Maia Palmer

Maia Palmer Wilmington Emerging Visual Arts: Works on Paper By: Gail Obenreder “I love painting, but with drawing . . .  I fall in and get lost in the sheer joy of it.” Maia Palmer has always loved drawing. In Sunday School, while other children were copying from a book, she made an original drawing […]

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Stephanie Boateng

Stephanie Boateng Newark Emerging Visual Arts: Painting By: Gail Obenreder “During periods of sadness . . . painting these happy figures helped revive me. That is why it’s my mission and passion to allow those smiles to impact others as well.” Since she was 18, Emerging Artist Fellow Stephanie Boateng has owned a business selling […]

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Christina Durborow

Christina Durborow Wilmington Emerging Literature: Creative Nonfiction By: Gail Obenreder “As soon as I started writing, backwards was the only direction I could look.” Christina Durborow began writing nonfiction only about four years ago. Her practice developed “in fits and starts” over the course of two decades, but in 2017 “something clicked into place. I […]

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