Ash Scherer (they/she) received their B.A from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 2019 with an art major and education minor. Over the past 9 years, their art has been exhibited in a variety of locations in Maryland, such as Colonial Beach, Baltimore, La Plata, as well as Virginia. Ash is our shop manager and draw, paint, sculpt educator here at The Yellow LIne. They are a multidisciplinary conceptual artist that analyzes and addresses sociocultural factors, intimate relationships, and motherhood using two and three dimensional mediums. Mainly, they work with painting, collage, photography, and found objects. Additionally, their work consists of text-based, documentative, and performative practices with emphasis on expression and the art-making process. Their choice in color palette and mark making is subjective, reflecting the energy and feelings behind each subject or the mood during the creating process. This mode of painting is an adaptation of the artist's experiences during pregnancy and motherhood when time, energy and space towards creating dwindled. As a result, Scherer’s understanding of bodily autonomy, human rights, mental health, intimacy, sensuality, and sexuality has been a large motif throughout their most recent work. Whether a series is autobiographical or about another person(s), telling the stories of lives and creating a sense of narrative is the central theme behind their artwork.

Ruby Bassford (they/them) is an associate teacher and sample artist for the studio. They graduated from St. Mary's College of Maryland in 2019 with a double major in English and Art. Outside of studio hours, you will find Ruby writing and drawing illustrations for children books, involved in community projects, and working on their studio art practice.

Ruby's studio art consists of conceptual mixed media pieces with a focus on disability, gender, socio-political issues and the interconnection of environmentalism. They have been featured in exhibitions all across Maryland and Virginia, and have won 2 awards, including 2nd place at The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in 2020 and the Junior Juror's award at St. Mary's College in 2018.

They love working at the Yellow Line and bringing joy to the community!

Lizzie Click is a studio assistant at The Yellow Line. She graduated from Leonardtown High School in 2020, and has been a regular student at Yellow Line from 2009 - present, continuing to make art during the Friday Adult Art Club. Lizzie was a competitive swimmer in high school and her favorite subject is math. She is pursuing a degree to become a physical therapy assistant.

Courtney Jenkins goes by she/her. She is a student at SMCM, majoring in art and minoring in educational studies. She has over 30 hours of field placement experience in classrooms. Courtney dabbles in a many different kinds of art, everything from traditional media and digital art to more craft related projects. Her latest interest has been crocheting stuffed animals, or amigurumi.