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This Week: Arts Education Town Hall, opening celebration at Charm City Cultural Cultivation, Baltimore Clayworks hosts an artist talk with J.M. Giordano, panel discussion on community health at the BMA, Voyages: Chapter 6 at the Aquarium, LUNCH WITH SONIA at Baltimore Theatre Project, Under $2500 at MAP, opening reception for Devin N. Morris at CPM, artist conversation with Adam Himoff and historian Dr. Noelle Trent at the Lewis Museum, Maurice Scarlett III opening reception at Hooper House, writer’s talk with Devin Allen at Galerie Myrtis, and Transformer’s Transcendence Gala — PLUS apply for a fellowship at Folger Shakespeare Library and more featured opportunties!

 

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Arts Education Town Hall
Tuesday, November 19 :: 6-7:30pm
@ Baltimore Unity Hall

The Baltimore Arts Education Initiative and Arts Every Day will hold a Town Hall Meeting on Arts Education on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 6PM. Dr. Sonja Santelises and members of her staff will share updates on the implementation of the Fine Arts Strategic Plan, speak about plans for expanding arts education opportunities, and take questions from the audience. This event is free and open to the public.

WHAT: Baltimore City Public Schools Arts Education Town Hall
WHEN: November 19, 2024 at 6PM
REGISTER: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/gv6vakd

WHO: Featuring Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO Baltimore City Public Schools, organized by the Baltimore Youth Arts Advocacy Council and featuring a performance by the Digital Harbor High School band, testimony from students, parents, and community members

ABOUT: The Baltimore Arts Education Initiative (BAEI) was launched in fall 2017 to address the diminishing and inequitable access to arts education in Baltimore City Schools. The long-term goal of the initiative is to build, align, and operationalize arts education policies, procedures and resources in Baltimore so that all students in Baltimore City Schools will experience and benefit from a “sequential standards-based arts curriculum, deep expertise and professional experience, and standards-based connections between the arts and other content areas” (Americans for the Arts, 2014). Since Baltimore City Public School System’s adoption of the Fine Arts Strategic Plan in 2018, the total # of certified fine arts teachers has increased by 57%. As of school year 2024-25, 95% of students have access to visual art instruction and 73% of students have access to general music. Less than 15% of students have access to instrumental music, theater, or dance.

The Bmore Youth Arts Advocacy Council (BYAAC) is composed of Baltimore City youth creatives in grades 10 – 12 who attend Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPSS). As arts advocates, they work to raise public awareness about the benefits of an arts education, identify barriers to equitable access to the arts, and outreach to potential allies who would be in support of policies that make the arts accessible to every student in, every grade, in every school no matter where they live in the city.

 

 

The Daily Hustle Exhibition | Opening
Thursday, November 19 :: 5-7pm
@ Charm City Cultural Cultivation

The Black Baltimore Digital Database is opening its first exhibition in collaboration with the I. Henry Phillips Photo Archive. The show, The Daily Hustle: Work, Joy and Community in Black Baltimore, showcases 21 images from the photographic archive of Irving Henry Phillips, Sr. (1920-1993), a prominent, Baltimore-based photojournalist. Featuring scenes from the 1940’s of oyster men, bricklayers, telephone operators, mechanics, shop owners, etc., this collection draws our attention to the ways in which labor, joy, and dignity intersect for cultural meaning in the African American community.

The Black Lens Project is a collaboration between the Black Baltimore Digital Database and the I. Henry Photo Project to showcase images and oral histories emerging from the extensive Phillips archive.

@3100 Greenmount Ave.

Join us to celebrate the opening of our new headquarters and our inaugural exhibition of archival images from the I. Henry Phillips Photo Archive, described below.

 

 

Artist Talk: Joe Giordano
Thursday, November 21 :: 6pm
@ Baltimore Jewelry Center

Join us on November 21st at 6pm for an artist talk by Baltimore-based photographer Joe Giordano! Joe will be giving a talk about his work documenting the collapse of the steel industry both in Baltimore and abroad from the early 2000s until today. He’ll also discuss his series wth the Museum of Industry documenting what it means to work today, including images of silversmithing, working oyster boats, and more.

