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This Week: Asia in Maryland 2024 opens, public reception for Ainsley Burrows at Gallery in the Sky, Revisions photography exhibition reception + curatorial tour at UMBC, reGenerate opening reception at MAP, Bromo Art Walk + After Party, Nicoletta Darita de la Brown in conversation with Joseph Plaster for JHU Tabb Center, Station North First Friday Art Walk, Trawick Prize opening reception at Gallery B, and Brush Mural Fest at the Convention Center — PLUS applications for Goucher Library Artist-in-Residence and more featured opportunities!

 

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Asia in Maryland 2024 | Opening Reception + Meet the Artists
Wednesday, September 11 :: 7:30pm
@ Towson University Asian Arts + Culture Center

Explore diverse works of art by Maryland-based Asian and AAPI visual artists which showcase the stories of, raise awareness about, and facilitate dialogue about the ideas and issues that are most important to the 500,000+ Asian and AAPI residents who play integral roles in the fabric of Maryland life.

Asia in Maryland 2024 exhibition Featured Artists include:

Jasmeen Al Rayyes * Kurt Astudillo * Nancy Berson * Lisa Golightly Braden * Rieko Chacey * Riya Devi-Ashby * Anna Divinagracia * Gloria Tseng Fischer * Sarah An Girard * Farida Hughes * Trang Huynh * Myung Sook Kim * Wanjin Kim * Jinyoung Koh * Anila Kumari * Pamela Li * Linling Liu * Isabel Manalo * Adrianna Morgan * Sookkyung Park * Francisco Pham * Asma Shikoh * Amelie Wang * Lei Yan * Kelley Yang * Phyllis Zhu

 

 

Ainsley Burrows “The Third Future: A Self-Portrait” | Opening Reception
Thursday, September 12 :: 6-8pm
@ Gallery in the Sky

The Third Future: A Self-Portrait | Artist Statement

I am a multidisciplinary artist committed to unveiling untold stories and the often-unspoken dimensions of our emotional existence. In this exhibition, The Third Future: A Self-Portrait, I delve into these themes through a philosophical lens turned inward.

We often envision the future as a singular, linear progression. But what if there was a second future? And what would a third future entail? I explored these questions by envisioning a third future—a realm of the unknown unknowns. The first future is where you know what you know. For instance, I know my couch will still be blue tomorrow. The second future is where you know what you don’t know, like the uncertain future of this country. The third future is where you don’t know what you don’t know—an unfathomable space without examples.

It is from this enigmatic space that my paintings emerged, guided by intuitive movement. I approach each canvas without a plan, continuously engaging with it layer after layer in the space of unknowing, until my conscious mind intervenes. Through this series, as I sought to create portals into the third future, I realized that the resulting paintings were reflections of my inner existence, akin to how a figurative self-portrait mirrors the outer existence.

Ultimately, these works reveal the fabric of my life and identity, inviting viewers to experience their own self-portraiture in a new light. By interpreting my abstract works as self-portraits, viewers can embark on an introspective journey that is more open-ended. Through this exploration, I aim to create a new language for self-portraiture that is both deeply personal and universally resonant.

 

 

Revisions: Celebrating 50 Years of the UMBC Photography Collections | Opening Reception + Curatorial Tour
Thursday, September 12 :: 5pm
@ UMBC Albin O. Kuhn Library

The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents Revisions: Celebrating Fifty Years of the UMBC Photography Collections, featuring highlights and lesser-known gems from UMBC’s considerable photography holdings. Looking back at a half-century of collecting, the exhibition offers thematic groupings and visual juxtapositions of photographs from the nineteenth century to the present. The display asks viewers to approach the history of photography with fresh eyes. Among the artists featured are Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Kerry Coppin, Cary Beth Cryor, Judy Dater, Robert Frank, Roland Freeman, Ralph Gibson, Lewis Hine, and Alfred Stieglitz.

An opening reception and curatorial tour will be held on Thursday, September 12, at 5 p.m.

 

 

reGenerate | Opening Reception
Thursday, September 12 :: 5-9pm
@ Maryland Art Place

Maryland Art Place (MAP),  in partnership with Lumina Solar, is excited to announce reGenerate, an upcoming exhibition exploring the dynamic, controversial and multifaceted concept of “energy.” Through a diverse range of artworks, themes such as the shift towards renewable resources, the tension between tradition and modernity, and the ways in which energy influences our environment  and informs our perspectives are explored. The selected works reflect on energy as a physical force and a symbol of transformation, sustainability, and creativity.

A significant component of the exhibition is the inclusion of reimagined solar panels, transformed through creative artistic interventions.  Donated by Lumina Solar, the solar panels  offer the potential for artistic practices to contribute to the energy conversation in unique ways. The reimagined panels also raise awareness of  the implications of energy consumption, and the environmental impact of different energy systems – to include the waste they create,. reGenerate further  underscores the importance of rethinking our relationship with our energy resources and how those sources integrate  into contemporary society.

