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Please join us Thursday, November 17th from 4-6pm with Micah Smith and Unique Robinson for a workshop called “People Make the World Go ‘Round: Collaboration in Community.” Our guest speakers for this workshop are a Poet/Performer and a Singer-Songwriter. Both of whom are dedicated teaching artists and community collaborators. This workshop will surround themes of community and collaboration. Attendees will witness a live poetic and musical collaboration between Micah and Unique, in their respective practices. The second half of the event will consist of intuitive painting / words with imagery workshop then we will end with an open mic for people to perform or show their work.

Pitch Application: https://forms.gle/5HJ83vJkd8ELd3M26

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Please join us Friday, November 18th from 9-11am with Jess Langley for a workshop called “Building your Brand - Colorful Cohesion.” Building a brand that matches you and your energy is important. This workshop will offer participants the opportunity to learn how one of the most important aspects of being a professional artist in the 2020s, Marketing! The second half of the event will consist of an art making workshop in the form of creating your branding package by picking your color palette and fonts for your brand to use across your marketing platforms. Attendees will also define their content pillars for social media.

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Please join us Tuesday, November 15th from 6-8pm  with Michael Bracco for a workshop called “From Process To Product: Guide to Manufacturing your Art!” Have you made something amazing that you would like to transform in a creative way? Here you will learn how to turn your artwork into continuous income by creating new and innovative projects featuring your work. The second half of the event will consist of an art making workshop in the form of printmaking and drawing where you will learn how to transform your work into multiple selling outlets.

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Please join us Wednesday, November 16th from 4-6 pm  with Saz Ross for a workshop called “Sell/Speak/Stand Out: The Art of Public Speaking.” During this workshop, you will learn the basics of crafting and delivering the perfect elevator pitch. So many people do amazing and impressive things, create wonderful works, and make an impact on their community. However, if no one knows that it happened, what does it matter? In this workshop you will learn how to successfully speak on yourself and your brand. The second half of the event will consist of an open mic for attendees to present their elevator pitch.

Pitch Application: https://forms.gle/5HJ83vJkd8ELd3M26

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Please join us Monday, November 14th from 4-6 pm with Saz Ross for a workshop called “Show Me The Money: Financial Planning!” Learn the basics of making and managing your money as an artist. For too long artists have not received the professional development and business education necessary to truly succeed as professional artists, GEW ARTS is here to fix that. Join us to learn the money management skills you will need to succeed. The second half of the event will consist of art making workshops in the form of creative writing, storytelling and visual arts. Materials required: a sketchbook with tear out sheets of illustration paper, watercolor paints, brushes, and palettes.

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Cultivating Creatives: Professional Development Events and Art Making Workshop Series is a free week-long virtual event series for creatives of all experience levels from November 14th - November 18th. The event is presented by Operation ARTS Foundation inc in collaboration with The Saz Factory and funded by Maryland States Arts Council for Global Entrepreneurship Week / GEWARTS. Each workshop is 2 hours long each day and includes presentations, demos, and art making activities led by our guest speakers of different artist career paths.

The first day is Monday, November 14th from 4-6 pm with Saz Ross presenting a workshop called “Show Me The Money: Financial Planning!” The second day is Tuesday, November 15th from 6-8pm  with Michael Bracco for a workshop called “From Process To Product: Guide to Manufacturing your Art!” The third day is Wednesday, November 16th from 4-6 pm  with Saz Ross for a workshop called “Sell/Speak/Stand Out: The Art of Public Speaking.” The fourth day is on Thursday, November 17th from 4-6pm with Micah Smith and Unique Robinson for a workshop called “People Make the World Go ‘Round: Collaboration in Community.” The fifth day is November 18th from 9-11am with Jess Langley for a workshop called “Building your Brand: Colorful Cohesion.” These workshops foster the opportunity to network, create, and learn from experienced creative professionals. Please RSVP to each event accordingly to reserve your seat on zoom and if you miss it don't worry it will be recorded for future viewing on our Youtube channel. Evolve your craft through this unique opportunity to embrace your community and grow with the help of successful career artists sharing their experiences. Join us for a week of education and inspiration!

