June 5, 2024
Eric Clark Jackson
Eric Clark Jackson is a professional artist whose work explores a connection to the water and wildlife of the Chesapeake. A contemporary fiber artist, his work is an intersection of fine art, contemporary craft, and the ecology of the watershed. After 10 years in public education, Eric began pursuing modern batik techniques, which has evolved into an easily identifiable aesthetic...
June 5, 2024
Bruce Eppard
Bruce Eppard is a retired commercial banker, having worked for SunTrust (now Truist) and its predecessor banks for 43 years in Washington and Baltimore. He lives in Royal Oak, Maryland, with his wife, Ellen, and his black Lab, Cody. Eppard has been carving wildfowl and decoys since 1985. He began carving decorative wildfowl after being inspired by the late Ray Whetzel,...
June 5, 2024
George “BeeGeorge” Meyer
George “BeeGeorge” Meyer studied beekeeping at Ohio State University Agriculture Technical Institute in beautiful Wooster, Ohio, under Dr. Jim Tew, earning a certificate degree. Meyer worked for the Maryland Department of Agriculture as an at-large regional bee inspector and ran pollination units for muskmelons in Central America working the Africanized bees. A past president of the Wye River Beekeepers and...
June 5, 2024
Angela Smithhisler
Angela Smithhisler is the owner and shepherd at Marshall Creek Farm in Newark, Maryland, where she tends to a vibrant menagerie of alpacas and heritage breeds. With a passion for sustainable farming and community engagement, Smithhisler has cultivated a thriving hub for local artists, schools, and county agencies to collaborate and explore the wonders of natural fibers and animal husbandry....
August 28, 2023
Pocomoke Indian Nation
The Pocomoke Indian Nation demonstration will be hosted indoors at the Museum of Eastern Shore Culture located at 218 W. Main Street (close to the Salisbury University Locals Stage). Composed of descendants of one of the Indigenous populations of the Delmarva Peninsula, the Pocomoke Indian Nation is a large, widespread group that exercised significant influence in the region as they...
August 8, 2023
Noah Mitchel
Noah Mitchel is a vocalist, theater performer, Yiddish music performer and culture worker living in Baltimore. Mitchel has performed theater with Congress for Jewish Culture, Jewish Plays Project, Imagination Stage and IN Series, as well as at the 11th Annual Adrienne Cooper Dreaming in Yiddish Concert. He has also sung Yiddish at Creative Alliance, Baltimore Center Stage and other Baltimore...
August 8, 2023
Lydia and Emily Martin
The Martin sisters of Boyds, Maryland – Lydia (banjo, guitar, piano) and Emily (mandolin, tenor banjo) – bring a variety of traditional Irish and old-time repertoire to the stage. They have performed across the Atlantic and the United States, also teaching workshops and playing for dances. Emily's daughter, Elora Paul-Martin (flute, guitar), is a third-generation member of the Martin Family...
