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This Week: CPM’s Art Matters (in Baltimore) seminar, VILLAGER opening reception at Motor House, closing reception for The Walter’s School Partner Showcase, TURNSTILE: NEVER ENOUGH screening at SNF Parkway, Baltimore Clayworks Seconds Sale Preview Party, Wickerham & Lomax opening reception at Current, In a Mood gala at The Walters, The Speed of Fashion opening reception at Crow’s Nest, and 50 years of Baltimore Pride! — PLUS apply for the Municipal Art Prize and more featured opportunities!

BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas. For a more comprehensive perspective, check the BmoreArt Calendar page, which includes ongoing exhibits and performances, and is updated on a daily basis.

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Art Matters (in Baltimore) | Seminar
Tuesday, June 3 :: 6:30-8pm | Ongoing through June 24
@ Critcal Path Method

The goal of this seminar is to build community in Baltimore around a shared passion for contemporary art & a curiosity to consider our participation locally & globally.

The course will be led by CPM’s founder, Vlad Smolkin, who has been working with artists, galleries, art fairs, museums, & institutions for over 20 years.

Pricing:

$400/individual & $700/couple.

Sessions:

Tues, June 3, (6:30 – 8pm)
Tues, June 10, (6:30 – 8pm)
Tues, June 17, (6:30 – 8pm)
Tues, June 24, (6:30 – 8pm)

(Doors open at 6pm)

* Each session will consist of a group discussion of assigned pre-readings as well as case studies on the given topics

Topics
(Subject to time and participants’ interest)

– The power of the province(s): building economy and identity outside of traditional cultural centers
– “Making it”: definitions of success for art and artists
– What do you see? : methods of looking at and understanding an artwork
– To have and to hold: what it means to collect art

Location:

CPM Gallery, 1512 Bolton St, Baltimore, MD 21217
(Free street parking)

Email [email protected] if you would like to participate.
Space is limited.

 

 

(O)KAN: recent collage works by VILLAGER | Opening Reception
Wednesday, June 4 :: 6-8pm
@ Motor House

(O)KAN is a wordplay rooted in the tonal richness of the Yorùbá language, where a shift in intonation opens up vastly different meanings. In one register, ọkan means “one”—a symbol of unity, singularity, or wholeness. In another, ó kán translates as “it broke”—evoking rupture, fragmentation, and loss. Other permutations speak to the heart, the soul, the conscience, bitterness, and the sensations of being included, touched, affected, or broken open.

In (O)KAN: a solo exhibition of recent collage works, Nigerian-born International Transdisciplinary Artist VILLAGER activates this linguistic multiplicity to explore the fragile and fluid relationship between language, memory, and meaning. In this evocative series of works on paper, VILLAGER uses found objects like forks and combs to inscribe textured foundations into the collage by grafting the acrylic surface with vibrational marks of energetic potential. These abstract sites become ground for uncovering the layered architectures of memory. The image-making process of selecting, deconstructing, and reassembling found images from old books, magazines, and catalogs results in a visual language that reflects the ambiguity and contradiction at the heart of mourning and mending.

By weaving together personal histories, lived experiences, and ancestral mythologies through collage and drawing, (O)KAN, emerges as a recursive act of remembering. It is an intimate intervention–a revisiting, rewriting, and reimagining of personal and collective memory that traces the looping echoes of grief, loss, love, and healing as they slip across time, body, and spirit.

Rather than presenting fixed narratives, (O)KAN holds space for ambiguity, contradiction, silence, and what lies beyond sight. It invites viewers to discover meaning in the in-between: between images and words, between presence and absence, between what is spoken, seen, felt, and forgotten. In this quiet tension, VILLAGER calls us to reflect: How do we carry what has been broken? How do we touch the bitterness held in our hearts and souls? And what wholeness might begin to take shape from the act of holding?

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(O)KAN will be on view from June 4 – June 25, 2025, at Motor House West Bay Gallery, 120 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201. Please join us for the public opening reception (rsvp) on June 4 from 6 PM – 8 PM, with a final walkthrough to follow on June 25 from 6 PM – 8 PM.

Gallery Hours: Fridays from 11 AM to 1 PM, or by visiting during Motor House’s regular operating hours. Please email [email protected] to request a viewing and for all acquisition inquiries.

 

 

School Partner Showcase | Closing Reception
Thursday, June 5 :: 5-7pm
@ The Walters Art Museum

Location: Sculpture Court, Level 2A
Registration is not required.

