Maryland Art Place (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo is pleased to announce an open ‘Call to Artists’. As an extension of MAP’s annual IMPACT public art partnership projects, MAP is working with Hotel Indigo to offer rotating exhibitions in Hotel indigo’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats. This opportunity is available to visual artists living or working in Maryland. Maryland Art Place will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis.

Hotel Indigo, Baltimore Downtown is a boutique hotel located in Baltimore, MD. MAP has been working closely with the hotel since it opened, selecting and installing the hotel’s permanent artwork collection including works by Jared Ragland, Gary Kachadourian and Christos Palios. Hotel Indigo and MAP share the same vision of supporting working artists in the region, and both look forward to their continued partnership and the rotation of quarterly exhibitions. For more information, visit www.baltimoreindigohotel.com.

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2018 Rubys Artist Project Grants
VISUAL ARTS and LITERARY ARTS
 
The Rubys provides up to $10,000 to Baltimore-area artists in support of project-based new work creation. The 2018 grant cycle in the categories of literary arts and visual arts is now open.
 
Deadline: July 31, 2018 at 11:59pm
 
GO HERE to learn more about the Rubys program and download the grant guidelines.

The Creative Alliance’s 23rd annual members extravaganza is on Saturday, June 16 and they want you to participate!

How does it work?
1. Become a member of Creative Alliance!
2. Submit your artwork (under 3 feet wide), and they’ll hang it on our Gallery walls, OR sign up for The BIG Show on STAGE and you’ll have a chance to perform on their stage….as long as your performance is under 3 min. More info!

About Membership:
We have a membership level for everyone! Here are the details.
Your membership supports our growing community and allows the Creative Alliance to offer over 400 events per year! Free education programs for families, kids and teens, free exhibitions for the public all year round, phenomenal community events like The Great Halloween Lantern Parade, and so much more!

Members also get discounts on tickets and other great perks – take a look!

All ages welcome! Kids (age 17 and under) can submit artwork or perform on stage – youth entry is only $5.

The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA) has partnered with the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) to commission a new piece of public artwork for the interior of the Penn-North Metro station. The deadline to apply is Friday, July 6. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/2M8vNfB

The addition of new artwork is a part of the planned station improvements funded and made possible by North Avenue Rising, a $27.3 million project funded by the US Department of Transportation, Baltimore City Department of Transportation (BCDOT) and the Maryland Department of Transportation.

Made In Baltimore is creating Baltimore’s first ever all-local product lookbook, and we want to feature your goods. This publication will be printed in the thousands and distributed to retailers and consumers throughout the Baltimore region.  This is an opportunity to reach thousands of new customers (and be featured in a classy publication as well!).

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The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts and the Baltimore Office of Sustainability’s Baltimore Green Network welcome proposals for sculptures and installations to be installed as part of the 2018-2019 season of the Lots Alive outdoor sculpture program. Winning proposals will be eligible for grants up to $5,000.

Lots Alive supports the creation of temporary outdoor sculpture sited on vacant lots within the Baltimore City limits. For this grant cycle, seven vacant lot sites have been identified for artist activation in the Park Heights neighborhood (on Park Heights Ave). Each project is expected to be installed for 12 months.

Designed in partnership with Mayor Catherine Pugh’s Baltimore Green Network, Lots Alive aims to breathe life into underutilized vacant spaces through creative interventions.

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School 33 has a studio residency opening up on October 1st, 2018! Our residents become part of a robust community of professional artists, are able to take advantage of critiques and mentorships with professors, curators, and critics – open studios during our bi-monthly events – our annual Open Studio Tour – and our Studio Resident Biennial Exhibition. Residencies are from 3-5 years in length. visit http://www.school33.org/index.cfm?page=studios&section=apply for more info and to apply!! Deadline- July 15, 2018.