Joseph Mario (J.M.) Giordano is an award-winning photojournalist based in Baltimore and co-host of the photojournalism podcast, 10 Frames Per Second with Molly Roberts. His book, We Used to Live At Night (Culture Crush Editions) chronicles 25 years of the city at night. His work has been featured on NPR, ProPublica, Al-Jazeera, GQ, Architectural Digest, Rolling-Stone, Taste, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Washington Post, The Baltimore City Paper and many more. His work, from the Struggle Civil Rights series, is in the permanent collections at the Reginald Lewis Museum. This year he was named a finalist for the prestigious National Gallery’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Prize and will be featured in American Photography Annual 40 for his second book 13-23 (Nighted Life Press), covering a decade of Baltimore’s homicide rate. His international photographs covering the collapse of the steel industry are the subject of a solo show at the Museum of Industry in Baltimore. He is at work on his next book Trumpland (Nighted Life Press), due out in October.

 

Centering the Margins: Uplifting Community Health Workers to Advance Health Equity
Thursday, November 21 :: 6-9pm
@ Baltimore Museum of Art

Join us for a panel discussion that speaks to the role of community engaged research in the new exhibition LaToya Ruby Frazier: More Than Conquerors: A Monument for Community Health Workers of Baltimore, Maryland 2021-2022, on view November 3, 2024—March 23, 2025 at the BMA.

Hear from local community health workers Madelin Martinez, MPH, Wilfredo (Wil) Torriente, and Latish Walker in a conversation presented by Dr. Lisa Cooper, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor and Founding Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, and moderated by Dr. Chidinma Ibe, Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Community Engagement, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity.

Following the panel discussion, stay to explore the exhibition and enjoy a reception with light bites by Xquisite Catering and a live jazz trio produced by multi-instrumentalist Jamal Moore.

 

 

Voyages: Chapter 6
Thursday, November 21 :: 7-11pm
@ The National Aquarium

The National Aquarium is excited to welcome Dan Deacon, a Baltimore-based recording artist and performer, as the featured artist for Voyages: Chapter 6! Experience Dan’s exploration of art and science on November 21, 2024. Visit National Aquarium – Community for more information and to purchase tickets. In addition to live music, guests can indulge in a curated bar menu by Cane Collective and food offerings from popular Baltimore eateries, including Ekiben, Nana Baltimore, and Crust by Mack.

 

 

LUNCH WITH SONIA By LOCO 7
Thursday, November 21 | Ongoing through November 24
@ Baltimore Theatre Project

LUNCH WITH SONIA is a dance puppet theatre piece, inspired by Restrepo’s true-life experience with his Aunt Sonia, who decided to end her life with dignity after a long illness at the age of 72. The show uses puppets, live actors, music, video and physical theatre to deal with the themes of life, love, and loss.

Conversations about assisted dying bring up controversial and emotionally fraught issues: morality, religion, politics, and faith. With this piece, Loco7 hopes to acknowledge the incredible intimacy and the very personal nature of dying as the final event of living a self-actualized, individual human life and to move the dialogue from the philosophical arena to the realm of personal experience and stories related to the topic of Death with Dignity.

Generously supported in part with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts, The Jim Henson Foundation and Individual Donors.

LUNCH WITH SONIA was in a process residency at The Eugene O’Neill Arts Center, September 2021. The Jim Henson Foundation Puppetry Residency is an annual residency at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, which in addition to rehearsal space, room and board offers dramaturgical support.

