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!
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Fab 5 Freddy in conversation with Wendel Patrick at JHU Bloomberg Center, AfroFuture Mural Visioning Party at Jubilee Arts, Hopkins at Home presents "AI and the Arts" hosted by Thomas Dolby, drawing event and curator talk for Douriean Fletcher at the Walters, and more!
Photos of Honored Guests and Attendees, Including Artist Tawny Chatmon
On April 18, 2026, First Lady Dawn Moore hosted more than 100 women at Government House for her third annual “A Women’s Work: Women’s Economic Empowerment Event."
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week’s news includes: Birthday boy John Waters, NGA announces largest programming gift in its history, the Glenstone Museum at 20, Hopkins acquires Lindsay Adams' Kind of Blue (1959), Shane Prada takes a tour of Douriean Fletcher's Walters' exhibition, Asia North 2026, and more!
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Queer Archives performance at Peabody Library, BMORE WITH US reception + community festival at MICA, Jo Smail book signing at Goya, 2026 Charm City Fringe, PANTOMIME multi media event at MICA, closing reception at Baltimore City Crti Club, and more!
What to Expect When the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference Lands in Baltimore Next Year? Baltimoreans Share their Experiences from this Year's Edition in Detroit
I’ve included some highlights from my experience of NCECA with some thoughts from others who have connections with Baltimore. These are only a fraction of what you can see and experience. If you are friends with ceramic artists, potters, or collectors the conference feels like a family reunion.
Photos from Creative Alliance's High-flying Afternoon in Patterson Park
On Saturday, April 11, 2026, The energy was high, the trees in full bloom, and the skies danced with colors. After a long winter, Patterson Park felt awakened and alive.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
Sonya Clark and the list of new Guggenheim Fellows, the BMA's The Sigmund M. and Mary B. Hyman Collection of American Art, a new initiative from Phillips@THEARC, Baltimore Center Stage remains defiant, birthday boy John Waters, MICA announces UP/Start Venture winners, and more!
In a Little Shy of Half a Century, BSA Has Churned out Alumni who've Conquered Billboard Charts, Hollywood, and the Runway
“Beyond the excellent instruction, BSA let me be who I am,” says theater arts alum Cameron Francis ‘89. “Our teachers encouraged self-expression and were never judgmental. They let us explore and take risks."
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
2026 Maryland Film Festival, Donald V. Bentley Memorial Lecture at the BMA, book signing and reception for Deborah Brown English at Creative Alliance, Amina Ross lecture + film screening at UMBC, Passion Plays festival at Baltimore Theatre Project, and more!
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
Amy Sherald's American Sublime shatters attendance records at the BMA, Create Baltimore announces Sondheim Finalists, CityLit is back with a vengance, Carpet Company double feature, new season announcements at Baltimore Center Stage and Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, John Waters turns 80, and more!
The Image Activist and Author of "tenderheaded" Among Headliners at the 23rd Annual CityLit Festival
Themed “Bearing Witness: Literature as a Revolutionary Act” the CityLit Festival lands at the Maryland Center for History and Culture on Saturday, April 11.
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
2026 Maryland Film Festival, Donald V. Bentley Memorial Lecture at the BMA, book signing and reception for Deborah Brown English at Creative Alliance, Amina Ross lecture + film screening at UMBC, Passion Plays festival at Baltimore Theatre Project, and more!
Thirty-six artists selected from over 1000 Baker Artist Portfolios
Artists were selected by the jurors, for excellence demonstrated in three key areas: mastery of craft, depth of artistic exploration, and unique vision.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
Devin Allen to curate 2026 SCOUT Fair at Artscape, Inviting Light's final installation, Matisse at the BMA, Paula Phillips' SBM Gallery exhibtion, changes at WYPR, AZIZA PE&CE becomesSNF Parkway's first Organization-in-Residence, Seppia opens in Hampden, BSO's April shows, and more!
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Antonio Soto and Carlos Raba in conversation at The Walters, Zoë Charlton lectures at UMBC, Dream Big Celebration at The Lyric, The Tallest Dwarf screening at JHU, Driskell Center Artist Talk + Driskell Distinguished Lecture, Kongo Astronauts screening at the BMA, and more!
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week’s news includes: One Maryland One Book selects Lawrence Burney, CitLit Festival announcement, Lewis Museum editorial, The Evening Ritual at Wet City, BREAK A LEG dance collective, Felandus Thames at The Outpost at TLRAR, Criterion Collection releases John Waters' films, and more!