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Micah Smith is a Singer-Songwriter from Baltimore Maryland with 10+ years of experience on stage and in the classroom. From Lonnie Liston Smith to Kenny Latimore, Jason Nelson, and various others, Micah has shared the stage with many in the music industry and continues to do so today. Educating the youth of Baltimore has become a passion for him. As an educator in Baltimore City, expansion has been his mission. He offers students and clients an enjoyable approach to music and education. A multi-instrumentalist who studied music and sound, and under the late renowned Nathan Carter at Morgan State University, Micah has cultivated his
own sound and creates his own art. "Collaboration is key" is the perspective this educator encourages and promotes in colleagues and friends. Songwriting, song recording, music, and video production are a major focus in his innovative classroom experience rooted in music theory as the foundation. Students explore instrumentation, inspiration from other artists of various genres, rhythm, rhymes, and the voice. Micah continues to perform internationally and
collaborate with various artists and musicians all over the world.

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Saz has spent 12+ years working and thriving in the field of illustration and art education as an award-winning artist and educator. She owns a freelance illustration/creative workshop business called Saz Factory Inc. and uses illustrative storytelling as a vehicle for unlocking and elevating the creative mindset. Her high-contrast imagery has been seen on record albums, skateboards, billboards, product labels, murals, and in homes/stores across the globe.

Saz enjoys speaking and facilitating art workshops for businesses and educational institutions by inspiring people to live life in pen-where mistakes are embraced, and never erased. Saz has led workshops for thousands of educators and artists in educational institutions, businesses, state departments of education, homeless/troubled youth communities, and non-profit organizations.

Saz now illustrates at her home studio in Hampden, Baltimore with her husband Dave, baby daughter Valerie, and many dead plants. Saz wants everyone to access their creative mindset to prosper in all areas of life by getting lost in creativity. Getting lost yields life’s most inventive moments and if we can allow ourselves to navigate without a plan, we can be bold enough to take impactful and creative risks. Saz continues to inspire female leaders, artists, educators, businesses, and impoverished communities to use their stories as fuel for creativity, productivity, leadership, and community building while making positive and mindful changes in our world.

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Unique Mical (pron. "My-Kell") Robinson is a proud Baltimore City native. She received her MFA in English from Mills College in Oakland, CA, and a BA in Creative Writing/Black Studies from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.

Unique has performed poetry since her teens throughout the US, and Havana, Cuba. She began her career as a Community Organizer in Brooklyn, NY, and later, as an Academic Mentor in Oakland, CA. Having returned to Baltimore in 2015, Unique has worked consistently as a Poetry Teaching Artist, and in administrative roles for various non-profits, including DewMoreBaltimore, Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, AFRO Charities, & The Lyric Baltimore. Uniquereceived the Emerging Teaching Artist award from Arts Every Day in 2017, The Grit Fund Grant in 2019, and an Artist Recovery Grant from BOPA in 2022. With MICA, she has been Adjunct Faculty in Humanistic Studies since 2016, and Co-Facilitator of the Community Gathering series with MICA's DEI Director. Unique is now the appointed Director of MICA’s MFA in Community Arts Program.

Unique also serves as a member of Hampshire College’s Writers Advisory Council and was the Chairperson of 2022 Baltimore Pride. Unique has two poetic book releases: flicked/forgotten/FREED (2014), and Four Wings & A Prayer: A Charm City Churn (2019). She later expanded into music, releasing blkottonkandy's EP, vesica piscis (2019), Tha 27th Letter, Vol. I (2019) & II (2020) (as kLefta*maniak), 2021’s GETCHA LIFE! EP (a collaboration between kLefta*maniak and MRDJXZ), and 2022's Cosmic Drama (as Tha Noisy Neighbor).