 

 

UNDER $2500 Benefit Exhibition and Sale
Friday, November 22 :: 6-10pm | Ongoing through November 29
@ Maryland Art Place

Friday, November 22 |6 to 10 pm
Tickets $30| Purchase Tickets HERE

Last Chance (physical):
Saturday, November 23 | 12 to 4 pm

Virtual Exhibition & Sale:
Saturday, November 23, 10 am – Black Friday, November 29, 12 am

To view the virtual exhibition click HERE
Live on Saturday, November 23 @ 10 am
Deck the walls by giving the gift of art this holiday season! Maryland Art Place (MAP) is excited to host its 12th annual UNDER $500 and FIRST EVER UNDER $2500 affordable art sale where artwork is sold on a first-come-first-served basis right off our gallery walls! Newly rebranded as UNDER $2500 – this event promotes the purchase of artwork by artists in the Maryland region. Guests can expect to mingle with other artists, collectors, patrons, and general art enthusiasts at the event. Take your purchases home with you the night of the event. Gift wrapping will be available on-site!

The opening night sale (physical) will take place Friday, November 22 from 6 pm to 10 pm (ticketed) and then again on Saturday, November 23, 2024 from noon – 4pm (free). Saturday is a ‘last chance’ opportunity to snag any artworks that remain on MAP’s walls. Tickets are $30 for opening night and can be purchased at the door or in advance  HERE.

A message to our patrons: In the last 2 years inflation has been a huge contributing factor to rising artwork sales prices. Simply put, the cost of goods for artists to create their art is far higher than it used to be. The majority of galleries consider the most important contemporary artwork value segments to be under $5,000–$10,000 according to ARTSY (2023.) It is with that in mind that MAP is presenting UNDER $2500 as affordable. We look forward to showcasing a more diverse and broader range of artworks this year at both the UNDER $2500 and UNDER $500 price ranges.

This year’s theme is Black and White! MAP will have holiday trees on display. Enjoy a cheerful atmosphere with an open bar, light fare and some holly jolly tunes.

A virtual sale and exhibition will also take place and will be featured online HERE from Saturday, November 23 at 10 am – BLACK FRIDAY, November 29 at MIDNIGHT. Artwork will NOT be available to view online until November 23 at 10 am. Be sure to register in advance in the interim! Registration is free.

 

 

Devin N. Morris “Thank You For Being Here” | Opening Reception
Friday, November 22 :: 6-8pm
@ CPM Gallery

November 22, 2024 – January 11, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday, Nov 22, 6-8 pm

CPM Gallery is thrilled to announce its upcoming exhibition of recent works by Devin N. Morris, entitled Thank You For Being Here. This is the artist’s first solo show with the gallery.

Through fictive reimaginings Devin N. Morris’s multidisciplinary art practice critically engages with systems of value and the tropes of domestic prosperity, as well as the social mores of race, sex, and sexuality. He creates works that combine painting, drawing, and photography with found objects, detritus, and ephemera discovered on daily walks through New York, Baltimore City and beyond. The material memory and emotional charge of these objects’ past lives, when activated within Morris’s complex arrangements, take on a linguistic character. Pieces of discarded clothing and furniture, moldings, liquor bottle caps, butterfly wings, plastic bags, and other objects become words, form sentences, and speak in image form.

The title of the exhibition, Thank You For Being Here, is taken from the ubiquitous American grocery bag. Here, however, the word “Shopping” is replaced with “Being”—exchanging the energy of consumption with an exclamation of gratitude. This sentiment also refers to symbiotic transit : life to death, lost to found, truth to myth. This show, in large part, considers the monumentality of death, love, family legacy, and how our traversal of these planes generates the nutrients upon which the future grows.

The floor space of the gallery will display several 7ft tall freestanding works that incorporate collage, painting, assemblage, and mixed media, on substrates of USPS mail truck doors, which are repurposed as folding screens and picture frames, revealing familial scenes and material artifacts from the artist’s life. While he was growing up in Baltimore, Morris’s family had a contracting business with the United States Postal Service which has made these objects particularly sensitized. The walls of the gallery will display a group of large, curved and irregularly shaped works that improvise between personal and political environments, and surreal scenes of kinship between friends, family, and romantic partners.

 

 

Artist Conversation: Frederick Douglass | Liberty
Saturday, November 23 :: 12pm
@ Reginald F. Lewis Museum

Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum for an artist conversation on their latest art installation, Frederick Douglass| Liberty with artist, Adam Himoff and historian, Dr. Noelle Trent. Frederick Douglass | Liberty is a modernized reimagining of the American abolitionist, writer, orator, and statesman Frederick Douglass (1817-1895). In the portrait, he is confident, determined, and courageous as we know him, but he is also remarkably hip and stylish in modern fashion and posed before a graffiti-scrawled space. Adam Himoff will discuss his inspiration behind the piece which has sparked both admiration and controversy from viewers.

