The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: UMBC Senior Thesis opening reception, closing reception for Jonna McKone and Elena Volkva at Connect + Collect, Cathy Cook Film Retrospective at Current Space, John Waters book signing at Atomic Books, opening reception for Piper Shepard at Academy Art Museum, and more!
Our new print journal features artists and organizations often operating below the public radar but making a solid contribution to city life.
Baltimore itself is a hidden gem. Sure, it has flaws, but for anyone who dares, it offers up sparkling and surprising opportunities that wildly exceed expectations.
The Multi-Media Artist Interrogates the Cost of Fast Fashion and Offers Models of Repair
Camouflage renders beauty and material repurposing from the catastrophes of environmental degradation. The beauty here is not empty or slight, but deeply ethical, a slow product of intense labor and years of study and gestation.
Award-winning Fermenters Invite the Curious to Market, Bar, and Tasting Room in Govans
In 2022, Meaghan and Shane Carpenter opened Hex Superette in the front of their manufacturing facility on York Road. The sun-drenched dining room overlooks the grocery store.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Honorary MICA degrees for Christopher Myers and George Ciscle, Baltimore turns up for Turnstile, reactions to Dr. Carla Hayden's firing, coleman a. jordan | ebo at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennial, the lasting legacy of Black Cherry Puppet Theater, and more!
A Long-Overdue Monograph Offers a Complex Portrait of the Man Who Documented Baltimore's Seedy Underbelly
This month, storied art publisher Phaidon ships a hefty tome dedicated to one of the city's most overlooked (but important) photographers, who immortalized a sleazy queer Baltimore that no longer exists.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: JOCK’N BLUES unveiling + reception at BLIFTD ART STVDIOS, May Bromo Art Walk, Chew-Ache opening reception at The Compound, Preakness Festival 150 opening reception at MAP, MICA ArtWalk Opening and Exhibition, opening reception for Hosey Corona at Creative Alliance, and more!
Observations and Highlights from the Best Satellite Fairs
Springtime for discounts in Chelsea, winter for artists and galleries...
How Ainsley Burrows & Laurielle Noel's All-Black Burlesque Production Draws on Legacy as it Meets the Moment
“We lean into the erotic nature of it. We lean into the artistic nature. We lean into the transcendent nature of it,” Burrows says. “If you’re feeling good about yourself then it is more difficult for you to do something that will oppress someone or will oppress yourself.”
The Upendo Trumpeter Discusses the Band's New Album, Influences, and Love as a Volcano
In Upendo's latest album "For the Love of it All" the band brings experience and heritage to new compositions.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Julia M. Alexander passes away from heart attack, The Banner wins a Pulitzer, The Phillips Collection appoints Tiffany McGettigan and Clarisse Fava-Piz, 2025 Screenwriters Competition announced, BMA's upcoming exhibition The Way of Nature, and more!
Artist Zoë Charlton's Work is the First in the Initiative Unveiled in Station North
A lighting ceremony for Charlton's work at the North Avenue Market, was hosted with big crowds, programming, and performances.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Baker Artist Talks at The Peale, Baltimore Rock Opera Society's "Lempira," 2025 Lewis Musuem Gala, Sondheim artist talks at the Walters, opening reception for Ling-lin Ku and Rachel Suzanne Smith at Baltimore Jewelry Center, Station North First Friday Art Walk, and more!
The Creative Alliance Celebrates 30 Years at their Annual Gala Event
Creative Alliance Honors Linda de Palma and JM Giordano for Lifetime Achievement
On May 1 Protests in Baltimore to Stop the Billionaire Takeover
Six smaller rallies came together in Baltimore as a massive protest against the Trump Administration
Onstage Through May 18
What happens when two women, each born into royal circumstances with claims to the throne of England, grow up to become bitter rivals? We have the makings of an imperial tale of political and religious intrigue that is as riveting now as it must have been almost 500 years ago.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Graham Projects gets a home in Station North, the inaugural Scout Art Fair at Artscape 2025, Baltimore Center Stage news, Asia North and AVAM's Kinetic Sculpture Race return for 2025, Kennedy Center cancels Pride celebration, Tavish Forsyth's bare backlash, and more!
Music, Poetry, and a Love Letter to Baltimore: Annual Gathering of Activists and Artists is Growing
Judah Adashi hated the idea that Freddie Gray would be forgotten to most people, especially in Baltimore. Through music and art, he wanted to change that.
