ON VIEW IN THE HAL GOMER GALLERY

The Maryland Artists Anonymous Presents…

Back in the Flow Exhibition

Hal Gomer Gallery

May 11, 2022 - June 30, 2022

RECEPTION - Wednesday, June 15, 2022 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Life has shifted, swirled, flipped upside down, but as artists we continue to question, illustrate, interpret, express, and communicate. The Maryland Artist Anonymous (MDAA) group has continued to work together to encourage and support each other’s artistic journey and present this collection of work to illustrate how they are “back in the flow”.

Selected artworks will be displayed in the Chesapeake Arts Center’s Hal Gomer Gallery from May 11, 2022 - June 30, 2022

Featured Artists

Christopher Whitehead : Jennifer Jarrell : Casey Perkins : Adrienne Ramey : Kyler Kamp : Lauren M Elfring : Erin Lehrmann : Katelyn Smith : Jordyn Roemer : Chelsea Brendle : Shannon McArdle-Dugan

Artist: Christopher Whitehead : Christopher Ray Whitehead is a classically trained artist who primarily works in 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 Maryland Art Education Association. Christopher has also designed and built the websites for both Massachusetts and Maryland Associations. He was recognized in 2012 as Massachusetts Museum Art Educator of the Year and in 2013 as Massachusetts Art Educator of the Year and in 2018 Maryland Art Educator of the Year. Christopher is currently the visual arts teacher specialist for Anne Arundel County Public Schools and Executive Artist of Infinity Pond Studios

Artist: Kyler Kamp : Kyler Kamp is a visual artist, working mostly with acrylic paint in a semi-realistic style. She was originally a graphic designer, earning her BFA from West Virginia University. She went on to become a public school visual art teacher after graduating from the University of Maryland Baltimore County with her MAT. Currently, in her twelfth year of teaching, she’s taught classes ranging from elementary art, to the high school visual art electives as well as the AP level. She has taught at summer camp, and written curriculum for Anne Arundel county. Kyler was selected by the Anne Arundel county visual arts department as the Outstanding New Art Educator of Anne Arundel County Public Schools on behalf of the Maryland Art Education Association in 2012. In addition, she was selected as the Outstanding Master High School Art Educator for 2022, also awarded by the Maryland Art Education Association. Pets have become her favored subject matter, reflecting the emotion, personality and uniqueness of the animals we all love so dearly.

Artist: 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.

Artist: Casey Perkins : Casey Perkins is an artist born and raised in Anne Arundel County. She earned a BFA in Photography from Towson University.

Artist: Chelsea Brendle : Chelsea is an artist and educator living in Baltimore, MD. received her BA in Art Education, Art History, and Studio Art from Appalachian State University and her Ed.M from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is currently pursuing her MFA from MICA. She is curious about what we are made up of, what constitutes us, as well as what leaves us and what is left when it leaves. She is interested in drawing out the idiosyncrasies of the mundane, as well as the moments that break us from it. She has taught art with Room 13 International in Scotland, led after school art programming in Charlotte, NC, and now in Maryland. Her educational philosophy is rooted in the Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB) pedagogy which asserts that the child is the artist and the art room is their studio.

Artist: Lauren M. Elfring : Lauren M. Elfring 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 and works almost exclusively in that medium. She has been teaching art since earning a B.A. in Art Education from Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina in 2008 and is currently an elementary school art teacher in Anne Arundel County. Her supportive family includes her husband and two teenage offspring. 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. "I continue to look to nature, even in my urban environment, to keep me grounded and as reference for my paintings."

Artist: Katelyn Smith : Katelyn is a visual artist and educator, who currently resides in Baltimore, MD. She graduated from Towson University in 2011 with a BS in Art Education , and M.S in Curriculum & Instruction from McDaniel College. She is actively pursuing a post baccalaureate certificate in Art Integration back at Towson University She is her 11th year of teaching in Anne Arundel County Public Schools, and finds her true passion is teaching/working with children. Katelyn enjoys experimenting with many different mediums such as mosaics, paint, and ink. She recently has taken up mixed-media working with plants and abstractions with bright and bold colors

Artist: Erin Lehrmann : Erin Lehrmann is a maker, teacher and learner who lives and works in Baltimore. Her philosophy of teaching and artistic practice both center an amateur’s mindset-- an openness to exploratory play driven by inquiry and intrinsic motivation. This particular body of work celebrates chance encounters between wanderer and world in the perpetual pursuit of integration, connectedness, and wholeness.

[a Saturday eclipse]

Off I go, grasping at openings;

my chest yawning to engulf the murmurings of the city.

Flickers that evade—

dancing through windows,

scrawling across the sidewalk,

erupting into confetti,

dappling the concrete,

seasoning the day.

Artist: Adrienne Ramey : Adrienne was born in southern DE and attended the University of Delaware. Here, she received her BFA in Painting in 2004 and began exploring the theme of toys which she still focuses on to this day. In 2005 she moved to Maryland to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art. At MICA, she earned her Master of Arts in Teaching in 2007. Adrienne has been teaching in Anne Arundel County for the past 15 years and is now the art department chairperson at her school. View more of her work at adrienneramey.com or follow her on Instagram @adrienneramey

Artist: Jennifer Jerrell : Jennifer is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who lives and works in the Annapolis area of Maryland. Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, she attended the School of Art & Design at Alfred University. Here, she earned a BFA with a concentration in darkroom photography. In 2006 she moved to Baltimore to begin teaching art. She attended MICA where she earned her graduate degree in Art Education