 

 

Heather Grey Gallery Presents “Visceral” – An Exhibition by Maurice Scarlett III | Opening
Saturday, November 23 :: 2-8pm
@ Hooper House

Heather Grey Gallery is excited to announce Maurice Scarlett III exhibiting at Hooper House with the show titled “Visceral.” After working with Maurice since the 2010s, we’ve had the pleasure of witnessing his artistic growth and observing his humble presence in Baltimore. Ten years ago, Maurice’s talent behind a camera left us in awe, as he creatively produced visual content that was ahead of its time. Now, in 2024, we’re equally inspired by the “MS3 way”—his unique approach that makes deep blue and black so desirable and recognizable. Maurice continues to be a valued contributor to Baltimore’s creative community, and we’re thrilled to showcase his work in this special exhibition.

About the Artist – Maurice Scarlett III

Born and raised in Baltimore, Maurice Scarlett III has always drawn inspiration from the city’s rich cultural tapestry and the vibrant community around him. Known for his dark, alluring tones, his paintings bring depth and intensity to figurative art, presenting black figures in ways that are both representative and deeply personal. His work invites viewers to connect with these depictions, forging an intimate, emotive experience.

About the Exhibition – “Visceral”

“Visceral” is a collection of abstract, soulful, and mysterious paintings that draw from Maurice Scarlett III’s Baltimore roots and Jamaican heritage. Each piece in the exhibition delves into the unknown, encouraging creative thought and personal reflection. Through color, tone, and texture, Maurice’s work tells stories that resonate with cultural heritage, exploring enigmatic aspects of identity and experience. The abstract nature of his paintings allows viewers to embark on a journey of self-reflection, engaging in a personal and introspective dialogue with each canvas. This exhibition is a testament to art’s ability to convey profound human experiences and cultural narratives.

The exhibition opens on November 23, 2024 at 2 PM, with a champagne toast at 5 PM, doors close at 8 PM, but everyone will be encouraged to continue the celebration below the gallery at Mama Kokos. For inquiries, media opportunities, or to support the event, please contact Heather Grey Gallery at [email protected].

 

 

“The Textures of Us” Writer’s Talk in collaboration with the Gordon Parks Foundation
Saturday, November 23 :: 2-4pm
@ Galerie Myrtis

Galerie Myrtis invites guests to join us for “The Textures of Us” Writer’s Talk in collaboration with the Gordon Parks Foundation on Saturday, November 23rd from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. Seating is limited for this free program. Registration is required to attend.

Moderated by Dr. Myrtis Bedolla, the Chief Curator and Founding Director of Galerie Myrtis, the program will feature a conversation with photographer Devin Allen and select contributors from his forthcoming book, “Devin Allen: Baltimore.” Joining them will be distinguished speakers, including scholar and award-winning author D. Watkins, as well as Michal Raz-Russo, the Programs Director of the Gordon Parks Foundation. The discussion will address their writings, the foundation’s history, and provide insights into featured images.

“The Textures of Us” is an early retrospective celebrating the release of Allen’s third book, “Devin Allen: Baltimore.” The exhibition delves into the artist’s impactful photojournalism in Baltimore, showcasing a wide range of scenes, from uprisings to moments of tranquility within the lives of Black citizens. The exhibit encompasses a diverse collection of works from the past decade of Allen’s career, featuring excerpts from his forthcoming book, previously unreleased images, video collages, and works from his mentees.

The exhibition is on view through January 11, 2025 at Galerie Myrtis, 2224 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD. Gallery hours: Wednesday – Saturday from 2:00 – 6:00 pm by appointment. Hours are extended during special events. For additional information on this exhibition, please contact the gallery at (410) 235‐3711 or Ky Vassor, Gallery Manager, at [email protected]. For sales inquiries, please contact our Sales Manager, Noel Bedolla, at [email protected].

