The News: New Vaccine Initiative, 1% for Art, Baltimore Reacts to Derek Chauvin Verdict
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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?
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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.
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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.
Litscope: Aries & Safia Elhillo’s Home Is Not a Country
These poems center on a young Muslim American girl named Nima, but the issues that she wrestles with are far from childish
Safia Elhillo’s Home Is Not a Country is more than a book, it’s a complex adventure, perfect for restless Aries.
The News: Police Reform Bill Debated in State Senate, Mosby Pleads Her Case, Voting Rights in Maryland
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Curator Rhea Combs Joins the National Portrait Gallery as Director of Curatorial Affairs
Rhea Combs, Curator of film and photography at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, will start at the NPG on May 10, 2021
"I look forward to working with the curatorial team, NPG’s leadership, and its Commissioners to examine the museum’s current collections and how we interpret stories surrounding various objects," says Combs.
BmoreArt’s Picks: April 6-12
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
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Vinnie Hager’s Inventive Codes and Doodles
Hager's signature all-over designs can be found on skate decks, chairs, T-shirts, hats, purses, paper
Many of his most popular works are the clothing that he draws on, unique works of art that travel with the wearer to bars, concerts, and gatherings.
How I Know I’m Still Here: Visual Diary by Priyanka Kumar
Hellzones, moments, and several stages of limbo
I don’t fully register when the anxieties of one reality morph into ten other kinds in this new reality, but April is where it is, in my head.
The News: Police Reform Package Fails, Conflict of Interest at City Hall, Maryland’s Big Budget
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2021 Baker Artist Awardees Announced
This year, 36 artists across 6 categories get $2,500 each
For the 2021 awards, this structure "was specifically modified to address the needs of artists working in the region, almost all of whom have been affected by the COVID-19 epidemic."