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This Week: Baltimore Improv Festival continues through Sunday, ‘Black Remedy’ Summer Fashion Show at Jubilee Arts, Bearing Witness exhibition opening at Eubie Blake, opening reception for Vic Yambao at Waller Gallery, HOPE performs at the Creative Alliance, iWITNESS: Media & The Movement Free Day at the Lewis Museum, a dance concert at the Lewis Museum, Yelé Stitches presents Runway Revolution at Motor House, and closing day for Women to Watch at the NMWA — PLUS Elena Johnston Memorial Scholarship applications and more featured opportunties!

 

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The 16th annual Baltimore Improv Festival
Ongoing through August 11

The 16th annual Baltimore Improv Festival is coming up from Aug 5-11 at the Baltimore Improv Group theater. We’re again bringing improv comedy teams from around the US to perform and lead workshops here. Our audiences love the festival, and we always have out of town teams tell us how much they love our audiences. Full schedule & tickets here:

 

 

The Black Remedy Show
Friday, August 9 :: 5-9pm
@ Jubilee Arts

Welcome to The Black Remedy Show!

Come join us for a night of art, fashion, community Building and fun at 1947 Pennsylvania Ave.

The theme of this year’s collection is “Black Remedy,” focusing on solutions for issues affecting Black communities, social justice, and the broader challenges faced by people of color. This powerful theme is reflected in the designs our youth have created over the summer.

In addition to the fashion show, we are excited to announce that we will also be launching a 24-hour fundraising campaign in partnership with CLLCTVLYGIVE. Our goal is to raise $100,000 to support our programs and initiatives.

We invite you to join us for this dual celebration of creativity and community giving. Your support can make a significant difference in helping us reach our fundraising goal.

 

 

Bearing Witness: Photographing Black Families in Baltimore | Opening Reception
Friday, August 9 :: 6pm
@ Eubie Blake Cultural Center

Exhibition Saturday, August 4 – September 29, 2024

Opening Reception Friday, August 9, 2024; 6pm

Artist Talk Thursday, September 5, 2024; 7pm

Family Photo Day/ Closing Event Saturday, September 28, 2024;

-a panel discussion which allows space for the artists to discuss their work and explore themes of black representation.

Family Photo Day/ Closing Event Saturday, September 28, 2024;2pm

A workshop on how to preserve family photos, digitization station, photo studio for family group pictures

A photography session with a local Black photographer that documents 12-16 Baltimore families and allows them to receive professional family photographs.

Featured Photographers Daisy Brown, John Clark Mayden, I. Henry Phillips, Sr.,I.H. Webster Phillips, III, Brian Pinson, and SHAN Wallace

About Bearing Witness Provocative, insightful, unfiltered.For almost 200 years, Black photographers have intentionally documented Black communities. They have used their cameras and creativity to portray Black people “as they see them” and redress the racialized narratives which are common in popular media. In Baltimore, Maryland, Black photographers have played a critical role in representing lives too seldom celebrated and too often forgotten. With their images featured in spaces ranging from family photo albums to national publications, these artists embody a tradition of witnessing and storytelling from a Black point of view.

The Bearing Witness exhibition highlights the work of six local Black photographers who explore historical and contemporary depictions of Black family life. It features a mix of established and emerging artists whose images of Black Baltimore from the 1950s to the present display how Black folk live, love, struggle, and triumph in their everyday lives.

https://bearingwitnessphotography.com

 

 

Vic Yambao: Fishbrained | Opening Reception
Friday, August 9 :: 6-9pm
@ Waller Gallery

Our next exhibition, opening August 9 from 6-9pm, features the work of the talented and whimsical Vic Yambao. Explore the depths of self-awareness at “Fish Brained,” an exhibition diving into the human experience through the lens of aquatic life. The exhibition is inspired by the instinctual prowess of fish—pattern recognition, shape, and form. Join us on August 9th from 6-9 PM to immerse yourself in the beauty and mystery of creatures that navigate our rivers, lakes, and tributaries, and discover how their world reflects our own.

