Meet the Artists

Meet the incredible artists who shaped the art scene of Baltimore–DC.

Artist of the Week:

Tré Seals

Tré Seals is a type designer, creative director and typographer from Baltimore, MD who develops fonts inspired by minority cultures and protest movements. He is also the founder of type foundry Vocal Type.

Meet the Artists

Rik Freeman

Rik Freeman is a local Washington D.C. based painter and muralist who has been painting murals since the late 80's. Much of his work focuses on the Black diaspora – including themes of Black history, community, resilience, joy and faith.

Alma Thomas

Alma Thomas was a teacher and abstract painter originally from Columbus, GA who later moved to Washington, D.C. along with her family to search for greater educational opportunities and relief from racial violence in the South. Alma was best known for her beautiful and rich patterned paintings. She was also a Howard University graduate in the fine arts program.

Keyonna Jones

Keyonna Jones is a multi-talented Washington, D.C. native best known for her "Black Lives Matter" pavement mural in the streets of D.C. to celebrate the BLM movement. The city officials had enlisted numerous local artists, including Keyonna, to paint the meaningful mural. Keyonna is also known for other great things: she's an entrepreneur, has a background in journalism and a Master's degree in Science Management, and she's the founder of Congress Heights Arts and Culture Center (CHACC) powerful hub for innovation and creativity in Southeast, D.C.

Michael Kirby

Michael Kirby is street artist from Baltimore, MD who is best known for his incredible 3D interior, exterior and street mural paintings and chalk art. He is the founder of art studio Murals of Baltimore, which showcases all of his outstanding work. He has painted in several countries and is the first American artist to win all the major European Street Painting Festivals, and was named a Maestro Madonnaro in Italy and Master Strassenmalerie in Germany.

Featured Artists' Artwork

Notable Musicians

Sisqo

Sisqo is a legendary R&B singer, songwriter and dancer from Baltimore, MD who was the lead singer of famous 1990's group Dru Hill. He eventually went succeeded as a solo act after releasing his debut solo album Unleash the Dragon that featured one of his most famous hits "Thong Song". Throughout his career, he won numerous awards including 6 Billboard Awards.

Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton is a Severn, MD based singer, songwriter, actress, and reality television personality. Toni Braxton is known for many hit songs since the 1990s, with hits such as "Un-break My Heart", "You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow", "He Wasn't Man Enough" and many more. She has been nominated and won many Grammy and Billboard Awards along with many other awards during her music career.

Shy Glizzy

Shy Glizzy is a famous rapper from Southeast Washington, D.C. best known for his hit song "Awwsome" and his 2017 feature on "Crew" by fellow Washington, D.C. native artist GoldLink and Columbia, Maryland artist Brent Faiyaz. He began his career by releasing mixtapes, when his fourth mixtape became highly successful which led to numerous features with mainstream artists and even world tours.

Brent Faiyaz

Brent Faiyaz is a famous Grammy nominated singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer from Colombia, Maryland. Faiyaz is best known for his sly vocals and slow jam production, and his famous hit as "Crew" featuring Washington, D.C. based artists GoldLink and Shy Glizzy. He was also once in an R&B trio called Sonder as the lead singer before going solo.