Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
The Baltimore Beat goes on, John Waters' personal film collection to be showcased at BMA, Remington's Raunjiba Design Center, Highlandtown's new Latino Cultural Center, and more reporting from Baltimore Beat, Fishbowl, Baltimore Magazine, The Herald-Mail, and other local and independent news sources
On the fickle nature of creativity and the desire to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are
There is more than the single story of the material; there is usually a personal tie-in, a cultural or historical reference the viewer can also pick up on if they engage with it.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Kelvin Bulluck and Justin Tsucalas at Collect + Connect, Overlea Arts Fest at Holt Park, Bromo Arts Tower open hours, The Peale's reopening party and open house, La Casa de la Cultura grand opening, CatVideoFest at Creative Alliance, True Laurels at SNF Parkway, and more!
Building a legacy while supporting a community
Timmons is especially drawn to pieces rendered by artists based in or affiliated with Baltimore: Amy Sherald, Elizabeth Talford Scott, Jerrell Gibbs, Mequitta Ahuja, Derrick Adams, and Devin Allen, among many others.
Photos from a glorious spectacle of Baltimore-based fashion design at the Baltimore Museum of Art
The Met Gala Baltimore was a fashion show and gala fundraiser for Joy Baltimore with a fashion featuring five of Baltimore's best designers
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Sondheim winner James Williams II, AVAM's new director, Cloudy Donuts, Rubell Museum DC appoints Caitlyn Berry as inaugural director, and more reporting from WYPR, The Art Newspaper, Baltimore Fishbowl, and other local and independent news sources.
A digital strategist’s tips on how to make your art business more effective on social media
Insight from DC-based consultant Hannah Westfall after a social media audit.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: D. Watkins discusses his new book at Enoch Pratt Free Library, Sanahara Ama Chandra and Hannah Brancato host a happy hour at CityArts2Cafe, Current Space bar opening, Highlandtown First Friday Art Walk, Galerie Myrtis hosts a zoom artist talk with Ronald Jackson, and more!
Not only is this book a compelling story of familial love and redemption, it should serve as a case study for educators in urban environments.
As urban cities like Baltimore search for a strategy to curb violence, Black Boy Smile provides a blueprint for healing and rehabilitation
Brown’s staged photographs reflect a lineage of Black beauty culture and rituals that are shared throughout the diaspora.
Black pop art iconography, like Jet magazine’s coverage and advertisements reflecting the 1960s Black is Beautiful movement and the Natural Hair Movement of the 2000s, are all influential to Brown’s photographs.
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Fluid Movement returns to the pool, Artscape planning to beat the heat, an end to wild weekends with Weasel, Baltimore Beat returns, and more reporting from The AFRO, Baltimore Banner, Baltimore Magazine, and other local and independent news sources.
Finalists Maren Henson, Megan Koeppel, and James Williams II exhibit at the Walters through Sept. 28
A smaller sampling of Baltimore area artists still offers a compelling temperature check on subjects of contemporary artistic concern.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Hoesy Corona at the Conrad Hotel, the Evergreen Museum hosts the African Diaspora Alliance, Megan Koeppel, James Williams II, and Maren Henson at the 2022 Sondheim Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony at the Walters, and more
Moses sees her role as a curator as a community builder
Moses' curatorial project, the Maryland Institute Black Archives (MIBA), uncovered the erased history of Black students at MICA and documented as many stories from present-day Black students, alumni, faculty, and staff as possible.
Baltimore creative powerhouse Landis Expandis virtually reinvents himself as a power trio
In a town full of creatives who might claim the title of “hardest working artist in town,” Landis “Expandis” McCord is arguably among those with a real shot at that crown.
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Ballet After Dark excels on America's Got Talent, Andrew Smith profiles Pigtown, Kira Wisniewski interviewed, and more reporting from Baltimore Fishbowl, The Grio, Technical.ly Baltimore, and other local and independent news sources.
An Artist Whose Collections Weave into Her Art
Though the first floor of Franklin's home is filled with art, there are no defined boundaries that separate the art in her collection, the art she herself makes, her collections in progress, and the more ordinary articles of her life.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Design Week at Good Neighbor, Greg Dohler, Chrissy Fitchett, Kei Ito, Erika Larsen, Rebecca Marimutu and Geoff Robertson in discussion at Catalyst Contemporary, Baltimore Jewelry Center's Summer Fundraiser, and more!