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Jess Langley (she/her) is a designer, muralist, and mindset + pricing coach. She runs two distinct businesses focused on bringing color, celebration, and business strategy to brands, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits so they can make a bigger impact.

Her first business, White Coffee Creative, is a design and mural studio that she started in June 2017 after getting laid off (genuinely one of the best things that ever happened to her!). After connecting with many other creative entrepreneurs while running her business, she started to see the cracks in the industry — such as perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and lack of boundaries — and realized she wasn't the only one dealing with these struggles. She quickly brought in over six figures in revenue but hit burnout, hard.

That lead to her adding coaching offers. As The Colorful Jess, she helps creative entrepreneurs let go of perfectionism, feel confident, and ditch burnout by combining mindset work with pricing strategy and intuitive tools. Everything she does comes back to her signature Holy Fuck Pricing method, which is all about empowering you to believe in and charge your value so we can ditch the starving artist mentality, together.

She also hosts a podcast with a good friend called The Badass Roadmap. It's a guide for running your business, being a creative, & living a kick ass life and to help you write your own unique roadmap for success in business and in life. They share their experiences and tips along the way while being vulnerable, laughing, and cussing lol.

When she's not working, you can find Jess sipping coffee, bingeing Netflix shows, hiking with her pups, or dreaming about having a cabin in the woods.

You can find her on Instagram:

@thecolorfuljess

@whitecoffeecreativeco

@thebadassroadmap

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Michael S Bracco is a graphic novel author and illustrator who has worked on a variety of science fiction graphic novels and illustrated novels including The Creators, the award winning Novo series, The Monuments, The Kids Of Wydney Junior High, and many others. Alongside his comic work, Michael owns and operates Spaghetti Kiss, a craft company showcasing hand screened apparel for men and women featuring his original science fiction and fantasy illustration.  Michael is also cast member for the performance art group, Super Art Fight.  During the day, however; Michael teaches art full time to middle school students and lives in Baltimore with his wife, Shawna, their daughter, Amelia, and their cats, Bowie and Wish.

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Saz has spent 12+ years working and thriving in the field of illustration and art education as an award-winning artist and educator. She owns a freelance illustration/creative workshop business called Saz Factory Inc. and uses illustrative storytelling as a vehicle for unlocking and elevating the creative mindset. Her high-contrast imagery has been seen on record albums, skateboards, billboards, product labels, murals, and in homes/stores across the globe.

Saz enjoys speaking and facilitating art workshops for businesses and educational institutions by inspiring people to live life in pen-where mistakes are embraced, and never erased. Saz has led workshops for thousands of educators and artists in educational institutions, businesses, state departments of education, homeless/troubled youth communities, and non-profit organizations.

Saz now illustrates at her home studio in Hampden, Baltimore with her husband Dave, baby daughter Valerie, and many dead plants. Saz wants everyone to access their creative mindset to prosper in all areas of life by getting lost in creativity. Getting lost yields life’s most inventive moments and if we can allow ourselves to navigate without a plan, we can be bold enough to take impactful and creative risks. Saz continues to inspire female leaders, artists, educators, businesses, and impoverished communities to use their stories as fuel for creativity, productivity, leadership, and community building while making positive and mindful changes in our world.

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This workshop is led by Poet/Performer Unique Robinson and Singer-Songwriter Micah Smith, both dedicated Teaching Artists and community collaborators. The workshop will engage participants around themes of community and collaboration, where participants will witness a live poetic and musical collaboration between Micah and Unique, in their respective practices. The workshop will culminate in an open mic/share out of participants’ creations.

