Civil War
Cote d’Ivoire, otherwise known as Ivory Coast, was embroiled in back-to-back civil wars from 2002-07 and 2010-11. For Ahmed, a poet and …
Stages
Kim Novak is a self-taught artisan who has lived and worked in Maryland for most of her life. As a result, she …
Inspired by Pollock
When Gyorgy first encountered a painting by Jackson Pollock when he was 15 years old, an artist was born. A poet and …
Necklaces walking across your collarbone
Rozzy has done some stellar needlework. For years, her train commute provided time to needlepoint belts or knit sweaters. When retirement meant the …
Be Kind… and patient
Annie Howe’s papercuts grace the labels, sweatshirts, and book covers of some of Baltimore’s legendary establishments. She sells her framed artwork through …
Quilted admiration: the strength of a West African woman
Cindy’s aunt taught her how to crochet when she was a child, but she’d always wanted to make quilts. When the opportunity …
The tactile sensation of glass
Greg grew up in the era where bored children figured out how to stay busy. The son of a tinkerer, Greg created …
A study in Matisse
When he was 18 years old, Ben was offered an opportunity to be a foreign exchange student in the south of France. …
Claire Cropper AKA experiment100b
Claire Cropper AKA experiment100b My first artistic medium was creative writing, which led me to an early career in literary publishing, followed …