Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
MacKenzie River Foy's profile of Stephen Towns for Baltimore Beat, Kriston Capps' review of Elliot Doughtie + Danielle Mysliwiec at MONO Practice, Baltimore Pride's growing pains, TU's Summer at the Center festival, Jeffrey Kent exhibits in three major museums, chef Loic Sany opens Nest, awards for
In 'American Vamp' the Baltimore Rock Opera Society Skewers Creepy Capitalism
The Baltimore Rock Opera’s American Vamp is arguably the company's darkest—and strangest—production in over a decade. To be clear, it’s still campy and absolutely features BROs hallmarks including—but not limited to—soaring musical routines, bloody stage combat, and at least one humongous puppet.
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Reception for Jess Gallagher at CCBC Essex, opening reception for Abby Fitzgibbon at Alchemy of Art, BSA's celebrates Maria Broom, Art After Hours Matisse edition at the BMA, NCECA community event at The Peale, Queering the Collection with Kookie at the Walters, and more!
Baltimore's Signature Arts Festival in Photos
Despite rain and cold weather at times, the crowds were substantial. The city once again transformed its business district into a temporary cultural destination.
Photos by KT Kanazawich from BmorArt's May 28 Release Party in MICA's Brown Center
What does "The Future" Look Like? Artists and Creatives, Subscribing Members, Show Up
Issue 21 Explores Models for the Future in Baltimore that are Human-Centered and Build Community
Who owns the future? In Baltimore, the creatives have a much greater role to play.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
An alternative vision for the Jones Falls, Galerie Myrtis turns 20, Future Islands celebrates 20 years, Artscape round-up, Devin Allen and Under Armour's Scout Fair shirts, highlights of The Baltimore Film Summit, American Artist Abroad at JHU's Frary Gallery, John Waters the poet, and more!
Featuring Works by Four Artists, The Project Speaks to the City
With institutions quaking, as a result of the administration seated in DC, I’ll meet you there is an essential interruption.
Video and Photos From the Artists' Talk at BmoreArt's C+C Gallery
Both artists explore a precarious line between the sacred and the profane, subverting the visual language of sanctified relics and precious gems, in order to conjure up bizarre and beautiful planes of reality.
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With a Practice Spanning Six Decades, the Sculptor and Public Art Advocate Is in Her Prime
Mears is a petite woman, and at first, I found it hard to believe that she often handles the cumbersome pieces of metal on her own, but as I spoke with her it became clear that she has earned the “Icon” status BmoreArt bestowed on her; she is a powerful force.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
David Byrne visits Clavel, the Lewis Museum hosts the Sondheim Semifinalists exhibition, everything you need to know about Artscape, Maryland theaters and the Helen Hayes Awards, The Peale Museum profiled, Lia J. Latty publishes first issue of "Black Is" magazine, and more!
Exhibitions, Feasts, and Connection: Views from the Celebration So Far
Asia North 2026 kicked off on May 1st with events continuing through May 30th.
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Video works from Martha Rosler + Pipilotti Rist at m/ Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Museum, Asia North Minute Monologues at SNF Parkway, 2026 Sondheim Semifinalist exhibition at the Lewis Museum, a conversation with Louis Fratino at the BMA, Forum Festival 2026 at Baltimore Center Stage, and more!
A Conversation with Komal Shah, the Indian-born American art collector and founder of Making Their Mark
At NMWA, nearly 80 works by women artists spanning decades of abstraction, material experimentation, and an insistence on taking up space, all from the Shah Garg Collection.
In "Fratino and Matisse: To See This Light Again" a Young Painter Pays Homage to an Iconic Influence
MICA alumnus Louis Fratino makes a triumphant homecoming to the museum that shaped his practice.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
Susan Fisher Sterling will retire from NMWA at the end of 2026, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signs Protecting Artists’ Creative Expression (PACE) Act, Baltimore Pride is on the move, Nature Deficit Disorder at the BMA, Lady Brion's Revolutionary Writers Poetry Festival, and more!
What Would Baltimore Look Like If Every Elementary School Student Had Consistent Access to High-Quality Arts Education?
TWIGS offers a choice of six art areas: music, theater, stage design, dance, visual art, and film. Participants are selected through an audition process that, in most areas, prioritizes artistic potential and passion over prior experience. Once accepted, the classes are free.
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Bromo Art Walk, TWO DAYS opening reception at MAP, closing reception of Solarpunk + open studios at Crow's Nest, opening reception for Bradley Milligan and Nicholas Wisniewski at Red Giant, MICA ArtWalk, When The Butterflies Would Visit + Hope & Faith McCorkle opening receptions at CA, and more!
