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Latin-American outdoor market and celebration for Hispanic Heritage Month

Photos by Elena Volkova of performances and participants on September 24 at Creative Alliance's Tianquiztli market

BmoreArt's Suzy Kopf & Rebekah Kirkman talk about the orange boom and its marketing and mythologies

How did a notoriously hard-to-grow fruit spawn a whole industry?

Tierney’s mixed-media assemblages link humans and climate

The objects Tierney employs trigger memories and personal associations, but they also represent systems, histories, industries and labor, and the environmental impact of it all.

Finalists Maren Henson, Megan Koeppel, and James Williams II exhibit at the Walters through Sept. 28

A smaller sampling of Baltimore area artists still offers a compelling temperature check on subjects of contemporary artistic concern.

If successful, Pratt Workers United would represent over 300 workers across the Central Branch and 21 neighborhood branches

The union’s demands include better wages and benefits for all, clearer paths to advancement, and more staff input on working conditions.

The LLC, 405-417 East Oliver Street Partners, closed on the four-story, 71,744-square-foot building for $3.8 million

The legendary Greenmount West artist studio and exhibition space, owned and operated by artists since 2002, was sold to an LLC formed by the nonprofit Central Baltimore Partnership and real estate developer Ernst Valery on March 8, 2022.

Month-long workshops and discussions that underscore the importance of craft, storytelling, and community

Spread out over the month of March with live and virtual events, the 2022 festival's keynote speaker is Nikole Hannah-Jones.

The new magazine features manifestos, portraits by Schaun Champion, and more info on the critical reading and writing program for Black girls

Taking the form of poems, essays, letters, and stories, the manifestos are sometimes loud, as if shouted through a bullhorn, while others read like a prayer, a setting of intention.

Four Baltimore-based women artists handily exceed expectations when given an opportunity at the Baltimore Museum of Art

Lauren Frances Adams, Mequitta Ahuja, LaToya M. Hobbs, and Cindy Cheng received significant project support from the BMA to create new bodies of work.

Gregory S. Smith brings two decades of arts administration, business management, and event production

After almost a year’s search, Creative Alliance announced its new executive director this week.

How the Highlandtown arts center builds community with all kinds of bombast

For the team behind Creative Alliance, building trust is an ongoing process.

Photographers E. Brady Robinson and Kenzie Barnes braved the elements (the unseasonably warm day) to capture the merry festivities

On Sunday, December 5, streets around the Hampden and Medfield neighborhoods shut down to make way for the holiday floats, dance troupes, marching bands, adorable/terrifying enormous balloon characters, various Santas, reindeer, hot Grinches, Krampus, and the Mayor, of course.

(Mostly) 2021 Baltimore book highlights

Okay, there are also some 2020 releases included here, but let's give each other some grace...

The Guardians: Reshaping History presented by the Peale at Carroll Mansion

"I take care of myself when I'm taking care of people,” Audrey Carter says. “When I know people are okay, I'm okay.”

The last shows at Area 405 pay tribute to the nearly 20 years of work that went into the artist-run venue and studio building

The final part, the “Eulogy,” takes place this Thursday, December 16.

Baltimore Museum of Art workers are unionizing for livable wages, staff advancement, health and safety

Organizers say their aims align with the BMA’s goals to remake the museum into a more equitable, accessible, diverse, and inclusive institution. In a statement to BmoreArt, museum director Chris Bedford affirmed their shared interests.

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. 

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.