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This Week: Jeffrey Yoo Warren lecture at JHU, IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition opening reception at UMBC, BIWA Films with Armina Howada Mussa at good neighbor, Jen White-Johnson artist-in-residence presentation at Stevenson University, MICA Grad Show II exhibition reception, The Black Print pop-up exhibition at The Peale, opening reception for Devin Allen, Joe Giordano, and Paul Abowd at Creative Alliance, the unveiling of Zoë Charlton’s installation at North Street Market, Art with a Heart’s 25 Anniversary Celebration, and Trans Day of Visibility celebration at SNF Parkway — PLUS two artist opportunities at Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center and more!

 

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Relational Reconstructions: Personal Reconnection, Creativity, and Immersive Counter-Archival Practices
Tuesday, March 25 :: 5-6:15pm
@ JHU Macksey Seminar Room (M2043), Brody Learning Commons

Jeffrey Yoo Warren, a Korean diasporic artist educator, woodworker, illustrator, community scientist, and researcher, will give a talk titled “Relational Reconstructions: Personal Reconnection, Creativity, and Immersive Counter-Archival Practices” for the Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center.

Experiences with archives—their gaps and harms—can be both painful and fruitful for people of color, as despite themselves, these materials offer glimpses into possible pasts and futures. Drawing inspiration from Saidiya Hartman’s critical fabulation, Linda Sue Park’s craft-based reconnection narratives, and Adolfo Albán Achinte’s re-existencia, Yoo Warren and collaborators craft multisensory immersions to develop relationships with possible ancestors, using archival records as building materials. This approach, called “relational reconstruction,” involves working generatively around archival gaps to weave ancestral spaces into our lives through a variety of digital and print techniques.

Advance registration is suggested.

Co-sponsored by the Department of History and the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism.

About the Speaker

Jeffrey Yoo Warren (he/him) is a Korean diasporic artist educator, woodworker, illustrator, community scientist and researcher in Providence, RI, whose work combines ancestral craft practices and creative work with diasporic memory through virtual collaborative worldbuilding. He has spent years creating collaborative community science projects which decenter dominant culture in environmental knowledge production. Jeffrey is an educator with Movement Education Outdoors and AS220, and part of the New Old art collective with Aisha Jandosova; he was also the 2023-4 Innovator in Residence at the Library of Congress. His current artistic practice investigates how people build identity and strength through their interactions with artifacts and histories, and the ways that objects can tell stories that people can be part of in the present.

 

 

The Only Way Out Is Through: The 2025 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition | Artists’ Reception
Thursday, March 27 :: 5-7pm
@ UMBC CADVC

UMBC’s INTERMEDIA AND DIGITAL ARTS (IMDA) Masters Program presents “The Only Way Out Is Through,” the 2025 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition. Opening on Thursday, March 25th with a public reception with the artists on March 27th, 5-7 pm, the thesis exhibition features five artists with diverse artistic practices and approaches: McCoy Chance, Ahlam Khamis, Ghazal Mojtahedi, Alexi Scheiber, and Mariia Usova.

Since the inception of the IMDA MFA Program at UMBC in 1992, the exhibition is presented each spring semester. Past exhibitions have included installation, performance, film, video, photography, animation, interactive art, sculpture, audio works, painting, drawing, and print media.

 

 

BIWA Films: Sculpting Time, A Cinematic Exploration of Form
Thursday, March 27 :: 5-9pm
@ good neighbor Design Garage

In collaboration with good neighbor, sculptor Armina Howada Mussa presents BIWA Films: Sculpting Time, A Cinematic Exploration of Form, a thoughtfully curated collection designed to invite audiences into transformative cinematic experiences. This inaugural film series explores the emotional resonance of sculpture as portrayed in cinema, examining how sculptural forms transcend their physicality to evoke introspection, memory, and the interplay of permanence and impermanence in visual storytelling.

