This week: Visualizing the World: National Juried Exhibition reception at Cade Gallery, Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Our World opening reception at Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Picture Whimsies: A Celebration of Art through Music at Pratt Central Library, and Strive Film Screening and Fundraiser for the Peale Center at the Charles Theatre.
Plus BmoreArt’s List of Baltimore Holiday Maker’s Markets!
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BmoreArt’s List of Baltimore Holiday Makers’ Markets
This week includes: Baltimore Farmers’ Market + Bazaar, Bazaart at the AVAM, the Baltimore Jewelry Center’s Holiday Sale, Waverly Holiday Pop-up Market, Cross Street Holiday Market, Shop Small Art Crawl at the Mill Centre Art Studios, the Liriodendron’s Holiday Open House, and the Holiday Bazaar + Tea at the Cloisers.
Visualizing the Word: National Juried Art Exhibition | Reception
Tuesday, November 26th • 5-7pm
Cade Gallery
Anne Arundel Community College : Arnold
Nov. 26th, 2019 – Jan. 24th, 2020
This exhibit highlights ekphrastic work from artists throughout the United States. It includes artwork inspired by literature and artworks that address literary themes. The exhibit includes works in a wide variety of mediums including painting, printmaking, sculpture, mixed media, textiles, and more.
Jon West-Bey is an independent curator and museum consultant based in Washington, DC. He is also a Lecturer in the Museum Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University. During his over 20 year career, Jon has curated over 40 exhibitions and produced and managed numerous award winning public, educational, and multimedia programs. Most recently, Jon was the Curator of the Arts Program at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) where his work focused on developing the University’s visual art collection, curating UMUC’s public spaces, and producing exhibitions that featured artwork from local, national and internationally known artists. He is also the founder of the American Poetry Museum in Washington, DC and, and spent 10 years as its Executive Director.
Image: Kim Paxson, Mary Oliver’s Question, 2016, Artist-made wool and silk felt, handstitched, mixed media, 40.5″ x 33.5″ x 0.5″
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Friday, November 29th
Our World | Opening Reception
Saturday, November 30th • 6-8pm
Eubie Blake Cultural Center
847 North Howard Street : 21201
Our World features ten young, emerging Black American Artists working in Baltimore, MD. Co-curated by world-renowned artist Derrick Adams and curator Thomas James, Our World displays the many different facets that encompass Blackness in the eyes of these artists. The collection of artists in the show include Akea Brown, Jerrell Gibbs, Charles Mason III, Nikia Kigler, Kayla Fryer, James Massaqoui, Amani Lewis, Murjoni Merriweather, Will Watson, and McKinley Wallace III. Our World showcases artwork in which the artists question themselves and their perceptions of Blackness based on their experiences, as well as how Blackness is viewed through the lens of the dominant society in America. Working in an array of mediums, the artists have been able to capture the essence of Black American culture with works specifically focusing on Black hair, Black skin, family heritage, past experiences, and hopes, dreams, and expectations for the future. Through portraits, sculptures, photographs, collages, mixed media, abstract, and found object works, Our World explores and challenges what it means to be Black in America and how these emerging Black artists are expressing themselves.
Picture Whimsies: A Celebration of Art through Music
Sunday, December 1st • 2-4pm
Enoch Pratt Free Library Central Branch
400 Cathedral Street : 21201
On Sunday, December 1, a unique art and music event that interprets and celebrates the original paintings of nine local artists will be held at The Enoch Pratt Central Library. Through a nine movement “Pierrot” suite written by award winning Peabody graduate student, Bobby Ge, the paintings, will be set to music including flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello. Attendees will have the opportunity to listen and experience the art through his music.
Bobby Ge, pursuing his Master’s degree at The Peabody Conservatory, noticed paintings by local artists hanging at the Charles Theater. The paintings that caught his attention were by Art10 Baltimore, a collective of artists who have been painting together for more than 10 years.
“He reached out to us and asked if he could create original music based on our work, “said Jennifer Berk, one of the Art10Baltimore artists. “Since then we have collaborated on a unique partnership that pairs his musical composition with our visual work. It’s the culmination of over a year’s planning and will tell the story of nine original paintings through music,” Berk added.
Based on the belief that art should not be an insular experience, Ge has composed the suite dividing it into three distinct sections that explore the emotion of each painting using a polystylistic approach. Ge, through his composition, creates unity between the paintings. Born in America and raised in Shanghai, China, Ge returned to the U.S. to attend Berkeley. He holds a degree in composition theory and physics. He is a recent award winner of the International Music Competition held in Harbin, China. The musicians and conductor are students of Peabody.
Art10Baltimore artists share a common vision—that in a fractured world, the power of each artist’s unique individual language is elevated by community. After 10 years of painting, critiques and the occasional raucous dinner, their work has evolved to be cohesive while remaining diverse. The paintings of Art10Baltimore have appeared in juried and non- juried shows throughout the U.S. as well as in a number of private collections.
There will be an opportunity to view the art before and after the concert. Attendees will be seated to listen and experience the art through the musical performance. Following the concert, the audience will have an additional opportunity to view the paintings, meet the artists, Bobby Ge, and the musicians.
Strive Film Screening and Fundraiser for the Peale Center
Monday, December 2nd • 5:30-9:30pm
