Baltimore’s Twinkling Holiday Lights
A photo essay of front yard light displays
Baltimore's unique holiday light displays from a variety of neighborhoods
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Vanitas Fair: Earthly Pleasures and Luxurious Craft
Beautiful handmade craft items envisioned as Dutch still life tableaux
Although businesses are struggling because of Covid restrictions, this season we wanted to make it easier to patronize Baltimore-based artists and shops and to luxuriate in the amazing range of quality that you can support through your purchases.
NEW WORLD: A Photo Essay by Audrey Gatewood
A photographer asked friends to imagine society deeply changing, at a molecular level, into a fantasy where they are the agents of change
Gatewood's photos function as moments of healing, which build up to create a more conscious future.
Practical Power: Fashion Designer Jody Davis
A Baltimore-based fashion designer crafts clothing with strength and flexibility
Her fashion line, Jody Davis Designs, recently celebrated its tenth year, and her garments have been worn by the likes of television journalists Soledad O’Brien and Gayle King.
Cutting Across Boundaries: A Workshop of Our Own
A Workshop of Our Own is a woodshop specifically for women and gender-nonconforming craftspeople to work and learn new skills
Now in its third year, WOO boasts approximately a hundred active members who use the shop, including three resident woodworkers who rent studio space in the building to run their businesses.
One-of-a-Kind Wearable Works of Art: Eight Art Jewelers to Purchase Right Now
A fall fashion shoot at the Baltimore Jewelry Center
Contemporary art jewelry, designed to be beautiful and comfortable, enhances the wearer's daily experience.
Staying at Home with Designer Patrick Sutton
What an interior space tells us about its occupants
"Many designers and architects develop a look or aesthetic that defines their craft but for me, I had been raised to look for the narrative that gave each place its soul and identity."
Material Scientist: Annet Couwenberg
Merging Traditional Craft with Technology
Couwenberg, a titan of fine-art fiber education, is influenced by growth and evolution, which she excavates in an exploration of her personal history as a Dutch woman living in America.
Concept and Craft in Jaejoon Jang’s Tattoos and Found Objects
Jang’s practice embodies the mutable relationship between art and craft
Jang is a conceptual artist, a popular tattoo artist, and a renaissance creative with a grip on what it means to make exciting and thought-provoking contemporary artworks in various forms.
Art AND: Emily Bach
MdHS Curatorial Assistant Emily Bach searches for the stories in textiles
On any given day, curatorial assistant Emily Bach could be restoring a quilt from the collection, writing object condition reports, or conducting research on a new donation.
Tiki To-Go: Interview with Tyler DiMarco, Beverage Director
Supporting our favorite spots and tapping into the feeling of congregating in bars by buying drinks to go
The possibility of escapism through a curated QuaranTiki kit is something that we all could use these days.
Quarantine Diaries: Musicians
Bobbi Rush, Dyyo, Josh Stokes, Amy Reid, Ami Dang
Musicians who already survive precariously have lost gigs due to Covid-19 cancellations and have had to figure out how to hustle through a pandemic
Quarantine Diaries: Families
James Williams II, Claudia Jolin, Adam Holofcener, Megan Isennock, and Bonnie Crawford
Family is about love and about seeking comfort across spaces, both physical and virtual
COVID Coiffure: Navigating Quarantine Hair with Stylist and Colorist Liz Smoot
How to safely color hair, cut your bangs, and support local business from home
Embracing COVID-19 hair and supporting local stylists and hair salons as businesses struggle under quarantine in Baltimore
Fashion in an Age of Pandemic
History shows that significant shifts tend to happen in the wake of crisis
Perhaps as consumer spending decreases and as stores close and shipping slows, we are forced to think more about where the stuff we buy actually comes from and the many people involved in getting it to us.
What They’re Wearing: Baltimore Quarantine Style
Home fashion is all about comfort and entertainment
An assortment of Baltimore creatives wearing pajamas, evening gowns, vintage, and homemade facemasks
Stockists in Quarantine
Checking in with a few of the Baltimore businesses that sell our magazine
Get vintage clothing and masks delivered to your porch, pick up local coffee and charcuterie, plus ideas for keeping your children and yourself entertained with remote book clubs and story hours.
Vision Under Quarantine: 15 Baltimore-Based Photographers to Follow on Instagram
Poignant observations, compelling points of view, and beautiful fantasies, made in Baltimore during the Covid-19 pandemic and quarantine
We are living through a major historical event and it's essential that we record our experiences.