This Week: James Rouse at C. Grimaldis Gallery, a public talk with Shannon Collis and Liz Donadio at UMBC, Getting to Grown artist talk at JEMLA, BSA’s Expressions ’25, reception for The Art of Impact at MAP, ‘Signs of People’ launch event at Catonsville Clubhouse, Coffee & Conversation with E. Brady Robinson at Addison/Ripley, and a lecture/workshop at Goucher with Alfonso Fernandez and Lara Cornell — PLUS Artscape applications due March 17 and more featured opportunities!
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James Rouse: En Plein Air
Ongoing through March 15
@ C. Grimaldis Gallery
C. Grimaldis Gallery is pleased to present En Plein Air, a solo exhibition of landscape paintings and prints by Baltimore artist James Rouse. Bringing together several decades of work celebrating the wonder of nature, this collection breathes fresh air within gallery walls. Blue skies and lush greenery weave a sense of possibility as each brush stroke builds into scenes both whimsical and familiar, allowing viewers to seemingly escape into the renewing sense of magnetism Rouse’s paintings hold. As En Plein Air brings us through the final weeks of winter into the earliest days of spring, Rouse’s philosophical eye and symphonic approach to painting provides us the opportunity to relish in the beauty and hope that can be found within community and the changing seasons.
James Rouse is a long time Baltimorean who has been a committed and continuous contributor to the local arts community. After obtaining his B.A. in Politial Science from Yale University, Rouse began to pursue his true love: art. For several years he worked at Martick’s Restaurant Francais — an iconic establishment reflective of Baltimore’s historically creative and eclectic social scene. Then, from 1981to 1998, Rouse owned and operated Louie’s Bookstore Cafe. During its time, Louie’s was a central N. Charles Street staple with multifaceted appeal — part bookstore, art gallery, music venue, full service restaurant and bar — it offered both a gathering place to creatives as well as space brimming with artwork and vibrant energy, curated by Rouse. In addition to his current work as co-founder of the Charles Street Development Corporation as well as non-profit Transit Choices, Rouse focuses on his artist practice each day, creating works across mediums that remind us of the magic of life and the world around us.
En Plein Air will be on view at C. Grimaldis Gallery from February 13 through March 15, 2025. A reception will take place on Thursday, February 13 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. Hours for C. Grimaldis Gallery, which is free and open to the public, are Wednesday through Saturday, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Conflux: Variation by Collis Donadio | Public Talk
Tuesday, March 4 :: 6pm
@ UMBC CADVC
On view nightly from sundown until 2am between February 14 and June 30, 2025.
Conflux: Variation (2025) is a public video art projection that explores the intersections of industry and the environment in Baltimore, where water meets land.
Between 2023 and 2024, collaborating artists Shannon Collis and Liz Donadio recorded video and audio documentation in sites where industry has reshaped local habitats, such as the Curtis Bay Water Tower and Baltimore City’s marine terminals. The artists think of this documentary research and resulting installation as a “speculative exploration of the future, using moving images to convey transformation and transition.”
March 4, 6pm: CADVC hosts a public talk featuring Shannon Collis and Liz Donadio. Free and open to the public.
Getting To Grown: A Diaspora Journey | Artist Talk
Wednesday, March 5 :: 11am
@ James E. Lewis Museum of Art
Reception and Theater Presentation: Sunday, March 2; 2:00 – 5:00 pm
Artist Talk: Wednesday, March 5; 11:00 am
Collage Workshop: Thursday, March 6; 1:00 -3:00 pm
RSVP 443 885 3030
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