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Artist, studio owner in metro dc - studios in MD-AZ-CA, community builder, nature nut, dog lady, long ago first trumpet first chair, happily married lesbian (I met her in 8th grade.) Now a political junkie out of sheer survival instincts. 🌈🌈🌈💙 she/her 🚫dms
Fifteen years after Citizens United opened the floodgates of corporate and dark political money, the Center for American Progress has figured out how to slam them back shut.
CAP published its groundbreaking how-to report today: "The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant."
Hello All!
Tonight is the night, the opening of Women Artists of the DMV at Artists & Makers Studios curated by Lenny Campello.
Please come and support the arts with a joyful celebration of food, frivolity, and friends!!
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At Artists & Makers Studios this Friday from 5-8pm! https://artistsandmakersstudios.com/sept-oct-in-3-galleries-with-f-lennox-campellos-women-artists-of-the-dmv/
At Artists & Makers Studios this Friday from 5-8pm!
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Women Artists of the DMV
at Artists & Makers Studios
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The largest survey exhibit of its kind - 16+ venues in metro dc, more than 400 artists. Curated by Lenny Campello. Openings are staggered to allow all to attend!
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#1 As a part of our 10th anniversary celebrations at Artists & Makers Studios we are painting murals on our building, and Resident Artist Lea Craigie-Marshall has been hired to help us celebrate this huge milestone. We are thrilled that our entire building facade will get a glow-up, so tickled that new muraling work will come to our neighborhood, and delighted that our front doors will now be even easier to find. We take pride in our stewardship of this 55 year old building, and thank the building owners for allowing us to realize this long-held dream. Let the art commence! Biography: Lea Craigie – Multidisciplinary Artist and Designer Lea Craigie is an award-winning multidisciplinary public artist, fine artist, sculptor and designer rooted in the DMV region. Born in Falls Church, Virginia, raised between Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, and shaped by a childhood growing up in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, her work blends urban vibrancy with a deep love of nature and history. Her expansive body of work includes public art commissions, historical and contemporary murals, mosaic murals and sculptures, laser cut steel panel installations, suspended sculptures, molded resin sculptures, stained glass, acrylic panel sculptures, acrylic wall installations, sculptural installations, and fine art painting—many created in collaboration with local governments, nonprofits, developers, and communities. https://leacraigiestudios.com/ http://www.instagram.com/bluehuestudio
Building with mural design mock-up. As a part of our 10th anniversary celebrations at Artists & Makers Studios we are painting murals on our building, and Resident Artist Lea Craigie-Marshall has been hired to help us celebrate this huge milestone. We are thrilled that our entire building facade will get a glow-up, so tickled that new muraling work will come to our neighborhood, and delighted that our front doors will now be even easier to find. We take pride in our stewardship of this 55 year old building, and thank the building owners for allowing us to realize this long-held dream. Let the art commence! Biography: Lea Craigie – Multidisciplinary Artist and Designer Lea Craigie is an award-winning multidisciplinary public artist, fine artist, sculptor and designer rooted in the DMV region. Born in Falls Church, Virginia, raised between Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, and shaped by a childhood growing up in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, her work blends urban vibrancy with a deep love of nature and history. Her expansive body of work includes public art commissions, historical and contemporary murals, mosaic murals and sculptures, laser cut steel panel installations, suspended sculptures, molded resin sculptures, stained glass, acrylic panel sculptures, acrylic wall installations, sculptural installations, and fine art painting—many created in collaboration with local governments, nonprofits, developers, and communities. https://leacraigiestudios.com/ http://www.instagram.com/bluehuestudio
Mural design will include various stylized insects. As a part of our 10th anniversary celebrations at Artists & Makers Studios we are painting murals on our building, and Resident Artist Lea Craigie-Marshall has been hired to help us celebrate this huge milestone. We are thrilled that our entire building facade will get a glow-up, so tickled that new muraling work will come to our neighborhood, and delighted that our front doors will now be even easier to find. We take pride in our stewardship of this 55 year old building, and thank the building owners for allowing us to realize this long-held dream. Let the art commence! Biography: Lea Craigie – Multidisciplinary Artist and Designer Lea Craigie is an award-winning multidisciplinary public artist, fine artist, sculptor and designer rooted in the DMV region. Born in Falls Church, Virginia, raised between Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, and shaped by a childhood growing up in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, her work blends urban vibrancy with a deep love of nature and history. Her expansive body of work includes public art commissions, historical and contemporary murals, mosaic murals and sculptures, laser cut steel panel installations, suspended sculptures, molded resin sculptures, stained glass, acrylic panel sculptures, acrylic wall installations, sculptural installations, and fine art painting—many created in collaboration with local governments, nonprofits, developers, and communities. https://leacraigiestudios.com/ http://www.instagram.com/bluehuestudio
