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&rea
Arts
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Glee Ann and Andrea
Harne will exhibit floral and seascape oil,
acrylic, and watercolor paintings.
Additionally, Andrea will create caricatures
of fairgoers, $15 per person in color, $10
per person in black and white. Plan on
5 - 8 minutes per person to get your River
Artsfest souvenir caricature created!
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A
Gift From God
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Young
Kaylin states that she is blessed to create
for you handmade jewelry, lanyards, sculpey-decorated
frames and more.
Proceeds from all sales support a
variety of charitable ventures, such as
sponsoring children through World Vision.
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African
Art and More
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La
Conte Saunders displays handcrafted art from
the continent of Africa: baskets,
soaps, stones, masks, and more from
Cameroon
,
Nigeria
,
Zambia
,
Egypt
, etc.
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Terri Alo
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Terri Alo's pottery
explores functionality in not only the
traditional sense, but in the creative sense
as well.
Ranging from traditional bowls and
plates to original wall hangings and stylish
lamps, Terri’s pottery entices all types
of art patrons.
Patrons are welcome to special order
in specific colors or convey their own
unique ideas that Terri can recreate in
clay.
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Amber's
Jewelry Box
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Amber Jones
creates and will exhibit an eclectic mix of
eye-catching jewelry.
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Ballet
Arts Academy
at
Old Waldorf School
www.balletartsacademy.com
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The Ballet Arts
Academy at Old Waldorf School will have an
informational booth on the school, its
philosophy, and class offerings, as well as
photos from throughout the Academy's short,
but successful history. In honor of
Charles County's 350th Anniversary, students
of the Academy will perform country dances
from 1658-2008, accompanied by the Capital
Quicksteps, from 5:00 - 6:30 pm.
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Patricia
Valdes Biles
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Patricia
Biles is a visual artist of 2-D works.
Her father, now deceased, was a
commercial artist.
“Doing art makes me feel like he is
still here with us.”
Patricia prefers oil on canvas, but
she also does acrylics and fabric paints.
She likes landscapes, wildlife, and
pets. She
can often be seen riding her bicycle,
walking of hiking the woods and Route 210
looking for ideas and inspiration of just
enjoying the day!
She is excited to meet this year’s
River Artsfest patrons.
“It just gets better every year.
Thank you CCAA and sponsors.”
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Susan
Boarman
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Susan
Boarman uses black and white in many of her pencil
drawings to create a sense of the past.
In other drawings she prefers rich natural
colors to capture the beauty of today's
Southern Maryland landscape or the sun
reflecting through the clouds of the
Potomac River
. All of Susan’s drawings are of
real places in
Southern Maryland
. Most are visible along the back
roads. At River Artsfest, Susan will
have original pencil drawings,
professionally reproduced prints, framed
work, and notecards for sale.
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Carryalls
by Carolyn
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Carolyn
Chlosta creates handmade carryalls (tote
bags, purses, laptop computer bags, and
knitting bags) principally for women. The
carryalls use the finest fabric and are
available in varying sizes, colors and
material patterns. These carryalls make
great gifts, and also can serve as shopping
bags in lieu of the standard grocery store
plastic bags. The uniqueness of these
carryalls make them reversible for added
use. Custom orders to suit individual tastes
are also available.
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Charles
County Arts Alliance
www.charlescountyarts.org
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The
Charles County Arts Alliance is a 501(c)3
nonprofit organization which strives to
stimulate, promote, encourage and
provide recognition of the arts and the
creative spirit. Founded in 1987, the
CCAA promotes ALL the arts in Charles
County: music, visual arts, drama,
dance, and literature. The CCAA is the
coordinator of River Artsfest. Learn
more about the CCAA under the Silent Auction
tent, where River Artsfest t-shirts will
also be on sale.
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Charles
County Genealogical Society
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The Charles County
Genealogical Society will be available at
River Artsfest to show a CD about the
society and its work, and to discuss the
same with interested citizens
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Chartistry
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Artist
Char Lancaster Wiseman creates unique,
one-of-a-kind art jewelry, handmade in
sterling silver with semi-precious stones.
She also works with dichroic glass in
her jewelry and other art objects like tiles
and functional pieces.
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Chesapeake Bay
Floating Theatre
www.indianheadblackbox.org
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The
Black Box Theatre has been a forum for the
grassroots development of artistic
expression in
Charles
County
and the surrounding areas for more than
three years.
