaimed, "Mommy! Mommy! That's Mario!" jumping up and down with excitement as they continued down the alley. It is that moment and that feeling that has lead Mowgli on the path that he is still on today.
In 2011, Mowgli moved from Baltimore, MD to Las Vegas, NV for a Marketing and Creative role. After winning a social media contest for emerging artists, he opened his first gallery show, 'Spraypaint & Whiskey' in 2012 at the Amanda Harris Fine Art Gallery. Since then he has showcased his artwork at Las Vegas' First Friday's and completed three additional murals in Las Vegas. While partnering with the community and utilizing his passion for people, Mowgli has had the opportunity to live paint and complete projects for; Life is Beautiful Festival, High Times' Cannabis Cup, Monte Carlo, Yusho, Dos Equis, Zappos, and Sapphire Day & Beach Club. Along with the help of his collectors, supports, and friends; Mowgli has been able to connect his artwork with celebrities and athletes: Conor McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Floyd Mayweather, Slash, Charlie Sheen, Ray Lewis, and Cain Valasquez.
Mowgli returned to his hometown of Baltimore, MD in April of 2017. He is a commissioned artist utilizing hand cut stencils and aerosol to bring artwork to everyone. He believes art should be available to all walks of live and everyone should be encouraged to be creative and find their passion. His work is inspired by the people around him and anyone pursing their dreams.
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Lawrence is a custom fabricator with a Passion for the Arts. Lawrence is a New York City transplant into Baltimore City. He's been a part of the Maker community in the City for 5 years, mainly through the Station North Tool Library as a Volunteer. Lawrence started HeavyPaperCo. to bring Custom creations to life. His focus is with custom signage and furniture. Over the years he has worked with many local businesses and personal clients to create fantastic pieces.
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A master gardener, reiki practitioner, executive chef, and activist, Emma Canoles has harbored a lifelong dream of connecting people to nature through food and tea. Her shop is bursting with community events like classes, movie nights, and children’s activities.
The menu of soups, salads, sandwiches, and yes, tea, is made from scratch using local and seasonal ingredients. After just one year, Emma’s Tea Spot was voted Best of Baltimore, and is looking for a larger venue to host special events like wedding and baby showers.
Here at Emma's Tea Spot, we believe that we can make our community stronger by reconnecting people to their environment and their neighbors — by providing a venue that is committed to using authentic British products, local vendors and farms and seasonal or organic produce.
We provide classes and events to showcase our mission and show people how to live sustainably and conscientiously while maintaining clean living practices. We use seasonal ingredients and homesteading practices to keep down costs and increase wellness.
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Max Weiss is the editor in chief of Baltimore Magazine and the magazine's film and pop culture critic. As EIC, she oversees all of the magazine's editorial content. She is a certified Top Critic on Rotten Tomatoes and a member of the Washington Area Film Critics Society. Max has been a well-known figure in Baltimore media for nearly three decades, having done regular stints on both WBAL radio and WBAL-TV. Before working at Baltimore magazine, she wrote the "Nice Girl" column for the Baltimore City Paper. She also was the host of the nationally-syndicated Movie Show on Radio. In her free time, she plays cello, both as a soloist, in chamber groups, and with the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra. She's also slightly addicted to Twitter (@maxthegirl). She lives in Evergreen with her mutt Oscar.
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Born in Detroit, Christopher Batten began his undergraduate training at the Columbus College of Art and Design, and later completed his training at the College for Creative Studies where he earned a BFA in Illustration in 2006. Batten is a 2017 graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art’s LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA program, where he received a Hoffberger Merit Scholarship, the Dr. Leslie King Hammond Graduate Award, and two AIGA Worldstudio Scholarships. While at MICA, Batten also served as a Graduate Program Assistant to Joan Waltemath, Hoffberger School Director. His artwork has been exhibited in cities such as Detroit, New York, San Antonio, Baltimore, and Atlanta. Subsequently, Batten’s works have appeared at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and Red Bull Arts Detroit. He has been an Artist in Residence at Red Bull Arts Detroit and the Creative Alliance. Batten is also an art educator and is currently faculty at Bard High School Early College Baltimore and an adjunct professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
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Wendel Patrick has been referred to as “David Foster Wallace reincarnated as a sound engineer” by Urbanite Magazine and as “wildly talented” by the Baltimore Sun. He has been referred to by XLR8R magazine as “a hip-hop producer that could easily make any fan of Squarepusher, Boards of Canada, or Madlib flip out.” The alter-ego of classical and jazz pianist Kevin Gift, Wendel Patrick has made a name for himself internationally as a music producer of remarkable vision, skill and talent. His five albums: Sound, Forthcoming, JDWP, Passage, and Travel were all produced without the use of sampling, with Patrick playing every note of every instrument. What is perhaps most astounding and perplexing to listeners is that there are actually no instruments…he crafts all of the instruments, and plays every note, electronically.
Equally at home performing on stage with his band, behind two turntables, beatboxing, improvising, or playing a Mozart Concerto on stage with orchestra, Wendel Patrick has toured Europe on several occasions and performed throughout the world with renowned spoken word artist and poet Ursula Rucker (The Roots, 4 Hero). In 2014, Wendel Patrick traveled to Australia as a guest lecturer, speaking about music production and entrepreneurship in the arts at The Australian Institute of Music in both Sydney and Melbourne. In 2011, Wendel Patrick co-founded the Baltimore Boom Bap Society, with Erik Spangler (DJ Dubble8) that performs monthly improvised hip hop shows with hand picked musicians and emcees. The group’s collaborative performance with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra of Igor Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale was recently named “Best Mesmerizing Performance of 2016” by Baltimore Magazine. Wendel Patrick’s music has also been heard across the country on NPR stations, most notably on Out of the Blocks, an award winning radio documentary program he co-produces with radio producer Aaron Henkin for NPR affiliate WYPR that has been featured by the Third Coast International Audio Festival and Hearing Voices as well as on the BBC. Recent performances included a new collaboration between the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Boom Bap Society, on which Patrick’s orchestral compositions were performed. An avid photographer and videographer, his photography has been exhibited in several art galleries including the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Ralph Arnold Gallery in Chicago. Patrick shoots all of the accompanying documentary photography and videography for Out of the Blocks .
Wendel Patrick/Kevin Gift majored in both music and political science at Emory University and earned his M.M. in Piano Performance as a scholarship student at the Northwestern University School of Music in Evanston Illinois. Patrick is a winner of the 2015 Baker Artist Awards’ Mary Sawyers Baker grand prize and was a member of the faculty at Loyola University in Baltimore, Maryland from 2001 to 2013 teaching piano, introduction to music theory, music history and electronic music production. He has taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art and at Loyola University Chicago where he was Department of Fine and Performing Arts Guest Artist-in-Residence for 2019.
Wendel Patrick is currently a professor at The Peabody Music Conservatory - Johns Hopkins University where he teaches “Hip Hop Music Production: History and Practice”, the first course of its kind to be taught at a major traditional music conservatory anywhere in the United States. He has recently been named as the new host of the “Artworks” television program on Maryland Public Television/PBS.
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Camille Kashaka currently serves as Executive Director of Motor House in Baltimore. Coming aboard the organization immediately before the closures due to the COVID19 pandemic, Camille has been navigating a new terrain of leadership. Pivoting to a mixed model of virtual and in person programs within a dire economic landscape has been a challenge that her team has confronted lovingly.
Prior to joining Motor House, Camille served as the Interim Managing Director at Hattiloo Theatre in Memphis, TN, where she oversaw the day to day operations of the company. She also was proud to serve as the Director of the Anacostia Arts Center in Southeast Washington, DC. There, she was privileged to curate visual arts exhibitions, music series, and a performing arts season. Camille's proudest moments in Anacostia include curating the All The Way Live Tuesdays Hip Hop Series, creating the Resident Performing Arts Incubator, and curating “Black Gold,” an exhibition that celebrated Afrofuturistic aesthetics in both abstract and figurative work.
Camille received her BFA from Howard University in Theatre Administration and her Masters from American University in Arts Management.
In addition to her work as an arts manager, Camille is also a lighting designer. She has been privileged to design for a number of organizations including Freshh Inc Theatre Company, Astro Pop Events, and JAMtheRevue.
Camille is originally from Atlanta, GA. Born to a Trini mother and Black American father, she brings a spicy southern sensibility to every aspect of her life: personal, professional, and spiritual. It is also important to note that she is a hardcore Trekkie and much of her philosophy on life itself comes from Jean-Luc Picard's monologues. It is with this specific blend of cultural, artistic, and professional experience that she hopes to add to the eclectic cultural ecosystem of Baltimore.
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Zoë Lintzeris is a visual artist specializing in photography and painting.
Founded on her previous work in journalism, her imagery explores the human condition and the emotional psyche within urban and rural environments throughout the world. Love, loss and resistance are key themes within her practice, and her work has been showcased on feature shoot, Silk Road Review: A Literary Crossroads, The Stuttering Foundation, and more. She has worked with 500px, and regularly collaborates with other artists and creative entrepreneurs. In 2019, she premiered her third long-term project, "The Maskyoulinity Project", at 56 Ludlow, which marked her first solo show in New York City. Her pieces reside in private collections throughout North America and Europe, and have been exhibited in group installations at several galleries and creative spaces including Clover’s Fine Art Gallery, Point Green Studios, ArtHelix Gallery, 100 Bogart, Greenpoint Gallery, and 222 Bowery.
In 2020, she received her Graduate Certificate in Arts in Health from Lesley University, and teaches art-making techniques that unify creativity and wellness in online private sessions and group workshops.
She is a virtual resident of the House of Beautiful Business, and a proud member of the Freelancers Union and Americans for the Arts.
