Sister Plays
WombWork Productions, Inc. present SISTER PLAYS!
Two Plays in Reportory by Maryland playwrights Kia and Kara Lee Corthron.
WombWork Productions, Inc. present SISTER PLAYS!
Two Plays in Reportory by Maryland playwrights Kia and Kara Lee Corthron.
Beauty stops us in our tracks. It makes us pause, look, consider. Sometimes it overwhelms us. We are often told art should aspire to this standard and be proportionate, symmetrical, naturalistic, and orderly. But what of work that is designed to revolt and terrify? Across sub-Saharan Africa, artists working across a range of states, societies, and cultures deliberately created artwork that violated conceptions of beauty, symmetry, and grace—both ours and theirs. Subverting Beauty features approximately two dozen works from sub-Saharan African’s colonial period (c. 1880–c.
In the fall of 2018, the BMA’s oldest friends group, the Print, Drawing & Photograph Society (PDPS), will celebrate its 50th anniversary by sponsoring an exhibition to highlight a selection of late 19th-century, modern, and contemporary works on paper that PDPS has helped the BMA acquire over the years. Installed in a gallery adjacent to the Cone Collection, this one-gallery exhibition will be organized in two six-month presentations, each including 20–30 prints, drawings, and artists’ books.
Honest, funny, and dancing with heart, Queens Girl in the World chronicles the misadventures of bright-eyed, brown-skinned Jacqueline Marie Butler, whose sudden transfer from a protective, middle class late-1950s upbringing in Queens to a progressive, predominantly-Jewish private school in Greenwich Village, adds comical confusion to her already quizzical, fish-out-of-water adolescence. Lively and poignant—and punctuated with the irresistible sound of Motown—Queens Girl in the World tags along for a young woman’s journey of self-discovery, at the onset of Civil Rights-era social change.
In partnership with Howard County Recreation and Parks’ Department of Therapeutic Recreation and Inclusion Services, this exhibit showcases work by youth and adult artists with developmental disabilities, created in the Exploring Art and Focus on Art programs offered by the Department of Therapeutic Recreation and Inclusion Services. In these programs, youth and adults with developmental disabilities have the opportunity to explore a variety of media, styles, and methods of creating art.
El Sueño Americano / The American Dream
February 4 – May 23
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
In its 35th year at the Howard County Arts Council, this exhibit features recent work created by artists who have studios at the Center for the Arts: James Adkins, Joan Bevelaqua, Han Jeon, Myungsook Ryu Kim, Art Landerman, Diana Marta, Brendan Nass, Joyce Ritter, Jereme Scott, Alice St. Germain-Gray, Andrei Trach, Jamie Travers, Mary Jo Tydlacka, and David Zuccarini. The artists work in a variety of media including oil and watercolor painting, drawing, fiber art, and glass bead-making.
The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culturepresents the 2019 Visual Arts Senior Exhibition, celebrating the work of graduating seniors in Photography, Graphic Design, Cinematic Arts, Animation/Interactive Media, and Print Media.
Admission to the exhibition is free and open to the public.
The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located in the Fine Arts Building.
The exhibition will open for regular viewing hours on Friday, May 22.
Allen Abend, author of the 2018 book “Maryland’s Treasure & Burden: Baltimore’s Peabody Institute Art Collection,” will present the importance of the founding of the Peabody Institute and its Gallery of Art. The intertwined histories of the Peabody Institute and the Maryland Historical Society will be highlighted. He will discuss the remarkable art collection that was amassed by the Peabody Institute during and after the gallery’s almost 50-year existence as Baltimore’s major fine arts venue.
This exhibition is on view through March 2020. The MdHS museum is open Wednesday-Saturday, 10 am-5 pm, and on Sundays, 12 pm-5 pm.
The exhibition features one-of-a-kind appliqué quilts created by Baltimore-native Mimi Dietrich. Ms. Dietrich is one of Maryland’s and the nation’s most accomplished quilters. In 2015 she was inducted into The Quilters Hall of Fame in Marion, Indiana. “Hometown Girl” tells Ms. Dietrich’s story as a life-long Marylander and Baltimore native, and draws inspiration from the many students she has taught over her 35-year career.