“This is what outsiders see. Sometimes they watch The Wire on HBO and want a closer look at the landscape, so they drive through West Baltimore in a rental. Sometimes they want to see the city that went viral after police officers chased and killed Freddie Gray, so they plan a field trip that allots time for a West Baltimore visit, a chance to vacation in the fire where Allen lives. Sometimes they discover Allen’s work via social media or in an exhibition, or they come across one of his photography books, and want to see if they can find beauty in the ghetto as well.

To see what Allen sees, you must exit—because the truth lives on the other side of the car. Step out and allow your feet to cross the soil that Allen traverses daily. Connect with the people he connects with. Touch and feel those boarded-up houses where generations of Black families were raised.” – D. Watkins, Contributing essayist

 

 

Transcendence 2024 | Transformer’s 20th Annual Auction Exhibition & Benefit Gala
Saturday, November 23 :: 6:30-9:30pm
@ American University Katzen Center

Transcendence, Transformer’s 20th Annual Auction Exhibition & Benefit Gala is a celebration of innovative contemporary art and artists that rise above the fray, with 160+ artworks in a variety of mediums by a dynamic mix of emerging & more established artists, as well as unique experiences, all up for bidding & buying! All proceeds from Transcendence support Transformer and the participating artists.

Transformer is honored to present a fully realized exhibition of all artworks in Transcendence at American University’s Katzen Arts Center via partnership with the College of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Art. The Transcendence exhibition will be open to the public November 9-22, 2024, with Transformer’s Benefit Gala at American University’s Katzen Arts Center on Saturday, November 23.

 

 

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Wide Angle Youth Media Winter Workshops Open for Registration

Wide Angle Youth Media is thrilled to offer FREE one- to two-day workshops this December in their brand-new Studios for Baltimore City and Baltimore County high school students. Students can join them in the new space and dive into media creation with hands-on sessions in digital illustration, animation, article writing, photography, and screenwriting.

Wide Angle offers flexible and fun media making workshops for middle and high school students. Wide Angle’s programs offer opportunities to explore your creative side through various interactive activities led by skilled media instructors. Each workshop is developed to suit the academic and social-emotional needs of specific age groups, and to complement group sessions with independent learning. We offer classes on various days to help you find a time and medium to cultivate your creative passions, regardless of your schedule.

Registration is required to participate.

 

 

The Winter Market at Meadow Mill
deadline November 23

Apply to vend at The Winter Market at Meadow Mill on December 7, 2024. The event is rain or shine. Vendors are responsible for all display needs and the set up should be contained in a 10×10-foot space. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until November 23, 2024.

 

 

UNC Asheville Exhibit | Call for Contemporary Drawing
deadline December 1

University of North Carolina Asheville is seeking contemporary drawing. Accepted work will be on display in the university gallery and be printed in the catalogue. $2000 in cash prizes will be distributed.

 

 

SUNY Oswego Artist-in-Residence Program
deadline December 1

The Artist-in-Residence Program at SUNY Oswego brings an artist to campus for one academic semester (Fall 2025 or Spring 2026) to produce a body of work, teach in the area of their specialty, and to conduct research. The resident artist is given the opportunity to pursue research and realize a specific project while drawing on the University’s resources, including its facilities, faculty and student body, practice and performance space, studios, libraries and collections.

A central focus of this residency program is on artistic work that engages with issues of diversity, intersectionality, inclusion, and belonging, including but not limited to the experiences and lived realities of marginalized or minoritized communities or individuals. Candidates who are members of underrepresented or minoritized groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Candidates for the program include both emerging and established artists. For the 2025-26 academic year (one semester), the Artist-in-Residence Program is open to artists in the field of visual arts. Areas of focus may include (but are not limited to) new media, animation, emerging technologies and/or interdisciplinary arts practices that use technology within its conceptual framework. The residency will be part of the grand opening of Hewitt Hall, an $80 million renovation that will serve as the new home for the college’s renowned broadcasting, graphic design, and cinema and screen studies programs. The Artist-in-Residence will have access to their own private studio, VR studios & workrooms, an interaction design studio, prototyping rooms for 3D models and robotics, and more – all fully equipped and state of the art. We are looking for an artist who can connect our art students to these technological opportunities in imaginative and innovative ways. Cross-over between new media and studio arts is welcome. We particularly welcome creative artists whose work engages with diverse communities, LGBTQIA representation, recontextualizing histories, social justice, or feminism. Artists who work across multiple genres in the aforementioned categories and who demonstrate the ability to collaborate across disciplinary fields are also encouraged to apply.