Armina Howada Mussa is a sculptor and installation artist based in Baltimore, Maryland. Her practice delves into ancient and storied narratives, reflecting on inner and outer realms—both active and passive—as they relate to human existence. She engages with the physicality of sculpture in relation to the spaces it inhabits, creating contemporary interpretations of ephemeral forms found in nature. Her evolving body of work is a meditation on history and the infinite.

You can experience Mussa’s sculptural work on display in the good neighbor guesthouse lobby.

good neighbor was established on the concept of recreating the feeling of stepping into a loved one’s home. At good neighbor, every object, every sip, and every bite exists to inspire and nurture curiosity about the wider world and its shared community.

 

 

Stevenson University Art & Graphic Design 2025 Artist in Residence Jen White-Johnson
Thursday, March 27 :: Reception: 5:30pm–6:00pm | Public Lecture: 6:00pm–7:00pm
@ School of Design, Arts, and Communication

Stevenson University, Art & Graphic Design 2025 Artist in Residence
Jen White-Johnson, Amplifying Accessibility & Abolishing Ableism: Designing to Embolden Black Disability Visual Culture

Thursday, March 27, 2025
Reception: 5:30pm–6:00pm
Lecture: 6:00pm–7:00pm

School of Design, Arts, and Communication, Sound Stage, SD 101
11100 Ted Herget Way
Owings Mills, MD 21117

On Thursday, March 27, from 6:00pm–7:00pm at SU’s School of Design, Arts, and Communication Building, Jen White-Johnson will give a public lecture, Amplifying Accessibility & Abolishing Ableism: Designing to Embolden Black Disability Visual Culture, a presentation that will examine the profound impact of neurodiversity on artistic expression, highlighting the urgent need for inclusive design practices. Jen will explore how disabled creatives are not just participants, but leaders in crafting media and cultural experiences that authentically reflect their lived realities. This lecture will challenge you to consider how your work can foster a sense of community and belonging for all, encouraging you to embrace neurodiversity as a valuable asset in your creative process and contribute to a more equitable and visually diverse cultural landscape.

For more information on Jen’s creative practice, check out her recent profile in Bmore Art’s Wellness Issue, The Extraordinary in Disability: Jennifer White-Johnson’s Cultural and Visual Design.

ARTIST BIO

Jen White-Johnson is a disabled and neurodivergent artist and designer educator who centers Black disabled joy and futures in her work, informed by disability justice and Black feminist disability framework. Jen has presented her disability justice activist work and collaborated with a number of brands and art spaces across print and digital such as Target, Coachella and Adobe Design. Jen’s work is also permanently archived at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the National African American Museum of History and Culture in DC. Jen holds a BA in Visual Art from The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and an MFA in Graphic Design from the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she also imparts her knowledge as a current instructor, Jen resides in Baltimore, MD, with her husband and 11-year-old son.

 

 

MICA Grad Show II | Exhibition Reception
Friday, March 28 :: 5-7pm
@ MICA Riggs and Leidy Galleries, Lazarus Center

MICA Grad Show 2025 features the work of the College’s MFA and MA students across 14 internationally renowned graduate programs. From February through May, four distinct shows will highlight the students’ bold explorations of political unrest, social injustice, and community polarization. In collaboration with the Office of Graduate Studies, the programs will host exhibition receptions and key events celebrating the ability of these artists, designers, filmmakers, educators, and curators to harness art’s power to disrupt, awaken, and inspire for a more just and connected future. MICA Grad Show II Showcases Illustration Practice MFA, Graphic Design MFA, Illustration MA, and Graphic Design MA across 5 galleries. More info at MICA.edu/gradshow

 

 

The Black Print
Friday, March 28 :: 5-8pm | Saturday, March 29 :: 12-4pm
@ The Peale

The Black Print is a two-day exhibition that explores the intersection of art, textiles, and fashion, and draws inspiration from traditional African roots and contemporary conversations of Blackness. Through graffiti, photography, and garment performance art, The Black Print showcases the vibrancy of fashion as an artistic and cultural form. Organized by creative director, and curator Ireanna Rogers, the exhibition uses material as a vehicle for storytelling, honoring ancestral legacies while embracing contemporary artistry.