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Hoesy Corona (Baltimore, MD) is an emerging and uncategorized queer Mexican artist living and working in the United States. He makes work across a variety of media spanning installation, performance, and video. He is a recent Halcyon Arts Lab Fellow 2017-2018 in Washington, DC and a Tulsa Artist Fellow 2019 & 2020 in Tulsa, OK. He creates otherworldly narratives centering marginalized individuals in society by exploring a process based practice that investigates what it means to be a queer Latinx immigrant in a place where there are few. Hoesy has exhibited widely in galleries, museums, and public spaces in the United States and abroad. His colorful sculptural works fitted to the human body have been presented at The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Transformer DC, The Walters Art Museum, and The Reach at The Kennedy Center. His research has been supported by various regional and national grants, including The Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award, The Ruby’s Artist Grant, Baker Artist Award, The MAP Fund Grant, and The Andy Warhol Foundation Grit Fund Grant among others. In recent years Hoesy has been in residence at Ox-Box School of Art, Washington College Kohl Gallery Residency, and The Merriweather District Artist in Residence. In 2020 he was the recipient of The Municipal Art Society of Baltimore Artist Travel Prize.
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In this episode, I interview New York based, Baltimore bred model, bartender and owner of lifestyle brand MW Lifestyle Brand Megan Gillespie. Megan's passions now more than ever which range from human/civil/LGBTQ+ rights to art/music/fashion, empowering and inspiring people to pursue things that bring them fulfillment.
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Myles Michelin is a young filmmaker from Baltimore Maryland. Seeing all the negative reactions about Baltimore, he decided to use his camera and shed light on what goes on both positive and negative. He helps others to amplify their voices and tell their stories through film.
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Based in Baltimore, MD and founded in 2016 by Kendal Brown, 228 Grant Street Candle Co. is a black-owned brand featuring unique and curated deeply aromatic fragrance combinations chosen for every mood and every season. The name 228 Grant Street Candle Co. pays homage to the home of Kendal's late maternal grandparents in Danville, VA; a home characterized by simple acts of hospitality and the sharing of things made and cultivated by the founder's grandparents. Kendal came to candle-making after having been on a winding road of professional life as a minister, seminary admissions director and regional staff member of a denomination. Though all fulfilling roles, there was a deep longing for work that engaged more of his creativity, body and free spirit. The brand is currently carried coast-to-coast by nearly 60 retailers and has been featured on The Today Show, ABC World News Tonight and in The Strategist, Cosmopolitan, Essence and Esquire.
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In 2019, Donte Johnson joined the Revival Hotel team as general manager, and set things in motion to turn the hotel into more than just a place to lay your head or to grab a drink. Johnson is committed to ensuring the hotel is a space that is inclusive and welcoming to all. This is done through various efforts as part of the Hotel's social impact focus--- a plan launched in January 2020 with the help of the Georgetown Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation to elevate and support minority-owned businesses and develop and nurture relationships with local organizations in order to make an impact on the local community and beyond. To advance its social impact efforts, Johnson hired the hotel’s first-ever Director of Culture & Impact, Jason Bass, who has spearheaded numerous efforts on behalf of the hotel including curated programming and events such as educational workshops, interesting conversations highlighting diverse voices from across the community (in celebration of Black History Month, Women’s History Month, around medical cannabis on 4/20, Earth Day, etc.), art pop-ups, etc.
Beyond their programming on-site, Revival works to support the Baltimore community through partnerships with local minority businesses, engaging in philanthropic efforts and providing assistance to the community wherever the need made be. Some examples of this include a commitment to engage with local and Black-owned businesses, which has resulted in vendor partnerships with Lor Tush (the hotel purchased a year’s worth of toilet paper) and Art of Balance Wellness Spa, both of which are women and Black-owned small businesses in Baltimore, and a soon-to-be-announced partnership with Black Acres Roastery, a Black-owned artisan coffee roaster located in the Highlandtown district of Baltimore, as well as an internship program with Morgan State University and the ongoing fundraising effort with Black-owned label La Fete du Rose (owner is a Baltimore native) to benefit the Baltimore-based Learning to Live Movement, providing travel opportunities for high school students of color. The hotel plans to continue modifying its vendor/supplier list to support local and minority-owned businesses to provide opportunities for entrepreneurs and small businesses to grow and flourish. Throughout the pandemic, the hotel has provided free meals to those in need, discounted rooms to first responders and donated restaurant space to women- and Black-owned restaurants Urban Oyster and Breaking Bread (both which are still working out of the hotel to this day!).
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The vocal pop duo Outcalls has been dubbed the “electronic opera queens” of Baltimore. Led by Britt Olsen-Ecker and Melissa Wimbish, both classically-trained musicians, Outcalls creates genre-defying pop music that counters the tired narratives pervading much of today’s popular songs. With compelling live shows that feature melodic and harmonic surprises, their voices can tickle your ear hairs one second and shake your teeth the next.
No King, the latest EP, features “art pop songs” that unfold in chapters and have a cinematic quality. Unconventional band arrangements layer acoustic and electronic elements to create refreshing, dance-inducing, woman-fronted hits. The duo's latest single "Keep Falling Over" was voted the #1 Song of 2018 by 89.7 WTMD radio listeners in Baltimore.
Olsen-Ecker and Wimbish are dedicated to actively building a stronger, more sustainable future for women in the music industry, both publicly and behind the scenes. Their innovative music and lyrical content offers a fresh, feminist perspective. Beyond the music itself, these bandleaders are creative risk-takers seeking greater independence as engineers and sound designers in the recording studio.
Outcalls has toured throughout the United States and Canada. Their last single, “Mother,” was released on 2/6/2020.
“With their glittering get-ups, engaging social media presence, and ambitious attitude, Peabody grads Britt Olsen-Ecker and Melissa Wimbish have catapulted themselves onto the local arts scene and created their very own genre along the way.” –Baltimore Magazine
Listen to our new single "Mother" here.
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The Stoop Storytelling Series is a Baltimore-based live show and podcast that features “ordinary” people sharing the extraordinary, true tales of their lives.
Jessica Henkin works for Baltimore City Public School’s Office of Early Learning Program. She’s passionate about her family, special education, Baltimore City, keeping her house clean, rescuing strays (both animal and human), finding most things funny—and, of course, storytelling. She has studied and performed improv comedy for over two decades in both New York City and Baltimore.
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Chef John Creger was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. The son of a chef and his mother, an Italian home cook, he spent most of his childhood in restaurants and kitchens surrounding the Baltimore City area. Inspired by his parents and older siblings, he began to pursue his career in the food industry. Starting as a bus boy, he expressed interest in working in the kitchen at a young age. After some years of culinary training, he went on to work at a seafood restaurant where he became head chef at the age of 22. He later became executive chef at the same owners newly launched Gourmet Seafood Market. Eventually, he went on to work alongside the chef of The Milton Inn where he assisted in launching an upscale cafe in the Executive Plaza in Hunt Valley.
Chef John Creger chose to further his career by moving to New York City where he worked under Bobby Flay at the then newly opened Bar American. He then began stings with various top chefs around New York including Chefs Craig Hopson and Terrance Brennan at Picholine and Artisanal Bistro, Oliver Regenensi at Le Cirque, David Burke at David Burke’s Kitchen, Julia Jaksic at Employees Only, and Chef Brad Farmier at Saxon and Parole. In addition, his time at Picholine they held 1 Michelin Star, he worked at Public, which was awarded the Michelin Star in 2015 and Gallow Green – Forbes’ top rated rooftop bar in New York.
Other accomplishments include his feature on the Food Networks Chopped and Chefs Wanted and the hosting the luncheon at the James Beard Foundation in March of 2014. Chef John was also featured on NBC’s New York Live in November and December of 2015. John has also been nominated for a James Beard Award, and hosted a Luncheon at The James Beard House in 2014. John has also one Time Out New York’s “Big Cheesy” event with his signature Grilled Cheese sandwich 2 years in a row. John has also been featured on ABC 7’s neighborhood eats, and in 2017 won a King of the Wings competition in Harlem, NY.
John went on to take the helmet of the 5 diamond rated Dominic Hotel in SoHo NY, where he was the head executive in 3 different high end food and beverage venues in the building.
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With a style that is as abrasive as it is welcoming, DDm is one of the most idiosyncratic new voices in hip hop. The Baltimore native made his name in the local rap scene establishing himself as a premier live act and songwriter. He has played shows alongside the likes of Dan Deacon, Future Islands, Beach House, and Big Freedia among others. DDm’s ‘Secretary Of Shade’ YouTube channel where he discusses politics and pop culture has over 21,000 subscribers to date. He has been a guest on ‘The Hill’ and is considered a rising star in political commentary.
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Max grew up here in Baltimore and headed up to Massachusetts to attend Hampshire College and complete a bachelor’s degree in Stream Ecology.
Like many young people that graduated in 2011, the first job he found was as a line cook…the first turn down the road that eventually led to “Pie Time.”
Max’s love for coffee and pie turned into a plan to open a coffee shop serving sweet and savory pies-he decided to start smaller and more efficiently with Pie Time, selling sweet and savory pies along with specialty coffee at area farmers markets.
Working a line cooking job part time, Max started doing smaller weekday farmers markets the summer of 2015 and renting kitchen space from a soul food take out restaurant.
Pie Time was admitted to the Baltimore Farmers Market and Bazaar for the 2016 season—this allowed grow the business at B-more kitchen, Baltimore's first incubator kitchen. In the 2017 market season Pie time partnered with Dear Globe coffee roasters and built the mobile espresso cart for coffee service at farmers markets--In 2019 the Espresso Cart 2.0 was built by Nick Ireys metal designs and woodwork finished by Mark Supik wood turning co.
In October 2018, Max was able to acquire 3101 E Baltimore Street in Patterson Park, SE Baltimore. After a rough construction process filled with groundwater, crumbling roofs, site abandonment, and a crook of a contractor-Pie Time finally opened October 2020!
Seasonal and fresh local fruit are the centerpieces of the sweet pies. Pie Time Pies should taste like they were stolen from your grandmothers pantry! Max’s background as a cook makes the savory pies more progressive, with many of the recipes founded in classic technique.
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Neru The Fourth Fugee is a multidimensional vocalist + lyricist + composer + producer + activist + model who was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She's an independent artist who's sound ranges from Ambient, Funk, Neo-Soul, Hip Hop to Psychedelic using all of these elements to form her own genre. Neru's trance like kaleidoscopic harmonies creates a thought provoking mind bending experience that allows you to use both hemispheres of your brain simultaneously. Her abstract lyricism and transcendental harmonies reminds you of an early Parliament Funkadelic with facets of Ms. Hill while still creating her own original lane.
