This Week: Bromo Art Walk, TWO DAYS opening reception at MAP, closing reception of Solarpunk + open studios at Crow’s Nest, opening reception for Bradley Milligan and Nicholas Wisniewski at Red Giant, MICA ArtWalk, When The Butterflies Would Visit + Hope & Faith McCorkle opening receptions at Creative Alliance, Atrium Artspace 2nd Anniversary Party, Cara Ober + Alexa Yasemin in conversation at Greedy Reads, The Revolutionary Writers Poetry Festival at The Voxel, Asia North walking tour + panel discussion in Koreatown, closing receptions for James Bouché + Baker Artist Awards at Current, and a discussion with Thomas Houseago + Hirshhorn curator Anne Reevein — PLUS Trans History Project (Cohort 2) accepting applications at Baltimore Center Stage and more featured opportunities!
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TWO DAYS | Opening Reception // In Conjunction with Bromo Art Walk
Thursday, May 14 :: 5-9pm
@ Maryland Art Place
TWO DAYS is an exhibition conceived around two cities, Baltimore and New York. In 1901, the Baltimore Orioles were sold to New York and became the New York Highlanders. In 1913 they were renamed the Yankees. The two cities are linked together through America’s favorite pastime. TWO DAYS celebrates the East Coast and the ever-evolving relationship between Baltimore and New York.
The artists included have substantial relationships with both Baltimore and New York. The relationships include place of residence (past or present), family, education, teaching and exhibiting. The artists were selected on the uniqueness of their work and their respect for materiality and visual language. All share an interest in poetics driven by physical adventure and structural understanding. There may be similarities in some of the works but the show was not conceived with a particular aesthetic or common idea. The intention is to introduce artists with individual vision currently working in two nearby cities. Rather than being on two separate teams (Orioles and Yankees), the artists are on one team, bound by purpose and place.
The exhibition is curated by the artists Jim Condron and Glenn Goldberg. Jim lives and works in Baltimore and New York and Glenn is a lifelong New Yorker. Both have exhibited and taught in the Baltimore and New York areas.
Exhibiting Artists:
Eric Banks, Catherine Behrent, Bettina Blohm, Ben Browne, Guy Corriero, Brad Ewing, Jonathan Genkin, Michelle La Perriere, Sangram Majumdar, Isabelle F McTwigan,Nicholas Moenich, Cara Ober, Cordy Ryman, Jo Smail, Christine Stiver, Dominic Terlizzi, Ken Tisa, Rosa Valado, and Tommy White.
Please join us for the opening reception of TWO DAYS on Thursday, May 14, 2026 from 5 to 9 pm in conjunction with BROMO Art Walk. Additional programming will be announced.
Solarpunk | Bromo Art Walk at the Crow’s Nest Closing Reception + Open Studios
Thursday, May 14 :: 5-9pm
@ Crow’s Nest
Closing Reception of Solarpunk & Open Studios
Join us for our unofficial participation in Bromo Art Walk! Celebrate the closing of our group show Solarpunk, and explore the studios of our artists in residence.
Image credit:
Urban Farming Dream House by Alexi Scheiber
“To climb a tree and almost touch the sun” by Numi Jachens
Bradley Milligan and Nicholas Wisniewski: Shoring | Opening Reception
Thursday, May 14 :: 5-9pm
@ Red Giant
‘Shoring’ presents new work by Bradley Milligan and Nicholas Wisniewski. The title invokes the act of propping up a weakening structure, the accumulation of geological strata, and the constantly shifting zone where land meets water. Wisniewski carves images of local architecture into chunks of drywall excavated from abandoned row houses, working at the intersection of art and urban development in Baltimore. Milligan layers plaster, gesso, and wood, materials used for their strength, to underline an ethics of care and maintenance. Taken together, their works propose that the impulse to fix, to preserve, to hold something together even imperfectly, is not a consolation for a broken world but evidence that people keep imagining a better one.
‘Shoring’ is on view May 14–June 27, 2026. An opening reception will be held during the Bromo Art Walk on Thursday, May 14, 5–9pm. A closing reception will be held on Saturday, June 27, 6–8pm. All events are at Red Giant, 403 N. Paca St., Baltimore, MD 21211. To make an appointment, DM @redgiantgallery on Instagram, email [email protected], or call (410) 989-1430.