The venue and its programs offer
aspiring professional artists and arts
organizations a bridge to the established
cultural community of the Greater Washington
Metropolitan area.
The Black Box Theatre in the
Indian
Head
Center
for the Arts is one essential way in which
the Town of
Indian Head
contributes to the cultural and educational
enhancement for all of
Southern Maryland
.
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The Corner Studio
and
Corner
Studio Artworks
www.cornerstudioartworks.com
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The
Corner Studio is a private studio located in
La Plata
,
MD
that is open to local artists for classes
and workshops organized through the Charles
County Arts Alliance. At least once a week
the Corner Studio has “Open Studio” time
for local artists. An ongoing project at the
studio is the painting of the carousel
horses for the Southern Maryland Carousel
Group, Inc.
Corner Studio Artworks is a company through
which the artwork created in the Corner
Studio is sold in the form of Giclee Prints
and on Fine Art Note Cards. Other
personalized photo and printing services are
also available. Its new website (www.cornerstudioartworks.com) showcases
the artists, classes, and events of the
Corner Studio and provides a web presence
for other local artists and related groups.
At River Artsfest, original artworks,
prints, and notecards by Corner Studio
artists will be available for sale.
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Jennifer
A. Curtis
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Jennifer
A. Curtis, a fine art photographer,
specializes in
abstract and landscape prints.
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Janet
Davis
www.picturetrail.com/earart
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Janet
Davis is a glass and jewelry artist.
She handcrafts designer jewelry using
quality jewelry findings and gemstone
quality beads. She also creates fused
glass jewelry and fused glass plates and
vases. A teacher of jewelry-making,
Janet will conduct demonstrations at River
Artsfest on how she makes wire-wrapped
rings.
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Dr.
Samuel A. Mudd Society, Inc.
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The Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
Society is dedicated to the preservation and
interpretation of the historic Dr. Samuel A.
Mudd Home (museum with exhibit building,
gift shop and farm museum). The
Society encourages research into the role
that this historic site played at the time
of the assassination of President Abraham
Lincoln, as this is the home of the famous
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd who doctored John Wilkes
Booth.
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Dragon
Skin Designs
www.dragonskindesigns.com
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Dragon
Skin Designs presents jewelry that is
inspired by natural elements.
All pieces are uniquely designed and
created from fine silver, 22k gold, and
natural gemstones.
Designer Donna Grant’s newest
collection, Sakura, features Japanese
imagery:
cherry blossoms, cranes, samurai, and
yes, even dragons!
Necklaces, bracelets, earrings and
rings... all handmade, all on display.
She invites you to come by and try!
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DramaticWorks
Theatre
www.dramaticworkstheatre.com
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DramaticWorks
Theatre is a non-profit (501 c 3)
organization that provides full marketing
and management of your stage play or film by
using a “hands on” approach method of
promoting your show. Creative and affordable
ways to promote your show are important to
them. After being in the theater business
for a number of years as an actress,
playwright, producer of original stage work
and having helped other theatre companies, Lisa
Star understands how important it is to
get the "word out" and she's here
to help you increase tickets sales, audience
presence, and improve promotion and
management through several services created
just for you.
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Elysium
Unique Jewelry
and
Wearable Art
www.elysiumuniquejewelry.com
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Mary
Ellen Merlino creates handmade one-of-a-kind
jewelry incorporating precious metals,
pearls, gemstones and minerals.
Custom orders and customer-requested
alterations to her pieces are available.
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Evie’s
Crafts & Gifts –
“Extra
Touch Creations”
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Evie
Dashiell creates all handmade and handpainted “extra
touch creations” for any occasion!
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Eye
on the World Photography
www.eyeontheworld.photostockplus.com
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Roberta
Alberding, an accomplished film and digital
photographer, has been shooting people,
nature, landscapes and cityscapes for over
30 years.
She creates nostalgic digital art
photographs, matted and framed, suitable for
home or office.
She explores digital graphic
techniques to create mood and artistic
style.
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Farragut
Films, Inc.
www.starshipfarragut.com
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Farragut
Films is a non-profit film company in the
business of making fan films of the Star
Trek genre. Starship Farragut is
based on the crew of the U.S.S.
Farragut, a Constitution Class
Starship (NCC-1647) commanded by Captain
John T. Carter, and takes place during the
time of legendary Captain James T. Kirk of
the Starship Enterprise (NCC-1701).
