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Hot Sauce Artists Collective is an artist-run organization. Our mission is to give opportunities to emerging and established artists by showing their artwork in untraditional gallery spaces. We bring the gallery environment to parking lots, city parks, trails, and more.
The Truth In This Art
The Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture.
Mentioned in this episode:
Gen Fraser @nichellemibelle
Gen Fraser has been involved in the arts for several years. She has performed in stage productions, dance troupes, as a choral singer and musician; but first and foremost, she is a visual artist. She graduated with a B.A. in Art History, a second major in African American Studies, a minor in History, and a certificate in Community Engagement from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2016. She has taught workshops, displayed and sold work at various venues both locally and around the country.
Kira McMillan kiramcmillan.com
An emerging artist from P.G. county Maryland, Kira McMillan majored in Art and Design at Towson University, and graduated in 2020, with a concentration in Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking. During that time she grew into an eclectic expressionistic style, occasionally bringing in unconventional materials to enhance subject. Her work is self-reflective and explorers many of the physical and emotional feelings of being alive.
Brenton Lim @Brent0box
Brenton Lim is a digital-experimental artist & designer based in Baltimore, Maryland. He explores differences between digital and physical human interaction through digital media. He creates using various digital software and analog tools by translating them into immersive visuals. A theme he is constantly exploring is digital rot – the decomposition of digital images and material.
Ayodoyin Olorunsola
Ayodoyin Olorunsola is a local to the Baltimore area. A graduate of Salisbury University. A Volunteer at Hot Sauce.
J. Alpha Massaquoi Jr (Founder) @art_nerd19
Baltimore based artist, James ALPHA Massaquoi Jr., is an emerging artist that works primarily with large drawings made with charcoal and pastels. Alpha was born in West African, Liberia, as the youngest of four to an upper middle-class family, where his father worked as a florist for the United States embassy to Liberia, and his mother was a Fashion designer with a small charcoal business. Alpha attended Towson University where he studied painting, drawing, and printmaking. Alpha has been a part of some major group shows in Baltimore City, like the “B_19” at Baltimore city hall, and “Our World” at Eubie Blakes, “25 Emerging Artist” Creative Alliance, “Beyond the classroom” Portico Gallery and an upcoming solo show at Current Space gallery titled “Black Noise”.
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