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)
Party Photos from Our Magazine Release Party for Issue 15 at Woodberry Kitchen
BmoreArt's Issue 15 considers global influence in conjunction with unique aspects of regionalism, examining how disparate cultural elements become a part of our collective conversation.
Photos from Ballroom Baltimore's Competition at Peabody Library
All the Moves, Sweat, Glitter, Fur, and Fashion You Can Handle: Photos from Baltimore Ballroom
Three Finalists Announced for the 18th Annual $30,000 Sondheim Art Prize and Exhibit at the Walters Art Museum
This year’s finalists were selected by a panel of accomplished jurors — scholar and curator Kelly Baum, artist and curator Devin Morris, and archivist and curator Ingrid Schaffner.
Hip Hop Inspired Art, Fashion, and Photography on display at the Baltimore Museum of Art
The BMA's New Exhibit Explores the Trajectory and Impact of Quintessential American Culture
Expressions 2023 "Infinite Journeys: The Art of Becoming" March 2-5 at the Baltimore School for the Arts
A photo essay that captures BSA's gorgeous Schaefer Ballroom in dance, voice, and musical performance
In the past six months the BmoreArt core team has evolved to include new editors, contributors, and team members
BmoreArt's team grows to include new editors, a designer-in-residence, media and gallery coordinators, and a video intern
Connect + Collect Artist Talk with Jordan Tierney, Adam Stab, Lee Davis and Anand Pandian
A BmoreArt Gallery Discussion and Event with the Ecological Design Collective
A Photo Essay documenting the first major retrospective since the artist’s passing by Jill Fannon
A comprehensive range of carved wooden sculpture by nationally recognized Baltimore-based artist Joe Haviland is up through Sunday, February 19
How a restauranteur, chef, author, and television host became a leader for environmental causes pertaining to foodways, health, and economic justice
John Shields strives to spread awareness of the farmers, biologists, and environmentalists restoring the Bay and the watershed’s soil, and rebuilding a local food economy through farm-to-table practices at Gertrude's Restaurant
The MD Zoo in Baltimore is a global leader in animal and habitat conservation programs
“People don’t always understand how important zoos are at helping animal populations survive in the wild because a lot of that work goes unseen.”
A Year in Photos by Jill Fannon
Starting in January and ending with today, a photo essay that captures the fleeting intensity of 2022
A rare opportunity to experience innovative constructions and beautiful objects, as artists build a legacy steeped in historical research
A groundbreaking exhibition about the promise of upward mobility and the sacrifices endured by Black Americans to realize a safer and more stable life, realized through the personal lens of family history from those who experienced it directly.
