This Week: Queer Archives performance at Peabody Library, BMORE WITH US reception + community festival at MICA, Jo Smail book signing at Goya, 2026 Charm City Fringe, PANTOMIME multi media event at MICA, closing reception at Baltimore City Crit Club, Phyllis Arbesman Berger’s opening reception + artist talk at Rosenberg Gallery, and a performance of Black musical traditions at Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts — PLUS apply for Fashion Remix at the Walters and more featured opportunities!
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas. For a more comprehensive perspective, check the BmoreArt Calendar page, which includes ongoing exhibits and performances, and is updated on a daily basis.
To submit your calendar event, email us at events@bmoreart.com!
Tuesday, April 21 :: 7:30-8:30pm
@ George Peabody Library
Join us for an exploration of queer and trans identities across history through historic postcards that offer powerful evidence of queer presence in the past. Though small in scale, these objects carry rich stories about how queer people expressed identity, resistance, desire, humor, and liberation across time.
In dialogue with these archival materials, flutist Willie Santiago, pianist Ben Shaver, and drag artists Lula Lioness, Divoid, Syren 7, Bratz LaVey, and Oberon the Demon will bring the past into conversation with the present through performance, storytelling, and fashion.
Together, the archive and the stage remind us that queer history is not marginal or newly discovered—it has always been here. This evening of fabulous and fierce archival discovery and performance will highlight the vibrant intersection of history and Baltimore’s local drag scene.
While this performance is geared toward adults, all are welcome.
BMORE WITH US: Our Chosen Family – Exhibition Reception & Community Festival | Reception
Wednesday, April 22 :: 2-4:30pm
@ MICA Brown Center
MICA Community Art & Service Presents: BMORE WITH US: Our Chosen Family
On View from April 14, 2026 – April 27, 2026 Reception: April 22nd 2026 // 2pm – 4:30pm
Check out the amazing work of MICA’s Community Art & Service Program Student Leaders by attending the CAS Reception & Community Festival!
This exhibition will feature a selection of works from our Community Site Partners across Baltimore. The works are made in collaboration with our Community Site Leaders and France-Merrick Fellows, and represent their commitment to the role art plays in supporting the community!
Join us on April 22, from 2pm – 4:30pm for special treats, activities, and more at our CAS Exhibition and Festival! – Including a family-style Nacho Bar, lemon sticks, cake, and more! Meet representatives from our Community Site Partners and learn more about what they do! Or, join us at one of several activity stations, including our collaborative community rowhome project, and our interactive puzzle!
We hope to see you there!
Book Signing with Artist Jo Smail
Thursday, April 23 :: 5-7pm
@ Goya Contemporary
Join us for a special evening with artist Jo Smail to celebrate the release of the exhibition catalog published on the occasion of Jo Smail: Thinking Like an Oyster.
This 74-page, fully illustrated publication features insightful contributions by
Louis Fratino, Amy Raehse, and Kristen Hileman, offering deeper context into Smail’s practice and the works on view.
Read more of this week’s picks at BmoreArt.
