Placemaking, Community-Building, and Poetry
The mission of the house today sits in alignment with the legacy of its former owners, Lucille and Fred Clifton, expanding under the steadfast stewardship of their daughter Sidney Clifton to nourish the creative ecosystem in Baltimore City.
Art to Music, Music to Art
The center opened in November, 2024. Nine months on, it’s become a beloved meeting place for sublocal, musically inclined artists.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: 27th annual High Zero Festival, Imani Nia Robinson's 3 Blind Mice, Opera Baltimore, Tawny Chatmon exhibition comes to NMWA, Peabody students perform at nursing homes, Baltimore's confederate monuments in an LA exhibition, the Streetcar Museum, and more!
The Gardens of Douglas & Tsognie Hamilton
Situated anonymously among vast swaths of verdant Baltimore County farmland, Tashiding is a marvel of landscape, architecture, art, and most of all a purposeful mixture of Eastern and Western traditions.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: In the Stacks performance at Peabody Library, Art with a Heart's Shop & Bop, Baltimore Jewelry Center's 2025 Graduate Exhibition opening reception, Black Is: Critique & Connect at CCCC, Common Thread at Motor House, Erotic Art Market at Night Owl Gallery + Mobtown Ballroom, and more!
XoXo Gallery, MAP, Hotel Indigo, and Current Space Make a Compelling Case for a Crafty Summer over Beach Time
Featuring Karin Birch, McCoy Chance, Monique Crabb, Julianna Dail, Lolo Gem, Huxley Green, Trevon Jakaar Coleman, Dooree Kang, Jeffrey Kent, Ahlam Khamis, Sarah Magida, Phylis Mayes, Jennifer McBrien, Katie O’Keefe, Cody Prysesk, Eileen Travis, Mariia Usova, and Rida Yawar
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.
