Conversation with TCS Trustees
Conversation
Safiyah Cheatam is a multimedia artist, researcher, and storyteller of Black Islam in the U.S. and Afrofuturism. For 10 years, she has enriched Baltimore with community engagement in arts education, currently serving as the Assistant Manager of Teen and Career Development Programs at the Walters Art Museum. She is a recipient of the Washington Project for the Arts’ Wherewithal Research and Project Grant, Red Bull Arts Microgrant, Rubys Artist Grant, and VisArts’ Fleur and Charles Bresler Residency. Safiyah has been featured in The Washington Post, NBC News, BmoreArt, and has exhibited artworks nationally. She received a Master's of Fine Arts from UMBC and is in her 5th year of serving on the philanthropic Awesome Foundation board of trustees. Dan Flounders is a Baltimore-based Muslim printmaker and designer. He was a resident artist at Vermont Studio Center in 2023, a resident artist at The CAN Foundation in 2023, a 2021 Denbo Fellow at Pyramid Atlantic, and has completed printmaking apprenticeships at Studio1026 and Brick + Mortar Design Studio. Flounders has exhibited work regionally at Gormley Gallery, Assembly NFK, CAN Foundation, Johns Hopkins University, VisArts, HOCO, Maryland Institute College of Art, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Philadelphia University, Pyramid Atlantic, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Space1026, and Brick + Mortar Gallery. He holds a BFA in Design and Printmaking from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). https://bmoreart.com/event/heirloom-islam-print-cohort-exhibition
https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/gamechanger-john-tyler-musician-producer-love-groove-music-festival/
Outreach Coordinator for Patagonia About Patagonia: https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/community/patagonia-baltimore-fells-point-store-sparks-local-environmental-community-activism/ Zaire Camino We are excited to introduce Zaire, the Community Forestry Specialist from the MD DNR Forest Service! Zaire’s educational background studying both Crop Sciences and Landscape Architecture has led her to pursue a career with the MD DNR. She is keen to learn more about ways to implement community engagement into her practice. We will be hosting her in our office where she will be working alongside us to further implement and amplify our Weed Warriors educational programs. Her work will also involve amping up our social media influence so that we can continue to connect and engage with all of you. As she integrates more into her role, you can expect updates on graphics, story posts and ways to interact with us so make sure to check our page often in order to stay up to date with our changes! Again, we are so excited to have Zaire on our team and look forward to our Weed Warriors being able to meet her!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Alvarez
Confirmed: Claude, Salma, Madison, Joshua & Olivia
https://www.mica.edu/academics/graduate-programs/teaching-mat/vanessa-lopez/