Our building facade with our front entrances. As a part of our 10th anniversary celebrations at Artists & Makers Studios we are painting murals on our building, and Resident Artist Lea Craigie-Marshall has been hired to help us celebrate this huge milestone. We are thrilled that our entire building facade will get a glow-up, so tickled that new muraling work will come to our neighborhood, and delighted that our front doors will now be even easier to find. We take pride in our stewardship of this 55 year old building, and thank the building owners for allowing us to realize this long-held dream. Let the art commence! Biography: Lea Craigie – Multidisciplinary Artist and Designer Lea Craigie is an award-winning multidisciplinary public artist, fine artist, sculptor and designer rooted in the DMV region. Born in Falls Church, Virginia, raised between Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, and shaped by a childhood growing up in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, her work blends urban vibrancy with a deep love of nature and history. Her expansive body of work includes public art commissions, historical and contemporary murals, mosaic murals and sculptures, laser cut steel panel installations, suspended sculptures, molded resin sculptures, stained glass, acrylic panel sculptures, acrylic wall installations, sculptural installations, and fine art painting—many created in collaboration with local governments, nonprofits, developers, and communities. https://leacraigiestudios.com/ http://www.instagram.com/bluehuestudio
As a part of our 10th anniversary celebrations at Artists & Makers Studios we are painting murals on our building, and Resident Artist Lea Craigie-Marshall has been hired to help us celebrate this huge milestone.
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COUNTDOWN to tomorrow!
As a part of our 10 YEAR celebrationals at Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville, a project is coming that I have wanted to do for eight years!!
Something for EVERYONE! Great big news coming Monday that will be a GREAT BIG gift for all! 🥳🍾🎉🥳🍾🎉
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COUNTDOWN 3-2-1
Oooooh, we have great big news coming Monday in celebration of our 10th anniversary at Artists & Makers Studios!!
We were delighted to host County Executive Marc Elrich and 5 County staffers including the Director of the Bethesda Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, the Manager of the Business Center, staff from the Public Information Office and their photographer yesterday at Artists & Makers Studios for a tour of our 13,000 sq ft art center and the opportunity to tour the exhibits and studios. Everyone enjoyed visiting with the artists! We had a great conversation about doing business here in Montgomery County, and we received a certificate honoring our ten years of business here. It was such a pleasure to show everyone what we are doing! artistsandmakersstudios.com
We were delighted to host County Executive Marc Elrich and 5 County staffers including the Director of the Bethesda Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, the Manager of the Business Center, staff from the Public Information Office and their photographer yesterday at Artists & Makers Studios for a tour of our 13,000 sq ft art center and the opportunity to tour the exhibits and studios. Everyone enjoyed visiting with the artists! We had a great conversation about doing business here in Montgomery County, and we received a certificate honoring our ten years of business here. It was such a pleasure to show everyone what we are doing! artistsandmakersstudios.com
We were delighted to host County Executive Marc Elrich and 5 County staffers including the Director of the Bethesda Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, the Manager of the Business Center, staff from the Public Information Office and their photographer yesterday at Artists & Makers Studios for a tour of our 13,000 sq ft art center and the opportunity to tour the exhibits and studios. Everyone enjoyed visiting with the artists! We had a great conversation about doing business here in Montgomery County, and we received a certificate honoring our ten years of business here. It was such a pleasure to show everyone what we are doing! artistsandmakersstudios.com
We were delighted to host County Executive Marc Elrich and 5 County staffers including the Director of the Bethesda Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, the Manager of the Business Center, staff from the Public Information Office and their photographer yesterday at Artists & Makers Studios for a tour of our 13,000 sq ft art center and the opportunity to tour the exhibits and studios. Everyone enjoyed visiting with the artists! We had a great conversation about doing business here in Montgomery County, and we received a certificate honoring our ten years of business here. It was such a pleasure to show everyone what we are doing! artistsandmakersstudios.com
We were delighted to host County Executive Marc Elrich and 5 County staffers including the Director of the Bethesda Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, the Manager of the Business Center, staff from the Public Information Office and their photographer yesterday.