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“Alliance for Responsible Trade & Sustainability”

Our mission is to develop the creative economy. Our organization encourages better business practices & economic growth for all. We lay the foundation for profitable, collaborative relationships between artists, businesses & the community by streamlining opportunities. We create financial stability for artists by providing them with the resources to help them succeed.

www.operationarts.com

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1. Intros - 5 min

2. Share bit about our work in community - 5 min

3. Icebreaker - rhyme time, community based words - 10 min

4. Share our song collaboration - 5 min

5. Feedback from ppl - 5 min

6. Explain workshop activity - Have participants do writing and/or visual activity based on I AM, WE ARE prompt re: community - if visual, incorporating the colors - need collage items - 1hr

7. Open Mic (participants shareout) - 15 min

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Art form: Creative Writing/Storytelling/Visual Arts with Saz Ross

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Art form: Creative Writing/Storytelling/Visual Arts with Saz Ross

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Art Form: Public Speaking -Participants take the LEAD/ Open Mic

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Art Form: Public Speaking -Participants take the LEAD/ Open Mic

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Elevator Pitches: Putting the spotlight on the artists:

Preparation list: What signs you need/aesthetic/inside versus outside

Things you need, opportunities, knowing your audience, networking your way to high traffic events/what places to put energy into versus not.

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The Saz Factory is a business built by Saz Ross - a maker, educator, and public speaker in Baltimore City. Saz uses her work to instill a consciousness of space and creative confidence in her audience.

Website: https://www.sazross.com/

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Art Form: Printmaking/Drawing and Transferring Art

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Art Form: Printmaking/Drawing and Transferring Art

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How to transform your work into multiple selling outlets.

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Art Form: Artist Mash Up- Micah and Unique

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Art Form: Artist Mash Up- Micah and Unique

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intuitive painting / words with imagery

Open Mic: Close out with audience members to present their collaborations

Pitch Application: https://forms.gle/5HJ83vJkd8ELd3M26

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All artists will have the opportunity to schedule one on one sessions (1 hour) with Saz during the week of November 28th-Dec 2nd. 

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All artists will have the opportunity to schedule one on one sessions (1 hour) with Saz during the week of November 28th-Dec 2nd. 

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I AM BECAUSE WE ARE ACTIVITY:

On a sheet of paper, please list out:

3 favorite colors

3 names you go by

3 places you are from (literal or metaphorical)

3 last names you inherited

3 things you love about your community

3 things you’d love to change about your community

If you choose to write a poem…
Skip a line from what you wrote above. Then, write

"I am..."

The goal is to insert words in poem that you listed, wherever you please, but please write as much as you can!
If you have a hard time thinking of what to write, you can begin every line with "I am" and fill in the blanks about yourself from there.

If you choose to do a visual project…

The goal is to incorporate the colors, names, and places above, hopes and wishes for community, either written (literal) or metaphorical symbols representing these spaces.

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Materials: Sketchbook with tear out sheets of illustration paper. Watercolor paints, brushes, and palettes. 

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Materials: Sketchbook with tear out sheets of illustration paper. Watercolor paints, brushes, and palettes. 

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Apply to three vending events and screenshot your application

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You really just need to have something to draw with/on.

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Create a design that considers transfer design fundamentals

Create an account on Printful (red bubble, society6, etc), upload your design to a variety of products

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Homework: Record your shared composition: Tag gewarts on youtube or share it social media and tag operation arts and saz_ross.

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Homework: Record your shared composition: Tag gewarts on youtube or share it social media and tag operation arts and saz_ross.

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Raffle: Winner of this homework assignment will be rewarded!

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Artists of Operation Arts Facebook Group 

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Artists of Operation Arts Facebook Group 

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Collaboration: values and networking

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This group is for the artist’s network to create, connect, and collaborate! Please join our group to learn about upcoming opportunities, grants, jobs, call for artists, events, and more! Currently we...

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Homework: Upload your art and written work. Apply for the Creativity Grant!

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Homework: Upload your art and written work. Apply for the Creativity Grant!

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Lost in Creation Those who CAN do teach and inspire the world in extraordinary ways. This group is made for artists and people who admire artists for sharing their craft while teaching others the...

