Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
Amy Sherald's American Sublime shatters attendance records at the BMA, Create Baltimore announces Sondheim Finalists, CityLit is back with a vengance, Carpet Company double feature, new season announcements at Baltimore Center Stage and Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, John Waters turns 80, and more!
The Image Activist and Author of "tenderheaded" Among Headliners at the 23rd Annual CityLit Festival
Themed “Bearing Witness: Literature as a Revolutionary Act” the CityLit Festival lands at the Maryland Center for History and Culture on Saturday, April 11.
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2026 Maryland Film Festival, Donald V. Bentley Memorial Lecture at the BMA, book signing and reception for Deborah Brown English at Creative Alliance, Amina Ross lecture + film screening at UMBC, Passion Plays festival at Baltimore Theatre Project, and more!
From Serving as the CEO of Enoch Pratt to the 14th Librarian of Congress and Beyond, Hayden's Life-Long Dedication to Access (and Inspiration) Matters More Than Ever
Hayden served as the 14th Librarian of Congress, the first woman and the first Black person to be appointed to the position, until she was abruptly removed from her post by the current administration, along with over 100,000 other civil servants during the first half of 2025.
A Decade in the Making, the Documentary about Little People Makes its Big PBS Debut Next Week
During the filmmaking journey, Wyman reached out to Baltimore-based artist Jonna McKone, who joined the project as a producer in 2022. The documentary premiered at SXSW in March of last year and after going through the festival circuit will premiere nationally on PBS's Independent Lens on April 6.
Thirty-six artists selected from over 1000 Baker Artist Portfolios
Artists were selected by the jurors, for excellence demonstrated in three key areas: mastery of craft, depth of artistic exploration, and unique vision.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
Devin Allen to curate 2026 SCOUT Fair at Artscape, Inviting Light's final installation, Matisse at the BMA, Paula Phillips' SBM Gallery exhibtion, changes at WYPR, AZIZA PE&CE becomesSNF Parkway's first Organization-in-Residence, Seppia opens in Hampden, BSO's April shows, and more!
The Poet's Powerful Third Collection Takes on the Shadows, Beauty, and Beckoning Windows of Midlife
All is up for re-inspection: aging, body issues, the slippery cracks inside marriage, being a stepmother, a mother, a wife, a complicated woman. Hazen reflects on the meaning of everything passing through her world.
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Antonio Soto and Carlos Raba in conversation at The Walters, Zoë Charlton lectures at UMBC, Dream Big Celebration at The Lyric, The Tallest Dwarf screening at JHU, Driskell Center Artist Talk + Driskell Distinguished Lecture, Kongo Astronauts screening at the BMA, and more!
An Anonymous Painter Offers a Baroque Counterpoint to Rapid AI Slop in "The Infinite Known"
The ten small oil paintings in "The Infinite Known," all by an anonymous artist who uses the emphatically capitalized pseudonym ALBER STEIN, largely share an interest in surreal juxtapositions and hybrid content.
The Photographer's Groundbreaking Project is Revisited at The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery at UMBC
In 1975, she was hired to take still photos on the set of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, which was filmed on location at Oregon State Hospital. It was there Mark first met the women who lived on Ward 81, the only psychiatric ward of its kind for women in the state.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week’s news includes: One Maryland One Book selects Lawrence Burney, CitLit Festival announcement, Lewis Museum editorial, The Evening Ritual at Wet City, BREAK A LEG dance collective, Felandus Thames at The Outpost at TLRAR, Criterion Collection releases John Waters' films, and more!
Seen & Heard: A Video Conversation with Baltimore chef Spike Gjerde
Mount Vernon-ers, welcome to Bar Dali, your new favorite hangout
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Antonio Soto and Carlos Raba in conversation at The Walters, Zoë Charlton lectures at UMBC, Dream Big Celebration at The Lyric, The Tallest Dwarf screening at JHU, Driskell Center Artist Talk + Driskell Distinguished Lecture, Kongo Astronauts screening at the BMA, and more!
How a Childhood Friendship Led to "Songs About Monsters"
Authenticity is BCT's raison d'être. At a time when nearly everything we see and hear online is curated, edited, polished, and packaged for our optimal consumption, there’s a growing hunger for something messy. Something a little askew. Something real.
"Then, Now, and Tomorrow: CAPP New Acquisitions" Celebrates Two Decades of Collecting at the University of Maryland
The Stamp Gallery’s current exhibition Then, Now, and Tomorrow: CAPP New Acquisitions celebrates the collection’s twentieth anniversary by displaying the eight artworks selected by the 2024-2025 CAPP committee alongside older collection highlights.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
Full schedule announced for MD Film Fest, Merritt Gallery closing, Creative Baltimore Fund awardees announced, Jill Orlov is a big deal in miniatures, Nature Deficit Disorder at the BMA, Medieval Mindscapes and a missing manuscript at The Walters, MICA alum Yumi Hogan and indigo dyeing, and more!
A Troup Featuring Former Olympians Wants us to Enjoy Skating's Artistic Potential More Often than Once Every Four Years
"There’s certainly the huge value of competitive skating, but you have to think about, well, what happens after that?" says IDI's founding director Douglas Webster. "And that is the goal of Ice Dance International—to provide new ways of seeing skating.”
