Fletcher creates her textiles with an unconventional material—Kanekalon hair.
Walking into one of Artise Fletcher’s textile workshops, which explore societal beauty standards and individual relationships to hair, audiences typically “come into it skeptical, not knowing what to expect,” she says.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: "By Any Means Necessary" screening at the Lewis Museum, Have a Nice Day Project at Guilford Hall Brewery, Kei Ito reception and talk at Stamp Gallery, Melissa Fossas leads an instrument workshop at the BMA, 25th annual Academy Art Museum Craft Show, and more!
A major exhibition at the NGA probes doubles and difference
The exhibition opens up the inexhaustible problems of the double, demonstrating how art is particularly well suited to explore them.
Latin-American outdoor market and celebration for Hispanic Heritage Month
Photos by Elena Volkova of performances and participants on September 24 at Creative Alliance's Tianquiztli market
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: DJ Amy Reid's 'Utopia,' an Abundance of art at AVAM, new Lexington Market looks to artists to preserve the past, and more reporting from ArtNews, Maryland Matters, Baltimore Brew, and other local and independent news sources.
Anything can be a puppet, anyone a puppeteer
A Puppet Slamwich is geared for an adult audience, yet it taps into a childlike imaginary realm where inanimate objects are stirred to life through playful action.
Baltimore Spirits Company names Penn Eastburn as the first recipient of its LAB award
There’s a long, storied history of art students supporting the booze industry. Now, a local distillery is giving back to the MICA community in a big way. This year, the Baltimore Spirits Company announced Penn Eastburn, a recent painting MFA grad, as the first recipient of its $10,000 LAB Award.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Our VOISES our Truth at the Peale, Black Joy is My Protest opening reception at Busboys and Poets, CAHSS Colloquium at UMBC, the BMA hosts Schroeder Cherry, Cordially Invited V opening reception at Make Studio, Beacon of Light opening reception at Creative Alliance, and more!
Contemporary Jewelry Inspired by the Walters Museum Collection at the Baltimore Jewelry Center
Featuring Jackie Andrews, Mara Colecchia, Nicole Dest-Forrester, Caitlin Duckwall, Luci Jockel, Andy Lowrie, Kerianne Quick, Sarah Parker, Risa Reyes, and Ashlee Wetta.
Photo essay and interview with Donna L. Jacobs, Full Circle’s Artistic Director
Full Circle Dance Company's interpretation of home offers a chance for audiences in Baltimore to consider dance in a whole new way
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
Two ceramics exhibitions at Towson University push the limits of the medium, with an artist talk by kelli rae adams tomorrow, Oct. 6
"Ex-tend, Ex-cess: Metamorphosis in Clay" is a compelling celebration of the versatility of ceramics. "fortune:folly" is a powerful and captivating show in which kelli rae adams explores and criticizes current financial systems.
BmoreArt's Suzy Kopf & Rebekah Kirkman talk about the orange boom and its marketing and mythologies
How did a notoriously hard-to-grow fruit spawn a whole industry?
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Sonya A. Lawyer at Stevenson University, Irene Chan at UMBC CIRCA, Ayanna Greene, Will Watson, and Jill Orlov at Bromo Arts Tower, When Will it End (Reboot) at Current, ABUNDANCE exhibition opens at AVAM, International Edgar Allan Poe Festival and Awards, and more!
Jackie Milad talks about her solo booth at the Armory Show, a residency at the Academy Art Museum, a travel grant, and a BMA commission
Considering the process of an art career in conjunction with creating good art is essential in achieving goals that might have previously been unattainable
'The Space Between Us' at Gallery CA recontextualizes experiences that are personal yet also universal
By recontextualizing personal and universal experiences and focusing on artists who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color, the show presents an opportunity for other BIPOC artists to continue breaking the mold of what abstraction can look like: a fundamentally multifaceted form of expression.
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: a tribute to Valerie Maynard, two Maryland lawmakers introduce The National Council of African-American History and Culture Act, Midway's last days on The Block, and more reporting from WYPR, Maryland Matters, The AFRO and other local and independent news sources.
Experimental short film series New Works expands to 2640 Space
New Works, Baltimore’s own showcase of experimental, adventurous short filmmaking returns this week to bring together filmmakers and cineastes alike.
