Baltimore's Most Fun Punks Drop a New Video, Wisdom, and a Show in Philly Next Month
"Politics have always been intertwined with music. I don't feel there's more of it now; it depends on what's happening in the world at any given moment." -Tommy Rouse
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Aaron Dante interviews Cara Ober, Lisa Snowden, and Michael Teitelbaum at Pratt Central Library; Transformer's Summer Soirée; Truepenny Projects presents Salty by AJ Clauss at The Voxel; a works on paper opening reception at Grimaldis Gallery; Dr. Sketchy celebrates 17 years and more!
Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson Celebrates the Launch of Her Book Where She First Discovered "The Designer Who Set Women Free"
Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free is the first comprehensive look at the life and career of the woman who redefined women's clothing.
Bold Color, Peaceful Vibes, and Fiber at the Center of it all
Close Enough explores the intimate power of gesture and memory. With works rooted in care, legacy, and presence, this exhibition holds space for quiet boldness and deep connection.
Baltimore-based Visual and Performing Artists Explore Conservation at the National Aquarium
"The words ‘childlike wonder’ come up with all of them. That's what the artists want to invoke in attendees—inviting adults back to play, realizing the power in being in that space."
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: GBCA announces the 2025 Baker Artist Awardees, several local arts organizations celebrate World Environment Day, Happy 50th Baltimore Pride, Tony Shore and Phaan Howng light up Station North, a Banner interview with Brian Ennals and Infinity Knives, and more!
Rubys Grantee Rae Red Illuminates Area 405 with Queer Video Installations and Performance
The performances, and videos in 'Paradise Portals,' are illustrations of human struggle, which despite the many forms our storytelling takes as a species, is the thing our work always comes back to.
Evan Nicole Bell (Music), Monica Ikegwu (Visual Arts), Chung-Wei Huang (Film/ Video), Lola B. Pierson (Performing Arts), and Lysley Tenorio (Literary Arts), each receive a $10,000 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize
Bruce Willen was selected to receive the 2025 $40,000 Mary Sawyers Imboden Prize, the largest art prize in the region.
Group Show Offers Textured Perspectives Amid the Art World's Overdue Obsession with Black Style
In curating CoatTails, Cornelia Stokes demands that conversations about fashion must reflect the nuances and diversity of Black experiences.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: CPM's Art Matters (in Baltimore) seminar, VILLAGER opening reception at Motor House, closing reception for The Walter's School Partner Showcase, TURNSTILE: NEVER ENOUGH screening at SNF Parkway, Baltimore Clayworks Seconds Sale Preview Party, Wickerham & Lomax opening reception and more!
Charles Ludlam's Queertastic Penny Dreadful, 'The Mystery of Irma Vep'
Ludlam wrote the play in the 1980s, and the current production at Everyman Theatre proves the genre has resonated for not only decades but centuries—still just as luridly, in this case also hilariously, entertaining.
The Asia North Curator Wants More Art with a Sense of Humor, and Less about Sad Grandmas
"I get angry at the Identity-Industrial-Art-Market-Complex forcing artists who could be free of that to just fucking make art!"
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Artscape 2025 reviews are in, Kimi Yoshino leaves Baltimore for Washington, The Driskell Center aquires a Megan Lewis painting, John Waters brings in the crowds, Good Contrivance Farm writer's retreat, Baltimore's first annual Puerto Rican weekend celebration, and more!
Family, Friends, and Colleagues Reflect on the Loss of the Artist and Advocate for Baltimore’s Creative Community
"She was very humble and did not want to put herself above the artists she worked hard for. I think reading these tributes she would be partially embarrassed at being celebrated but also touched to know the work she did mattered."
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: CLLCTIVLY presents We Give Black, VisArts May Opening Celebration, The Lost Weekend at Greedy Reads, The IN Series: ETHIOPIA at Baltimore Theatre Project, Vagabond Players' PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE, Earl Arnett book launch and jazz performance at An Die Musik, and more!
Photos from Baltimore's First Affordable Art Fair
What does Baltimore investing intentionally in itself look like?
Photos from Artscape on Sunday, May 25 by Mollye Miller
Artscape's New Downtown Footprint in Photos: Artisan Market, Food Lab, New Murals, Concert Stages, Performances, and Sondheim Semi-Finalists at The Peale
Bringing the Life and Legacy of Baby Laurence to Stage
It is late February 2025, the premier night of The Baby Laurence Legacy Project: Tracing Steps, Ali’s epic two-hour performance three years in the making, yet as the interdisciplinary artist begins to dance, I can feel the separative notions of time and place bend to the summoning of her feet.
