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Courtesy of Dance Exchange

Dance Exchange artists perform 'I Object', exploring our relationship to objects throughout time and across spatial, political, and spiritual dimensions.

Photo Credit: Pam Schipper

His wife, Cara, calls him the tree whisperer. For years, he has rescued downed trees, one as wide as seven feet in diameter, from the mulch machine. Then back in his Kentlands workshop he patiently coaxes out their inner beauty. By turning these old trees into something new, Shaun O’Connor hopes they will live on for many generations to come. His View more

Photo credit: Courtesy of Kathy Fairfield

Gaithersburg Police Department's Sgt. Kathy Fairfield sees the workshop in her home as a place where the art of relaxation and creative imagination collide. In this space, she creates wooden bowls, boxes and wine stoppers, but her favorite pastime is pen turning.

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