Join Peabody faculty member & pianist Brian Ganz as he hosts a benefit concert at Johns Hopkins Shriver Hall on Tuesday, April 9 at 7pm! All proceeds will benefit the Hopkins Odyssey lifelong learning program.

Brian’s April 9 program will explore the theme of “Small and Infinite” works. Brian will play three mazurkas from Op. 7, the Trois Ecossaises, Op. 72, No. 3, The Lento con Gran Espressione, the Presto con Leggerezza, the Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23, and selections from the Preludes, Op. 28.

The first of the Ballades holds a place of honor in Brian’s heart, as he considers it the piece that inspired him to become a pianist. “It is no exaggeration to say that Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 changed my life,” he said. “I like to say that Chopin ‘wounded’ me with the mysterious, inexplicable beauty of that piece.”

The Johns Hopkins Odyssey program offers noncredit classes to students – of all ages – who have an interest to learn. This program is known as the Baltimore area’s lifelong learning partner. So come out and hear another wonderful performance by Brian, and support a great cause!

For more details, visit http://odyssey.jhu.edu/events/index.html?ItemsID=62 or call 410-516-8516.

See you on Tuesday, April 9!

Guest Spot & THE REINSTITUTE is proud to present a group exhibition curated by Same Same But Different. Opening Saturday April 13, 2013, the works will be on view through May 25, 2013. A panel discussion New York Centrality and the Practice will be held along with the closing Saturday May 25 from 2-4pm.

Same Same but Different is the third in an ongoing series of eponymous exhibitions organized by the collective of the same name. The infamous Southeast Asian colloquialism is used as both descriptor for their collaboration and inspiration for their exhibitions. Formed in 2012 in Brooklyn, they have previously mounted exhibitions in New York City, and Seattle. Each exhibition is site-specific but remains rooted in the core concept of their collaboration, which is their common formal language of purposeful colors and simple shapes in complex arrangements. The phrase “same same but different” is elastic and is used by merchants to describe a wide array of wares. They have embraced its full meaning by using these exhibitions as an opportunity to showcase multifarious sides of their practices, thereby enabling different combinations of their work to produce new meanings and connections. For the show with Guest Spot @ THE REINSTITUTE, they have taken very literal inspiration from the gallery by expanding the scope of their collaboration by inviting two guest artists to join them in the exhibition space.

Jay Gaskill – Halsey Hathaway – Maya Hayuk – Fabian G. Tabibian – Amanda Valdez

April 13, 2013 through May 25 2013
Curator: Same Same But Different
Opening Reception: April 13, 2013 7-10 pm
Closing And Panel Discussion: May 25 2-4 pm
Hours: Wednesday 5-7 & Saturday 1-5 or by appointment
Location: 1715 North Calvert St. Baltimore, MD

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Some say Hemingway then proclaimed it his best work.

There are now six-word stories, poems, jokes, memoirs, protests and mottos. They constitute wonderfully readable, creatively informative expressions. During Baltimore Museum Week, your six words will join thousands of others to become part of a sculpture in the Baltimore Convention Center.  By submitting your six words, anonymously or with your name, you acknowledge and agree that they can be used for education and promotional purposes without compensation.

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THANKS MUSEUM-GOER, YOU ROCK!

Introductions, curated by Amy Boone-Mccreesh.

Opening Reception, April 5th, 7-9pm.
Pinebox Art Center
101 N. Haven St. Suite 102
Baltimore, MD 21224

Louise Fishman: It’s Here – Elsewhere March 5, 2013 – April 5, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, March 15, 2013  6pm – 8pm

The Artist will be present for the reception

Goya Contemporary is located at:

3000 Chestnut Ave.
Mill Centre 214
goyacontemporary.com

C. Grimaldis Gallery is pleased to present two solo exhibitions this spring: HIDENORI ISHII: IcePlants and FOON SHAM: Building the Natural. Both exhibitions open on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 with a reception from 6:00-8:00 p.m.

IcePlants is Hidenori Ishii‘s second solo exhibition at C. Grimaldis Gallery. His new work continues his investigation of integrating psychological and environmental systems into self-contained worlds. The paintings’ surfaces have a slick, sensuous quality; they contain both natural and man-made patterns, and suggest transformations, erosions, and constructions of improbable environments. The new paintings in particular respond to the destruction of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in 2011, a consequence of both natural disasters and human error, and its ongoing impact on the landscape.

Ishii received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He now lives and works in Long Island City, NY and has exhibited in the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore, MD, the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, and numerous galleries in New York including Sloan Fine Art, Ligne Roset, and Black and White Gallery. He also earned several prominent awards and was nominated for the Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Fellowship in 2004.

Foon Sham makes his C. Grimaldis Gallery debut with Building the Natural, a solo exhibition of sculptures and drawings. With his preferred media of wood and paper, Sham explores the intersection between the natural and the man-made by using the forces of chance and intention to strike a delicate balance between control and chaos.

The centerpiece of Building the Natural is “Channel”, a life-sized cast iron sculpture that was previously installed on the Washington Mall in Washington, D.C. Sham has exhibited internationally with solo exhibitions in Hong Kong, Norway, and Australia. His artwork resides in the collections of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Museo De Arte Contemporaneo Ateneo de Yucatan in Mexico, and the corporate collections of PNC Bank, Freddie Mac Corp., and Sallie Mae Corp.

Sham is a professor of sculpture at University of Maryland, College Park. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the Virginia Commonwealth University, and is now based in Washington, D.C.