On Friday, March 28, and Saturday, March 29, visitors can enjoy music and hors d’oeuvres while viewing artworks and designs by Infavian Davis, kolpeace, Melissa Sutherland Moss, Linnea Poole, Tajiel Wesley, and Jalen Williams. While Moss presents a live garment performance piece, models wearing designs by Davis will be on view throughout the gallery space. Guests will also be invited to play tabletop games like spades and dominoes––in celebration of communal traditions of Black leisure.

 

 

In the Wake of: Resilience and Revolution | Opening Reception
Friday, March 28 :: 6-9pm
@ Creative Alliance

Exhibition dates: March 28 – April 19, 2025
Exhibition Opening: March 28, 6-9pm

Focusing on the intersection of social unrest and artistic expression, this exhibition features the works of Devin Allen, Joe Giordano, and Paul Abowd. All three artists document the emotion, tension, and solidarity that defined the uprising and what took place in the aftermath, blending personal experiences with collective memory. The exhibition offers a vivid exploration of how art can both challenge and inspire change in jarring moments of societal shifts.

Artist Bios

Paul Abowd
Paul Abowd is a documentary producer based in D.C. In 2015, he moved to Baltimore while finishing a film for Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines series entitled “Baltimore Rising,” about the aftermath of Freddie Gray’s death at the hands of police. While living in the city, he began three independent film projects that never got finished until this year. The first film follows the police helicopter through the city with his late friend, photographer Noah Scialom. The second film is a music video for a long-unreleased song by his friend Genard Barr, which forms the soundtrack to his life and work as a social worker in Sandtown. A third film follows housing rights organizer Dominic Moulden on a ritual return to his childhood home at Perkins Homes, on the eve of its demolition. In 2018, Paul finished another film for Al Jazeera called “The Gang Within,” about the criminal conspiracy by an elite police unit in Baltimore to traffic seized drugs and rob the city’s residents. Paul is a researcher for the union of hospitality workers, UNITE HERE, and the parent of a 2.5-year-old daughter.

Devin Allen
Baltimore native Devin Allen is an international, award-winning self-taught photographer and artist who gained national attention when his photograph of the Baltimore Uprising was published on the cover of Time magazine in May 2015, making him only the third amateur photographer to have his work featured in the publication. Following the untimely deaths of George Floyd, Tony McDade, and Breonna Taylor, his photograph from a Black Trans Lives Matter protest was published on the cover of Time magazine in June 2020.

In 2017, he was named the first fellow of the Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award as a debut author for his book, A Beautiful Ghetto (Haymarket Books, September 2017). In 2023, he was awarded the 2023 Gordon Parks Foundation / Steidl Book Prize. In 2020, he was named an ambassador for Leica Camera AG—an international, premium manufacturer of cameras and sports optics.

His photographs have been published in New York Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Aperture; and are also in the permanent collections of the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C., the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art.

He is the founder of Through Their Eyes, a youth photography educational program, and recipient of an award from The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture for dynamic leadership in the Arts and Activism. His latest book, No Justice, No Peace: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, was released in 2022 under the Legacy Lit imprint of Hachette Book Group. Most recently, he captured the main imagery for the sixth and final season of the hit SHOWTIME series, The Chi.

Joseph (J.M.) Giordano
Joseph (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, Taste, The Observer New Review Sunday Magazine, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Washington Post, The Baltimore City Paper, i-D Magazine, Discovery Channel Inc., Rolling-Stone. 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. His next book, Trumpland (Nighted Life Press), is out now.

 

 

Unveiling of Zoë Charlton’s Third Watch Installation
Friday, March 28 :: 6-10pm
@ North Avenue Market

Please join us for the unveiling of Zoë Charlton’s Third Watch installation at the North Avenue Market!

