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"Free BenJamin (the artist) is a dc based passionate graphic designer/fine artist/singer/songwriter."



"Stef-n-Ty, since 1992, is Stephanie Dickey, designer and Tyrone Dickey, creative marketing director Stephanie Dickey got her fashion start at a very young age in Maryland, where her great-grandmother, a dressmaker taught her how to sew, knit, & crochet. patternmaking and sewing skills along with cultivating her eye for textiles. Stephanie began her first shop doing alterations and custom dressmaking for people in Annapolis, MD well as putting on fashion shows with a line of women’s clothing under the label “Stefani”. Since those early days, Stephanie and Tyronehave lived and worked in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Brooklyn, NY before moving to Detroit in 2010."

"Woodrow Nash crafts hauntingly empty-eyed sculptural busts that combine the slender proportions of 15th century Benin art and an 18th century Art Nouveau aesthetic to create a style that Nash describes as “African Nouveau.” Nash’s fired ceramic busts are dressed in extravagant costuming and jewelry and painted with beguiling patterns and iconography that ranges from stripes and interlocking geometric schematics to pared-down human silhouettes. His subjects are adorned in luxurious beaded capes, seashell necklaces, and highly figured headwraps; their textured “raku” skins come from Nash’s unique electronic firing method. Nash has shown in cities across the United States."

"Rev. Kathy English Holt, also known as Mama Kathy, is a community woman, born and bred in Washington, DC and buttered in North Carolina.  Since 1993, she has had a private practice in Washington, DC as a massage therapist, hypnotherapist, Reiki energy healer, and spiritual counselor.  She is also an instructor in the healing arts, an actor and has facilitated retreats for women.

Mama Kathy has served on the board of non-profits that serve youth and has mentored many young people over the years.  She holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Belmont Abbey College, Massage Therapy Certification from Potomac Massage Training Institute and a Ministerial Degree from National Spiritual Science Center."

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