Join us on Thursday, September 12 from 5 PM to 9 PM in celebrating the opening of this exhibition held in conjunction with the BROMO Art Walk.

 

 

Bromo Art Walk & After Party
Thursday, September 12 :: Walk 5-9pm, After Party 9-11pm
@ Bromo Arts District

Experience the Bromo Arts District in all its glory during the fall Bromo Art Walk on Thursday, September 12. Explore open galleries, live performances, imaginative projects, and in-person engagement all during the course of one evening. The Art Walk is FREE and includes an after party at Current Space! Register for free tickets to get event updates and access to special district discounts.

 

 

Unveiling the Imprint of Black Women Hidden in Plain Sight: A Conversation with Nicoletta Darita de la Brown
Friday, September 13 :: 12-1pm
presented by the Tabb Center

Joseph Plaster is joined by archivist Tonika Berkley and 2023 Tabb Center Fellow Nicoletta Darita de la Brown to discuss the exhibition “Be(longing): Unveiling the Imprint of Black Women Hidden in Plain Sight“.

Inspired by her explorations with archival materials related to Ethel Ennis, Billie Holiday, African American real photo postcards, and other special collections at the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries, de la Brown’s exhibition contained video, photographic self-portraits, and site-specific performances which addressed culturally significant and deeply introspective questions: How many Black women are living in archives? What happens to us when we are invisible? How can I feel seen, and safe, as a Black woman?

The Tabb Center’s Public Humanities Fellows are non-institutionally affiliated organizers, artists, cultural workers, public historians, and knowledge-creators who mobilize materials from the Sheridan Libraries’ rare book, manuscript, and archival collections to strengthen and support their existing community-based work. These artists, curators, and organizers work to creatively reinterpret or add to the Sheridan Libraries’ collections, which span 5,000 years of unique objects and texts, from ancient cuneiform tablets and Egyptian papyri to 20th-century African American photography, U.S. suffrage movement records, and LGBTQ print culture materials. Fellows will create new perspectives on these collections by interpreting them in transformative ways. To learn more about the Public Humanities Fellows and apply for its second cohort of fellowships, click here.

 

 

September Station North First Friday Art Walk
Friday, September 13 :: 5-9pm
@ Station North Arts District

This series of monthly self-guided tours of all the art and culture that Station North has to offer is a grassroots, artist-led effort organized by community members and stakeholders. Spanning the neighborhoods of Charles North, Greenmount West, and Barclay, Station North is a diverse collection of artist live-work spaces, studios, galleries, rowhomes, and businesses, all just steps away from Penn Station and several higher learning and cultural institutions in the heart of Baltimore.

See below for venue list (coming soon)! Join us every Second Friday of the month for MONTHLY Art Walks in the neighborhood.

Check out the map for venues and create your own self-guided tour! Map will continue to be updated: https://shorturl.at/fuCV6

 

 

The Trawick Prize Exhibition | Opening Reception
Friday, September 13 :: 6-8pm
@ Gallery B

The Trawick Prize exhibit will be held at Gallery B from September 5 through September 29, and gallery hours will be Thursday – Sunday, 12 PM to 5 PM. The opening reception will be on Friday, September 13 from 6 PM to 8 PM. This year’s winners are Pedro Ledesma III (Best in Show), Scott Pennington (2nd place), James Stephen Terrell (3rd place) and Paloma Vianey (Young Artist).

 

 

Brush Mural Fest
Saturday, September 14 :: 11am-4pm
@ The Baltimore Convention Center

Join us at The Baltimore Convention Center to celebrate year 2 of BRUSH Mural Fest! Brand new murals painted by our very own Baltimore-city artists, live music by Brandon Woody, Tavair Dominque, and DJ Blaq Starr, a live art competition hosted by the Black Genius Art Show, family friendly art activities by Messy Happy Music Lab, food trucks, and more!

Come celebrate with us, meet the artists & organizers, and grab a BRUSH 2024 t-shirt to support our future events!

 

 

< Calls for Entry >

 

BCS Young Playwrights Festival | Call for Submissions
posted by Baltimore Center Stage

Baltimore Center Stage is on the search for a Baltimore Arts Student (collegiate level) to submit an original piece for the 40th Anniversary of our Young Playwrights Festival and a chance to be featured in our 2024/25 Education programming. Our program is open to all of Maryland’s youth, but keeping on this year’s theme, we want to honor the talent born and bred in our beloved Charm City. The winner will receive $200 and a feature in our program.

 

 

Radcliffe Fellowship
deadline September 12
posted by Harvard University

Radcliffe fellows are exceptional scientists, writers, scholars, public intellectuals, and artists whose work is making a difference in their professional fields and in the larger world. Applicants may apply as individuals or in a group of two people working on the same project. Fellows receive a stipend of $78,000 plus an additional $5,000 to cover project expenses.