The Hippy Trippy collective was founded by Neru in early 2013 prior to her arrival on Baltimore's art scene during the release of her first solo project called "The Reincarnation" with her debut singles "Anesthetic", "Zoned" and "The Empire". In 2014, Neru released her sophomore project "Enlightenment Era" double EP that solidified her as a lyrical threat and philosophical songstress. By 2015 Neru was performing next to Princess Nokia and Dan Deacon. She has opened for a slew of artists like Oddisee (2016), Maryland's own IDK (2017) and The Roots (2017) just to name a few.
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Kotic Couture, a dynamic rapper and songwriter based in Baltimore City, isn’t here to fit the mold. Hailing from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and as a vivacious gender non-conforming person, they’re too busy breaking the mold. As an artist, Kotic Couture (pronounced kāˈädik ko͞oˈto͝or), came of age in Baltimore’s underground art movement and club scene, becoming a prominent fixture in some of the city’s hottest night time venues. Their music — a blend of high energy club, hip hop, and poignant lyricism — is infused with spoken-word poetry. They have said that they were drawn to Baltimore club music because it had less barriers for expression than more conventional hip hop arenas. That much is true. After performing before in years past, in 2018, Baltimore Pride invited them to perform because the city said it couldn’t happen without them. Azealia Banks, Cupcakke, and BBYMUTHA all share Kotic Couture as an opening act in common. Babe City Records, who released their first album “Diary of a Dreamer” in 2020, called them “introspective and buoyant.” Baltimore Magazine said they, “showcase a creative, colorful versatility, that’s all their own.” Neon mesh clad, complete with matching lipstick, and colored braid extensions, Kotic Couture is a force. The likes of which we haven’t quite seen before. Give their music a listen, and see for yourself.
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Christina Fidler is an award-winning 2D character animator with passions in directing, screenwriting, and community arts organization. Born and raised in New York City, she took the journey to Baltimore, Maryland to receive a BFA in Animation at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). There, she served as the President of the Maryland student chapter of Women in Animation based at MICA, working alongside her colleagues to create workshops, panels, and empowering spaces for gender inclusion and cultural diversity.
Her work plays with the tensions between comedy and anxiety. Twitchy lines, fast-paced gags, and off-kilter universes are used to draw attention to the feelings and thoughts that make the human experience so fun, painful, and undeniably universal.
Christina’s most recent endeavor has been the role of a Junior 2D Character Animator on an upcoming Comedy Central digital production. Her thesis film, “Condolences from the Vulgar Tongue or (Boner)” has also recently entered the festival circuit, receiving recognition from programs such as Animation Block Party, Sweaty Eyeballs, and Couch Film Festival.
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eAndrew Murray is an American Photographer based in Baltimore, MD, focusing on Portrait, Beauty, Fashion, and Wedding Photographer Serving the MD, VA, DC, Atlanta, and NYC. eAndrew is a Canon shooter and has been published in several digital magazines. In his spare time, eAndrew hosts several events for new photographers under the group bmore_shootz. Andrew, also serves as a model development coach working with his counterpart (Simone) on providing new models with the basic skills in posing and facial expressions. eAndrew utilizes music to vibe with his clients and pour out the energy from the shoot. He has been mentored for the past 3 years by Matthew Jordan Smith world-renowned Nikon Ambassadors. Whether eAndrew is shooting for a magazine or doing portraits for a client eAndrew is Always "Focused On You."
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Qrcky is a DMV artist whose work tends to focus on social commentary, daily routine, human nature, street art, cubism, abstract and ethical issues.
"With influences as diverse as Kara Walker and Jean-Michel Basquiat, new synergies are crafted from both constructed and discovered layers. Currently living in Baltimore, I am interested in the sensation of moving, the deconstruction and reassembly of surfaces, and of forgetting and remembering what has come before."
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Good Neighbor is a café and retail concept in Hampden. The concept fuses an intimate coffee shop , housewares and most recently a greenhouse. We learn about Shawn's transition to entrepreneur and navigating a business opening during a pandemic.
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Aaron Brown (@brownabouttowne) is a Baltimore-based Cultural Producer, Creative Consultant, and Polymath. Operating with a focus on experiential storytelling and providing access to curated lists of connections from a breadth of creative capacities, notable partners include: Jagermeister, Boiler Room TV, Moonrise Festival, Fool’s Gold Records, National Bohemian Beer, Under Armour, and Maxim.
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Bazaar was founded in 2013 by Greg Hatem and Brian Henry, both originally from the Baltimore area, as a small-scale retail experiment in the Hampden neighborhood. After a year of being open, it became a full-time operation selling natural history specimens, medical and funerary antiques, natural home goods, jewelry, and prints. Eventually, Bazaar became known for curating and programming an annual taxidermy competition at The Walters Art Museum, offering taxidermy and entomology educational workshops, and for producing their own unique line of scented candles. In addition to running the store, Hatem is a musician and producer, and Henry works as a fine art photographer.
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Diamond Dixon is a published Portrait & Editorial Photographer originally from Norfolk, VA and raised in P.G. County, Maryland. She enjoys photographing her peers and artists of the new generation. She aims to capture her subjects strength, passion, and beauty in every image.
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Monica Ikegwu is a Baltimore based artist. She is a figure painter with a focus directed
towards African American portraiture. With her work she aims to give people a platform to
display themselves in the way that they truly are without any limitations. She wants people to be
seen and to create their own image of themselves. She presents her ideas of the figure in a way
that is not only captivating, but also unconventional in her use of color, the rendering of texture,
and compositional thinking. The ideas for her work stem from her surroundings, experiences,
and encounters with people. The figures presented in her work are oftentimes her siblings and
family from whom she draws most of her inspiration from as she watches them progress through
life.
She is a recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant (2020), has been
awarded as a first place winner in the AXAArt prize (2018), a YoungArts Finalist (2017), a Gold
medal winner in the NAACP ACT-SO National competition (2016), and as a Scholastic silver
medal portfolio winner (2016). Her work was recently displayed and exhibited at CFHILL in
Stockholm, Sweden for the Black Voices - Black Microcosm show.
She earned her BFA in painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art’s undergraduate
program. She is currently enrolled at the New York Academy of Art, where she continues her
MFA studies in painting.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with portrait and lifestyle photographer based out of Baltimore, MD Isaiah Winters.
Isaiah is a documentary photographer and conceptual artist based in Brooklyn, NYC & Baltimore, MD.
Focus on architecture, social landscapes, and analog photography assist in giving his work a nostalgic and romantic feel. I enjoy emphasizing certain aspects or colors within my work; to highlight the effects everyday light and composition have on all of us. He's also a member of TheBmoreCreatives team - they work to connect local artists and creatives with each other, highlight local businesses, and showcase Baltimore’s art scene!
He's gravitated towards documentary photography and portraiture that tells a narrative. Currently working w/ archival and appropriated content from 20th Century.
He's spent the last few years coming to terms with my own identity, and attempting to work through questions of what it means to be a Black male in today’s society. He believes that through more representation in the visual arts and beyond, we can work to empower our next generation of Black leaders.
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Google, Moment, Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore Sun, Verizon, Budweiser, COACH, Samsung, Parks Project, K-Swiss, Bar Clavel, UrbanStems, Walgreens, Coca-Cola, HELP USA, UNIQLO, and Pursuit of Portraits
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Justin Fenton has been a reporter for The Baltimore Sun since 2005, covering crime and police accountability for the past 13 years. His first book, "We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption," was released Feb. 23 from Random House, and will be adapted for an HBO miniseries produced and written by the team behind "The Wire." He was previously recognized for his work showing that the Baltimore Police Department had discarded rape complaints at the highest rate in the country, and for a five-part series inside a homicide investigation, both of which were recognized by the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. He was also part of the team that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for the coverage of the death of Freddie Gray and ensuing unrest and charges.
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Sydney J. Allen, aka aBaltimoregriot, is a visual storyteller who is both a native and current resident of Baltimore. Allen is known for her work in portrait and documentary photography where the artist highlights the individuals and community spaces of black folk living in Baltimore.
Prior to COVID-19 restrictions Allen was working to document queer night life at the monthly dance party Version, along with the underground music scene/ night life of Baltimore.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. In this episode, I interview artist and photographer Glenford Nunez.
Glenford's work and purpose in life is to create beautiful images and ideas that are useful to others.
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This episode I have the pleasure of speaking with artist Girl You Crazy.
Girl You Crazy (GYC) is a musical artist with a wide array of interests in art and musical genres. For GYC, ideas matter. Learn more about his background as an artist and how journey brought him to Baltimore.
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Gaia grew up in New York City and is a 2011 graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art with a Bachelor in Fine Arts. His studio work, installations and gallery projects have been exhibited throughout the world most notably The Baltimore Museum of Art, Rice Gallery in Houston, the Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive in Spoleto and the Civil and Human Rights Museum in Atlanta. His street work has been documented and featured in several books on urban art, including Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art, (Berlin, 2010) and Outdoor Gallery (New York, 2014).
Gaia was listed as a 2015 Forbes 30 Under 30 in Art and Style recipient in Art and Style and was a Fullbright beneficiary to study and paint in New Delhi and Bogotá on behalf of the State Department. In addition to a prolific and precocious artistic practice, Gaia has curated projects funded by the National Endowment for the arts, and consults with brands, organizations and government agencies on creative place-making projects. Gaia lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland, but spends a majority of his time painting murals across the world and has produced works in all six habitable continents.
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LieAnne Navarro has always had a passion for coffee and art. What started with a curiosity about the taste and how espresso machines worked, developed into a great love and appreciation for the craft of a cup.
Beginning her career in California as a young barista and visual artist, LieAnne later moved East taking her West Coast spirit with her. LieAnne brought her blended love of coffee and art to life when founding Dear Globe Coffee.