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Today is the day we open our doors to the public for the first time! The soft opening of Heather C. Morrow Photography’s exhibit documenting the Eaton Fire in Altadena just six short months ago. Artists & Makers Studios Welcomes Heather C. Morrow and her Exhibit “Bearing Witness: Fragments of Humanity” opening July 12, 2025 Heather C. Morrow “Bearing Witness: Fragments of Humanity” Opening Reception 12:00pm – 4:00pm, Saturday, July 12th, 2025 Artists & Makers Studios 414 S. San Gabriel Boulevard, Suite B-150 San Gabriel, CA 91776 Come and meet Heather and our Director, explore the exhibit and our new studio building - a hub for art and community in San Gabriel. Light refreshments, gallery and building tours. Come be a part of the arts. https://artistsandmakersstudios.com/news-events-ca/
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Laurel Lukaszewski in the gallery
Open Studios, Five Exhibits, 13,000 sq ft of art and artists each month. Food and drink to share, community that includes you. Come be a part of the arts!
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Reject arguing online. Embrace jousting.
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Bliss
Béla
Bodhi
We are just starting the gardening…. My three babies.
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Lilac bush in full bloom
Lilac bush in full bloom
Lilac bush in full bloom
Lilac bush in full bloom
The lilac bushes in our gardens.
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And now for something completely different..
Bertha Wegmann (1847–1926) was a Danish portrait painter of Swiss ancestry. She was the first woman to hold a chair at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
"Despair" (1909)
Oil On Canvas
🇺🇸 GOV. WES MOORE: “Loving your country does not mean diminishing those who helped make our country so powerful and so unique in world history in the first place.”
@govwesmoore.bsky.social stands up for immigration and the diversity of the American “mosaic” — and against erasing history.
Whoa! Amazon’s about to show you the Trump tax right at checkout.
They’ll list tariff costs so you can see exactly how much more you’re paying because of Trump’s chaos.
The White House is not happy about this, but the truth is, you’re going to be seeing this from a lot of retailers very soon.
The administration is mad at Amazon for posting import costs (e.g. tariff pricing).
When they make you be transparent it’s so much harder to fool the fools when they have to be parted with their money.
Yup! I predicted that Canada would be instrumental in saving the USA from itself. It’s started
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Wow!
California is now the 4th largest economy in the world, surpassing Japan!
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I needed to write about something that’s giving me hope, so I wrote about Independent Bookstore Day which is this Saturday. lithub.com/something-go...
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NEW: Federal scientists are now classifying the current measles crisis in the Southwest as the single largest outbreak since the U.S. declared the deadly disease eliminated in 2000.
CDC officials now view the spread of measles in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico as a single…
People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
One woman says, “Just be yourself and say something nice.” The other woman says, “I can’t do both.”
12.04.2025 10:51 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The top five egg producers own roughly half of all U.S. laying hens.
The biggest of those corporations is Cal-Maine, which just announced quarterly profits of $509 million — more than 3x what it made a year ago.
Corporate concentration + bird flu = a price-hiking free for all.
