I am currently attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) as a first-year undergraduate student. In high school, I attended the Visual Arts Center (VAC) in Albert Einstein High School for four years. I am from Takoma Park originally and I feel a deep connection to the place I’m from. The people and the nature of my city inspire
As a long time Takoma Park resident, after a stroke, I am using art to explore my brain recovery with the support of friends, including my artist friend Alice Sims.
Lydia Tonkonow is an artist based in Washington, DC. Her work spans a number of different mediums including digital illustration, painting, and beading. She draws inspiration from the natural and built world around her, with particular focus on the moments where the two meet. Tonkonow primarily works out of her studio at DC Arts Studios in Takoma Park.
Artist and musician Shawn Siochain from Silver Spring, Maryland makes paintings, digital art, kinetic sculptures, and other creations from the studio and at mural sites and festival locations. His handmade acrylic shadowboxes are 3D canvases that incorporate multiple layers and LED lights. His large scale kinetic interactive sculptures have captivated people at dozens of festivals and at Burning Man. As
My ambition is to create something unique, new, and intriguing for viewers – not so easy in a world where we are bombarded by images and “content” of all kind. My collages start with colors, textures and shapes. Narratives emerge slowly, as the pieces fall into place. I have lived in Takoma Park for many years and my art-making journey
A long time employee of USAID, I was deeply saddened by the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency and gutting of the federal workforce. In my grief, I began drawing dogs; their sweet faces and obliviousness to the destruction of our democracy brought me a sense of peace. First I drew my dog, then I drew my colleagues’ pets, and
Graphic novelist and painter exploring environmental collapse through the eyes of backyard creatures. Working with scrap wood and acrylic paint, I create anthropomorphic, dark and often cartoonish works. My artistic approach is drawn from my experience in animated commercial work for national TV, DIY home repair, art shows, and ecosystem management.
Kristine DeNinno is a longtime artist, educator, designer, and art consultant who works in printmaking. DeNinno earned a graduate degree from the Corcoran College of Art & Design, but ultimately found her calling in experimental printmaking at Pyramid Atlantic. DeNinno has completed residencies with organizations like Crown Point Press in San Francisco, CA and the Skopelos Foundation for the Arts
My paintings celebrate nature and the power of the spirit, which is reflected in natural forms and forces. In several disparate series of abstract works, I employ different means to express the beauty of light, the power of nature, or the grandeur of geological structures. Currently, I live in Beltsville, Maryland, but I grew up near Buffalo, NY, which
Nancy Arbuthnot is a poet and watercolor artist in Chevy Chase, DC, formerly of in the Takoma, DC neighborhood where she raised her children and still attends monthly meetings of her treasured Takoma Park book group. She has been an artist in residence in national parks (including Catoctin Mountain Park north of Frederick), where she has studied and celebrated in