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)
Our new print journal features artists and organizations often operating below the public radar but making a solid contribution to city life.
Baltimore itself is a hidden gem. Sure, it has flaws, but for anyone who dares, it offers up sparkling and surprising opportunities that wildly exceed expectations.
Artist Zoë Charlton's Work is the First in the Initiative Unveiled in Station North
A lighting ceremony for Charlton's work at the North Avenue Market, was hosted with big crowds, programming, and performances.
A Conversation with Elena Volkova and Jonna McKone
At BmoreArt’s Connect+Collect Gallery Two Photographers Challenge Assumptions about Materials, Process, and Storytelling
PNC’s ability to bring local contemporary artists directly to the Orioles cultivates a sense of hometown pride and community.
The Orioles Birdland Murals Powered by PNC project offers an elevated, unique experience for visitors to Camden Yards, where living local artists are able to share their love for the city visually, enhancing the experience for everyone.
Context and Changes in 2025 for Baltimore's Free Outdoor Arts Festival
Artscape should have a long-term impact–not just on local businesses who happen to be located on the festival footprint, but upon Baltimore’s arts ecosystem as a whole.
The revolution will be local.
Paying attention to and valuing that which makes us special as a city and state will empower you.
An Interview with the Curator of “Romancing the Novel”
A new exhibition of romance novel cover art at McDaniel College celebrates the popularity of the genre.
Visual Art that Feeds the Soul, Inspires the Mind, and Wrests You Out of the Grip of Wintry Online Malaise
This month, I am sharing four major exhibits with you that will restore your faith in humanity, inspire you to dream big and convince you to bundle up and head back out into the real world.
It's important that we agree on the conditions to declare that we have arrived.
This week, Baltimore's creative scene was profiled in Le Figaro, France's oldest newspaper, but the concept of a "Baltimore Renaissance" is false.
Top Exhibits of 2024: Museums & Galleries
The best Baltimore art exhibitions of 2024 were groundbreaking, culturally relevant, and made me feel more connected to the place and time where I live.
December exhibitions that provide hope, insight and inspiration, centered specifically in the past, present and future of Baltimore
As we head towards 2025, it's worth remembering that artists see the future in ways the rest of us don’t, so we have to keep our attention focused on them so we can find new sources of strength and solidarity.
Party Photos by Jill Fannon and E. Brady Robinson
The BMA 110th Gala and After Party was a Who's Who of Artists, Patrons, and Political Leaders–and Raised a Record-Breaking $1 Million
