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This week's news includes: Glenstone Museum announces new exhibitions, the sublime Amy Sherald, Savannah G.M. Wood awarded Tabb Center humanities fellowship, from France to Baltimore, Ky Vassor installs work at Govans Presbyterian Church, remembering Susan Alcorn, and more!
"I like to think that sound has information, so when we build and play and listen to these kinds of instruments today, it's like opening a portal to an experience that was designed in another time, in another world."
This Week: A Media Quilt Project video installation opening reception, TINY Art Soiree at Hotel Indigo, "Obscured Legacy" film screening at MCHC, BSO at the Lewis Museum, Future Histories opening reception at the Driskell Center, Inviting Light Kick-Off at the Parkway, and more!
This month, I am sharing four major exhibits with you that will restore your faith in humanity, inspire you to dream big and convince you to bundle up and head back out into the real world.
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A former wildlife conservationist, Executive Chef Olivier Caillabet's approach to food is mindful and inclusive. The ramen restaurant has soy-free, gluten-free, and vegan options. And they are all done well.
Governor Moore’s proposal overlooks how crucial the arts have been to Maryland’s prosperity—and how pivotal they will remain in the future. Let us not turn our backs on the very policies that made Maryland a national model for the creative economy.
“My skating itself is almost a kind of activism in a weird way, just being so unapologetically queer and being outspoken..."
This month, I am sharing four major exhibits with you that will restore your faith in humanity, inspire you to dream big and convince you to bundle up and head back out into the real world.
David London Announced as New Director of Baker Fund
An Interview with David London Discussing His Vision for the FutureThe Baltimore Renaissance?
It's important that we agree on the conditions to declare that we have arrived.Honey Bee Baby at the Strand Asks How/What/When We're "Expecting" in an Uncertain Future
Rapid Lemon Productions Imagines Parenthood Under AuthoritarianismMorgan State University’s Magnificent Marching Machine
From the Field to the StageBmoreArt News: MCAAHC, Reginald F. Lewis, Tom Miller Week
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Baltimore's membership models for cultural organizations are an excellent way to keep the venues we love afloat and sustainable.
That's our mission: that at every age and stage of life, we're making meaningful human connections through music, movement, and theater making. No matter where you are in your life, you do not have to age out of creativity or community.
The cheekily titled If Books Could Kill (on view through August 5, 2025) focuses on toxic materials—mercury, arsenic, and lead—that were used by scribes, illustrators, and printers in a variety of historical contexts.
A new photo book, Scene Seen, weaves together 85 bands, over 200 portraits, and 300 pages into a tribute to Baltimore’s creative resilience, documenting the essence of the music scene from 2016 to 2024.
Honey Bee Baby at the Strand Asks How/What/When We're "Expecting" in an Uncertain Future
Rapid Lemon Productions Imagines Parenthood Under AuthoritarianismArt School Confidential: UMBC Grad Studio Visits with Nia Hampton and Bao Nguyen
On the IMDA Program, City Life, and How UMBC Gives them Space to Get Messy (Plus Health Insurance!)All Art is Site Specific: Ten Best Baltimore Exhibitions of 2024
Top Exhibits of 2024: Museums & Galleries2024 in Recap: Celebrating Our City of Artists
A Note from the BmoreArt TeamProject Artscape Finale: A Fashion Show at the Walters
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With around 150 members, M3 is a powerful force uniquely composed of every major on campus. Reid referred to the marching band members as “triple A” students, being that they are academic, artistic, and athletic.
Curated by Lisa D. Freiman, "Levester Williams: all matters aside" is an expansive survey of the Philadelphia-based artist’s works-to-date. The show closes Dec 14th at UMBC's Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture (CADVC).
An interview ahead of Smith's reading and performance at A Home for the Heart to Live In: an annual gathering of Cave Canem poets hosted by CityLit at Motor House on December 8.
That chat with Faust sparked something—a desire to dig deeper into the lives of Baltimore’s gallerists and curators, beginning with Faust herself.
Life Changing: The MFA in Studio Art at Towson University
A Competitive MFA Degree from a Well-Funded, Multidisciplinary Art DepartmentCelebrating 110 Years at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Party Photos by Jill Fannon and E. Brady RobinsonStorytelling, Performance, & Healing: WombWork
A Baltimore-based Performance Troupe and Learning ProgramReframing Gordon Parks and James Baldwin
Exhibits at The National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery Offer a New Conversation Between Two Iconic Artists and ActivistsBmoreArt News: New Museum Leadership, Bria Sterling-Wilson at Galerie Myrtis, and The Dutchess opens in Hampden
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