Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: BMA acquires close to 150 new works, Carla Hayden hired by Mellon Foundation, Grandma Moses exhibition comes to SAAM, Harriet Tubman exhibition curated by Larry Poncho Brown, a breakup at Glenstone, Motor House raises funds to rebuild, and more!
Do Women Still Have to be Naked to Get Into the Met Museum?
Guerrilla Girls: Making Trouble is exactly the show we need right now.
German and Polish Food Traditions Flourish at Chachi's
Step into the kitchen at Chachi’s at Fadensonnen and it won’t feel like a rotisserie chicken restaurant as much as an ode to the craft of cooking.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Young Blood opening reception at MAP, High Zero fundraiser at Current, Baltimore, The City of Accessible Arts Public Convening + Disability Pride Arts Fest at Pratt Central Branch, Station North Art Walk, The BIG Show +BIG Party at Creative Alliance, and more!
The Artist's Exhibit "Signifiers" is on View at Gallery Blue Door Through July 25th
Hal Boyd’s paintings operate on multiple levels and attract a diverse audience. They resonate with both high art enthusiasts and non-art world “civilians.” In this show, Boyd continues his exploration of the subconscious and philosophy, expressed through narrative imagery.
From Excavations of Forgotten Histories to Speculative Futures, the Baker Artist Awards Support the Unconventional
Works by Selin Balci, Kelley Bell, Oletha DeVane, Jordan Tierney, and Stephen Towns highlight the importance of rewarding experimentation, research, and innovation.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Amanda Leigh Burnham wins the Sondheim Prize, Gallery Myrtis' Emergence exhibition featured in Colossal, 3 local organizations win Frankenthaler Climate Initiative grants, summer can't miss exhibitions, Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson on Claire McCardell, and more!
The Artist's Solo Exhibition at Towson University Proves Visibility is Beauty
Side by Side, on view through July 12, explores intimate relationships between women and answers back to museums who have excluded LGBTQ+ subjects on their gallery walls.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Outdoor Sculpture Invitational at Adkins Arboretum, opening reception for Jennifer McBrien at Hotel Indigo, opening reception for Barbara Alicia Astronomo at Mount Royal Tavern, What They Left Us opening reception at Alchemy of Art, Cherry Hill Arts & Music Waterfront Festival, and more!
"A Jazz Romance: Ethel Ennis, Baltimore & Me" Released This Spring
Arnett recounts the life he and Ennis created together with candid detail in A Jazz Romance: Ethel Ennis, Baltimore & Me. The book also offers an intimate account of the midcentury music scene, Baltimore, and how closely the politics of the time overlapped with show business.
The Artist's Second Annual Tintype Celebration of the City's LGBTQ+ Community Joyfully Returned to Current Space
"Most joyous to me is to see the community come together, and what kind of the in-between spaces the process creates: people chat, meet each other, talk about their portraits and share insight on posing."
Making Space for Conversation & Feedback
The Crit Club gives gallery goers the opportunity to interact directly with the artists. More than that, this interaction is the primary goal. It offers something many other spaces do not: the time to think with the work and the artists, rather than simply around them.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Catalyst Contemporary presents Christopher Batten online exhibition, fundraiser for Baltimore Unity Hall, opening reception for Aliana Grace Bailey and Brandon Donahue-Shipp at Connect+Collect, Michael Haskins Jr. reception at BLIFTD ART STVDIOS, Sondheim Award Ceremony and more!
Visualizing the Violent Impact of Colonization of the Americas on the Environment
These artists acknowledge that our current environmental crisis is serious and frightening, but overwhelmingly this exhibition presents ideas through monumental, visually stunning works, where the contrast between beauty and distress pushes the narrative forward.
Iron Crow Theatre Proves We'll Never Get Tired of The Rocky Horror Show
Oh, fantasy free me! The campy queer sci-fi horror musical gets a timely Pride month revival.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Cindy Wolf and Charleston win a James Beard Award, The Clifton House hosts weekend event to honor Lucille Clifton, Arts for Learning to open charter school, Maryland Humanities receives emergency funding from Mellon Foundation, BOPA becomes 'Create Baltimore' and more!
Curated with diverse communities in mind, this new exhibit enhances inclusion and cultivates a sense of belonging.
While Baltimore’s growing Latino community accounts for 7.9% of its population, this project—the first of its kind—offers invaluable connections for Latinos to experience artwork directly represents them.
Baltimore Joins in on a Day of Peaceful Protest Across the Nation
On Saturday, June 14, thousands showed up with to peacefully protest on "No Kings Day" in Patterson Park in opposition to the Trump administration.
