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This Week:  Artist Julia Kim Smith’s Concrete Poetry 2 with author David Beaudouin at The Ivy, piñata making and Great Lantern Parade artist talk presented by MICA + Creative Alliance, Latinx Artist Happy Hour at The Empanada Lady, Sarah Lewis kicks off the Sam Gilliam Lecture Series at Hopkins Bloomberg Center, Toxic Overburden opening reception at The Peale, opening reception for John Ruppert at C. Grimaldis Gallery, The Donald Bentley Annual Memorial Lecture featuring Terry Thompson at the BMA, lecture and discussion with Ada Pinkston at UMBC, Station North Second Friday Art Walk, OOO + KIDOOO at MAP, MICA’s REFRACT fashion show, and the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA Thesis Exhibition opening reception at The Peale.

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Concrete Poetry 2 | David Beaudouin “Microverse 1”
ongoing through April 11
@ The Ivy Bookstore

Concrete Poetry 2: David Beaudouin, “Microverses”
The Ivy Bookshop gardens, Baltimore, MD
April 4-30, 2025

David Beaudouin reading at Concrete Poetry 2
April 18 6pm
The Ivy Bookshop gardens, Baltimore, MD
Rain location: The Ivy Bookshop back patio

https://www.theivybookshop.com/event/poetry-reading-at-the-concrete-poetry-2-sculpture-ft-david-beaudouin/

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The Ivy Bookshop and Julia Kim Smith are pleased to present “Microverses” by David Beaudouin throughout April at Concrete Poetry 2. In celebration of National Poetry Month, a series of four “Microverses” will be on display in the bookshop’s gardens, changing every Friday in April.

 

 

MICA & Creative Alliance present “Parade & Processions”: Piñata Making & Great Baltimore Lantern Parade Artist Talk
Tuesday, April 8 :: 4:30-7pm
@ Creative Alliance, Creativity Center

MICA & Creative Alliance present “Parade & Processions: Piñata Making & Great Baltimore Lantern Parade Artist Talk on Tuesday, April 8 from 4:30-8pm at the Creativity Center, 3137 Eastern Avenue. Come learn from culture-bearing artists of the Great Baltimore Lantern Parade. 4:30-6:30 Traditional Mexican piñata making Drop In with the Artesanas, a group of talented women living in Southeast Baltimore who are natives of Latin American countries, such as Mexico, El Salvador, and Ecuador, who honor their Latin American heritage by demonstrating, sharing, and teaching traditional crafts. FREE Artist Talk Participants in the Great Baltimore Lantern Parade will talk about their community’s relationship to processional arts and parade, the role of culture bearing artists in maintaining and evolving traditional practices and share examples of their work. Participants include: Parade Director Rachel Rush, Dennis Lee of the Marching Elite, a Baltimore-based marching band; Louis Campbell of the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina traditional dancers and Culture Director at the Baltimore American Indian Center, and Jovenes en Accion, this performance troupe brings together Latin American teens to encourage self-expression and promote team building through traditional Mexican and Latin American dance. The artist talks will include a dance demonstration and conclude with a Q&A.

 

 

Latinx Artist Happy Hour
Tuesday, April 8 :: 6-8pm
@ The Empanada Lady

Oiga Mira Vea – Tuesday, April 8th is National Empanada Day, and we’re celebrating con una noche full of creativity, connection and flavor at The Empanada Lady!

We’ve got:
🥟 Bomb empanadas straight from the kitchen of The Empanada Lady
🍹 Cocktails inspired by your favorite Latinx artists (Frida’s Fizz? Bad Bunny Bramble? Come find out!)
🎶 Music, drinks, and all the creative inspo you need
💡 A space to connect, vibe, and collab with fellow Latinx artists

Pull up, grab a drink, and let’s celebrate our cultura one creative connection at a time.

