RESIDENT ARTISTS

Mother. Attorney. Educator. World traveler. Artist. Healer. These are just a few words that describe the dynamic life of local attorney Kibian Adams-Greene.

​​Nia Imani, aka The Butterfly Queen, is a clothing designer/seamstress and overall creative! With over 10 years of sewing, modeling, and art experience she is truly a versatile visual artist. She creates unique fashion collections, custom garments, paintings, and more.

Megan Lewis is a professional multidisciplinary illustrator. Known for her bold colors and wearable brand Blk Women Period, Lewis utilizes various mediums to create works of art that focus on stories that reflect a critical view of social, historical and cultural issues all inspired by Blk Women images. Megan has been and continues to be an active and well-regarded member of Baltimore’s thriving arts community.

Native to Baltimore City, Tamara Payne is a Professor, multidisciplinary artist and activist. Known for her collaborations in community her work explores the constructions of marginalized people through public installations and performance. Inspired by Black and brown women her work focuses on communal practices, empowerment, relationship building and celebration.

Ernest Shaw is the senior artist in residence at the Motor House, an arts space in Baltimore funded in part by the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. He is an artist and educator in the Baltimore City Public Schools and is a native Baltimorean.

Jazzy Studios, the convener of Pro Fashion Network, is a collective of Industry Professionals committed to providing global networking, development, and opportunities for models, photographers, makeup artists, hair stylists and more in the fashion community.

Deric’s art has always been as much or more about the process vs production. This fact places him in places and allows connections with people that he might not otherwise have had the opportunity to enjoy. He is sincerely drawn to rapid line drawings and enjoys elevating these pieces to finished works vs pre-drawings. But this medium has also been a form that has allowed him to finish works in the spaces available alongside his career of the last twenty years. In another vein, he is also trying to bring light to the special needs community where he finds himself having a son with Down Syndrome.

Fine Artist and Professor at Johns Hopkins University

Gary Mullen, who was born and raised in Anne Arundel County, is an award-winning, Baltimore-based artist and muralist who works with organizations and clients who seek to have art created for their communities

Multidisciplinary artist, muralist, educator, and entrepreneur working in the realms of visual art, public/community arts and design

Yelé is a Nigerian fashion designer based in Baltimore, MD, and is the founder and lead designer of Yele LLC a luxury fashion brand that fuses Afrofuturistic and western fashion.

SHAN Wallace (b. 1991) is a nomadic award-winning visual artist, photographer, and educator from East Baltimore, MD.