Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Artscape updates, Trans Visibility quilt displayed on the Mall, Preakness past and present in photos, Joyce J. Scott receives honorary doctorate from UB, John Waters weighs in on Carly Hayden's firing and how to (mis)behave at his book signings, Guns of Steel, and more!
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: UMBC Senior Thesis opening reception, closing reception for Jonna McKone and Elena Volkva at Connect + Collect, Cathy Cook Film Retrospective at Current Space, John Waters book signing at Atomic Books, opening reception for Piper Shepard at Academy Art Museum, and more!
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Honorary MICA degrees for Christopher Myers and George Ciscle, Baltimore turns up for Turnstile, reactions to Dr. Carla Hayden's firing, coleman a. jordan | ebo at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennial, the lasting legacy of Black Cherry Puppet Theater, and more!
A Long-Overdue Monograph Offers a Complex Portrait of the Man Who Documented Baltimore's Seedy Underbelly
This month, storied art publisher Phaidon ships a hefty tome dedicated to one of the city's most overlooked (but important) photographers, who immortalized a sleazy queer Baltimore that no longer exists.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: JOCK’N BLUES unveiling + reception at BLIFTD ART STVDIOS, May Bromo Art Walk, Chew-Ache opening reception at The Compound, Preakness Festival 150 opening reception at MAP, MICA ArtWalk Opening and Exhibition, opening reception for Hosey Corona at Creative Alliance, and more!
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Julia M. Alexander passes away from heart attack, The Banner wins a Pulitzer, The Phillips Collection appoints Tiffany McGettigan and Clarisse Fava-Piz, 2025 Screenwriters Competition announced, BMA's upcoming exhibition The Way of Nature, and more!
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Baker Artist Talks at The Peale, Baltimore Rock Opera Society's "Lempira," 2025 Lewis Musuem Gala, Sondheim artist talks at the Walters, opening reception for Ling-lin Ku and Rachel Suzanne Smith at Baltimore Jewelry Center, Station North First Friday Art Walk, and more!
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Graham Projects gets a home in Station North, the inaugural Scout Art Fair at Artscape 2025, Baltimore Center Stage news, Asia North and AVAM's Kinetic Sculpture Race return for 2025, Kennedy Center cancels Pride celebration, Tavish Forsyth's bare backlash, and more!
Music, Poetry, and a Love Letter to Baltimore: Annual Gathering of Activists and Artists is Growing
Judah Adashi hated the idea that Freddie Gray would be forgotten to most people, especially in Baltimore. Through music and art, he wanted to change that.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: MICA MFA Grad Film Showcase at SNF Parkway, Inviting Light panel discussion at MICA's Lazarus Center, the Banneker Douglass Tubman Museum celebrates International Jazz Day, Micah E. Wood and Christopher Chester at Enoch Pratt Central Branch, Ghost Rivers walking tour and more!
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Baltimore City's New Office of Art and Culture, AVAM announces Ellen Owens as new director, Amy Sherald profiled by Jerry Salz, John Waters goes to jail for a good cause, The Great Migration travels to Chicago, and more!
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Creative Alliance 30th Anniversary Marquee Ball, Earth Day at The Crow's Nest, The Queen-tet performance at the Peabody Library, MICA Grad Show III, Anacostia Portraits at DC Film Fest, Clavel at The Walters for a tepache tasting, Baker Artist Awards Celebration at the BMA, and more!
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.
Strong, Bright, Useful & True at JHU Bloomberg Frary Gallery, GBCA Happy Hour honoring Carla Du Pree at The Peale, Jonna McKone and Elena Volkova at BmoreArt Connect + Collect, reception for Soledad Salamé at Goya Contemporary, Rachel Hayden at Current Space, and more!
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
