Traducciones y Transiciones: Mexican and Central American Independence at The Walters
An Interview with Curator of the Americas Ellen Hoobler
Translations and Transitions celebrates Mexican and Central American History and Culture through November 7
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Speeches, Champagne, and Lines for the Loo: New John Waters Bathrooms at the BMA
The Baltimore Museum of Art dedicates new gender neutral bathrooms to John Waters
Four new gender neutral bathrooms and communal washroom at the BMA named for the Pope of Trash and now museum trustee
The News: Baltimore City Police Oppose Vaccine Mandate, Franchot Chooses Running Mate, Solar Powered Oysters
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
Baltimore Banner makes news, Baltimore brightens up as Pittsburgh powers down, Mount Vernon residents locked out of planning, and more reporting from Baltimore Fishbowl, Technical.ly Baltimore, The Real News Network, and other local and independent news
Great Halloween Lantern Parade 2021 Photos
A photo set of the annual parade organized by Creative Alliance and Friends of Patterson Park
E. Brady Robinson captured the parade's exuberant energy—the inventive costumes, glowing lanterns, and tricks of light.
BmoreArt’s Picks: October 26 – November 1
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Liz Flyntz and Rahne Alexander at Red Emma's, BROS Monster World at the Baltimore Zoo, the Driskell Center and Phillips collection present American Landscapes Symposium, Jenny Golan at Gallery Ca, Sam Lacombe at Gormley Gallery - plus Baltimore Jewelry Center's Jewelry Across History Call for Entry
Carry Out: Comfort Food During a Pandemic
Restaurant takeout has become a primary way to make an event memorable and to support the local businesses we love
Artful Photos of carry out food from Ekiben, Larder, Bodhi Corner, Tortilleria Sinaloa, Blacksauce Kitchen, and mixers by CAnE Collective
Once Again, Into the Woods: An Interview with Stephanie Barber
Trial in the Woods explores rationality, violence, and the ethics of punishment through Barber’s trademark humor and wordplay
BmoreArt interviewed Barber over email about addressing violence, the fraught usage of animals as metaphors, shapeshifting concepts of “justice” and “community,” and more.
The News: Private Funds Fueled Mayoral Race, Hopkins Drops Medicare Supplement Plans, Who Guards the Art?
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's Baltimore news includes: Hogan's Presidential posturing, workers at the Walters and BMA unionize, to fund or defund the police, and more reporting from Maryland Matters, WYPR, The Trace, and other local and independent news sources.
BmoreArt’s Picks: October 19-25
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Amanda Burnham at CCBC, Thaddeus Mosely at the BMA, Teri Henderson speaks at CIRCA, School 33 Open Studios, the Great Lantern Parade - plus Motor House Call for Submissions for the 2022 gallery season and other featured calls for entry.
Gallery Roundup: Spatial Fabrications at MONO Practice, Juan Gris at BMA, Rania Matar at C. Grimaldis Gallery
Three Baltimore exhibitions worth a visit this week
Bill Schmidt and Jan Razauskas’ Spatial Fabrications at MONO Practice, Color and Illusion: The Still Lifes of Juan Gris at the BMA, and Rania Matar’s She at C. Grimaldis Gallery.
City Council Shows Support for Walters Workers United, Museum Director Cancels Gala
Baltimore City's law department says the union and the museum have “a complicated dispute” over what it means under federal law for their right to unionize.
A Photographer Focused on Baltimore Skatepark Culture
Saskia Kahn's Skatepark Baltimore is an ongoing, collaborative, photo-based art project
Skatepark Baltimore is an ongoing, photo-based art project about resilience, love, and identity.
The News: The Cone Sisters’ Legacy, Zebras on the Loose, Baltimore County Voting Districts Under Scrutiny
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
Indigenous People's Day, Escaped Zebras, Matisse and Etta Cone at the BMA, a school superintendent speaks out, and other Baltimore news from the Baltimore Brew, WYPR, The Real News Network, Baltimore Magazine, Maryland Matters, and more
Litscope: Libra & ‘You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey’
Being Black in America—much less Omaha, Nebraska, where the sisters were born—is far from easy
The best book to represent Libra this October is You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by sisters Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar.
BmoreArt’s Picks: October 12-18
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
The I. Henry Photo Project at Connect+Collect, Jaz Erenberg and Christina Delgado at Open Works, Zoë Charlton at Cade Gallery, Lou Joseph at Current, Unfolding Seven at Waller Gallery, Mallory Weston at the Baltimore Jewelry Center, Kelly Walker at the Hotel Indigo, and more
Art AND: Bill Schmidt
There is a feedback loop between Bill Schmidt's studio and his visual world, where mysterious shapes take on greater significance
Schmidt works at a tiny scale so that viewers to have to get close to his paintings, to have an intimate and “one-on-one relationship with the surfaces.''
Outside at Current Space: Photo Essay
The Current Space Members Cocktail Party on September 30
Photos of guests under giant banana leaves and vines and twinkling lights, and a conversation with Michael Benevento and Julianne Hamilton about Current's outdoor adventures in music, art, and community building.
The News: Brandon Scott Positive for COVID, School Police Surveillance Tactics, BMA Workers to Unionize
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
Baltimore news from the Baltimore Brew, WYPR, The Real News Network, Baltimore Fishbowl, Maryland Matters, and more