 

 

Inaugural Sam Gilliam Lecture Series featuring Sarah Lewis
Wednesday, April 9 :: 6-8:30pm
@ Hopkins Bloomberg Center

The Sam Gilliam Lecture Series will launch with a lecture by art and cultural historian Sarah Lewis, followed by a fireside chat with Leah Wright Rigueur, associate professor of history at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Lewis, the founder of catalytic civic initiative Vision & Justice whose work focuses on the intersection of art, visual culture, and democracy will explore topics frequently addressed in Gilliam’s life and work, including civil rights, democracy, and the transformative power of art.

A reception will follow the lecture.

More about the Sam Gilliam Lecture Series: In recognition of the mission of the Hopkins Bloomberg Center—to connect research and discovery with policymaking—the Sam Gilliam Lecture Series will provide a platform for speakers to engage in conversation with faculty experts, students, and the community about the role of art in addressing critical social issues.

Made possible by the Sam Gilliam Foundation, series was established to honor the artistic legacy and social justice commitments of the late Washington, D.C.-based artist Sam Gilliam. The series will welcome prominent artists and thinkers to the university’s Washington, D.C., hub to reflect on the intersections between contemporary art, academia, and public policy, and the role art plays in advancing society.

The second installment will take place on Dec. 11 with Theaster Gates, a multidisciplinary artist who centers his work on the idea of Black space.

 

 

Toxic Overburden: 100 Years of Environmental Injustice and Resistance | Opening Reception
Thursday, April 10 :: 5:30-7:30pm
@ The Peale

In conjunction with the new, student-directed exhibition Toxic Overburden: 100 Years of Environmental Justice and Resistance, please join us for the official exhibition opening and for a fascinating panel discussion with the students and mentors who developed the exhibition. Student panelists include: Vilma Gutierrez, Ryan Johnson, Jose Alvarenga and Maynor Flores.

Curtis Bay is a community in South Baltimore that has experienced over 100 years of environmental violence and harm as a result of the cumulative impacts of stationary toxic facilities (over 70+ facilities in one community). The city of Baltimore has utilized the land as a dumping ground for heavy industrious and noxious facilities. The exhibit educates the general public about policies, practices, and budgets that have made our state and city officials complicit in ongoing environmental violence. For the past 15 years, Free Your Voice and the South Baltimore Community Land Trust (SBCLT) have been inspiring young people from South Baltimore communities to conduct their own research and utilize data to advocate for systemic change.

This youth-designed exhibit (envisioned, designed, and built alongside) architects from Neighborhood Design Center (NDC) features some of the youth visions of environmental toxicity and harm through maps, photography, historic timelines, and interactive standing displays. The exhibit challenges the viewer to imagine green and sustainable alternatives which include worker benefit agreements and to plug into the ongoing advocacy work in the community.

Sponsors include Johns Hopkins University CHARMED Center, Benjamin Franklin Highschool, Towson University (Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice), Morgan State University (Center for Urban Health Equity), South Baltimore Community Land Trust (SBCLT), Community of Curtis Bay Association (CCBA), and The Chesapeake Bay Trust Foundation. SB7 Environmental Justice Collaborative’s 2022 grant.

 

 

John Ruppert VESTIGES OF TIME: Traces in Light and Materials | Opening Reception
Thursday, April 10 :: 5:30-7:30pm
@ C. Grimaldis Gallery

C. Grimaldis Gallery is pleased to present Vestiges of Time: Traces in Light and Materials, a solo exhibition by John Ruppert. This body of work integrates photography and cast sculptures that act as testaments to earthly forms and phenomena, and anchor the physical records of time they bear into the present. Ruppert’s juxtoposition of material and man-made forms investigates human intervention, providing the viewer with a balance between earth’s creativity and man’s effort to celebrate the naturally sublime.

In his Olea Europaea series, Ruppert photographs trees from the olive groves of Puglia, Italy. Through digital manipulation, Ruppert creates composites of multiple photographs to build layers of detail otherwise lost to the limitations of focal length, concentrating in some areas while blowing out negative space in others. The resulting portraits are delicate and ghostly, guiding our attention over the sculptural bodies of these ancient trees, as well as the contemporary irrigation systems that keep them alive. Their forms are gnarled and twisted by time, bringing focus to the impact of man and the elements over the course of centuries.