The evening’s program considers the entire block as an architectural pedestal for Charlton’s work, with performances, installations, and celebrations further activating the market’s vacant and thriving spaces.

Serving as anchor points on both ends of the block, More than Four Women for Four Hours—led by Ada Pinkston—bridges durational performance, storytelling, and experimental sound beginning in 1915 Maryland Avenue (formerly the Stillpoint Theatre space) and ending at Club Car.

Over the course of four hours, a group of Black women performers will embody acts of confinement, kinship, and healing throughout the historic location that once excluded Black people.

Featuring: Ada Pinkston, Noelle Tolbert, Amorous Ebony, Sheila Gaskins & Tracey Beale + Konjur Collective

The evening’s activities also include a presentation by Dreamseeds – a workshop series organized by Hannah Brancato and Sanahara Ama Chandra – showcasing a light-based installation created with J Van Story Branch Senior Residents and an open houses at Baltimore Youth Arts – highlighting work by their artists in response to Third Watch – and Currency Studio who will host our Unveiling Reception with remarks from Zoë Charlton, Derrick Adams, and José Ruiz from 7-8 pm.

Check back for the full program and map for the evenings activities here!

This is a FREE event open to the public. Tickets are not limited, but we appreciate your RSVPs!

The North Avenue Market spaces utilized for this event are wheelchair-accessible

Inviting Light is sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies and facilitated by Central Baltimore Partnership in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and Senior Advisor for Arts & Culture, and the Neighborhood Design Center. Read more about the award here.

For any questions, please email Catherine Borg at [email protected]

Get updates at invitinglight.org and Instagram @invitinglightbaltimore

 

 

Art with a Heart 25th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, March 29 :: 6:30-10:30pm
@ M&T Bank Exchange at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center

Art with a Heart (AWAH) will present its 25^th Anniversary Celebration, Saturday, March, 29, from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., at the M&T Bank Exchange at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center (home of the Hippodrome Theatre – 401 W Fayette St., Baltimore, MD 21201).

With 300 to 400 guests anticipated, this “colorful cocktail” evening will feature heavy hors d’oeuvres and dinner stations from Rouge Fine Catering and an open bar. Adding to the fun will be a silent auction of one-of-a-kind masks created by Baltimore artists, immersive art stations and dancing to live music by Spectrum – a powerhouse band renowned for its high energy, audience engagement and seamless fusion of musical genres.

“We hope you will join the Art with a Heart community as it celebrates its 25th anniversary! We promise this event will be immersive, creative and FUN,” said Randi Alper Pupkin, AWAH’s founder and executive director. “Event proceeds will help us continue to provide the gift of art to those who need it most – thereby making Baltimore more innovative, creative, vibrant and beautiful.”

Individual tickets ($175/person or $125/person discounted for seniors) an be purchased online at www.artwithaheart.net. Corporate and individual sponsorships are also available. For more information about the event or sponsorship opportunities, contact Melissa Noonan at [email protected] or 410-366-8886.

About Art with a Heart
Art with a Heart’s mission is to enhance the lives of people in need through visual arts. Founded in 2000, the Baltimore-based nonprofit uses visual art for positive civic and economic change in its community programming, workforce development, community art, service learning and leadership development initiatives.

During the last year alone, Art with a Heart provided nearly 16,000 art classes to children, youth, adults, and families in schools, shelters, community centers, hospitals and senior facilities; provided over 270,000 individual art experiences; successfully completed and installed 16 community art projects with the dedication of over 3,900 volunteers; graduated a new cohort of leaders expanding the alumni network to 170 youth; expanded workforce collaborations; graduated 200 students, and opened a satellite location on The Avenue in Hampden for its HeARTwares social enterprise store and workforce development programming.

For more information, visit www.artwithaheart.net or follow on social media: @AWAHBaltimore on Facebook and @artwithaheart_ on X & Instagram.