LIT's Sketch Night is every month on Wednesday, and it's an entire show devoted to sketch comedy in Adams Morgan. Brought to you by both of LIT's house teams, Separate Beds & The Employables, each month's show is a different theme with new material.
You save when you purchase $12 tickets online here. It's $15 CASH ONLY at the door.
What was it like to be a member of The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, or a young boy playing a role like Ophelia? How was the art of acting practiced (and regarded) during Shakespeare’s time? This is an interesting subject and you may be surprised to learn of the way in which actors carried out their craft during the Elizabethan and Jacobean period in England. Come join us for this fascinating journey into a theatrical world much more different than you have ever imagined.
May 24: Film night with an evening of film shorts and discussion, 6-9pm
Doors open at 6:00pm; Films begin at 7:00pm
Join us for an evening of shorts followed by a discussion with activists and filmmakers.
Films:
Surviving Incarceration in Maryland (Series)
Gaza: A Gaping Wound
A Life of Shadows . . . Written in Light
Panelists:
Tanya Garcia, Director
Amy Oden, Director
Qiana Johnson, Life After Release
Sammy Alqasem, Baltimore-Palestine Solidarity
Baltimore Clayworks is excited to host 3 unique exhibitions from May 25 – June 22, 2019. They include: Clay from the Classroom, Desert Lands, and Red Clay Rhythm. There will be an Artist reception on Saturday, June 15 from 6-8pm.
Station North Flea Market returns to The Windup Space on Saturday, May 25th from 12-4 pm.
15+ sellers with deals on art, clothing, music and more! This market is INDOORS and happens rain or shine. New sellers every month!
For more info email [email protected] or follow Staiton North Flea Market on facebook.
MICA celebrates the legacy of artist and activist Dorothy Gillespie '41.
The MICA Alumni Association and the Alumni Cornerstone Society are proud to present a retrospective exhibition celebrating the legacy of Dorothy Gillespie ’41. The show, featuring 29 works from Dorothy’s trailblazing seven-decade career, will be on view in the Riggs and Leidy Galleries of the Fred Lazarus IV Center from Friday, May 31 through Friday, June 14.
Join us at our annual Seconds Sale! We are kicking the weekend off with our Spice it Up! Preview Party starting at 5pm on May 31st with live music, food, drinks and a good time! The Seconds Sale is a chance to shop through hundreds of pieces of pottery, sculpture and ceramic objects all handmade by local artists at a discounted price.
Entry for the Spice it Up! Preview Party is ticketed for $25 admission. The Sale will continue throughout the weekend from 11am-4pm on Saturday and Sunday and will be free and open to the public.
Baltimore Clayworks' annual Seconds Sale and Spice It Up! Preview Party are happening from May 31-June 2. The Spice It Up! Preview Party will kick off our Seconds Sale weekend with a night filled with art, live music, food, drinks, family and friends. There will be food trucks, Sam's famous jerk chicken, beer, wine and soft drinks available for purchase.
Baltimore Clayworks’ annual Seconds Sale is right around the corner! The Seconds Sale weekend will begin with a Preview Party, on Friday, May 31st, from 6:00pm-9:00pm. The Preview Party is your first chance to shop from hundreds of pieces of handmade pottery, sculpture and ceramic objects made by local artists, all at discounted prices. Tickets will be available to purchase for $45 prior to the event and $50 at the door. Beer, wine, and light fare will be included.
Baltimore Clayworks’ annual Seconds Sale is right around the corner! The Seconds Sale weekend will begin with a Preview Party, on Friday, May 31st, from 6:00pm-9:00pm. The Preview Party is your first chance to shop from hundreds of pieces of handmade pottery, sculpture and ceramic objects made by local artists, all at discounted prices. Tickets will be available to purchase for $45 prior to the event and $50 at the door. Beer, wine, and light fare will be included.