Haskins' Currency Studio Is the Blueprint For Baltimore Art, Fashion, and Culture
There’s nothing quite like Michael E. Haskins’ Currency Studio in the city. Looking around the space, you’ll find everything from hats, baby vests, jewelry, stools, tote bags, speakers, and more. The self-proclaimed visionary does it all: He paints, sculpts, makes furniture, clothing, and more.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: The Peale announces the 2025 Grit Fund Grant awardees, Motor House and BARCO celebrate 10 years with a fashion bash, Baltimore Print Fair canceled, BMA opens three new exhibitions, Free Admissions podcast from The Walters, Tonya Miller Hall leaves MOACE, and more!
Friends, Neighbors, and Colleagues Remember Artist Struck by Car while Cycling
A memorial for David Herman will be held on Sunday, August 10th, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Area 405 located at 405 E. Oliver Street in Baltimore. Please register on Eventbrite for a headcount.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Aliana Grace Bailey and Brandon Donahue-Shipp artist talk at Connect + Collect, curatorial talk and closing reception for Earl Jones at Baltimore Jewelry Center, Station North Second Friday Art Walk, Zoë Charlton and Sheri Parks, Ph.D. in conversation at Waller Gallery, and more!
How the Painter is Guided by Sound and Memory
While music is clearly a dominant voice in Lu’s work at the moment, and has been at least an undercurrent throughout her life and career, the other harmonic elements underpinning and interacting with it are as rich, varied, and complex as her palette.
A Life Devoted to Restoring, Reproducing, and Interpreting Beautiful Things
David Wiesand's custom built furniture workshop and showroom hosts an enthralling mix of original historic objects, lovingly created reproductions, and elegant adaptations where art history and technical expertise go hand in hand.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Amy Sherald cancels Smithsonina NPG show, The Walters wins an appeal, Robyn Murphy appointed BOPA CEO, a review of Benign Aggressors at Pazo Fine Art DC, NAS and the BSO, Peter's Inn garlic bread, Motzi Bread's Russell Trimmer, Baltimore by Baltimore, and more!
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum Offers Visitors an Immersive Way to Meet Their Eponym
While Lewis was a bona fide history maker, he’s not a household name in the way that other Baltimore icons are. One of the goals of the TITAN exhibition is to change that.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Never Forget… We are Humans exhibition closes at Full Circle Gallery, Baltimore Center Stage webinar, artist talk with Michael Haskins, Jr. at BLIFTD ART STVDIOS, opening reception for Forever Home curated by Alex French at Design Distillery, EROScape 2025 opens and more!
In Partnership with Arts for Learning Maryland, BAI Offers City Highschool Students Paid Internships with Arts Organizations Across Baltimore
The program had its inaugural year in Baltimore in 2017. Since then, it has grown from 25 to 50 interns, and the number of worksites has increased each year as well. This summer BAI interns are working with 32 arts organizations across Baltimore.
Rubys Grants Will Provide $255,000 to 15 New Projects, Plus an Annual Alumni Grant and 2 Materials Grants
The Rubys Grant supports artists in Baltimore city and county who are working on innovative projects in literary, media, performing, and visual arts.
Mayor, Board, offer Unanimous Support for Murphy's Leadership
The appointment, approved by Mayor Brandon M. Scott and unanimously supported by BOPA’s Board of Directors, affirms Murphy’s leadership and deep commitment to the city’s vibrant cultural community.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: ARPA Grants, Baltimore artists in DC, Mary Proctor exhibition announced at AVAM, news from Goucher College galleries, three new exhibitions at The Walters, recent acquisitions at NGA, Courting Art Baltimore, #T4T4T Festival, 20th Annual ResFest, and more!
Exhibit Calls on Contemporary Artists to Center Earth and Sky
On view through August 9, Brighter Skies includes works by Taj Poscé, Zoë Charlton, Charles Mason III, Erin Fostel, John Ruppert, Thiang Uk, and Dolores Zinny.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Lady Brion hosts Charm City Poetry Slam Finals, Constructed Memory MFAST closing reception at MICA, Nas performs live with the BSO, Vessels MICA Studio Art MFA group show at Sleepwalker Collective, T4T4T Festival at The Voxel, opening reception for Terrence Hannum at SPCE, and more!
DC's Frary Gallery Exhibits Johns Hopkins University's Recent Half-a-Million Dollar Acquisitions
An Art Collecting Committee was formed of JHU students, faculty, staff, alumni, and trustee representatives. They selected works from an artists’ portfolio curated by Ober and Inés Sanchez de Lozada, Manager of BmoreArt’s Connect+Collect gallery space that told a diverse Baltimore story.
Works from a Materially-Aware MFA Show Get a Second Life at Sleepwalker Collective
These are the critters and objects brought to being by artists Annika Marthinuss, Melissa Sutherland Moss, Benji Stiles, Tamara Payne, Blair Simmons, Ariel Oakley, and Katie Murphy, respectively, for the Maryland Institute College of Art’s MFA in Studio Art Low-Residency program.
The Board has completed the national search and is delighted to announce Nancy Proctor as the SNF Parkway’s new executive leader.
The Board of the SNF Parkway Theatre — home to the Maryland Film Festival — is pleased to announce the appointment of a new executive leader and share the recent results of its refreshed strategic vision.
