This holiday season, consider supporting Baltimore's arts community in the form of a donation to the
As a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization, your donation to the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts may qualify as a charitable deduction for federal income tax purposes. Please consult with your tax adviser or the IRS to determine your contribution's deduction.
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Baltimore's New Year's Eve Spectacular
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Ring in 2018 with family, friends, live music and a spectacular fireworks display!
On Sunday, December 31
, Baltimore’s New Year’s Eve Spectacular begins at
9pm
with live music from R&B/Soul band
Alexis Joyce
at the Inner Harbor Amphitheater. At
midnight
, attendees count down to a colorful fireworks display as
Pyrotecnico
lights the sky above the Inner Harbor. Admission is free and open to the public.
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BOPA is pleased to announce three new public art opportunities:
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Applications Open for 18th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade
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BOPA is now accepting applications for the 18th annual
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade.
The parade commemorates the life of civil rights leader and icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, January 15, 2018 at noon. More than 70 groups participate in the parade including high school and community bands, honor/color guards, equestrian units, fraternities & sororities, lively dance squads and civic organizations.
Click here
to apply.
Application Deadline:
Sunday, December 31, 2017
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Applications Open for the
Baltimore Farmers' Market & Bazaar 2018 Season
Maryland's largest producers-only market (meaning the vendors make 100% of what they sell) is now accepting applications for farmers, concessionaires and bazaar vendors for the 2018 season.
Click here
to apply.
Application Deadline
:
Sunday, December 31, 2017
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Artscape Calls for Artists, Food Vendors, and More!
Returning for its 37th year, Artscape is currently accepting applications and proposals for interactive artwork projects, artist-run fairs, food vendors, stand-up comics, performing arts, non-profit cultural organizations and more! The deadline for most opportunities is
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
, except for the Artists’ Market and Emerging Artist Program, which is
Friday, March 30, 2018
, and the Fred Lazarus IV Artscape Prize which is
Sunday, April 15, 2018.
Registration fees vary.
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Registration Open for Brilliant Baltimore & Brilliant Baltimore Community Showcase Program
Light City invites businesses and residents to participate in Brilliant Baltimore by illuminating their buildings in the official Light City colors of turquoise, lime green and hot pink. New this year, Brilliant Baltimore expands to include not only businesses and attractions downtown, but residential areas throughout the city through the new
Brilliant Baltimore - Community Showcase Program
. The community group with the most popular light display in their neighborhood will win $2,018 to put towards their community, with nine honorable mentions receiving $1,000 each.
Displays are on view from April 6-21, 2018. Register for free
here
.
Registration Deadline:
Thursday,
February 1, 2018
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Baltimore Screenwriters Competition
Calling all screenwriters! The Baltimore Film Office is now accepting applications for the 13th Annual Baltimore Screenwriters Competition. Applicants can submit screenplays in the features and short categories. The top entries in both categories win cash prizes and the feature winners also receive all access passes to the 2018 Maryland Film Festival.
Click here
to apply.
Application Deadline:
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
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UPCOMING EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
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“Wildness” Screening at School 33 Art Center Saturday, December 16, 1PM
School 33 Art Center, 1427 Light Street
Join School 33 for a screening of the film "Wildness" by Wu Tsang! This screening will be presented by Elliot Doughtie, who's installation
Lost Earring
is currently on view in the School 33 Project Space, and will be followed by a discussion of the film. Rooted in the tropical underground of Los Angeles nightlife, WILDNESS is a documentary portrait of the Silver Platter, a historic bar in the MacArthur Park area that has been home for Latin/LBGT immigrant communities since 1963. With a magical-realist flourish, the bar itself becomes a character, narrating what happens when a group of young artists create a weekly performance art/dance party called Wildness, which explodes into creativity and conflict.
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Community Arts Grants & Opportunities Public Information Session
Monday, December 18, 6-8PM
CC Jackson Recreation Center
4910 Park Heights Avenue
Artists, students, organizations and community members, who wish to create or support public art projects are invited to an information session where representatives from BOPA will share information about upcoming community art grant opportunities. The session will feature a presentation by BOPA staff followed by artists/organizations who will talk about what made their local art projects successful.
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Our former CEO, Bill Gilmore departed the BOPA family earlier this month to take on a new adventure and we all wish him the very best!
To honor his commitment to the Baltimore creative community, we ask for your support to fund the endowment for the Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize.
Bill was the driving force that established this remarkable prize twelve years ago during Artscape. As part of his legacy to the Sondheim Award, we have established a goal to build the endowment to over $500,000 by raising $100,000 by the end of 2017. This would allow BOPA to draw the full prize each year in perpetuity – sustaining and perhaps even increasing prize monies for the future winners.
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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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