Dance Baltimore presents the 2nd annual Summer Music Moves Music & Dance Festival! Featuring performances by Rufus Roundtree & Da B’ore Brass Factory, Todd Marcus, The Joel Santiago Latin Ensemble, Vincent Thomas, Arte Flamenco, Baakari Wilder, Ebban & Ephraim Dorsey, Dance Baltimore Repertory Ensemble and more….
Performances are free and live at various locations, with COVID-19 guidelines observed.
Full festival schedule at summermusicmoves.com
Murals have transformed the streets into canvases in 2020. Will Watson, a Baltimore-based artist, wanted to make sure his own street mural echoed the messages of the many others seen throughout the country this year. At Topside Outside, a new outdoor dining space at Hotel Revival in Mount Vernon, Watson’s mural opens with a Black fist raised high in the air.
“I wanted the mural to speak directly to the Black Lives Matter street murals, without the literal text,” says Watson. The resulting mural, Watson’s largest to date, does just that while also honoring many elements and landmarks of Baltimore: the iconic park bench, the Washington Memorial (also visible just steps from the restaurant), a raven, and more. The mural, stretching across the seating area of the outdoor restaurant, is vibrant and colorful – a signature of Watson’s work.
Read More →The Asian Arts & Culture Center at Towson University has released their Fall 2020 Programming Schedule. The Asian Arts & Culture Center aims to engage the local community in cross cultural dialogue through offering a variety of artistic and cultural learning experiences related to Asia and Asian cultures.
Read below and visit their website for all the information on Fall 2020 Programming.
Phaan Howng: A Bag of Rocks for a Bag of Rice
Opens Thursday, September 17
Virtual: https://www.towson.edu/campus/artsculture/centers/asianarts/events/
In person: By appointment for Towson University students, faculty and staff.
Exquisitely disposed rocks and trees and vegetation. The promise of an inspired space of meditation and detachment. Such has been of the Westernized image of the Chinese and Japanese garden. Yet, such enchanted “natural” spaces camouflage the histories of empire, wealth, privilege, exploitation, ecological extraction, and displacement behind their creation. Phaan Howng’s site-specific installation engages East Asian gardens as a case study of the dynamics embedded within these private spaces.
Read More →After months of closure due to COVID-19, select Baltimore City museums have announced reopening plans. The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), The Reginald F. Lewis Museum and The Walters Art Museum will reopen this September.
Read more below to learn about their reopening plans.
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Wide Angle Youth Media has released their virtual programming for Fall 2020! The catalog includes free virtual and creative programming for middle and high school students. Fill out the Interest Form to receive more information!
Wide Angle Youth Media provides Baltimore youth and communities with media education and resources to represent themselves. Learn more at www.wideanglemedia.org.
Call for Jurors: First Lady Student Exhibition
Apply by September 16, 2020
Twice a year, the Maryland State Department of Education works with its partners and First Lady Yumi Hogan to host a statewide student artwork competition and exhibition. This year, the Fall First Lady’s Gallery will be virtual! At the opening ceremony on October 9, young artists will introduce their work, and winners for each grade band will be announced. To view works from previous exhibits, see here.
To support this project, the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) is calling for a diverse array of experts to do the important work of evaluating submissions. MSAC selects jurors with a focus on diversity of experiences, diversity of location, and expertise in the fine arts. Panelists must be Maryland residents.
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The Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) relies on a diverse array of experts from across the state of Maryland to do the important work of evaluating applications. MSAC selects Independent Artist Awards (IAA) panelists with a focus on diversity of experiences, diversity of location, and expertise in the current year’s discipline. Panelists must be Maryland residents.
Selected IAA panelists serve on one or two panels as described below.
Panelists receive modest compensation for their service.
The Maryland State Arts Council has re-opened the Call for Panelists for the Independent Artists Awards through Tuesday, September 15. This year, the applications being reviewed are from visual and media artists.
Extended Deadline: Tuesday, September 15, 2020
The Independent Artist Awards (IAAs) recognize achievement by Maryland artists who are working independent of an institution or organization. The awards are accompanied by unrestricted grants that encourage artistic growth and sustained practice. 2021 IAAs will recognize artists in the Visual/Media Arts.
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