About the Exhibition
Promoting Peaceful Change Through Educated Art
We look at the rich history of protest art and see how artists use their voice and artistry to promote change and encourage open thinking for the greater good of our community, nation and the world. Join us for the explorative exhibition of demonstration through peaceful, educated art.
Selected artworks will be displayed in the Chesapeake Arts Center’s Hal Gomer Gallery from January 5 - February 28, 2022.
Hal Gomer Gallery Hours:
Monday-Thursday 10:00am-6:00pm
Saturday 10am-1pm
*Visitors are required to call ahead to reserve a time to view the exhibit. Please call CAC’s main office at 410-636-6597 during our business hours Monday - Thursday, 10:00 am-6:00pm to reserve a date and time. Visitors will be checked in upon arrival and masks are required to enter the gallery and CAC building.
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Featured Artists
: Daniel Farcas : Kianna Wilson : Mollye Miller : Nicole Caracia : Sym Hardy : Nikita Yogaraj :
Artist: Daniel Farcas: Born in 1980's in Romania, Dr. Daniel Farcas is not a prolific artist, When he is not focused on his research in occupational health or spending time with his kids, he likes to paint or write about the social abyss. He is also the author of "God's Buried Children" a novel following the lives of orphan children living on the streets during the communist era.
Daniel’s novel can be purchased at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1511590580
Artist: Kianna Wilson: My name is Kianna Wilson. I'm a black female lesbian photographer living in Baltimore, MD. Started my photography business, Major Ki Photography LLC, in 2016. My dream is to continue to inspire people with my photos; allowing my photos to tell a story, put a smile on someone's face, just make you feel happy, make you want to take your own photos, etc. Photography is my passion, happiness and peace and I wouldn't change it for anything else.
Website: www.majorkiphotography.com
Artist: Mollye Miller: Mollye Miller is a documentary family, portrait, and street photographer based in Baltimore, Maryland. She specializes in candid pictures that capture the character and emotions of her clients and the strangers she meets.
Website /social media information: www.mollyemiller.com or IG: https://www.instagram.com/mollyemillerphotography/
Artist: Nicole Caracia: Nicole is an award-winning photographer and teacher, wife, and mother of two little girls. She is passionate about taking photos that tell stories. She received her first camera from her Father when she was 12 years old, but she really didn’t know her love for photography until she started working at the Chesapeake Arts Center in 2013. Nicole’s diverse portfolio includes bands, landscapes, animals, urbanex, portraits , models and weddings.
She won "Best People Photo" contest for the Severna Park Voice . Her "Sunrise on the Bay" and "Catching the Maryland Crab" was featured on the Whats Up Annapolis Magazine. A few of her photos won in the Patterson Park 2018 contest and she recently won 2nd place for best artist in the Pasadena Voice 2020 newspaper. Her photos have also been published in books , album covers, and local newspapers.
To check out our more of Nicole’s photography work, visit her online at www.nicolecaracia.com or IG: https://www.instagram.com/nicolecaraciaphotography/
Artist: Sym Hardy: Growing up as a child who thinks with a different mindset, I always find the easy concepts challenging and the hard concepts easy. After the recent loss of my brother, I have been focusing on art to express my dark emotions with a smile on my face. I received a degree from Morgan State University in Fine arts and consider myself an abstract artist. Think after you feel in the presence of my pieces.
Website: https://r1a2kia.wixsite.com/graphitepulse
Artist: Nikita Yogaraj : Nikita is an Baltimore-based Tamil Indian-American artist. The daughter of immigrant parents who grew up in multiple cities in the US, she is a primarily self-taught artist who has also worked in public health disparities. Her linoprint and mixed media pieces pair bold color combinations with linocut printmaking techniques. Through creating intricacies via suggesting texture and pattern - especially where they are invisible in the everyday, she likes to invite the viewer to sit in the details and patterns rather than labeling the subject. She takes the tradition of portraiture and integrate it with the styles of protest posters, and graphic fiction and nonfiction storytelling, all of which she has been inspired by for her work through their aesthetic and use as medium for social justice commentary. The Protect our Elders piece was developed to highlight that before and during the pandemic, elders of color have been a target for racial violence, adding onto their vulnerability, including South Asian and other brown elders following 9/11, and East Asian elders during the pandemic. Respect our elders. Protect our elders.
Website /social media information: www.nikitayogaraj.com or IG: https://www.instagram.com/nikitavyart/