Bridget Parlato

Bridget Parlato is a designer and activist in search of a cleaner Baltimore. Her Baltimore Trash Talk events and poster campaigns have given residents of her community in Patterson Park the opportunity to come together and learn ways to help cleanup their neighborhood. Her 5¢ bottle-and-can exchange assembled community members to collectively visualize the volume […]
Leonard Streckfus

Leonard Streckfus was trained as a painter, and then became a master tinkerer and collage artist, primarily making sculptural forms. He uses elements from a variety of retired consumer goods including toasters, bicycle frames, soda cans and old tires, all found in Maryland, to replicate a zoo of animals, fish, birds, and reptiles. He is […]
Max Shuster

Max Shuster uses photography to bring fantastic fictions to reality. His Generator series creates and presents oddities that explore the impact toxic e-waste has on marine life. Shuster sources fish from local markets and makes them components of constructions that depict the interplay between the natural world and the physical components of technology. Like […]
Brent Crothers

Brent Crothers uses reclaimed copper pipes, garden hoses and rubber tires to build his sculptures featured in Synergy. These materials are slow to biodegrade after they have been thrown away, giving the products a long second life after their intended use has run its course. The forms are egg-shaped, alluding to birth and the future. […]