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We are pleased to invite you to apply for our 2014 Open Call for Artists!

The application fee for this call is $40.00.  To become a School 33 member and receive a $10 discount, please visit school33.org.   The entry deadline is Friday, October 3, 2014.

Click here to apply now!

Eligibility Guidelines: • Individual artists and collaborative teams working in any medium may apply. • Employees of the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts are ineligible to apply. • Artists are fully responsible for making all necessary arrangements for the delivery and pick-up of their artwork. • Late and incomplete entries will not be considered.

Complete proposals should include: • 5-10 jpeg images of work (images should represent the artist’s body of work, these will not necessarily be the pieces chosen for the exhibit) • Artists submitting time-based may submit up to 10 minutes of work • Completed Application • Resume • Statement

Juried Exhibit 1, curated by Randall Scott: January 16 – March 21, 2014
Juried Exhibit 2, curated by Karyn Miller: April 3 – May 30, 2014

Jurors: Randall Scott and Karyn Miller

Randall Scott, owner of the contemporary fine art gallery RandallScottProjects which recently relocated from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore, has been involved in contemporary art for more than 20 years. Scott’s first gallery TBA opened in 1990 in Los Angeles. What began as a temporary space ran for several years before Scott moved to Eastern Europe to work as an art director in Kiev, Ukraine.  While there, he began to moonlight as a freelance photojournalist, something he does till this day.  In 2006, Scott reopened the gallery in Washington, D.C. and has since moved it to New York and back again. During these travels, Scott has produced some 70 exhibitions, exhibited in too many art fairs and helped start the careers of many artists. RandallScottProjects continues its focus on emerging and mid-career international artists.

Karyn Miller is the Director of Exhibitions at Arlington Art Center, where she curates and coordinates exhibitions and develops creative, collaborative initiatives.  Before AAC, Miller served as gallery director for five years at Conner Contemporary before moving to CulturalDC’s Flashpoint Gallery, where she devoted over six years to collaborating with artists and leading their visual arts program.  She led several off-site public art projects at CulturalDC including Construct, a series of art installations in vacant retail spaces; Sweet, a public art project with artist Nekisha Durrett, and CONNECT 4, a series of installations at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library. Karyn Miller has served on panels and lectured at a variety of institutions in the region and has curated and juried exhibitions at Civilian Art Projects, Orlando Museum of Art, Gettysburg College, Catholic University and Maryland Institute College of Art.

If you have any questions, contact Quinn Palmer, School 33 Art Center Administrative Assistant, atqpalmer@promotionandarts.org or 443-263-4350.

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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts and the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance invite all to attend the Mayor’s Cultural Town Meeting.  The bi-annual event will take place on Wednesday, October 15 from 6pm to 8pm at the Maryland Historical Society, located at 201 W Monument Street.  Mayor Rawlings-Blake, city officials, arts community leaders and residents will join together to discuss the importance of the arts to the quality of life in Baltimore City.

Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in this critical dialogue.

The Mayor’s Cultural Town Meeting is produced by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts in partnership with the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance.  

The Call for Submissions for School 33′s Annual LOTTA ART benefit is now open!

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Click here for the application!
DEADLINE for registration: September 20, 2014
To learn more about the LOTTA ART event, click here!

School 33 Art Center is dedicated to providing opportunities for artists through exhibitions, art classes, workshops, a Studio Artist Program, and special events. School 33 Art Center is a program of the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, Inc., and is supported in part by grants from the Mayor and the City Council of Baltimore, the Maryland State Arts Council, and through private contributions to School 33 Art Center.

Riley's Beauty Salon Mural

As part of Baltimore’s 1% for Public Art Program, BOPA is working with the York Road Partnership and the Govanstowne Business Association to create a mural series depicting native birds along the York Road corridor between 43rd Street and Glenwood Avenue. Artist Iandry Randriamandoso, a former MICA Community Arts student, chose local birds as the subjects for the series because of their universality, inclusiveness, and connection to the local environment.

“Birds play an important role in maintaining balances in our ecosystem and add enjoyments to our lives with their beauty—both in plumage colors and distinct songs. In ever changing urban landscapes, they represent adaptation, resilience and the continuation of life. When Changes occur in a neighborhood, it will change the dynamic make-up of the population—new inhabitants come; some leave; some stay and adapt with the new changes. Eventually, they represent us and our neighbors.”
Iandry Randriamandroso

Three murals have been completed to date–keep your eyes out for more.

Academy Cleaners Mural Progress
Academy Cleaners Mural

 

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Maryland Citizens for the Arts’ Arts Lab 2014: Customizing Arts Advocacy, 365 Days a Year

Wednesday, October 1, 2014
9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
801 Chase Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

REGISTER FOR ARTS LAB 2014 HERE! RSVP Required

Artists, administrators, volunteers and patrons all have an opportunity to engage in Arts Advcacy every day! Gather with your colleagues from around Maryland to investigate building your personal advocacy strategy for the coming year. Put your unique spin on supporting the common goal of increased public and private support for, and participation in the arts in Maryland.

In light of fall elections, a new Administration in Annapolis, and new members of the General Assembly, Presenters and Facilitators will focus on a “Back to Basics” approach to advocacy; elections will also change leadership locally. But advocacy goes beyond politics to community stakeholders too. Each situation requires a customized approach.

