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Dancing at Lughnasa
Irish master storyteller Brian Friel casts a nostalgic and transportive Tony Award-winning tale of five unmarried sisters and a household framed by their strength and persistence, where “anything goes”—until it doesn’t.
The Adventures of MR. POTATO HEAD® Exhibit
Have an out-of-this world silly adventure with MR. POTATO HEAD when you explore The Adventures of MR. POTATO HEAD® exhibit, at Port Discovery September 22, 2018 through January 21, 2019! Travel the globe and have fun learning on a jungle safari, an archeological dig, under the sea and outer space. Crawl through a jungle cave, dig for treasure, go scuba diving, and command a space station as you think about all you can be and do!
Unpacking Hateful Things & Contemporary Practices
This race conversation will trace the legacy of Jim Crow as revealed in objects used to dehumanize African Americans and will then connect this legacy to contemporary circumstances in Baltimore and beyond. This event is in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Africana Studies.
In conjunction with the Jim Crow Black Memorabilia exhibition, Hateful Things.
Reception: As, Not For
As, Not For is an incomplete historical survey of work created by African-American graphic designers over the last century. These practitioners are absent in too many classroom lectures, and their methods mostly invisible or uncredited in the field. This exhibition aims to promote the inclusion of neglected Black designers and their developed methodologies and challenge the ubiquity of White and anti-Black aesthetics in our designed world.
Mind on Fire*The Whrd*Liz Downing
Mind on Fire
A modular musical arts cooperative. We're playing a vivid set of sound and video including Alexander Schubert's "Star Me Kitten," music about words, fear, glitches, and tennis for orchestra and powerpoint. Also featured will be Celeste Oram's instantaneous video canon, "Xerox Rock," and "Ah," a premier by Louna Dekker-Vargas of the Witches.
Liz Downing
Makers' Market
Take home the best of Baltimore with locally produced art and wearables.
Are you a Baltimore maker? Exhibit and sell your work in Baltimore's original museum! More info here.
Mark Bradford: Tomorrow Is Another Day
Mark Bradford’s exhibition for the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale was born out of his longtime commitment to the inherently social nature of the material world we all inhabit.
The Adventures of MR. POTATO HEAD® Exhibit
Have an out-of-this world silly adventure with MR. POTATO HEAD when you explore The Adventures of MR. POTATO HEAD® exhibit, at Port Discovery September 22, 2018 through January 21, 2019! Travel the globe and have fun learning on a jungle safari, an archeological dig, under the sea and outer space. Crawl through a jungle cave, dig for treasure, go scuba diving, and command a space station as you think about all you can be and do!
PRISM Mindfulness and Creativity for Children
PRISM is a holistic program with experiences in mindfulness, creative arts and crafts, yoga, movement, music, drama, and community projects for young people, ages 6-12. PRISM is a place where children can unplug from daily stresses and tune into wellbeing with imagination, creativity, and friendship.
It's a Snap! Baltimore Photo Contest
Hey shutterbugs! The heritage area is seeking photos for our 2019 calendar. Your special photographs should reveal the places and people of Baltimore. Let your camera tell the story. For more information visit www.explorebaltimore.org/snap Deadline for submissions, October 7, 2018
The Adventures of MR. POTATO HEAD® Exhibit
Have an out-of-this world silly adventure with MR. POTATO HEAD when you explore The Adventures of MR. POTATO HEAD® exhibit, at Port Discovery September 22, 2018 through January 21, 2019! Travel the globe and have fun learning on a jungle safari, an archeological dig, under the sea and outer space. Crawl through a jungle cave, dig for treasure, go scuba diving, and command a space station as you think about all you can be and do!
Ryan Hoover, Visual Artist
Visiting Artist Ryan Hoover
Thursday, September 27, 5 p.m.
Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building
Visiting Artist Ryan Hoover
Visual Arts
Visiting Artist Ryan Hoover
Thursday, September 27, 5 p.m.
Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building 118
Opening Reception: Children of War, Portraits by Michael Fischerkeller
Michael Fischerkeller | Children of War
On View: August 22 - November 3, 2018
Opening Reception: September 27, 2018 | 6-8pm
Hotel Indigo | 24 West Franklin Street | Free & Open to the Public
Maryland Art Place is pleased to present Children of War by Michael Fischerkeller at Hotel Indigo.
Queer Curiosity
Inspired by works in the Walters’ collection of rare books and manuscripts, Baltimore artist Alex D’Agostino presents a performance blending folk magic, art, and queer history that is part séance and part dance. This interactive work presents a newly created manuscript of queer history and methods, and explores artifacts, history, and collective memory.
BALTIMORE JAPAN ART FESTIVAL 2018
The 2018 Baltimore Japan Art Festival (BJAF) will take place Sept. 28-29 at several venues located around the Station North Arts District. Presented by Nippon Motion, MICA & the Baltimore Kawasaki Sister City Committee, the 2018 BJAF will showcase Japanese culture through traditional and contemporary art, film, music and food, targeting an audience of students, residents and cultural supporters in the Baltimore area.
BALTIMORE JAPAN ART FESTIVAL 2018
The Baltimore Japan Art Festival (BJAF) takes place Sept. 28-29 at several venues located around the Station North Arts District of Baltimore, MD. The programming will showcase Japanese culture through traditional and contemporary art, film, music and food, targeting an audience of students, residents and cultural supporters in the Baltimore area. The festival aims to provide a platform for Japanese artists and cultural experts to expand American audiences' perceptions of Japan and build interest in Japanese culture.
Scheduled events for BJAF 2018 include:
Harford Plein Air Festival Collectors' Preview Party
The Harford Plein Air Festival Collectors' Preview Party is an annual outdoor painting competition and gallery sale presented by the Maryland Center for the Arts. The Collectors' Preview Party will be held Friday, September 28, 7:00-10:00pm at the Bel Air Armory in downtown Bel Air, Maryland. Guests will get to meet the juried artists participating in Harford Plein Air, see the paintings created of outdoor locations in Harford County, and will get to see which paintings win awards from art judge, Michael Skalka, Conservation Director at the National Gallery of Art.
4th Annual Harford Plein Air Festival: Collectors' Preview Party & Awards Ceremony
Congratulate the juried artists in the 4th Annual Harford Plein Air Festival sponsored by the Maryland Center for the Arts on Friday, September 28, 2018 from 7pm-10pm, at the Bel Air Armory, and have the first opportunity to view and purchase their work at a reception prior to the public sale. The $35 ticket price counts toward painting purchase. Light refreshments served. Thirty juried artists from all over the U.S. will paint "en plein air" (outdoors) in familiar locations in Harford County during the week of September 24, 2018.