Arts Writer
Adriana Velez is a Puerto Rican art historian, researcher, and writer. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts with a concentration in Art History and Museum Studies from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2022. Currently, she works as a freelance writer and is part of GBCA’s Urban Arts Leadership 2023 cohort.
From Excavations of Forgotten Histories to Speculative Futures, the Baker Artist Awards Support the Unconventional
Works by Selin Balci, Kelley Bell, Oletha DeVane, Jordan Tierney, and Stephen Towns highlight the importance of rewarding experimentation, research, and innovation.
The Group Show "Ecocide" and a Window Installation by Taina Litwak Confront Environmental Violence
This exhibit at The Crow's Nest pushes you to do what you can do to protect the land and the communities that inhabit it.
An Interview with the Artist on Why Her New Exhibit Recenters Dominican Folklore
I started with La Ciguapa because I'm really interested in femininity and the concept of the womanly body in space, my body in space, my body in different places, especially as it relates to immigration.
Monique Crabb, True Arizola-Lyons, Charles Mason III, and Monica Mirabile Nurture, Care, and Play in "Love & Cruelty" and Viscous
From maternal domestic labor and caregiving to childlike wonder, four visually distinct practices evoke a range of visceral associations.
Exhibits featuring Rebecca Strzelec, Rebecca Marimutu, Rosa Leff, and Kelly Walker
Rebecca Marimutu’s "Portraits (Contact)," Rebecca Strzelec’s "365 Grams," and Rosa Leff and Kelly Walker’s "A Fine Pairing"—at Goucher College, Baltimore Jewelry Center, and Creative Alliance, respectively—made me reflect on my relationship to myself, womanhood, and the women who shaped me.
Artists-in-Residence, strikeWare, Hold a Mirror to Loyola University's Past in Unrested, a new exhibit
The artist collective—composed of Mollye Bendell, Christopher Kojzar, and JLS Gangwisch—uses technology and storytelling for a compelling and well-rounded examination of institutional history
Motor House's Exhibition Celebrating Baltimore's Puerto Rican Diaspora Closes 12/5
"Pa’ Mi Gente" is a love letter to the Puerto Rican diaspora in Baltimore and beyond.
Initiatives at Center Stage and Creative Alliance Illuminate Oft-Overlooked Baltimore Creative Communities
Center Stage’s new Indigenous Art Gallery and the exhibition Taking Space at Creative Alliance authentically engage with and serve the communities of color in which they are based
Histories Collide takes us from B.C. era Mediterranean, to 19th century Maryland, and back to modern day Baltimore.
“The histories that collide are not just the histories of the Greco-Roman civilizations and Egypt, but also art histories and ways of framing these moments."
A Homecoming to Puerto Rico Offers the Chance to Check-in on the Island's Cultural Institutions
Visits to two museums in San Juan: the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico
From a Memorial for Victims of State Violence to Marxist Chickens, Abigail Lucien, Nekisha Durrett, and Kyrae Dawaun aren't Afriaid to get Political
A Baltimore-based fashion designer who imbues her home culture of Nigeria into elegant garments
Spirited Afro-futuristic designs that encapsulate a love for culture and home country, utilizing bold pattern fabrics designed just for her in Nigeria.