A message from the artist: “Like art, fishing appeals to my solitary nature. Both demand deep focus and keen observation. Both require a blend of technical skill and the ability to improvise based on the moment. Both disciplines offer valuable lessons through repetition and mistakes. This exhibition serves as a merger of these two passions. Translating the world of fishing onto my canvas. The act of painting my catches becomes a meditative exploration, a way to preserve the memories and emotions associated with each trip. It’s a pursuit that mirrors the act of fishing itself – patiently waiting for inspiration to ‘bite’; then skillfully capturing it on the canvas. Fishing for inspiration by thinking like a fish.”

If you miss the opening join us for the artist talk Friday, September 13 from 6:30 – 7:30pm. Both the opening and the artist talk are a part of Second Fridays in collaboration with cultural spaces and business in the Station North Arts District. For more information look here: https://www.stationnorth.org/news/2024/monthly-art-walk-july.

 

 

dancing with my shadows: performance and community celebration
Friday, August 9 :: 7pm
@ Creative Alliance

Join us for a performance by interdisciplinary artist HOPE McCorkle followed by a Community Celebration! Blending burlesque and contemporary dance styles to resonate with shedding parts of yourself to find another, HOPE expresses the journey to self-love, discovery, and meeting with your inner self, inspiring flow and unity within the mind and body.

After the performance, visitors are invited to use the theater as an expressive space for free movement and shedding of their shadows in a Community Celebration & Dance Party with sound-bending frequencies by DJ Afr0delic! There will be food available for purchase to support local Black businesses. This is the final programming event in connection with HOPE’s solo exhibition “dancing with my shadows: a journey to self discovery” in Creative Alliance’s Amalie Rothschild Gallery. Come celebrate together!

Tickets: $8-10

For more information and tickets, visit creativealliance.org (ticket link)

About the Exhibition
“dancing with my shadows: a journey to self-discovery” is an immersive solo exhibition exploring the evolution of HOPE, reflecting on her inner journey towards self-discovery. The artwork is a testament to HOPE’s exploration of her inner world, delving into the realms of spirituality, self-love, shadow work, and healing. These self-portraits capture moments of vulnerability and transformation, reflecting her personal quests to understand and accept her shadows and mental health, seeking inner peace.

Artist Bio
HOPE (Tonisha Hope McCorkle) is an interdisciplinary artist and performer whose canvas is not just a surface but a portal for healing. She creates transformative and emotionally resonant works of art through painting, collage, movement, and sculpture. Weaving together the threads of memories, color, and symbolism, HOPE constructs evocative representations that go beyond visual perception. Her creations provide a space for introspection, inviting viewers to explore the profound processes of transformation, intimacy, and self-discovery. Through her unique blend of storytelling and visual expression, HOPE’s art not only invites observation but encourages a deep, empathetic connection that transcends the canvas.Through education and soul food, HOPE nurtures spirit and community by teaching healing through art to the youth and sharing her passion for cooking through immersive experiences. HOPE makes up half of the artist collective Hope and Faith ♡, an interdisciplinary art collaborative formed with twin sister, FAITH (Eleisha Faith McCorkle). Their work serves as testaments to healing by example, honoring the Black mother, spirit, food, and childlike wonder in the stories told through their scrolls, films, installations, and other creations.HOPE’s vision extends beyond herself, embracing a higher purpose that dives deep into the soul, inviting others to join her on a journey of hope, healing, and exploration.

Instagram @hopethehealer

 

 

iWITNESS: Media & The Movement | FREE DAY
Saturday, August 10 :: 10am-5pm
@ Reginald F. Lewis Museum

iWITNESS: Media & The Movement is a compelling forthcoming exhibit to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum this August, that will examine how media—Radio, Television, Photography, and the Press—impacted the modern American Civil Rights Movement. This exhibit commemorates the 60th anniversary of the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964, and explores the efforts of activists, community leaders, and organizations in the state of Maryland who leveraged the power of media to open the eyes, hearts, and minds of many, forcing them to bear witness to injustices while compelling them to seek change.