ArtsLAB 2014, MCA’s third annual capacity building conference for the Maryland arts sector, will focus on helping you create your individual arts advocacy appeal for the year ahead!

Join us! Be one of the first to see the newly renovated theater at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts!

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THE URBAN ARTS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR

THE 2014-2015 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

ABOUT THE PROGRAM:

The Urban Arts Leadership Program (UALP) diversifies and strengthens administrative leadership in cultural organizations by connecting emerging professionals to training and resources that will help position them as leaders. The Program will provide information and organizational placement that will help participants develop new and expanded skills and networks. It is open to all applicants with a particular focus on serving emerging leaders of color.

The development of UALP has been guided by community input and the participation of more than 30 administrators from partnering arts organizations. The UALP Professional Development Intensives are an immediate response to the needs of emerging arts professionals in Baltimore.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE:

  • For the 2014-15 training year, a cohort of up to ten fellows will be selected for the program.
  • Fellows will participate in up to ten weekend intensives, which will begin in October. Weekend Intensives’ topics will include, but are not limited to: Professional networking strategies; Fundraising tactics/how to write a grant; Professional etiquette; Resume/CV preparation; Team building and group dynamics; Financial literacy for individuals and organizations; Effective community engagement.
  • The following dates have already been scheduled for the UALP weekend intensives, but are subject to change. The intensives will run Fridays from 6:30pm – 9:00pm and Saturdays from 9:00am – 6:00pm:
    • October 31 – November 1, 2014
    • November 7 – November 8, 2014
    • November 14 – November 15, 2014
    • December 5 – December 6, 2014
    • December 12 – December 13, 2014
    • December 19 – December 20, 2014
    • January 9 – January 10, 2015
    • January 16 – January 17, 2015
    • January 23 – January 24, 2015
    • March 13 – March 14, 2015
  • Partnering with regional arts organizations, UALP fellows will also spend three to six months in up to two culture-based organizations working on meaningful projects that advance the work of the host organization as well as build the fellows’ professional skillset. Fellows will begin fellowship placements in Feburary 2015 and will conclude all work within organizaitons in July 2015.

IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE 2014-15 UALP PROGRAM, APPLICANTS MUST BE ABLE TO COMMIT 20 HOURS PER WEEK FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROGRAM AND BE ABLE TO ATTEND ALL WEEKEND INTENSIVES.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICATION MATERIALS FOR FELLOWSHIP APPLICANTS:

FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE DUE AT NOON ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2014.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICATION MATERIALS FOR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS:

PARTNER ORGANIZATION APPLICATIONS ARE DUE AT NOON ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014.

Questions regarding 2014-15 Urban Arts Leadership Program and the 2014-15 Fellowship and/or Partner Organization applications should be directed toartsleadership@baltimoreculture.org.

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Season II of the Station North CSA is here! Purchase your share on Brown Paper tickets.

Station North Arts and Entertainment District is pleased to announce Season II of its Community Supported Art (CSA) project. Based on the same concept as Community Supported Agriculture, the Station North CSA will provide participating shareholders with the freshest art that Baltimore has to offer. We’ve assembled a jury of Station North art celebrities to select artists to produce work for the second season.

At each presentation event (see below for dates), 4 CSA artists will give short presentations on their work and shareholders will rank their preferred artists. Ranking is used to ensure that shareholders aren’t getting a box full of kale at pick-up when they’d rather have beets. These events are also an opportunity to network, mingle, and meet CSA artists.

The goal of the Station North CSA is to create an engaged community of local arts supporters by establishing relationships between gallerists and local patrons and creating an exciting new model of art support and distribution. Shareholders will each receive work from 6 of the 12 participating artists in their track; art distribution will be determined by shareholders’ preferences.

 

Each shareholder will receive 6 works of art, each created by a different artist, for $350.
Buy your share today!

SEASON II PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

IMPORTANT DATES- Season 2 (Tuesday Track)

  • 09.22.14 @ 5:00PM: Last chance to purchase shares for the Station North CSA
  • 09.30.14 @ 6:00PM: Round 1 Artist Presentations
  • 11.11.14 @ 6:00PM: Round 1 Art Pickup & Round 2 Artist Presentations
  • 12.09.14 @ 6:00PM: Round 2 Art Pickup & Round 3 Artist Presentations
  • 01.06.15 @ 6:00PM: Round 3 Art Pickup

IMPORTANT DATES- Season 2 (Wednesday Track)

  • 09.22.14 @ 5:00PM: Last chance to purchase shares for the Station North CSA
  • 10.01.14 @ 6:00PM: Round 1 Artist Presentations
  • 11.12.14 @ 6:00PM: Round 1 Art Pickup & Round 2 Artist Presentations
  • 12.10.14 @ 6:00PM: Round 2 Art Pickup & Round 3 Artist Presentations
  • 01.07.15 @ 6:00PM: Round 3 Art Pickup

Please note which track you prefer when purchasing your share.

RESOURCES

 

PURCHASE A STATION NORTH CSA SHARE

Visit stationnorthcsa.brownpapertickets.com to purchase your share today!

 

The Station North CSA is made possible through the generous support of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, the Warnock Foundation, and the Aaron and Lillie Straus Foundation.

 

 

 The Station North CSA has teamed up with Full Circle, a local full service imaging, printing, and fine art frame shop to provide discounted framing  packages for CSA shareholders. Email Allison Gulick, CSA Coordinator, for a full list of framing options and pricing.