At River Artsfest 2008, the crew
intends to give away DVDs and brochures,
while having a continuous loop feed of its
first two episodes showing for the
public’s enjoyment. A
shuttle craft will also be on display.
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FrantiQ,
LLC
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Fran
Panzo and Karen Groething are fused glass
artists.
They turn everyday objects into art:
spoon rests to plates, can openers to
clocks --- hand-worked, kiln-formed magic!
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Gary
and Kitty Frick
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Gary
Frick
has worked in stained glass for over 25
years. He
has sold and displayed his work at various
shows and festivals during that time.
Over the past 5 years,
Gary
has experimented in the fusing of glass into
various forms.
Kitty
Frick has woven baskets for 13 years.
She has attended many basket
conferences in
North Carolina
,
Kentucky
,
Tennessee
,
West Virginia
, and
Delaware
where she has learned how baskets were made
in those areas of the
United States
. She
has recently crafted handmade bases from
pottery with unique designs to be used in
the weaving of her baskets.
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Fun
Crafts
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John Conje
displays unique and handsomely created
wood carvings of kitchen utensils
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Golf
Widow’s Studio
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Judy
Horigan creates hand cut, edged and painted
wood sign boards of various sizes with
tasteful sayings.
Additionally, Judy crafts framed
theorem paintings, as well as mini-wreaths
and topiaries, all by home in her in-home
studio.
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Lorina
Griffioen-Harris
www.art-smart-studio.com
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Lorina
Harris Art means:
Dialogues, Connections, Associations,
Love, Peace and celebrating the many faces
of beauty, Landscapes that move her... And
have peace, tranquility and hope in them.
Some pieces are about, Human nature,
versus God’s nature.
Layers of thought, Places,
Happenings, People, Songs, Sounds, Images,
Smells, Textures, An entire sensory
smorgasbord which is Life as she experiences
it and it moves her to create with any/all
media expressing this Life to share with
others.
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Elton
"Dwight" Hill II
and
Ashlee
Ealy
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Elton and Ashlee will
exhibit a
mixture of abstract & traditional
photography, expressive drawings and
paintings, and digital artwork.
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Humane
Society of Charles County
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The
Humane Society of Charles County promotes
the humane treatment of animals and fosters
a respect for all life, both animal and
human through educational programs.
At River Artsfest the Humane Society of Charles
County will offer answers to your animal
questions; the TWLA group will present their
endangered wildlife projects; and a dog
trainer will be available to help you with
your pet problems!
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Wanda
C. Hunter
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Wanda
Hunter makes detailed birdhouses that are designed
to attract birds and look great in
the yard as a form of yard art.
Each house is unique in style,
including Victorian, bungalows, row houses,
antique barns & shops, schools, and
more. Each
birdhouse sits on a platform designed to
resemble a yard and may contain any of the
following items:
fences, tiny Adirondack chairs and
tables, ceramic birdbaths or fountains,
miniature topiaries, dogs, trees, shrubs,
and a variety of other items.
Each house is truly a one-of-a-kind
work of art.
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Interior
Artscapes
www.interiorartscapes.com
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Sandra
M. Germann is a fine artist who creates
framed paintings as well as murals and faux
finishes. Interior Artscapes can
transform any space into a beautiful
environment. A custom mural will
enhance a home with an original and unique
expression of style. Faux Finishes are
another way to decorate a home with
artistic style. From soft and subtle,
to bold and rustic, Interior Artscapes
can customize a finish to compliment any
decor. Specializing in faux marble,
granite, stonework, and woodgraining, many
surfaces such as columns, fireplaces and
trim work can be transformed into what you
have always wanted.
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Chez
Jackson
www.chezart.com
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Chez
Jackson has a unique art style that was
born from years of practice. He works
in all mediums but oils are his
favorite. He has abstract as well as
realism in his collection of art.
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Julie's
Rainforest
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Julie
Olinger exhibits lucky bamboo
plants in all sizes and formations.
Unique vases and accessories
highlight her work.
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La
La's Bags
www.lalasbags.com
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Colleen Wilson creates
handmade purses, tote bags and diaper bags
to fit any style. All bags come in a
variety of colors, patterns, and
fabrics. Each bag or tote is
handcrafted and custom made bags are
available.
