Chloe Irla: Snowballtimore
This project began in the summer of 2016 when I visited over a dozen local snowball stands in Baltimore including Walther Gardens (the oldest snowball stand in the country!), One Sweet Moment, Elizabeth & Ziggy’s, Sensational Snowballs, and Summer Delights. I documented the architecture of each snowball stand in the early morning before the stand opened for the day. I then returned to the stand to order what I considered the most unique snowball flavor on the menu and photographed the snowball. Each stand has its pros and cons: for example, Elizabeth & Ziggy’s has the best ice, but Sensational Snowballs has the best marshmallow. Since that first summer doing research, I’ve highlighted these and other traits in posters, paintings, a Snowballtimore book and coloring book, and a website. My goal with this project is to establish Snowballtimore as an authority and archive for this summer Baltimore tradition and to publicly “certify” city snowball stands as being recognized by this project.

Artist Biography
Chloe Irla grew up outside of Richmond, VA but moved around a lot as a teenager. She attended McDaniel College before receiving an MFA from the Mount Royal School of Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2010. She has exhibited nationally and in Sofia, Bulgaria. Chloe has been a resident artist at the Vermont Studio Center and the Wassaic Project. As an educator, she has taught studio art courses at MICA and the University of Maine at Farmington and is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at McDaniel College. Chloe lives in Westminster, MD with her husband, fellow artist Jason Irla, and her young daughter, Felix. She loves reading and listening to podcasts, baking, gardening, and cycling.

Also on exhibit Hamilton Gallery exhibiting artist members:
Jude Asher, Loring Boglioli, Marisa Canino, Carlotta Cerrato, Schroeder Cherry, Ron Cohn, Diane Dennis, Grace Doyle, Nancy Keene Fishel, Amy Klainer, L. Nef’fahtiti Partlow-Myrick, Linda Popp, Lynn Poshepny, Lee Quick, Theresa Reuter, Therese Spadaro, Bridget Z. Sullivan, Richard Sullivan, Maxine Taylor, & Alex Vanicky.