Christopher Kojzar is a Master of Fine Arts candidate at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is the 2017 recipient of the University’s prestigious RTKL Fellowship for Visual Artists and also one of seven JGS Fellows of the 2017 Imagining America Conference. His studies in Intermedia and Digital Art inform an interdisciplinary practice that encompasses both ethnographic research and artistic passions. He received his Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs at the George Washington University and has exhibited in both nationally and internationally.
Denise Griffin Johnson
Denise Griffin Johnson is a lifelong Baltimore resident and cultural organizer who draws on her home community cultural values of respect, understanding, cooperation, intentional family dialogue, celebration, and education. Denise has a Master’s Degree of Science in Family Counseling from Coppin State University, has worked in non-profit and governmental organizations, and served on numerous boards and advisory groups focused on community and family. In 2007, as Project Director with Bon Secours of Maryland Foundation working with an OSI Artist Fellow, she discovered the powerful tool of Arts and Culture for creative expression and meaningful participation in community revitalization. A member of Alternative Roots, co-founder of CultureWorks, and Field Agent for the US Department of Arts and Culture, Denise helped lead the 2015 Imagining America conference.