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Maryland Arts Summit, Can I Kick it? Road House at Creative Alliance, Within Walking Distance opening reception at MICA, Voices of the Gods documentary screening at SNF Parkway, Sainted Trap Choir at the Meyerhoff, Juneteenth celebrations at The Lewis and Current Space, and more!

A Photo Essay of the Annual Parade and Celebration on June 13th

While some changes to Baltimore Pride's traditional events and leadership are being debated, the energy of the annual parade on Saturday, June 13, reflected pure joy and solidarity.

Baltimore’s Oldest Artist Co-Op Offers a New Generation a Model for Affordability in Perpetuity

What distinguishes AHI from most artist housing initiatives is its ownership structure. It is a not-for-profit housing cooperative—legally distinct from a 501(c)3—designed for member benefit rather than public charity.

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

Hamilton Gallery will close later this month, CityLit and The Phillips Collection receive major funding, Voyages returns to The National Aquarium led by Tim “Chyno” Chin, Baltimore Children & Youth Fund (BCYF) Community Exhibition, Jodi Picoult will headline Carroll Book Festival, and more!

Six Artists or Artist Duos Recognized with Support Totaling $90,000

Since 2009, the Baker Artist Awards has recognized more than 168 artists and awarded nearly $1.5 million directly to artists in the Baltimore region, making it one of the most sustained and significant direct-to-artist prize programs in the country.

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

Elena Volkova's Pride Portraits at Current Space, Vital Beauty opening reception at TU Center for the Arts, Station North Second Friday Art Walk, Bethesda Painting Awards public reception at Gallery B, Objects at Hand opening reception at XOXO Gallery, PR Weekend 2026, and more!

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

MacKenzie River Foy's profile of Stephen Towns for Baltimore Beat, Kriston Capps' review of Elliot Doughtie + Danielle Mysliwiec at MONO Practice, Baltimore Pride's growing pains, TU's Summer at the Center festival, Jeffrey Kent exhibits in three major museums, chef Loic Sany opens Nest, awards for

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

An alternative vision for the Jones Falls, Galerie Myrtis turns 20, Future Islands celebrates 20 years, Artscape round-up, Devin Allen and Under Armour's Scout Fair shirts, highlights of The Baltimore Film Summit, American Artist Abroad at JHU's Frary Gallery, John Waters the poet, and more!

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

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

David Byrne visits Clavel, the Lewis Museum hosts the Sondheim Semifinalists exhibition, everything you need to know about Artscape, Maryland theaters and the Helen Hayes Awards, The Peale Museum profiled, Lia J. Latty publishes first issue of "Black Is" magazine, and more!

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

Video works from Martha Rosler + Pipilotti Rist at m/ Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Museum, Asia North Minute Monologues at SNF Parkway, 2026 Sondheim Semifinalist exhibition at the Lewis Museum, a conversation with Louis Fratino at the BMA, Forum Festival 2026 at Baltimore Center Stage, and more!

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

Susan Fisher Sterling will retire from NMWA at the end of 2026, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signs Protecting Artists’ Creative Expression (PACE) Act, Baltimore Pride is on the move, Nature Deficit Disorder at the BMA, Lady Brion's Revolutionary Writers Poetry Festival, and more!

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

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 CA, and more!

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

Artists and galleries for Scout Art Fair, Derrick Adams profiled by Robin Givhan in the New York Times, Baltimore ICON André De Shields nominated for another Emmy, Everyman Theatre's Vincent Lancisi takes his final curtain call, opening celebrations for MICA's gallery alley, and more!

This Year's Fundraiser Honored Baltimore Superheroes Rosalind “Roz” Cauthen and Tom Hall

Mr. Trash Wheel, disgraced former Attorney General Pam Bondi, and three Cruella de Vils were just a few of the celebrities spotted at the Creative Alliance's legendary fundraiser and costume party this past Saturday, May 2nd.

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

Imar Lyman at The Kreeger Museum, J Taran Diamond opening reception at Baltimore Jewelry Center, Confluence exhibition opening reception at Area 405, opening reception for Hiromitsu Hubbard and Donna R. Omata at Gallery CA, JHU Student Exhibition opening, and more!

A Ping-Pong Pop-Up Reimagines the Sport as a Framework for Memory, Movement, and Meaning

Running through May 31, Open Court transforms JMM’s largest gallery into a ping-pong arena, blurring the line between art and sport with spotlit tables, bleachers, scoreboards, and archival images.

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

Jeannie Howe leaves GBCA after 14 years, BMA celebrates MICA's bicentennial with MICA200 exhibition, documentary photographer Martha Cooper, Professor Lupe Fiasco, Asia North 2026, Baltimore artist Phaan Howng profiles Carly Glovinski, and more!