Make Your Mark 2019!

Ebony Day Dance is an Arlington-based company founded in 2014 by choreographer Ebony Day. EDDC, as it is affectionately called, has a total of seven members who share the same passion for movement but possess many different dance backgrounds. The company performs genres of dance from ballet, modern, African, jazz, and liturgical dance. EDDC believes in the power of movement and the power of communication through the body. More about the Company

Mary Briggs relocated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from Arlington, Virginia, where she worked for 23 years as a potter and arts manager. She was the Director of Lee Arts Center Studios in Arlington, for eleven years before overseeing services for artists and developing programs in folk and traditional arts in Arlington County. Currently, she is an Artist Associate at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, and the Founder of You Are Here: A Place for Art, a community-focused art nonprofit in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. She is also a Folk Arts consultant and an adjunct lecturer in the Cultural Sustainability Graduate Program at Goucher College in Towson, Maryland. More about the Artist  

Jun Lee (Falls Church, VA) is a printmaker who works in large format woodcut utilizing animals as metaphors to convey competition in our daily lives. She is currently the Printmaking Artist in Residence at the Lee Arts Center in Arlington, VA where she has focused on large-scale woodcuts and screenprints. Lee is one of the semifinalists of 2018 Sondheim Artscape Prize (Baltimore, MD). She was awarded the Denbo Fellowship from Pyramid Atlantic Art Center (Hyattsville, MD) in 2017 and completed winter residencies at Penland School of Crafts (Penland, NC) in 2017 and 2018. More about the artist

Steven Munoz originally from New Mexico, Steven came to Washington, DC to attend American University where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in printmaking. Today, his work is in the permanent collections of the Western Railroad and Mining Museum in Helper, Utah and Arlington County Government in Virginia. Steven is currently the Director of the Lee Arts Center, a program of Arlington Cultural Affairs. More about the artist 

Jillian Neri 

Jillian Neri is a senior at Wakefield High School, where she has served as Wakefield Theatre’s Stage Manager for the last four years and is currently working on their production of Chicago the Musical. Jillian was part of Signature Theatre’s Signature in the Schools program for four years spending the first half of her tenure in the costumes department and the next half as Stage Manager, most recently for The Spoken Word, an original play about censorship. Her artistry and love for creating are expressed in many forms, including through cosplay, prop-making, stage design, painting, sewing, knitting, and bead work, to name a few. Jillian has participated in Make Your Mark for three successive years as a way of connecting with the community and demonstrating her maker skills, teaching children about patterns and sewing, hopefully to inspire the young and young-at-heart alike.  

Michelle Sasscer lives and works out of her home in Silver Spring, MD, just a hop from her hometown of Takoma Park. Having studied art and modern English literature in San Francisco and Charlottesville, it was not until the birth of her son in 2007 that Michelle finally found her wheelhouse, as mother and fiber artist. Starting with simple, colorful baby toys, she continued to experiment and play with wool, making toys that followed the growth of her boy. Eventually she found a passion for making ornaments and small, whimsical wool figures and continues to do so, always finding new joys to explore. More about the artist 

Tamara Wilkerson started making jewelry in 2003 along with many other DIY art’s & craft kits. While in high school, she focused on designing and improving quality of materials to launch a fun small business. Through college, Tamara experimented with even more mediums, like sculpture, graphic design and dance. Tamara combines her perception of the world with the natural forms her materials make to produce dramatic & unique pieces. WiRealm is the result of a natural creator and entrepreneur who creates wearable art while staying true to her style and passion. Tamara’s jewelry is unusual, elegant, charming, and designed to appeal to all ages, genders and range of styles.  More about the artist 

ServiceSource is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to facilitate services and partnerships to support people with disabilities, their families, their caregivers and community members in order to build more inclusive communities.

Palette22  is a vibrant restaurant in the heart of Shirlington, offering global small plates and a unique art-filled setting. Modeled after it’s ‘sister’ concept, the iconic Cafe Tu Tu Tango in Florida, Food, Fun & Art abound at Palette with vibrantly colored walls, and an abundance of art on display. Local artists paint throughout the restaurant and display their art while patrons dine. The works of these and other artists are also available for sale through the restaurant.

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