MICA ArtWalk Opening Celebration 2026
Friday, May 15 :: 5:30-8:30pm
@ MICA
The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) will present its annual ArtWalk—a culminating exhibition for graduating students held during Commencement Weekend to celebrate and showcase the work of its undergraduate Class of 2026. Now in its 19th year, ArtWalk is Baltimore’s largest visual art exhibition and a must-visit destination for collectors and art enthusiasts.
This weekend-long exhibition features thousands of original works by hundreds of MICA’s student artists, offering visitors the opportunity to meet and speak directly with the artists behind the work, browse and purchase unique artworks, sample fare from popular food trucks from Baltimore and beyond and connect with MICA’s vibrant art community.
Additional programming throughout the weekend includes Animation BFA and Film and Video BFA screenings, both taking place on Sunday, May 17.
The exhibition is open to the public on Friday from 10 AM – 9 PM, and Saturday through Monday from 10 AM to 5 PM.
This free, family-friendly event is open to all; however, RSVPs are encouraged.Click HERE for more information and to register.
When The Butterflies Would Visit | Opening Reception
Friday, May 15 :: 6-9pm
@ Creative Alliance
May 15 – June 13, 2026
Opening Reception: May 15, 6-9PM
Designed to empower the next generation of ecological researchers, this project seeks to nurture structural change. WHEN THE BUTTERFLIES WOULD VISIT brings together artists/activists/scientists around the environmental struggle in Guna Yala territory of Panama.
The excrement of fossil fuels and capitalism has washed up onto the shores and inside the bodies of the Indigenous Guna. In the summer 2022, on the ecological indigenous artist residency, we seeded this project to share knowledge and build new ways of working—ecological reciprocity.
Reciprocity, something western culture desperately needs to work on, is the social psychological practice of ecology. If we as westerners can shift from capitalistic colonial systems to indigenous practices of living in relationship to the living beings around us, humanity has hope. However, this knowledge is getting harder to keep and pass down—as western culture’s plastic/oil-addictions infiltrate and seep into these communities.
We are in partnership with Yar Burba, an indigenous ecological research center run by Favio and Desy Arosemena. In the words of founder/director Favio, “Yar Burba signifies the Guna people’s spiritual connection with nature. It is an expression of how we understand the world: humans, the jungle, the sea, animals, and spirits form a unity. Everything is alive, everything has energy.”
-Tavia La Follette (curator)
Atrium Artspace Second Anniversary Party
Friday, May 15 :: 6-9pm
@ Atrium Artspace
FREE + OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Atrium Artspace
2029 Maryland Ave. Baltimore
Friday, May 15th, 6pm – 9pm+
2 years. 14 exhibitions. 50+ artists, curators, performers, and speakers. Thousands of visitors! Thanks for all the love and support! Huge shout out to all the artists and advisors who have contributed your knowledge and talents and shared community.
Come celebrate on Friday, May 15 from 6pm – 9pm+
Featuring live performances by: (Instagram)
BlissArmyKnife ( @blissarmyknife )
The Bysons ( @meetthebysons )
Rieko Chacey ( @riekochacey )
Matt Barry ( @mattbarryfilm )
Ryan Smith ( ryansmithart.com )
A night of music, experimental film and projection performance to go with the visual artworks in Mixed Perception, the group exhibition on view through May 31 and featuring:
Adewale Alli ( @adewale_alli_ )
Alan Rhody ( arhody.com )
Heather Bathon ( @hbathonart )
Josh Brooks ( @joshbrooksstudios )
Kyoungho Isaac Kim ( @masterp_ainter )
Sam Weible ( @samfw_art )
Samuel Brice ( sambriceart.com )
Troy LaShawan Norris ( @troynotroy )
Alexa Yasemin Brahme presents GOOD NEWS
Friday, May 15 :: 7pm
@ Greedy Reads Remington
Join us on Friday, May 15, in Remington to celebrate the release of Alexa Yasemin Brahme’s new novel, Good News! Alexa will be in conversation with Cara Ober from BmoreArt.
This event is free to attend, but let us know you’ll be there by registering here!
The Revolutionary Writers Poetry Festival
Friday, May 15 – Sunday, May 17
@ The Voxel
The Revolutionary Writers Poetry Festival is a three-day festival, featuring poetry workshops led by world renowned Slam Champions, and a poetry showcase featuring some of Baltimore’s most prominent and talented poetic voices. This festival, curated by local and nationally renowned Poets/Playwrights Unique Robinson, Kenneth Something, and Maryland Poet Laureate Lady Brion, will seek to bridge the poetry communities of Baltimore – literary, spoken word, and slam – as well as introduce the world of poetry to a broader audience.
