MICA Presents: Photographer Dawoud Bey
MICA presents photographer and 2017 MacArthur Fellow Dawoud Bey speaking about his work, which is known for documenting black communities and marginalized groups.
MICA presents photographer and 2017 MacArthur Fellow Dawoud Bey speaking about his work, which is known for documenting black communities and marginalized groups.
The centerpiece of the exhibition is the artist’s monumental installation, Birth of a Nation (2014), which represents the abstracted figure of a black woman nursing a white infant against the backdrop of the first official flag of the United States. Suspended above a mound of earth, the quilt is surrounded by Towns’ ongoing Story Quilts series (2016–), a cycle of seven works in luminous fabrics and glass beads that narrate the life of Nat Turner and his 1831 rebellion.
The Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance invites you to join your fellow artists and colleagues for a Brown Bag on Wednesday, March 7th at 12pm. Come to meet or catch-up with staff from local arts and culture nonprofits and have the chance to ask questions, share experiences, and make connections. Don't forget to pack your lunch! We'll provide drinks and dessert.
Please join us for “Copyright Law and the Monkey Selfie: The Crested Macaque as Author?”
Join artists Mark Bradford and Stephen Towns for a lively conversation on how each artist pushes the boundaries of painting through a variety of materials and forms. Admission to the museum and event are free. Seating is limited and provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early from 5-7 p.m. to see Stephen Towns: Rumination and a Reckoning. The exhibition is on view at the BMA March 7 through September 2.
Chesapeake Arts Center Presents:
Group Dynamic Art Exhibit
in the Hal Gomer Gallery
Exhibit runs from March 1-March 30, 2018
Meet the Artist Reception: Thurs. March 8, 2018 from 6pm-8pm
Free Admission!
Artists pride themselves on their message and how they communicate with the audience. This exhibit explores how the artist's voice changes in the groups.
HEAVYWEIGHTPAINT is a feature length documentary film about four figurative painters: Jerome Lagarrigue, Joseph Adolphe, Tim Okamura, and Taha Clayton. They are at different points in their careers, but share the struggle to survive the difficult, often grueling, challenges of the art world. Each artist faces unique obstacles, but the painters' uncommon friendship provides the moral support to spur them onward.
Presented through an ongoing partnership between Howard County Public School System and the Howard County Arts Council, this year’s Youth Art Month exhibit features hundreds of works by HCPSS students in grades K-12, selected from public school art classes throughout the county. Inspired by the title theme, Drawing to Understand, students created artwork using a variety of media and styles.
In partnership with Howard County Recreation and Parks’ Department of Therapeutic Recreation and Inclusion Services, this exhibit showcases work by youth and adult artists with developmental disabilities, created in the Exploring Art and Focus on Art programs offered by the Department of Therapeutic Recreation and Inclusion Services. In these programs, youth and adults with developmental disabilities have the opportunity to explore a variety of media, styles, and methods of creating art.
Reception: March 15, 5-7pm.
Alex Zhang Hungtai, known for his lo-fi electro crooning project Dirty Beaches, juxtaposes electronic music with the large-format photographs of artist Adam Davies.
SAT Mar 10 | 7:30PM | FREE
The Julio Fine Arts Gallery at Loyola University Maryland presents Brenton Good: Assisi. In June 2016, Brenton Good visited the Italian town of Assisi, known as the birth place of St. Francis, and set in the undulating hills of Umbria. Good, an abstract painter and printmaker, brought back drawings of Assisi and began to combine the landscapes with his more familiar gridded abstract works. According to the artist: “These hovering forms and overlapping colors found in nature relate directly to other abstract works being created simultaneously.
Join us TONIGHT for the first ever Finalist Showcase at Baltimore Theatre Project!
Meet a selection of the Performance and Music Finalists for the 2018 Baker Artist Awards and get a taste of their incredible work.
Featuring:
Judah Adashi
Chris Ferrera
Lafayette Gilchrist
Ryan Johnson
Meshelle, The Indie Mom of Comedy
Lisi Stoessel
Von Vargas
Admission is FREE. Doors and light refreshments at 7:00. Show at 8:00PM. No reservation required. Limited to first 150 guests. First come, first served. Cash bar.
PAMELA PHILLIPS & TREMAIN SMITH EXHIBITION
14 MARCH - 14 APRIL, 2018
Y:ART Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of its eighteenth exhibition, featuring the exceptional paintings by Pam Phillips and Tremain Smith. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, March 17, 2018 from 6pm - 9pm.
You are invited to join us on Monday, March 19 at 6:00pm for a special Art in Sacred Places Happy Hour at Zion Lutheran Church. We’ll be celebrating the launch of this new stage in our partnership as we begin the matching process between congregations and artists looking for performance, exhibition, or rehearsal space. Come to network, meet artists, meet congregations, and learn about the program from Baltimore program coordinator Tony Small.
Free food, cocktails, and special guest speakers!
Join us on Tuesday, March 20th to officially kick off 'THE MOLL 12' exhibition featuring works by Tim Kelly, Lynn Mehta, Jill Tascher Basham, Bennett Vadnais, Lisa Egeli, Carol Lee Thompson, Tim Bell, Sam Robinson, Palden Hamilton, Hai-Ou Hou, Patrick Lee & Beth Brownlee Bathe.
Celebrate the First Day of Spring with us...enjoy a glass of wine, take in the show, and enjoy a live painting demo with Lynn Mehta out in front of the gallery!
DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
Evergreen Museum & Library's annual spring lecture series, The House Beautiful, presents a trio of illustrated talks by notable experts and authors in the fields of architecture, artistic design, and decorative arts.
More Than Music
Speaker Series - Studio 194 Theatre
Join CAC's Resident Teaching Artist Athena Hiotis for for this informative series focused on the professional music industry. Whether you are new to the field or have years of experience, these sessions will help focus your efforts to set your group apart from the crowd! Walk away from each session with tips, tricks, and resources from an experienced local artist. Join us for a general overview session, and then come on back to dig deeper into the different areas of the music business.
Jeremy Stern, the Creative Alliance’s Exhibitions and Programs Manager, hosts this monthly opportunity for artists to receive feedback on their developing projects. Each participant should bring up to three examples of their work, or works-in-progress, and look forward to spirited group discussion. Constructive comments are provided for all participants.
7-9pm | FREE!
Fifteen years after 9/11, American Muslims still face an uphill battle in the national imagination. The current political climate spurred on by constant fear mongering during this election cycle, as well as the saturation of negative stereotypes that flood the news and media continue to make Muslims the target of suspicion and hostility.