The Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance (GBCA) is pleased to announce the nine artists selected for the 2015 Rubys Artist Project Grants in literary and visual arts. Grants from $3,000 to $10,000 will be made to support artists that reflect a diversity of talent and creativity for projects including poetry, photography, fiction writing, screenwriting, quilting, and collaborative installation.
The 2015 Rubys grantees in Literary and Visual Arts are:
In Libya, Mali, Haiti and too many places around the world, armed conflict threatens historic places and artifacts that are at the heart of local and national cultures. The intentional destruction of archaeological sites in Syria is one large and visible example. Museum curators and preservation specialists are working worldwide to prevent and respond to this enormous and dangerous challenge. Please join us for a talk by a key leader in this field, Ms. Corine Wegener from the Smithsonian Institute.
School 33 Art Center’s Open Studio Tour is an annual city-wide event that for over 25 years has brought together professional artists and the general public, giving collectors and art lovers the opportunity to visit the studios of visual artists.
On Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11, 2015, between the hours of 10am and 6pm, meet the artist, see their work and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their working processes. Use our interactive mapping tool to plan your itinerary.
Download this year’s map HERE
On October 9, we’re kicking off School 33’s Annual Open Studio Tour with a celebration of artist-run galleries on the 500 block of W. Franklin Street in the Bromo Arts District! Over the past few years, this block has quickly transformed into a hub for artist-run spaces producing exhibitions with diverse, engaging works of contemporary art by artists based in Baltimore, nationally and internationally.
This event is FREE and open to the public.
Beer, wine & refreshments served at each venue.
PARTICIPATING VENUES:
Congrats to 2015 PNC Transformative Arts Prize Winners, Collective Minds, for another incredible Collective Minds Festival in Druid Hill Park!
Volunteer in the lab for Herring Run Park Archaeology
Get a close look at artifacts from our spring dig
When most people think about archaeology, they think a project is over when the digging is done. In reality, every hour spent on archaeological fieldwork requires as many as twenty hours back in the lab cleaning and processing artifacts.
2014 Trawick Prize winner, Baltimore artist Neil Feather
TRAWICK PRIZE ANNOUNCES 2015 FINALISTS
Award Winners to be Named during September Exhibit
July 29, 2015 (Bethesda, MD) – The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District and the Bethesda Urban Partnership will showcase the work of The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards eight finalists in a group exhibition. The exhibit will be on display September 2 – 26, 2015, at Gallery B, located at 7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E.