Dear Globe Coffee was established in 2017 as a roasting business out of Baltimore, Maryland. LieAnne built Dear Globe Coffee on the principles of coffee being an adventure and a daily source of inspiration and connection. Dear Globe is proudly a woman and minority-owned and operated business. Respectively, LieAnne has worn many aprons as a barista, coffee equipment technician, café operator, and small-batch roaster.
Since founding Dear Globe Coffee, LieAnne continues to connect people together through the love of coffee. She has collaborated with local artists in the community, offers café consulting & training, and focuses on sourcing coffee sustainably from regions all over the world!
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Nikita Yogaraj is an emerging artist, illustrator and information designer with a background in public health. A Tamil Indian-American woman, her family immigrated from south India to the US when she was 3, and she grew up mostly in Houston, TX. She has been living in (and loving) Baltimore the past 5 years ever since moving here for graduate school in public health. Her past design work has often been about making public health related data & concepts accessible to a range of audiences, and her upcoming artistic work aims to explore through portraiture the sense of "place" and how its facets inform one's identity, particularly for brown people from first and second generation immigrant families.
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Elijah Jamal Balbed is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator from Washington, DC. An alumnus of Howard University's legendary Jazz program, Elijah has been named Artist of the Year (2016), Best Tenor Saxophonist (2013) and Best New Jazz Musician (2010) by the Washington City Paper, and has participated in residencies at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead), DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment (202Creates), Strathmore, the historic (and now defunct) Jazz club Bohemian Caverns, and a month-long stint at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Doha, Qatar.
In addition to the Middle East, music has taken Elijah all over the world including places like Russia (Moscow, Kaliningrad, & Orenburg), Japan (Tokyo, Nagano, Karuizawa, & Yokohama), Jamaica (Ocho Rios & Kingston), South America (Panama & Costa Rica), the U.K. (London & Kent), and various states in North America. Over the last decade, Elijah has established himself as a versatile saxophonist, having performed with a wide array of artists including Winard Harper, Bennie Maupin, and Cyrus Chestnut, all the way to Lalah Hathaway, Eric Benet, The Blackbyrds, and even Fantasia from American Idol. Elijah is best known for having worked regularly with the late, great, Godfather of Go-Go music, Chuck Brown for the last year of his life (2011-2012).
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Rae The Conjurer works as a multidimensional Musician, Composer, Storyteller, Communications Specialist, and Educator, and Entrepreneur. As a Black Gender Transcendent person, Rae believes that it is their responsibility to use their gifts and daily work to create opportunities that support the holistic liberation of Queer People of Color.
Rae The Conjurer's creative practice now is dedicated to sharing the holistic experiences of Black Queer people like themselves. Rae The Conjurer now conjure worlds and experiences dedicated to not only our challenges, but to our divinity.
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John Tyler is a 21-year old, musician, producer, and visionary R & B/jazz artist. Born in Brooklyn, NY, raised in Baltimore, MD, John uses his experiences to blend a variety of sounds into his compositions. John began playing guitar at nine years old, inspired by playing Guitar Hero video games with friends. This led to him beginning his musical training at School of Rock Baltimore and having opportunities to play with band mates at different venues in Baltimore, including Rams Head and Ottobar. Throughout middle school, John was fueled to overcome bullying with music and encouraged by his mentor to create his own album.
At 16, he released his first 17-song album, “True Art” and then in 2018, followed-up with his “True Love” album. Since graduating from Baltimore Design School where he created its High School Anthem, John continued his craft at Bowie State University and often collaborates with artists in Baltimore and Washington, DC. Other projects include: an EP, “No Color”, soundtrack for Maryland Public Television’s Women’s Conference, film score for Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Summer Internship Program and the most recent album, “The Good Side of Things”. John’s dream is to someday tour and have music enthusiasts of all ages and races be inspired by his music. He also has a goal to encourage middle and high schoolers where it all began for him. The biggest lesson he’s learned musically is patience, patience, patience.
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This episode I have the pleasure of speaking with artist Rickie Jacobs.
Rickie is a creative from West Baltimore. During the pandemic he created a podcast “Liquor with Friends” and a virtual concert series “Carcerts” where he invite artists to the show to perform their original music.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This episode's guest is Moss Head.
Moss Head is the producer and visual artist name of Jorge Santos. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Santos took an interest in art at an early age after learning about surrealism and psychedelic art. In 2013 he moved to Baltimore, Maryland to attend college at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), where he began to hone his craft in both digital and traditional painting as well as sound art and music production. Jorge’s work now expands in the forms of illusionist painting, illustration, design, sound design, live music, live painting, sculpture, uv installations, and occasional murals. His work has been seen in the street walls, live painting events, and underground music venues of Baltimore City. In 2016 Jorge started working with local non-profit art organization Creative Labs, where he collaborated with and assisted local artists and collectives on public art events and studio projects. While also being involved as a volunteer in cleaning and revitalizing an unused warehouse and turning it into studio and performance spaces for artists, which is now known as the headquarters for Creative Labs. A number of his paintings and sculptures are currently held there on display . Jorge is currently working as a T-shirt designer based in Maryland by day, and a freelance designer, live painter, and music producer that goes by Moss Head at night in the Baltimore art scene.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with trombonist, composer, and arranger Corey Wallace.
Soulful. Empowering. Tasteful. All have been used to describe the playing, composing styles, and the musicality of trombonist Corey A. Wallace. With a strong sense of tradition, love for all things good music, and a desire to be heard, he is able to reach and captivate audiences with his unique interpretations of melody and approach to improvisation and the music making process. Believing in learning directly from his peers and the elders, Wallace has shared the stage and/or has studied with a host of jazz luminaries, such as Wycliffe Gordon, Lee Konitz, Joe Chambers, Jason Marshall, Vincent Gardner, Matt Wilson, Grachan Moncur III, Howard Johnson, Andrew Cyrille, Whit Williams, Tim Green, Warren Wolf, Matt Wilson and many others; as well as Kim Burrell, Antone “Chooky” Caldwell (as well as contributed/arranged music for his recent album “Subject to Change”), Nolan Williams, Jr., Marcus Johnson, Mary C & the Stellars, and Earth, Wind, and Fire tribute band "In Gratitude" of the R&B/funk/gospel/genres. Wallace was also selected as the 2012 Best Trombonist by the Washington City Paper for his “technical fluidity and for the heavy dose [of] introspection that sits right on the surface of his playing”.
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Schaun is an international photographer, filmmaker and instructor who specializes in natural light, portraiture, fine art and cultural documentary work. Using both analog and digital cameras, she creates intentionally cinematic and honest imagery. Inspired by classic films, music and all things vintage her intention is to illustrate the drama within the familiar while exploring themes of diversity and nostalgia. Her subjects include Oscar-nominated cinematographer, Bradford Young, fashion designer, Bishme Cromartie, author/poet Kondwani Fidel, television actors, independent/grammy winning musicians, as well as friends, family, and people she meets around the world. Schaun’s work is in both public and private collections across the world. She has exhibited her work internationally through museums such as the James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Arts, Antipode Gallery of Marseilles, Paris, and private installations. Her work and travel has led her to develop the youth travel photography program, A Looking Glass Project, dedicated to helping underrepresented youth of Baltimore gain access to passports, and develop their visual art skills. Currently, she’s partnered with Morgan State University to bring photography education to the Youth Arts Institute. Her work has been featured internationally and in Cultured Magazine, NBC, The New York Times, NPR, Allure Magazine, Essence Magazine, American Cinematographer Magazine, Rouleur, Baltimore Magazine, Bloomberg Markets, The Washington Post, BmoreArt, Travel Noire, The Afro, Roc Nation, and more.
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Christine Buckton Tillman hails from the great Northern Chicago suburb of Libertyville, IL-home of the Wildcats. Buckton is her maiden name but she made it her middle name because she takes her grandmother's advice. She acquired the last name of Tillman when she married a nice boy from Maryland who she met in year four of her seven-year stint as an Iowan. She earned her BA at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, and earned her MFA from the University of Iowa. She lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.
Christine has been a member of the Drawing Center Viewing Program and received a Maryland State Arts Council Grant for her Works on Paper. She has worked collaboratively with Lisa Solomon since 2015 on their project Chroma where they collect and categorize object by color.
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This episode I have the pleasure of speaking with Rosalyn Vera the owner of Cocina Luchadoras.
Cocina Luchadoras is a place where you can feel at home even when you are far from home with every bite you take. A small family run restaurant serving real Mexican food.
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The original caramel is derived from Jane Drake Cummings’ four-generation-old family recipe. Jane first shared her family secret with me when I was 12…let’s just say that I have been making these caramels for a LONG time!
Mouth Party, LLC. started on a whim in 2007. Jane had become ill with Lymphoma for a second time which sparked a conversation about selling her delectable caramels with the hope that a percentage of the profits could go directly to the fight against cancer.
The first retail outlet to carry the caramels was the Johns Hopkins Hospital gift shop and Juice and Java coffee bar. Jane received treatment for her Lymphoma at Johns Hopkins and is committed to and very involved with the Johns Hopkins Hospital Women’s Board so it was the perfect place to begin.
The very first caramel batches were cooked in my home. It didn’t take long to see that this arrangement would not work with kids and dog underfoot. We found a commercial kitchen space we manufactured for nearly three years but outgrew that quickly & in March of 2013 we relocated to Meadow Mill in the Hampden neighborhood.
Mouth Party is founded on the commitment to help advance cancer research ‘one sweet bite at a time’. It is Jane’s fight and that of my remarkable sister Lee Rhodes, a 3-time lung cancer survivor, which has fueled our desire to donate a percentage of our company net profits to cancer research and efforts that heighten public awareness of cancer associated problems.
Today Mouth Party Caramels are sold in retail locations throughout the US. We've also created a thriving partnership with many boutique hotels, spas and B&B's who use the caramels in their turn-down services. A wonderful treat for their guests. In addition, corporate & event planners count on us for helping create memorable experiences.
Mouth Party is dedicated to giving back to our local, national, and global community and we strive to live up to the expectations we have set for ourselves.
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Bramble Baking Co. is a small-batch bakery based in Baltimore, MD. Founded in 2017 as a very small, pie-centric endeavor, Bramble has since grown into a wholesale and pop-up operation serving all sorts of treats at our area farmer’s market and numerous cafes.