 

 

Trans Day of Visibility: Connection | Isolation
Monday, March 31 :: 5:30pm
@ SNF Parkway

Join us in celebrating Trans Day of Visibility @ the Parkway!

The evening will begin with the Transcend Myxer cohosted by The Pride Center of Maryland. Enjoy some pre-show snacks and connect with members of the trans, non-binary, and LGBTQ+ community.

After the film there will be a discussion with the director G. Chesler and members of our partner organizations.

In an airborne pandemic when separation, isolation, and self-sufficiency became the punishing norm, many trans people faced the COVID-19 era differently. G. Chesler’s new documentary feature presents eight portraits of trans, postgender, and genderqueer people sharing their experiences of cultivating, sustaining, and joining communities in this pandemic.

These trans community creators center experiences of Asian American people facing violent racism as the pandemic began in late 2019, Black Americans rising in opposition to white supremacist police-state violence in mid 2020, and the exclusion many people who are disabled feel from a society that—despite grave and massive loss—still refuses to habitually protect itself at large.

 

 

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Job Openings: Production Intern and Design Intern
posted by Wide Angle Youth Media

Wide Angle Youth Media is hiring for two part-time positions: a Production Intern and a Design Intern. These paid training programs are designed to help young creatives gain hands-on experience and launch their careers in media. Applications for both roles are due in early April, with a starting pay rate of $17 per hour.

 

 

Call for Walls: Brush Mural Fest + Station North

We are seeking a space in Baltimore City for 12-15, 200 square foot permanent murals to be installed on the same wall, or within 5 min walking distance of one another, AND be a suitable site for a festival setting for our culminating celebration coming next fall.

CALL FOR WALLS DETAILS!

Have any thoughts / leads / suggestions? Please send us an email to [email protected]

 

 

2025 Fell’s Point Fun Festival Call for Vendors

The 2025 Fell’s Point Fun Festival will take place Friday, October 10th; Saturday, October 11th; and Sunday, October 12th. For the first time in our history, vendors will be open all three days! Want to be a part of one of Baltimore’s largest and oldest community traditions? Apply to be a vendor today!

WHERE AND WHEN MAY I VEND?
The Fell’s Point Fun Festival has always been held along the neighborhood’s downtown waterfront – anchored by Broadway Square and the blocks along Thames Street. Vendors – for the first time in our history – will be activated for ALL 3 DAYS of the weekend festival! The vendor sales periods will be the following time blocks:

Friday, October 10th
5:00pm – 9:00pm
Saturday, October 11th
11:00am – 7:00pm
Sunday, October 12th
11:00am – 7:00pm

WHO SHOULD APPLY?
Artists, entrepreneurs, food extraordinaires, and everyone in between are encouraged to apply! We pride ourselves in having a diverse set of vendors each year – filling the streets of our neighborhood with everything from art trucks to pit beef grills to vintage clothing racks.

 

 

BAD Ballet Fellowship- Cohort 2
posted by Ballet After Dark

A 12-week fellowship program for Black and Brown young women ages 18-24 years old throughout Baltimore City. Prioritizing young women impacted by trauma and non traditional dancers, this unique experience provides training and resources for our dance fellows to return to their communities as dance healers.

*Monthly stipend
*Professional development
*Mentorship
*Weekly Somatic Dance Class
*Performance Opportunities

 

 

Juneteenth Author Showcase 2025
posted by Washington County Museum of Fine Arts

The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, in partnership with trainer Cherish McMillan-Kilgoe, is inviting Black authors from Washington, Garrett, Allegany, Frederick, and Montgomery counties in Maryland to apply for participation in the museum’s Juneteenth Author Showcase.  The showcase will be held Sunday, June 8, 2025, from 2–4 p.m. at the museum, located in Hagerstown City Park, and will be free and open to public. Parking is also free.

