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Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

This week's news includes:  Devin Allen reflects on his fame, Baltimore 10 years after Freddie Gray's murder, Amy Sherald continues to be sublime, a Maya Angelou reading protest in Annapolis, new season announcements from Chesapeake Shakespeare Company and the BSO, and more!

The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Three Exhibitions Hit a Raw Nerve at a Time of Global Environmental Crisis

The Baltimore Museum of Art marked its 110th anniversary by launching the Turn Again to the Earth initiative. The goal: to encourage conversation and action around climate change and the role of the museum.

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

This week's news includes:  Goya Contemporary welcomed to ADAA, Guerilla Girls exhibition at NMWA, Nas performs 'Illmatic' with BSO, Fitsum Shebshe curates and online NADA show, Devin Allen and two new earth-based exhibitions at the BMA, John Waters news, and more!

The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

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 and more!

J.M. Giordano's photos offer proof that the art of the protest sign is alive and well

Washington DC was just one of hundreds of rallies hosted across the country protesting Trump policies

ONE FIGHT, ONE FUTURE, Hosted by Free State Coalition, Photos by Elena Volkova

Colorful Signs, Speakers, and Peaceful Protest on April 5, 2025, at City Hall in Baltimore City, part of a the national Hands Off Day

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

This week's news includes:  Micah E. Wood and Christopher Chester see the Baltimore scene, Asia North returns, Carla Du Pree receives GBCA 2025 Cultural Innovator Award,  diversity bans and area arts communities, Baltimore filmmaker Scott Evans, Spring Cleaning Art Market and more!

The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

This Week: UMBC hosts a webinar with Levester Williams, 35th Annual James A. Porter Colloquium at Howard University, Hai-Wen Lin talk at JHU/CVA Film Centre, Helina Metaferia Visiting Artist Lecture at Goucher College, 2025 Undergraduate Exhibition reception and more!

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

This week's news includes: Derrick Adams, Jerrell Gibbs, Joyce J. Scott among the artists in a new BmoreArt partner exhibition at JHU's Frary Gallery, Baker Artist Awards exhibition to open at the BMA and finalists annoucned, a NGA video on LaToya Hobbs woodblock print process, and more!

The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

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, and more!

Bloomberg Philanthropies’ $1M Public Art Challenge “encourages mayors to partner with artists, elevating the creative sector when developing solutions to significant urban issues”

Inviting Light is transforming the Station North Arts District with five site-specific public art installations and a series of dynamic community events this year.

How the Community Art Organization Earned Its Staying Power

Since the first classes Pupkin designed 25 years ago, the program has developed over 600 lesson plans—and in just the past year the organization provided 14,000 classes to Baltimore residents in schools, community centers, hospitals, shelters, veteran’s facilities, nursing homes, and more.

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

This week's news includes: Cover girl Amy Sherald and her Whitney show, Malcolm Peacock at the BMA, Farmers' Market concerns, Lisa Gail Collins awarded literature prize from The Driskell Center, local craft stores, Neighborhood Design Center's 2025 Placemaking Forum, and more!

The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

This Week: BCPS student exhibition at the BMA, Akeelah and the Bee at Baltimore Center Stage, BALTIMORATORY presents Kay-Megan Washington performing as Audre Lorde, opening reception for Rachel Kedinger at Baltimore Jewelry Center, POPPEA at Baltimore Theatre Project, and more!

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