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Hands Please: Rosemary Liss Thomasson Theatre
Please join us at the Thomasson Theater for Rosemary Liss’s projection installation “Hands Please”. The piece can be viewed from outside the building on Paca and Franklin Streets. Inside the space at 426 W Franklin Street Rosemary will have additional pieces and sensory foodscapes for your consumptive pleasure.
<><><><><><><><>Light City Baltimore Water Taxi/Walking Tour Wednesday, June 15th : 10am
Inner Harbor Ampitheater
Water Taxi/Walking Tour: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 10am . Tours depart from the Inner Harbor Amphitheater at Pratt and Light streets. Attendees should meet at the Amphitheater by 9:45am . Capacity is limited to 49 passengers. An RSVP to [email protected]
<><><><><><><><>Spice Girl Documentary Screening Wednesday, June 15th : 6-10pm
The Creative Alliance
Join us for the official premiere of the documentary “Spice Girl” celebrating baltimore drag queen Cinnamon St. Michael through more than 50 years in drag.
Doors open at 6pm with full cash bar, followed by entertainment and showing of the film at 7pm with a QandA and more entertainment following.
Be there to celebrate and support this extraordinary person, loved and charished by so many – and join us in a celebration of a quite incredible life and career.
This is an OPEN event but seating is limited – so to secure your tickets, simply email alphatreeproductions@gmail
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Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture
<><><><><><><><>Going Down Mount Moriah Thursday, June 16th : 8pm
EMP Collective
$10 – $15 Sliding Scale
EMP Collective welcomes Philly performance artist Emily Bate (and company) for a guest performance at EMP! Opening performance featuring Rahne Alexander (Baltimore).
ABOUT THE SHOW Going Down Mount Moriah is DIY choral theater and feminist spectacle. A choir rises up from a murky lake bottom: there’s finger-pointing, navel-gazing, rollerskating, and rattling the bars of the cage. Is it a house show gone off the rails, or the Babysitter’s Club turned into a bloodthirsty cult?! A show exploring the extent to which trauma constitutes personhood, Going Down Mount Moriah will tell you jokes, terrify you and sing you to sleep, not in that order.
<><><><><><><><>Ripple Effect – Opening ReceptionThursday, June 16th : 5:30-7:30pm
Top of the World Observatory
The Top of the World Observation Gallery presents “Ripple Effect,” an exhibition of paintings by Sylvie Van Helden and Christine Buckton Tillman, on view from Thursday, June 16 through Sunday, September 25, 2016 .Thursday, June 16, 2016 from 5:30-7:30pm .7pm to be guaranteed entry. Light refreshments will be served. Top of the World is managed by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts and is located on the 27th floor of the World Trade Center at 401 E. Pratt Street.
“Ripple Effect” explores the work of two artists who employ fluid painting techniques, utilizing liquid acrylics, inks, and gouaches on paper, mixing them with processes such as collage and digitally printed fabric.
Christine Buckton Tillman is interested in botanical imagery and man-made interpretations of natural forms, as well as textile and pattern design. Often utilizing pencil, ink, and gouache, she has recently begun digitally printing her works on paper onto fabric. Also drawing from natural imagery, Sylvie Van Helden exhibits works from her series entitled “The Legend of the Koi”, which describes the persistence of a school of Koi swimming against a powerful waterfall. In this illustrated story in which one Koi finally summits the waterfall, turning into a powerful dragon, Van Helden utilizes acrylic, ink, and collage with correction tape on paper.
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Sindikit Friday Performance Series Friday, June 17 : 7 PM – 9 PM
Sindikit
Curated by interdisciplinary artist Jaimes Mayhew for the Friday Performance Series, ‘sindikit presents DESIDERIUM, a ritual performance by Jordan Sanford and Joseph Faura. DESIDERIUM explores trauma, grief and healing through the potential liminality implicit in magick rituals.
Jordan and Joseph serve as the intermediaries between participants and the elemental forces by embodying sacred entities who “consume” the grief of others, to in turn help us remember, heal, and cleanse ourselves—and each other—from our personal and collective grief.
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Brad Blair / Pat Alexander / Blake Carrington – Opening ReceptionsFriday, June 17th : 7-9pm
VisArts
Brad Blair
Taking advantage of the Gibbs Street Gallery’s wall of windows and artificial light, Pat Alexander
Blake Carrington (b. 1980) works within the spheres of the visual, sound, and performing arts. He has had solo exhibitions at Contemporary Art Center New Orleans, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, and Central Utah Art Center, featuring a range of work from inkjet painting to video installation using custom software systems. Parallel to his work in the visual arts context, he writes and performs original audiovisual compositions and releases full length albums. His debut Cathedral Scan was released in 2011 by the LA-based Dragon’s Eye Recordings, and in 2012 Radio del Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid commissioned a follow-up. Working collaboratively, he has created and performed concert visuals recently with Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective in New York, Abu Dhabi, Paris and Marseille. He has also co-founded a collaborative silkscreen print label called Personal Desire Propaganda that promotes the work of 35 artists, and previously co-founded and curated a public art platform called Urban Video Project that has featured work by Trevor Paglen, Jill Magid, and others. He received a Jerome Foundation Travel Study Grant to research media arts in Japan, and is a 2014-2015 NYFA Fellow. Blake was born in Indiana and currently lives and works in Brooklyn.
