Public Art in Baltimore: In progress project on Charles Street

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The Charles Street Reconstruction Project includes new travel/parking pavement, sidewalk repavement, new curbs, signage, replanting of trees, new crosswalks, bike lanes, etc. on Charles Street between 25th Street and University Parkway. The most extensive of the planned renovation is proposed between 33rd Street and just north of 34th Street. An artist has been commissioned to engage the plaza being created on the east side of Charles between 33rd & 34th Streets with an artwork that is integrated into the landscape site work.

This piece, Optical Gardens, by Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan, an artist team from Seattle, Washington, is currently being install now and over the next few months, with a potential project completion date of August 2014. Optical Gardens is conceived as a platform that gives expression to unique natural and cultural characteristics of Charles Village, including its culture, community, built environment, natural environment, climate, and seasons.

Baltimore artist (and 2014 Sondheim Semifinalist) Sebastian Montorana was contracted to carve the “season rooms” and can be seen in pictures on site installing these elements.

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Stoop Storytelling Series at Bolton Street Synagogue

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Bolton Street Synagogue Joins Forces with The Stoop Storytelling Series For a One-of-a-Kind Evening of Jewish-themed Stories

Who: Bolton Street Synagogue and The Stoop Storytelling Series, with seven storytellers including: WBAL anchor Debra Weiner; author and UB Professor Marion Winik; president of Abel Communications Greg Abel; Nationally recognized litigation lawyer Steven Snyder; senior rabbi of Temple Oheb Shalom Rabbi Steven Fink; freelance sports writer Ira Gewanter; philanthropist and former therapist Lois Feinblatt.

What: Bolton Street Synagogue joins forces with The Stoop Storytelling Series to present “It’s Complicated: Stories about the Joys and Oys of Contemporary Jewish Life.” Seven speakers will tell five-minute stories everything from a Jewish exorcism to a blind date with one of the most infamous figures of the 20th century. The proceeds from the event, which also features a silent auction, Ravens’ ticket raffle, food, drink, and live music, will benefit Bolton Street Synagogue’s educational programs.

When: Saturday, April 5, 2014
7:00 pm Cocktail and hors d’oeuvres
8:30 pm “It’s Complicated” Storytelling Show
9:30 pm Dessert

Where: Bolton Street Synagogue
212 W. Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21210

For online tickets, click HERE

For more information, contact:
Brigid Truitt
(443) 869-2197 x146
brigid@abelcommunications.com

Baltimore Arts in the News

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Station North reviewed in the American Craft Council blog.

12 O’Clock Boys‘ Lofty Nathan interviewed in Rolling Stone.

Maryland Art Place to move to Bromo Seltzer Arts and Entertainment District in April.

Baltimore City Paper explores city’s murals, here and here.

Baltimore Sun article about the new Single Carrot Theatre in Remington.

Remington businesses

Profile of new Baltimore Clayworks Executive Director Sarah McCann.

Review of the BMA’s German Expressionism show in the Baltimore Sun.

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MICA student turns cyber-bullying into art.

NEW Station North CSA

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Station North Arts and Entertainment District is pleased to announce the launch of a new project: Community Supported Art (CSA). Based on the same concept as Community Supported Agriculture, the Station North CSA will provide participating shareholders with the freshest art that Baltimore has to offer. We’ve assembled a jury of Station North art celebrities to select artists to produce work for the first season.

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At each presentation event (see below for dates), 4 CSA artists will give short presentations on their work and shareholders will rank their preferred artists. Ranking is used to ensure that shareholders aren’t getting a box full of kale at pick-up when they’d rather have beets. These events are also an opportunity to network, mingle, and meet CSA artists. Presentation and pickup events will be catered by the Chesapeake.

The goal of the Station North CSA is to create an engaged community of local arts supporters by establishing relationships between gallerists and local patrons and creating an exciting new model of art support and distribution. Shareholders will each receive work from 6 of the 12 participating artists; art distribution will be determined by shareholders’ preferences.

http://www.stationnorth.org/projects/stationnorthcsa

Baltimore Meetup for the Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon!

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https://www.facebook.com/events/205005429694260/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular&source=1

“Wikipedia’s gender trouble is well documented: in a 2010 survey, Wikimedia found that less than 13% of its contributors are female. The reasons for the gender gap are up for debate: suggestions include leisure inequality, how gender socialization shapes public comportment, and the contentious nature of Wikipedia’s talk pages. The practical effect of this disparity, however, is not. Content is skewed by the lack of female participation. Many articles on notable women in history and art are absent on Wikipedia. This represents an alarming aporia in an increasingly important repository of shared knowledge.

We invite you to help address this absence at a Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Saturday, February 1, 2014.” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism

Stop by the Decker Library from 1:00pm to 3:00pm for an informal edit-a-thon on the theme of art and feminism this Saturday!