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Your Bio
Headshot
Any important links and information

Formatting for the hour/90 mins:

1. Intro/bio/show work
2. Transition to interactive studio time demonstration
3. Studio time
4. Sharing
5. Homework

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Workshop ideas: pick color palette and fonts for your brand to use across your marketing

Other option: define your content pillars for social media

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Pitch Application: https://forms.gle/5HJ83vJkd8ELd3M26

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Our brands also turned into business partners. We come together through fashion to invest into an arcade! Bringing the world together through fashion is the goal! This is proof that we can change the world by coming together!

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Multiple Free Downloadable Books
- SECRETS OF THE GRANT
- The Making Your Life as an Artist Workbook
- The Artists Raising Kids Compendium
- What Artist Residencies Can Do For Artist Parents
And Vice Versa
- The Simple Art of Fundraising
by Damian Sinclair
- CORE PRINCIPLES

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Andrew Simonet

Three Things That Aren't True

1. If another artist gets the grant, it means the world thinks s/he is a better artist than me.

2. There is a conspiracy in the art world an on panels against my type of art. My work is too strange/raw/honest/political for panels to handle.

3. I am a genius and should get every grant/I am a charity case and lucky to get anything.

Separate yourself from the grant. You are not the grant, you are not your video, you are not your resume. Your proposal will be approved or denied for a complex set of reasons, never because you are not a good artist. Depersonalize the task of grant writing. Be strategic. It makes your writing better and eases the (inevitable) heartbreak of rejection.

Try to inform, not seduce. A plainly spoken articulation of what you actually want to do is better than puffed-up look-at-how-amazing-I-am bragging.

Lead with your most visionary, distinctive work. Don't imagine that you need to make yourself and your work look "normal" or traditional.

Don't try to second-guess a panel by pandering to funding priorities. Going on about how your work could have community impact and solve poverty and cure AIDS only helps if it's at the center of your project. If it's about making art, just say so.

Funders are partners (not parents). When you read the guidelines (twice), imagine the strongest partnership: where do your interests overlap? How can you help them reach their goals while they help you reach yours?

Have someone read your proposal. HAVE SOMEONE READ YOUR PROPOSAL, preferably someone who writes grants successfully or who has sat on panels. This is essential.

If you ever have the opportunity to sit on a panel, do it. It is by far the best education in grant writing. Also, read the grants that your friends and fellow artists write. You will learn a lot.

Grant panels are filled with master artists, presenters, funders, and critics. Putting your work in front of thought leaders in your field has huge career benefits, even if you don't get the grant.
How Your Work is Seen
Knowing how your work is discussed by thought leaders in your field is power. This is gigantically gigantic: there is a conversation about your work. You can learn about that conversation, affect it, and address it in your writing. If you understand how your work is actually seen in your field, you will be much, much better at writing applications and getting resources. Get panel feedback whenever possible. It can hurt, but it's gold. It allows you to write to the concerns and questions that a panel has. Years ago, the NEA dance director told me the two worst arguments she'd ever witnessed on the NEA dance panel were about my company's work. The arguments were: is this really dance? Hearing that hurt a lot. But I got over it, and I wrote to that question in my applications, talking about movement invention and choreographic structure. And that question never came up on the panel again.

Have candid conversations about your work with presenters, funders, thinkers, and artists. Ask people who get what you are doing and have some perspective on the national conversation. Again, this is intense, and maybe not for everyone. But knowing where your work actually lives, how it is actually received, will help you write better and get more resource.

Get thought leaders to see your work. As you can imagine, it's hugely helpful if someone on the panel has seen an artist's work live. There is not a conspiracy in the art world, but there is a group of thought leaders who serve on a lot of panels. I strongly recommend making a gentle, ongoing plan to get prominent artists, curators, and leaders to see your work in person. In Headlong, the company I worked with for 20 years, there were maybe five important curators/programmers/funders who advocated strongly for our work. More than half of our gigs and opportunities came from these five champions. This doesn't require cheesy, schmoozy careerism; just give people a chance to see your work. And if they connect with it, give them more chances to get close to it.