Ruppert’s photography is a clear extension of his sculptural practice, where he explores how technology can be used to bare witness to the vital essence of something natural. In his Berg series, almost exact replicas of stone and rock are made through aluminum casting. Displayed with its sister beside it, each luminous silvery form highlights textures forged by the earth. Similarly, his Rock Reflections use digital scanning and 3D printing to create mirrored duplicates of rocks with resin, forming uncanny reflections that question our sense of reality. Ruppert’s Strikes harness the beauty and power of phenomena by casting fragmentations of tree bark splintered by the force of a lightning strike. Aluminum shards are restructured to create monuments to these remnants of life.

John Ruppert has exhibited widely at institutions in the US and abroad with works in numerous public and private collections including The Academy Art Museum, Kreeger Museum, OMI International Sculpture Park, and Decordova Museum. He has participated in several artists in residency programs and has received numerous awards including 5 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist grants, the Mary Sawyers Baker Award, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award. He was also a recent participant in the 2024 Venice Biennale. John Ruppert is Professor Emeritus and served as Chair of the Department of Art, for 13 years at the University of Maryland, College Park, has been on their faculty since 1987. This is his seventh solo exhibition at C. Grimaldis Gallery.

Vestiges of Time: Traces in Light and Materials will be on view at C. Grimaldis Gallery from April 10 through May 17, 2025. A reception will take place on Thursday, April 10th from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. An artist conversation with curator and scholar Kristen Hileman will follow on Saturday, May 10th at 4:00 PM. Hours for C. Grimaldis Gallery, which is free and open to the public, are Wednesday through Saturday, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

 

 

A Deep House of Soulful Vision: The Paintings of Terry Thompson, with Special Guest Franklin Sirmans
Thursday, April 10 :: 6:15-9pm
@ The Baltimore Museum of Art

Join us for the fifth annual Donald V. Bentley Memorial Lecture, an evening of contemporary African American art and house music, presented by the Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts.

The night will begin with an address from Franklin Sirmans, Director of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, followed by a rich conversation with Baltimore art fixture Dr. Leslie King Hammond and abstractionist painter Terry Thompson. The program concludes with a reception guaranteed to reach the soul.

Each year, the Center invites distinguished intellectuals and arts practitioners to address topical, historical, or philosophical issues connecting the work of the arts to the renewal and revitalization of civic life.

The Donald Bentley Annual Memorial Lecture is a unique platform to drive debate and critical reflection on the role of the arts in our everyday lives and in our imagining of a future just world.

The auditorium is wheelchair accessible and assistive listening devices are available.

Schedule
5:45 p.m. – Auditorium doors open
6:15-7 p.m. – Presentation on contemporary African American Art by Franklin Sirmans, Director, Pérez Art Museum Miami
7-7:45 p.m. – Roundtable discussion on contemporary African American art featuring Franklin Sirmans, Dr. Leslie King Hammond, and Terry Thompson. Moderated by Dr. Lawrence Jackson, Founding Director, Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts.
7:45-9 p.m. – Culture Reception with display of visual art and live DJ set by Terry Thompson in Fox Court. Food and drink will be offered.

 

 

Ada Pinkston: The Aesthetics of Truth in a Post Truth Science Fiction or Remixing Public Memory towards the end of the Anthropocene
Friday, April 11 :: 12-1pm
@ UMBC

The Aesthetics of Truth in a Post Truth Science Fiction or Remixing Public Memory towards the end of the Anthropocene will be a lecture and discussion inspired by musical selections including Triptych by Max Roach.

Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP by April 6

**Please use this link to RSVP**

Ada Pinkston is a multimedia artist, educator, and cultural organizer living and working in Baltimore, Maryland. Her performance work has been featured at a variety of spaces including The Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Walters Art Museum, The Peale Museum, Transmodern Performance Festival, P.S.1, The New Museum, Light City Baltimore and the streets of Berlin, Baltimore, Orlando, Washington DC, and New York. A graduate of Wesleyan University (B.A.) and Maryland Institute College of Art (M.F.A.) She is a lecturer at Towson University. She has presented public lectures on memory and public space at The French Embassy, NYU, UCLA, USC, Columbia University, and The National Gallery of Art. Her work has been supported by The Yaddo Artist Residency and McDowell Colony. Her work can be found in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the augmented reality sculpture garden at Magic Johnson Park in South Central Los Angeles. Limited editions of her most recent work can be found at The Mimosa House London.

 

 

Station North Second Friday Art Walk – April
Friday, April 11 :: 5-9pm
@ Station North Arts and Entertainment District

Experience something fresh and inspiring every month at Station North’s Second Friday Art Walk—art, community, and surprises await!

This series of monthly self-guided tours of all the art and culture that Station North (near Baltimore’s Penn Station) 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 Printed maps available at some venues. Follow @stationnorth on Instagram for updates and map pdf!

 

 

Out of Order Exhibition & Silent Auction + After Party // KIDOOO
Friday, April 11 :: 6-10pm / After Party 10pm-1am
@ Maryland Art Place

Maryland Art Place (MAP) is excited to announce Out of Order (OOO), MAP’s Annual Spring Benefit Exhibition & Silent Auction, on Friday, April 11th, 2025, from 6pm-10pm. This year’s theme for OOO is Barbarella based on the 1968 science fiction film. By covering the walls from floor to ceiling, Out of Order provides a salon-style display space for hundreds of artists to hang their work wherever they please.

The auction will be both a virtual and physical exhibition and will be held in the MAP building located at 218 West Saratoga Street, just within the Bromo Arts District. OOO is a highly celebrated exhibition-event, and a ‘one-night-only’ opportunity for patrons and collectors to acquire contemporary art at unbelievably low silent auction prices.

We invite you to join us for OOO’s main event and silent auction, featuring a talented DJ, Drag Queens, an open bar, and light fare. Come dressed to impress and join the celebration in support of local & regional artists!

Tickets are $45 presale and $50 at the door. Tickets include light tastings and an open bar. Link to tickets here: https://fundraise.givesmart.com/form/Vfivcw?vid=1i8gl2

MAP is happy to continue KIDOOO, a youth version of Out of Order! KIDOOO was created as an opportunity for young artists to exhibit their work in a major arts venue, expanding MAP’s services to students in elementary, middle, and high school level arts classes.

The opening of KIDOOO will take place in tandem with MAP’s annual Out of Order event on April 11th, 2025.

 

 

REFRACT: 31st Annual Benefit Fashion Show
Friday, April 11 + Saturday, April 12 :: 7pm
@ MICA Brown Center

The Annual Benefit Fashion Show is officially in its 3rd decade, and with it a rush of new realities in the world around us. For the 31st Annual Benefit Fashion Show (ABFS), we take the past and flip it on its head; reinventing what it taught us and what we can become because of it. We REFRACT, bending and breaking boundaries, twisting traditions, and expanding expectations to become something familiar but new.

Curated, created and directed by MICA students, this annual tradition features practical and outrageous creations by 8 student designers from a wide array of majors and backgrounds. Tickets are available via Eventbrite for the April 11th & 12th Showing. The 12th also marks the return of the ABFS marketplace, with local fashion brands and MICA alum vending.

 

 

The LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA Thesis Exhibition | Opening Reception
Saturday, April 12 :: 3-8pm
@ The Peale

Please join us at The Peale for the official opening reception of the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA Thesis Exhibition.

This is the final thesis exhibition of the 2025 graduates of the Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Each year, MICA’s second-year MFA students present an exhibition showcasing their thesis work. This spring, the 2025 MFA graduating class presents their thesis exhibition at the Peale Museum, the first purpose-built museum in the United States.

The LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art is unique among top MFA programs in the country in its intense focus on painting, as distinct from the cross-disciplinary programs that dominate the field. The Hoffberger School is known for its high level of intellectual discourse, diverse visiting artist roster, and communal yet rigorous critical environment.

 

 

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Open Call for Hot Bits 2025 Exhibition
deadline April 13
posted by Hot Bits Film Fest

Artists are invited to submit up to 7 images of their 2D artwork for the Hot Bits 2025 Exhibition at The Club Car (12 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201). This exhibition is in conjunction with the Hot Bits Film Fest’s Baltimore tour stop, taking place May 16- May 17, 2025 at the Parkway Theatre (5 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201). Emerging artists are encouraged to apply. If artwork is accepted, it must be dropped off in person.

Hot Bits is a traveling queer porn film festival organized by a majority QTIBIPoC (queer, trans, intersex, Black, Indigenous, People of Color) all volunteer collective who design sex-positive experiences centering QTIBIPoC self determined desire, joy, and pleasure. We operate under a DIT (do-it-together) ethos of care for ourselves, each other, and community. We seek to highlight underrepresented bodies as a means to celebrate anti-oppressive queer/trans porn tailored towards experiences, acts and stories often deemed marginal by mainstream society. At the festival’s fullest it’s rounded out by workshops, live performances, visual art exhibitions, QnA’s, a match making cupid, elder honoring, trauma informed chill space with support folx, sex positive vendors local to the festival’s location and afterparties for connecting on the dance floor, dungeon, and LGBTQI strip club!

More about Hot Bits: https://hotbitsfilmfest.com/

This exhibition will be curated by Philadelphia-based and Baltimore-raised curator and artist, Chelsey Luster. Her work centers on experimental installations and storytelling through diverse narratives within Queer and Black culture. She reimagines the curator’s role as a collaborator and community-builder and is currently the Exhibition Manager at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens.

More about Chelsey Luster: https://www.chelseyluster.com/

Exhibition Dates: May 9 – June 1, 2025
Application Deadline: April 13, 2025, at 11:59 PM
Artist Notifications: April 20, 2025

For questions or concerns, please contact Chelsey at [email protected].

Winter 2026 Artist-in-Residence Program
deadline April 14
posted by McColl Center

McColl Center seeks applications for the Winter 2026 Artist-in-Residence program.

Artists may work in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, written or spoken word, or interdisciplinary practices.

Please read APPLICATION GUIDELINES at https://mccollcenter.org/residency/application-guidelines

Residency Dates: January 6 – April 13, 2026 Application Fee: $35 nonrefundable.

The McColl Center residency program does not offer fee waivers for applications.

• Eligibility: Minimum age: 21 • Current students are not eligible • McColl Center alumni artists should wait five years before applying for another residency. Artists are limited to two residencies at McColl Center. Selected artists receive: • $6,000 living, materials, and travel stipend (United States-based artists only; due to the limitations of visas, international artists may not qualify for a stipend but may be eligible to receive reimbursement of qualified expenses, such as airfare, ground transportation, supplies, and meals.) • Furnished apartment (for artists from outside the greater Charlotte area) • 24-hour access to a private studio with Wi-Fi and common use areas • Participation in a group exhibition on the second floor of McColl Center • Photo and social media documentation • Professional curatorial guidance • Opportunities to engage with McColl Center audiences via public programs.

Notification: SlideRoom will confirm receipt of your submitted application. You must mark [email protected] as a safe sender or add to your address book in order to receive notifications regarding your application.

The application review process may take up to fourteen weeks. Notifications to all applicants will be sent via email after the selection panel has made its final decision. By applying to McColl Center, you agree to receive our digital newsletter and emails about future application opportunities.

 

 

Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants
deadline April 15

The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) provides grants of up to $20,000 to environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories.

The AWAW EAG supports environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement. Projects should not only point at problems, but aim to engage an environmental issue at some scale. Proposals should illustrate thorough consideration of a project’s ecological and social ethics. Projects that explore interdependence, relationships, and systems through Indigenous and ancestral practices are encouraged to apply.