Join us for an evening celebration of student artwork and creativity! We welcome students, families, teachers, school staff, and the general public to the closing reception of Baltimore, Imagined: Artists from the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women. This annual exhibition, which is on view in our Sculpture Court from May 28 to June 5, is curated by Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women (BLSYW) teacher Caroline Cook and her students. The show highlights BLSYW students’ best work from the school year, including some artworks inspired by the Walters’ new installation of Latin American Art / Arte Latinoamericano. Light refreshments will be provided.

 

 

TURNSTILE: NEVER ENOUGH | Special Premiere
Thursday, June 5 :: 8pm
@ SNF Parkway Theatre

Never Enough is Turnstile’s debut visual album, and it’s a wild 50-minute ride you won’t want to miss. Directed by frontman Brendan Yates and guitarist Pat McCrory, the film blends their signature experimental hardcore sound with powerful, cinematic visuals that capture the band’s raw energy. The Baltimore-based band pushes boundaries with a truly unforgettable experience. Whether you’re a fan or new to their music, Never Enough is a must-see.

 

 

Annual Seconds Sale Preview Party
Friday, June 6 :: 6-8:30pm
@ Baltimore Clayworks

Event Highlights

• First-looks and amazing prices on our artists’ hand-crafted works
• Live Music from Letitia VanSant
• Beer from Union Craft Brewing
• Wine from The Wine Collective
• Tasty nibbles while you browse
• Mix and mingle with Artists, Board Members, and Staff

Our annual fundraising event is coming in June! Help Baltimore Clayworks’ raise $25,000 to support our welcoming and creative community where all people can access and experience joy through clay by shopping for amazing pottery at generous prices. Tickets will be available May 1^st for the Pottery Sale Preview Party, on Friday June 6, 2025 from 6:00 – 8:30 pm, followed by free events all weekend long!

Support Baltimore Clayworks’ educational and artistic programming and general costs by purchasing seconds, generously donated by our community!

Pottery “seconds” are pieces declared to have minor flaws or unanticipated deviations by the eyes of the artist. Buying “seconds” means you get added character at discounted prices!

Event Schedule
DAY 1 – Preview Party 6:00 – 8:30 pm (Ticketed event)

Food, fun and first dibs! Tickets are available for purchase for $55* ($65 at the door). Food and drinks will be served while you browse.

*Members will receive an email with a link to purchase their discounted ($45) ticket. Click here to become a member today!

DAY 2 – Seconds Sale 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Free and open to the public)

Shop for beautifully crafted ceramics made by talented artists and students in our community!

DAY 3 – Seconds Sale 11:00 am – 2:00 pm (Free and open to the public)

Our final day of shopping! Come in for last-chance items and special surprises!

 

 

The Return of American Pest | Opening Reception
Friday, June 6 :: 7pm
@ Current Space

Current Space is proud to present The Return of American Pest, an exhibition of works by Wickerham & Lomax.

Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, June 6th from 7-10pm!

Exhibit Runs: June 6 – July 12, 2025
Opening Reception: June 6, 7-10pm
Gallery Hours: Saturdays 1-5pm, by appointment, & whenever we’re open (check out the show anytime you’re here)!

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THE RETURN OF AMERICAN PEST
Written by Wickerham & Lomax

FADE IN:
INT. PEST CONTROL CALL CENTER – NIGHT

A low-lit, humming call center. Phones ring intermittently. One line clicks open.

OPERATOR
Pest Control, how can I help you?

CALLER
Um… hi. I’m not even sure if this is the right place to call.
Something’s happening—I saw it last year, in Miami,
but now it’s… here. In Baltimore.

OPERATOR
Can you describe the situation?

CALLER
I don’t know. It’s not a pest, exactly. Not like… rats or insects.
It’s more like—something in the air? A kind of atmosphere.
It’s thick, it’s everywhere, and it feels… full.
There are objects—hundreds, like, over 400—and they’re just… there. Watching. Waiting. Reacting?

OPERATOR
What do these objects look like?

CALLER
It’s hard to say. Some look like avatars.
Others like, I don’t know—tributes? Glitches?
There’s something emotional about them.
Like they’re carrying things—memories, missed connections, things you meant to say but didn’t.
It’s unsettling, but not…bad. Just… overwhelming?

OPERATOR
Is it causing any harm?

CALLER
No, not harm exactly. It’s more like…the space is breathing. Like it’s alive.
And it’s listening. Reacting to everything that’s been happening—like the election, the silence after, all the… disconnection. It’s not something you can remove.
I don’t even think it wants to leave.

OPERATOR
So, what would you like us to do?

CALLER
I’m not sure. I guess—I just needed to say it out loud.
That it’s here. That something is happening.
And it’s not going away.

A pause. Faint ambient sound in the background.

