Today, we’re going In the Studio with concert photographer and musician Domenic Cicala. He wears more than a few hats. One of his great loves is photography. He started as a collector and lover of the medium back in the analog days of film. That love of film still influences his work. He lives mostly in the photography world, shooting people. His main areas of work these days are Music and Beauty portraits, though you will find an occasional still life or landscape. He prefers to capture those moments in between, unstaged, no pretense, truth.
Monica Hawse is a local photographer, currently exhibiting in the “Maryland the Beautiful” exhibit here at CAC. Monica Hawse grew up as an Army brat and has lived in Maryland for most of her life. She loved using a camera even as a young girl, but only began to seriously study the art and technical components of photography in the past 5 years.
Karen Jury is a local photographer, currently exhibiting in the “Maryland the Beautiful” exhibit here at CAC. Karen splits her time between Ellicott City and Kent Island MD. Her newest passion is using her photographs to create beautiful Photo Encaustics. Covering her photos with layers of beeswax/resin and using different inks/pigments and carvings, creates a unique piece of art.
He is now an award winning, internationally recognized photographer and instructor, having taught on three continents and in over a dozen countries. David teaches and mentors photographers, models, and makeup artists. His personal mentoring programs for photographers and commercial models continues to grow in popularity.
Kim Kelly is a local photographer, currently exhibiting in the “Maryland the Beautiful” exhibit here at CAC. Kim’s passion for photography goes back to 1978 when she received her first camera as a college graduation gift. Her images have been featured in local magazines and she has participated in several exhibits including her own one women show. Her images have been selected by several businesses to adorn their walls; including Coldwell Banker Realty and KHovnanian Homes.
Today we are going In the Studio with Dan Goodrich, CAC’s new Venue Director. By day, he oversees the entire production side of the Chesapeake Arts Center including scheduling, maintenance, and operations in our performance spaces plus management of our crew. Dan’s also what I like to call a Multitalented Creative. He’s a phenomenal professional wedding and portrait photographer and aspiring woodworker who “occasionally likes to dabble in acrylic painting, wood-burning, stained glass, watercolor, and mixed media.” Here’s Dan talking about his work, artistic process and making art his career:
