PNC Transformative Art Prize: Lantern Parade

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KALEIDOSCOPE is the 15th Annual Great Halloween Lantern Parade in Full Color! The community that creates together is GREAT together! With fourteen years of lantern making and spectacle-creating under their belts, the diverse communities of Baltimore have created their most colorful EVER Great Halloween Lantern Parade. SAT OCT 25. 3:30pm Festival. 6:30pm Parade Line up at NEW starting point by Boat Lake and NEW Parade route! 7pm Parade starts. Ends with NEW Finale of Video Projection at Pulaski Monument, Eastern & Linwood Aves, Patterson Park. Rain date Sun, Oct 26. FREE! Take bus 13 to Linwood Ave. Bike and park it on festival site! If you’re driving, park on 550 S Eaton St garage and take the FREE shuttle from 4-9pm. – See more at: http://www.creativealliance.org/events/2014/2014-great-halloween-lantern-parade-festival-kaleidoscope#sthash.WR5r6Esp.dpuf

This year’s 15th Annual Parade is ALL NEW! Creative Alliance teachers have designed a new lantern and it’s FULL of brilliant hues. We also have a MUCH more dramatic Parade route that will start at the Boat Lake and cross over to the high ridge in the extension of the Park so the Parade can be seen on high. The marching bands have returned, as well as The Gathering’s Food Trucks, and we’re recruiting more than two dozen artists and students to create 17 monumental lanterns and performances.

3:30pm Festival in Pulaski Monument, Patterson Park (Eastern and Linwood Avenues) Lantern workshops, hayrides, family fun, crafts vendors, 20 food trucks, and bands. The Manly Deeds below! – See more at: http://www.creativealliance.org/events/2014/2014-great-halloween-lantern-parade-festival-kaleidoscope#sthash.WR5r6Esp.dpuf

Kids Costume Contest! Registration starts at 4pm!

Sac Au Lait perform 5:15-6:15pm

6:30pm Parade Line up on Boat Lake. 7pm Parade starts

with NEW PARADE ROUTE to Park extension. NEW monumental lanterns, stiltwalkers, dancers, and Bands Marching!

  • Batala! All women Samba drumcorps!
  • 901 Arts Band
  • Bateria Terra Maria
  • Sac Au Lait
  • Manly Deeds
  • Baltimore Westsiders Marching Band (video below)

– See more at: http://www.creativealliance.org/events/2014/2014-great-halloween-lantern-parade-festival-kaleidoscope#sthash.WR5r6Esp.dpuf

The fab pre-Parade, family friendly Festival has a new groovy layout and the same GREAT attractions, including: a wildly fun kids’ costume contest open to all, lantern making, hay rides, and more all FREE activities! So don’t miss out on the world class celebration that comes when ALL kinds of folk create a glittering show of light in the night! As always, ANYONE can march in the Parade, wear a costume, and carry their lanterns. Expect over to see over a thousand, neighbor-made lanterns!

Pre-Parade Lantern Workshops

CREATIVE ALLIANCE FAMILY WORKSHOPS
Sundays: OCT 12 & OCT 19
Creative Alliance: 3134 Eastern Ave, 21224
Three two-hour sessions: 10am, 12:30pm & 3pm. Suggested $5 donation.

PATTERSON PARK PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
Saturday OCT 11
Patterson Park Public Charter School: 27 N. Lakewood Ave, 21224
Three one- hour sessions: Noon, 1pm & 2pm. Suggested $5 donation.

Festival (Day of) Workshops
SAT OCT 25: 30-min sessions
DROP IN! 3:30-6:00pm
Patterson Park — Pulaski Monument on Eastern & Linwood Avenues

Each workshop includes a light with lantern. Purchase lights at $2 each.

– See more at: http://www.creativealliance.org/events/2014/2014-great-halloween-lantern-parade-festival-kaleidoscope#sthash.WR5r6Esp.dpuf

Open Studio Tours: Platform Arts Center

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There are more artists coming to Baltimore every year, especially emerging artists, who need a space to make their work and call their own. Started in 2014 by Lydia Pettit, Platform Arts Center aims to create a welcoming environment to each and every person that walks through its doors, utilizing the warm feeling of the 1830’s row home on Mulberry St. With 13 affordable studios, a gallery on the storefront first floor, and a woodshop in the basement, PAC provides everything a young artist needs to feel integrated in the arts community. Platform Gallery is versatile, offering a space for performance, conversation, programming, and exhibitions that are fully accessible to those in the arts and the public alike. PAC is about art and conversation for everyone, and a space for emerging artists to expand and develop their practice.

Open 10am to 6pm Saturday and Sunday!

Artists:

Alicia Ciambrone

Nicole Dyer

Rebekah Kirkman

Marisa LaGuardia

Lydia Pettit

Ally Siberkeit

 

Open Studio Tours: Hollins Market Art Stroll

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The Hollins Market Art Stroll will kick off Open Studio Tours this weekend!

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Art Stroll, an outdoor evening art event with activities and vendors, taking place throughout the 1100 block of Hollins Street. Located on the market square, ten community partners play Art Stroll hosts including Black Cherry Puppet Theater, CUPs Coffeehouse, Hollins Market Bear Lot, Mi Ranchito Tex-Mex Restaurant, New Beginnings Barber Shop, Umri Siki Gallery, Zella’s Pizzeria, The 60s and 70s Club, Primo Chicken, and City of Gods. Featuring the talented painters, sculptors, mixed media artists, musicians, food artists, and skateboard performance artists, that call Hollins Market home.

1. Black Cherry Puppet Theater, 1115 Hollins Street
2. CUPs Coffeehouse, 31 S. Arlington Avenue
3. Hollins Market Bear Lot, 1101 Hollins Street
4. Mi Ranchito Tex-Mex Restaurant, 1116 Hollins Street
5. New Beginnings Barber Shop, 1047 Hollins Street
6. Umri Siki Gallery, 1100 Hollins Street
7. Zella’s Pizzeria, 1145 Hollins Street
8. The 60s and 70s Club, 1000 W. Lombard Street
9. Primo Chicken, 1242 W. Lombard Street
10. City of Gods, 1118 Hollins Street

Art Stroll begins at 7:00pm, click here to RSVP on Facebook!

Open Studio Tours: K-Town Studios

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K-Town Studios @ Open Studio Tours

100 West 22nd Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218

We’ll have our doors open 1-6PM both Saturday and Sunday

School 33 Link: http://school33.org/index.cfm?page=events&section=4&subsection=open-studio-tour

At the heart of Korea Town (K-Town) in Baltimore, Maryland, a three-story commercial building rents out artist studios in varying sizes. The goal of the building is to provide a healthy and productive studio culture for young and professional artists in the area with affordable rent. The owners are artist Mina Cheon (Professor of Maryland Institute College of Art, MICA) and architect Gabriel Kroiz (Professor at Morgan State University) who both have studio and office spaces in the building.

Mina Cheon

Artists in Baltimore seek safe and clean studio spaces in order to continue working on their art and to live in Baltimore. While Baltimore is full of boarded houses and large empty spaces, these spaces need attention and are not conducive for a healthy studio environment. Artists deserve more than a non-heated and depressed place that they can afford.

Korean-American new media artist, scholar, and educator Mina Cheon wanted a safe studio environment, “so that there are no distractions from being able to work.” Of course, being Korean herself, she loved the idea of a building in K-Town.

The K-Town Studios that she and her husband acquired in March 2014, is at 100 W. 22nd Street, 21218, Baltimore, Maryland, between Howard and Maryland, directly across the street from the Korean Nakwon Restaurant, walking distance from MICA’s Fred Lazarus IV Center, and between Station North Arts District and Remington. The K-Town neighborhood functions for many social service institutions, making it an ideal location for artists’ studios, with rich possibilities of becoming a location and cultural hub in Baltimore. The owners hope that the building can help foster this in the neighborhood.

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Current tenant include MICA UG Alumni Pete Razon, Travis Levasseur, Colin Foster, and Dave Eassa. Recent graduate students of MICA who graduated have taken on the ground floor to further contribute to the Station North Arts District programs. Led by Ali Seradge and Katie Duffy, they are sharing the space with other artists Brendan Kerwin, Ryan Kitchen, and Janet Olney. Distinguished artist Lee Boot, faculty at UMBC has also joined the building.

BmoreArt Article: http://bmoreart.com/2014/07/living-with-art-k-town-studios.html

 

Around Town: Open Studio Tour

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School 33 Art Center’s Open Studio Tour is an annual city-wide event that for over 25 years has brought together professional artists and the general public, giving collectors and art lovers the opportunity to visit the studios of visual artists.

On Saturday, October 11 and Sunday, October 12, 2014, between the hours of 10am and 6pm, meet the artist, see their work and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their working processes. Use our interactive mapping tool to plan your itinerary. Don’t miss out on this exciting event!

Put the spotlight on your neighborhood and help kick-off Baltimore’s 26th Annual Open Studio Tour Weekend!  

Open Studio Tour, which will take place October 10th and 11th 2014, will feature “Community Spotlight” Friday, highlighting the great arts in Baltimore City’s neighborhoods. Events must place on the Friday before Open Studio Tour weekend (October 9th).

In the past we’ve spotlighted one neighborhood, each year. This year we want to give a “shout-out” to what’s happening all around town! Up to five communities will be selected as part of the program. Past community spotlight events have included, gallery walks that involved local restaurants, live outdoor music, and neighborhood festivals with arts exhibitors and a food vendors.

The chosen communities will receive $1000 from the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts to put towards their event.

This is a great opportunity for your neighborhood to be part of this fantastic annual arts event!