Executive Director & Publisher
Cara Ober is an artist, arts writer, curator, and the Executive Director and Publisher at BmoreArt, Baltimore’s platform for art and culture, which includes web and print publishing, artist books, a gallery, and events series. She writes regularly about artist, museum, and material culture, with emphasis on context and subtext in the art world. In 2022, Ober was awarded the Sue Hess Legacy Arts Advocate of the Year Award in MD.
In 2019, she was awarded a Rabkin Art Writers Grant and was commissioned by the Warhol Foundation to write “Artspeak and Audience” for Common Field’s Field Perspectives Series. In addition to her regular writing and editing for BmoreArt, Ober has published articles in New York Magazine, Hyperallergic, Burnaway, Art Papers, ARTnews, and currently writes a monthly art column at The Baltimore Banner.
Cara has taught and lectured at MICA, Johns Hopkins, American University, UMBC, and Goucher College. She holds an MFA in painting from MICA and a degree in fine arts from American University. You can email her at [email protected]. (Photo Credit: E. Brady Robinson)
Photos by Elena Volkova from the release party for Issue 12, celebrating visionary, maximalist-leaning creatives
“More is More” is the theme for BmoreArt's Issue 12, where maximalism, inclusivity, exuberance, and accumulation become the modus operandi for a post-pandemic world.
A photo essay of fun and stylish lewks from Baltimore's premier vintage shopping event
The 2021 Baltimore Vintage Expo is the perfect environment to showcase a range of advanced sartorial decisions and fashion-forward individuals.
Courtney Richeson's series presents varied ecological regions and built environments
The Views from the Train series mimics the contemplative act of looking out the window and speculating on the various ways of living in the world
An Interview with Curator of the Americas Ellen Hoobler
Translations and Transitions celebrates Mexican and Central American History and Culture through November 7
The Baltimore Museum of Art dedicates new gender neutral bathrooms to John Waters
Four new gender neutral bathrooms and communal washroom at the BMA named for the Pope of Trash and now museum trustee
Restaurant takeout has become a primary way to make an event memorable and to support the local businesses we love
Artful Photos of carry out food from Ekiben, Larder, Bodhi Corner, Tortilleria Sinaloa, Blacksauce Kitchen, and mixers by CAnE Collective
The Current Space Members Cocktail Party on September 30
Photos of guests under giant banana leaves and vines and twinkling lights, and a conversation with Michael Benevento and Julianne Hamilton about Current's outdoor adventures in music, art, and community building.
Micah E. Wood's intimate portraits capture a bold musical vision
Color-saturated images of favorite Baltimore-based bands inspired by fashion, design, and art
The new model for FY2024 projects that the smaller 250 organizations would receive 73% of the funding instead of the current 54%
The new plan will direct significant increases to smaller and midsize arts organizations and make cuts to the major institutions who have historically received the lion’s share of state funding.
Photos from Station North's July art walk, with info about the district and the changes afoot
Station North seems to have stabilized recently with its official adoption by the Central Baltimore Partnership.
Why is a painting of a nude woman by a woman potentially offensive, but not one by a man?
Lisa Yuskavage’s porn-inspired, rainbow-hued paintings of women in fantasy landscapes are featured at the BMA through Sept 19 in Wilderness, a survey show co-organized with the Aspen Museum of Art
At Baltimore's Milk & Ice Vintage, Clothing Offers Histories of Resilience and Innovation
Models Abbey Parrish and Paris Roberts bring historic vintage pieces to life in a photo essay by Jill Fannon
