The Poet's Powerful Third Collection Takes on the Shadows, Beauty, and Beckoning Windows of Midlife
All is up for re-inspection: aging, body issues, the slippery cracks inside marriage, being a stepmother, a mother, a wife, a complicated woman. Hazen reflects on the meaning of everything passing through her world.
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.
The Poet's Newest Collection Is a Triumphant (and Heartbreaking) Ode to Not Giving Up
As with all of the author’s finest work, meaning often is not explicit, but instead buried within sonic language like a treasure to discover.
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.
Beautiful New Book Blends the Baltimore-based Author's Visual Works with Fiction
Deborah English's illustrated fiction is more high art than a graphic novel, more expansive than an illustrated work.
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.
An Interdisciplinary Practice Uses Cameraless Photography to Reflect the Horrors of Nuclear War
“The light entered my grandfather and, as a third-generation survivor, the light has been passed down through me. I pass it on through my work,” says Baltimore-based artist Kei Ito.
A Competitive MFA Degree from a Well-Funded, Multidisciplinary Art Department
Towson University's MFA in Studio Arts is a supportive environment that is affordable, nearby, and academically rigorous.
A Book for Art Nerds and Aficionados, as well as the Culturally Curious
Get the Picture: Bianca Bosker’s Journey Among Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Her How to See (February 2024 Viking)
Exhibiting at the Creative Alliance's Main Gallery Through June 17
MJ Neuberger’s installation-based exhibition at the Creative Alliance centers on healing intergenerational race and gender-based trauma.
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.
Remembering a consummate art raconteur with a big heart who blossomed here, a brilliant artist, collaborator, and friend
David was one of us, a crazy good art citizen. He leaves a bountiful legacy behind.
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.