Resident Artists
Alla and Milana Borovskaia
Alla and Milana Borovskaia
Barn Studio, 2nd floor, www.alla-milana-art.com
Alla and Milana, an interdisciplinary visual artist duo based in Maryland, are celebrated for their beautiful large-scale wall sculptural compositions created using thousands of ultrathin shapeless strands of natural wool fibers, freestanding sculptures, and mixed media works that incorporate natural flowers and plants. Their creative muse is deeply rooted in the intricate patterns and breathtaking gradients in the natural world, seamlessly blending artistry and nature.
Eun Ju Lee
EunJu Lee
Studio inside Museum
After earning her bachelor’s degree in fine arts from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 1994 and a Master of Fine Arts from the State University of New York, Silversmith Eun Ju Lee began exhibiting her art all across the country before setting up her studio at Sandy Spring Museum in 2013.
Susana M. Garten
Susana Garten
Studio inside the Museum, susanagarten.com
Susana M. Garten, a vitreous enamels, metals, and mixed media artist, lives and works in the greater Olney area and maintains a studio at Sandy Spring Museum. Exhibiting for over 30 years, she has been a member of the Enamelists Gallery at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, Virginia, a Resident Artist at Rockville Arts Place, a participant in fine arts and craft fairs, and an instructor at Glen Echo Park. She exhibits her work locally and all across the United States and in Canada.
Maggie King Johns
Maggie King Johns
Barn studio, 1st floor, https://www.maggiekingjohns.com/
Maggie King Johns is an artist and educator based in Washington, D.C. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art in 2014 from the University of Virginia and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Boston University in 2020. She teaches drawing and painting at UMGC, College Park and IB art at Girls Global Academy in DC. Her work explores feminine identity and alternate realities through the structures of mapping, language, color, materiality, and symbols. Her work has been shown throughout the Northeastern and Southeastern United States including at Olympia Arts in New York, New York, Area Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Wiregrass Museum in Dothan, Alabama.
Robin Ziek
Robin Ziek
Pottery studio
Robin Ziek began working with clay in college as an apprentice with a Danish potter. After a long career in history and architecture, she is very glad to come back to clay. Her work involves a combination of wheel and hand-built techniques.
Jean Fletcher
Jean Fletcher
Pottery studio
Jean Fletcher was an economics professor at Gettysburg College from 1983-2014 and is now a professor emerita. One summer, on a whim, she took a ceramics class and found her true passion. Jean’s work emphasizes the synthesis of modern shapes and natural or traditional designs.
Traditional Artists
Daya Ravi
David Julian Gray
Josanne Francis
Sarah Xie and Mei Wang