OPERATOR
Understood.

\[Call ends.\]
FADE OUT.
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Wickerham & Lomax is the collaborative name of Baltimore-based artists Daniel Wickerham (b. Columbus, Ohio, 1986) and Malcolm Lomax (b. Abbeville, South Carolina, 1986). Their practice is based on the accelerated exchange of frivolous information, gossip, and codified language that crystallizes into accessible forms in hopes of giving dignity to that exchange.

Wickerham & Lomax are new media artists focused on the impact of cultural practices and productions as formative structures on the individual and the collective. Since 2009, they’ve utilized digital imagery, sculpture, CGI, video and the web –– to work across diverse media, curatorial platforms, and institutional contexts. The work presents questions of identity and the body, focused on the impact of digital technologies and social spaces on the formation of subjectivities and speculative corporealities. The collaborative has created an approach that allows components of their projects to work through a networked sensibility. More recently exhibitions have evolved to function as containers of swarm-like indexes, with each sign forming covalent bonds with those around it. Through employing queer sensibilities, speculative fictions, and networked virtuality the duo presents a discourse focused on identity, subculture, marginality, and connectivity as a way to complicate mainstream tropes. Wickerham & Lomax are influenced by queer theory, speculative fiction, human geography, and the socio-political as it relates to urban space.

In 2021 the Baltimore Museum of Art acquired the Wickerham & Lomax work Romance as Intrusion (2020) for its permanent collection. Earlier in the year Artforum commissioned Wickerham & Lomax for its Project series, which was published in the April 2021 issue.

Recent exhibitions by Wickerham & Lomax include Domestic QT & The Spatial Anomalies at von ammon co, Washington, DC (2020–21); The Writers Room at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD (2018); DUOX4Odell’s: You’ll Know If You Belong, commissioned by Neighborhood Lights, Light City, Baltimore (2017); Uncool at Terrault Contemporary, Baltimore (2016); Take Karaoke: A Proposition for Performance Art at Brown University, Providence, RI (2015); the Sondheim Prize Finalist Exhibition, Baltimore (2015); Girth Proof at Dem Passwords, Los Angeles (2015); the premiere of Encore in the AFTALYFE at the Artists Space booth, Frieze NY 2014; and BOY’Dega: Edited4Syndication for New Museum’s First Look series; DUOX4Larkin, Artists Space, New York (2012).

Wickerham & Lomax are the recipients of the 2020 Trawick Best in Show prize of the Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards and the 2015 winners of the $25,000 Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize.

Wickerham & Lomax are represented by Von Ammon Co.

 

 

In a Mood
Friday, June 6 :: 7-10pm
@ The Walters Art Museum

Prepare to get lost at the Walters at this sensational summer fundraiser!

Whether you lose yourself in a timeless painting, a great conversation, or while wandering our labyrinthine halls, In A Mood—back for its second year—promises a night of community, exploration, and celebration. Look forward to event signatures such as aura photography by Soulshine Aura, creative cocktails by the Baltimore Bartenders’ Guild, custom bites by The Classic Catering People, mood lighting and music by Baltimore Sound Entertainment, and more.

This year, discover new surprises like contemporary exhibitions and installations from the 2025 Sondheim Art Prize finalists, collage artist Jackie Milad, and sculpture artist Stephanie Mercedes, as well as Latin American Art / Arte Latinoamericano, on view from May 17. On Friday, June 6, you choose how to get lost at the Walters.

In A Mood is a 21+ event.

While there is not a dress code for In A Mood, we hope you’ll show off your inner-creative at this artful event.

 

 

The Speed of Fashion | Opening Reception
Saturday, June 7 :: 6-8:30pm
@ Crow’s Nest

Join us for an exhibition that celebrates creative reuse as an accessible and joyful climate solution in “The Speed of Fashion.” These artworks interrogate contemporary fashion and the myriad worlds that the clothes on our back carry: identity, economics, science, craft, labor, ceremony, waste, culture, and community. From Laure Drogoul’s brand new installation– Breakdown (detail image depicted above) to Quinn Spence’s Cassandra Complex, these artworks not only draw to light fashion as a climate concern, but offer us inventive new ways to dress and live moving forward.

Curated by Alexi Scheiber

Featuring the work of:

JJ Antunes
Jordan Brown
Laure Drogoul
Bridgette Guerzon Mills
Sanzi Kermes
Mo Kessler
Artie Sadahiro
Alexi Scheiber
Quinn Spence
Laken Sylvander

 

 

Baltimore Pride
Sunday, June 8 | Ongoing through June 15

Join us in celebrating 50 Years of Baltimore Pride from June 8th to June 15th, 2025, as we embrace the theme “50 Shades Of Pride” This annual event, hosted by the Pride Center of Maryland, is a tribute to the invaluable contributions of sexual and gender minorities to our society.

