Our Team
lee nowell-wilson
founder, curator & editor
Lee Nowell-Wilson (b. Easton, MD 1989) is an American figurative artist who builds autobiographical drawings that investigate the emotional and ambivalent undertones within birth, domestic labor and human relationship. She is currently living and working in Baltimore, MD, and earned her BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2011. Nowell-Wilson has participated in artist residencies with Stay Home Gallery in Paris, TN, Creative Paradox in Annapolis, MD, and the Street Art School in Lyon, France. Her work has exhibited nationally and internationally, most notably New York City and Scotland, and she has also completed urban art pieces in Norway, France, Northern Ireland and Chile. Within the last year, her work has featured in the second issue of Our Rhythms Our Blues online zine, Stay Home Gallery’s first publication, and “Home-works”, a printed zine by Spilt Milk Gallery about artist-mothers in Quarantine.
darin michelle Gilliam
creative director & designer
As a designer for over 10 years, Darin Michelle Gilliam has focused on creative consulting and design strategy for small businesses and organizations. As the Owner of 19FIFTYTHREE, Darin serves as the Creative Director and Designer for everything from small projects to full brand styling and curated art installations. Tied to the creative arts community in Annapolis, Maryland, Darin is also the Director of Annapolis Arts Week and Co-Owner of ArtFarm Studios, a 3,200 sq. ft space that cultivates the arts in Annapolis. Her work has been mentioned and featured in the likes of the Capital Gazette, Severna Park Voice, Annapolis Discovered and UpStart Magazine. As well as being the Creative Director and designer for MILKED, Gilliam also directs & designs Our Rhythm Our Blues, an online zine & platform that showcases the celebrations and sorrows of marginalized voices