From the Media Democracy Fund’s Website: The enormous wave of net neutrality comments that poured into the Federal Communications Commission represents one of the most extraordinary successes of the campaign. Over four million people took time out of their lives to write to a federal agency – more people than had ever commented on any…
INERTIA: ZOË CHARLTON: A Studio Visit with Mixed Media Artist Zoë Charlton by Amy Boone-McCreesh November 30, 2016 Zoë Charlton is a well-known fixture in the Baltimore and DC art scenes, though before our studio visit she and I had only interacted as acquaintances. The artist invited me to her DC studio near American University, where…
Artists Rebecca Nagle and Graci Horne by the tent where they are conducting their healing events A Report from Standing Rock, Where Artists Listen, Learn, Inspire, and Heal Dozens of artists have converged at Standing Rock and we interviewed many of them about what’s going on in the fight to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline…
Baltimore is home to thousands of voters who are also artists, theater, concert, and museum-goers, and creative workers. They care about core civic issues like public safety and education but our votes will also be strongly influenced by candidates’ positions on arts and culture. Citizen Artist Baltimore (CAB) is a grassroots, nonpartisan initiative of coalition…
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND: Erick Antonio Benitez explores Mexican Migration in Esta Tu Tierra Es Tu Tierra, a New Cxhibit at Current Space by Angela N. Carroll Published November 16, 2016 The US Mexican border es una herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab…
Black Lives Matter: Protest in Red, White, and Blue MICA’s Baltimore Rising Brings Context to Baltimore’s Unrest after the Death of Freddie Gray by Cara Ober Published November 14, 2016 On April 12, 2015, Freddie Carlos Gray Jr died from spinal injuries sustained in Baltimore Police custody. The 25-year-old’s autopsy revealed that he died…
Baltimore Rising, a group exhibit at MICA, features Ruby Grantees Tony Shore, Paul Rucker, Nate Larson, and Olivia Robinson as well as Motor House Artist in Residence and MacArthur Fellow Joyce J. Scott. Baltimore Rising is an exhibition bringing together a broad survey of works by 15 artists — with significant ties to Baltimore —…