Bramble focuses on using seasonal and local ingredients to create cakes, pies, and pastries that are at once nostalgic and new, and their menu offerings change frequently to reflect this. The farms Bramble partners with not only grow food, but flowers too, and Bramble take great joy in bringing natural dyes and botanical decoration to their work.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This week I have the pleasure of speaking to Aladrian Wetzel & Christen Cromwell of The Two Strikes Theatre Collective.
Two Strikes Theatre Collective is a Baltimore based theater company the empowers and uplifts Black womxn's voices.
Two Strikes' mission is to create art that is unapologetically Black femme centric, to upset the White patriarchal status quo, and to provide creative outlets for Black womxn in the Baltimore community to express themselves through art.
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I have the pleasure of speaking with Michelle McHugh. Michelle is a singer and quality assurance/quality control manager for a local brewery.
In this podcast we discuss Michelle's experience as a quality assurance and quality control manager for a local brewery. We learn about the science and process that goes into developing a good craft beer. Additionally, we discuss Michelle's background as a classically trained singer and how surprisingly her day job has helped he book singing gigs. Lastly, we discuss Michelle's love of wrestling and breakdown her top WWE wrestlers.
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This episode I have the pleasure of speaking with artist artist Ky Vassor.
Ky Vassor is an interdisciplinary Baltimore based artist, currently focusing on mixed media projects with a heavy emphasis on illustration. The aim of their work is to bridge the often wide gap in accessibility to academic texts, Black history, and reflection on queer voices, stirring viewers to seek more information.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art.
This episode I have the pleasure of speaking with artist & art therapist Christlyn McCaskill. Christlyn is trauma-informed art therapist and counselor practicing in Baltimore, Maryland. Christlyn has experience working with both adults and adolescents with various diagnoses in varying settings to include military hospitals, inpatient hospitals, day programs and trauma clinics.
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Justin Winkel is a self-taught artist and gallery owner from Maryland. As an Abstract Artist, Justin works in a variety of mediums with the use of bold colors & texture. In 2005, Justin experienced a traumatic loss that truly reshaped his life and caused him to struggle with personal direction and purpose. After 8 years of uncertainty and choice decisions, in February 2013, at the age of 23, Justin turned to Art as a new hobby and stress reliever. The moment Justin put a paintbrush to the canvas, was the first time he felt true peace within his life. He recalls the moment as, 'A euphoric feeling with the room turning white, empty, and spacious; with only me and my art supplies being present.' His new found outlet helped him overcome his battle with depression and helped him find a new passion and regain his sense of purpose. Justin was just three months away from graduating from The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), with a degree in Business Technology Administration when he started painting. With graduation approaching Justin was uncertain of the career path that he wanted to embark on. Initially painting was just a therapeutic activity and Justin had no intentions of having a career in arts. But he developed this love and burning desire for art. Witnessing how painting had truly impacted his life in such a positive way, Justin decided to take art more seriously and attempted to make it a career. Two years into his painting career, in May 2015 Justin opened his own Art Gallery, Winkel Gallery, located in the historic neighborhood of Fells Point, Maryland, which houses his permanent collection. To date he has sold works that are represented in many private collections across the United States as well as London and Australia. Art changed Justin’s life for the better and now his plan is to share his story in hopes to help someone else who is in a similar situation. Starting in 2021 Winkel Gallery started representing other emerging artists. Justin thought it was important to use the knowledge he has gained and give other talented artists the opportunity to showcase their work.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art.
This episode I have the pleasure of speaking with curator & writer Teri Henderson.
Teri Henderson is a curator, co-director of WDLY, and writer. Henderson holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Texas Christian University. She formerly held a curatorial internship at Ghost Gallery in Seattle, Washington. During that time she also helped launch the social media campaign for the non-profit access to justice platform PopUpJustice!. She also previously served as the Art Law Clinic Director for Maryland Volunteer Lawyers For The Arts. She was published in the St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture. Her work as co-director of WDLY addresses shrinking the gap between the spaces that contemporary artists of color inhabit and the resources of the power structures of the art world through the curation and artistic production of events.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This episode I have the pleasure of speaking with illustrator, painter, graphic designer, muralist, and much more, he is a self-proclaimed renaissance man, Jerome Chester.
Known for his witty and eccentric style, Jerome fashions the products of his spacious and
unorthodox imagination into tangible idiosyncratic masterpieces for his as well as the world’s enjoyment under his artist brand, AlleyKidArt. Satirical in its nature, the brand, includes artistic merchandise and original artworks that: feature Jerome’s own colorful character line-up, promotes physical/mental health, address the social/political climate with its thought-provoking designs and quotes.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This episode I have the pleasure of speaking with artist Will Watson.
Will Watson is an American artist from Indianapolis, Indiana, and based in Baltimore, Maryland. Watson received his MFA in Painting at The Maryland Institute College of Art in the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting class of 2018.
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This episode I have the pleasure of speaking with artist-archivist & writer Angela N. Carroll
Angela N. Carroll is an artist-archivist; a purveyor and an investigator of art history and culture. She is a contributing writer for Hyperallergic, Sugarcane Magazine, Black Art in America, Arts.Black, BmoreArt and others. She received her MFA in Digital Arts and New Media from the University of California at Santa Cruz and currently teaches within the Film and Moving Image program at Stevenson University in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Joy Davis is the director of Waller Gallery and Manager of Adult and Community Programs at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. She founded Waller Gallery in 2018.
In 2015 she joined the Costume Society of America and from 2017-2018 was the vice president of the Mid-Atlantic region. Her scholarly projects include subject matter that is underdeveloped in academia and transcends many fields of study: fashion, history, art, media, and performance among people of color throughout history. She received her B.A. degrees in History and Media Studies from the University of Maryland, and her M.A. in Fashion and Museum Studies from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
WALLER GALLERY IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ART GALLERY FOCUSING ON ART CREATED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR.
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This episode I have the pleasure of speaking with artist Xavier Gibson
Xavier Gibson is a queer musical artist with a wide array of interests in art and musical genres. This interests make his music familiar, personal and unique.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This episode I interview Antonio Baines of Jerk Werks.
Antonio is a chef specializing in smoked foods, barbeque and of course Jerk chicken. Additionally, Antonio is also a karate practitioner.
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with event director Vinny Green of Taharka Brothers.
Taharka Bros is more than just the best ice cream in Baltimore but the company also focuses on enriching their employees and serving the Baltimore community.
Organizational guiding pillars like cultural understanding, economic empowerment and community engagement drive Taharka Bros. Their values are deeper than creating interesting and great ice cream flavors.
More than 100 local restaurants and stores sell Taharka Bros' small-batch all-natural ice cream, and the company recently opened a scoop shop in the newly renovated Broadway Market.
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Butch Dawson is a versatile underground artist from West Baltimore, MD. Butch is a rapper, producer and visionary. Check out his latest projects and 'Flood It Out'.
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I have the pleasure of speaking with Chef Jasmine Norton the executive chef & owner of The Urban Oyster .
The company is both the first female and black-owned oyster bar in Maryland.
Jasmine pursued a career in the restaurant industry, and began shucking and grilling oysters under the Urban Oyster name at the Fells Point farmers market in 2017.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This episode's guest is writer, spoken word artist, and speaker Kondwani Fidel.
Kondwani Fidel and his poetry have become one in the same. The passion Fidel brings to his work has taken the Baltimore native around the globe to confront education reform, civil rights, and growing up in an underserved community. Fidel has captivated audiences at conferences, literary events, and has lectured and taught classes at the University of East London while touring in the United Kingdom. Fidel’s lyrical poetry has been featured in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, CNN, The Root, The Independent, Mic, and Baltimore Sun along with his inspiring narratives for brands such as Under Armour. His viral essay, “How a Young Boy has Been Decaying in Baltimore Since Age 10: A Death Note”, cemented Fidel as an authority in his city. In 2018, The Baltimore Sun honored Fidel in its heralded ‘Best of Baltimore’ issue for his courage, innovative thinking, and leadership in local schools and communities.
Fidel is the author of his published collections, Hummingbirds in the Trenches (2018), and Raw Wounds (2017) and the forthcoming The Anti-Racist: How to Start the Conversation and Take Action (2020). Fidel’s work has been praised by literary and civil rights giants such as Ibram X. Kendi, Eve L. Ewing, and DeRay McKesson. He received his BA in English from Virginia State University, and his MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore. Fidel was honored with the Baltimore City 2018 Civil Rights Literary Award, Inspiring Voices award, and his bio-film Hummingbirds in The Trencheswas nominated for Amazon’s 2019 All Voices Film Festival.
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In this episode, I interview Thomas James, curator, arts facilitator, critic and Visual Arts Director for Creative Alliance. We discuss his new exhibition BRIGHT.
Thomas began his work as a curator in 2015. Before joining Creative Alliance in 2018, he was responsible for crafting exhibitions throughout the Washington, DC Metropolitan area with organizations such as The Phillips Collection, Town Hall Education and Recreation Center (THEARC), The Jerusalem Fund, Syra Arts, and Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts. He comes to us from the Maryland Federation of Art where he served as the Exhibitions Manager.
Within the very fabric of the Black portraiture genre, a rebellious spirit thrives. Beautiful images exude bright colors, ideas, and histories that can only be fully realized when told through the consciousness of Black artists themselves. Stories are accurately extrapolated when presented by those with an understanding of the nuances at play. Black narratives must be told using the first-hand experience as the cicerone. The artworks in BRIGHT provide new contexts to Black life and serve as a brave choice by these artists to push back against mainstream portrayals of Black bodies.
BRIGHT brings together ten Black American artists to Creative Alliance’s main gallery. Their dazzling works showcase an authentic depiction of Black life, forcing viewers to see Blackness in a new light.
EXHIBITION ARTISTS:
Ambrose
Marie Charlotte Amegah
Destiny Belgrave
Michael A. Booker
Schroeder Cherry
Andrew Gray
David Ibata
Jabari C. Jefferson
Megan Lewis (cover photo)
Arin Mitchell
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This episode's guest is the co-founder and president of The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum, Inc. Dr. Joanne Martin.
