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)
The LLC, 405-417 East Oliver Street Partners, closed on the four-story, 71,744-square-foot building for $3.8 million
The legendary Greenmount West artist studio and exhibition space, owned and operated by artists since 2002, was sold to an LLC formed by the nonprofit Central Baltimore Partnership and real estate developer Ernst Valery on March 8, 2022.
Women's first-round CIAA Championships: Virginia Union vs. Claflin
Moves, thrills, and sportsmanship as Baltimore hosts the 2021-22 CIAA Men's and Women's Basketball Championships
Three succinct reviews of three must-see exhibitions in Baltimore this weekend
Exhibits at Project 1628, Maryland Art Place, and Julio Fine Arts Gallery at Loyola
Valentines Day Looks Served Up by Doubledutch Boutique in Photos by E. Brady Robinson
Whether you see yourself in the Lupercalia "wild party bacchanalia" camp this year or as a more traditional St. Valentines martyr-loving romantic, today is an opportunity to express yourself with color and style in a celebration of all kinds of love.
Grief and Gratitude in a Photo Essay by Jill Fannon from the February 2 Memorial
Mourning the loss of Lt. Paul Butrim, Lt. Kelsey Sadler, and firefighter Kenny Lacayo, three firefighters who died in the line of duty in January
When Nikki Stokes started out as a spoken-word artist, she never imagined herself as a fashion designer or a business owner.
At HGE Designs, Stokes maintains a balance between her handmade wearable objects, fashion, and therapeutic sensory objects.
Photos by E. Brady Robinson at The Cahoot's Brothers and Get Shredded Vintage
Warm Winter Looks from Two Beloved Remington-based Centres of Unique Baltimore Fashion
Brandi Lewis' upcycled wearable art, photographed by Jazzy Studios
"Art is something we see, passion is what we feel, and your craft is something you’re born with. They all stem from the heart."
A Year in Photos by Jill Fannon
At the cusp of a new year, it feels important to look back and take stock, to record the past year the only way we know how: through the vision and work of an artist, in this case Baltimore-based photographer Jill Fannon.
A Baltimore Holiday Photo Essay by Joe Cardamone
Seasonal Favorites: NIght time images of the annual monument lighting ceremony in Mount Vernon and the "Miracle" on 34th Street
The Circle and the Line: The Jewelry of Betty Cooke at The Walters Art Museum
There is subtlety, but never repetition in this retrospective of 160 objects. There is revelation in the tiniest nuance.
Trends and Sightings at The Big Fair Miami Beach
While it’s exciting to see works of art by well known favorites at Art Basel, it's a treat to discover new artists and galleries and this year’s big fair provided a slew of new names and programs to follow.
