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Pictured above from left: Light City Conference 2016 with Marin Alsop, Tom Hall, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Sammy Hoi.
Just Announced: Details for Labs@LightCity
The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts is planning Labs@LightCity, the daytime innovation conference that brings together national and local thought leaders and engaged, inspired citizens from diverse backgrounds to explore cutting edge concepts for sparking social change.
Newly confirmed speakers include United Nations Champion of the Earth Dr. Leyla Acaroglu for GreenLab, Artist & Peabody instructor Wendel Patrick for EduLab, Food Network show host Chef Jeff Henderson for FoodLab and Executive Director of Conscious Venture Lab Jeff Cherry for SocialLab. Other speakers include:
- Luvvie Ajayi, New York Times Best-Selling Author and Blogger
- Carlmichael “Stokey” Cannady, Social Innovator
- Dale Dougherty, Founder and CEO, Maker Media
- Spike Gjerde, James Beard Award Winning Chef
- Donovan Livingston, Award-Winning Educator & Spoken Word Poet
- Nilofer Merchant, CEO and Strategist
- Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize Winning Scientist
- Danielle Neirenberg, Founder of Food Tank
- Alec Ross, New York Times Best-Selling Author
- Marcus Samuelsson, International Chef and Restaurateur
- Jimmie Thomas, Co-Founder of Curators of Hip Hop
- D Watkins, Author and Columnist
A complete schedule of speakers will be announced in January 2017.
Purchase a ticket for yourself or a friend, or contribute to the Light City Luminary community ticketing program, to help us increase the pool of available no-cost tickets. Or, consider registering with a coworker or employees to attend thought-provoking, hands-on sessions that relate to your industry.
In each Lab, you will be part of the conversation. Attend for a single day, multiple days or all six days to participate in activities and discussions about innovation and social change.
New for 2017, leadership curators will help bring inspiring talks, unique discussions and interactive experiences from local and national presenters, panelists and thinkers to the audience.
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Five Questions with Ryan Patterson, BOPA's Public Art Administrator
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Q. What are some of the biggest rewards from working with public art?
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I think the biggest reward is having someone put their art in and watching them hand off their project. Also seeing the pride in those folks that helped select it and helped work with it, and now they’re like, “I helped get that there.”
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For more information about the Percent-for-Art program and to see recent public art projects, click here.
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Missed last month's talk with Film Office Director Debbie Dorsey? Click here.
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The final days to shop are here, so shop local with gifts from Baltimore artists. Need a unique and meaningful gift idea for the holiday season?
School 33 Art Center and the
Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower
offer items made by local artists and crafters that make great gifts for loved ones, friends or coworkers.
Photo courtesy of Stewart White, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower Resident Artist.
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Ring in 2017 at Baltimore's New Year’s Eve Spectacular, taking place Saturday, December 31, 2016 from 9pm to12:30am. Audiences can enjoy live music from the contemporary band Super Bueno starting at 9pm at the Inner Harbor Amphitheater. At midnight, colorful fireworks fill the sky above downtown Baltimore. Those celebrating at the Inner Harbor can also enjoy skating at the Pandora Ice Rink, open until 12:30am.
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The White House highlighted BOPA's program Art@Work in its report "Investing in a Safer, Stronger Baltimore." In partnership with Jubilee Arts, Art@Work provides a five-week mural summer apprenticeship for teens employed through YouthWorks. The report noted the success of bringing youth, professional artists, and business owners together as well as providing job training, leadership development and financial literacy. Photo:“Cosmogram”, by Ernest Shaw Jr, Crazy Mart. Photo credit: Nate Larson.
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Artscape is accepting applications for 2
017!
This year’s theme is
“Camp Artscape: Adventure Awaits.”
For many, one of the most exciting parts of summer is taking time to engage in new experiences. Whether at an away camp or a local summer program, it’s something to look forward to all year—truly a staple of the summer season. The same goes for Artscape; it’s just not summer without it! For a complete list of applications open, visit www.artscape.org.
In addition, an information session on applying for
Artscape
takes place
Thursday, January 12 at
5:30pm
at Impact Hub at 10 E. North Avenue.
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Eight local artists and artist teams have been selected for Neighborhood Lights 2017, Light City’s immersive community artist-in-residence program. The selected artists will partner with community groups to create illuminated visual or performance art pieces during Light City 2017. The artists are: Jonathan Taube for Coldstream Homestead Montebello, April Danielle Lewis | Labbodies for Greater Mondawmin, Maura Dwyer for Hamilton-Lauraville, Isaac Ewart for Hampden, Laure Drogoul for Little Italy, Malaika Aminata Clements for Sandtown-Winchester, Wickerham & Lomax for Station North and Jose Andres Rosero-Curet for Waverly. Photo: The Dark Lab by Labbodies courtesy of Carly J Bales
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Applications are still open for 2017 MECU Neighborhood Event Grants!
Thanks to the support of MECU, Baltimore’s credit union, eligible Baltimore City groups can receive up to $1,000 to produce an event for the community and residents they serve, such as art workshops, back-to-school rallies, block parties, book drives, food drives, health fairs and neighborhood clean-ups.
Application Deadline: Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016
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The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is the city's arts council, events center and film office.
BOPA is able to do all of its programs thanks to the support from a variety of public and private funders/donors.
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