Meet the Artists
Learn about the extraordinary artists featured in In-Ordinary
John Johnson
Photographer
Growing up in Washington D.C, John Johnson was no stranger to diversity and a range of cultures. Growing up, he heard stories from family, friends and strangers about their life, experiences and passions. These inspired him to find his own way to tell stories.
Finding his own path, John pursed the arts in high school, enrolling in the Duke Ellington School of Arts. John pursued his passions in photography and video production.
He established his desire and drive to perfect his craft. His photography focuses on portraits and everyday people. He believes that possibility begins with imagination and incorporates that into all aspects of his life.
Ashley Millburn
Ashley Milburn is a man who wears many hats. He has M.Ed in Community Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art and M.Ed in Classroom Instruction from the University of Rio Grande with a concentration in Multiple Intelligences (MI).
He is a Vernacular Artist and cultural organizer who received a Fellowship from Open Society Institute in 2008 to continue his work in West Baltimore. He has 10 years of teaching at public schools, 4 years as a Lecturer in Fine Arts at Pennsylvania State at Altoona and University of Rio Grande. On top of all this, he is a former Peace Corps Volunteer. Following Ashley’s signature subject matter of visualizing racism, he is branching out to explore new methods and applications for large scale water color.
Craig Curbean
Culinary Artist
Craig Curbean A.K.A ArtPusha is an incredible culinary artist by trade. He is the Co-Owner and Head Chef of the Taste This franchise. Pulling artistic inspiration from not only other great chefs, but artist such as Kaws, Josh Sperling, and Yann Houri ArtPusha drives his own narrative in his work. His talent for bringing complex ideas to life using unlikely tools and distinct flavor seems from a passion to create beauty in brutality.
The aggression and tactfulness inherent in his abstract expressionism paintings asserts his bold; brazen yet highly sophisticated tastes.
Brilliant collisions of color, texture, depth, and ever-changing shape encompass much of what ArtPusha represents as an artist, and as a multi-faceted creative individual. High fashion, high art, quality design, and other refined tastes influences his style and drive to create!
Granville Templeton
Templeton Law Firm Partner
Granville Templeton, III is a partner at the Templeton Law Firm, founded in 2004. Mr. Templeton is sought out as counsel for many Maryland leading businesses and politicians.
Mr. Templeton, the creative, has been creating art since 1991. His chosen mediums are acrylic paint, charcoal and pencil sketches. He has composed dozens of the art pieces, many of them
in his home.
Mr. Templeton holds a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Baltimore, School of Law with
concentrations in Business Law and International and Comparative Law. Along with being
named as a Super Lawyer he has been featured in Super Lawyers Magazine with an article
about one of his technology companies. Mr. Templeton has been honored for his legal and
business accomplishments with a number of special recognitions, citations and resolutions by
Baltimore City, the Maryland Governor, U.S. Senator Cardin and other private and non-profit
organizations.
Not one to back down from a challenge or leadership roles, Mr. Templeton currently serves as immediate past chairman of the board of Project Pneuma and is on the board of the Beloved Community Services Corporation. He has served as chair on 8 other boards and councils.
Duprel Antwone
Artist
Duprel Antwone was born in Bavaria and seasoned in southern California. With an eye for design and detail, mixed media is his chosen and most notable method of artistic expression. His work could be described as fine art with urban undertones taking shape in memorable floral layouts and nude figures.
Antwone, driven by expression and fervor is always living by the rule, only real passion can move the brush.
Patrick
Williams
Program Manager
Through a professional lens, Patrick Barry Williams, is a Program Manager for the Mayor’s Office of American Rescue Plan Recovery Office. With over 15 years of project and program management experience along with professional project management certifications. Patrick also coaches youth football serving as the strength and conditioning coach for the Randallstown Panthers. He has owned several businesses including a streetwear apparel company (Images), a food truck (Traveling Gourmet), and a property restoration company (Ready Contractors).
Through an artistic lens Patrick developed a love for drawing, painting, and creating in general at a very early age. He was influenced by the emergence of hip hop and the element of graffiti art in the urban culture. Doodling in early grade school quickly became a passion of expression through many mixed mediums. Never one to say never, Patrick is always looking for ways to intersect his many passions and infuse his
creativity to any project. This allows him to live and be “In-Ordinary”.
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