This Week: Bill Schmidt and scholar Kristen Hileman in conversation at C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore School for the Arts Senior Recitals, Work Matters lecture at BMI, Rent Party at Baltimore Museum of Art, Jami Attenberg at Greedy Reads Remington, Out of Order (OOO) and more!
“This is a love letter to Baltimore,” says Du Pree, executive director of the CityLit Project, describing the annual festival, now in its 21st year.
Here, before us at the school, are stripped-down, geometricized versions of four individual caterpillars, poised at different moments in their movements—stretching upward toward the sky, looking ahead, or reaching toward the ground, as if scouting for fallen leaves on the brick foundation...
This week's news includes: 25th Annual Maryland Film Festival, Aubrey Plaza cast in John Waters' Liarmouth, Lena Stringari appointed Chief of Conservation at the National Gallery - with reporting from Baltimore Fishbowl, Banner, Brew, and other local and independent news sources!
Wendel Patrick is an associate professor of music engineering at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University; he is also a composer, producer, beatmaker, pianist, sonic architect, photographer, and videographer. But how has he sustained a career with such a diverse breadth of work?
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Exhibits at C. Grimaldis, Creative Alliance, Eubie Blake, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, Current, New Door, Goya Contemporary, MONO Practice, and Waller Gallery
At Arting Gallery, David Barnett instills seriousness with a profound dose of wackiness. Or another way of describing A Carnival of Characters is that this intense, inventive show explores the childlike in the adult, and the other way around.
Rebecca Marimutu’s "Portraits (Contact)," Rebecca Strzelec’s "365 Grams," and Rosa Leff and Kelly Walker’s "A Fine Pairing"—at Goucher College, Baltimore Jewelry Center, and Creative Alliance, respectively—made me reflect on my relationship to myself, womanhood, and the women who shaped me.
Photogenic Guests at the BJC's Annual Ornamenta Benefit
Artist Books, the Gateway Drug into Art Collecting
Announcing a Second Printing of our City of Artists Book!BmoreArt News: Julia Marciari-Alexander Leaving the Walters, James Beard Finalists, and more
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional mediaStanding Firm at Thirty: an Interview with Blonde Redhead's Kazu Makino
The Vocalist Reflects on Three Decades of Growth, Songwriting, the American Dream, and Going Home to Family in JapanThe Public Art Chronicles, Vol. II: Michelle Santos' 2011 Mural "Historic Druid Heights"
Two Community Organizers Were Immortalized in a Mural that Ended up on the Front Page of the New York Times as an Illustration for Baltimore's Clap-Back to Donald TrumpBmoreArt News: JHU Spends $500k on Baltimore Art, Joyce J. Scott, Mexican + Filipino Food Pop-up
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
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A recap of our very first City of Artists release celebration on December 8, 2023: a reading at the Enoch Pratt Library featuring authors Scott Shane, Sheri Booker, Lane Harlan, E. Doyle-Gillespie, and BmoreArt publisher Cara Ober as moderator.
"If I were genuinely paralyzed by my own criticism, I probably wouldn't be able to do anything. I would stop myself. But there is always a moment when I forget about everything else, I forget about time, and I put down whatever I have in my mind. That is music for me."
This, the Pratt’s 36th Breakfast, was to be my first. And so, with little idea of what to expect, I daydreamed about Jesmyn and me sitting across a fancy table, spearing pancakes and passing the bacon whilst talking about characters we had yet to bring to life.
City of Artists, BmoreArt's first full-length book, sold out in December, but is now available through a second printing
Tugging at the Stitches of Art History: Elizabeth Talford Scott
Eyewinkers, Tumbleturds, and Candlebugs Revisited: A Legacy Unfolds at the Baltimore Museum of ArtBmoreArt News: Key Bridge, Baker Finalists, $2 Million from MacKenzie Scott
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional mediaThree Sondheim Finalists Announced for 2024
Congrats to Hellen Ascoli, Amy Boone-McCreesh, and Sam MackPlaying in Museums with Pablo Helguera
Pablo Helguera in Conversation with Rebecca UchillFOMOgraphy: Current Space's Members Party
The Seasonal Party That's So Much Fun it Should Convince You to Join the Art Space Even if You Hate Art
The Baltimore Arts & Culture Guide
Search: Museums, Galleries, Performance, Film, Organizations & Advocacy, Literary Organizations, Media, Bookshops, Maker, Mixed Use & Studios, Education, Grants & Awards, Residencies, Artist Housing, and Supplies. This guide is for Baltimore area artists, makers, creatives, and anyone who wants to get involved in the arts in the region.
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Unreliable Narrators: An Evening with Ann Patchett and R. Eric Thomas
A Sort of Recap on Ann Patchett and R. Eric Thomas in conversation via the Ivy BookshopFOMOgraphy: Baltimore Jewelry Center's Annual Ornamenta Benefit
Sapphire-Clad Guests Looked Divine at 2640Two Baltimore-based Artists Receive Creative Capital Grants
Jackie Milad and Marnie Ellen Hertzler Receive Prestigious National GrantThe Club Car Pulls into Station North
A Pop-up Queer Cabaret and Art Space Breathes New Life into Storied North Avenue Market LocaleFaux Pubes Fashion Show: "Merkin Dream" at MAP
What better event to host on International Women's Day?
Connect + Collect
Connect+Collect is a BmoreArt initiative designed to engage new and established collectors and to build relationships with Baltimore based artists and galleries through talks, gallery tours, and studio visits.
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In Issue 16: Collaboration, we explore synergistic models in the region, artists whose practice invites others in, organizations who prioritize collective action, and institutional entities willing to elevate local partners.
Stories from Issue 16: Collaboration
Shared commercial kitchens have long been used to create positive economic, environmental, health, and social effects for communities—a mission that Our Time Kitchen hopes to foster in Baltimore.
While the atmosphere on the Water Taxi was decidedly leisurely (it was a sunset cruise, after all), the underlying excitement was unmistakable. A constant flow of folks congregated around the book display even when the initial rush had passed.
At 24 years old, Tyler is a prolific musician, producer, and festival organizer.
“The imprints of elemental properties inherent to ceramics fired in a wood kiln often yield mesmerizing finishes; it almost adds a fourth dimension to the artworks.”