Joanne Bond and Carey Crane at 49 West

Joanne Bond Artist Bio

Joanne Bond grew up in New York, steeped in making and teaching art, but found herself in a decades-long interruption of art-making. In her late teens she joined a cult, had an arranged marriage, raised a family, left the cult, operated her graphic design business for 33 years, ran a benefit concert series in Baltimore from 2001 till 2013, became a performing singer-songwriter, voice teacher and lead singer Telesma, a popular Baltimore psychedelic tribal band!

In 2024, Joanne got her groove back and plunged deeply into her lifeblood, art! Explosive, colorful paintings and collages came at a ferocious pace, as if to make up for lost time. Working in acrylic paints and inks with hand-dyed rice paper and mono-printing, Bond uploaded her work to social media and attention came quickly.

The arts magazine, Upstart Annapolis noticed and contacted Joanne. She and her art are featured in the Spring 2025 issue of the magazine, with her art adorning both covers and an 8-page spread. In the summer of 2025, one of Joanne’s watercolor and ink pieces, “Memory Palace” won the Juror’s Choice Award through the Maryland Federation of Art at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.

From March 3 through May 15, 2026, Joanne had a solo exhibition, consisting of twenty-five of Joanne’s unique mixed media collages, paintings and drawings, in the main gallery at Arundel Center in Annapolis. She’s delighted to be showing her work at one of her favorite haunts, 49 West!

Carey Crane Artist Bio

Carey Crane is an abstract painter living in Shady Side, Maryland. He grew up near Tampa Bay on Pinellas Point, St. Petersburg, Florida, where he spent many hours in his father’s art studio. That early experience shaped the way he makes art today: with play, movement, and an open response to whatever emerges on the canvas.

With guidance from painter Hiram Williams, Carey began developing his own personal language of painted shapes and marks. After earning his BFA in 1982, his path shifted when he started working as a museum exhibit fabricator. This led to a career as an museum exhibit curator. In 2010, while working with artists at the Museum of Art and a Gallery in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Carey’s own painting practice was renewed.

Exhibition Schedule:

• July 3 Exhibition Opens
• July 5 In-Person Reception 5 – 7 PM
• September 29 Last Day of the Exhibition

Their work is on display at 49 West located at 49 West St, Annapolis, MD 21401. Open daily.