Invite people to your work. Ask people who are already supporters: who else might be interested? Make a special effort to connect with national leaders. Look for conventions and convenings. Make a short list of thought leaders to invite to your openings and premieres. When you hear someone is going to be in town, consider having a studio visit or showing. Sometimes a presenter or funder will help invite people or even buy a plane ticket if asked.

Today's emerging leaders will be running things in five years. Build relationships with younger folks, people starting out, and they will champion your work as they move up.

Yes votes mean more than No votes. Some people won't champion your work, or even like it. Doesn't matter too much. A champion or two, a few supporters, make a huge difference. I find that to be true in general and definitely on panels: champions outweigh detractors.
Proposal
Make a "legal" argument, a case. Tie together the many threads of the application (resume, video, proposal, work sample description) into one coherent, irrefutable argument:

1) This is who I am and what I have done.

2) This is what I want to do next.

3) This is (precisely, specifically) how this project will get me there.

Number three is where the grant/award/fellowship/festival comes in.

Keep it short. Never use the entire space or word count. It shouldn't be that hard to describe. Start with a quick, pithy sentence (you need to be able to say it one sentence), and then fill in the details. A reader should be able to grasp your entire project by looking only at your first paragraph, your timetable, and your budget.

Specifics are key. Make a timetable, even if the grant doesn't require it. This communicates responsibility and planning.

Give ammunition to your allies and take it away from your detractors. Be transparent about questions and challenges. If a work is site-specific, discuss how you will secure and work in the site. It is good to have questions, good to have new challenges in the project. Let the panel know that you are thinking about these challenges and how you might address them.
Documentation
Get good documentation of all your work. There is no longer any excuse for low quality work samples. Twenty years ago, it was cumbersome and expensive to document work well. It's not anymore. Build documentation into your budget and your schedule. Low-quality work samples don't convey the strength of your work and suggest carelessness and lack of follow-through, not things you want associated with your application.

Don't submit slick promo videos or images. They are useless. Panels want to see your actual work. Let them. In my experience on panels, we are looking for two things: is something real and vivid happening? And then, does it develop?

Have someone look at your work samples. Get together a trusted artist and someone on the decision side (presenter, funder, panelist), give them several options, get their honest feedback. It's not a question of whether the work is good. It's a question of what reads well in a photo/video, which is totally different. It is impossible to assess clearly one's own work samples. Resubmit work samples that get grants.

In the "Work Sample Information Sheet," tell the panel exactly what to look for and how it ties into your current work and your proposed project. Imagine that they will completely misunderstand your work and guide them explicitly to what you want the to see. This is a part of the application that many artists neglect, and it can completely change the panel's view of your work.
Resume
Calibrate your resume. Make the smallest unit big. People who actually think they are unimportant brag. Create an air of importance and clarity. "Selected Performances" or "Selected Work." Let the reader wonder about what you left off. Never mention college work or college awards. One page is best. Two is the maximum, unless it's a C.V.
Budget
Pay yourself for your time. All of your time, including "creative time." Pay your collaborators. Real budgets that account for all expenses at professional level fees will actually help your proposal. Underfunded or unthoughtful budgets will make you less likely to be funded.

If the grant is $10,000 proposal, don't propose an underfunded $40,000 project. Panels, especially those that include artists, will immediately sense that. Limit your proposal to what you can do excellently and thoroughly. If necessary, break out a "phase" of the project that can be done for the grant amount.

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Andrew Simonet 1. If another artist gets the grant, it means the world thinks s/he is a better artist than me. 2. There is a conspiracy in the art world an on panels against my type of art. My work is too strange/raw/honest/political for panels to handle. 3.

