Cremaster 4 & Drawing Restraint on Thursday, Oct 29 at Shriver Hall

Matthew Barney's Cremaster 4 and Drawing Restraint 10 will be screened at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, in Homewood’s Shriver Hall Auditorium at John Hopkins University.


The screenings—presented by the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in partnership with Johns Hopkins’ Film and Media Studies Program and the JHU Film Society—accompany Mixed Signals: Artists Consider Masculinity in Sports, a traveling exhibition on display through Dec. 12 at UMBC.

The exhibition was organized and is circulated by iCI (Independent Curators International). The exhibition and tour are made possible, in part, by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, iCI Advocates, iCI Partners, Agnes Gund, Gerrit and Sydie Lansing, and Barbara and John Robinson.

* Posted by Jess Kemp for BmoreArt

MICA's Juried Undergraduate Exhibition Thursday, Nov. 5

Sophia Pousson, "Large Flying Beast #20"

MICA's Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, which highlights the best of the best of undergraduate students' artwork, opens Thursday, Oct. 29 in the Decker and Meyerhoff galleries, Fox Building (1303 W. Mount Royal Ave.). The reception on Thursday, Nov. 5, 5-7 p.m., which is open to the public, will include a presentation of merit awards chosen by the jurors. The exhibition remains on view through Sunday, Nov. 15.

* Posted by Jess Kemp for BmoreArt

Vanity Affair: Maryland Art Place Fall Benefit November 5

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets $250
RSVP Required - jdargenio@mdartplace.org
Cocktail Attire
Complimentary Valet Parking

Amita Bhat: Desire. Destruction. Transcendence at The Walters October 31

“DESIRE. DESTRUCTION. TRASCENDENCE.”

The Walters Art Museum presents the contemporary works of Amita Bhatt in dialog with tantric art from the John and Berthe Ford Collection

The Walters Art Museum is proud to present selected works from the John and Berthe Ford collection of traditional Indian and Himalayan art in visual dialogue with contemporary paintings by India born artist, Amita Bhatt. Bhatt derives her imagery from Hindu and Buddhist Tantric sources infused with her understanding of Western philosophy. She explores classic themes of desire, conflict, struggle and transcendence as they manifest themselves in the present day. This thought provoking installation recognizes the power of visual expressions to articulate, to mobilize, to activate, and to provoke. Informed by tradition but speaking in the present, Bhatt’s works explore fundamental struggles and eternal tensions common to all cultures. The show will run from October 31st through December 13th , 2009.
Opening Reception: 3 pm to 5 pm, October 31st, 2009
Walters Art Museum, 600 N Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Phone: 410-547-9000 Email: info@thewalters.org

This installation will be in the Ford Gallery of South Asian and Himalayan Art. The Ford Gallery is located in the Hackerman House, which is open on Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

For more information, visit the Walters' Web site here.

PAINTER STUART SHILS TO SPEAK AT JOHNS HOPKINS November 2

The Homewood Art Workshops kicks off its 35th anniversary celebration with a slide talk by renowned landscape painter Stuart Shils on Nov. 2, 2009. Shils’ talk, “27 Years Outside,” will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Room 101 of the F. Ross Jones Building, Mattin Center, on the Homewood campus at 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. A reception will follow Shils’ presentation.

A Philadelphia native, Shils has been a devoted plein air landscapist since 1982. His richly atmospheric paintings of his hometown, as well as Ireland, Israel and Italy, have been exhibited in New York, Boston, San Francisco and Tel Aviv. Shils’ 13 summers spent painting on the coast of County Mayo, Ireland were the subject of the 2004 PBS documentary, Ballycastle.

Shils, 55, teaches master classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and has been an annual visiting critic at the Vermont Studio Center for ten years. He is represented by the Tibor de Nagy Gallery and Davis & Langdale Company in New York. Publications including the New York Times, Art in America, The New Yorker and The New Republic review his work regularly.

To download images of Shils’ work, go to: http://www.jhu.edu/artwork/shils.html. To see other examples of his work and full CV/bibliography, visit: http://www.stuartshils.com/index2.html

The Homewood Art Workshops were founded in 1974 by painter and former Maryland Institute College of Art president, Eugene Leake (1911-2005). This event is dedicated to his memory.

Shils’ talk, “27 Years Outside,” is co-sponsored by Homewood Art Workshops and Homewood Arts Programs. Visitor parking on campus is available in the South Garage, 3101 Wyman Park Drive, Baltimore, Md. 21211. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call 410-516-6705.

Jack Wilgus: A Retrospective at MICA - Photos and Commentary by Jess Kemp

Selected Series: A Retrospective of Photographs by Jack Wilgus opened on Thursday, October 15 in the Pinkard Gallery of the Bunting Center (1401 W. Mount Royal Ave.). Before retirement, Jack taught photography at MICA for 40 years and was the chair of the department for 30. He gave a gallery talk on the afternoon of his opening to a packed space of MICA students and faculty alike. Jack and his wife, Beverly, plan to move to Texas before the end of the year, so many were drawn to see Jack speak before he leaves. He's an extremely animated and engaging speaker, often drawing many stories from his own life's experiences and providing tons of detail.
Here, Jack was talking about his and Beverly's now world-famous daguerreotype of Phineas Gage. The couple have an huge collection of photographs, daguerreotypes, cameras, and just about anything else you can think of relating to photography. This daguerreotype in particular was just another one in their collection until they found out it was the only image ever recorded of the famous patient, Phineas Gage. To see this interesting full story, go here.

That evening was the opening reception for the show, where once again MICA students and faculty as well as old friends of Jack's gathered to congratulate the retired professor. Above, Justin Williams and Zev Schmitz standing in front of Jack's early infrared work.

MICA President Fred Lazarus talking with the artist.

Aiden Simon, Melissa Pangan, Kelly Wise.

Jack with his wife, Beverly

The show is up until November 15, so be sure to check it out.

* Posted by Jess Kemp for Bmore Art.

The Great Halloween Lantern Parade moves to SUNDAY!

Get on the bus! Free Shuttle to the Parade runs 6-10pm, Check out the map for stops. Look for the signs! A fun, low stress way to get the the parade! The Great Halloween Lantern Parade & Festival moves to this Sun, Oct 25th. Same times! Same fabulousity!

We got GLOW-in-the dark Parade T-shirts! All sizes $15. The Festival runs 3-9 pm (later for beer and food). Come grab a hot cider, a hayride, make a lantern and find better parking!

Visit the Magic Hat Beer Garden & hear Ellen Cherry, Sac Au Lait and Mambo Combo on the Fest Stage! The Parade celebrates 10 years! Giant bird skeletons with beating hearts! Glittering stiltwalkers with glowing headdresses! New Parade Route! The RETURN of the MAGIC LANTERN SHOW! Poe's Eureka! A cosmic fantasy fairy tale with original live music from Chris Pumphrey and Talented Friends! So....don't miss it! Line-up 7pm, Parade & Show 7:30pm Patterson Park, Eastern & Linwood Aves.

***Barcstober Fest will also be happening in Patterson Park on Sunday from 11am-4pm, up at the Pagoda - Fun for the dogs! The Great Halloween Lantern Parade & Festival 3-9pm Fun for People! (not so fun for dogs).

Knit Wit: Photos from the opening at Nudashank Gallery Friday, October 23

Knit Wit - October 23 - November 18
An exhibition of contemporary knit and sewn work

Artists: Sarah Applebaum, Anthony Record, Nathan Vincent, Jennifer Strunge, Chiara Keeling, Todd Knopke

Barry Nemett: Paintings, Poems & Passages at Creative Alliance through October 24