Joanne Martin is the co-founder and president of America’s first wax museum of African American history. The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum, Inc. is located in Baltimore, Maryland. For the first time in the United States, more than 150 life-size and life-like black wax figures are assembled together in a permanent museum collection spanning more than 5,000 years of African American history. Each wax figure, clad in its appropriate historical attire, is part of a scenic display depicting the struggles, achievements, and contributions of African peoples worldwide. Among the scenes are ancient Africa, the Middle Passage, slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights, and the present. The personalities in wax are those whose talents and genius reflect the talents and genius of the African-American masses.
Dr. Martin and her husband, Dr. Elmer Martin, established the museum in 1983 to: stimulate an interest in African-American history; use great leaders as role models to motivate youth to achieve; dispel myths of racial inferiority; and work in conjunction with other nonprofit, charitable organizations seeking to improve the social and economic status of African-Americans.
The Museum has begun to carry out those objectives. In 1980, the museum began as a traveling show, with just four historic characters and a van. Dr. Martin and her husband took the wax figures to churches, schools and malls to see if enough interest was expressed for them to think seriously of building a museum. That dream has become a reality. Today more than 200,000 visitors visit the museum annually.
Dr. Martin is one of two children born in Yulee, Florida to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mitchell. She graduated from Florida A&M University with a Bachelor of Arts in French; Case Western Reserve University with a Master of Arts in Reading Education; and Howard University with a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Psychology. For 15 years Dr. Martin worked in the Learning Skills Center at Coppin State University, first as a coordinator and from 1985 to 1992 as the director.
She and her husband, Dr. Elmer Martin, have co-authored many publications involving the black family, black women, and racial and cultural diversity. They include: The Black Extended Family, University of Chicago Press, 1978; The Helping Tradition in the Black Family and Community, National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Press, 1985; Social Work and the Black Experience, National Association of Social Workers Press, 1998; Spirituality and the Black Helping Tradition, NASW Press, 2003.They have traveled widely – visiting museums in Europe and Africa.
Dr. Martin and her husband have received public acclaim as the founders of America’s First Black History Wax Museum, gaining media exposure from as far away as Europe and Africa.
In 2001, Dr. Elmer Martin died suddenly while on a research trip in Egypt.
Dr. Joanne Martin has since then led the institution in its successful efforts to: obtain National designation by act of the U.S. Congress; acquire all of the properties in the 1600 block for Museum expansion; create the Museum as a tourism destination for the City of Baltimore.
Within the next four years, the Museum will open a new $60 million facility that will span an entire block of East Baltimore. The expansion and renovation project, being designed by Davis Brody Bond Aedas Architects, is the cornerstone of a vibrant revitalization initiative in the low income Oliver Community.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Slum Paradise.
Slum Paradise is a Multidisciplinary Art & Design Collective as well as a record label. The monicker represents a metaphor for the world as we experience it in one simple phrase.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Pat Illes of Mount Royal Soap Co.
Mount Royal Soaps offers luxurious soaps, bath and skincare products that are handcrafted in small batches.
We discuss the soap business, autobiography titles and what it's been like to work in what has become an essential business.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This episode I have the pleasure of speaking with artist Saz Ross.
Saz Ross is a Latin illustrator, educator, and speaking coach residing in Baltimore City with a bachelor's and master's degree in Art Education.
Saz's artwork is inspired by her life experiences, architecture, and wildlife. She portrays unusual juxtapositions of characters, man made structures, and animals while highlighting the beauty of the world's imperfections. Her artwork ignites curiosity and challenges the boundaries between man-made and natural elements.
As a result of sharing her story and artwork, Saz has been featured on various websites, blogs, webinars, and gallery exhibitions. She runs her freelance illustration business alongside being an Educational Associate for an arts education nonprofit organization called Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center (LTYC) As a leader of LTYC, Saz designs creative professional development workshops for students, educators, and business professionals, and writes curriculum for arts educators.
Saz's work allows adults and children to access a playful and whimsical spirit with details that encourage viewers to take a second glance.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with owner of Dough Boy Fresh Pretzel Co Jeffrey Carter Jr.
Dough Boy Fresh Pretzel Co. is "a different type of" pretzel company. A mobile food service co. with unique flavors and an even more unique presentation.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with street artist Reed Bmore.
Reed Bmore is Baltimore street artist who's focus is the medium wire.
For the past five years, Reed has been bending wire into all sorts of characters and hanging them from power lines and light poles in his home city of Baltimore, Maryland and elsewhere across the country. In many ways, he’s a pioneer.
But Reed is also a pioneer in his devotion to street art as a medium for self-expression, creativity, and community involvement and improvement. (source)
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art! On this episode I'm interviewing editor-in-chief Arli's Appetite and public relations guru Arli Lima.
Arli’s Appetite is a food, drink and lifestyle blog created by a former bartender and food enthusiast. Arli’s Appetite firmly believes that food is natural nourishment for your body and cocktails are an added bonus to enhance a good time. This site features, restaurant reviews, cocktail recipes, fashion posts, event recaps and a bevy of other things related to happy eating and happier drinking.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with artist Rico Connolly.
Joseph “Rico” Connolly is a self-taught Maryland-based film photographer, musician (under the pseudonym “a brisk breeze”), and freelance graphic designer. He's been making music and taking photos since 2012.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with musician & president of the Baltimore Jazz Alliance Ian Rashkin.
Ian Rashkin is a bassist, composer, and software engineer, transplanted to Baltimore from California and Seattle. From screaming in a teenage punk band to a degree in classical bass at the University of Washington, Ian has played all sorts of music from East to West coasts and as far off as Russia and Korea, but currently plays primarily jazz with trio Mike 'n' Ike and other local artists.
Since 2016 Ian has served as president of the board of the Baltimore Jazz Alliance, a non-profit organization founded in 2003 to support and promote the jazz scene in the Baltimore area. This all-volunteer, member-based organization publishes a newsletter and website with a calendar of all regional jazz events, and presents programs ranging from Baltimore Jazz Fest, Jazz for Kids, and Baltimore Jazz Conference. Until Covid hit, Ian ran a very successful jazz jam session at Germano's Piattini in Little Italy, and currently hides out with a mask and gloves practicing and writing music. His piece Wood Moths, for viola, cello, bass, and dancers, will be premiered online
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with founder and chief baker Sumayyah Bilal of Codetta Bake Shop.
"At Codetta Bake Shop, we aim to be Baltimore’s premier dessert provider for generations to come. We have combined 15 years of baking experience with truly quality ingredients, perfect execution, and endless creativity. This has left us with a line of products that is unmatched and ever-changing.
Our menu is constantly growing and adapting to the needs of our customers and the interests and desires of our baking team. We draw inspiration from all corners of the culinary world as well from our own whimsical curiosity and love of experimentation. There is essentially no idea for a product or flavor that a customer can bring to us that we won’t try.
We named our company Codetta Bake Shop because it encompasses the two greatest passions of our founder and baker-in-chief, Sumayyah Bilal, music and baking. Codetta is a musical term that means “little coda”. It is the concluding musical section that puts an exclamation point on the main piece, in the same way a stunning dessert finishes off a meal. "
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with artist Vinnie Hager.
Vinnie Hager is a Maryland-based artist and designer. From a young age his mother surrounded him with vibrant works of art adorning the walls of his childhood home. This early exposure to all kinds of art coupled with jazz influences came from his mother and worked in tandem with his father's knack for mechanical workings. This inspired him to develop his own style and in 2011 he began pursuing his own artistic vision.
Vinnie is currently attending MICA, Maryland Institute College of Art, for a Bachelors Degree of General Fine Arts while also pursing his personal artistic endeavors.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Rebecca Alban Hoffberger is the founder, director, and principal curator of the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM).
Her extraordinary vision for the museum was promptly recognized in 1998 by The Urban Land Institute, with its coveted National Award for Excellence, making AVAM the first museum ever to be so recognized by the organization. It was quickly followed by her election to the Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce in 1999. She was inducted into the Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame and awarded the President’s Award of the Maryland YWCA in 2006. She holds Honorary Doctorates from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Stevenson University, McDaniel College, and the Pennsylvania College of Art, as well as Loyola College’s highest civic honor, the Andrew White Award. Before becoming AVAM’s founder and director, Hoffberger was a published author and development consultant for 28 years. The title of “Dame” was bestowed upon her for her work on behalf of establishing medical field hospitals in Nigeria. She has been the recipient of numerous mental health advocacy and equal opportunity awards and has served as a director of Jewish education and on the Board of the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Center. At age 16, she became the first American to apprentice with famed mime Marcel Marceau in Paris. Of her more recent honors, they include the prestigious Visionary Award from the American Folk Art Museum in 2017, the 2019 Images and Voices of Hope Journalism Award, induction into the Baltimore Jewish Hall of Fame, and the 2019 Roger D. Redden Award from the Baltimore Architecture Foundation for her “significant role and many accomplishments in advancing Baltimore’s built environment and cultural community through the American Visionary Art Museum."
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Hot Sauce Artist Collective's James Alpha Massaquoi Jr and Creative Alliance's Thomas James.
In this interview, we'll discuss Hot Sauce Artist Collective's 'Hot On The Block'. This gallery exhibition motivated to create opportunities for artists to show their work in person during the pandemic.
A group of artists will present their perspectives through artwork. The ultimate goal is to offer a space where different perspectives can coexist and people can experience art in person.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with artist and cook Adam Estes. Adam is originally from New Orleans, LA and has live in MD most of his life. He's a great bartender, skilled painter and now handles most of the cooking at Wet City. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It really makes a difference and it's always nice to read kind words. For the full list of podcasts be sure to subscribe.
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Manuel Sanchez co-owner of Fells Point pastry studio, Sacré Sucré.
