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Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice™ Exhibit Opening Weekend Celebration
Travel back in time to when dinosaurs last roamed the land and explore a variety of engaging and interactive activities and environments! In the Land of Fire, get connected to the prehistoric home of the Triceratops and T-Rex. Grab your little one, circle the land in insect costumes, buzz through a volcano with oozing lava and work through a swampy bog, and identify an ecosystem of animals and plants.
Mess Zone & Clay Play in the BGE Studio Workshop
Mess Zone & Clay Play in the BGE Studio Workshop
Open daily during operating hours
Admission is free with museum entry, which is $15.95 for individuals two and up. Members and children under two enter free.
Visit the BGE Studio Workshop and spark your child’s imagination through fun, hands-on art projects that you work on together! This summer’s projects are designed to get you excited – and learning – as you explore art!
Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963 - 2016
Jack Whitten made his sculpture privately in Greece—even after he became one of the most important artists of his generation. For the first time ever, these revelatory works will be on view in Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963–2016, co-organized by The Baltimore Museum of Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Stephen Towns: Rumination and a Reckoning
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.
Paint It! Ellicott City 2018 Juried Exhibition
An exhibit featuring artwork created by juried artists during Paint It!, an annual plein air paint-out in Ellicott City, Maryland.
Due to the recent tragic flooding in Historic Ellicott City, the boundaries for Paint It! Ellicott City 2018 were extended to include all public locations within the Ellicott City zip codes, 21042 & 21043.
Sacred Spring: Vienna Secession Posters from the Collection of LeRoy E. Hoffberger and Paula Gately Tillman Hoffberger
Sacred Spring highlights the Viennese Secession, an influential group of artists who sought to break free from the academic art of the past. Founded in 1898, the group shared their ideas through public exhibitions and images and texts for journals, including Ver Sacrum or Sacred Spring. Two calendar pages made by Gustav Klimt and Kolomon Moser for the 1901 issue of Ver Sacrum are featured as well as three posters by Klimt, Moser, and Egon Schiele that advertise the Viennese Secession’s exhibitions in 1898, 1899, and 1918 respectively.
Vibrance
An exhibit featuring work from four artists – Ilene Gold, Robert Hofherr, Joyce Ritter, and Mary Jo Tydlacka – working in a variety of media, from painting to art quilts to collage. Each artist incorporates bright color and elements of abstraction in their art, creating vivid works that are often inspired by nature.
The public is invited to a free opening reception on July 9 from 6-8pm.
Sondheim Artscape Prize Finalists
In conjunction with Artscape, Baltimore’s premier arts festival organized by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, the BMA presents a special exhibition of works by the six finalists for the $25,000 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize: Erick Antonio Benitez, Nakeya Brown, Sutton Demlong, Nate Larson, Eunice Park, and Stephen Towns. The winner, finalists, and semi-finalists were chosen by an independent panel of jurors.
Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley: We Are Ghosts
In collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Advanced Media Studies, the BMA presents an exhibition of works by MacArthur Award-winner Mary Reid Kelley and her collaborator and husband Patrick Kelley. The exhibition includes two films featuring their signature black-and-white sets and costumes. This is Offal (2016) is inspired by Thomas Hood’s 1844 poem, The Bridge of Sighs, in which the narrator, a forensic pathologist, laments the suicide of a young woman whose body is pulled from the Thames.
Walking Tours - Provide by the Baltimore National Heritage Area
Put your best foot forward and explore the best of Baltimore! Join the Heritage Area's Urban Rangers on a memorable walk through history featuring historic attractions, unique neighborhoods, and colorful stories that make Baltimore charming and unique. From the Inner Harbor to Fell's Point - we've got Baltimore covered!
Imagining Home
The inaugural exhibition for the BMA’s new Center for People & Art brings together 37 works from across the BMA’s collection to explore the universal theme of home. Visitors will discover paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, textiles, and works on paper from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Islands, as well as four miniature rooms, plus a variety of interactive features presented in three thematic areas:
The BIG Show
Opening Reception: SAT JUN 16 | 6 – 8pm
The BIG Show on Stage: SAT JUN 16 | 8pm
Members’ Artwork Drop-off: THU JUN 7 – SAT JUN 9 | 11am – 7pm each day
The BIG Show Open Critique: WED JUL 18 | 7pm | FREE!
On View: SAT JUN 16 - SAT AUG 4
The BIG Show on Stage Sign Up: Performer Registration
The BIG Show, little BIG Show: Loan Agreement & Registration Form
LESLIE SCHWING: Serious Weather: Views from the Middle World
On view: June 29 – July 21
Reception: Fri, June 29 | 6 – 8pm | FREE
Paper Cutting Workshop: Sat, July 14 | noon – 4pm | $40, $35 members
Unraveling mythic events in ordinary places, Leslie Schwing's mixed media paintings are animated with figures, glyphs, and elements both personal and universal.
THE BRA SHOW
THE BRA SHOW
JUNE 27 - AUGUST 4, 2018
OPENING RECEPTION | JUNE 30 | 6-9pm
Y:ART Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of THE BRA SHOW. This compelling exhibition features original art from some of Baltimore’s Biggest Art Stars. It will feature over 40 artists who have been challenged to come out of their comfort zones; each creating extraordinary artwork for this loaded exhibition.
Mayor Pugh Presents: Wellness Wednesdays Kick-Off Party w/The Black Male Yoga Initiative
Mayor Pugh & The Black Male Yoga Initiative Present: The Wellness Wednesdays Series Kick-Off Party!
Free Yoga Series Open to the Public at War Memorial Plaza, City Hall
Come to the kick-off event on 7/11 for FREE FOOD by Land of Kush!
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Wellness Wednesdays will get you fed and fit during this Summer with FREE Yoga sessions, healthy food trucks on site and giveaways and product sampling.
Sagamore Spirit Tour & Sunset Ride
Join us for a tour of the Sagamore Spirit Distillery and then hop aboard one of Baltimore Water Taxi’s newest boats for a sunset cruise on the Middle Branch River. Whiskey cocktails provided!
Young Blood: Opening Reception
Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 11, from 6-9pm
Exhibition Dates: July 11 - August 25, 2018
Caroline Hatfield
MFA Interdisciplinary Studio Art (Towson)
Mitchell Noah
MFA Intermedia and Digital Art (UMBC)
Mollye Bendell
MFA Intermedia and Digital Art (UMBC)
Madeline Stratton
Viewpoints
Experience the dynamic physical approach of Viewpoints. This work highlights nine tenets of a body in space, established by theatre practitioners Anne Bogart and Tina Landau. Follow impulse, make bold choices, and celebrate artistic risk-taking using this unique theatrical vehicle.
Classes take place Monday and Wednesday nights from 6:30pm-8:30pm for two weeks.
Writers LIVE: Dr. Eric Holmes
Writers LIVE: Dr. Eric Holmes talks about his book The Power of Seed. Thursday, July 12, Hamilton Branch, 5910 Harford Road, 6 p.m.