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Founded in 1967, The Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) is an agency of the State of Maryland's Department of Commerce that plays an essential role, ensuring every person has access to the transformative power of the arts. MSAC advances the arts in our state by providing leadership that champions creative expression, diverse programming, equitable access, lifelong learning, and the arts as a celebrated contributor to the quality of life for all the people of Maryland.

https://www.msac.org/

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GEW ARTS is a collaboration of local students, entrepreneurs, innovators, investors & leaders who have teamed up to help create a thriving entrepreneur ecosystem here in Maryland. For too long, people have been leaving their hometowns in the mid Atlantic region to pursue their career and dreams elsewhere. We are organizers dedicated to fostering local entrepreneurship to strengthen our community through professional development, collaboration, and opportunities. Our goal is to provide the tools and resources so anyone can feel confident in their ability to start a business and be successful in the DMV. Together by facilitating events to empower, entertain & educate during Global Entrepreneurship Week we hope to inspire others and pave the way to success.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GEWARTS/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GEW_ARTS

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/GEWARTS

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Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world’s largest celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare. During one week each November, GEW inspires people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to help them take the next step in their entrepreneurial journey. These activities, from large-scale competitions and events to intimate networking gatherings, connect participants to potential collaborators, mentors and even investors — introducing them to new possibilities and exciting opportunities.

https://www.genglobal.org/gew

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Schedule/Presentation breakdown
1. Intro/bio/show work
2. Drawing for printmaking: fundamentals and drawing prompt
3. Studio tour, breakdown of the elements of a home studio
4. Printmaking Demo
5. Share out/Q&A
5. Homework

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Add the drawings and sketches you did during the workshop here!

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Resource: MSAC Website/Roster Artist Application

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Resource: MSAC Website/Roster Artist Application

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Creativity Grants support arts projects by individual artists and arts organizations.

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Google Forms - create and analyze surveys, for free.

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$5.00 off any item in my store! Use the code WELCOME at checkout

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Application for free coaching (1 hr session-only 10 will be selected)

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Application for free coaching (1 hr session-only 10 will be selected)

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Grant Intro Guide Printout by Operation ARTS

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Grant Intro Guide Printout by Operation ARTS

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Welcome To The Spaghetti Kiss Online Store!

I hope you enjoy browsing through all of my work. All of the apparel is adorned with monsters, robots, and other oddities that I illustrate in my sketchbook and then screenprint by hand in my dungeoness basemet studio. The graphic novels all tell wild science fiction tales that explore social issues through sequential art. They are all drawn by hand and colored digitally and are either written by me or in collaboration with other amazing writers and artists. Thank you for visiting!

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I hope you enjoy browsing through all of my work. All of the apparel is adorned with monsters, robots, and other oddities that I illustrate in my sketchbook and then screenprint by hand in my dungeoness basemet studio. The graphic novels all tell wild science fiction tales that explore social issues through sequential art.

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This is a mural I did in hagerstown MD

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This pice is called strange fruit. It’s a string and resin sculpture.

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Deer zombie with Spaghetti & meatball dangling in its antler's. Marinara sauce blood, of course. 

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Lost Poem
I hear screaming and yelling,
I touch the couch's tan threads,
I see heavy rain and a dead deer next to the road,
I taste Spaghetti and meatballs fresh from the pot,
I smell Marinara sauce, I can't wait to eat it
I feel nervous, unsure, and hopeless

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I thought about body during this workshop. Lost in the challenges that comes with my Fibromyalgia diagnosis. Being chronically ill. I am young and full of hopes and dreams. But trapped in a body that is so limited beyond comprehension.

I hear nothing but silence. An internal outburst that only I can feel and understand. Holding it tight so no one sees.

I touch my soft blankets because it makes me feel less alone.

I see nothing. Staring blankly at what’s in front of me but not really seeing it.

