The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) announces the schedule and participants of the 32nd annualBaltimore Open Studio Tour, occurring on Saturday,October 24 and Sunday, October 25, 2020. This year the tour will be virtual, featuring a weekend full of studio tours, artist talks, demos, performances and art exhibitions on BOPA’s Facebook. The artists and galleries featured in Baltimore Open Studio Tour will showcase graphic art, woodwork, dance, glassblowing, textiles and more. Baltimore Open Studio Tour is an annual showcase of artist studios throughout Baltimore City, held each October as part of Free Fall Baltimore, presented by BGE and Maryland State Arts Council and produced by Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts.

Transforming this annual in-person event to a virtual experience allows Baltimore City artists to showcase their work, studio, and creative process to the Baltimore community and beyond. The weekend virtual festivities include video tours of participating artists’ studios, Lunch Live! Inside the Artist Studio, artist panel discussions, and the extended “B2020” virtual art exhibition. The list of participating artists, as well as the full weekend schedule, is available below. Sample artwork, artist and studio images are available to download here.

Baltimore Open Studio Tour: Schedule & Participants

Streaming on BOPA’s Facebook.

Saturday, October 24

Noon – 1PM: Virtual Artist Studio Tours*

1PM: Sanzi Kermes (Textiles) – Lunch Live! Inside the Artist Studio with Kirk Shannon-Butts, Public Art and Curation Manager at Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts

3PM: Zach Wade (Glass Artist with Live Glassblowing Demo)

5PM: Sharayna Ashanti Christmas (Dance/Choreography with Live Performance)

7PM: “Innovation, Isolation and Imagination: Creating During a Pandemic” – with artists Walter Cruz, Christopher Batten, Kyla Fryer, Will Watson, McKinley Wallace III, and Xavier Lightfoot.

All Day: “B2020” Best of Emerging Talent Virtual Exhibition

Sunday, October 25

Noon – 1PM: Virtual Artist Studio Tours*

1PM: Jill Orlov (Metalwork – Tiny Sculpture) – Lunch Live! Inside the Artist Studio with Kirk Shannon-Butts, Public Art and Curation Manager at Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts

3PM: Adiante Franszoon (Woodwork)

5PM: Benjamin Jancewicz (Graphic Art)

7PM: Live Virtual Panel “Looking Ahead – Programming 2021” (Thomas James, Creative Alliance; Joy Davis, Waller Gallery; George Collins, African American Firefighters’ Museum; Liz Faust – Catalyst Contemporary)

All Day: “B2020” Best of Emerging Talent Virtual Exhibition

*Artist Studio Tours will feature: Cynthia Jawitz Brower, Elizabeth Cadwalader, Italo De Déa, Martha Dougherty, James Alpha Massaquoi, Jr. and Nina Rutledge.

Artists participating in studio tours:

Sample artwork, artist and studio images are available to download here.

The artist tours and conversations will be available to stream on BOPA’s Facebook throughout the weekend. Visit www.promotionandarts.org for more information about Baltimore Open Studio Tour.

Free Fall Baltimore, presented by BGE and Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) and produced by Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA), is held each October, in conjunction with National Arts and Humanities Month, and showcases the importance of the arts with free concerts, dance and theater performances, festivals, lectures, workshops, art exhibitions, and special events. This year, Free Fall Baltimore will occur as a hybrid of virtual and small in-person events all month through Saturday, October 31, 2020. Visit www.freefallbaltimore.org to see the schedule of events and participating organizations.