A Photographer Captivated by Baltimore Musicians
Micah E. Wood's intimate portraits capture a bold musical vision
Color-saturated images of favorite Baltimore-based bands inspired by fashion, design, and art
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BmoreArt’s Picks: September 28 – October 4
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Annet Couwenberg at UMBC, MICA Constitution Day, Matisse & Etta Cone at the BMA, Meg Rorison and Monique Crabb at Current, Landscapes at the David Driskell Center, Free Fall Baltimore, plus Solos 2022 Call for Proposals at Arlington Arts Center, Grit Fund Recovery Grants, and more.
Looking Back While Facing Forward: Laurie Anderson at the Hirshhorn
"Laurie Anderson: The Weather" presents more than fifty works from across a renowned career
Featuring sculptures, installations, videos, and photographs, and juxtaposing pieces from across her career with a host of recent works , "The Weather" is a dazzling display of what the art historian RoseLee Goldberg once called Anderson’s “powerful inventive drive.
Abstract Dialogues: ‘Repercussions’ at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center
This group exhibition of contemporary Black Baltimore- and DC-based artists plays on personal and collective histories
The show’s larger focus is material culture, specifically Black material culture featuring objects that contain history and tradition.
The News: 10,000+ Maryland COVID Deaths, State Considers Abortion Law, Bolton Hill Community Arts Project
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
Baltimore news from the Baltimore Brew, WYPR, The Real News Network, Baltimore Fishbowl, Maryland Matters, and more
Maryland State Arts Council Shifts Grants to Address Equity, Bringing Cuts to Largest Organizations
The new model for FY2024 projects that the smaller 250 organizations would receive 73% of the funding instead of the current 54%
The new plan will direct significant increases to smaller and midsize arts organizations and make cuts to the major institutions who have historically received the lion’s share of state funding.
BmoreArt’s Picks: September 21-27
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
The New Black Vanguard curated by Antwaun Sargent at MICA's Meyerhoff Gallery, Brandon Woody & Asya Shaw perform at The BMA, Cicada Parade-a Garden Party at Carroll Mansion, Bromo Arts Walk, and Station North Shines, plus Grit Fund Emergency Recovery Grants
The Station North Arts Walk: Photo Essay and Q&A
Photos from Station North's July art walk, with info about the district and the changes afoot
Station North seems to have stabilized recently with its official adoption by the Central Baltimore Partnership.
Litscope: Virgo & ‘Miseducation: How Climate Change is Taught in America’
If you care about the planet, and how the education of America’s children plays into this equation, then this book is for you
Miseducation: How Climate Change is Taught in America by Katie Worth explains how climate change is taught in American schools
The News: Public School Mask Mandate, Far Right Group Sues Baltimore, Reimagining the Museum, and more
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
Baltimore news from the Baltimore Brew, WYPR, Baltimore Fishbowl, Maryland Matters, and more
Art AND: Sam Bessen
Why the director of the performance series In the Stacks and curator at Hopkins' Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection wants you to listen to Classical music
"I’m inspired by these musicians that weren’t satisfied with the presenting platforms or ensembles that existed, so they just created new ones."
BmoreArt’s Picks: September 14-20
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: NMWA xChange, fiber artist + activist Tanya Aguiñiga, the 14Karat Cabaret at MAP, Betty Cooke's Legacy at The Walters, F.E.A.S.T. Mutual Aid Call for Proposals at VisArts, and more.
Rebellion, Relevance, Texas, and Lisa Yuskavage
Why is a painting of a nude woman by a woman potentially offensive, but not one by a man?
Lisa Yuskavage’s porn-inspired, rainbow-hued paintings of women in fantasy landscapes are featured at the BMA through Sept 19 in Wilderness, a survey show co-organized with the Aspen Museum of Art
The Mythical, Mystical, and Heretical at SPRING/BREAK 2021
The curator-centric show favors colorful, crafty, and playful work that transforms its banal context—two vacant floors of a Manhattan office building
This year, dozens of curators were invited to organize exhibitions around the theme HEARSAY:HERESY—a timely prompt in this age of fake news and ever raging culture wars, yet one that often manifested in decidedly Medieval aesthetics.
The News: Mourning Michael K. Williams, Hot Sauce Collective, School System Struggles
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
Baltimore news from the Baltimore Brew, WYPR, Baltimore Fishbowl, Maryland Matters, and more
Material Culture: Milk & Ice Vintage
At Baltimore's Milk & Ice Vintage, Clothing Offers Histories of Resilience and Innovation
Models Abbey Parrish and Paris Roberts bring historic vintage pieces to life in a photo essay by Jill Fannon
BmoreArt’s Picks: September 7-13
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This week: Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann at Morton Fine Art, Kei Ito at UMBC, Bill Schmidt at MONO Practice, Margaret Rorison and Monique Crabb at Current, Somethin' to Say at Galerie Myrtis, a call for proposals for the 2021 Gutierrez Legacy Grant, and more.
A Photographer Capturing the Unabashed Beauty of Baltimore
This photo essay by Gregory McKay might make you fall in love with Baltimore
Harmonious images of Baltimore created after six years, tens of thousands of photos, and thousands of miles on a bike with a camera.