During the residency, the Artist-in-Residence would be welcomed into a vibrant creative arts community at Oswego, which has thirteen full-time faculty members and more than 400 majors and minors. By working with art history, studio art, graphic design, illustration, and interaction design, students are given opportunities to expand their artistic horizons, define and use current methodologies and firmly grasp the importance of their work in multiple aspects of modern society. Students and faculty boldly explore the tangible and the rhetorical dimensions of art.

 

 

The Aftermath Project 2025 Grants
deadline December 1

The Aftermath Project is open to working photographers world-wide who are interested in creating work that helps illuminate aftermath issues, and encourages greater public understanding and discussion of these issues. For your proposal, you don’t have to address both 1492 and 1619 in your project, but you do need to have a thoughtful proposal (and strong work) that shows your understanding of how these aftermaths still resonate today. As always, we will name one winner of our $25,000 grant. Thanks to the generous support of the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation for all five years of our American Aftermaths grant cycle, our four finalists each year will also receive a $5,000 grant. We’ve mentioned this before, but we’d love to see more explorations of Asian and Hispanic experiences. We’d also love to get proposals from white photographers who want to examine what it means to be white in the aftermaths of enslavement and colonialism.

 

 

It’s About the Hustle
deadline December 6
posted by ArtSpace

It’s About the Hustle explores the stories of African Americans and their labors in the United States. Work, in its vast iterations, is central to Black history and culture. From unfree labor based in agriculture that is the foundation of this country, through the second industrial revolution, and into the hustle of the 20th and 21st centuries. The pieces in this exhibition will explore the intersectional history of creativity, ingenuity, and innovation that has supported Black communities’ resilience. They depict accounts of victories and struggles for social and economic justice, higher education opportunities, individual expression in sports, fine arts, fashion and entertainment, as well as building and maintaining family. Narratives of survival and thriving, of feeling whole and of simply being.

 

 

Stuart and Barbara Padnos Distinguished Artist-In-Residence
deadline December 11
posted by Grand Valley State University

The Stuart B. and Barbara Padnos Distinguished Artist-In-Residence Chair position is designed to enhance the experiences of students in the Department of Visual and Media Arts, both majors and non-majors, at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI. Candidates for the position must have a record of distinguished professional achievement in a discipline reflected/represented by the Department of Visual & Media Arts. The position will include a teaching assignment equivalent to one course in the fall or winter semester, participation in group and individual critiques, and mentoring for a broad range of students.

 

 

Long-term Public Humanities Fellowships
deadline December 15
posted by Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Institute Long-term Public Humanities Fellowships, new for the 2025-26 year, are designed to support significant, full-time research and public humanities project implementation related to the histories, concepts, art, and objects of the early modern world (ca. 1400-1800) and its legacies. This fellowship is open to college and university faculty, independent scholars, artists, public scholars, writers, PhD candidates, postdocs, community leaders, cultural workers, educators and other knowledge holders. Applicants are not required to hold a terminal degree but should describe their equivalent training and industry-specific experience in their CV.

For the 2025-26 year, the Folger Institute will offer one Long-term Public Humanities Fellowship at $70,000 for a standard period of 9 months (approximately $7,777 per month).

 

 

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
deadline December 17

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards presented by The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers is the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious teen recognition program for students in grades 7–12. BOPA is proud to serve as the Maryland regional affiliate and support Maryland’s next generation of creatives. Submissions are now being accepted for the regional 2025 competition.