For the 2025 cycle, the program will distribute over $520,000 in funding. This more than doubles the yearly funding since AWAW EAG’s inaugural year, offering more artists the opportunity to have their projects funded.

The AWAW EAG is made possible by Anonymous Was A Woman with additional funding provided by individual donors. If you would like to contribute to this initiative, please email [email protected].

 

 

Method Gallery Call for Solo Shows
deadline April 15

METHOD Gallery is excited to announce an open call is to select artists for 6-8 week long exhibitions during our 2026 and 2027 seasons. METHOD Gallery is committed to providing a platform for diverse voices and fostering a thriving arts community.

We’re looking for artists either who work primarily in installation or who are excited to translate their current practice into installation. Strong proposals will clearly communicate how the artist will transform METHOD Gallery, creating for audiences new ideas of what artistic expression and gallery experiences can hold. METHOD seeks to provide a platform for work that embraces process, material, and concept while activating the gallery space.

 

 

Graves Mill Farm: Late Spring / Early Summer Residency
deadline April 15

The Graves Mill Farm Residency is a fully funded retreat for writers and visual artists at all stages of their careers. It seeks to inspire participants through the power of the natural world, and to foster creativity through both solitude and community.

We seek artists who are dedicated to their craft, and are eager to engage with nature. Participants can expect to work privately through the day, while also interacting daily in our communal spaces and at evening meals. Everyone is invited — but not required — to share their work. Participants are encouraged explore the 2,000-acre farm property, and adjoining forests, for inspiration in their work.

 

 

The John O. Calmore Creative Activism Artist Residency
deadline April 21
posted by McColl Center

The John O. Calmore Creative Activism Artist Residency at McColl Center is seeking citizen-artists who are dedicated to addressing social justice issues through their creative practice. The residency aims to emphasize the ways in which art and artists can serve as catalysts for social action, problem-solving, and relationship building.

This opportunity is open to national and international arts professionals 21+ years of age, showing a strong professional working history of socially and/or politically engaged artmaking. We welcome diverse artistic themes and disciplines rooted in the principles of risk-taking, creative expression, and critical thinking. This residency will culminate in an exhibition based in Toronto, Canada, with the specific date to be determined.

The open call for this residency opportunity closes on April 21, 2025.

Artists may work in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, or interdisciplinary practices.

Please read APPLICATION GUIDELINES at https://mccollcenter.org/residency/application-guidelines

Residency Dates: January 7 – April 14, 2026 Application Fee: $35 nonrefundable

• Eligibility: Minimum age: 21 • Current students are not eligible • McColl Center alumni artists should wait five years before applying for another residency. Artists are limited to two residencies at McColl Center. Selected artists receive: • $6,000 living, materials, and travel stipend (United States-based artists or artists with Green Card or J-1 Visa only; due to the limitations of visas, international artists may not qualify for a stipend but may be eligible to receive reimbursement of qualified expenses, such as airfare, ground transportation, supplies, and meals.) • Furnished apartment (for artists from outside the greater Charlotte area) • 24-hour access to a private studio with Wi-Fi and common use areas • Participation in a group showcase on the second floor of McColl Center • Photo and social media documentation • Professional curatorial guidance • Opportunities to engage with McColl Center audiences via public programs.

 

 

Our Art Room Agency Fellowship
deadline April 22

Our Art Room Agency (OARA) is hosting its third fellowship for women, femme, and gender non-
conforming artists in their early careers. This collective is an incubator for emerging and growing artists to expand networks, share resources, and provide accountability to each other in a community setting. This six month critique series begins June 2025, where a cohort of artists will bring works to reflect on their personal practices. The collaborative offers a supportive environment for artists to bypass the exclusionary standards of the ‘art world’ and the institutions that uphold them, and an opportunity to grow intentionally with like minded creatives.