The Juneteenth event is being held in honor of the resilience, creativity, and literary achievements of area Black authors, who will be able to sell their books to attendees (and keep 100% of their sales) and network with fellow authors and community members.  Attendees will have the opportunity to connect, engage, and support Black writers while reflecting on the progress made since the time of slavery, when reading and writing by enslaved African people were punishable acts.

Authors are responsible for their own sales, merchandise and set-up, and must sign a waiver and photo release form. To apply, go to: https://forms.gle/pzaJj3MWQv1ZmSGK6. For further information, contact museum Education Director Kellie Marz Mele at: [email protected] or call (3120) 739-5727.

 

 

Indigenous Fellowship Program 2025–2026
deadline March 31
posted by American Museum of Natural History

This fellowship program is offered for Indigenous students or early career professionals 18 years or older from North America (U.S. and Canada) who are interested in learning about collections care in a museum environment.

• The fellowship duration is flexible, but a minimum of three (3) months is recommended. Fellowships include a stipend to cover living and travel expenses. Associated funding is available to provide Indigenous mentorship and outreach in collaboration with Museum staff.
• Fellowships are based in the Museum’s Science Conservation department, which cares for collections throughout the Museum, both in the Division of Anthropology and the Natural Science departments.
• The fellowship structure is flexible depending on each fellow’s interests. Past fellows have focused on working with belongings from their communities. Potential areas addressed include preventative care, written and photographic documentation, examination, research and analysis, and treatment skills.

Applications are currently being accepted for the fall 2025 term (September to December). The deadline for applications is March 31, 2025. For application materials and any inquiries about the fellowship, please contact Assistant Director of Conservation, Samantha Alderson, at [email protected] or 212-769-5446.

 

 

Artsfest ’25 – ARTIST APPLICATION
deadline March 31
posted by Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center

Join us for the 33rd Artsfest! Artsfest is an annual juried arts festival held at beautiful Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, in Solomons, Maryland, where the Patuxent River meets the Chesapeake Bay. Solomons is about an hour drive from the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Recognized as one of the top outdoor arts festivals in the Mid-Atlantic region, Artsfest brings together some of the country’s most accomplished artists for a weekend of terrific shopping, great music, and delicious food and drink.

There is plenty of room to spread out on our 30 acre park! Artsfest features 170 visual artist booths, along with more than 30 bands and entertainment acts performing on four stages, as well as family activities and programs under the Discovery Tent and in the Zany Zone. A variety of food vendors, wine and beer, provide plenty of treats. It’s a multi-faceted arts festival with plenty to do for all ages! The beauty of Annmarie Garden is the perfect backdrop for this annual celebration of the arts! Artsfest enjoys dedicated crowds and excellent management – with terrific volunteer support. We hope you will join us for our 33rd Annual Artsfest Art & Music Festival!

 

 

Dreams of You Exhibition | Call for Entry
deadline April 1
posted by Black Genius Art Show

The Black Genius Art Show is seeking art submissions of all mediums for the upcoming art show, “Dreams of You,” opening April 12. Submissions should embody the works of Marvin Gaye. Email up to four submissions by April 1, 2025.

 

 

The Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant
deadline April 1

The Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant is awarded annually to under-recognized American painters over the age of 45 who demonstrate financial need.

The mission of this grant is to promote public awareness of and a commitment to American art, and to encourage interest in painters who lack adequate recognition.

Recipients are selected by a diverse group of jurors—artists, curators, professors, writers—based on the strength of the materials submitted in this application as well as the perceived adherence to the spirit of the grant: to assist under recognized artists. Awards include a cash grant, ranging from $5,000 to $36,000 and an exhibition at PAAM.

The late Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed studied with Hans Hofmann in both New York and Provincetown. They were very active at PAAM as artist members and instructors in the summer school, and they served on a variety of committees throughout their 50 years on Cape Cod. Orlowsky, in particular, was sensitive to the challenges artists face, especially those working against the mainstream or outside of popular schools of art. Her desire to provide financial support to mature artists through this generous endowment gift speaks to her passionate commitment to art for art’s sake and art created regardless of the demands and whims of the marketplace.

