Actionable Items: Arts-Related Resources in the Age of COVID-19
Relief funding, calls for entry, surveys, and professional opportunities for artists
Opportunities to help out, apply for much-needed support, and make plans for the future.
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All Masks Are Not Created Equal: Washable, Antimicrobial Masks Made in Baltimore
SewLab and other small creative businesses are saving lives in Baltimore
These four-layered bamboo/cotton, antimicrobial fabric masks are perfect for daily wear and extending the lifespan of N95 masks for healthcare professionals.
Field of Potential: Regarding the Quotidian as Art
Even as much of the art world retreated to the safety of the internet, some creative workers continued their trade in the public sphere
We now know that this will be a matter of months, rather than weeks: the Cleveland Museum of Art has already canceled all programming through the end of June, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art expects to remain closed at least through July.
We Are All Alone Together
On being alone, whether by choice or quarantine
For those lucky enough to be healthy after two weeks of quarantine, you can hug, kiss, dance, and snuggle. Don’t take this for granted.
BmoreArt’s Picks: March 31–April 6
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week we are featuring online events that you can view from the comfort of your own couch plus a few ways to get involved locally. Stay home, stay healthy, stay engaged in the arts.
Remembering Maurice Berger, a Tirelessly Critical Voice in the Arts
Art critic and UMBC curator Maurice Berger dies from coronavirus symptoms at age 63
He could have easily written beautiful and empty things, instead his life's work was naming racism and calling out the art world’s whiteness.
Fever Dream: Symptoms, But No Covid-19 Tests and No Results
It took eight days of coronavirus symptoms and a trip to the ER to get a test
The US has known about COVID-19 since January. Why are there not enough tests?
Take Care of Yourself: On Chronic Illness and Anxiety
Organizing my memories into a semi-linear timeline gives me a whisper of peace
The cruelty of our government is overwhelming.
Working From Home: On the Burden of Productivity
By and large, we are low-level bored and anxious all the time right now.
Working from home is nothing less than a 21st-century miracle for a productivity-loving multitasker—a description of me I absolutely embraced until last week.
BmoreArt’s Picks: March 24-30
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week we are featuring online events that you can view from the comfort of your own couch. Stay home, stay healthy, stay engaged in the arts.
Supporting Arts, Culture, and Each Other During the Pandemic
A work-in-progress list of resources and ways to support Baltimore-based artists, service-industry workers, and small businesses.
Consider throwing a few bucks towards your favorite bartender who can’t work right now, or contribute to the funds that are being redistributed amongst the community. Donate or become a member of your local arts institutions. Buy work from an artist you like.
A War Zone for Hospitals: One Artist’s Coronavirus Story from Venice
An interview with artist Irene Woodbury, an American living in Italy
MICA Graduate Irene Woodbury shares her own experiences living with small children under quarantine in Venice during the Coronavirus Outbreak
Do Good for the Good of the Stranger: Baltimore’s Art Scene Responds to COVID-19
Fear is a vital and necessary part of love
All of these cancellations are, of course, in the best interest of everybody’s health, but especially those of us whose immune systems are less resilient or suppressed.
BmoreArt’s Picks: March 10-16
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
BmoreArt's Picks: May 10-16: Visions of the Future panel discussion at Pratt Library, Zoë Charlton: The Domestic at C. Grimaldis Gallery, Amani Lewis + Erin Fostel at the Gallery in Baltimore City Hall, , ANOTHER COUNTRY Terrault's Final Show, and more!
BmoreArt’s Picks: March 3-9
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
BmoreArt's Picks: May 3-9 | This Week: 2020 Scholastic Art Exhibition at School 33, The Cliff Banquet presents Collective Dreaming at MICA BBOX, Helen Zughaib: Unfinished Journeys at Creative Alliance, and more!
Art AND: Angela N. Carroll
For Carroll—a regular contributor to BmoreArt—contemporary writing about Black artists has to move past tokenism
"The canon has purposely left out certain creatives and we’re trying to rectify that. Let’s not see this moment as a trend."
BmoreArt’s Picks: February 25 – March 2
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
BmoreArt's Picks: February 25 - March 2. This Week: “Being an Immigrant Artist in the Age of Trump” panel at MICA, Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico at National Museum of Women in the Arts, SHAN Wallace: 410 at Baltimore Museum of Art, and more!
News Briefs: Sondheim Semifinalists, Black Arts District’s Plans, WPA Funding for DIY in DC
Baltimore Art News Stories
News Briefs are a compilation of art news around the Baltimore region.