Resident Artists

Sheela Becton

Sheela Becton (Instagram)
Barn Studio, 2nd floor, https://www.sheelacreates.com/

Sheela Becton is a mixed media Artist from Maryland. She finds inspiration in the delicate dance between natures serene beauty and the rich tapestry of her cultural heritage. Sheela believes that Art transcends boundaries and paints with a purpose to spread positivity and uplift others.

Sheela had her first solo Exhibit in 2022 and since then has been juried into various group exhibits in and around Maryland. Sheela’s painting Golden Forest won second place in people’s choice awards at the First Friday gallery and she was also nominated for Baltimore magazine readers poll in the Visual Arts space.

In 2021 her painting “Love” was featured on the cover of Hope Collected, an anthology celebrating the best of Dragonfly entries since its inception in 2014. Sheela is honored to be one of the 30 women Artists published in the Studio Visit Book (2023) by Arts to Hearts Project a Global Media publication.

Eun Ju Lee

EunJu Lee
Studio inside Museum (enter through the WondeRoom program room)

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 (at the end of the administrative hallway, to the left of the WondeRoom doorway), 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.

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