This week: The Peale hosts Capacity-building for Storytellers with Genevieve de Mahy at Carroll Mansion, Unravel the Code opening reception at MICA’s Fox Building, Clifford Owens performance at the BMA, The Stoop Holiday Hootenanny: An evening of stories and music at the Senator, We Are One + Edna Emmet opening receptions at the Creative Alliance, UNDER $500 opening reception at Maryland Art Place, and Current Space’s 7th Annual Art Market.
Plus BmoreArt’s List of Baltimore Holiday Maker’s Markets!
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BmoreArt’s List of Baltimore Holiday Makers’ Markets
This week features: The Healing Flame Collective’s Healing Holiday Pop-Up Market, Current Art Market, A Holiday (Schwing) Thing ’10 at Make Studio, and Makers Market at Greenspring Station.
Unravel the Code | Opening Reception
Wednesday, December 11th • 6-8:30pm
Capacity-building for Storytellers with Genevieve de Mahy | Workshop
Wednesday, December 11th • 7-9pm
Carroll Mansion
800 East Lombard Street : 21202
Featuring Genevieve de Mahy, interdisciplinary theater artist, Single Carrot Theater, and a tutorial on intellectural property in the digital age. Funded by the Baltimore National Heritage Area, PNC Bank, and an IMLS grant. Come early for drinks and meet other future storytellers.
Clifford Owens | Performance
Thursday, December 12th • 6-8pm
Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive : 21218
Join renowned artist Clifford Owens (b. 1971, Baltimore, MD) in an interpretation of scores written for him by Charles Gaines, Shinique Smith, Joyce J. Scott, and Senga Nengudi in an evening of performance at the BMA.
Owens selected the scores, or instructions for a performance, from his Anthology project expressly for his hometown of Baltimore. During the performances, the artist will engage the audience on a procession through the museum. He will be joined by Baltimore-based artists including musician Wendel Patrick.
This event is free, but registration is required.
The Stoop Holiday Hootenanny: An evening of stories and music
Thursday, December 12th • 6-8pm
We Are One + Edna Emmet: Facing the Dark Light in Flight | Opening Receptions
Saturday, December 14th • 6-8pm
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Avenue : 21224
We Are One
Join us on Saturday December 14th, 2019 for the opening reception of We Are One – an exhibition featuring the figurative work of Jerry Prettyman, Ernest Shaw, Latoya M Hobbs, Monica Ikegwu, Mark Fleuridor. This exhibition serves as a cross-generational conversation among Black artists working in Baltimore, exploring the complexity of these artists, their interests, passions, and what is currently driving the subject matters of their current practices.
Edna Emmet: Facing the Dark Light in Flight
This show expresses the visible and the hidden. While living in a small fishing village on the north most coast of Iceland, Edna Emmet’s work immerses the viewer in the dark, rugged, volcanic landscape. During these darkest months of the year, the first paintings in the series rely on volcanic sand to express the longing for the Northern lights and color of the months to come by hiding an image within. The last in the series depict the freedom of the seagulls as they soared about the cold, gray bay. Come and explore the beauty that Emmit uncovered in Iceland’s darkness.
UNDER $500 | Opening Reception
Saturday, December 14th • 6pm
Maryland Art Place
218 West Saratoga Street : 21201
On View: Saturday, December 14 – Wednesday, December 18, 2018
Maryland Art Place invites you to join us at our seventh annual UNDER $500 affordable art sale this December! On Saturday, December 14 at 6 o’clock join us for a first-come, first-served opportunity to purchase affordable and original works of art. The event will feature the work of Baltimore and surrounding area artists at a price point of $500 or less. Purchase work at any point throughout the evening and take home that night!
Guests can expect to mingle with other artists, collectors, patrons, and general art enthusiasts at the event.
7th Annual Art Market
Saturday, December 14th • 12-6pm
header image: Clifford Owens. Anthology (Saya Woolfalk). 2011. Courtesy of the artist
