Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Hogan not running for Senate, Safe Streets program is dangerous work, a profile on 'Rat Film' filmmaker Theo Anthony, and more reporting from Baltimore Magazine, Technical.ly Baltimore, The Art Newspaper, and other local and independent news sources.
The painter and professor on parenthood, vulnerability, and why it's important to have a 'mindset of experimentation'
"While exploring new hobbies, I came across new materials [and] I had collected ideas over the years that I had always hoped to explore."
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Open House exhibition at MICA, Barbara Takenaga on NMWA xChange: Pulsating Patterns talk show, SHAN Wallace and Webster Phillips at Pratt Library, Forever Indonesia exhibition artist talk at TU Asian Arts + Culture Center, Chris Wilson solo exhibition reception at Julio Fine Arts, and more!
Hosted jointly by the SNF Parkway Theater and the Enoch Pratt Free Library, the yearlong Baltimore Living Archives Residency features Lawrence Burney and SHAN Wallace
The residency gives artists access to the Pratt’s archives as well as the Parkway’s resources, along with the ability to publicly present their research.
Grief and Gratitude in a Photo Essay by Jill Fannon from the February 2 Memorial
Mourning the loss of Lt. Paul Butrim, Lt. Kelsey Sadler, and firefighter Kenny Lacayo, three firefighters who died in the line of duty in January
The new magazine features manifestos, portraits by Schaun Champion, and more info on the critical reading and writing program for Black girls
Taking the form of poems, essays, letters, and stories, the manifestos are sometimes loud, as if shouted through a bullhorn, while others read like a prayer, a setting of intention.
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Local podcasts highlight Baltimore creatives, new art coming to The Walters and BMA, MTA plans for the distant future, and more reporting from Community Architect Daily, No Pix After Dark podcast, ARTnews, and other local and independent news sources.
When Nikki Stokes started out as a spoken-word artist, she never imagined herself as a fashion designer or a business owner.
At HGE Designs, Stokes maintains a balance between her handmade wearable objects, fashion, and therapeutic sensory objects.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Chesapeake Art Center's protest art exhibition, BOOOM by Anthony Grant at good neighbor, Ernest Shaw at Top of the World, IAM that IAM at Waller Gallery, Ornamenta 2022 kicks off at Baltimore Jewelry Center, VisArts hosts opening receptions, and more!
A new chapbook organized by Ann Quinn is both an anthology and a self-directed workshop for poets looking to expand their skills
Poetry Is Life, a new poetry workbook published this month by Baltimore’s Yellow Arrow Publishing, morphs a successful workshop into a handy, portable, and non-electronic format.
A look back at 2021 releases from Baltimore/DC-affiliated artists in anticipation for 2022
Entering 2022, it is gratifying that this city's music is still full of such vitality.
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
Early lights-out for The Block, AVAM whirligig under renovation, Bramble Baking Co, and more reporting from Baltimore Brew, Greater Greater Washington, The Real News Network, and other local and independent news sources.
Baltimore roller-skating women in photos by E. Brady Robinson
Remembering how empowered skating made her feel as a girl, she hit the streets, meeting up with friends and eventually a wider network of female-identifying Baltimore skaters.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Icons of American Animation opens at McDaniel College + Carroll Arts Center, Exeter hosts an artist talk with Elizabeth Flood and Bradley Milligan, No Pix After Dark interviews E. Brady Robinson at Hotel Indigo, Bria Sterling-Wilson opens at Hooper House, and more!
Four Baltimore-based women artists handily exceed expectations when given an opportunity at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Lauren Frances Adams, Mequitta Ahuja, LaToya M. Hobbs, and Cindy Cheng received significant project support from the BMA to create new bodies of work.
The city-wide triennial features site-specific work responding to New Orleans, the American South and, often as a result, issues of environmental, economic, and racial justice
With 17 different venues and a map in hand, I moved in currents and countercurrents over the course of my 11-day visit and still didn’t see it all.
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Marilyn and Nick Mosby make news again, Gun Trace Task Force explained, Hogan proposes tax cuts with Maryland's projected surplus, cause for celebration in Belair-Edison, and more reporting from The Real News Network, Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore Brew, and more.
The maximalist mixed-media artist talks about taste, class, and asking questions of the world—and other artists—around her
"I think fundamentally artists are always interested in what comes next—what happens if I push this idea further, what happens if I try this new material, etc."