SACRÉ SUCRÉ is a bakery and sweets maker specializing in French Macarons. SACRÉ SUCRÉ specializes in providing the best experience of gourmet French pastries to our customers. We bake our Macarons by hand to ensure attention to detail. We use high-quality ingredients to ensure only exceptional taste. At SACRÉ SUCRÉ, you are sure to enjoy the pleasure of traditional French culinary cuisine at its finest.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art.This week I have the pleasure of speaking with social entrepreneur, creative, curator, Program Director of BCAN and founder of Muse 360, Sharayna Christmas.Sharayna Christmas is a dancer, writer, and educator. She has been dancing for more than 25 years. Her ballet training began at the Dance Theater of Harlem (DTH) at the age of three. She has performed the works of many choreographers including Ulysses Dove, Robert Garland, and Geoffrey Holder. At 16, she participated in the Marie Brook Pan Caribbean Dance Company to perform in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Sharayna credits her passion for the community to her mother, who has been a community activist in New York and New Jersey for more than 35 years. In 1998, Sharayna moved to Baltimore to attend Morgan State University where she received her B. S. in Finance. In 2011, she was the recipient of the Rising Star Award from the Living Classroom Foundation for her work in the community. Sharayna also received the “Leading Women” Award presented by the Daily Record in 2013.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art.This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Kayenecha Daugherty the founder of Creative Nomads, a nonprofit focused on creating a cycle of learning creative to creator to community through peer to peer knowledge sharing + from artist to youth enthusiast.
Kayenecha Daugherty is an arts + creative professional with almost 20 years of experience designing entertainment + experiential events and connecting artists and brands with interested audiences.
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Welcome to Getting To The Truth In This Art.This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Kayla Fryer and Alexandre Edoh Yao Amegah of Hot Sauce Artist Collective. Hot Sauce Artist Collective is a platform created by artists to artists.
Their mission is to expand the opportunities for established and emerging artists to show their artwork outside traditional art exhibition formats, considering the artist's work and ideas the leading force of our events.
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with the owner of 'Baltimore In A Box' Ross Nochumowitz.
Ross owns this Baltimore themed gift shop where you can create custom Baltimore in a Box care packages to send all over the world or take with you. We also sell Baltimore in a Box ice cream where flavors are inspired by everything you love about Baltimore!
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Matthew Steinberg and Vaughn Weitzman of North Ave. Market in Baltimore, MD.
North Ave. Market is equal parts restaurant, bar and arcade. With diner-style stools readied burgers, fries, milkshakes and cocktails complimenting arcade games like Frogger, Centipede and, fittingly, BurgerTime, North Ave. Market is worth your time.
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with PJ Sullivan of Wet City Brewing 🍻 a brewery & restaurant with elevated bar bites, a rotating craft beer list & inventive cocktails in a minimalist space with TVs in Baltimore, MD.
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with the owner & operator of B.Willow Liz Vayda.
Liz's B.Willow is a gardening store with the aim of Enlivening indoor spaces. Generating meaningful, every day connections with nature. Indoor houseplants, indoor gardening essentials, local goods & flowers!
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Kiwanna of Honey Rose Co. 🐝 a bakery in Baltimore, MD.
Honey Rose Co. is known for its delectable baked items and Kiwanna's creativity in developing flavor.
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with artist and filmmaker, Liz Miller.
Liz is a true inter-disciplinary artist, skilled in many processes and mediums. Liz's current explorations have been working with wire and synthetic hair. The themes of blackness in America, cultural traditions surrounding African-American hair and afro-futurism are prevalent in Liz's work.
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On this episode I have the pleasure of speaking with the owners of Ekiben, Steve Chu and Ephrem Abebe.
Ekiben is best known for its massive steamed buns and other Asian-inspired dishes.
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with artist Jaz Erenberg.
Jaz Erenberg is a Community Artist and Arts Educator in Baltimore City. Her projects aim to bridge the gaps that exist between communities, by focusing on ideas that bring us all together.
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with author, illustrator, and art teacher Michael Bracco.
Michael is mostly known for his epic graphic novel series, NOVO, which touches upon relevant earthly social issues taking place on alien planets. His clothing company Spaghetti Kiss, makes use of his imaginative illustrations; creating wearable art.
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with resident artist Isolina Minjeong Alva.
Isolina is a resident artist specializing in sculpture. In the interview, Isolina describes her work, her inspiration, and her impressions of Baltimore.
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Thea Washington, a casting director and casting recruiter for film, television, commercials and digital media.
Thea is a Baltimore native who's projects include include ABC's Bachelorette and Big Brother (CBS), casting several true crime reenactment shows on Investigation Discovery, Reelz, TV One and more!
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with the executive chef/owner of Liliahna and voted Best Chef by Baltimore Magazine Brendon Hudson.
Brendon is a chef from Baltimore that is looking to really give a jolt of energy to the often mundane world of catering. Brendon Hudson's Liliahna Luxury Catering curates intimately personal menus, executes heartwarming dishes to bring together the most important people in your life.
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Baltimore-based artist Ítalo Duarte De Déa.
Ítalo creates ink wash drawings that invite people to consider the cultural and social contexts they live in from an emotional point of view.
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with David Alima of The Charmery.
The Charmery aims to bring together local and global communities to help everyone achieve happiness through ice cream. The Charmery has spent the last seven years churning out personalized hospitality and super premium, highly original, insanely delicious ice cream.
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Gerald Watson and DJ 2-Tone Jones. from Shaolin Jazz.
Shaolin Jazz, co-founded by Gerald Watson and DJ 2-Tone Jones, produces content and events that highlight the parallels between Hip-Hop, Jazz, and Martial Arts. Learn how the two turned a mutual admiration of Wu-Tang Clan and Jazz into an mixtape, event series and so much more.
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This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Lee Conderraci 🐆 , a theatre/performance/literary scholar in Baltimore, MD. Lee's work is doing feminist criticism of literature, theatre, pop culture, and media texts, and creating feminist theatre and performance pieces. Stay-up-to-date on the latest in weird news and all things pop culture on our hilarious and irreverent podcast,
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Interview with Portland, Maine based burlesque entertainer, Kinky Slippers.
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Baltimore is for Artists.
This week, Rob Lee is joined by special guest Uni Q. Mical of Black Kotton Kandy!
Uni started as a young poet living in the city, absorbing all the artistry she could handle. Now, she is an inspirational force for all the young artistic voices in Baltimore through Black Kotton Kandy.
Later, Rob and Uni Q. Mical discuss inspiration, hometown pride, music and the difference between East and West Baltimore. This is the essential episode for all Baltimore natives and transplants!
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Baltimore is for Doughnut Shops.
On an all new episode of Getting To The Truth In This Art, Rob is joined by Michelle Diggs, the owner of black-owned doughnut shop Blondies Doughnuts.
Blondie's Doughnuts is a pop-up doughnut shop specializing in our signature brioche doughnuts! You can find our doughnuts and specialty baked items at local farmers' markets in the Baltimore area.Blondie's mission is to provide an unforgettable doughnut.
Blondie's is one of two black-owned doughnut shops on the east coast. Blondie's creates combined a buttery brioche dough with flavors like Pretty Kitty, a Chai Spiced Sugar, and Marvelous Madeline, a chocolate cream that you can't resist!
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Baltimore is for Business.
On an all new episode of Getting To The Truth In This Art, Rob is joined by Todd Collins, the creative mind behind Platinum Reputations, a boutique consulting firm for your personal and business branding and Online reputation.
Todd and his dedicated team focus on helping local businesses and artists grow their brand through projects, visibility and positivity. Rob and Todd discuss why niche brands aren’t always a good thing, the importance of supporting people, wrestling and staying on the positive side despite surrounding negativity.
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Baltimore is for Woo Woo, Baltimore is for Self-Care.
Rob Lee interviews Yoshi of Santosha Well-being. Santosha (Sanskrit): contentment, peace, gratitude. These are valuable feelings that are typically missed, overlooked and confused.
Yoshi possesses certification in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, the human chakra systems, auras, trance induced meditation, psychic mediumship and various forms of divination to bridge gaps to the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual relationships in myself and others. ,
Yoshi specializes in working with people on the physical, emotional and spiritual needs. Yoshi's method employs a collection of meditations and self care practices to help keep you emotionally, mentally and physically aligned
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Baltimore is for infused cocktails.
Rob Lee interviews SJ aka Johnny Gash local drag performer and expert cocktail maker for SJ's Herbal Bottled Infused Cocktails
. Rob first noticed SJ's amazing Joe Exotic look.
SJ is a multi-talented artist with experience as an abstract painter, drag performer, and seasoned bartender with time at Ottobar & Metro Gallery. Also, they had a brief stint as drummer for goth band, koev halev. During this interview, SJ shares his experiences in the bar scene in Baltimore and their experience with art. Additionally, SJ produces specialized cocktails comprised of fresh fruit, fine spirits and, on occassion, CBD.
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Baltimore is for Gin, Baltimore is for Business. Rob Lee interviews Brendan Dorr and Eric Fooy owners of Dutch Courage Gin Bar. Dutch Courage is a gin-centric cocktail bar in the Old Goucher neighborhood of Baltimore. Gin-centric cocktail bar with a wide variety of cocktails and a full selection of spirits. Local beers and adventuresome wines are also available, along with delectable food. The bar opened in late 2019 and has pivoted into a bottle shop due to COVID-19. During the interview we learn about Brendan and Eric's beginnings and their approach to being a new business in Baltimore. Listen to an earlier episode where Rob Lee interviews Chris Amendola of Foraged Eatery
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Baltimore is for Artists, Baltimore is for creators. Rob Lee interviews Jerrill Sankey aka The Creative King. Creative King is a brand that specializes in handmade headwear and limited apparel and accessories. The brand started in Baltimore, MD in 2010 and now sells worldwide. During the interview we learn about Jerrill's interests in fashion, how he got his start and many of his inspirations. Check out some of Baltimore's finest headwear and accessories. Podcasts,comedy,news,baltimore,business,entertainment,desus and mero,desus nice, the kid mero, baltimore, baltimore md, baltimore crime, baltimore art, baltimore city, baltimore orioles
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Baltimore is for artists, Baltimore is for writers, Baltimore is for cooks.