 

 

Library Artist-in-Residence
deadline September 20
posted by Goucher College

The year 2025 marks the 250^th birthday of Jane Austen. To honor her birthday, Goucher College Library seeks an Artist-in-Residence to creatively engage with the Jane Austen Collection in the Library’s Special Collections & Archives. The artist will produce an exhibition in Goucher College’s Athenaeum as well as provide two public presentations/student interactions. The exhibition area is the display case outside of Special Collections Department (measuring approximately 122 x 76 inches with movable shelves) with the option to extend around the 4^th floor mezzanine walls.

Possible projects can include but are not limited to painting, photography, sculpture, digital media, or installation art.  Artists will have access to the Jane Austen Collection at Goucher College which includes rare books, foreign translations of Austen’s work, and manuscript collections from renowned collectors of Austen’s work. For more information about the Jane Austen Collection please visit https://janeausten.goucher.edu/.

The Library Residency is from November 1, 2024- October 30, 2025. Applications are due September 20, 2024. Any questions please contact Alex Ebstein, Project Coordinator, or Kristen Welzenbach, Curator of Special Collections & Archives, at [email protected].

 

 

Millay Arts Residency
deadline October 1

From March through November, Millay Arts invites 6-7 multidisciplinary artists for two-week to month-long stays at Steepletop, the historic estate of poet/activist Edna St. Vincent Millay. In December (March application deadline only), we offer group/collective week-long residencies. (We also allow collaborative residencies for 2 persons.) There is a 45$ application fee.

 

 

Cornell Society for the Humanities 2-Year Post-Doc
deadline October 1

With the sponsorship of the Society for the Humanities, the Department of History invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship position beginning August 1, 2025. The fellowship carries a stipend of $62,000/year.

The Department of History invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship position beginning August 1, 2025. The fellowship carries a stipend of $62,000/year.

We seek a scholar with a PhD in History who is also grounded in theoretical and methodological public history approaches, in particular Museum Studies, Historic Preservation, or digital history. This position will involve developing new directions in public history teaching and research, and joining an interdisciplinary group of scholars and students whose projects focus on historic sites, digital media, museums, libraries, archives, and/or local communities. Geographic area and historical era open, but we prefer candidates who focus on climate or energy history, African American women’s history, or LGBTQ+ history in the Americas.

 

 

Frame & Frequency
deadline October 4
posted by VisArts

Frame + Frequency is an ongoing international new media, film, and video art screening series presented by VisArts in Rockville, Maryland (a suburb of Washington, DC). The series highlights artists who explore contemporary visual culture through new media, experimental film, and video and presents an intimate panorama of the variety and breadth of video art in artistic practice today.

This year’s edition will be held on November 22, 2024. It will include a special section highlighting works that address climate change and its intersection with social, racial, and environmental justice.

Frame + Frequency features a diverse group of artists representing a range of cultural backgrounds, nationalities, generational experiences, and personal histories while demonstrating the artists’ impressive command of video and new media technologies.

 

 

The Bennett Prize
deadline October 4

The Bennett Prize, created in 2018, awards $50,000 to a woman artist to create her own solo exhibition of figurative realist paintings, which then travels the country. The Prize propels the careers of women painters who have not yet realized full professional recognition, empowering new artists and those who have painted for many years. The Prize expands opportunities for the public, who may not be familiar with figurative realist painting, to learn more about the creative vision of talented women painters in this increasingly popular genre. In 2018, the inaugural year of The Prize, there were 647 entries. In 2020 and 2022, the number of entries continues to grow.

 

 

Gen-Art: Exploring Creativity Across the Generations
deadline October 4
posted by East End Arts

GEN-ART: An Exploration of Creativity Across Generations
Never before in history have so many generations actively existed at once- Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha.  Generational differences emerge as each has distinct skillsets, life experiences, perspectives, opinions, interests, beliefs, communication styles, and values. Juror Kenneth Jackson, a multi-generational art teacher, brings artists from all generations together to reflect on the differences and distinctions of their creative expression.

GEN-ART is a national all-ages open juried exhibition inviting artists to submit work as a personal representation of their generation. This open call welcomes all mediums and styles, including sculpture, installation, digital, and literary work. 

Artists can enter up to three [3] submissions of work. Works must be the artist’s original design and concept, fit within the theme, and not previously shown at East End Arts.

Submission Fees:
First submission = $30 Non-Members / $15 Members
Additional submissions = $20 Non-Members / $10 Members
All submissions must be completed in a single transaction.
[Members must use coupon code sent via email to receive discounted pricing. Contact [email protected] for assistance.]

Prizes:
Best in Show = $800 cash prize
1st Place = $400 cash prize
2nd Place = $200 cash prize
Honorable Mention recognitions
Prizes and Honorable Mentions are selected by the Juror and awarded by East End Arts.

 

 

Craft Research Fund Grant
deadline October 4
posted by Center for Craft

The Craft Research Fund is the Center’s first and longest-running grant program dedicated to supporting new and interdisciplinary research about craft in the United States. Since 2005, the program has supported 244 projects in 40 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia by distributing over $1,900,000.