Art AND: Bonnie Crawford
On care work, connection, and paying close attention
"I do think that artists have always played an important role in imagining alternatives and bringing to light things that we’re not discussing otherwise."
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Baltimore News: Pink Flamingos Turns 50, Marilyn Mosby’s Policy Performance, Body Cam Bill
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Happy filthy 50 to Pink Flamingos, opposition to gun safety bill from gun dealers, Ernest Shaw podcast profile, Roland Park green space, and more reporting from Maryland Matters, WYPR, Baltimore Brew, and other local and independent news sources.
Baltimore’s Prodigal Daughter: Asma Naeem
How an upbringing in Baltimore and an earlier career in law influence the BMA's chief curator
Naeem considers her shift from law to art history, which had been an early passion, to be just that: a shift and not a U-turn.
BmoreArt’s Picks: March 1-7
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
19th CityLit Festival opens, BmoreArt’s Jeffrey Kent and Cara Ober in conversation with Ernest Shaw Jr. and BOPA curator Kirk Shannon-Butts, Nanette Carter lecture at Towson University Center for the Arts, Lawrence Burney hosts Baltimore Living Archives at the Parkway, and more!
CityLit Festival 2022: Free Programs for Baltimore’s Literary Crowd
Month-long workshops and discussions that underscore the importance of craft, storytelling, and community
Spread out over the month of March with live and virtual events, the 2022 festival's keynote speaker is Nikole Hannah-Jones.
Dispatches from Mexico City’s Art Week
Featuring the central fair Zona MACO, a collaborative show organized by galleries called Arthouse Project, and the artist-centric crowdpleaser Salón ACME
I sometimes think that CDMX is Baltimore's bigger, cooler, distant cousin.
Love and Basketball: Photos from the CIAA Championships in Baltimore
Women's first-round CIAA Championships: Virginia Union vs. Claflin
Moves, thrills, and sportsmanship as Baltimore hosts the 2021-22 CIAA Men's and Women's Basketball Championships
Baltimore News: BMA Security Guards Curate Exhibition, Art Health & Healing, Beach House’s New Album, and more
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: New exhibition at the BMA curated by security guards, "Worst of Waters" exhibit coming to Grimaldis Gallery, art community members describe their goals for the BMA, and more reporting from Real News Network, The Afro, WYPR, and other local and independent news sources.
Scaling Up: The Late Richard Yarde’s Watercolors
With 'Richard Yarde: Beyond the Savoy,' a watercolorist gets his due at the Baltimore Museum of Art
The exhibition will be many people’s first encounter with Yarde’s distinctive improvisational and graphic watercolor style which colorizes, enlarges, and simplifies historical photographs of Black American life, history, and culture.
BmoreArt’s Picks: February 22-28
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Single Carrot Theatre's Is Edward Snowden Single?, BMA Violet Hour: The Monument Quilt, tet[R]ad closing reception at MAP, Jamie Grace Alexander, Rob Ferrell, and Abbey Parrish panel discussion presented by Gormley Gallery, The Peale presents Unmarked film screening, and more!
Baltimore Art and Spirits
An Interview with Max Lents of the Baltimore Spirits Company and Gallery
The Baltimore Spirits Co. Cocktail Gallery offers a chance for one of my favorite pairings: cocktails and art.
Gallery Roundup: Elaine Fisher, tet[R]ad, and Chris Wilson
Three succinct reviews of three must-see exhibitions in Baltimore this weekend
Exhibits at Project 1628, Maryland Art Place, and Julio Fine Arts Gallery at Loyola
Baltimore News: Snail Mail, Strawberry Mansion, Abortion Rights in MD, Drug Paraphernalia Legislation
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Lindsey Jordan rocks, Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones' abortion rights legislation, local director Albert Birney profiled in advance of his film release at the Parkway, and more reporting from Maryland Matters, WYPR, The AFRO, and other local and independent news
Spatial Ambiguity: An Interview with Carol Miller Frost
Frost's paintings and drawings, on view at C. Grimaldis Gallery, contain a playful pressure and classical beauty
The experience of viewing Light Engagement, Carol Miller Frost’s solo show at C. Grimaldis Gallery, is anything but what its title implies.
BmoreArt’s Picks: February 15-21
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Lou Stovall at the Kreeger Museum, MICA Blackives presents Tom Miller Week, BMA Violet Hour with Lauren Frances Adams, Mequitta Ahuja, LaToya M. Hobbs, and Cindy Cheng, Dave Eassa opening reception at Cody Gallery, Maryland Arts Day, and more!
Red is the Color of Valentines Day
Valentines Day Looks Served Up by Doubledutch Boutique in Photos by E. Brady Robinson
Whether you see yourself in the Lupercalia "wild party bacchanalia" camp this year or as a more traditional St. Valentines martyr-loving romantic, today is an opportunity to express yourself with color and style in a celebration of all kinds of love.
FOLLOWING: @bethisms
How the painter incorporates AI, apps, and IG into her practice
"[Painters are] constantly trying to find new ways of presenting these symbols for the eye to interpret, but also let them become their own thing. But then this AI comes along, and look! It can just do it in a few seconds!"
Looking Back at Infinite Futures
In TLaloC’s 'Orbis Tertius: Hlaer to Jangr,' vibrant inflatable pieces filled the space from floor to ceiling, gleaming like alien objects, their purpose and meaning inscrutable.
In an economic and political environment where artists are accustomed to scarcity, the notion of excess space is indeed otherworldly.