Performances 7 PM Reception 8 PM THE WINNERS – ON VIEW! Alexander Heilner, Photographer David Knopp, Sculptor Nathan Bell, Musician Plus 9 talented b-grant winners! Enjoy after hours access to the exhibition, live performances by Nathan Bell and Smooth Kentucky, an artist meet and greet, and light refreshments!
Alexander Heilner
Nathan Bell short documentary
Nathan Bell live clip
The BMA celebrates The Baker Artist Awards with a multi-disciplinary exhibition showcasing the winners of the prestigious $25,000 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize: musician Nathan Bell, photographer Alexander Heilner, and sculptor David Knopp.
The FREE exhibition opens Wed, Sept 5.
This spectacular showcase of talent also features a diverse group of visual art and music from the $1,000 b-grant winners: Brent Crothers, Miranda Pfeiffer, Tiffany Jones, Chris Bathgate, Yoshi Fujii, Ellen Durkan, Smooth Kentucky, Marcia Wolfson Ray, and the late Lauren Simonutti.
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An Interview with the Exhibition's Featured Rubys Artist Grant Recipients
Tangential Realities features Rashida Bumbray, Red Rae, Marnie Ellen Hertzler, and Ada Pinkston, four artists who root their practices in recognizable reality before venturing into the speculative, the utopian, and the unknown. Organized with Rubys Artist Grants Program Manager Alex Ebstein.