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Mary’s
Wood Goodies
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Artist
Mary K. Gault creates wood art (shorebirds,
painted boxes and more).
She will also have prints of original
acrylics at River Artsfest.
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Mattawoman Creek
Art
Center
www.mattawomanart.org
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Members
of MCAC will present an informational booth
about visual arts and the
Mattawoman
Creek
Art
Center
, located in
Smallwood
State Park
,
Marbury
,
MD.
Artwork from the Mattawoman Creek Art Center
Gift Shop will be available for purchase:
paintings, sculpture, photography,
drawings, and jewelry.
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Mattawoman
Watershed Society
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The Mattawoman Watershed
Society works to protect and preserve, for
the enjoyment of all, the most productive
tributary to the largest estuary in the
world. Mattawoman
Creek is famous as the Chesapeake Bay’s
best nursery for migratory fish and
epicenter of the
Potomac
’s Largemouth Bass fishery.
The Society invites you to come
celebrate nature in art with its large
turtle sculpture, paintings, and more.
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MK
Designs
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Mary
Kercher of MK Designs features handmade
beaded and ribbon jewelry, bookmarks,
watercolor paintings (originals and prints),
with some in small affordable sizes.
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Nancy
Owens
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Nancy
Owens
creates oil and acrylic paintings of
landscapes, flowers, birds, and still life.
She paints on many different surfaces
such as canvas, masonite, wooden basket
lids, and other wooden and metal items and
small furniture.
In recent years she has painted
Christmas ornaments that were displayed on
the White House and Library of Congress
Christmas trees.
Her work has won many prizes at the
Charles County Fair, including “Best of
Show.”
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Carol
Park
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Carol Park will exhibit and
sell her tye-dye work and pottery.
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Patricia
Sean Designs
www.patriciasean.com
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Amy
White creates handcrafted, custom made
jewelry with genuine Swarovski crystals as
well as natural and semi-precious stones and
gems, all set with sterling silver.
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Penn
Enterprises
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Bill
Penn's work (one-of-a-kind handmade ceramic
sculpture) is truly delightful!
His ceramic and mixed media pieces bring
smiles to the faces of many who behold them.
Don't be surprised to see frogs, iguanas,
and goofy gourd birds. Often described as
"wacky, whimsical, and wonderful,"
Bill's work will attract an audience and
bring joy to many festival goers.
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Port
Tobacco River Conservancy
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Members of the Port Tobacco
River Conservancy are dedicated to cleaning
& protecting the
Port
Tobacco
River
and its watershed.
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Quaker
Hill Press
Frank
Comstock
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Frank
Comstock writes novels of serenity and
peace, stories that give you a chance to
relax and find respite from your rushing,
day-to-day life.
Charlie’s
Gift is the story of a man desperate to
escape the poverty of his youth who comes
full-circle by realizing that living simply,
joining in community, and giving to others
is more important than personal gain.
Join Charlie as he travels back to
his roots to find his future.
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Chris
Ripley
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Chris Ripley will
exhibit fine art black and white
photography, printed the old-fashioned
way. Fine quality prints from 5 x 7 to
16 x 20... nature, people, abstracts...
prints from $20 and up.
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Mary
Sokol
www.marysokol.com
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Mary
Sokol paints in oil and often uses an original
technique she developed to paint on metal.
The shine from the metal comes
through the oil and causes these paintings
to glisten in the light.
Scenes are of birds, animals, nature
and foreign countries which she has visited.
She specializes in painting horses.
Her latest paintings are of bright
collage colors of mixed media in
non-representational work.
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Soulful
Expressions
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Linda
L. Jones provides a creative twist on art,
gifts and collectibles for the home and
garden. Linda offers original and modern
Art, framed original photography and art,
shadow boxes, flower arrangements, and
one-of-a-kind items.
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Southern Maryland Audubon Society
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The Southern Maryland
Audubon Society was formed in 1971 as the
first
Maryland
chapter of the National Audubon Society.
It is the largest group in
Southern Maryland
involved in nature studies and conservation
issues.
It conducts meetings and field trips
from September to June which are open to the
public.
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Southern Maryland
Carousel Group
www.somdcarousel.com
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The
Southern Maryland Carousel Group, Inc. was
established in 2004 with a vision to bring
back the memories of Marshall Hall by
building a new carousel with animals similar
to those that were on the carousel that once
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