<><><><><><><><>Piece by Peace: Finding Meaning Through Artistic Meditation Friday, June 17th : 6pm
Impact Hub
Sip some wine and collage with professional multi media Artist Brianna Faulkner to shake off the work week with other arts enthusiasts. Make an 8×10 canvas work of art while sipping on wine. The workshop will be held at Impact Hub Baltimore part innovation lab, part coworking space, part community center. Our members are innovators and entrepreneurs dedicated to Baltimore and beyond.
Materials provided will be:
magazines
scissors
glue
canvas
(supplies are limited and will have to be shared by all atendees)
B Faulkner is a writer and mixed media artist currently residing in Baltimore MD. Her work has been a part of several exhibitions in the DMV area in addition to being featured in local galleries, restaurants, boutiques, churches and on book covers. She holds creative story-telling workshops for after school initiatives and women’s organizations.
<><><><><><><><>Magic Portal Block Party Saturday, June 18th : 1-4pm
Gold Street; between Division and Etting
Time of Event: 1-4:00pm
1-2pm: Program
Presentation by Jubilee Youth Artists
Choir and Praise Dance Performances by Patterson Asbury AME Zion Church and Greater Manifestation Worship & Praise.
Rhema Word (Spoken Word) 2-4pm:
Food
Music
Mural Making (and other art activities)
Face Painting
Jubilee youth have been working in collaboration with residents of Druid Heights and members of Patterson Asbury AME Zion Church and Greater Manifestation Worship & Praise to create Magic Portal, temporary sculptural activation of the vacant lots on Gold and Division Streets in West Baltimore.
The portal is constructed of wooden posts and pieces of scrap sourced from the local environment to symbolize a tunnel of transformation. Magic Portal opens at the Northwest corner of the intersection, providing residents an opportunity to step away from their everyday worlds and move through a unique space, adorned by flowers created by community using recycled materials. The archway leads towards a seating area with abstract wooden sculptures on the other end.
The sculptures are inspired by photographs from the 1930’s-1960’s taken in the area by the late photographer for the Afro-American newspaper, Paul Henderson. The portal is a symbol of transformation and is a tool for traveling through time to learn about community history. Through this project, we honor our past, provide opportunities to learn and participate in the work being done currently in the community, and dream of visions for the future.
Join us for the Magic Portal’s block party celebration which will take place on June 18, 2016, 1-4pm to celebrate the 6 month long collaborative community process and to bless the space. Youth leaders will present on their experience working on the project, there will be choir and praise dance performances by the churches, participants will have an opportunity to help paint a mural that will be installed temporarily on the the wall of a building next to the four lots. The sculptures will be de-installed in mid-August and move to other locations where they will find permanent residence.
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Not Now: Hermonie “only” Williams Saturday, June 18 : 7-10 PM
Gallery 4
Exhibition Runs: June 18 – July 22, 2016
In my exhibition at Gallery 4 entitled ‘Not Now’ I present a series of pieces derived from the affections of anxiety and depression, the potential of substance, the notion of bodily presence, absence, and residue. These artworks are an investigation into the ethical and aesthetic problems at the core of ‘personal expression’. Fragility and vulnerability are defined by charred wood sculptures which hang in an ambiguous relationship to charcoal pigmented cement. Graphite, inherently dark and reflective, recedes from the viewer with an introspection so severe that it appears to cave in on itself. Drawings that seem so heavily obvious as to make ascribing further significance uncomfortable. Pointed and sheared polycarbonate rods are obstinately staged with expectant resolve.
Please join me Saturday June 18th 7-10 pm for an unsophisticated synthesis of angst and elegance.
Hermonie “only” Williams grew up in Orange County, California. She lives and works in Baltimore, MD.
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Art & Funding: A Panel Discussion Tuesday, June 21 : 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Join BmoreArt for a panel discussion with four artists who have receieved significant grants in the region: Wendel Patrick, Lu Zhang, Edgar Reyes, and Ashley Minner.
Moderated by Erin Fostel, this conversation will include grant-winning strategies and an honest discussion of the actual impact – and responsibilities – of grant funding on one’s art practice. This discussion features artists from our new print journals!
Pictured Above: Wendel Patrick in his studio photographed by Justin Tsucalas for Issue 2!
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Tickets are free but you need to register via Eventbrite. Seating will be limited !
