Discovery,” organized by Los Angeles-based arts organization RAW, will spotlight Baltimore artists working in film, fashion, music, visual art, hair & makeup artistry, and performance art. The one night event creates a circus of creativity that provides a little taste of everything.

Date: February 7
Time: 8pm-12am
Location: TATU, 614 Water Street, Baltimore, MD

Downtown arts collective, EMP, is opening their first exhibition of 2013 on January 18th. “Reject the Gaze” features the paintings and drawings of local visual artists Lacey Anderson and Sylvia O.

In “Reject the Gaze,” the artists are stylistically juxtaposed yet share a similar effect on the viewer: both Anderson and Ortiz turn notions of the flesh on their head and directly challenge the viewer’s gaze on the female form.

“Reject the Gaze” opens January 18.

School 33 Art Center has been awarded an Artistic Innovation and Collaboration Grant from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. The $100,000 grant will help to fund four projects designed to transform the center and expand community outreach over the next two years. School 33 and eight other arts organizations were chosen from a total of 85 applicants.

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