Keep your “i” on the Lewis for upcoming updates on our newest exhibition, iWITNESS: Media & The Movement.

NOTE: Purchasing a ticket to view iWITNESS: Media & The Movement grants visitors access to all current Museum exhibitions.

 

 

Exhibit Expressions Dance Concert: Black Woman Genius: Elizabeth Talford Scott – Tapestries of Generation and iWitness Media & The Movement
Saturday, August 10 :: 1pm

Explore the Reginald F. Lewis Museum’s latest summer exhibitions, Black Woman Genius  and IWitness: Media & the Movement  through dance interpretation. This dance showcase will present themes of creative expression through media and art while interpreting ancestry, resilience and spirituality displayed in these museum works. A curator’s highlight tour of Black Woman Genius with Curator Imani Haynes will be provided following the dance presentations.

Dance Presenters include:

• Dance Baltimore Repertory Ensemble
• SoundXpressed Dance Company
• Hope Byers

 

 

Runway Revolution
Saturday, August 10 :: 5-7:30pm
@ Motor House

Yelé Stitches grand showcase of Runway Revolution Season 2 is back for another year! Witness the creativity and craftsmanship of Yelé’s talented fashion students as they present their capsule collections on the runway. This in-person event is the culmination of their hard work and dedication over the past weeks, featuring innovative designs and unique fashion statements. Celebrate, support, and applaud these emerging designers. Don’t miss this inspiring night of fashion and artistry. Secure your tickets now and be part of the Runway Revolution!

 

 

Closing Day: Women to Watch
Sunday, August 11 :: 10am-5pm
@ National Museum of Women in the Arts

Don’t miss out on visiting New Worlds: Women to Watch 2024, the seventh and largest installment of the museum’s Women to Watch exhibition series. Presented every three years, Women to Watch is a dynamic collaboration between the museum and its network of outreach committees. The committees participating in New Worlds worked with curators in their regions to create shortlists of artists. From this list, NMWA curators selected the artists and works to exhibit at the museum.

In New Worlds, visionary artists reimagine the past, present alternate realities, and inspire audiences to create different futures. During the past few years, our world has been transformed by a global pandemic, advocacy for social reform, and political division. How have these extraordinary times inspired artists? Works by the 28 artists featured in New Worlds explore these ideas from perspectives that shift across geographies, cultural viewpoints, and time.

 

 

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Ballet After Dark: Program Fundraiser
deadline August 9

Ballet After Dark is a nonprofit with a mission of helping Black and Brown girls and young women impacted by sexual violence and various traumas heal their minds and bodies with trauma informed art-based modalities such as dance therapy, somatic interventions, performing arts and comprehensive educational resources.

Ballet After Dark (BAD) was founded as a result of recognizing the lack of trauma-informed somatic interventions available to Black and Brown survivors of trauma. Trauma can be described as deeply distressing or disturbing events that can impact a person both mentally and physically. After surviving a devastating sexual assault in 2012, the founder of BAD struggled to find healing spaces that focused on healing both the mind and body without the requirement of resharing traumatic experiences. It is through this experience that BAD was created, to ensure that future survivors would not share the same isolating experience. With the creation of BAD, survivors of all ages and backgrounds in Baltimore now have access to a community resource that believes in them while also truly understanding the impact that trauma can have on both the mind and body.

