I Went Back to My Alma Mater to Spend a Day With Current TU Student, Annie Tamini
Second year MFA candidate Annie Tamini met me in her fourth-floor studio—a prime corner spot with a window. We spoke about her reasons for attending Towson, and how her experience in the MFA program is so far unfolding.
Four New Mayoral Portraits Allow Artists to Create Historic Narratives for the Future
While Baltimore's legacy of recent mayoral leadership is still in the making, these portraits offer concrete examples of the power of portraiture
An Exhibit and Auction at C+C Gallery Celebrating 10 Years and 20 Issues
Exhibition Round-Up: C. Grimaldis Gallery Shuts its Doors this Saturday, But There's Plenty of Art to See Elsewhere Before Last Call
From Club Car to the Mount Royal Tavern, bars are filling in the void left by gallery closures, as Current Space proves galleries can be great bars too.
Milad Discusses What Inspired "Shabtis Gather" and Her Partnership with BmoreArt on the New, 200-Page Publication
"When thinking about the medium of a book, it can be very intimate. One person, or a couple of people, can experience it at a time. The physicality was really important to me, because I wanted people to have that kind of direct, tactile experience."
National Gallery of Art Exhibits Works Spanning 1955-1985
Photography and the Black Arts Movement gathers the many threads that makeup the Black experience: joy and struggle, beauty and violence, individuality and collective identity, personal expression and social conscience, creativity and political action.
Ikhide's "Tales From Future Past" is on View through November 22 at CPM
CPM Gallery recently announced that the run of Richard Ayodeji Ikhide's solo exhibition "Tales from Future Past" would be extended to November 22 by appointment. At the opening on September 27, the British-Nigerian artist was interviewed by luminary art historian, curator, and educator Lowery Sims.
In "Pandarayuhan: Home is a Memory" Divinagracia Explores Immigration and Identity at Creative Alliance
"One of my biggest intentions with this show was to really spotlight Filipino presence in Baltimore and specifically immigrant lives and journeys.”
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Amy Sherald shines brightly in Baltimore, Hilton Carter makes his house a home, Inviting Light returns with a Wickerham & Lomax, John Akomfrah moving image + sound installation opens at the BMA, mayorial portraits unveiled at City Hall, Maryland Film Fest is here, and more
Swagger and Style at the BmoreArt Release Party for Issue 20
On Saturday, November 1, BmoreArt hosted 400+ guests at the Icons Ball & Benefit at the Lord Baltimore Hotel.
A Baltimore context imbues the exhibition with the feeling of an ecclesiastic gathering of old friends, a family reunion, a sacred circle.
A quintessentially modern American painter, Sherald employs centuries-old painting techniques in order to arrive at images that belong in the art historical cannon
Light Festival Sponsored by PNC Puts Monkton Sanctuary on the Map as Arts Destination
“It’s not a Halloween event," Garden Glow producer Halle von Kessler maintains, "It’s a light festival.” Pumpkins just happen to be one of the many unique mediums used by the event’s sculptors. Ladew's Garden Glow took place this October 15-18th in Monkton, MD.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: BMA receives largest gift in its history from Amy and Marc Meadows, BOPA becomes Create Baltimore, Driskell Center adds to its archives, Amy Sherald excitement, AVAM celebrates 30 years, MICA announces a new MPS degree, Academy Art Museum, and more!
Where Archive Meets Queer Magic
For me, going to the archives is a mental health and wellness practice. Seeing queer memories feels really healing.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: 60 Minutes with Amy Sherald, a vision for the arts at JHU, Full Circle Dance Company celebrates 25 years, Creative Alliance's 2026 Season, changes at ACC, open DC exhibitions, Crushing Colonialism's 2nd Anniversary, a review of Richard Ayodeji Ikhide at CPM, and more!
Performance by Rahne Alexander with DJ Ducky Dynamo: Sunday, October 19th from 3-6pm
Two two-person shows balance the individual and the collective, featuring solo and collaborative works by Rahne Alexander with Erin Stellmon as well as Emma Childs and Vinnie Hager.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Jonathon Heyward to stay with BSO until 2031, MdFF goes back to spring schedule, Carmelo Anthony holds court at the Pratt, obituary for Ann Everton, the culture wars come to DC and beyond, NCMA opens doors to furloughed workers, and more!
A collaborative project by artist Tomashi Jackson and policy analyst Nia K. Evans at UMBC
The ambitious slate of programs that take place over the 7-week run of the exhibition are as much a part of the "Pedagogy Study Hall" project as the physical spaces of the galleries.
