A Quorum of Queens: The Gurlz of Baltimore
How Nine of Baltimore's Most Revered Women in the Arts Convinced Me Friendship Is Their Best Work of All
Joyce J. Scott invites me to spend an afternoon with the Gurlz in her home.
Chelsea Lemon Fetzer
Managing Editor
Chelsea Lemon Fetzer earned her MFA in Fiction at Syracuse University. She is a 2019 Rubys recipient for the Literary Arts and a recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council’s 2022 Independent Artist Award. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in journals such as Callaloo, Tin House, Mississippi Review, and Minnesota Review. Her essays have appeared in the anthologies The Beiging of America: Personal Narratives about being Mixed Race in the 21st Century and City of Artists: Baltimore. In addition to mothering two fiercely inspired daughters and working on a novel, Fetzer teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Baltimore, serves as vice chair on the board of CityLit Project, and is the Managing Editor at BmoreArt Magazine.
Stories By Chelsea Lemon Fetzer
Voyages: Manifesting Joy in Conservationism
Baltimore-based Visual and Performing Artists Explore Conservation at the National Aquarium
"The words ‘childlike wonder’ come up with all of them. That's what the artists want to invoke in attendees—inviting adults back to play, realizing the power in being in that space."
Brinae Ali’s Tracing Steps
Bringing the Life and Legacy of Baby Laurence to Stage
It is late February 2025, the premier night of The Baby Laurence Legacy Project: Tracing Steps, Ali’s epic two-hour performance three years in the making, yet as the interdisciplinary artist begins to dance, I can feel the separative notions of time and place bend to the summoning of her feet.
Danez Smith on Cave Canem, Reckoning with the Use of Poetry, and Their New Bluff
CityLit Brings the Acclaimed Poet to Baltimore on December 8th
An interview ahead of Smith's reading and performance at A Home for the Heart to Live In: an annual gathering of Cave Canem poets hosted by CityLit at Motor House on December 8.
Is BOPA Okay?
New CEO Rachel Graham Welcomes the Conversation
An interview with Rachel Graham on the way forward for the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.
The Work of Elizabeth Talford Scott in Good Company at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum
Black Woman Genius Features Ten Intergenerational Fiber Artists from the Chesapeake Area
How else could Baltimore properly honor the legacy of Elizabeth Talford Scott, but with radical unconventionality, centering community and accessibility?
Jesmyn Ward, Scrambled Eggs, and Why The Future Depends on Black Historical Fiction
Thoughts Inspired by the Enoch Pratt Library’s 36th Annual Booklovers' Breakfast
This, the Pratt’s 36th Breakfast, was to be my first. And so, with little idea of what to expect, I daydreamed about Jesmyn and me sitting across a fancy table, spearing pancakes and passing the bacon whilst talking about characters we had yet to bring to life.
All I Am Is You: Unveiling Black Women Hidden in Plain Sight
Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown and the Tabb Center Public Humanities Fellowships
This fall, after working months in her studio, de la Brown is responding to what she uncovered in the archives with a public art installation in the George Peabody Library called Be(longing): Unveiling the Imprint of Black Women Hidden in Plain Sight.
“A Grand Panorama”: One Life Frederick Douglass Exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery
A Rare and Revelatory Collection on View
Douglass, as a man, was continuously evolving, just as he fiercely advocated for societal evolution. On view until April 21, 2024, this exhibit reflects how our understanding of his legacy is ever moving forward as well.
On Writing, Representation, and Baltimore’s 20th Annual CityLit Festival
A Conversation with CityLit Executive Director, Carla Du Pree and Festival Headline, Joy Harjo
This year marks the 20th annual CityLit Festival. And for the first time since the pandemic, the panels, readings, and performances will be fully back in person. It will be a three-day, three-venue event taking place March 25th, 28th, and 31st.
Baltimore Lunar New Year: Photo Essay
Celebrating Asian Culture in Baltimore's Inner Harbor in Photos by Elena Volkova
Baltimore’s Lunar Night Cultural Festival took place January 21 and 22, as a free weekend-long cultural event designed to embrace the richness of Asian culture and traditions through food and art in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and Lake Shore Park.
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