The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Rapid Lemon Productions "Variations on Night," Jordan Tierney interactive experience at BMA, Art Soiree x Baltimore Met Gala party at Lord Baltimore, Submersive Productions' Voyages: Chapter 7 at the National Aquarium, COLAB artist panel at Eubie Blake, and more!
How the Secondhand Craft Store and Maker Space in East Baltimore Made Me Believe in Magic Again
Spaces like these are part of the underground magic of Baltimore—where tapping into community is core, where beauty is found and made.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: BMA acquires close to 150 new works, Carla Hayden hired by Mellon Foundation, Grandma Moses exhibition comes to SAAM, Harriet Tubman exhibition curated by Larry Poncho Brown, a breakup at Glenstone, Motor House raises funds to rebuild, and more!
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Young Blood opening reception at MAP, High Zero fundraiser at Current, Baltimore, The City of Accessible Arts Public Convening + Disability Pride Arts Fest at Pratt Central Branch, Station North Art Walk, The BIG Show +BIG Party at Creative Alliance, and more!
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Amanda Leigh Burnham wins the Sondheim Prize, Gallery Myrtis' Emergence exhibition featured in Colossal, 3 local organizations win Frankenthaler Climate Initiative grants, summer can't miss exhibitions, Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson on Claire McCardell, and more!
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Outdoor Sculpture Invitational at Adkins Arboretum, opening reception for Jennifer McBrien at Hotel Indigo, opening reception for Barbara Alicia Astronomo at Mount Royal Tavern, What They Left Us opening reception at Alchemy of Art, Cherry Hill Arts & Music Waterfront Festival, and more!
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Catalyst Contemporary presents Christopher Batten online exhibition, fundraiser for Baltimore Unity Hall, opening reception for Aliana Grace Bailey and Brandon Donahue-Shipp at Connect+Collect, Michael Haskins Jr. reception at BLIFTD ART STVDIOS, Sondheim Award Ceremony and more!
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Cindy Wolf and Charleston win a James Beard Award, The Clifton House hosts weekend event to honor Lucille Clifton, Arts for Learning to open charter school, Maryland Humanities receives emergency funding from Mellon Foundation, BOPA becomes 'Create Baltimore' and more!
Baltimore Joins in on a Day of Peaceful Protest Across the Nation
On Saturday, June 14, thousands showed up with to peacefully protest on "No Kings Day" in Patterson Park in opposition to the Trump administration.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Baltimore Clayworks' virtual artist talk with Yoshi Fujii, Qrcky artist talk at Quid Nunc Art Gallery, launch for Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson's book on Claire McCardell at MCHC, The Lewis Museum's Jubilee, Eddie Kil opening reception at Make Studio, and more!
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Amy Sherald nominates René Treviño for 2025 Frieze London Fair, Murjoni Merriweather and Rodney Jermaine Elliott (Qrcky) selected as 2025 Joshua Johnson Council AIRs, Dapper Dan Midas takes the stage, the Mayor celebrates Artscape's success, and more!
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Aaron Dante interviews Cara Ober, Lisa Snowden, and Michael Teitelbaum at Pratt Central Library; Transformer's Summer Soirée; Truepenny Projects presents Salty by AJ Clauss at The Voxel; a works on paper opening reception at Grimaldis Gallery; Dr. Sketchy celebrates 17 years and more!
Baltimore-based Visual and Performing Artists Explore Conservation at the National Aquarium
"The words ‘childlike wonder’ come up with all of them. That's what the artists want to invoke in attendees—inviting adults back to play, realizing the power in being in that space."
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: GBCA announces the 2025 Baker Artist Awardees, several local arts organizations celebrate World Environment Day, Happy 50th Baltimore Pride, Tony Shore and Phaan Howng light up Station North, a Banner interview with Brian Ennals and Infinity Knives, and more!
Evan Nicole Bell (Music), Monica Ikegwu (Visual Arts), Chung-Wei Huang (Film/ Video), Lola B. Pierson (Performing Arts), and Lysley Tenorio (Literary Arts), each receive a $10,000 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize
Bruce Willen was selected to receive the 2025 $40,000 Mary Sawyers Imboden Prize, the largest art prize in the region.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: CPM's Art Matters (in Baltimore) seminar, VILLAGER opening reception at Motor House, closing reception for The Walter's School Partner Showcase, TURNSTILE: NEVER ENOUGH screening at SNF Parkway, Baltimore Clayworks Seconds Sale Preview Party, Wickerham & Lomax opening reception and more!
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Artscape 2025 reviews are in, Kimi Yoshino leaves Baltimore for Washington, The Driskell Center aquires a Megan Lewis painting, John Waters brings in the crowds, Good Contrivance Farm writer's retreat, Baltimore's first annual Puerto Rican weekend celebration, and more!
Family, Friends, and Colleagues Reflect on the Loss of the Artist and Advocate for Baltimore’s Creative Community
"She was very humble and did not want to put herself above the artists she worked hard for. I think reading these tributes she would be partially embarrassed at being celebrated but also touched to know the work she did mattered."
