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.
To know a person, know her roots. My roots start in New York, with a childhood mixing the urban landscape in Queens and the wilderness of summers spent at my grandmother’s farmhouse upstate. The sense of being an independent explorer and collector never left me and contributes greatly to my work now. I observe, collect, and piece together fragments that
I dabble in quite a few different mediums but clay is my favorite! I learned the basics of ceramics in my late twenties from my mother and father, both accomplished potters. Later I expanded my techniques by studying at Penland and Arrowmont Craft Schools. My ceramic techniques include hand building, slab construction, carving, and pit firing using combinations of stoneware,
I am a Maryland born multi-media artist primarily working in gouache and markers. I love doing anything related to art and making things, whether it be sewing, painting, sculpting, veganic farming, making jewelry or knitting. My work is primarily 2-d, though I’d love to branch into 3-D artwork. I love sustainability and using creative ways to deal with waste/recycled material,
Art started as a way for me to become more in touch with my spiritual center and I’ve been so grateful for the opportunity to develop it. The five quiet years I’ve lived in Takoma Park has allowed me to slow down long enough to discover my style, my medium, and my voice. I look forward to celebrating with other
Marilyn Banner was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She received a BFA in Painting from Washington University and pursued further work in the fine arts at Queens College (CUNY), University of Maryland, and Massachusetts College of Art (MSEd 1982). Mentors David Lund, Lowry Burgess, Marvin Bileck, and Betsy Damon were significant influences in her approach to painting, media, concept, and
Drawing is active seeing. Making art is a way to be an active participant in life. Showing these images to you completes the cycle. My imagery combines life events with visual experience in a multitude of medias and dimensions. Making art is my consistent passion and a means for survival. Vision and experience builds up an energy within that needs
Suzanne Bartlett is best known for her heavily sculptural, textile paintings and assemblages of vintage quilts and dresses, paper, castings, lace and antique pattern. Tissue are combined to evoke women’s work themes of survival. Treasures and talismans are collected and assembled in layers to sculpturally tell the story, carefully, exposing stitches, instructions, and handmade elements that were the history of
Born in Treviso, Italy, Davide was introduced to the art of metalsmithing by his father Alessandro and by the sculptor Toni Benetton. He studied jewelry and metalsmithing at the Institute of Art in Venice. In 2003, he obtained his degree in architecture at IUAV, Venice, Italy. Davide worked in Italy as an architect for several architectural firms, especially with
Kelsey Joyce is a Maryland-based artist who takes inspiration from her daydreams to create imaginary creatures she has coined the “Imji”. Joyce specializes in creating mixed media sculptures using various techniques and materials such as papier mache, wallpaper paste, paint, welding, clay, and acrylic paint. Each “Imji” has its own story, personality, and name that Joyce has nurtured into a