I taste nothing but my mouth is dry

I smell nothing

I feel crippled, trapped, and hopeless

This exercise also reminded me of a drawing idea I had but didn’t have time to do it yet. I can share that too later

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I hear... Sirens, traffic, the constant hum of vehicles. The whispers of far off voices. I put on my headphones and drown it all away.

I touch... A jacket, a door knob, the sidewalk, My hoop, I let go.

I see. The streets, the moon, the stars, the trees dancing in a gentle breeze. The prostitutes just trying to get by.

I taste... The cold night air. I taste my tears.

I smell... The grass in the freshly mowed park

I feel... Alone, gullible, separate, defeated, but free.

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A girl falling from angel wings into a mold covered lantern then running out through the broken parts to a mysterious fluffy object.

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A quick sketch of the idea I was talking about. The idea of body: nerve pain, vulnerability, feeling trapped and helpless. Being consumed by everything that comes with chronic illnesses

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Day 3 SAZ ROSS SellSpeakStand Out The Art of Public Speaking!

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Brands in the store all came together to write a book on our ups and downs building our businesses.

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This is our selfie space! We offer this to all of our brands to use for content creation!

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This video helped ayo boutique gain over 300 local entrepreneurs from all over the world!

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https://mdmumbo.square.site/

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https://www.loom.com/

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Free screen recorder for Mac and PC | Loom

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Best free online screen recording tool with advanced video editing and video storage trusted by over 21 million people and easy sharing from Loom.com.

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Prompt Exercise: Renee

3 FAVORITE COLORS
Green, Black, Pink
3 NAMES YOU GO BY
Renee, Nay, Nay-z
3 PLACES YOU ARE FROM
Baltimore, Annapolis, DMV
3 LAST NAMES YOU INHERITED
Taylor, Decorpo, Brown
3 THINGS YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY
The love, the diversity, the peace
3 THINGS YOU'D LOVE TO CHANGE ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY
I want more people, the feds are too close, I miss the corner stores

So Mote I Be

I AM Renee, Nay, Nay-z
Of the DMV
Baltimore to Annapolis
The Purple, Black, and Green
I AM an artist, a healer, a warrior, a queen
I can save em' or whoop em'
And everything in between
Folks say that Baltimore's a beast
but what they don't see is
The beauty, the love, diversity, and peace
I love my home
But now I'm in wish a nigga woods
No more helicopters no more hoods
I want more people
The feds are too close
I miss the corner stores
It's like all I've known is ghost

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Attendee: E. Ainsley aka Janessa Holloway

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Attendee: E. Ainsley aka Janessa Holloway

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Coming soon on 11.24.2022
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/janessaholloway/winter-dreaming-2

For more music, visit:
https://linktr.ee/janessaholloway

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Saz elevates your natural strengths to access a creative edge, achieve optimum community engagement, and surface the confidence to think and act outside of the lines. If you want to set yourself a part from the rest, look no further.

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Torece Utsey. I am not an artist. However,  I enjoyed meeting and learning from you all. Thank you all

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Torece Utsey. I am not an artist. However,  I enjoyed meeting and learning from you all. Thank you all

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Hi, I am E. Ozie. I am a multimedia artist, author, and filmmaker. I use my creative voice to rise to the forefront of revolutionary conversations about society and identity with the power of art and storytelling across many mediums. The most recent art form I've dabbled in is music and songwriting.

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I am

BLUE Lissa

From BLUE Mississippi

From the Pepper clan

Who dug in the dirt

And grew things green,

And the Holland kin

Who delivered the mail.

I am

PURPLE Melissa

Moved to Virginia

Learned to love babies

Babies all colors

Holding and singing

Singing and listening

But not enough.

I am

GREEN Virginia

Moved to the free state

Learned to love rivers,

wildwoods and lake.

Learned to hate tree cutters

When people need shade,

Learned to hate door closers

When people need shelter,

Learned to yearn for it all to be better.