This Thursday, June 4, the 2020 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards national ceremony, traditionally held at Carnegie Hall, is being transformed into a virtual affair to celebrate the national recipients. Chris Colfer, Lena Dunham, and Jennifer Garner will headline the virtual Ceremony to honor the nation’s most talented teen artists and writers.
The 60-minute virtual celebration will begin at 6:00pm ET on June 4, 2020, and can be viewed here: https://www.artandwriting.org/celebrate/
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Presented by Creative Alliance, Made in Baltimore honors and awards the best filmmakers in the Greater Baltimore region. The festival will select short films that push the envelope and inspire audiences to view film and video through a uniquely Baltimore lens. Made In Baltimore will accept fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, horror, mockumentary—you name it! Submissions will be judged on technical excellence, originality, and Baltimore flavor. Those who live, work, or study in Baltimore are encouraged to submit.
All submissions are due by Saturday, August 15, 2020.
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Station North, Central Baltimore Partnership and Asian Arts & Culture Center present the Asia North 2020 Festival as an online experience during the June Station North Shines virtual art walk!
Friday, June 5, 8-9 PM
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LTYC LEARN Virtual Arts Camp
Leader of Tomorrow Youth Center (LTYC) offers a Virtual Arts Camp this summer. Need something to enrich your children this summer? Help them make the most of their time with interactive arts camps taught by experts, artists, and practitioners. Each week and session consists of five days starting on Monday and ending on Friday, either in the morning or afternoon. Themes change weekly so sign up for one session, or as many as you like! Multiple sessions means a variety of arts experiences and opportunities. Visit www.ltyc.net for updated information.
Enjoy daily sessions in the following contents:
Maryland State Arts Council Awards $1 Million in Emergency Grant Funding to 125 Arts Organizations and Independent Artists
The Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC), an agency of the Maryland Department of Commerce, announced awards totaling $1 million dollars to support arts organizations and independent artists across the state during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The funding will help adjust to losses sustained because of modified or cancelled programming and/or operations. MSAC received 155 eligible requests totaling $2.6 million by the May 1 deadline. Based on staff evaluation of applications against a rubric that considered the needs of the artist or organization relative to the available funding, the Council approved grants for 64 arts organizations totaling $869,318 and 61 independent artists totaling $128,682. For a full list of grantees, visit msac.org/grants-awarded.
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Shelter in Place (SiP) digital residency program is looking for visual artists who identify as activism and community organizers for a 6 week digital artist residency. This residency is an opportunity for community organizers and activists to come together as artists to support each other’s growth in the studio and to support the larger work of building power and liberation.
2020 Residency Dates: June 22 – July 31
Applications are due by 11:59 pm EST on Friday, June 12, 2020.
SiP Online Residency offers 6 weeks of:
Peer to peer support and feedback
SiP artists presentations
Online pop-up shows
Community discussions on building power, solidarity economics and studio practices.
Application Process and Selection
Application deadline is June 12th, all applicants will be notified by Tuesday, June 16th.
Residency Requirements
Experience in Community Organizing or activism
Practicing Visual Artist, (Any medium)
Availability to engage in weekly online events
This residency prioritizes Southern artists but is open to all artists of any region.
6-8 artists will be selected for this first residency with the goal of opening it to more artists in future iterations.
More information is available at www.shelterinplace.art.
This past Tuesday I had the opportunity to participate in a webinar hosted by the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, alongside Delegate Brooke Lierman and Nicholas Cohen, Executive Director at Maryland Citizens for the Arts. We spoke with Councilman Eric Costello and Shelonda Stokes, Downtown Partnership Interim President, about what the path forward through the coronavirus looks like for the arts.
One of my suggestions during the webinar was that we look to our artists, our creative community, as more than just individuals, but as resources. For businesses looking to support the arts during this time, I encourage them to hire a creative person. The skills of a creative mind can help us all move forward.
This is just one of many ways in which we can step up during this time to help the arts thrive beyond this pandemic. I encourage everyone to think creatively about the ways in which we can all continue to support the arts right now.
Donna Drew Sawyer
CEO, Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts