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On the Level: George Ciscle

An Interview with the Man who Changed—and Continues to Change—Institutional Practice at Home and Abroad ahead of the Baltimore: City of Accessible Arts Convening

The legendary arts worker discusses his historic career and new chapter with the Baltimore: City of Accessible Arts (BCAA), which will host a convening this Thursday, September 17 at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Museum.

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BmoreArt’s Picks: September 15-21

BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Jerrell Gibbs solo exhibition opens at the BMA, The Peale presents a virtual panel discussion on preserving cultural heritage, the BCAA x Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Museum Convening, Make Studio artist exhibition at Chesapeake Arts Center, Lewis Hine opening reception at UMBC, and more!

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BmoreArt News: Lonnie G. Bunch III, D. Watkins, Create Baltimore

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

Lonnie G. Bunch III retires from The Smithsonian, D. Watkins' The Engagement to air on WYPR, Create Baltimore contract extended another year, Baltimore's community literary magazine, Arena Players renovating, Joel Shapiro sculpture removed from The Kennedy Center, and more!

Words: Rebecca Juliette

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BmoreArt’s Picks: September 8-14

BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Baltimore Transfiguration International Film Festival at 2640 Space, Concentric Circles exhibition lecture at Silber Gallery, opening reception for Myungsook Ryu Kim at TU Center for Asian Art + Culture, Join Ashley Minner Jones' BMA Lexington Market residency begins, and more!

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BmoreArt News: Thea Canlas, Raquel Castedo, Stevie Walker-Webb

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

Thea Canlas wins 2026 Sondheim Prize, BmoreArt's Raquel Castedo wins AIGA book design award, Stevie Walker-Webb stays centered in Baltimore, Lawrence Burney announced as One Maryland One Book winner, The Royal Blue appeals to all, a new state park preserves Maryland's Black history, and more!

Words: Rebecca Juliette

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BmoreArt’s Picks: September 1-7

BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Concentric Circles + Michael J. Iampieri opening receptions at Goucher's Silber and Rosenberg Galleries, Making America Again public reception at MICA, Ben Egerman discusses "A Gay Little History of Maryland" at The Ivy Bookshop, and more!

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BmoreArt News: Nia Hampton, Bisa Butler, Dolly Parton

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

Nia Hampton's “The Labor/The Luxury" documentary, Bisa Butler exhibition opening at SAAM March 2027, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Maryland, the DC arts exodus benefits Baltimore, artist Jason Patterson's portraits documenting the Eastern Shore, and more!

Words: Rebecca Juliette

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BmoreArt’s Picks: August 25-31

BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

2026 Sondheim Finalists award ceremony at The Walters, FEMME Art Fair in DC, Subscape and Love Groove music festivals, Monica Bravo lectures on modern Mexican photography at Academy Art Museum, Ultra Naté's sold out BMA performance, closing recepiton for The BIG Show at Creative Alliance, and more!

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BmoreArt’s Picks: August 18-24

BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Closing reception for DMV Artists for Venezuela, The Valerie J. Maynard Symposium, The Jonathan Gilmore Project at Creative Alliance, Galerie Myrtis' Room to Bloom virtual panel discussion, Schwingo at Make Studio, Open House/Open Studios at The Last Resort Artist Retreat, and more!

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BmoreArt News: Devin Allen, Atomic Books, Josiah Henson Museum

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

Devin Allen publishes his third photobook, Atomic Books expanding, Josiah Henson Museum's family reunion, 'Bocking' at BCS, Baltimore Jewelry Center's Graduate Exhibition, UMBC announces Lewis Hine + Lisa Oppenheim exhibitions, Hollywood John Waters, the 8x10's future plans, and more!

Words: Rebecca Juliette

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BmoreArt’s Picks: August 11-17

BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

The Lines We Cross ongoing at The Lewis Museum, CCCC Residency Roundtable with Ultra Naté at the BMA, The Records & The Ruse performance at The Voxel, Baltimore Jewelry Center Graduate Exhibition opening reception, Fabrication of the Soul opening reception at Zo Gallery, and more!

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Downtown Kevin Brown, Undeterred

An Interview with the Iconic Cultural Maven and Proprietor of Nancy by SNAC

"My identity was shaped by my surroundings, family, freedom to express emotions, and strict discipline from loving parents. My father would say, 'Be who you are, wherever you are.' My mother always wanted us to improve. If I came home with five As and an A-..."

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BmoreArt’s Picks: August 4-10

BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise at The Phillips Collection featuring First Prize winner Kei Ito, opening reception for Luke Farley at Alchemy of Art, Fells Point Corner Theatre's 10x10x10 festival, Highlandtown First Friday Art Walk, reception for Lou Joseph at Hotel Indigo, and more!

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The Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Announces 2026 Rubys Artist Grants Awardees

This Year’s Fellows Will Be the First Cohort Under the Program's Reimagined Structure

This cycle, the Rubys will provide $180,000 in direct funding to 12 artists working in Performance and Visual Arts—the first two disciplines in the program's new two-year rotating cycle—as well as two $25,000 Jane Brown Alumni Rubys grants to previous awardees and two $2,500 Rubys Material Grants.

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BmoreArt News: GBCA, BMA Acquisitions, MAP

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance will cease operations, The Baltimore Museum of Art aquires 118 new works, Maryland Art Place celebrates 45 years, four MICA students named as finalists for the AXA Art Prize, fiber art's rich legacy, Made in Baltimore rebranding, and more!

Words: Rebecca Juliette

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BmoreArt’s Picks: July 28 – August 3

BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Galerie Myrtis virtual exhibition of works featuring Morel Doucet, Monica Ikegwu, and Ya La’ford; Herbie Hancock at the Meyerhoff; RE Framed Salon at The Jewis Museum of Maryland; The Bayberries In the Stacks at Peabody Library; E.L. Briscoe Artist Talk at BLIFTD STVDIOS; and more!

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