BmoreArt’s Picks: May 4-10
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Stay home, stay healthy, stay engaged in the arts.
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Litscope: Taurus & Justina Blakeney’s Jungalow: Decorate Wild
Ultimately, what I love about this book is that Blakeney makes me feel like I could jump right in and start sprucing up my own house tomorrow.
Physical Strength and Powerful Community
In the Dark Circus Arts teaches a combination of athleticism and artistry
A career or hobby in circus is not an escape but rather a way of life.
The News: Hogan Lifts COVID Restrictions, Renters’ Rights, City School Board Speaks Out
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
Baltimore news from the Baltimore Brew, WYPR, Baltimore Fishbowl, Maryland Matters, and more
Radical Books: Red Emma’s
The bookstore/cafe announced that the cooperative has purchased two buildings that will become their "forever home" in Waverly
A cooperative rather than collective, Red Emma’s tweaks the sometimes oppositional, puritanical perspective of radicalism, expanding without compromising.
BmoreArt’s Picks: April 27 – May 3
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Stay home, stay healthy, stay engaged in the arts.
Carrie Moyer on New Work, Teaching, and Art-Making in a Pandemic
Moyer's solo exhibition Analog Time at Chelsea's DC Moore Gallery presents new works on canvas and paper
Moyer’s calm demeanor that has weathered the art world and beyond gave me solace during a time when having a studio practice can feel monumental and frivolous all at once.
Blacksauce Kitchen Returns: Remington Storefront Now Open to the Public
Centering food over commodity, human interaction over digital interface, and calm amidst calamity
For the past three years, the five-person team has been hustling to return and rebuild, announcing this week that the Remington storefront is now back open to the public once more.
The News: New Vaccine Initiative, 1% for Art, Baltimore Reacts to Derek Chauvin Verdict
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
Baltimore news from the Baltimore Brew, WYPR, Baltimore Fishbowl, Maryland Matters, and more
Artists, Don’t Freak Out, But You Need a Lawyer
Why contracts are an essential aspect of an artist’s professional practice
This column is not legal advice, but I hope it energizes you to go get some for your own specific situation.
BmoreArt’s Picks: April 20-26
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Stay home, stay healthy, stay engaged in the arts.
Just Our Usual Flag: Stephanie Syjuco at the BMA
A conceptually crisp and sharp critique of American xenophobia and racism
The stock icon has yielded to something darker and more ominous.
A Generous Spirit: Roya Golpira & Gutierrez Studios
When Gutierrez died of cancer at the age of 45 in 2010, he left behind a business built on hard work and craftsmanship, and a community of artists and friends who valued his passion and warmth.
“Everything that he did was going to be honoring the craftsman and artist,” says Golpira. “He always said to me, ‘Artists shouldn’t be on the edge of town... We’re primary to society. We should be in the center of town.’”
The News: Repeal of LEOBR and More Police Reform, Governor’s Race Update, Renter Freedom or Predation?
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
Baltimore news from the Baltimore Brew, WYPR, Baltimore Fishbowl, Maryland Matters, and more
Craft Conglomeration: 10 Favorites from the 2021 American Craft Council Show
This year's ACC Craft show is online, but no less full of dazzling handmade must-haves!
The ACC has continued its mission to elevate and promote the work of master craftspeople, and to make their work accessible to those who want to live with beautiful handmade objects.
BmoreArt’s Picks: April 13-19
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Stay home, stay healthy, stay engaged in the arts.
Art AND: Chris Bathgate
Constantly pursuing the feeling of learning something new, Bathgate finds himself experimenting on the edge of the technologies he employs
It’s important to Bathgate that his works be makeable, at least by someone with his extremely specific skill set, which he admits only a few people in the world possess.
All Things At Once: Visual Diary for a Wayward Year
For every experience lost during this year of quiet, do we gain something else?
I tend to pair images together to complicate things, to show that my life is not one thing or another, that there is always a subtext or a tangent or a side story and nothing is simple.