Artists identifying as femme, gender non-conforming, or woman may apply to participate in this collective. We are especially calling forward our Queer and Trans BIPOC folks who are looking to expand their practices. OARA was created to function as an antidote to the extractive, exclusive, and exploitative nature of large art galleries, institutions, and organizations. Our approach is based on the intersectional understanding of how race, class, and gender informs one’s access to the privileges and levels of mobility in the art world. We aim to bypass this. OARA is a space that intends to pour into people who are seeking to expand their professional practices, while not having to sacrifice their personhood regardless of their positionality.

Learn more

 

 

The Hackerman Artist in Residence Program
deadline May 1
posted by Enoch Pratt FREE Library

The Hackerman Artist in Residence Program aims to support the artistic and cultural endeavors of the Baltimore community by connecting established and emerging artists with Library resources and tools, creating meaningful connections with Library patrons, and contributing unique perspectives to the ever-evolving and growing city of Baltimore. The program provides all members of the community with unique opportunities to learn and engage with their fellow Baltimoreans.

Applications for the 2026 Hackerman Artist in Residence Program are open from March 1, 2025 through May 1, 2025. For the 2026 residency, we are seeking an Artist in Residence who specializes in two-dimensional art ONLY. Examples include (but are not limited to) drawing, painting, acrylic, watercolor, collage, mixed media, illustration, and printing (with water-based inks only). This residency opportunity is open to Maryland-based artists 21+ years of age. Submissions will be capped at 100. Please apply promptly to guarantee we are able to accept your entry.

 

 

Call for Workshop Proposals: Waller Gallery – 2025 & 2026
deadline May 2

Waller Gallery invites artists, educators, community organizers, and other creative practitioners to submit proposals for engaging and innovative workshops to be held during our 2025 and 2026 seasons. We are seeking proposals that align with our mission of promoting diverse voices, fostering community engagement, and exploring relevant social and cultural themes through the lens of art and creativity. We encourage proposals that are interactive, educational, and accessible to a broad range of participants.

While we welcome proposals on a wide range of topics, we are particularly interested in workshops that address the following themes: Identity and Representation, Community Building and Engagement, Art and Wellness, Art and Technology, Traditional and Contemporary Craft, Professional Development for Artists.

We are open to a variety of workshop formats, including: Hands-on Workshops, Discussions and Critique, Hybrid Formats, Single-Session Workshops, Multi-Session Workshops.

Requirements:
1 page description of workshop/offering
Goal of the workshop
Audience capacity
Cost of the workshop
Image or illustration of your concept

 

 

Vitrine Gallery: Call for Submissions
deadline May 4
posted by Baltimore Jewelry Center

The Baltimore Jewelry Center is excited to invite artists from our vibrant community to display their work in our front hallway vitrine gallery! The exhibition will run from mid-May through December 2025, and we are especially eager to feature the creative talents of current and former students from the Baltimore and greater DMV area.

While we’re focusing primarily on jewelry, we’re open to all small metal objects (max 2” x 2”). Whether your work is made from traditional materials or something entirely unique, we want to see your creativity shine!

No professional photos required!

We understand not everyone has access to high-end photography equipment, so feel free to submit images taken with your phone. If possible, please photograph your pieces against a white background.

 

 

Call for Entry, The Modern Nude
deadline May 5
posted by SE Center for Photography

The fine art nude has been a celebrated 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 nude has been featured in a classical pose and setting, maturing to illustrating the human body as a sculptural abstraction, and with some pushing boundaries.

Analog and digital manipulation in all its forms are welcome. Monochrome or color, all subjects, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations where legal are welcome.

Our juror for The Modern Nude is William Earle. Born in an era prior to the current technology and information sharing society we live in, “my first memory of a camera was one my Father owned. It was a Canon 35mm gizmo that he used while serving in the Army in Korea. I clearly remember looking at it and being fascinated with slides he had taken while overseas. While non-functional today I still have it. I have come to realize that it’s the photographer who makes the picture, not the gear and gizmos. The camera is simply a tool, an extension of the photographer.”

25-35 selected images will hang in the SE Center’s virtual gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG) and an archived, online slideshow.