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Ward 81: Mary Ellen Mark’s Radical Compassion

The Photographer's Groundbreaking Project is Revisited at The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery at UMBC

In 1975, she was hired to take still photos on the set of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, which was filmed on location at Oregon State Hospital. It was there Mark first met the women who lived on Ward 81, the only psychiatric ward of its kind for women in the state.

Media & Literature

Book Review: The Avenue

China Martens' Debut Novel is a Striking Polaroid of Early Noughties Mayhem and Motherhood in Baltimore

Martens is a focused storyteller who delivers a strong narrative. The book is achingly heartfelt yet a whole lot of fun, a heady read by a writer who knows her craft and lets it fly.

Visual Art

Hal Boyd: At 90, the Prolific Painter Inspires Viewers to Witness

The Artist's Exhibit "Signifiers" is on View at Gallery Blue Door Through July 25th

Hal Boyd’s paintings operate on multiple levels and attract a diverse audience. They resonate with both high art enthusiasts and non-art world “civilians.” In this show, Boyd continues his exploration of the subconscious and philosophy, expressed through narrative imagery.

Visual Art

Hal Boyd’s “Active Imagination” Runs Wild

Artist Dedicated to Exploring the Subconscious in Lush Twenty-Year Retrospective at Gallery Blue Door

Hal Boyd wades into the gloriously oddball humanness of being. He pursues the lusty ocean of the every-person subconscious—a dreamland hauled up for all to see. Here relationships are loaded, flowers burst sexy, animals prowl cackling, beauty and hilarity intertwine.

Visual Art

An Interview With Ruth Pettus

Ruth Pettus’ enormous paintings of isolated massive figures emerged in exhibitions locally in the early 1990s. Each painting portrays a single mysterious male form wearing a suit that hangs like soaked armor.

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