The MFA in Curatorial Practice program at MICA presents Intersection, an exhibition showcasing the layered stories of people, places, and moments in history that have shaped the identity of one of Baltimore City’s popular intersections, North Avenue and Charles Street in the Station North neighborhood. The exhibition highlights four corners and four eras in history within the past 100 years.

Intersection is a curated selection of newly-commissioned work and pieces from personal collections, including painting, photography, projection artistry, site-specific installation, and performance art. The exhibition is a visual experience creating an opportunity for artists to discover the city’s history, offering viewers the chance to look at the many layers of the historic crossroad of North Avenue and Charles Street.Viewers will be able to explore the geography, social relationships, and cultural landscape of Baltimore’s rapidly changing urban center.

Charles Street and North Avenue, a major crossroad that carries the flow of people and things east and west, as well as north and south through Baltimore, acts as a focal point for artistic expression—a lens to view and speak to a variety of cultures, races, and identities. The exhibition will point to pivotal, historical moments and movements in the United States, such as the Great Depression, the Great Migration, and the Civil Rights Movement as well as present day, while capturing a keen sense of the importance of urban life and its many cultural shifts.

The exhibition features video installation artist and MICA’s Film and Video Chair Nadia Hironaka, photographer Reuben “Dubscience” Greene, graphic designer Tiffany Small ’14 (Graphic Design Post-Baccalaureate Certificate), multimedia artist and educator Ada Pinkston ’13 (Community Arts MFA), filmmaker Ras Tre Subira, and performance artist Olu Butterfly Woods.

Intersection is presented under the guidance of faculty members Jeffry Cudlin and Gerald Ross, who also serves as the College’s director of exhibitions. This exhibition is made possible in part by support from the Friends of Curatorial Practice.

​Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday, noon-5 pm, closed major holidays.

Image caption: Ada Pinkston ‘13 (Community Arts MFA), This Bridge Called My Back or the never-ending labor of creating space to move past the isms (detail), painted fabric, broom, paper, charcoal, book, projection.