In this episode, Rob Lee interviews writer, cook and Nashville native Dylan Morison. During the interview, Dylan describes her favorite books and writers, the moment she knew she wanted to move from a career in academia to the culinary world as well as advice for writers.
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Baltimore is for artists, Baltimore is for Art Galleries
On an all-new episode of Getting To The Truth In This Art Maya Camille, curator of the Gallery About Nothing stops by to talk with Rob about local creativity, inspiration, and culture.
As a young poet, Maya connected with the owner of The Incredible Little Art Gallery, where she would go on to learn about the serious side of business and entrepreneurship.
Now, several projects and galleries later, Mya is helping other artists gain exposure through exhibits, interviews and social marketing with sights set on opening a new gallery in Houston.
Maya’s creativity and energy are deeply rooted in her hometown and she won’t stop until everyone recognizes Baltimore for the pillar of culture that it truly is! Later, Mya answers questions about favorite local artists, clique culture, and consistency with your art form. Be sure to check out The Gallery About Nothing located at 805 E. Baltimore Street in Baltimore, MD. Remember 'Sell Art, Not Drugs'.
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In this episode of Getting To The Truth In This Art, comedian and podcaster, Melvin Penn, stops by to talk with Rob about life, humor and getting through the ups and downs of being an entertainer.
After dropping out of college, Melvin decided to build a career around making people laugh. Now, Melvin spends his time traveling, performing with his comedy group and drinking water on a competitive level.
Melvin’s story is a prime example of how life can be strange, but as long as you have a dream and a sense of humor, you’ll never be bored. Later, Rob and Melvin discuss the art of crafting comedy, feeling comfortable outside of your element and the most awkward performances of their careers.
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Baltimore is for artists, Baltimore is for creators, Baltimore is for entrepreneurs.
In this week’s episode of Getting To The Truth In This Art, DJ Ducky Dynamo stops by to talk music, curse words and local flavor! From her beginnings in Park Heights, Ducky Dynamo has always found beauty in her city. Her eclectic taste in music and love for local radio would lead her down a path that took her from college to the stage. Now, Ducky is amongst the top DJs in Baltimore, creating and inspiring the next generation of musicians.
Ducky Dynamo’s story is proof that no matter how long you put a dream on hold, your passion will drive you towards that goal.
Later, Ducky answers questions involving inspirations, cancellation and the creative process. How do you feel about cancel culture and the collaboration process? Do you consider yourself a DJ or are you making music? Will Rob leave the podcast world behind to start an affluent music career? You definitely don’t want to miss this episode!
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Lindsey Golden of the Golden Dance Experiment.
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Baltimore is for artists, Baltimore is for creators, Baltimore is for entrepreneurs. On this week’s episode of Getting to The Truth in This Art, Lindsey Golden of the Golden Dance Experiment joins Rob Lee to talk about dance, art and life in Baltimore.
From her beginnings as a 3 year old student of ballet, Lindsey has always had a deep love for dancing. Her love would lead her to studying in London and DC until she moved to Baltimore for school. While studying at the University of Baltimore, she decided to gamble on herself, chasing her one true passion instead of a law degree. Now, she runs her own studio alongside her husband, teaching the next generation of dancers and dreamers.
Lindsey’s story is a triumph for anyone too scared to chase a dream. Betting on yourself is always worth it if you’re pursuing something you love!
Later, Lindsey answers questions involving life lessons, hidden talents, serious injuries and challenging dance moves. Will Rob become a future student of modern dance? Tune in and get into the groove!
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Aaron Dante of No Pix After Dark.
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Baltimore is for Artists, Baltimore is for creators.
Rob Lee from the mighty, MTR Podcasts, is here to highlight Baltimore artists. This podcast is an opportunity to authentically highlight Baltimore artists – Getting to the truth in this art.
On an all-new episode of Getting to the Truth in This Art, podcaster and Best of Baltimore nominee, Aaron Dante from the No Pix After Dark Podcast, joins Rob Lee to discuss podcasting, criticism, and how to handle the journey when it feels like you’re the only one walking the path.
What does it take to create your own podcast and persevere through the tough times? Do you have content or a niche idea? How the hell do you find your voice in a saturated free radio, free-market space? The journey isn’t easy, but the good times never stop when you’re producing something you love.
Rob and Aaron Dante discuss the early days of recording shows and tips on working the angles to stay relevant in a constantly changing podcast environment.
Aaron Dante’s story is an inspirational reminder that good things only come with hard work, dedication, and passion.
Later, Aaron Dante answers and asks some rapid-fire questions, including thoughts on local government, celebrity and where to find the best crab cakes in Baltimore.
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Baltimore is for Artists, Baltimore is for creators.
Rob Lee from the mighty, MTR Podcasts, is here to highlight Baltimore artists. This podcast is an opportunity to authentically highlight Baltimore artists - getting to the truth in this art.
On a very special episode of Getting to the Truth in This Art, Rob is joined by owner and head chef of Foraged.Eatery, Chris Amendola. Chris takes us all the way back to his childhood days in Florida as he charts his story from a dishwasher to a foraging sous chef, until he finally decided to head back east and set roots in Baltimore, MD.
Chef Amendola’s story is a true testament to what one person can accomplish despite the constant hurdles we face in life.
Later, Chris answers an array of questions, providing insight on the culinary scene in Baltimore, advice on foraging for yourself and the proper way to prepare and season a duck.
We also get an advanced preview of what’s to come in 2020 for Foraged.Eatery, including a 4th of July BBQ and an early summer Taco Night! This is an episode you don’t want to miss!
Foraged.Eatery is located at 3520 Chestnut Ave, Baltimore, Md, 21211
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Baltimore is for Artists, Baltimore is for creators.
Rob Lee from the mighty, MTR Podcasts, is here to highlight Baltimore artists. This podcast is an opportunity to authentically highlight Baltimore artists - getting to the truth in this art.
This episode Rob Lee interviews Height Keech of Cold Rhymes Records. This interview is a follow-up of sorts with the success of Rob's interview with 83 Cutlass. Height is a veteran MC and founder of record label, Cold Rhymes Records. Check out this great conversation about rap in Baltimore.
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Baltimore is for Artists, Baltimore is for creators.
Rob Lee from the mighty, MTR Podcasts, is here to highlight Baltimore artists. This podcast is an opportunity to authentically highlight Baltimore artists - getting to the truth in this art.
This episode Rob Lee interviews Meechie Howard, a local spoken word artist and entrepreneur. The interview breaks down the spoken word and poetry scene in Baltimore and analyzes many of the inner workings of living in Baltimore.
This is a must-listen interview. Listen to our previous episode where Rob Lee interviews
83 Cutlass.
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Baltimore is for Artists, Baltimore is for creators.
Rob Lee from the mighty, MTR Podcasts, is here to highlight Baltimore artists. This podcast is an opportunity to authentically highlight Baltimore artists - getting to the truth in this art.
This episode Rob Lee interviews 83 Cutlass, not a stale-ass local rapper. The interview breaks down what drives his creativity, balancing fatherhood with the rigors of being an artist and his relationship with Baltimore.
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DJ James Nasty.
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Kelly Simmons from Aunt Kelly’s Cookies as well as Kris Fulton of Sophomore Coffee. Both businesses are operated by unique, artsy folks, Kelly at Aunt Kelly’s Cookies and Kris at Sophomore Coffee, that chose to set up shop in Baltimore. These are real people who are doing something positive in Baltimore and want to succeed here.
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Baltimore is for Artists
Rob Lee from the mighty, MTR Podcasts, is here to highlight Baltimore artists. This podcast is an opportunity to authentically highlight Baltimore artists – getting to the truth in this art.
In this new episode, Rob Lee welcomes, Eze Jackson. Eze Jackson is a talented rapper from Baltimore and the frontman of the band Soul Cannon. At the time of this recording, Eze’s latest project, Fool, just dropped but Eze didn’t come on the show to only talk about the project he had a lot to say about activism, Baltimore vs. DMV and an “orange bitch” taking ill of Charm City. Eze was there for all of the smoke. He’s No Fool
Eze is not just a rapper. He’s an activist, journalist and versatile artist with a self-awareness and mindfulness that many artists conceal. He’s an open guy. The new project, Fool, really gets into experiences from trauma to triumph that he’s encountered.
On of the biggest observations taken from the interview with Eze Jackson is he’s aware. Not woke but aware, there’s an authenticity and certainty in his awareness. There’s realism and passion, insight and understanding. Mostly there’s love coming from Eze – love for people, love for Baltimore and love for art.
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Baltimore is for Artists
Rob Lee from the mighty, MTR Podcasts, is here to highlight Baltimore artists. This podcast is an opportunity to authentically highlight Baltimore artists – getting to the truth in this art.
In this inaugural episode, Rob Lee welcomes, DJ James Nasty – Dr. Nasty or Mr. Nasty if you’re nasty – to the studio for an interview. This podcast is not a typical – tell me about your art, your process and so on – those types of interviews can be interesting but they’re soft. This interview is not that. Give The DJ Some.
DJ James Nasty is a club music producer/DJ from Baltimore, Maryland and he makes sauce! He makes his own hot sauce. DJ James Nasty has been in Baltimore for over 20 years and is ingrained in the fabric of the Baltimore music scene. James gets it – he’s a true local artist. He’s a real DJ and producer.
In the interview, James breaks down his days to day life. James covers his early morning periods of inspiration, prioritizing producing beats and making sauce and his experiences in the music business. In addition, James discusses his feelings on embracing one’s art while being business-minded. Also, James breaks down the predatory nature of the music business and the multitude of ways artists can make money, how the music scene in Baltimore tends to rebel against structure and his thoughts on local venues.
Later, James speaks on respecting the art of a DJ – without hating on the hustle, but the craft of becoming a DJ takes time and money. Never forget Rodney Dangerfield has a rap album.
Check out this great interview and check out DJ James Nasty in and around Baltimore and at Holy Frijoles on Sunday nights. Also, buy a bottle of this man’s sauce.
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Too often we hear of the negatives like poor education, corruption and violent crime when it comes to Baltimore. Additionally, we are asked weird questions like 'Is Baltimore like The Wire?' or 'Is Baltimore really dangerous?'.
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