To promote healing through movement, the founder of BAD has successfully developed and implemented a variety of community-based programs and events incorporating somatic practices and interventions. She also successfully led the BAD Ballet dance company to season 17 of America’s Got Talent. We define somatic intervention as reconnecting and regaining control of our mind and body through movement, various  trauma-informed practices, classes and resources focused on holistic healing with positive impacts and outcomes. With these practices and survivor-centered leadership, BAD helps survivors heal from traumatic experiences, like the one experienced by our founder, while also intentionally building a community among program participants. Through this community building and thoughtfully planned programming, BAD helps survivors of trauma live their best lives and heal both physically and mentally. Our staff and board members are made up of a diverse group of passionate women in the community with backgrounds ranging in mental health, somatic wellness, public health, performance art, advocacy and more. Our signature programming includes the following:

Aqua-Ballet- a cohort offering beginner’s swim lessons, dance therapy, comprehensive menstrual and reproductive health education.

BAD Ballet Company- a professional dance performance company featuring diverse classically trained dancers, community performers and trauma survivors from Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Howard County.

BAD Ballet Fellowship- a 6 month fellowship for Black and Brown dance majors and performers. Acceptance into this fellowship program includes professional development, mentorship, paid performance opportunities and conditional offer of employment following successful completion.

B.A.D. Camp(s)- our spring and summer camp sessions for Black and Brown tweens and teen girls offering a variety of somatic interventions, life skills workshops, comprehensive menstrual and reproductive health education, field trips and more. Participating girls contribute artwork to our illustrated resource guide and receive an author credit.

Periodt!- a 3 month fellowship for young ladies ages 14-24 throughout Maryland. Acceptance into this hybrid program includes a paid training on our comprehensive menstrual and reproductive health education curriculum, certificate of completion, monthly stipend and facilitation opportunities.

 

 

Call for Panelists Opportunity: Maryland Traditions
deadline August 30
posted by Maryland State Arts Council

Maryland Traditions, the traditional arts program of the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC), is seeking panelists for the Heritage Award program. Each year, this program recognizes six people, places, or traditions in Maryland for long-term achievement in the traditional arts.

MSAC relies on a wide array of experts from across the state to do the important work of evaluating applications. Panelists are selected with a focus on diversity of experiences, diversity of location (applicants must be Maryland residents), and expertise in varying artistic disciplines.

 

 

Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Residency
deadline September 1

The mission of the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts is to support established and emerging writers, visual artists, and composers/musicians by providing working and living environments that allow uninterrupted time for work, reflection, and creative growth.

Visit https://www.khncenterforthearts.org/residency/how-apply for additional details and application guidelines. All applications must be submitted online, via Slideroom. A $35 application fee applies and is collected through the application portal. Applications received via USPS mail or email will not be considered and exceptions will not be made. For technical assistance, please email [email protected].

 

 

Corsicana Artist & Writer Residency
deadline September 1

This Residency takes place fifty miles south of Dallas in the historic downtown of Corsicana, Texas. Two oil booms in the 1890s and 1920s produced an exuberant setting, declining in care and use by the late-20th century, alongside the general compromise of small-town America. Since 2012, amid downtown rejuvenation, founders of this project have established a collection of sites – 100 West, Storefront, Anteroom, Writers House – and the Corsicana Artist & Writer Residency supports international creative work inside this architecture and narrative bridging the cultural and geographic American South and West. The Residency shares this work in programs for education, exhibition and publication to develop transformative dialogue with audiences near and far.

100 WEST is a former Odd Fellows lodge virtually unaltered since its 1890s construction, preserved and minimally furnished for intensely focused studio and living space, with pieces designed and built by founding artists in the first-floor wood shop. Across the street is ANTEROOM for window-front exhibitions, and two-blocks south is the Residency’s STOREFRONT for books and art. The WRITERS HOUSE accommodates alumni ten-blocks west from downtown.

 

 

Elena Johnston Memorial Scholarship
deadline September 2

Elena Johnston was a gifted woman who was an active and beloved member of the Baltimore arts community. She was a prolific artist who poured her creativity into her life as well as her practice.