​It’s a time for celebration, acknowledgment, and most importantly, fun. Don’t miss out on this vibrant and inclusive celebration of love, diversity, and progress!

 

 

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Fervor: Call For Entry
deadline June 8
posted by Hamilton Gallery

Please bring your work framed and ready to hang with picture wire securely attached to the back of each piece. All works should be labeled on the back (or bottom) with the artist’s name and title.

Hamilton Gallery is seeking artwork inspired by temperature for an exhibition during Baltimore’s hot and sticky summer. This is an open theme that can be interpreted in many ways. Imagery or concepts can relate to color schemes, objects, seasons, climate, or descriptive words related to temperature such as oppressive or chilling, as well as the process of making the artwork, such as burning, firing, melting, or freezing.

Submissions
You may submit up to three works below. All media are welcome. We cannot accommodate projectors, but mid-sized monitors are fine. Size restrictions: artwork must fit through standard door, ceiling height is 7 feet 11 inches. Vertical dimension of 2D works should not exceed 48 inches

 

 

“To Baltimore With Love”
deadline June 9
posted by Baltimore Unity Hall and The Mary Ann Connelly Fund

To Baltimore With Love: A Love Letter to Baltimore’s People, Places, and Culture

Baltimore Unity Hall and The Mary Ann Connelly Fund in Support of Artists are partnering to curate a new exhibition that celebrates creativity, community, and legacy in Baltimore.
Baltimore Unity Hall, located at 1505 Eutaw Place, is a community space dedicated to the arts, education, and job training. Once a union hall, it now houses affordable office space, coworking areas, an artist incubator, and event venues, all rooted in accessibility and community care.
The Mary Ann Connelly Fund in Support of Artists honors the legacy of Mary Ann Connelly, a lifelong advocate for the arts. The fund provides direct financial support to Baltimore City artists, helping them grow their practice and enrich the city’s cultural landscape.  This collaborative exhibition will feature local artists whose work reflects Baltimore’s vibrant creative spirit and commitment to inclusion and community engagement. This open call invites Baltimore-based artists to be part of a powerful exhibition at Baltimore Unity Hall.

To Baltimore With Love is a tribute to the soul of our city, its people, places, and culture. From stoops to murals, from corner stores to crab feasts, this exhibit celebrates the stories and spirit that make Baltimore unforgettable.  We are seeking 2D artwork that embodies love, resilience, and the heartbeat of Baltimore. This is your chance to share your artistic love letter with the community.

 

 

Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Artist Travel Prize
deadline June 20

The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) is proud to announce the 10th edition of the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City (MASB) Artist Travel Prize, sponsored by MASB. MASB was founded in 1899 as part of the City Beautiful movement. It is one of only two remaining societies to be operating under its original charter “to provide sculptural and pictorial decoration and ornaments for the public buildings, streets and open spaces in the City of Baltimore, and to help generally beautify the City.” Artistic contributions to the City span more than one hundred years.

In 2016 the MASB embarked on a path to provide new opportunities to Baltimore artists and art places within the City. This prize will award $7,000 to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators, living or working in Baltimore City. Successful proposals will be selected from submissions that clearly articulate the artist’s reason for travel to the chosen destination and how it relates to their work, their use of or interest along with the support materials. The $7,000 prize is intended to function as funding for travel essential to an artist’s studio practice that an artist may not otherwise be able to afford.

 

 

Garden Glow | Call for Artists
deadline July 1
posted by Ladew Gardens

 

 

 

 

 

“The Fiber of Life” Call for Entry
deadline July 1
posted by Dorchester Center for the Arts

The Dorchester Center for the Arts in Cambridge, Maryland, invites fiber artists to participate in the exhibition, “The Fiber of Life.” They are seeking fiber artists whose works are deeply rooted in storytelling and/or a reflection of self. This group exhibition welcomes a wide range of stories and reflections. Submissions may explore themes of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, family history/heritage, artistic identity, pride in your Maryland heritage and more. A broad spectrum of fiber art is encouraged, including (but not limited to): knitting, crochet, quilting, stuffed forms, fiber installation art, tufting, wearable pieces, embroidery, soft and felted sculpture and macramé.

 

 

Peters Valley School of Craft Residency
deadline July 1

Through the incredible generosity of the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, Peters Valley is excited to offer fully funded guest artist residencies for November of 2025! A limited number of artists will be selected to spend either two weeks or one month each in our fully equipped studios immersing themselves in time dedicated to their craft.

