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.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Baltimore Clayworks' virtual artist talk with Yoshi Fujii, Qrcky artist talk at Quid Nunc Art Gallery, launch for Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson's book on Claire McCardell at MCHC, The Lewis Museum's Jubilee, Eddie Kil opening reception at Make Studio, and more!
Materials Become Language in the 2025 Sondheim Finalist Exhibit at the Walters
The 2025 Sondheim Exhibit of finalists emphasizes the evocative power of materials in five mini solo exhibits.
The Burlesque Class of 2025 Invites You to Their Graduation
“We’re teaching from the inside out by really getting down deep into the issues that are keeping [students] from who they really want to be and translating that to the stage but also translating it to daily life."
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Amy Sherald nominates René Treviño for 2025 Frieze London Fair, Murjoni Merriweather and Rodney Jermaine Elliott (Qrcky) selected as 2025 Joshua Johnson Council AIRs, Dapper Dan Midas takes the stage, the Mayor celebrates Artscape's success, and more!
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