 

 

Summer Artist-in-Residence Application
deadline April 1
posted by Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center

Annmarie welcomes artists to submit proposals for their annual summer residency program in the community arts, which runs June through August and can be flexible based on the artist’s needs. Proposals must show a strong commitment to community engagement in the design and execution of the project.

The summer residency program provides a serene place on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay for visual, musical, and literary artists to design and produce a community arts project. Most artists run their project through Annmarie’s creative reuse center, called the artLAB, where artists are encouraged to incorporate recycled or repurposed materials into their project. Artists will also have access to the galleries, a private studio space, the clay studio, the 30 acre sculpture garden, the waterfront area, etc. Residencies are meant to focus on community arts projects; those that merge arts and the environment are particularly desirable.

 

 

Art Of Healing: The Mind Matters. Mental Health Month Awareness Exhibition
deadline April 3
posted by Chesapeake Arts Center

Art serves as a vital medium for enhancing understanding and connection to mental health, effectively conveying complex emotions that words often fail to capture. By portraying the experiences of those navigating mental health, art helps dismantle stigma, reinforcing the idea that we are all integral members of society. Additionally, it fosters empathy by offering insights into diverse perspectives, encouraging viewers to grow in compassion and understanding. Furthermore, art emerges as a transformative therapeutic approach, utilizing creativity through various forms like painting, music, and dance to support healing and promote mental well-being. This exhibition aims to showcase the work of talented creatives during mental health awareness month (May) and raise awareness, foster understanding, and build a supportive community, highlighting the important role of creativity in mental well-being during this significant month.

DEADLINES: Art Of Healing: The Mind Matters. Mental Health Awareness Month Exhibition will be on display in Chesapeake Arts Center’s Hal Gomer Gallery and Hallway from April 29 – May 27, 2025. Applications are reviewed and accepted at the discretion of the gallery review committee and must be submitted by Wednesday, April 3, 2025. The gallery reception will be Thursday, May 22 from 6 – 8 pm.

 

 

Application For Art Book & Zine Exhibition
deadline April 5
posted by Fanzineist Vienna

📢 FINAL OPEN CALL – Remote Participation by Post! 📢
Apply by April 5th! Can’t make it to Vienna? No problem! 🌍✈️

Participate in Fanzineist’s Art Book & Zine Exhibition at Semperdepot, Vienna, even if you can’t attend in person. Simply send your art books or zines to:

📦 Gumpendorferstrasse 103/17, A-1060, Vienna, Austria
📅 Deadline: April 5th, 2025

✅ No application form required!
✅ No jury selection – every received publication will be exhibited!
✅ No Participation Fee Required

🔹 Make sure to include your publication’s name, title, medium, year, and your Instagram username for proper exhibition.

⚠️ Please note: We will only be exhibiting zines and art books—please do not send posters.

Join us by mail and showcase your work at Fanzineist Vienna 2025! ❤️📚

 

 

Creative Alliance Resident Artist Program
deadline April 8

Applications for the Creative Alliance Resident Artist Program open on January 31, 2025! This long-term program is open to artists of all mediums who would like to deepen their practice in a supportive and dynamic environment and interact with colleagues who thrive in a lively, cross-cultural, multidisciplinary, live/work environment.

The Program accommodates eight resident artists, one in each of the studios in The Patterson, for one to three years. It is intended for emerging artists as well as mid-career artists whose goal is to reinvigorate their work in an intensive creative atmosphere. Artists are encouraged (but not required) to use the studios as their primary residence.

The resident artist supports Creative Alliance by paying subsidized rent. Resident artists are expected to actively work on their art practice, showcase their work at Creative Alliance, and participate in resident artist gatherings. In turn, Creative Alliance supports the artist with professional development, studio visits with leaders in the art world, trips to immerse in art mediums around Baltimore and the DMV, connections to other art production services, and a sense of community that extends beyond the artists’ time at Creative Alliance.