We are currently seeking artists who work in Blacksmithing, Ceramics, Fibers, Jewelry/Fine Metals, Wood or Printmaking. (Residencies in the printmaking studio are only available for 2 weeks)

Two week residencies will take place November 1-14, 2025 and full month residencies will run November 1-30, 2025. (Guest artists should plan to arrive on October 31st) This program is open to all artists, from emerging to professional however you must have experience with the tools and equipment and be able to work independently. Due to the rural nature of our campus, a personal vehicle is required.

A private room in a fully furnished shared house and unlimited access to a fully equipped studio (all utilities included) will be provided at no cost to the artist. This residency opportunity also pays the artist a stipend of $500 for two-week long residencies and $1,000 for month-long residencies to help off-set the costs of materials and travel. The acquisition of all materials and supplies are the responsibility of the artist. Guest artists are responsible for providing their own meals and a full kitchen is available for use in the house.

 

 

Gibbs Street Resident Artists 2025-2026: Free, Open Call
deadline July 2
posted by VisArts

VisArts invites applications and proposals from local, national, and international artists for one of two six-month residencies at our studios in Rockville, Maryland. Studio space is provided free of charge. Artists receive a $3,000 stipend. Gibbs Street Artists in Residence present their work in culminating solo exhibitions.

Each year, VisArts’ Gibbs Street Artist Residency provides a unique opportunity for two dynamic individual artists or collaborative artist teams to create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment over a period of six months.

Admission to VisArts’ Gibbs Street Artist Residency is highly selective, based on a review of applications by rotating panels of artists and art professionals, including painters, sculptors, film and video artists, photographers, installation artists, interdisciplinary artists, and independent curators.

VisArts is unable to provide assistance with visas for international artists.
VisArts’ Gibbs Street Artist Residency doesn’t provide artist housing. 

 

 

Resident Artist Program
deadline July 2
posted by Penland School of Craft

We are committed to advancing equity at Penland and within the craft field. We recognize that though many of our programs serve a diverse group of artists, our Resident Artist Program has not always reflected this commitment. We have recently restructured this program to make this a more visible and viable opportunity for more artists, and will continue to prioritize the following goals:

• To build a multicultural residency that shapes the future of contemporary craft by creating opportunity and visibility for innovative artists with a range of perspectives and goals
• To recognize artists whose work shows innovation, intention, and skill; are actively engaged in professional artistic practices; and are committed to proposing and prioritizing a project or objective that can be well supported, informed, and inspired by a residency at Penland
• To offer financial relief—in the form of housing, studio, and utilities—to directly support studio artists as they make a formative leap in their work and career

 

 

Call for Entry, The Magic of Light
deadline July 2
posted by SE Center for Photography

It’s all about the light! Light and shadow have been the foundation of photography since the beginning. While illumination is important, darkness is an equally compelling component and, together, the elements of a successful photograph. Show us your best light!

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 are welcome.

Our Juror is Michael Pannier. Pannier is an internationally shown fine art and commercial photographer now located in Greenville, SC. Previously based in Maryland, Michael has spent over 30 years in photography and 25 years in the gallery and art world, opening his first gallery in 1987.

Relocating to South Carolina, The SE Center for Photography was born as an exhibition and education venue for fine photography. With an emphasis on presenting the work of Southern photographers and themes, the SE Center has hosted more than 175 exhibitions.

35-40 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, Twitter) and an archived, online slideshow.

 

 

The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists
deadline July 2
posted by Queer | Art

The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists is an annual $10,000 grant awarded to provide critical support to Black trans women whose work has often been under-recognized in the visual art field. Now in its 5th year, the Illuminations Grant was developed and named in partnership with Mariette Pathy Allen, Aaryn Lang, and Serena Jara. Winning artists and finalists will receive additional professional development resources and further guidance to bolster their creative development in the field.

“The Illuminations Grant not only highlights the lacking representation of Black trans women in the visual arts,” says Lang, “but also seeks to confront the systemic barriers that deny them artistic opportunities and a sustainable craft. By supporting this grant, Mariette Pathy Allen challenges herself and the art industry to see Black trans women as more than mere subjects, while forging a new pathway for visual artists within this community to thrive.”

 

 

RESONANCE OF SELF | Call for Exhibition
deadline July 4
posted by Loosen Art

The expression and the external reception of the “self” is always manifested in the same measure that one comes into contact with their environment or with others, through the transmission and the “resonances” of their own perceptions and emotions.

In the exhibition “Resonance of Self” photography, video and digital art will make this idea theirs, elaborating new visions that are able to propagate on the visual field information about our being and our standing in the world.