This festival has events at both the Voxel and Baltimore Unity Hall. For more information go to: https://revolutionarypoetry.com.
You Can Always Come Back Home | Opening Reception
Saturday, May 16 :: 6-9pm
@ Creative Alliance
Exhibition On View: May 16 – June 26, 2026
Opening Reception with Performance by GREEYO. | Saturday, May 16, 6–9 PM
Return Home with Magenta Gerald: Mindful Movement & Sound Healing | Saturday, May 23, 12–2 PM
Routes & Roux: Community Potluck & Storytelling Circle with Garden of Nicola | Sunday, May 31
Where We Began: Artist Talk with Jamea Richmond-Edwards | Friday, June 5, 6:30–8:30 PM
The Grand Finale: Closing & Zine Release Celebration | Friday, June 26, 6–9 PM
You Can Always Come Back Home is an immersive exhibition by twin interdisciplinary artists Hope & Faith McCorkle exploring home as both a physical and metaphysical space where memory, ancestry, and spirit breathe as one. Through large-scale scrolls, community activations, and participatory installations, the gallery transforms into a living homeplace—a space for reflection, storytelling, and collective healing.
You Can Always Come Back Home is supported by a Rubys Artist Grant, a program of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation.
The Past, Present, and Future of Baltimore Koreatown
Sunday, May 17 :: 4pm
@ SNF Parkway Theatre
We invite you to join our walking tour. Following the tour, there will be a panel discussion and a reception featuring Korean cuisine.
Join our walking tour with a guide to explore the historic landmarks and popular Korean eateries of the Charles North neighborhood and learn about the history behind Koreatown’s key attractions.
The walking tour will be led by YooRaRa (MFA ’26) and Melissa Minseo Oh (MFA in Curatorial Practice). They are both MICA graduate students and curatorial assistants working for the preservation of Baltimore’s Koreatown Project.
Upon your return from the walking tour, performances of traditional Korean Nanta and Arirang dances by the senior dance group of the Korean Cultural and Arts of Maryland Association will take place in the lobby of the SNF Parkway Theatre from 4:35 to 4:50pm.
Then, join us for an exclusive panel discussion in the SNF Parkway Theatre 1 about Baltimore Koreatown’s past, present, and future. Our moderatoris Jacqueline Shin, National Register Assistant at the Maryland Historical Trust. Our participating panelistsare Shauntee Daniels, Executive Director of the Baltimore National Heritage Area; Phaan Howng, co-leader of the project for preserving Baltimore Koreatown; Angela Ra, Communications and Strategic Policy Manager at the Baltimore Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs; Matthew Lee, Founder/President & CEO of the FASTech, Inc. & A-Tech Systems, Inc. and President of KoBE Government Contracting Alliance; Myung Hwa Shin, President of the Korean Culture & Art of Maryland and business owner in Baltimore City, and Tae Wan Kim, a business owner for 30 years in Baltimore City.
Following the panel discussion, we invite you to enjoy a reception featuring free Korean cuisine and K-Pop music in the Lounge of the SNF Parkway from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.
This event is organized by the Baltimore Changwon Sister City Committee and a program of the 2026 Asia North Exhibition and Festival.
The Classroom by James Bouché | Closing Reception
Sunday, May 17 :: 4-6pm
@ Current Space
2026 Baker Artist Award Finalist Showcase | Closing Reception
Sunday, May 17 :: 4-6pm
@ Current Space
Thomas Houseago: James T. Demetrion Distinguished Artist Series
Tuesday, May 19 :: 6:30-7:30pm
@ Hirshhorn Museum + Sculpture Garden
Internationally acclaimed artist Thomas Houseago joins Hirshhorn curator Anne Reevein conversation for the 2026 James T. Demetrion Distinguished Artist Series.
This special program offers audiences an intimate look into Houseago’s creative practice, influences, and vision and celebrates the Museum’s recent acquisition of his monumental sculpture Minotaur—Janus (2024), on view in Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960.
Featured Opportunities
Trans History Project (Second Cohort)
deadline May 29
posted by Baltimore Center Stage
The Trans History Project is a revolutionary national initiative created by Bo Frazier, Baltimore Center Stage’s Artist-in-Residence. Led by Baltimore Center Stage and Breaking the Binary Theatre, this project aims to commission, develop, and publish 10 new plays about the real history of gender non-conformity which has existed across all cultures since the beginning of time. There will be 10 Trans and Gender Nonconforming playwrights (TGNC) commissioned by BCS who will subsequently be placed into 2-year development residencies at theaters across the country in 2 cohorts.
Call for Submissions
deadline May 31
posted by Baltimore Review
The Baltimore Review is open for contest submissions for Prose Poems, Flash Fiction, and Flash Creative Nonfiction. One writer in each category will be awarded a $400 prize and published in the summer issue. All entries considered for publication with payment at our regular rate ($50). Total word limit is 1,000. Fee is $8.
OPEN CALL: The Midnight Garden — NYC Pop-Up Exhibition Curated by Jessica Libor
deadline May 31
posted by Visionary Art Collective
The Midnight Garden centers on ideas of cultivation, transformation, and unseen processes of growth, both in nature and within ourselves. Framed as a space of quiet unfolding, the garden becomes a metaphor for creative practice and emotional life, where cycles of blooming, decay, and renewal coexist, and where beauty and tension sit side by side. The exhibition also explores the duality between control and wildness, a garden as both designed and unpredictable, shaped yet ever-changing. Through a range of approaches including abstraction, realism, and experimental forms, artists may reflect on structure, intuition, and the act of tending to what emerges. We’re seeking a selection of work that speaks to or challenges these ideas, interpreted through each artist’s lens.
The Midnight Garden will be presented as a pop-up exhibition in Brooklyn on August 20, 2026 and will be on view through August 23, 2026 at a ground-level gallery space located at 61 Atlantic Ave. Programming will take place throughout the exhibition. A selection of artists will also be featured in New Visionary Magazine, and all works will be available on Artsy through our gallery, Warnes Contemporary. A virtual exhibition component will also be presented on our website and remain on view for 4–6 weeks.
This exhibition will be curated by Jessica Libor, a Philadelphia-based visual artist, curator, and founder and director of Era Contemporary. Libor’s work explores feminine identity, storytelling, and personal mythology through richly imagined figurative paintings. Through Era Contemporary, Libor has curated a wide range of exhibitions, supporting artists working in imaginative and contemporary realism while fostering meaningful opportunities for visibility and connection. She holds an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and has exhibited internationally, with her work included in museum exhibitions and private collections worldwide.
Making Her Mark Ascend Series
deadline June 1
posted by Making Her Mark
Thank you for your interest in our grant. Our application window is May 1 – June 1.
This September, we will award four (4) grants of $1,500 to support women creatives across disciplines. We are looking for artists with a clear creative vision—whether emerging or established—who are actively working on a project they want to bring to life or move forward. We welcome a wide range of disciplines and approaches, and we are especially interested in work that reflects authenticity, intention, and a meaningful connection to community, culture, or personal experience.
This application should take approximately 15–20 minutes to complete. We encourage you to be as thoughtful and clear as possible. Good luck!
Arts and Education at the Hoyt
deadline June 1
posted by Hoyt Gallery
Whether you are interested in applying for a solo or group exhibition at Arts & Education at the Hoyt or in gaining exposure through our offsite location, please take a minute to review the following guidelines before applying.
While not necessarily limited to artists age 21+ from the Mid-Atlantic region, preference is given to proposals stemming from Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Washington D.C under the following conditions:
Request for Proposals for 2027 Exhibitions
deadline June 5
posted by Glen Echo Park Gallery
The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture requests exhibition proposals from artists and curators for the Popcorn Gallery, Stone Tower Gallery, and Park View Gallery at Glen Echo Park for the calendar year 2027.
The mission of the Glen Echo Park Partnership Galleries is to promote the work of accomplished artists who represent the diversity of the region, including resident artists at Glen Echo Park and artists from the greater Washington, D.C. area. Our exhibitions showcase compelling and multifaceted work by artists from across the DMV, reflecting a wide range of backgrounds and creative practices. They engage a broad audience and introduce new visitors to Glen Echo Park.
Baltimore Jewelry Center Graduate Exhibition 2026 Open Call
deadline June 7
posted by Baltimore Jewelry Center
The end of the semester is coming up soon, and graduation season is almost here! If you’re getting ready to finish school, now is the perfect time to apply for the BJC’s third annual graduate exhibition. This exhibition will feature the work of emerging jewelers and metalsmiths as they complete their formal education while also acting as an archive and spotlight for the work being created by recent graduates.
One artist selected by our exhibitions committee as Best in Show will be awarded a one-month emerging artist residency at the BJC.
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