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John Lennon’s “Lost Weekend” Found: May Pang on Love, a Recent Documentary, and Upcoming Exhibition
May Pang comes across as a bit more punk than your average Beatles fan. From under a bob of lilac hair, she speaks with that mischievous native Manhattanite inflection that makes every anecdote sound like an inside joke between old friends who’ve known each other all along. But who...
Polymer Polyps, Catholic Cicadas, and Drag Dryads: the Metamorphic Work of Raúl de Nieves
“I’ve learned that asking for help can be transformative,” Raúl de Nieves says in a tone that makes the statement itself sound almost like a pleading question posed to the group assembled for his artist talk at the Baltimore Museum of Art. “It’s a way to grow,” he clarifies more definitively. “In life we are constantly not realizing how much help is around us. Finding it becomes a catalyst for growth.”
BmoreArt News: August Wilson, Joyce J. Scott, Sondheim Finalists
This week’s news includes: Baltimore August Wilson Celebration, national press for hometown hero Joyce J. Scott, Sondheim Finalist exhibition opens at The Walters, regenerative farming and restaurants in Baltimore, SNF Parkway + Mobtown Ballroom partnership, sneak peek of the new restaurant replacing Cafe Hon, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, swimming installation by Monica Jahan Bose, Pratt Library refurbishment, Hunting Ground to close, and new public artwork and the tale of two Brentwoods — with reporting from Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore Fishbowl, Baltimore Brew, and other local and independent news sources.
BmoreArt’s Picks: July 16-22
This Week: 2024 Sondheim Finalist Exhibition opens at The Walters, Art Around Hampden, Young Blood opening reception and E. Brady Robinson’s closing reception at MAP, Voyages: Chapter 5 featuring Schaun Champion at the Aquarium, Baltimore Jewelry Center Summer Fundraiser, and Megan Lewis’ artist talk at Galerie Myrtis — PLUS apply for American Craft Made Baltimore and more featured opportunities!
The Art of Staying the Same and Always Changing: Transformer DC
On a recent spring afternoon, the artist MK Bailey hosted a casual “luncheon on the grass” at her Bucolia immersive installation at the Transformer DC art space. Large-scale acrylic gardenscapes tinged with a sense of mystery and slight menace, inspired by her six-week long residency at the stately Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, hung on walls painted with silhouettes of equally eerie vegetation and picnic-goers enjoyed their repasts on the artificial turf floor.
BmoreArt News: Wes Moore Inspires Taharka Brothers, Black Restaurant Week, Chaka Khan
This week’s news includes: Taharka Brother’s ‘We Want Moore’ ice cream, Black Restaurant Week returns, Chaka Khan coming to Artscape, Flicks from the Hill returns to AVAM, Baltimore Magazine becomes podcast partners with Rob Lee, VisArts announces new Emerging and Mentoring Curators, 10 hot Baltimore restaurants, a replacement for Cafe Hon, BMA launches a residency program, and help for Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park — with reporting from Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore Fishbowl, Baltimore Brew, and other local and independent news sources.
The Work of Elizabeth Talford Scott in Good Company at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum
Before we get to telling stories, have a seat. Make yourself at home. This is how the entrance to the Black Woman Genius exhibit at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture welcomes visitors: an open wicker peacock chair with a furred pillow seat before a larger-than-life photograph of Elizabeth Talford Scott and her daughter, Joyce Scott on the wall.
BmoreArt’s Picks: July 9-15
This Week: Artist talk with Mark West at Motor House, Summer ‘24 opening reception at C. Grimaldis Gallery, closing receptions + artist talks for Space Mission & Placebo Effect at Current, James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance opens at the Portrait Gallery, Station North Art Walk, Nikki Stokes opening reception at Make Studio, Joyce J. Scott performance at the BMA, and an upcoming home buying workshop series — PLUS two residencies at Corning Museum of Glass and more featured opportunities!
2024 Rubys Artist Grants Announced
On July 2, 2024, the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation announced the recipients of the 2024 Rubys Artist Grants. This year, the program provides support to 16 artists and the creation of their new, innovative, and experimental projects that have significant impact across the performing, media, visual, and literary arts. Additionally, the Rubys is awarding one $25,000 alumni grant to a previous Rubys awardee.
BmoreArt News: John Waters, Nia Hampton, Little Feat
This week’s news includes: John Waters’ guide to Baltimore, filmmaker Nia Hampton interviewed by Rob Lee, Little Feat’s Baltimore connection, Trans Pride Day photo essay, criticisms of Baltimore Pride, The Coral Wig gets national attention, Ellyn Weiss and Sondra Arkin at the American University Museum, Hank the G.O.A.T., Paint Out in Mount Vernon, Walter Cruz, colorful new construction in Remington, 4th of July tribute to Key Bridge workers, and more BOPA news, — with reporting from Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore Fishbowl, Baltimore Brew, and other local and independent news sources.
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