Linda Van Hart is passionate about creating things of beauty and inspiring others to do the same. She is a Tool Queen and revels in the making, use and modification of hand tools to create body and architectural adornment. Linda has developed and administered the Visual Arts portion of Common Ground On The Hill since its inception.  She is a founding member of Carroll County Arts Council, and a founding partner at Off Track Art in Westminster and NOMA in Frederick: both artist cooperatives. Linda shows at a half dozen high end East Coast craft events annually. She teaches  Metalsmithing at McDaniel College where she is also Instructor of Record for credit seeking grad students.

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