“Evolution”

Mary Kate Bergh

Born and raised outside Philadelphia, Mary Kate is now living in Baltimore and teaches art at a high school in AACPS. She received her B.S in Art Education with a concentration in printmaking in 2013 and her M.ED in Art Education from Kutztown University in 2019 . In 2015, she was awarded Anne Arundel County Public School’s Outstanding Middle School Art Educator. A printmaker and mixed media artist, she has re-discovered her passion for working with clay. Much of Mary Kate's work investigates process, growth, and connection. She has exhibited her work in various local galleries. To learn more visit mkbergh.com or follow her on instagram @mkberghstudios.

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Lauren Elfring

Lauren is an artist and art educator living in Baltimore, Maryland. She grew up in western MD where the beauty of the Appalachian Mountains and Valley still inspire her art. Lauren has a passion for watercolor. She also loves teaching art and is an elementary art teacher in Anne Arundel. Lauren exhibits locally in MD and works on commissions. Her supportive family includes her husband and two teenage daughters. The family's two cats keep Lauren company while she paints in her home studio where she has a lovely view of rooftops, treetops, birds on power lines, and a large amount of sky.\

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Rachel Horner

Rachel Horner is a Baltimore-based artist who examines the complex entanglement between humans, the environment, and the world’s biodiversity. She was born in California, and currently lives in Baltimore, MD where she earned her M.F.A. from Towson University. She holds a B. S. in Art Education, and has taught Art since 2013. The recipient of an environmental initiative art scholarship in her undergraduate studies, she has continued to create environmental work, and was recently awarded the Terminal Degree Graduate Fellowship for 2019-2020. Largely inspired by her international travels, Horner recently visited Mexico for a self directed art residency and earned a scholarship to attend Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts in Tennessee. She also has experience as an arts writer and curator. Her interdisciplinary work encompasses painting, drawing, photography, and sculpture to investigate nature’s vulnerability and paradoxical ability to convalesce.

Erin Lehrmann

Erin Lehrmann is a maker, baker, poet and teacher who lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.

This body of work began as mixed-media collages in her sketchbook, created from found classroom ephemera and fragments of collected images. She redrew the compositions onto matboard and incised the matboard to create alternative-process intaglio prints, over which she layered wintergreen oil transfers to selectively add color, pattern and texture from the original collages.

For more information or to view more of her work please visit www.erinlehrmann.com.

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Adrienne Ramey

Growing up in southern Delaware, Adrienne always had an interest in art. While at the University of Delaware, Adrienne’s technical skills and painting style grew and she found the direction that she would continue to work with until this day. Adrienne’s work can be identified through her use of portraits and narratives that use unique toy characters as subjects. Her paintings border the line of cute and creepy that has fascinated her since she started working with the subject matter. Recently, Adrienne has continued to explore this subject through printmaking. Printmaking has opened up new avenues and opportunities that Adrienne is still working to explore.

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Jordyn Roemer

Jordyn Roemer is a mother, artist, and teacher based out of Brooklyn Park, Maryland.

This body of work is a reflection on the impact of the relationships we have with the people around us. The influence they have on us as human beings, and the careful ways in which we selectively maintain our barriers or allow ourselves to open up. These artworks are a nod to japanese Kintsugi, where gold is used to mend broken pottery, creating something more beautiful than the original piece. The connections we make in our lives outside of ourselves do exactly that… when we’re ready for them.

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Francine Stowe-Sinkler

A native of Virginia, Francine Stowe-Sinkler received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. It was there that she was awarded her first mural painting commission in 1990. She later received the Langston Hughes Award of Humanities in 1992 not only for her own artistic creations, but also for the production of Black Anthology, the first student written and produced African American history performance that continues annually today. This diverse background in both performance and visual art developed the foundation upon which Francine continues to expand as an artist.

Her painted quilts and textile creations pay homage to the often-overlooked artistic talents of women, fully embracing their contributions to the fine arts arena. Her work, while African-American centered, continues to express the universal lessons of love, diversity, determination, and growth. This intentional focus allows her to both share and embrace her own identity. In March 2000, a private exhibit entitled, Journey of My Mind, marked her launch into the visual arts profession. This show was successfully followed by two solo exhibits in 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia. Since then, multiple solo and performance exhibits have crossed the United States. Rolling Out Magazine described her as "a powerful artist" that remains centered on spiritual growth.

Francine's focus in the community embraces the youth. Activities that reach children using art as a tool and a bridge include interactive performances for Atlanta's Head Start Program (ages 3-5), teaching painting and textile design for City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs' ARTSCOOL Program (ages 14 -18), and teaching teachers to use art within the mainstream curriculum to reach students through a non profit organization called Creating Pride.

During her community work, Francine was encouraged by local principals to pursue her teaching certification in art education. Placing her exhibiting career on temporary hold, she expanded her creativity into the classroom, earning tenure with Atlanta Public Schools in art education. Most recently, she has relocated back to the east coast to teach art in Maryland with Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

Always moving forward, Francine now embraces the roles of wife, mother, educator and artist to celebrate humanity in every form available to her hands. She believes that art is the extension of common ground upon which we all can stand. It creates the opportunity to share ideas, develop concepts, and embrace the experiences called life.

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Christopher Whitehead

Christopher Ray Whitehead is a classically trained artist who primarily works painting, illustration and alternative media. He has studied and exhibited throughout the United States and Europe. His work focuses on the human form and the art is used to illustrate personal narratives and concepts. Christopher has a passion for teaching others about art and artmaking. He has taught art in public schools in California and Maryland. Christopher served as Youth Art Manager at the Worcester Art Museum for seven years. Christopher has also served as President Elect, President and Past President for the Massachusetts Art Education Association and the VP of Communications and President Elect for the Maryland Art Education Association. Christopher is currently the visual arts teacher specialist for Anne Arundel County Public Schools and Executive Artist of Infinity Pond Studios.

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Nicole Videll Young

Nicole Videll Young is an abstract painter and the owner of the online store Art By Nikki Vee. Nicole graduated Summa Cum Laude from Towson University in May of 2016, with degrees in Art Education, Art & Design, and Art History. She currently teaches Art at Crofton Meadows Elementary School, in her fifth year teaching for Anne Arundel County. Founded in 2016, Art by Nikki Vee has expanded to include an Instagram, local commissions, and nationwide sales. A section of the shop dedicated to “Paintings with a Purpose”, an opportunity for customers to donate towards charitable organizations when they make purchases. To see what’s for sale, or to keep up with what’s happening in the studio, follow @artbynikkivee on Instagram, or visit her Etsy shop.

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