This scholarship is a tribute to Elena’s artistic body of work, her laugh-filled spirit, and her thoughtful, generous nature as both a teacher and friend.

This Elena Johnston Memorial Scholarship will support the academic pursuits of a student in Maryland who shares Elena’s passion for the arts.

Any high school senior or undergraduate student in Maryland who is pursuing a degree in arts, performing arts, arts education or the creative arts at an accredited 2 or 4-year program may apply for this scholarship opportunity. Students from Baltimore City and who graduated from Baltimore City Public Schools are strongly encouraged to apply.

To apply, describe an artistic experience, interaction, or exposure you have had in Maryland that has informed, inspired, or influenced your artistic journey, perspective, practice, or craft.

 

 

International Call for Entries, The Landscape
deadline September 2
posted by SE Center for Photography

The landscape, whether grand or personal, has been a subject of photography since the beginning and played an important role in establishing photography as a fine art medium. Early on, both in history and most photographers’ experience, the landscape was one of most accessible and familiar subjects available.

The SE Center is looking for images of the landscape, whether grand vistas or more personal, intimate treatments. We’re looking for photographers who can make a statement with their landscapes, pull us in and make us want to explore. Black-and-white or color, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations are welcome.

Our juror for The Landscape is Brian Matiash. Brian is a professional photographer, published author, and podcaster based in Portland, OR. He specializes in fusing landscape & travel photography with experiential storytelling and practical instructing to help others grow creatively. Matiash has spent the better part of a decade educating, empowering and inspiring photographers all around the world with my tutorials, videos, and stories. Furthermore, he uses his years providing social and content strategy for some of the world’s largest companies to develop and execute on a variety of marketing campaigns successfully and authentically. He is proud to co-host the No Name Photo Show, a photography-based podcast.

35-40 Selected images will hang in the SE Center’s main gallery space for approximately one month with the opportunity to be invited for a solo show at a later date. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG, Twitter) and an archived, online slideshow. A video walkthrough of each exhibition is also featured and archived. Openings are timed to coincide with Greenville’s First Fridays, a celebration of art, food and music.

 

 

EDI Research Fellowships Call – 2024
deadline September 9
posted by Association of Arts Administration Educators

The Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE) seeks its 2024/25 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Research Fellow(s) to investigate the intersection of EDI and arts management programs. The Fellow will work under the supervision of an AAAE board member. The Fellowship will begin immediately following the selection of a Fellow in early October 2024 and will conclude at the end of the AAAE annual conference to be held May 22-25, 2025 in Pittsburgh.

The Research Fellow should expect the time commitment to be an average of 5 hours per week. AAAE will provide the following compensation:

– A $2,000 stipend
– One-year AAAE Membership
– Registration fee for the 2025 AAAE conference

Candidates should meet the following criteria to be considered:

• Be enrolled in an arts administration program (Graduate Certificate, Master’s, or PhD) or a related field, or be a recent (within 1 year) graduate of such a program at the time of application.
• Have a strong interest in EDI issues in arts administration.
• Have strong research skills and/or the potential to pursue and complete a rigorous project.
• Have excellent writing skills and the ability to transform research into a publishable paper, should a publishing opportunity arise with one of our partners.

AAAE encourages applications from people of diverse and traditionally underrepresented backgrounds. The Fellow may be based anywhere geographically. Fellow and Mentor will work together remotely, in an agreed upon schedule and format (e.g., video chat or email).

 

 

The Hodder Fellowship
deadline mid-September
posted by Princeton University

The Hodder Fellowship will be given to artists and writers of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects at Princeton University during the academic year. Potential Hodder Fellows are composers, choreographers, performance artists, visual artists, writers, translators, or other kinds of artists or humanists who have “much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts”; they are selected more “for promise than for performance.” Given the strength of the applicant pool, most successful Fellows have published a first book or have similar achievements in their own fields; the Hodder is designed to provide Fellows with the “studious leisure” to undertake significant new work.