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Adventure Awaits at Artscape 2017!
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Details have been announced for Artscape, America's largest free arts festival, returning to Baltimore Friday, July 21 through Sunday, July 23 on Mount Royal Avenue and North Charles Street. This year’s festival is headlined by legendary r&b/funk artist
Sheila E. on Friday, July 21 at 7:30pm, Gypsy punk group Gogol Bordello on Saturday, July 22 at 7:30pm and soul group Robert Randolph & The Family Band on Sunday, July 23 at 6:30pm on the Artscape Main Stage. With the theme of “Camp Artscape: Adventure Awaits,” Artscape includes a complete schedule of visual and performing arts, large scale art installations and activities for the whole family, 100% free and open to the public. For the full schedule of events, visit the website or download the free Artscape App on your mobile device.
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A Few Minutes with Melissa Webb, Exhibitions Manager
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Q. What, in your opinion, makes BOPA different from most organizations?
A. ..how we are able to offer a path of potential growth for artists through the funding and opportunities that we offer. For example, an artist might have a solo show at School 33 and realize a lot of new concepts and ideas through that experience, while gaining a diverse audience for their work. Then they might decide to apply for Artscape and get a little bit of funding to make a project that can be seen and experienced by thousands of people...
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Missed last month's talk with Chief of External Affairs Donna Sawyer? Click here.
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Light City 2018 is set to take place Saturday, April 14 through Saturday, April 21, 2018. The following Calls for Entry are now open:
BGE Light Art Walk: for artists who wish to have works featured in the 2018 festival along the BGE Light Art Walk at the Inner Harbor. The deadline for proposals is Monday, July 31, 2017.
Neighborhood Lights Community Expression of Interest: Light City seeks neighborhood partners to participate in Neighborhood Lights 2018, taking place Friday, April 6 through Sunday, April 8, 2018, with some installations on view for a longer period. Neighborhood partner proposals are due Monday, July 2, 2017.
Image credit: OVO by OVO Collective
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The applications for
Sound Off Live!
are now available. Sound Off Live! gives emerging bands/musicians from the Maryland, Delaware and Virginia region a chance to perform at the 2018
Light City
,
Artscape
or the
Baltimore Book Festival
. Interested bands/musicians should submit the application online no later than
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
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Arts and cultural organizations can apply to have their event featured or receive funding to offer a free program or event during Free Fall Baltimore October 1-31, 2017.
The events can range from free concerts, dance and theater performances, festivals, lectures, workshops, art exhibitions, tours and more.
Applications are due by Friday, June 30, 2017 for organizations to receive funding.
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Three new exhibitions open at School 33 Art Center on Friday, June 30 with a free opening reception Friday, July 7, 2017. The exhibitions are
The School 33 Art Center 2017 Studio Resident Biennial Exhibition (Main Gallery), Tomorrow Passed Today (Members Gallery) and Something to be looked at, Something to be used. (Project Space)
Image credit: Rachel Guardiola, VEGA Project Bio-MYNE
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The
2017 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize finalists exhibition is now open! The finalists for this prestigious $25,000 prize have their work on view at The Walters Art Museum
through Sunday, August 13. The winner will be announced during a public award ceremony and reception on
Saturday, July 15 at 7pm. The finalists are:
Mequitta Ahuja, Mary Anne Arntzen, Cindy Cheng, Sara Dittrich, Benjamin Kelley, Kyle Tata and Amy Yee, all hailing from Baltimore, MD.
Image credit: Sara Dittrich,
Hand & Feet Prosthetics (Arrhythmia of the Body)
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Top of the World Observation Level, located on the 27th floor of the World Trade Center, is operating all 7 days of the week! Stop by for a small admission fee anytime on
Wednesday through Thursday from 10am to 6pm, Friday and Saturday from 10am to 7pm and Sunday from 11am to 6pm. Don’t miss the 360-degree panoramic view of downtown Baltimore, including sights such as the Inner Harbor, the Chesapeake Bay and the surrounding city skyline seen from the top of the world's tallest pentagonal building!
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Baltimore’s Fourth of July Celebration
presented by Ports America Chesapeake kicks off
Tuesday, July 4 from 7pm to 10pm.
Live music from the U.S. Navy Band Commodores at the Inner Harbor Amphitheater starts at
7pm, followed by the
fireworks show, choreographed to music, at
9:30pm. The fireworks are visible from several locations downtown and in surrounding areas, including the special
Picnic at the Top event, held at the
Top of the World Observation Level.
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Art @ Work, the five-week mural artist apprenticeship program for young people returns for the summer
June 26 through July 29, 2017. BOPA is teaming up with Jubilee Arts & 901 Arts to bring Art @ Work to the neighborhoods of Reservoir Hill and Waverly. Throughout the summer, groups of young people between the ages of 14-21 team up with teaching artists to create public murals and mosaics throughout the two neighborhoods.
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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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