The Historic Baltimore Neighborhoods Award recognizes leadership by people or organizations in the preservation, revitalization, and enhancement of historic neighborhoods in Baltimore. The Board of Directors of Baltimore Heritage, Inc. presented a 2017 Historic Preservation Award for Historic Baltimore Neighborhoods to Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation in recognition of exemplary revitalization in Station North with the…
Baltimore Fishbowl: BARCO Taps Owner of Mount Vernon’s ‘The Room’ to be Motor House’s New Managing Director Written by Ethan McLeod Published Tuesday, June 13, 2017 Andre Mazelin, Motor House’s new managing director. Photo via BARCO. A veteran advocate for the arts has been hired to lead the Motor House, the Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation’s…
The Deutsch Foundation is convening a group of Baltimore-based colleagues, fellows, and grantees will attend the 19th annual Allied Media Conference on June 15-18, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. Participants will include Jane Brown, President of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, and Jess Solomon, Khadija Nia Adell, Jen Schacter, Kimi Hanauer, Theo George, and Denise Brown. Held…
BMORE Than The Story: Runner Up, Design Education Initiative Award Core77 Design Awards 2017 The death of Freddie Gray and his treatment by police sparked anger, protest, and violence in Baltimore during April 2015. National and local media implicated area youth in the crime and destruction, whether they committed it or not. Their overriding narrative…
The Birth of ARTS.BLACK & its Place in Art Criticism: An Interview with Editors Jessica Lynne & Taylor Renee Aldridge by Kelly Louise Barton Published by BmoreArt on June 5, 2017 Founded with the belief that art criticism should be “an accessible dialogue,” ARTS. BLACK is a journal dedicated to providing Black perspectives in the…
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Baltimore’s newest weekly farmer’s market is now open for business in the city’s Greenmount neighborhood. The Greenmount West Community Market, or “Grow Market,” will take place every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Open Works parking lot on Greenmount Avenue and E. Hoffman Street. “Beyond shopping the Market, live…
New farmer’s market opening in East Baltimore neighborhood where fresh produce is lacking by Catherine Hawley Catherine Hawley 5:26 PM, May 24, 2017 / 6:10 PM, May 24, 2017 In the Greenmount West neighborhood you’ll find folks from every ethnicity, economic and education level. “Lots of vibrant people and businesses,” said Sache Jones with Two Moons…
The Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance (GBCA) is thrilled to announce the eight artists selected for 2017 Rubys Artist Project Grants in media arts and performing arts. This grantee cohort represents innovative artistic practices across the fields of dance, video, projection, documentary film, and sound-based theater. The 2017 Rubys grantees in Media Arts and Performing Arts…
That MICA x Open Works collabo is starting to bear fruit Five MICA ventures are setting up shop at the Station North makerspace. It’s a nice boost for the area’s creative economy. By Stephen Babcock / REPORTER A handful of MICA entrepreneurs will be working on their products at Open Works next month. The arts…
Congratulation to Open Works, Winner of a Maryland Sustainable Growth Award for Sustainable Communities from the Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission. This award recognizes Open Work’s commitment to equitable economic growth, public participation, and quality of life. The Maryland Sustainable Growth Awards celebrate significant achievement by individuals, businesses, organizations and local governments to realize the…
Robert W. Deutsch Foundation President Jane Brown at the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) Baltimore Meeting on May 17 The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is a collaboration between the Urban Institute and local organizations that connect people with neighborhood data. They tackle challenges in education, health, housing, economic opportunity, and public safety. Begun in…
2017 Maryland Film Festival Rubys grantees and jurors representing at the 2017 Maryland Film Festival May 3-7 include Theo Anthony, Ramona Diaz, and Matthew Porterfield. Theo Anthony’s (2016 media arts) Rat Film is a feature-length documentary that uses the rat — as well as the humans that love them, live with them, and kill them —…
